George Offerman
With the debate raging over whether illegal aliens should be granted amnesty or not, there are some fine points that the Demonazis should be considering before they just grant carte blanche legal status to the law breakers. It is incredible to what length these people will go to stay in power, and their ONLY motive in doing this is power. The Demonazis could care less about the state of affairs in this country, and don’t care if it is a shrinking minority that ultimately funds this fiasco. If they get what they want, the Demonazis will stay in power perpetually, because they will have a sizeable majority that will continually look to them to keep the goodie bag filled. In the meantime, the Demonazis will continue to trash those that make the country work and continue to steal the fruits of those who ‘make too much money’.
This satirical piece was passed onto me, and I don’t know who wrote it. For those who may be ‘offended’ by this piece, you need to get over it and wake up before you find yourself in a country that will not allow you to have any independent thoughts and will not allow you free speech.
MOVING TO MEXICO
Dear Mr. President:
I'm planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me.
We're planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and we'll need your help to make a few arrangements.
We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws.
I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Calderon, that I'm on my way over?
Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. Please print all Mexican government forms in English.
4. I want my grandkids to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bi-lingual) teachers.
5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my grandkids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.
7. Please plan to feed my grandkids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico but I don't plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won't make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put U. S. flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.
13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.
14. I want to receive free food stamps.
15. Naturally, I'll expect free rent subsidies.
16. I'll need Income tax credits so although I don't pay Mexican Taxes, I'll receive money from the government.
17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican Gov't pays $4,500 to help me buy a new car.
18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the Mexican Social Security program so that I'll get a monthly income in retirement.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all his people who walk over to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Calderon won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
Thank you so much for your kind help. You're the man!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
HYPOCRITES
George Offerman
Now that the ‘immigration’ issue is front and center, we are seeing the language and tactics of the socialists in attempting to glorify lawbreaking, and demonize the law abiding. There are major parallels in this debate, as well as the debate concerning legalized child killing, and it is the socialists who are using the same old worn out playbook that makes their next moves rather predictable. It seems this debate is drawing in more people, and there seems to be some good opposition towards the socialists for a change.
There is a proposed march by Hispanics that is suppose to incorporate 70 cities. It would be a fair presumption that a fairly large number of these individuals will fall into the illegal alien category. The Federal Government ought to take the lead as Arizona has just demonstrated, and have a fleet of busses and INS agents ready for those who are willing and openly flaunting their law breaking status in our face. Now, we know they will not do this, and will cave into the politically correct and truly ‘fascist’ group that calls themselves liberals, who believe they are above the law, and instigate breaking the law over upholding the law.
Now, the socialists would be calling me and everyone who has similar thoughts all sorts of names, and would more than likely want to see me in jail for making ‘offensive and hate filled statements’ than for the real law breakers to get justice. See, the crime as the socialists see it is to be opposed to their ‘superior thoughts and ways of doing things’. The socialists believe they know better, and can run at least the majority’s lives better than the majority can themselves. They see others who do not agree with them and don’t think like them as stupid, and are not worthy of having a say so in matters such as this.
The socialists are accusing the law abiding citizens of being fascist, Nazi like, bigots, racist, anti immigrant, selfish and greedy. Actually it is the socialists who are guilty of being all of the above, but are too stupid themselves to see it. The collective ignorance of these people is astounding, and the fact they are dumb enough to proclaim it from the rooftops shows how out of touch with reality they really are. If any of these collective idiots were in any other country, they would minimally be arrested and deported, and at worst, charged with espionage and tried as spies (as has already happened to more intelligent people abroad).
That these people are for immoral and illegal activities is telling in and of itself. The socialists lame brained reasoning for upholding their own inept thought processes and behaviors is that (certain) people have a right to do what they want (except for the majority and Christians; they must pay for everything and not complain about it). They do not or are incapable of seeing their own errors, and thus have to demonize anyone who can actually present two logical thoughts that contradict their insane positions. (Look no further than the European experiment that is disintegrating right before our eyes.)
It is this group that is intolerant of those that attempt to disagree with reason. It is this group that is bigoted, by making very generalized statements against white Christian people and accusing them of being the problem. It is this group that is guilty of hate speech, by ‘demonizing’ the opposition by using words such as fascist, Nazism, anti immigrant, prejudiced, etc (I have not heard any of these terms come from tea party people, and those from Arizona). It is this group that has no clue how this mess will be paid for, and it is this group that simultaneously wants to push the rights of lawbreakers, in the name of freedom, down the throats of the law abiding, against their will. It is the socialist who is confused, and that is likely why THEY are so ANGRY all the time. To be that confused and stupid has to be a major burden, but I can only guess at that.
It is the same with legalized child killing. “We can do what we want with our bodies, and don’t tell us what to do”, while then insisting on gong to the public trough to have their ‘choice’ paid for by others. Whether backing immoral behavior such as legalized child killing or immoral and illegal entry into the country, these people consistently attack what is right and moral, and use force to get their way. Well, many people are getting fed up with their stupidity and finally are willing to stand up top these idiots.
If the stupid socialist actually thought for a moment who really acts like the Nazis, it might dawn on them that is they who mirror this junk. The Nazis targeted, rounded up Jews, and ultimately executed them. The socialists target, encourage and arrange for the execution of babies. The Nazis made enemy lists as are the current crop of socialists. The Nazis stirred up the masses by going after banking and industry; the socialists are doing the same with their congressional hearings and constant attacks on capitalists and the middle class. The Nazis debunked and trashed the great leaders of the past; the socialists constantly attack the founding fathers and principles of liberty. The Nazis used propaganda, fear tactics and demonizing language to ostracize their opposition. The socialists use false studies, innuendoes, label and demonize their opposition which is the tea party people and patriotic, law abiding Americans.
There are more points I could bring up, but if one is even a little honest with himself, it is clear which side of the current debates is guilty of the charges, and which side attempts to play by the rules. So, as these liberal, socialist, demovamp, or whatever term one wants to use to describe this band of fools, try to sell their garbage philosophy to the populace, tell them to go to hell. It most likely is a location they are very familiar with, and evidently want others to go to as well.
Now that the ‘immigration’ issue is front and center, we are seeing the language and tactics of the socialists in attempting to glorify lawbreaking, and demonize the law abiding. There are major parallels in this debate, as well as the debate concerning legalized child killing, and it is the socialists who are using the same old worn out playbook that makes their next moves rather predictable. It seems this debate is drawing in more people, and there seems to be some good opposition towards the socialists for a change.
There is a proposed march by Hispanics that is suppose to incorporate 70 cities. It would be a fair presumption that a fairly large number of these individuals will fall into the illegal alien category. The Federal Government ought to take the lead as Arizona has just demonstrated, and have a fleet of busses and INS agents ready for those who are willing and openly flaunting their law breaking status in our face. Now, we know they will not do this, and will cave into the politically correct and truly ‘fascist’ group that calls themselves liberals, who believe they are above the law, and instigate breaking the law over upholding the law.
Now, the socialists would be calling me and everyone who has similar thoughts all sorts of names, and would more than likely want to see me in jail for making ‘offensive and hate filled statements’ than for the real law breakers to get justice. See, the crime as the socialists see it is to be opposed to their ‘superior thoughts and ways of doing things’. The socialists believe they know better, and can run at least the majority’s lives better than the majority can themselves. They see others who do not agree with them and don’t think like them as stupid, and are not worthy of having a say so in matters such as this.
The socialists are accusing the law abiding citizens of being fascist, Nazi like, bigots, racist, anti immigrant, selfish and greedy. Actually it is the socialists who are guilty of being all of the above, but are too stupid themselves to see it. The collective ignorance of these people is astounding, and the fact they are dumb enough to proclaim it from the rooftops shows how out of touch with reality they really are. If any of these collective idiots were in any other country, they would minimally be arrested and deported, and at worst, charged with espionage and tried as spies (as has already happened to more intelligent people abroad).
That these people are for immoral and illegal activities is telling in and of itself. The socialists lame brained reasoning for upholding their own inept thought processes and behaviors is that (certain) people have a right to do what they want (except for the majority and Christians; they must pay for everything and not complain about it). They do not or are incapable of seeing their own errors, and thus have to demonize anyone who can actually present two logical thoughts that contradict their insane positions. (Look no further than the European experiment that is disintegrating right before our eyes.)
It is this group that is intolerant of those that attempt to disagree with reason. It is this group that is bigoted, by making very generalized statements against white Christian people and accusing them of being the problem. It is this group that is guilty of hate speech, by ‘demonizing’ the opposition by using words such as fascist, Nazism, anti immigrant, prejudiced, etc (I have not heard any of these terms come from tea party people, and those from Arizona). It is this group that has no clue how this mess will be paid for, and it is this group that simultaneously wants to push the rights of lawbreakers, in the name of freedom, down the throats of the law abiding, against their will. It is the socialist who is confused, and that is likely why THEY are so ANGRY all the time. To be that confused and stupid has to be a major burden, but I can only guess at that.
It is the same with legalized child killing. “We can do what we want with our bodies, and don’t tell us what to do”, while then insisting on gong to the public trough to have their ‘choice’ paid for by others. Whether backing immoral behavior such as legalized child killing or immoral and illegal entry into the country, these people consistently attack what is right and moral, and use force to get their way. Well, many people are getting fed up with their stupidity and finally are willing to stand up top these idiots.
