Understanding How the Bush Administration
Destroyed the U.S. Economy
Submitted by: Tod Baker
The U.S. economy destruction
tactics created by the Nazis in the 1920 to 1945 time frame were resurrected by
Richard Nixon. Today they are being used indiscriminately. Nobody has ever
bothered to outlaw them. Replacing an old gang of crooks with a new gang of
crooks is not acceptable.
One of the commonest causes
of specie extinction is an inability to cope with parasites. Parasites range in
size from the microscopic (disease) to humanoid
(criminals). Humans are as
vulnerable as any other specie. These are brief abstracts (fair use) of various
data on the Internet.
I. Economic sabotage, II.
Health care, III. Population plagues.
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I - Economic sabotage, destruction of the economy - George's second great
depression
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1. Introduction, The adverse
impact of corruption - Every criminal knows that it is a lot more fun to cause
disasters than to prevent them. Prevention is nothing but hard work - something
no self respecting criminal would ever be caught doing. Hence one of the worst
aspects of corrupt government is the fostering of disasters. In the case of
feast and famine cycles, they really do not do much to increase feasting other
than encourage a wasteful life style. Where they excel is in making famines far
worse. They cleverly come up with ways of turning oil depletion into food
depletion as well. They concoct thousands of clever plans for destroying
everything. What is needed is a plan for detecting the chemical/biological
markers of criminals "in utero" and aborting the problems before they ever get
started.
There are hundreds of tactics
to sabotage the economy and most require little effort. These include rationing,
wage controls, price controls, abuse of monopoly power, price gouging, alternate
day purchasing, manipulation of supply, manipulation of demand, sabotage of
goods, sabotage of services, store shutdowns, trade restrictions, the misuse of
labor, malfeasance and dereliction of duty by management, the misuse of
resources (e.g. using food for fuel), etc. The net effect of manipulations is a
reduction in the performance of the economy.
Even when no criminal intent
is involved, most decisions by humans are wrong decisions. It pays to
investigate new projects to ensure that they are not motivated by greed, malice
or criminal intent. Once it becomes obvious that a wrong decision was made,
damages should be minimized by immediately reversing the decsion.
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of the money supply - In January 2001 criminals successfully infiltrated the
U.S. Department of the Treasury and immediately began an eight year program to
sabotage the U.S. economy. By every measure, GDP growth, jobs, median incomes,
unemployment, bankruptcies, financial-market performance, George Bush stacks up
as the most destructive President on the economic front since Herbert Hoover.
The fundamental tactics were pioneered by the Nazis in the 1920 to 1945 time
frame as a clever way of wiping out the U.S. economy, thus ensuring an easy Nazi
victory.
The Federal Reserve still
refuses to release its extreme deflationary death grip upon the U.S. economy.
The annual growth rate of the money supply, instead of its correct (neutral) 4
percent per year growth rate, has been maintained at an extreme deflationary
zero percent growth rate since January 2005 (see federalreserve.gov, money
stock, M1 or M11). The rate was an extreme inflationary 7 percent from January
2001 to December 2004. A 4 percent growth rate is neither inflationary nor
deflationary. This has effectively destroyed the economy. An extreme
inflationary monetary policy is also know of as creating bubbles. An extreme
deflationary monetary policy is also known of as bursting bubbles. The crooks
are doing everything but what they should be doing, as usual.
Destroying the economy is a
very obvious criminal activity. It violates 18 USC Chapter 105, sabotage. As
invariably occurs in these cases, it is not the lack of a law, but the failure
to enforce the law that is the cause of the problem. A large amount of palm
greasing and financial conflict of interest also is involved, as well as good
old fashioned treason against the United States. You are dealing with the type
people that would murder their own mother for an ounce of gold if they thought
they could get away with it. Legal documents (eg 18 USC) can be obtained from:
http://uscode.house.gov/download/download.shtml
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3. Who is behind it all?
While there is a remote possibility that a strong neo-Nazi movement has
developed in Germany without being detected, today there are plenty of other
economic competitors who would like to see the United States knocked out of the
playing field. In addition there are thousands of corrupt special interests
within the U.S. who stand to make huge profits off a sabotaged economy.