If the stupid socialist actually thought for a moment who really acts like the Nazis, it might dawn on them that is they who mirror this junk. The Nazis targeted, rounded up Jews, and ultimately executed them. The socialists target, encourage and arrange for the execution of babies. The Nazis made enemy lists as are the current crop of socialists. The Nazis stirred up the masses by going after banking and industry; the socialists are doing the same with their congressional hearings and constant attacks on capitalists and the middle class. The Nazis debunked and trashed the great leaders of the past; the socialists constantly attack the founding fathers and principles of liberty. The Nazis used propaganda, fear tactics and demonizing language to ostracize their opposition. The socialists use false studies, innuendoes, label and demonize their opposition which is the tea party people and patriotic, law abiding Americans.
There are more points I could bring up, but if one is even a little honest with himself, it is clear which side of the current debates is guilty of the charges, and which side attempts to play by the rules. So, as these liberal, socialist, demovamp, or whatever term one wants to use to describe this band of fools, try to sell their garbage philosophy to the populace, tell them to go to hell. It most likely is a location they are very familiar with, and evidently want others to go to as well.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
HOW OTHERS SEE US
George Offerman
My oldest daughter informed me of a recent incident she had at school with a well meaning, but socially inept neighbor that confronted her openly about her religion. Evidently, the strong pro life stance we have in our family has been a source of irritation in our neighbor’s home, and the parents evidently have been talking about this to their children. As reported by my daughter the conversation went something like this:
“You know the one thing I hate about your family is? Your beliefs and religion. You guys are supposed to believe in … and you believe in something totally different, which is wrong. I mean, it’s just stupid cause you guys are Roman Catholic and all Roman Catholics are suppose to be LIBERAL.” My daughter responded “Everyone who goes to our church is Republican (not quite accurate, but a good response) Neighbor: Really? That’s so weird. Do they realize they are supposed to be liberal? And you know what else? Every day Matt (my son) comes up to me and tells me how bad abortion is and how it is murdering babies, and I said “no it’s not”. At that point, my daughter walked away from the conversation, and this neighbor stopped her commentary.
I informed my children how proud I was that they have been standing up for the faith and principles we have attempted to teach them over the years, and we also discussed the collective ignorance of the majority, as reflected in our neighbor’s comments. This particular neighbor comes from a Jewish tradition and her parents happen to see themselves as enlightened, liberal and sophisticated concerning current trends in society. This would make them more mainstream in their thought processes, and it is not much of a stretch to believe that their daughter’s comments are influenced by their own thoughts concerning many of these matters.
This brought about a very good teaching moment for our whole family that will lead to several more discussions in the future. It also brought home to me in a personal way how much trouble we are in, and how we really are losing the fight for not only the babies, but our souls. It seems these neighbors have a pre conceived notion as to what the Roman Catholic Church stands for, and that the faith as our family tries to live it is seen as a freakish and scary thing to them. It is very disturbing, given the fact that I have been teaching what the Church has proclaimed for over the past two millennia, and the content of the teachings is right in line with the magisterium. It is appalling that people outside of our faith have such a dim view of it, and sees the application of any moral absolute as highly intolerable and nearing religious ‘fascism’.
It is no wonder that people like my neighbors have those pre conceived notions about Catholicism, when one sees the last several decades of poor behavior, and the selling out of the faith in order to be tolerated by the society. The messages are being sent loud and clear: Catholicism is interpreted by the individual, there are no longer moral absolutes and anyone claiming to be Catholic has the same moral authority in making claims as the Pope. Catholics openly violate precepts of the faith with no consequences, and the Bishops and Priests, for the most part, refuse to teach the faith as it has been passed down from the Apostles. We can now have people of other faiths dictate what we believe, and this will go largely unchallenged.
Needless to say, my children have now tasted some of the persecution that will be more prevalent in the future. I am proud that they were willing to fight for their beliefs, but it saddens me as well that there are not more out there willing to do the same. It is even sadder that the fight needs to take place at all, but it is a reflection of how far we have fallen in matters of faith and morals. What it’s going to take to get back on track is a lot of guts and fortitude, but where it will come from is another matter. As long as the Church takes the position that it would rather be at the table of acceptance and tolerance, it cannot be the beacon it was meant to be, and the message ultimately will look ‘liberal’ to the outsiders.
My oldest daughter informed me of a recent incident she had at school with a well meaning, but socially inept neighbor that confronted her openly about her religion. Evidently, the strong pro life stance we have in our family has been a source of irritation in our neighbor’s home, and the parents evidently have been talking about this to their children. As reported by my daughter the conversation went something like this:
“You know the one thing I hate about your family is? Your beliefs and religion. You guys are supposed to believe in … and you believe in something totally different, which is wrong. I mean, it’s just stupid cause you guys are Roman Catholic and all Roman Catholics are suppose to be LIBERAL.” My daughter responded “Everyone who goes to our church is Republican (not quite accurate, but a good response) Neighbor: Really? That’s so weird. Do they realize they are supposed to be liberal? And you know what else? Every day Matt (my son) comes up to me and tells me how bad abortion is and how it is murdering babies, and I said “no it’s not”. At that point, my daughter walked away from the conversation, and this neighbor stopped her commentary.
I informed my children how proud I was that they have been standing up for the faith and principles we have attempted to teach them over the years, and we also discussed the collective ignorance of the majority, as reflected in our neighbor’s comments. This particular neighbor comes from a Jewish tradition and her parents happen to see themselves as enlightened, liberal and sophisticated concerning current trends in society. This would make them more mainstream in their thought processes, and it is not much of a stretch to believe that their daughter’s comments are influenced by their own thoughts concerning many of these matters.
This brought about a very good teaching moment for our whole family that will lead to several more discussions in the future. It also brought home to me in a personal way how much trouble we are in, and how we really are losing the fight for not only the babies, but our souls. It seems these neighbors have a pre conceived notion as to what the Roman Catholic Church stands for, and that the faith as our family tries to live it is seen as a freakish and scary thing to them. It is very disturbing, given the fact that I have been teaching what the Church has proclaimed for over the past two millennia, and the content of the teachings is right in line with the magisterium. It is appalling that people outside of our faith have such a dim view of it, and sees the application of any moral absolute as highly intolerable and nearing religious ‘fascism’.
It is no wonder that people like my neighbors have those pre conceived notions about Catholicism, when one sees the last several decades of poor behavior, and the selling out of the faith in order to be tolerated by the society. The messages are being sent loud and clear: Catholicism is interpreted by the individual, there are no longer moral absolutes and anyone claiming to be Catholic has the same moral authority in making claims as the Pope. Catholics openly violate precepts of the faith with no consequences, and the Bishops and Priests, for the most part, refuse to teach the faith as it has been passed down from the Apostles. We can now have people of other faiths dictate what we believe, and this will go largely unchallenged.
Needless to say, my children have now tasted some of the persecution that will be more prevalent in the future. I am proud that they were willing to fight for their beliefs, but it saddens me as well that there are not more out there willing to do the same. It is even sadder that the fight needs to take place at all, but it is a reflection of how far we have fallen in matters of faith and morals. What it’s going to take to get back on track is a lot of guts and fortitude, but where it will come from is another matter. As long as the Church takes the position that it would rather be at the table of acceptance and tolerance, it cannot be the beacon it was meant to be, and the message ultimately will look ‘liberal’ to the outsiders.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NATIONAL ID CARD
George Offerman
With the immigration debate heating up, the idea of a national ID card has resurrected and now has bipartisan support in the Senate, and possibly the house. In the immigration bill in the Senate, both Charles Schumer and Lindsay Graham are pushing for a biometric national ID that will be required for all who work, and would also have the potential to keep a great deal of personal information that would have nothing to do with immigration and work. It ultimately could be used for tracking every move one makes, as well as any significant transaction, as well as other matters such as gun ownership and other supposed rights we still have.
That we are moving closer to such a ghastly instrument is not surprising at all. After all, we in this country have sold out long ago to comfort and convenience, and seem to be willing to do just about anything to continue living our lives in a way that we are not ‘bothered’ by much. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that this will eventually become law, and it will be up to the same small band to do the majority of the work in trying to defeat this before it gets a lot of traction. Benjamin Franklin said it best: Those who exchange security for freedom deserve neither.
As a society, we have become very indifferent to matters that should ‘boil the blood’ and it is in this vein that many of the evils triumph with little more than a peep from the sheeple. Both the Church and government have become lukewarm in their approach in dealing with the great issues of the time, and seem very unprepared to deal with the difficult life issues that now surround us. In fact, there are elements in both camps that believe matters are improving, and will even go as far as saying things were not really that bad. How one can believe that in light of all the evidence is beyond any rational explanation.
The national ID is just one more cog in the system being designed to treat us like cattle. It is becoming more difficult to live a normal life without violating some goofy law that is meant to ‘protect’, and it will make it increasingly more difficult for any one to have the privacy that true freedom mandates. Now, maybe this is part of the judgment coming our way (that we have earned) and God very well may be granting our desire to live without Him, and do it on our terms and in our own ‘wisdom and sophistication’. It will be only a matter of time before some behaviors we take for granted will be outlawed, and having some form of ID (that will be chipped) will end up being the tool that will convict one, and this will all be done in the name of ‘safety and security’.
There are those who see this as ‘the mark of the beast’. As I have covered in a previous series of posts, this cannot be the mark of the beast, as it is outside the purview of the trumpets, but it is still a dangerous precedence, and is evil in the sense we are placing our trust in man’s abilities, and essentially snubbing God. So, we will be left to our own devices, and it will also condition us to more readily accept the real mark when it does appear. We do need to resist this, and we need to be very verbal about this gross abuse of power by the ever encompassing government. This current crop of politicians wants to control more areas of our lives, and will take whatever we allow them to.
So, we better be prepared for the ride that is about to happen, and take action that will reverse the tide of this government’s ever creeping takeaway of our rights and freedoms. They can use whatever terms they would like or any excuse to require we give up more of our rights, but it is their need to control that is the issue. If ‘immigration’ were truly the issue here, this could be resolve din part by picking up the illegal aliens that are currently on their marches and protests and are fairly open about their law breaking status. No, it is just another excuse to implement the necessary components in setting up their one world government. That truly is the beast in this whole fiasco.
With the immigration debate heating up, the idea of a national ID card has resurrected and now has bipartisan support in the Senate, and possibly the house. In the immigration bill in the Senate, both Charles Schumer and Lindsay Graham are pushing for a biometric national ID that will be required for all who work, and would also have the potential to keep a great deal of personal information that would have nothing to do with immigration and work. It ultimately could be used for tracking every move one makes, as well as any significant transaction, as well as other matters such as gun ownership and other supposed rights we still have.
That we are moving closer to such a ghastly instrument is not surprising at all. After all, we in this country have sold out long ago to comfort and convenience, and seem to be willing to do just about anything to continue living our lives in a way that we are not ‘bothered’ by much. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that this will eventually become law, and it will be up to the same small band to do the majority of the work in trying to defeat this before it gets a lot of traction. Benjamin Franklin said it best: Those who exchange security for freedom deserve neither.
As a society, we have become very indifferent to matters that should ‘boil the blood’ and it is in this vein that many of the evils triumph with little more than a peep from the sheeple. Both the Church and government have become lukewarm in their approach in dealing with the great issues of the time, and seem very unprepared to deal with the difficult life issues that now surround us. In fact, there are elements in both camps that believe matters are improving, and will even go as far as saying things were not really that bad. How one can believe that in light of all the evidence is beyond any rational explanation.
The national ID is just one more cog in the system being designed to treat us like cattle. It is becoming more difficult to live a normal life without violating some goofy law that is meant to ‘protect’, and it will make it increasingly more difficult for any one to have the privacy that true freedom mandates. Now, maybe this is part of the judgment coming our way (that we have earned) and God very well may be granting our desire to live without Him, and do it on our terms and in our own ‘wisdom and sophistication’. It will be only a matter of time before some behaviors we take for granted will be outlawed, and having some form of ID (that will be chipped) will end up being the tool that will convict one, and this will all be done in the name of ‘safety and security’.
There are those who see this as ‘the mark of the beast’. As I have covered in a previous series of posts, this cannot be the mark of the beast, as it is outside the purview of the trumpets, but it is still a dangerous precedence, and is evil in the sense we are placing our trust in man’s abilities, and essentially snubbing God. So, we will be left to our own devices, and it will also condition us to more readily accept the real mark when it does appear. We do need to resist this, and we need to be very verbal about this gross abuse of power by the ever encompassing government. This current crop of politicians wants to control more areas of our lives, and will take whatever we allow them to.
So, we better be prepared for the ride that is about to happen, and take action that will reverse the tide of this government’s ever creeping takeaway of our rights and freedoms. They can use whatever terms they would like or any excuse to require we give up more of our rights, but it is their need to control that is the issue. If ‘immigration’ were truly the issue here, this could be resolve din part by picking up the illegal aliens that are currently on their marches and protests and are fairly open about their law breaking status. No, it is just another excuse to implement the necessary components in setting up their one world government. That truly is the beast in this whole fiasco.
Monday, April 26, 2010
TOO MUCH GOING ON
George Offerman
Sometimes I wonder if it is just me, or if the pulse of things is truly picking up. Whatever the case may be, there is a lot going on and it seems like it is getting more difficult to keep up with it. Along with this, is the difficulty in seeing what should be a priority and what should be left for later, or ignored altogether. Society definitely deems too many trivial matters as important and urgent, and it seems it gets to be distracting after a while. And this is on top of many matters that truly are important, but often are overlooked in the pursuit of the trivial.
For instance, Jim Pouillan’s murderer was given a life sentence for the two murders he committed, and there was little to no coverage of either the trial or sentencing. Obviously, it was not the case for Roeder in the Tiller shooting, and there was plenty of social commentary on pro lifers from the majority of pro deathers and their co conspirators in the MSM. Very little was made of the fact Pouillon never harmed anyone, yet received no attention, while “Saint” George Tiller, the murderer of 60,000 was made out to be a martyr, and garnered too much sympathy (even from pro lifers) and the pro death camp ended up getting all types of mileage out of this.
There are similar problems going on now with the so called “Discriminatory” Arizona law recently passed that makes breaking into the country a ‘crime’. It was reported earlier today that The Great One himself sees this as ‘racial profiling’ and will be ‘watching the enforcement of this law VERY CAREFULLY’. The ‘Reverend’ Al Sharpton has entered the fray, and will be leading counterdemonstrations against this law and subsequent enforcement, due to the laws supposed targeting of ‘people of color’. So, evidently it must be about white people standing up to another group due to the fact this group happens to be of a different nationality. (Interestingly enough, some African Americans came out for the law and against the Rev. Sharpton, but they are not considered to be racist, nor did the good Rev. even suggest this.)
The term ‘immigration discrimination’ is not accurate, and does not apply to this situation. The term that has been used for eons, when describing those entering the country illegally was, and still is; illegal aliens. As stated previously, immigration has not been, nor is the current issue; it is people breaking into the country that is the problem. It is the utter disregard of the law that is the issue. It is the fact that too many willfully ignorant people are backing the law breakers, and chastising the law abiding. Right is wrong, and wrong is right, that is the issue. It is a matter of seeing what is truly important and keeping a semblance of sanity while attempting to do what is morally right and in everyone’s best interest. Changing terms and stoking fires for the sake of angering people is a smokescreen for the larger and more important issues. (I wonder what Rev. Al thinks about blue haired grannies being ‘profiled’ as terrorists at the airports on a daily basis).
We then have the government ‘nickel and diming’ those who pay taxes, and who are also going to bring on 16,000 more agents to make sure they can squeeze every plugged nickel out of those who happen to make too much. This same group of thugs then turns around and gives the hard earned and confiscated money to the largest group of thieves, and then has their pet watchdog, the Federal Reserve, hide the identities of the recipients from those who pay the bills. This government will accuse the little guy of being a ‘tax cheat’ if they can’t get their fangs into every little nook and cranny they can find, while giving carte blanche to the real thieves and thugs. Crony capitalism.
Is it a wonder that anyone can think straight, and wade through all of this mess? Not only is it getting more difficult to see through the smoke and tell what is truly important, versus the frivolous, but government sponsored urgent. There really is too much going on at too many different levels, and this very well may be intentional. It is not a stretch to see how many in positions of power would want few to see what is actually going on, because if they did, there may be rioting by the morning. Of course, that would be very bad for those in power, because once the majority realize they do not need these people, their reason for existence will be nullified, and the people may then realize true freedom will be breaking free from their shackles.
Sometimes I wonder if it is just me, or if the pulse of things is truly picking up. Whatever the case may be, there is a lot going on and it seems like it is getting more difficult to keep up with it. Along with this, is the difficulty in seeing what should be a priority and what should be left for later, or ignored altogether. Society definitely deems too many trivial matters as important and urgent, and it seems it gets to be distracting after a while. And this is on top of many matters that truly are important, but often are overlooked in the pursuit of the trivial.
For instance, Jim Pouillan’s murderer was given a life sentence for the two murders he committed, and there was little to no coverage of either the trial or sentencing. Obviously, it was not the case for Roeder in the Tiller shooting, and there was plenty of social commentary on pro lifers from the majority of pro deathers and their co conspirators in the MSM. Very little was made of the fact Pouillon never harmed anyone, yet received no attention, while “Saint” George Tiller, the murderer of 60,000 was made out to be a martyr, and garnered too much sympathy (even from pro lifers) and the pro death camp ended up getting all types of mileage out of this.
There are similar problems going on now with the so called “Discriminatory” Arizona law recently passed that makes breaking into the country a ‘crime’. It was reported earlier today that The Great One himself sees this as ‘racial profiling’ and will be ‘watching the enforcement of this law VERY CAREFULLY’. The ‘Reverend’ Al Sharpton has entered the fray, and will be leading counterdemonstrations against this law and subsequent enforcement, due to the laws supposed targeting of ‘people of color’. So, evidently it must be about white people standing up to another group due to the fact this group happens to be of a different nationality. (Interestingly enough, some African Americans came out for the law and against the Rev. Sharpton, but they are not considered to be racist, nor did the good Rev. even suggest this.)
The term ‘immigration discrimination’ is not accurate, and does not apply to this situation. The term that has been used for eons, when describing those entering the country illegally was, and still is; illegal aliens. As stated previously, immigration has not been, nor is the current issue; it is people breaking into the country that is the problem. It is the utter disregard of the law that is the issue. It is the fact that too many willfully ignorant people are backing the law breakers, and chastising the law abiding. Right is wrong, and wrong is right, that is the issue. It is a matter of seeing what is truly important and keeping a semblance of sanity while attempting to do what is morally right and in everyone’s best interest. Changing terms and stoking fires for the sake of angering people is a smokescreen for the larger and more important issues. (I wonder what Rev. Al thinks about blue haired grannies being ‘profiled’ as terrorists at the airports on a daily basis).