Trillions of dollars are at stake. With the best government (and Wall Street)
that money can buy, a well trained news media is acting too stupid to be
credible. It is grand larceny at a trillion dollar level. A complete accounting
of who did what would be very interesting; but may or may not ever happen.
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4. The Return to Deficits -
Jim Young / Reuters When President Bush took office in 2001, Republicans and
Democrats in Washington had built a strong consensus on the need for fiscal
responsibility. Bush blew that apart within a few months. With the country in a
recession, a temporary return to deficits was inevitable. But Bush's tax cuts
and spending increases and clear disdain for the pay-as-you-go approach that had
brought deficits down in the 1990s brought a return to permanent deficits. These
actions almost certainly didn't cause the current crisis, but they have left the
Federal Government in a much weaker position to combat it.
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5. Iraq - War is a disaster -
Doing a cost-benefit analysis on a war is awfully hard. There are just too many
what-ifs. But the cost of invading and occupying Iraq has been staggeringly high
whether you believe the $3 trillion figure of economists Linda Bilmes and Joseph
Stiglitz or side with the Congressional Budget Office estimate of a mere
trillion or two. It's the biggest part of the explanation for the Bush-era
budget deficits. So even if you think the war did bring benefits to the U.S.,
they would have to be pretty gigantic to justify the cost.
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6. Tax Cuts for the Rich -
When Ronald Reagan slashed taxes on capital gains and high earners in the early
1980s, inflation was pushing the middle class into top tax brackets, financial
markets had been stuck in a funk for 15 years and income inequality had been
declining for almost five decades. Like him or not, the man's actions fit the
times and the U.S. economy boomed for most of his two terms in office. Bush came
to Washington facing almost diametrically opposing economic conditions, yet he
offered up the same solutions as Reagan. Guess what: They caused severe damage
to the economy.
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7. Financial Regulation - The
only major piece of regulatory legislation enacted during the Bush years was the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which dramatically increased regulation of corporate
financial disclosures. The really big regulatory changes being pointed to now as
possible culprits for the crisis date back to Bush's predecessors: Bill Clinton,
Ronald Reagan, even Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. So the popular Democratic
refrain that "Bush-era deregulation" is to blame for our troubles is a little
hard to square with the evidence. What is true is that most Bush-era financial
regulators were less than enthusiastic about the very act of regulating, and
that Bush's "ownership society" push glossed over a lot of potential dangers.
Bush didn't cause the financial regulatory breakdown, but he didn't jump in to
fix it either.
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8. Encouraging waste - After
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Bush didn't call for sacrifice. He called
for shopping. "Get down to Disney World in Florida," he said. "Take your
families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed." Taken on its own,
this wasn't such a horrible sentiment. But Boston University historian Andrew
Bacevich has made a convincing case that it was part of a broader pattern of
encouraging financial irresponsibility. "Bush seems to have calculated cynically
but correctly that prolonging the credit-fueled consumer binge could help keep
complaints about his performance as Commander in Chief from becoming more than a
nuisance," Bacevich wrote in the Washington Post in October. Now the public has
piled up a huge debt.
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9. Energy Policy - Not much
to say here, except that there wasn't an energy policy. Again, this wasn't new
to the Bush era. But with a years-long oil-price slide finally coming to an end
not long before he took office, the President's (and Vice President's)
unwillingness to take serious steps to reduce the country's dependence on fossil
fuels left the country vulnerable and way behind the rest of the developed world
in preparing for a post-oil future.
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10. A State of Denial - Every
Administration spins and sugarcoats the economic truth. But the Bush White House
took this disingenuousness to new levels. The surest way to get yourself fired
as a Bush economic adviser was to say something that was true. Paul O'Neill was
ousted from Treasury for warning about deficits. Larry Lindsey was kicked out of
the top White House economic job for predicting in 2002 that the Iraq war would
cost $100 billion to $200 billion, far below the actual cost but much more than
what the White House was officially projecting. This disdain for reality, and
for expertise, pervaded the Bush economic approach, and made it impossible for
the Administration to react intelligently to real-world economic problems like
the housing bubble.
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11. The Fumbled Bailout - It
could have been much worse. For the first time, Bush gave someone with more
expertise than political bona fides, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, control
over economic policy and didn't let the hacks in the White House undercut him.
It was no surprise that Paulson's financial rescue was strictly to enrich Wall
Street, and had nothing for Main Street in it. No one knows what would have
happened if his predecessor, John Snow, had still been in charge at Treasury
when trouble struck. The main problem has been the ambivalence with which both
Paulson and the White House have approached the financial rescue. They never had
legitimate plans for how it should work.
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12.
Stimulus/trust/bailout/TARP funds - Herb Green / Post When you rob Peter to pay
Paul, Paul becomes filthy rich while Peter slowly fades away. This tactic is
extremely effective in producing massive unemployment by drawing cash out of the
public in the form of a wide variety of ever increasing taxes and putting it
into the pockets of the rich and super rich. It is very important to note that
the public lives in the U.S., while a large percentage of the rich and super
rich are outside the U.S. They include foreign governments and corporations as
well as individuals. There has been a massive adverse impact upon imports and
exports. This is a "just when you thought corruption couldn't get any worse"
issue.
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13. Devaluation of the dollar
- The sudden devaluation of the dollar to more than $900 per ounce of gold was
the largest since the Ronald Reagan years. Long term investment in the U.S. has
been wiped out. Several other currencies, such as the Japanese yen, have shown
far better long term stability.
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14. The property tax spree -
This was fueled by the extreme inflationary increase in money supply (money
stock, M1 and M11) from January 2001 to January 2005. Not only did property
values go up, but many jurisdictions increased their property tax rates as well.
The United States has not lost its distinction of having the highest property
tax rates on Earth. The impact upon the economy is devastating. An odd side
effect is that although taxing authorities have never delayed a second in
increasing assessments, many are reluctant to decrease assessed property values.
Many have increased property tax rates as well. Property tax gouging is as
American as apple pie. It is not unusual to find taxing authorities collecting
more than fives times what they need to provide essential services.
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II - Death by health care - The modern all-American health care system is based
upon six fundamental principles:
1. Always claim the origin of
disease is mysterious and unknown.
2. Always use therapy that is
the most expensive and the least effective.
3. NEVER cure anything.
Diseases are TREATED, not cured.
4. Since 95 percent of
disease is caused by bad diet, ALWAYS encourage bad eating habits (alcohol
abuse, etc.).
5. If therapy causes the
mutilation or death of a patient, it is the patient's problem, not the health
care system's problem.
6. Adverse reactions to
prescribed drugs, the improper prescription of antibiotics, unnecessary medical
and surgical procedures, unnecessary hospitalization, and price gouging are
rampant in the U.S.
The most stunning statistic
is that the American medical system is one of the leading causes of death and
injury in the US, with treatment killing an estimated 100,000 patients each
year. By contrast, the number of deaths attributable to heart disease in 2001
was 699,697, while the number of deaths attributable to cancer was 553,251.
Price gouging by drug companies results in patient under-dosing with insulin and
other drugs. This results in an estimated 89,000 excess diabetic deaths each
year. When price gouging amounts to nothing more than mass murder it is a
criminal act that needs to be stopped immediately. The initiation of meaningful
reforms is long overdue.
The following Internet sites
are recommended as a starting point for obtaining current health care
statistics: apps.nlm.nih.gov, dirline.nlm.nih.gov, hcupnet.ahrq.gov, pubmed.gov,
unstats.un.org, vsearch.nlm.nih.gov, www.bls.gov, www.cdc.gov, www.census.gov,
www.cms.hhs.gov, www.fedstats.gov, www.hhs.gov, www.lib.umich.edu, www.nih.gov,
www.nlm.nih.gov, www.paho.org , www.usa.gov, and www.w3.org. There are many
items, such as deaths from under dosing, that require you to conduct your own
research or derive estimates from available data. Remember that the Internet is
strictly censored so that anything the "establishment" does not like is not on
the Internet. US health care spending reached $2.4 trillion in 2008,
representing 16 percent of the nation's gross national product. No reversal of
the trend is expected in the near future.