We then have the government ‘nickel and diming’ those who pay taxes, and who are also going to bring on 16,000 more agents to make sure they can squeeze every plugged nickel out of those who happen to make too much. This same group of thugs then turns around and gives the hard earned and confiscated money to the largest group of thieves, and then has their pet watchdog, the Federal Reserve, hide the identities of the recipients from those who pay the bills. This government will accuse the little guy of being a ‘tax cheat’ if they can’t get their fangs into every little nook and cranny they can find, while giving carte blanche to the real thieves and thugs. Crony capitalism.
Is it a wonder that anyone can think straight, and wade through all of this mess? Not only is it getting more difficult to see through the smoke and tell what is truly important, versus the frivolous, but government sponsored urgent. There really is too much going on at too many different levels, and this very well may be intentional. It is not a stretch to see how many in positions of power would want few to see what is actually going on, because if they did, there may be rioting by the morning. Of course, that would be very bad for those in power, because once the majority realize they do not need these people, their reason for existence will be nullified, and the people may then realize true freedom will be breaking free from their shackles.
Friday, April 23, 2010
THE FUTURE AND LEGALIZED CHILD KILLING
George Offerman
Over the course of the past several months, I have intermittently written about other topics that have not focused on legalized child killing, from some people’s perspectives. Part of it has to do with my personal interests over the years, coupled with the fact that I do see the topics I write about as VERY LINKED. Part of this perspective comes from my training in Seminary, as well as that of psychotherapist, in which the presenting problem that initially brings the client in, is always linked to larger, sometimes unidentified and seemingly unrelated issues. The initial problem may go away for some time if it is the only issue addressed in the course of therapy, but if the presenting problem is seen in a larger context of ongoing issues, it can be dealt with and resolved permanently. Hence, the client will not need years of therapy, and will not be a ‘frequent flier’ as they are sometimes referred to.
Legalized child killing is in the same genre as a presenting problem is to long term unresolved issues. Legalized child killing did not pop out of the blue, it had precursors to it, which not only need to be addressed, but resolved in order to accomplish a permanent change in the way ‘business is done’. There are many features that one could consider in assessing what the precursors are, and most have been covered in previous posts. There are also those in the field that have a very good handle on many of the issues and have been working on them to the best of their abilities. Whether one will agree with this or not is not the issue at hand; it is whether one takes actions on the information he knows to be true.
For instance, without seeing how legalized child killing fits into Biblical prophecy or Biblical principles, such as sowing and reaping, does not lead to the urgency needed to bring legalized child killing to an end. If Christians were taught the principle of sowing and reaping in a proper fashion, they would realize quickly that legalized child killing is not a permanent condition and is time limited before ‘harvest time’ arrives. As it is, not many Christians show any urgency in this matter, as 37 years have gone by, and we are still here. (Despite the geometric progression of sin) So for someone to point out the storm clouds, and discuss how God gets our attention is very related to the discussion of legalized child killing.
As has been discussed, the largest roadblock to ending legalized child killing is for the Church to take back its moral and faith based grounds it surrendered to society. Without the Churches leadership and moral authority leading the way, efforts will mainly be in vain. It doesn’t mean laity should not be out there, but it does mean the Church is going to have to rediscover its roots, and live by the faith it is supposed to teach. One way or another, God will intervene in history and make this happen, but how much pain and discomfort need to accompany God’s intervention? As much as is needed. And the longer we go, the more it will take. These are Biblical principles, and it will play out in this fashion, no matter how much one wants and tries to ‘compartmentalize’ faith and actions. So, it serves no one to leave out what may be a motivating tool due to inconvenience, or because it does not fit into what appears to be the ‘roadmap’ to getting the job done.
It makes perfect sense to discuss the issue of finances and money, as both society and the Church seem to be obsessed with having it. Since this is the impediment in spreading the faith as God sees it, God will naturally eliminate this impediment to get the attention of society and the Church. Also, the Bible is clear that like begets like, so if sin occurs due to the love of money, then money necessarily has to be the central tenet of the reaping. In this case, money will be going away, as accumulation of money is what created and perpetuated the sinful behavior to begin with. That we are on the verge of a monetary collapse should be nearly self evident to anyone paying any attention at all and this requires some prudent action on the believer’s part. We are told in scripture that we are not children of the dark but of the light, and should be able to see what is coming. It definitely is on its way and our job is to be as best prepared as we can.
Concerning the money powers, all we need to keep in mind is they lose big time. The money powers have been denying the majesty and authority of the Living God for too long, and killing his people and perverting creation to nearly the point of no return. This will not go on for much longer, and as believers, this should come as a comfort, not as a fearful thought or belief. That the money powers may finally be losing their grip on things is a great relief to me personally, and opens up many positive possibilities, in which one of them is the end of legalized child killing. Once enough people understand the fraud this small band has perpetuated, their days on this rock will be numbered and they will be treated in a like manner similar to the way they have treated the ‘useless eaters’ over the past century. Reaping and sowing, no one can get away from it and no one is exempt.
No matter what is in store for our futures, it cannot and will not include legalized child killing, as this is not a permanent condition, and the Living God will not stand for his most precious creation being blatantly destroyed. So, if it means the monetary system collapsing, then so be it. Either way, very large change is on its way, and the season for preparation may be wrapping up soon.
Over the course of the past several months, I have intermittently written about other topics that have not focused on legalized child killing, from some people’s perspectives. Part of it has to do with my personal interests over the years, coupled with the fact that I do see the topics I write about as VERY LINKED. Part of this perspective comes from my training in Seminary, as well as that of psychotherapist, in which the presenting problem that initially brings the client in, is always linked to larger, sometimes unidentified and seemingly unrelated issues. The initial problem may go away for some time if it is the only issue addressed in the course of therapy, but if the presenting problem is seen in a larger context of ongoing issues, it can be dealt with and resolved permanently. Hence, the client will not need years of therapy, and will not be a ‘frequent flier’ as they are sometimes referred to.
Legalized child killing is in the same genre as a presenting problem is to long term unresolved issues. Legalized child killing did not pop out of the blue, it had precursors to it, which not only need to be addressed, but resolved in order to accomplish a permanent change in the way ‘business is done’. There are many features that one could consider in assessing what the precursors are, and most have been covered in previous posts. There are also those in the field that have a very good handle on many of the issues and have been working on them to the best of their abilities. Whether one will agree with this or not is not the issue at hand; it is whether one takes actions on the information he knows to be true.
For instance, without seeing how legalized child killing fits into Biblical prophecy or Biblical principles, such as sowing and reaping, does not lead to the urgency needed to bring legalized child killing to an end. If Christians were taught the principle of sowing and reaping in a proper fashion, they would realize quickly that legalized child killing is not a permanent condition and is time limited before ‘harvest time’ arrives. As it is, not many Christians show any urgency in this matter, as 37 years have gone by, and we are still here. (Despite the geometric progression of sin) So for someone to point out the storm clouds, and discuss how God gets our attention is very related to the discussion of legalized child killing.
As has been discussed, the largest roadblock to ending legalized child killing is for the Church to take back its moral and faith based grounds it surrendered to society. Without the Churches leadership and moral authority leading the way, efforts will mainly be in vain. It doesn’t mean laity should not be out there, but it does mean the Church is going to have to rediscover its roots, and live by the faith it is supposed to teach. One way or another, God will intervene in history and make this happen, but how much pain and discomfort need to accompany God’s intervention? As much as is needed. And the longer we go, the more it will take. These are Biblical principles, and it will play out in this fashion, no matter how much one wants and tries to ‘compartmentalize’ faith and actions. So, it serves no one to leave out what may be a motivating tool due to inconvenience, or because it does not fit into what appears to be the ‘roadmap’ to getting the job done.
It makes perfect sense to discuss the issue of finances and money, as both society and the Church seem to be obsessed with having it. Since this is the impediment in spreading the faith as God sees it, God will naturally eliminate this impediment to get the attention of society and the Church. Also, the Bible is clear that like begets like, so if sin occurs due to the love of money, then money necessarily has to be the central tenet of the reaping. In this case, money will be going away, as accumulation of money is what created and perpetuated the sinful behavior to begin with. That we are on the verge of a monetary collapse should be nearly self evident to anyone paying any attention at all and this requires some prudent action on the believer’s part. We are told in scripture that we are not children of the dark but of the light, and should be able to see what is coming. It definitely is on its way and our job is to be as best prepared as we can.
Concerning the money powers, all we need to keep in mind is they lose big time. The money powers have been denying the majesty and authority of the Living God for too long, and killing his people and perverting creation to nearly the point of no return. This will not go on for much longer, and as believers, this should come as a comfort, not as a fearful thought or belief. That the money powers may finally be losing their grip on things is a great relief to me personally, and opens up many positive possibilities, in which one of them is the end of legalized child killing. Once enough people understand the fraud this small band has perpetuated, their days on this rock will be numbered and they will be treated in a like manner similar to the way they have treated the ‘useless eaters’ over the past century. Reaping and sowing, no one can get away from it and no one is exempt.