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Population plagues - There is a complex interaction between the gravity of the
moon and temperatures (determined by the day of the year). Weather patterns
repeat every 19 years as the lunar year realigns itself with the solar year.
There also are other patterns such as 48 year cycles. Thus the locust plague or
the big drought that occurred 48 years ago may repeat itself again this year.
Although weather conditions cannot be controlled, they can be monitored to
provide advance warning of impending disasters. Today disasters are modified by
modern technology, corrupt government and sometimes an invading army to make
them more frequent and worse.
The importance of controlling
infiltration can be seen in the development of national borders with unique
national languages. Damage can be caused by slow immigration or by a rapid armed
invasion. The point is that good times lead to gross overpopulation, gross
overpopulation leads to the food running out, and the food running out leads to
swarms of people or insects looking for more food far from home. See job
statistics at www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/press/2009/ for graphs see
http://www.data360.org/report_slides.aspx?Print_Group_Id=95 see
federalreserve.gov, money stock, M1 or M11
Sincerely, Tod Baker, 7-18-2009
This
open letter may be republished, broadcast, rewritten, and redistributed.
*********************************** OVERVIEW
The
Ascent of Money has serious omissions
See the
review at: www.pbs.org/wnet/ascentofmoney/video/watch-a-preview-of-the-four-hour-documentary-the-ascent-of-money/31/
The
problem is that Obama is continuing the Bush agenda instead of stopping it.
There are millions of rats feeding on the King's treasury.
The
attached file Bush.txt provides a quick summary of the three pronged attack upon
the U.S. economy over the 2001 to 2009 time frame.
I.
Economic sabotage II. Health care III. Population plagues
A
massive increase in unemployment was produced by the "stimulus/bailout" spending
spree started in 2008.
Employment data can be obtained from: www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/press/2009/
for graphs see http://www.data360.org/report_slides.aspx?Print_Group_Id=95 see
federalreserve.gov, money stock, M1 or M11
Sincerely, Tod Baker, 7-18-2009
Disclaimer: A best attempt was made to cover all topics. Some major items were
missed such as corrupt trade agreements that cause enormous economic damage.
Violations of most Federal laws have been involved. See http://uscode.house.gov/download/download.shtml
to obtain legal documents such as 18 USC.
This
open letter may be republished, broadcast, rewritten, and redistributed.
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In God We Trust
Submitted by: Helen Wright
Here is a new way to look at
a deck of cards!!
Deck of Cards
It was quiet that day, the
guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.
The young soldier knew it was
Sunday, the holiest day of the week.
As he was sitting there, he
got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.
Just then an army sergeant
came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'
The soldier replied, 'I
thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.'
The sergeant said, 'Looks to
me like you're going to play cards.'
The soldier said, 'No, sir.
You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in
this country,
I've decided to talk to the
Lord by studying this deck of cards.'
The sergeant asked in
disbelief, 'How will you do that?'
'You see the Ace, Sergeant?
It reminds me that there is only one God.
The Two represents the two
parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments
The Three represents the
Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
The Four stands for the Four
Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John .
The Five is for the five
virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified.
The Six is for the six days
it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.
The Seven is for the day God
rested after making His Creation.
The Eight is for the family
of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives -- the eight people God
spared from the flood that destroyed the Earth.
The Nine is for the lepers
that Jesus cleansed of leprosy He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.
The Ten represents the Ten
Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.
The Jack is a reminder of
Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly
and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.
The Queen stands for the
Virgin Mary.
The King stands for Jesus,
for he is the King of all kings.
When I count the dots on all
the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.
There are a total of 52 cards
in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.
The four suits represent the
four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
Each suit has thirteen cards
-- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.
So when I want to talk to God
and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all
that I have to be thankful for.'
The sergeant just stood
there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said,
'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?'
Please let this be a reminder
and take time to pray for all of our soldiers who are being sent away, putting
their lives on the line fighting
Prayer for the Military.
Please keep the wheel
rolling. It will only take a few seconds of your time, but it'll be worth it to
read on....
Lord, hold our troops in your
loving hands.
Protect them.
Bless them and their families
I ask this in the name of
Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
Amen
When you receive this, please
stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen and women all around the
world.
There is nothing attached,
but this can be very powerful.
Of all the gifts you could
give a Soldier, prayer is the very best one.
Do not stop the wheel, please
-- just send this on.
When forwarding, please keep
this letter clean by deleting all forwarding information from the subject line
and from the top of the letter. In God I Trust! God Bless America!
A Most Amazing Day
July 20,
1969
By: Nannie Banannie
nom de plume
As time passes memories fade
and facts unwittingly become distorted. For the last 40 years I have done
everything within my power and beyond to 'memory proof' MY July 20, 1969.
It was a hot summer day, much
like any other Sunday in July when my husband and I took our 4 year old daughter
to Flushing Meadow Park, the sight of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. In
addition to row boating on the man-made lake we also rented a four-wheeled
surrey bike taking advantage of the many bicycle paths throughout the park.
After enjoying our delicious picnic lunch, we heard about a free show for
children about to start in one of the pavilions. Running as fast as we could,
with a 4 year old in tow, we arrived only to find the arena filled to capacity.
A kind bespectacled door person ushered us to 3 seats in the first row which he
said was reserved for 'the press.'
So there we sat waiting, for
what seemed forever, for the show to begin. At last curtain up, applause, music
and an elaborately costumed cast of clowns appeared. Our daughter's mouth
dropped, her eyes doubled in size as she sat mesmerized by what unfolded less
than 3 feet in front of her. During intermission a CBS television crew appeared
'from nowhere' kneeling in front of us and interviewing my daughter for her
opinion of the show thus far. The television crew also engaged my husband in a
little conversation. When the 'interview' was over, we were informed that this
segment would be on CBS Evening News at 6 PM.
We called everyone we knew to
tune into CBS to watch. My in-laws drove over to our house so we could watch as
a family. (Remember, this was long before VCR's). The CBS anchor said, “A
beautiful Sunday for a picnic and children's magic show at Flushing Meadow
Park.” “Here's the tape of our conversation with a precocious 4 year old girl
and her dad.”
It was the very next moment
that our hearts sank. “We interrupt this program for news about the Apollo Lunar
landing with Walter Cronkite.” There are no
words to describe the disappointment that followed. We were bumped.
That is MY unembellished and
still quite vivid memory of the day Apollo landed on the moon.
My story has become
compelling as shortly after the moon landing preempted my daughter's interview,
my husband, her dad passed away. My daughter, now 44, has, from time to time
verbalized that she would have liked to know what her father's voice sounded
like. (Those were the days of silent 35MM film on home movie cameras).Several
times over the last 40 years, I've tried to track down the footage from CBS
archives for the interview with my daughter and her dad so she could 'hear' his
voice. Need I say where this request ranks on the CBS News priority list.
And that's the way it was for me on July 20, 1969.
Gribenes Stuffed Matzo Balls
or
Suicide 101 How to Die with a
Smile
By Mrs. Sy Baron
I
have no idea why I decided to make chicken soup on a hot summer day, but make it
I did. The full monty, the whole shebang!
After frying a few pieces of
chicken liver with sauteed onions, I made the
gribenes and stirred it into the liver mixture.
I formed the matzo balls as
usual (box recipe), refrigerated for half hour and then pushed my thumb through
the middle (not all the way down), and filled with the gribenes and liver. Then
closed up the hole and refrigerated for an hour.
Boiled 6 quarts of water,
dropped in the balls which sank. About 20 minutes after they began to float
they were ready to be consumed in the soup.
Needless
to say, they were abso-freakin'-lutely incredibly spectacularly delicious.
Within
an hour, my fallen family took to their beds after massive doses of Pepto and
Milanta. Chest pains followed but we all had a smile on our face.
Had to
make that once in my life. If you've got a strong constitution, give it a try.
Good
Luck & Enjoy!
Gribenes
4
cups chicken fat and skin, cut into 1/2-inch pieces or smaller
Kosher salt
Pinch
of pepper
1 cup
onion rings, about 1/8-inch thick
-
Wash fat and skin well in a colander, and pat dry.
-
Place in a heavy skillet, and sprinkle lightly with
salt and pepper.