No matter what is in store for our futures, it cannot and will not include legalized child killing, as this is not a permanent condition, and the Living God will not stand for his most precious creation being blatantly destroyed. So, if it means the monetary system collapsing, then so be it. Either way, very large change is on its way, and the season for preparation may be wrapping up soon.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
VERY BAD SIGNS IN THE (FINANCIAL) HEAVENS
George Offerman
For those of you who want to read exclusively those items that are straight up about legalized child killing, you may want to skip this post. I have made the case that what the money powers are doing is very related to legalized child killing, and believe this information is relevant to the living. I also have made a commitment as a pro life defender, that defense of life is from conception to grave , so in this light, I believe this is very relevant to our cause.
There have been two very recent events that have somewhat startled even the most prudent of money power watchers, and it seems like there is a very high likelihood that these are warning signs that should be taken very seriously. If these signs are accurate and point to what they seem to be pointing to, there will be a dramatic shift in the way that we live our day to day lives and how we go about earning and paying for our daily bread.
The first was Ted Butler’s testimony in a closed session with the CFTC concerning the manipulation of the Silver markets, primarily by the understood ‘secret’ holder of the concentrated short position JP Morgan. This is very surprising in that Mr. Butler has been hammering away on this topic for 20 years, and all of a sudden, this body who has been minimizing, and at times accused Mr. Butler of basically every kind of distortions under the sun, wants to now know what he knows, and appears to be on the verge of limiting the maximum number of short positions held by a single entity. This move, will in effect, destroy the manipulations in these markets, and set them free.
This is very telling, due to the fact that by allowing the manipulation to end, the price very well may explode, and reach levels that only some have dreamed of. Now why, one may ask, is this occurring? Due to the physical shortage of the metals, and the money powers know it. The money powers understand clearly that if the metals take off, it is game over for the fiat currency. However, as powerful as the money powers are, they are not alchemists, and cannot produce gold and silver on a whim, and even they are subjected to God’s creation limits on these metals.
The money powers will need a whipping post to pin the blame on the run away metals prices, and the CFTC will be the poster child for this, with a close second being pinned on those ‘greedy’ bullion holders and owners. This seems to be the first lynch pin of two that may very well lead to the down fall of our economic system.
The second is the fact Obama is now going after one of the truly untouchables, Goldman Sachs. One needs to be very clear: Obama works for the money powers, not the other way around, so one really needs to read between the tea leaves on this one. Goldman Sachs, along with JP Morgan, runs the western hemisphere as far as the money powers are concerned. The only true entities on the planet with the power to take down Goldman Sachs are the House of Rothschild in Europe, and David Rockefeller’s JP Morgan/Chase or both of them together. It very well may be that the money powers are in such a situation that one of the two entities needs to be sacrificed for the good of keeping dominance over the state of affairs in this hemisphere. Due to Rockefeller’s status in the money power hierarchy, it will not be his institution, JP Morgan/Chase
In looking at the Who’s Who of banking, the Department of Treasury, Federal Reserve, and other positions in government, Goldman Sachs alumni dominate these positions, and have for decades now (this is verified in the public domain, and is not conspiracy material). Not only is Goldman Sachs involved in the majority of the financial dealings within the government, they are the prime movers in making them happen, then become one of the largest recipients of the moves, the epitome of ‘conflict of interest’. It was Goldman Sachs alumni who pushed the ‘stimulus’ package, and they have received untold billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out their derivative debacle, and the Federal Reserve is covering the tracks by denying a congressional demand that they expose the entities names who received the $2.1 TRILLION in secret funding.
In both of these instances, the money powers have to make it look like the government is taking the necessary steps in ‘discovering and halting’ these two market manipulations. However, both the metals market, and the derivatives markets are DOOMED to failure, and both will self destruct in grand fashion. If the government did not ‘intervene’, the money powers would be fully exposed for all to see, and their ‘matrix like’ existence would be over. It would be quite the admission by the money powers if the above scenario is accurate, because it would finally demonstrate that these people and entities do not have total control over the markets, and the world population like they think they do. These are events few expected to see, and still so close together. Goldman Sachs, the lead holder in the .5-.8 Quadrillion (500-800 Trillion) derivatives market, and JP Morgan the largest concentrated silver short holder in the precious metals market, both having to give up their positions. They don’t want to, but the walls are closing in on them, and something has to give.
It is the forces of God first and then the free markets that are forcing the hands of the money powers, and they are desperate in finding an exit strategy that will minimize their pain and chances of getting caught. These moves will be made only due to needing to get out of town before the financial nuclear bomb goes off. If Goldman Sachs is to be sacrificed for the sake of keeping the financial realm intact for a few more seasons, it will mean Rockefeller has only JP Morgan left, and he will be a one trick pony. This is truly a monumental moment in history and if true, is (pun intended) a golden opportunity to take back the monetary system of this country. The key to defeating the money powers is knowledge, numbers of people, and emptying their coffers of all the precious metals we can get our hands onto. The time may be extremely short in obtaining any metals, and must be done with great haste.
For those of you who want to read exclusively those items that are straight up about legalized child killing, you may want to skip this post. I have made the case that what the money powers are doing is very related to legalized child killing, and believe this information is relevant to the living. I also have made a commitment as a pro life defender, that defense of life is from conception to grave , so in this light, I believe this is very relevant to our cause.
There have been two very recent events that have somewhat startled even the most prudent of money power watchers, and it seems like there is a very high likelihood that these are warning signs that should be taken very seriously. If these signs are accurate and point to what they seem to be pointing to, there will be a dramatic shift in the way that we live our day to day lives and how we go about earning and paying for our daily bread.
The first was Ted Butler’s testimony in a closed session with the CFTC concerning the manipulation of the Silver markets, primarily by the understood ‘secret’ holder of the concentrated short position JP Morgan. This is very surprising in that Mr. Butler has been hammering away on this topic for 20 years, and all of a sudden, this body who has been minimizing, and at times accused Mr. Butler of basically every kind of distortions under the sun, wants to now know what he knows, and appears to be on the verge of limiting the maximum number of short positions held by a single entity. This move, will in effect, destroy the manipulations in these markets, and set them free.
This is very telling, due to the fact that by allowing the manipulation to end, the price very well may explode, and reach levels that only some have dreamed of. Now why, one may ask, is this occurring? Due to the physical shortage of the metals, and the money powers know it. The money powers understand clearly that if the metals take off, it is game over for the fiat currency. However, as powerful as the money powers are, they are not alchemists, and cannot produce gold and silver on a whim, and even they are subjected to God’s creation limits on these metals.
The money powers will need a whipping post to pin the blame on the run away metals prices, and the CFTC will be the poster child for this, with a close second being pinned on those ‘greedy’ bullion holders and owners. This seems to be the first lynch pin of two that may very well lead to the down fall of our economic system.
The second is the fact Obama is now going after one of the truly untouchables, Goldman Sachs. One needs to be very clear: Obama works for the money powers, not the other way around, so one really needs to read between the tea leaves on this one. Goldman Sachs, along with JP Morgan, runs the western hemisphere as far as the money powers are concerned. The only true entities on the planet with the power to take down Goldman Sachs are the House of Rothschild in Europe, and David Rockefeller’s JP Morgan/Chase or both of them together. It very well may be that the money powers are in such a situation that one of the two entities needs to be sacrificed for the good of keeping dominance over the state of affairs in this hemisphere. Due to Rockefeller’s status in the money power hierarchy, it will not be his institution, JP Morgan/Chase
In looking at the Who’s Who of banking, the Department of Treasury, Federal Reserve, and other positions in government, Goldman Sachs alumni dominate these positions, and have for decades now (this is verified in the public domain, and is not conspiracy material). Not only is Goldman Sachs involved in the majority of the financial dealings within the government, they are the prime movers in making them happen, then become one of the largest recipients of the moves, the epitome of ‘conflict of interest’. It was Goldman Sachs alumni who pushed the ‘stimulus’ package, and they have received untold billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out their derivative debacle, and the Federal Reserve is covering the tracks by denying a congressional demand that they expose the entities names who received the $2.1 TRILLION in secret funding.
In both of these instances, the money powers have to make it look like the government is taking the necessary steps in ‘discovering and halting’ these two market manipulations. However, both the metals market, and the derivatives markets are DOOMED to failure, and both will self destruct in grand fashion. If the government did not ‘intervene’, the money powers would be fully exposed for all to see, and their ‘matrix like’ existence would be over. It would be quite the admission by the money powers if the above scenario is accurate, because it would finally demonstrate that these people and entities do not have total control over the markets, and the world population like they think they do. These are events few expected to see, and still so close together. Goldman Sachs, the lead holder in the .5-.8 Quadrillion (500-800 Trillion) derivatives market, and JP Morgan the largest concentrated silver short holder in the precious metals market, both having to give up their positions. They don’t want to, but the walls are closing in on them, and something has to give.
It is the forces of God first and then the free markets that are forcing the hands of the money powers, and they are desperate in finding an exit strategy that will minimize their pain and chances of getting caught. These moves will be made only due to needing to get out of town before the financial nuclear bomb goes off. If Goldman Sachs is to be sacrificed for the sake of keeping the financial realm intact for a few more seasons, it will mean Rockefeller has only JP Morgan left, and he will be a one trick pony. This is truly a monumental moment in history and if true, is (pun intended) a golden opportunity to take back the monetary system of this country. The key to defeating the money powers is knowledge, numbers of people, and emptying their coffers of all the precious metals we can get our hands onto. The time may be extremely short in obtaining any metals, and must be done with great haste.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
CARDINAL MAHONEY SHOULD SPEND HIS TIME CLEANING HIS OWN HOUSE
George Offerman
It seems many of the American prelates just can’t seem to keep quiet when matters of importance that are real problems are being dealt with appropriately. It is nearly laughable that of all the Cardinals to enter a public discourse, Cardinal Mahoney now wants to accuse the Arizona legislature and sheriff’s department of using ‘German Nazi and Russian Communist Techniques” (If only Cardinal Mahoney would use the same language on Planned Parenthood, and their indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent). The Cardinal’s blog entry on this matter, unfortunately, is filled with distortions and uses shrill and emotionally laden terms in an attempt to make a point, that law breakers should be protected.