-
Cook, uncovered, over low heat
-
When the fat starts to melt and get slightly brown,
add onions
-
Continue cooking until onions and cracklings are
golden brown and crunchy.
-
When partially cooled, strain over a bowl to remove
onions and cracklings,
-
Refrigerate them in a covered glass jar until ready to
eat.
The One Flaw In Women
Submitted by: Helen Wright
By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said,
"Why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,
have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable
and able to run on diet coke and leftovers,
have a lap that can hold four children at one time,
have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart
--and she will do everything
with only two hands."
The angel was astounded at the requirements.
"Only two hands!? No way!
And that's just on the standard model?
That's too much work for one day.
Wait until tomorrow to finish."
"But I won't, "the Lord protested.
"I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart.
She already heals herself when she is sick
AND can work 18-hour days."
The angel moved closer and touched the woman.
"But you have made her so soft, Lord."
"She is soft," the Lord agreed "but I have also made her tough.
You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."
"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel...
The Lord replied,
"Not only will she be able to think,
she will be able to reason and negotiate."
The angel then noticed something,
and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.
"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model.
I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."
"That's not a leak,"
the Lord corrected,
"that's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.
The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy,
her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love,
her loneliness, her grief and her pride."
The angel was impressed.
"You are a genius, Lord.
You thought of everything!
Woman is truly amazing."
And she is!
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness,
love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors...
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say and everything to give
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE TINY FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.
PLEASE share with women friends and relatives to remind them just how amazing
they are.
The Marines Want This To Roll Allover....
Submitted by: Helen Wright
This is
my nephew. Please remember him and all those who are serving in your prayers.
This war has finally hit closer to home for me. I would really appreciate
your
prayers for Josh.
Michelle
Martin
My
Joshua is a Marine and he leaves for Afghanistan on July 20th so I am sending
you this so you can help me Pray him home alive and well.
Thank
You all for your prayers for my son.......The Marine
THE
MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S.
Let's
send it around the world.
This is
a poem being sent from a Marine
to his
Dad. For those who take the time
to read
it, you'll see a letter from him to
his dad
at the bottom. It makes you truly
thankful
for not only the Marines, but
ALL
of our Troops.
THE
MARINE
We all
came together,
Both
young and old
To fight
for our freedom,
To stand
and be bold.
In the
midst of all evil,
We stand
our ground,
And we
protect our country
From all
terror around.
Peace
and not war,
Is what
some people say.
But I'll
give my life,
So you
can live the American way
I give
you the right
To talk
of your peace.
To stand
in your groups,
and
protest in our streets.
But
still I fight on,
I don't
fuss, I don't whine.
I'm just
one of the people!
Who is
doing your time.
I'm
harder than nails,
Stronger
than any machine.
I'm the
immortal soldier,
I'm a
U.S. MARINE!
So stand
in my shoes,
And
leave from your home.
Fight
for the people who hate you,
With the
protests they've shown.
Fight
for the stranger,
Fight
for the young.
So they
all may have,
The
greatest freedom you've won
Fight
for the sick,
Fight
for the poor
Fight
for the cripple,
Who
lives next door.
But when
your time comes,
Do what
I've done.
For if
you stand up for freedom,
You'll
stand when the fight's done
By:
Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert, US Marine Corps
USS
SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
Hey Dad,
Do me a
favor and label this 'The Marine' and send it to everybody on your email list.
Even leave this letter in it. I want this rolling all over the US; I want every
home reading it. Every eye seeing it. And every heart to feel it. So can you
please send this for me? I would but my email time isn't that long and I don't
have much time anyway.
You know
what Dad? I wondered what it would be like to truly understand what JFK said in
His inaugural speech. 'When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I
do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it.' Well, now I know. And I
do. Dad, I welcome the opportunity to do what I do. Even though I have left
behind a beautiful wife, and I will miss the birth of our first born child, I
would do it 70 times over to fight for the place that God has made for my home.
I love you all and I miss you very much. I wish I could be there when Sandi has
our baby, but tell her that I love her, and Lord willing, I will be coming home
soon. Give Mom a great big hug from me and give one to yourself too.
Aaron
Please
let this marine (and all our military) know we care by passing his poem onto
your friends even if you don't usually take time to forward mail...do it this
time!