The Cardinal goes out of his way to not use the term ‘illegal’ and presents his case as ‘anti immigrant’ which is disingenuous. The Cardinal also attempts to make the case that this country is sending mixed messages concerning the need for labor, while systematically ‘persecuting’ those who have come in magnanimously, to help us in our need. Law breaking is not addressed at all in this posting. The next three paragraphs are from Cardinal Mahoney’s blog site.
http://cardinalrogermahonyblogsla.blogspot.com/
The Arizona legislature just passed the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless anti-immigrant law [SB 1070, awaiting the expected signature of Gov. Jan Brewer]. The tragedy of the law is its totally flawed reasoning: that immigrants come to our country to rob, plunder, and consume public resources. That is not only false, the premise is nonsense.
What led the Arizona legislature to pass such a law is so obvious to all of us who have been working for federal comprehensive immigration reform: the present immigration system is completely incapable of balancing our nation's need for labor and the supply of that labor. We have built a huge wall along our southern border, and have posted in effect two signs next to each other. One reads, "No Trespassing," and the other reads "Help Wanted." The ill-conceived Arizona law does nothing to balance our labor needs.
The law is wrongly assuming that Arizona residents, including local law enforcement personnel, will now shift their total attention to guessing which Latino-looking or foreign-looking person may or may not have proper documents. That's also nonsense. American people are fair-minded and respectful. I can't imagine Arizonans now reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are required to turn one another in to the authorities on any suspicion of documentation. Are children supposed to call 911 because one parent does not have proper papers? Are family members and neighbors now supposed to spy on one another, create total distrust across neighborhoods and communities, and report people because of suspicions based upon appearance?
Although it may be true that most of the illegals are here to work, and ultimately try to make life better for their families, it is false to make the assertion that crime has not gone up from those bad elements coming here, and the people of Arizona have a right to protect themselves. As well, the Cardinal dismisses quite readily those who have played by the rules and came here legally, minimizing their efforts and trying to equate law breakers with law abiding immigrants as one and the same. Many of these immigrants (and I have had many encounters with both illegal and legal) are more disgusted with the lawbreakers, as they cheated to get here, and despite Cardinal Mahoney’s claim, do utilize many services paid for by tax payer money.
One who is invited to a house or other property is called a guest, while those who break in and are unwanted are called trespassers or robbers. (Or in Cardinal Mahoney’s words, unwanted guests) Maybe unbeknown to Cardinal Mahoney is the small fact that lawbreakers have a tendency to… break laws. Illegals in this country are not immigrants, they are lawbreakers. If the lawbreakers are of Hispanic origin, it does not make sense to stop blue haired grannies for their ID’s in order to be politically correct. It is very interesting the Cardinal totally overlooks law breaking, and advocates actively for the law breakers, while chastising those who uphold the law, and are law enforcement agents.
There may or may not be many who are anti immigrant, but there are plenty of people who are anti illegal. This country, as well as the Catholic Church was built on the order of law and authority, and those who advocate breaking the laws are seen as guilty as those who are actually breaking the law. To apologize for upholding the law, or to be called names like Nazis is unbecoming to begin with, but from a high ranking prelate such as Cardinal Mahoney, it sows confusion and discord, and needs to be challenged. It is incredible that Rome is staying out of this, and it would seem that some action should result in order to correct this misguided perception.
Unfortunately for this particular Cardinal, not following authority and ‘lawbreaking’ has been his modus operandi for most of his tenure at the helm of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Given the large number of scandals that have not been dealt with (covered up) coupled with the fact that issues such as legalized child killing, and blatant violations of Cannon 915 are going on, the Cardinal would do very well to pay attention to his own back yard, and demonstrate real leadership by upholding the Faith and the traditions of the Catholic Church. It is really a shame when a prelate of the stature of Cardinal Mahoney can come out with statements like this, and vilify those who have a right and an obligation to protect themselves as well as stop illegal activity, uses such brazen statements as he has. An apology is really needed here, but don’t expect one. In fact, the good Cardinal may want the law abiding to apologize to the law breakers for ‘offending’ them and creating ‘needless hostilities’. The insanity continues, but from the unlikely source of the Catholic Church. Sad, indeed.
It seems many of the American prelates just can’t seem to keep quiet when matters of importance that are real problems are being dealt with appropriately. It is nearly laughable that of all the Cardinals to enter a public discourse, Cardinal Mahoney now wants to accuse the Arizona legislature and sheriff’s department of using ‘German Nazi and Russian Communist Techniques” (If only Cardinal Mahoney would use the same language on Planned Parenthood, and their indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent). The Cardinal’s blog entry on this matter, unfortunately, is filled with distortions and uses shrill and emotionally laden terms in an attempt to make a point, that law breakers should be protected.
The Cardinal goes out of his way to not use the term ‘illegal’ and presents his case as ‘anti immigrant’ which is disingenuous. The Cardinal also attempts to make the case that this country is sending mixed messages concerning the need for labor, while systematically ‘persecuting’ those who have come in magnanimously, to help us in our need. Law breaking is not addressed at all in this posting. The next three paragraphs are from Cardinal Mahoney’s blog site.
http://cardinalrogermahonyblogsla.blogspot.com/
The Arizona legislature just passed the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless anti-immigrant law [SB 1070, awaiting the expected signature of Gov. Jan Brewer]. The tragedy of the law is its totally flawed reasoning: that immigrants come to our country to rob, plunder, and consume public resources. That is not only false, the premise is nonsense.
What led the Arizona legislature to pass such a law is so obvious to all of us who have been working for federal comprehensive immigration reform: the present immigration system is completely incapable of balancing our nation's need for labor and the supply of that labor. We have built a huge wall along our southern border, and have posted in effect two signs next to each other. One reads, "No Trespassing," and the other reads "Help Wanted." The ill-conceived Arizona law does nothing to balance our labor needs.
The law is wrongly assuming that Arizona residents, including local law enforcement personnel, will now shift their total attention to guessing which Latino-looking or foreign-looking person may or may not have proper documents. That's also nonsense. American people are fair-minded and respectful. I can't imagine Arizonans now reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are required to turn one another in to the authorities on any suspicion of documentation. Are children supposed to call 911 because one parent does not have proper papers? Are family members and neighbors now supposed to spy on one another, create total distrust across neighborhoods and communities, and report people because of suspicions based upon appearance?
Although it may be true that most of the illegals are here to work, and ultimately try to make life better for their families, it is false to make the assertion that crime has not gone up from those bad elements coming here, and the people of Arizona have a right to protect themselves. As well, the Cardinal dismisses quite readily those who have played by the rules and came here legally, minimizing their efforts and trying to equate law breakers with law abiding immigrants as one and the same. Many of these immigrants (and I have had many encounters with both illegal and legal) are more disgusted with the lawbreakers, as they cheated to get here, and despite Cardinal Mahoney’s claim, do utilize many services paid for by tax payer money.
One who is invited to a house or other property is called a guest, while those who break in and are unwanted are called trespassers or robbers. (Or in Cardinal Mahoney’s words, unwanted guests) Maybe unbeknown to Cardinal Mahoney is the small fact that lawbreakers have a tendency to… break laws. Illegals in this country are not immigrants, they are lawbreakers. If the lawbreakers are of Hispanic origin, it does not make sense to stop blue haired grannies for their ID’s in order to be politically correct. It is very interesting the Cardinal totally overlooks law breaking, and advocates actively for the law breakers, while chastising those who uphold the law, and are law enforcement agents.
There may or may not be many who are anti immigrant, but there are plenty of people who are anti illegal. This country, as well as the Catholic Church was built on the order of law and authority, and those who advocate breaking the laws are seen as guilty as those who are actually breaking the law. To apologize for upholding the law, or to be called names like Nazis is unbecoming to begin with, but from a high ranking prelate such as Cardinal Mahoney, it sows confusion and discord, and needs to be challenged. It is incredible that Rome is staying out of this, and it would seem that some action should result in order to correct this misguided perception.
Unfortunately for this particular Cardinal, not following authority and ‘lawbreaking’ has been his modus operandi for most of his tenure at the helm of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Given the large number of scandals that have not been dealt with (covered up) coupled with the fact that issues such as legalized child killing, and blatant violations of Cannon 915 are going on, the Cardinal would do very well to pay attention to his own back yard, and demonstrate real leadership by upholding the Faith and the traditions of the Catholic Church. It is really a shame when a prelate of the stature of Cardinal Mahoney can come out with statements like this, and vilify those who have a right and an obligation to protect themselves as well as stop illegal activity, uses such brazen statements as he has. An apology is really needed here, but don’t expect one. In fact, the good Cardinal may want the law abiding to apologize to the law breakers for ‘offending’ them and creating ‘needless hostilities’. The insanity continues, but from the unlikely source of the Catholic Church. Sad, indeed.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
PRAVDA SAYS IT ALL
George Offerman
Some times I come across articles that seem to state what I am trying to formulate much better than I can do, and this is one of them. It is from a perspective of a Russian and seems to reflect a great deal of knowledge, given this man may have lived through one of the most horrendous regimes to ever exist on this planet.