Thanks,
Let's
help Aaron's dad spread the word .... FREEDOM isn't FREE Someone pays for you
and me.
God
bless you!
Thank You Sarah Palin
Submitted by:
Mrs. Sy Baron
Thank
you Sarah Palin for dethroning Fran Drescher & Edith Bunker as the most annoying
voice .
Thank
you Sarah Palin for replacing Hillary Clinton type pantsuits with short skirts
showing leg.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for making the Bridge to Nowhere toll free.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for defining a 'gotcha' question, to be
what newspapers do you read.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for breathing new life into Saturday Night Live.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for renewing interest in banned books,making most Alaskan high
school students more literate than you are.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for teaching us a new way to connect with people,
winking.
Thank
you Sarah Palin for confirming that beauty IS only skin deep.
The Sounds of Hypocrisy
Submitted by: Linda K.
Republicans have often bellowed from the rooftops about moral conduct have
really become nothing but hypocrites! They rally around anti-gay laws, and ends
up being participate/caught in a gay liaisons, and the Republicans that wanted
to have Clinton impeached are now caught up in illusive extra marital affairs
themselves.
And what
is this about? Some Republicans are saying that ‘they” are the only ones who
love our country and support our troops. Have they lost their minds? I don’t
know or associate with anyone that does not support our troops or love this
great country of ours, and I have friends with many different political
ideologies!
Ann Margaret....Woman of the
Year story
Submitted by: Frosty
Viet Nam 1966
Richard, (my husband), never
really talked a lot about his time in Viet Nam other than he had been shot by a
sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8 x 10 black and white photo he had
taken at a USO show of Ann Margaret with Bob Hope in the background that was one
of his treasures.
A few years ago, Ann Margaret
was doing a book signing at a local bookstore. Richard wanted to see if he
could get her to sign the treasured photo so he arrived at the bookstore at 12
o'clock for the 7:30 signing.
When I got there after work,
the line went all the way a round the bookstore, circled the parking lot and
disappeared behind a parking garage. Before her appearance, bookstore employees
announced that she would sign only her book and no memorabilia would be
permitted.
Richard
was disappointed, but wanted to show her the photo and let her know how much
those shows meant to lonely GI's so far from home. Ann Margaret came out looking
as beautiful as ever and, as second in line, it was soon Richard's turn.
He presented the book for her
signature and then took out the photo. When he did, there were many shouts from
the employees that she would not sign it. Richard said, 'I understand. I just
wanted her to see it.'
She took one look at the
photo, tears welled up in her eyes and she said, 'This is one of my gentlemen
from Viet Nam and I most certainly will sign his photo. I know what these men
did for their country and I always have time for 'my gentlemen.''
With
that, she pulled Richard across the table and planted a big kiss on him. She
then made quite a to-do about the bravery of the young men she met over the
years, how much she admired them, and how much she appreciated them. There
weren't too many dry eyes among those close enough to hear. She then posed for
pictures and acted as if he were the only one there.
Later at dinner, Richard was
very quiet. When I asked if he'd like to talk about it, my big strong husband
broke down in tears. 'That's the first time anyone ever thanked me for my time
in the Army,' he said.
That night was a turning
point for him. He walked a little straighter and, for the first time in years,
was proud to have been a Vet. I'll never forget Ann Margaret for her
graciousness and how much that small act of kindness meant to my husband.
I now make it a point to say
'Thank you' to every person I come across who served in our Armed Forces.
Freedom does not come cheap and I am grateful for all those who have served
their country.
Perhaps this story will help
others to become aware of how important it is to acknowledge the contribution
our service people make.
On
behalf of those who DO appreciate all that you did for us, thank you to each of
you who receive this message who have served or are serving our country in the
armed services or any other service.
IF YOU
DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM!
Accused Child
Molester or Global Pop Icon
Mrs. Sy Baron
Are we living in some kind of bizzaro world. Any loss of life is
tragic, but this man was arrested more than once as an accused child molester.
Now a flip of the remote to any channel & every newscaster is singing his
praises. (pun intended). Have we all gone mad. I shall say no more lest you
figure out of whom I speak.
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