It is interesting; in the sense that one often gets the unvarnished truth from those that one may consider ‘enemies’. Try as I may, I cannot find a point of contention in Mr. Mishin’s observations and believe he has most likely nailed this directly. One can only hope that it is still possible to resurrect this great republic, but it will take an effort that may be beyond the scope of ability for the current American population. Either way, it seems like we will soon have the answer to this inquiry.
American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas than the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonald’s burger or a Burger King burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blinds the foolish.
Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Weimar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, losses, and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beaten our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties, and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more than a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motors) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self-given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, and so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "free man" whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance, and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Frank, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery without a fight, beating his chest, and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin© 1999-2009... PRAVDA.Ru. When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.
27.04.2009
Source: Pravda.Ru
URL: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-american_capitalism-
Some times I come across articles that seem to state what I am trying to formulate much better than I can do, and this is one of them. It is from a perspective of a Russian and seems to reflect a great deal of knowledge, given this man may have lived through one of the most horrendous regimes to ever exist on this planet.
It is interesting; in the sense that one often gets the unvarnished truth from those that one may consider ‘enemies’. Try as I may, I cannot find a point of contention in Mr. Mishin’s observations and believe he has most likely nailed this directly. One can only hope that it is still possible to resurrect this great republic, but it will take an effort that may be beyond the scope of ability for the current American population. Either way, it seems like we will soon have the answer to this inquiry.
American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas than the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonald’s burger or a Burger King burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blinds the foolish.
Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Weimar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, losses, and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beaten our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties, and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more than a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motors) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self-given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, and so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "free man" whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance, and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Frank, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery without a fight, beating his chest, and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin© 1999-2009... PRAVDA.Ru. When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.
27.04.2009
Source: Pravda.Ru
URL: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-american_capitalism-
Monday, April 19, 2010
WHERE ARE THE PRO LIFERS?
George Offerman
With the announcement of Justice John Paul Stevens retirement after the closing of the Supreme Court session, is the opportunity to influence the potential picks to succeed Justice Stevens. Supposedly, the Supreme Court is the central battle ground of the legalized child killing fields, and one would think that if this is true, that it would result in the most heated battle front in the pro life movement. Unfortunately, the pro life movement is MIA at the moment (most of the time) and it looks like the movement will take its customary position at defense, once Obama names the potential successor.
If anyone cares to remember, the last 2 appointments that President Bush was able to nominate was met immediately by the pro death contingency, the candidates on the ‘short list’ were given a ‘going over’ like no ones business, and the issue of legalized child killing was front and center. The discussions of the prospective Justice’s stance on the issues were ongoing and intense, and propagated by the very boisterous and ultra conservative left. The Pro life movement was much quieter, and did not feel secure enough to enter the debate in the way the other side does, and fortunately the pro lifers did get two good justices out of this process.
The sad part is, that once the nomination process begins to heat up, the MIA pro life groups will use this opportunity to fund raise, and then promote ‘virtual protests’ (which cost very little to conduct) and will also attack those true pro lifers who are actually taking the bullets for the babies. For many of the pro life groups, it is their existence that is of the utmost concern, and the ending of legalized child killing would dry up the funds, and essentially put them in the unemployment lines. God forbid that ever happen. By virtue of the fact there is little to any resistance at this time, shows there is not the intent to fight this process to win the battle, but to do just enough to propagate the continuation of the ‘showing of a fight’.
The Church is also MIA in this fight, and has not mentioned one word concerning the likelihood that a pro death justice will be named. Mostly, the church continues to pay lip service to the pro life issues, if that, and will be inclined to distance themselves from the ‘extremists’ who are out there challenging the status quo. The bishops are not taking the lead whatsoever, and speaking up for the children being sacrificed. It appears there is too much at stake concerning things like tax exempt status, and this in effect has purchased their silence as well. It seems as long as the ‘show’ that is put on does not truly threaten the status quo, those in power will leave the church well enough alone.
This leaves the true pro lifers in the field primarily on their own, and this group of people should expect nothing short of an assault on both ends of the battle. We truly are in very desperate times, and the only consolation in that is God usually sends a champion to give direction for those willing to stand up for the faith. It may mean the destruction of all we know at this time, but it will definitely bring about clarity in the need to get the job done, and the means in which to make this happen. In the mean time, what is next and who is wiling to step up to the plate to make it happen?
Precious metals market ready to heat up.
It seems that Mr. Ted Butler finally made a trip to Washington, D.C. and was given 90 minutes in a closed meeting with the CFTC. What is remarkable about this is that these so called experts gave the platform to Mr. Butler for 90 minutes, and primarily took in what he had to say, and listened to his evidence of manipulation of the silver market. It is unbelievable that a private citizen was given such a platform, and at least the government people at the CFTC had the brains to ask questions and acknowledge manipulation has taken place. As mentioned before, Mr. Butler knows more in his pinky finger than all of the government economists combined, and they showed good judgment in not trashing Mr. Butler in this format.
The implications are huge for the precious metals markets in that Mr. Butler’s 20 year efforts to expose the manipulation finally have been acknowledged. If this is resolved, the metals market will take off, and shock even the most skeptical of those, as man once again will learn that Gold and Silver are God’s money. If you are not on board yet owning the physical metals (not paper derivatives), this very well may be the last call. The link below is an outstanding interview by Mr. Jim Cook of Investment Rarities of Mr. Ted Butler after Mr. Butlers ‘historic’ meeting with the CFTC.
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2010/0414.html
With the announcement of Justice John Paul Stevens retirement after the closing of the Supreme Court session, is the opportunity to influence the potential picks to succeed Justice Stevens. Supposedly, the Supreme Court is the central battle ground of the legalized child killing fields, and one would think that if this is true, that it would result in the most heated battle front in the pro life movement. Unfortunately, the pro life movement is MIA at the moment (most of the time) and it looks like the movement will take its customary position at defense, once Obama names the potential successor.
If anyone cares to remember, the last 2 appointments that President Bush was able to nominate was met immediately by the pro death contingency, the candidates on the ‘short list’ were given a ‘going over’ like no ones business, and the issue of legalized child killing was front and center. The discussions of the prospective Justice’s stance on the issues were ongoing and intense, and propagated by the very boisterous and ultra conservative left. The Pro life movement was much quieter, and did not feel secure enough to enter the debate in the way the other side does, and fortunately the pro lifers did get two good justices out of this process.
The sad part is, that once the nomination process begins to heat up, the MIA pro life groups will use this opportunity to fund raise, and then promote ‘virtual protests’ (which cost very little to conduct) and will also attack those true pro lifers who are actually taking the bullets for the babies. For many of the pro life groups, it is their existence that is of the utmost concern, and the ending of legalized child killing would dry up the funds, and essentially put them in the unemployment lines. God forbid that ever happen. By virtue of the fact there is little to any resistance at this time, shows there is not the intent to fight this process to win the battle, but to do just enough to propagate the continuation of the ‘showing of a fight’.
The Church is also MIA in this fight, and has not mentioned one word concerning the likelihood that a pro death justice will be named. Mostly, the church continues to pay lip service to the pro life issues, if that, and will be inclined to distance themselves from the ‘extremists’ who are out there challenging the status quo. The bishops are not taking the lead whatsoever, and speaking up for the children being sacrificed. It appears there is too much at stake concerning things like tax exempt status, and this in effect has purchased their silence as well. It seems as long as the ‘show’ that is put on does not truly threaten the status quo, those in power will leave the church well enough alone.
This leaves the true pro lifers in the field primarily on their own, and this group of people should expect nothing short of an assault on both ends of the battle. We truly are in very desperate times, and the only consolation in that is God usually sends a champion to give direction for those willing to stand up for the faith. It may mean the destruction of all we know at this time, but it will definitely bring about clarity in the need to get the job done, and the means in which to make this happen. In the mean time, what is next and who is wiling to step up to the plate to make it happen?
Precious metals market ready to heat up.
It seems that Mr. Ted Butler finally made a trip to Washington, D.C. and was given 90 minutes in a closed meeting with the CFTC. What is remarkable about this is that these so called experts gave the platform to Mr. Butler for 90 minutes, and primarily took in what he had to say, and listened to his evidence of manipulation of the silver market. It is unbelievable that a private citizen was given such a platform, and at least the government people at the CFTC had the brains to ask questions and acknowledge manipulation has taken place. As mentioned before, Mr. Butler knows more in his pinky finger than all of the government economists combined, and they showed good judgment in not trashing Mr. Butler in this format.
The implications are huge for the precious metals markets in that Mr. Butler’s 20 year efforts to expose the manipulation finally have been acknowledged. If this is resolved, the metals market will take off, and shock even the most skeptical of those, as man once again will learn that Gold and Silver are God’s money. If you are not on board yet owning the physical metals (not paper derivatives), this very well may be the last call. The link below is an outstanding interview by Mr. Jim Cook of Investment Rarities of Mr. Ted Butler after Mr. Butlers ‘historic’ meeting with the CFTC.
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2010/0414.html
Friday, April 16, 2010
THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS IS STILL EVIL
George Offerman
The upcoming elections this November are truly going to test the mettle of the electorate and we will soon see if all the hype is hot air, or truly has substance to it. The tea party has seemed to awaken patriotism and the need to reign in government, at least in a sizeable minority. With the passion and awakening to the current criminal behavior going on in this country by the current crop of elected officials, it brings out some awesome possibilities, but potential problems that can be exploited by the cunning. The two problems are: 1) although sizeable it is a minority, and 2) it is not politically organized, and as such, is not fielding candidates (yet).
It is very obvious that the undead demovamps will never attract any of those from the tea party, and it was made very clear yesterday when the Premier undead Demovamp Obama made the following comment: “I am amused by the last two days of demonstrations by people about taxes. You would think they’d be saying THANK YOU”. (Making the claim he actually lowered taxes). Statements like that cannot even be measured on the LIAR scale, and it seems like the Premier undead Demovamp absconded that line from one of his favorite movies “Night of the living dead”. ***Personal message to the Premier undead Demovamp: Liar, Liar you undead vampire.
With the Demovamps clearly out of the running, it will fall upon the Republicants to try to bring the tea party ‘into the tent’. With talk Radio host Sean Hannity leading the charge, the Republicants are significantly downplaying, and in some quarters, chastising the tea party movement as being a potential distraction for the upcoming elections in November. There have been some accusations made that if the tea party became a third party, it would split the vote and the Demovamps would remain in power. So the Republicants are desperately trying to make the case that the tea party people can find a comfy home in the ‘revamped reenergized Republican party”.
First of all, if the Republicants actually stood for the principles they claim to stand for, there would have been no need for the tea party movement in the first place. Since the Republicants are the better known party of the two for welching on their promises, it is no accident that they have steadily lost power in the current government over the past few election cycles. They now want to come in and sell their wares to the tea party people, and attempt to convince them that the Republicant party is the way to go. The Republicants main selling point is the ‘split the vote, we lose’ mentality, and we will have more of the same. It seems many in the tea party are taking this bait, and if the Republicants won back the congress, the real outcome, at lest legislatively would not be much different than if the demovamps won every seat.
What the Republicants do not seem to want to acknowledge is the fact that when they have had control of the legislative and executive branches, they have not controlled spending, government growth, regulation, and sure have not made any real attempts at ending legalized child killing. They regularly made promises to limit growth, reign in spending and regulation, and once in office, actually did the opposite. So, we have the demovamps that make up front promises to grow government, regulate business and individuals into paralysis, and redistribute wealth at every turn. The Republicants make opposite promises, but then end up acting very much like the demovamps. What makes the Republicants worse than the demovamps is the fact the Republicants throw enough table scraps to the electorate to make it look like they are really trying, when in fact, they seem to have no real intention of making the difficult changes required in these very extra ordinary times we live in.
This then, is an evil that is more difficult to perceive than outright open rebellion against the principles of what this great republic was built on. Whether poisoned with large doses and die quickly, or low doses and die slowly and painfully, the end result is still death. It is much more painful to elect people one believes will stand for certain principles, only to be betrayed down the road. Then, they get re elected. The current Republicants, if one remembers, called for ‘repeal’ of the hell care law, right after passage. Now, they are stating ’Well, reform is needed, and we can do it better”. Already selling out. No, this country does not need some ‘seasoned’ Republicants to lead the charge to the ‘promised land’ as Reagan used to say. We need people who understand the constitution, are willing to make the difficult decisions, and most important of all, willing to be a one term politician for principles.
This is why I personally hope the tea party causes chaos in the whole political arena. If this movement is absconded by the Republicants, we will, in the end, have our hearts broken, and be in essentially the same mess we would have been in if the demovamps had a total sweep of all the seats in congress. A real revolution needs to take place (hopefully peaceful), but it cannot be lead by an entity that contributed to the mess in the first place. It is time for a new party with new faces that has a unified message. Out with the tired and old (except Ron Paul), and be rid of the garbage that passes for the current political scene.
The upcoming elections this November are truly going to test the mettle of the electorate and we will soon see if all the hype is hot air, or truly has substance to it. The tea party has seemed to awaken patriotism and the need to reign in government, at least in a sizeable minority. With the passion and awakening to the current criminal behavior going on in this country by the current crop of elected officials, it brings out some awesome possibilities, but potential problems that can be exploited by the cunning. The two problems are: 1) although sizeable it is a minority, and 2) it is not politically organized, and as such, is not fielding candidates (yet).
It is very obvious that the undead demovamps will never attract any of those from the tea party, and it was made very clear yesterday when the Premier undead Demovamp Obama made the following comment: “I am amused by the last two days of demonstrations by people about taxes. You would think they’d be saying THANK YOU”. (Making the claim he actually lowered taxes). Statements like that cannot even be measured on the LIAR scale, and it seems like the Premier undead Demovamp absconded that line from one of his favorite movies “Night of the living dead”. ***Personal message to the Premier undead Demovamp: Liar, Liar you undead vampire.
With the Demovamps clearly out of the running, it will fall upon the Republicants to try to bring the tea party ‘into the tent’. With talk Radio host Sean Hannity leading the charge, the Republicants are significantly downplaying, and in some quarters, chastising the tea party movement as being a potential distraction for the upcoming elections in November. There have been some accusations made that if the tea party became a third party, it would split the vote and the Demovamps would remain in power. So the Republicants are desperately trying to make the case that the tea party people can find a comfy home in the ‘revamped reenergized Republican party”.
First of all, if the Republicants actually stood for the principles they claim to stand for, there would have been no need for the tea party movement in the first place. Since the Republicants are the better known party of the two for welching on their promises, it is no accident that they have steadily lost power in the current government over the past few election cycles. They now want to come in and sell their wares to the tea party people, and attempt to convince them that the Republicant party is the way to go. The Republicants main selling point is the ‘split the vote, we lose’ mentality, and we will have more of the same. It seems many in the tea party are taking this bait, and if the Republicants won back the congress, the real outcome, at lest legislatively would not be much different than if the demovamps won every seat.
What the Republicants do not seem to want to acknowledge is the fact that when they have had control of the legislative and executive branches, they have not controlled spending, government growth, regulation, and sure have not made any real attempts at ending legalized child killing. They regularly made promises to limit growth, reign in spending and regulation, and once in office, actually did the opposite. So, we have the demovamps that make up front promises to grow government, regulate business and individuals into paralysis, and redistribute wealth at every turn. The Republicants make opposite promises, but then end up acting very much like the demovamps. What makes the Republicants worse than the demovamps is the fact the Republicants throw enough table scraps to the electorate to make it look like they are really trying, when in fact, they seem to have no real intention of making the difficult changes required in these very extra ordinary times we live in.
This then, is an evil that is more difficult to perceive than outright open rebellion against the principles of what this great republic was built on. Whether poisoned with large doses and die quickly, or low doses and die slowly and painfully, the end result is still death. It is much more painful to elect people one believes will stand for certain principles, only to be betrayed down the road. Then, they get re elected. The current Republicants, if one remembers, called for ‘repeal’ of the hell care law, right after passage. Now, they are stating ’Well, reform is needed, and we can do it better”. Already selling out. No, this country does not need some ‘seasoned’ Republicants to lead the charge to the ‘promised land’ as Reagan used to say. We need people who understand the constitution, are willing to make the difficult decisions, and most important of all, willing to be a one term politician for principles.
This is why I personally hope the tea party causes chaos in the whole political arena. If this movement is absconded by the Republicants, we will, in the end, have our hearts broken, and be in essentially the same mess we would have been in if the demovamps had a total sweep of all the seats in congress. A real revolution needs to take place (hopefully peaceful), but it cannot be lead by an entity that contributed to the mess in the first place. It is time for a new party with new faces that has a unified message. Out with the tired and old (except Ron Paul), and be rid of the garbage that passes for the current political scene.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
DAY OF THE VAMPIRES
George Offerman
In what ought to be considered the Vampires true high unholy day (October 31 does not hold a candle to this day) the undead will perform their annual ritual and suck a very large amount of green blood out of the living, and begin to redistribute it to their legions of undead recipients, to assure their allegiance this November when the undead recipients go to the bone box,.. er... ballot box. To add insult to injury to the living, the Value Added Tax (VAT) is the hot topic in the current debate, and it is on top of the already progressive (aggressive) tax structure. Evidently, the reduced amount of green blood the vampires received this past year of recession, must have scared them into trying to kill the living instead of maintaining the near comatose state many are in now.
It is no accident that 50% of the households in this country pay NO Federal or State income taxes, and many get the Earned Income Credit on top of not paying taxes. This is a very secure voting block, and what incentive is there for those who fall into this category to change the status quo? (This same group however, has NO difficulty wanting more goodies and having others pay for them) When the majority benefits, the majority gets what it wants. For those who have great hopes in the tea party, or resurrected Republicant party, things will not change too much until there is the environment when making the difficult choices is permissible by the majority.
Those who are subjected to the income taxes have little to no recourse for themselves. The premier undead Demovamp Obama is allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire, along with the temporary elimination of the estate tax (tax on death, their favorite) has increased the Mediscare and Medicoolaid taxes, eliminated the write offs for out of pocket medical expenses (go figure that one), and wants to add another 5.4% for those making over a million per year. When totaled up, some will be paying 70% of their income in taxes. The Demovamps see that as fair. Question for the Premier undead overlord Obama: Can you name one broke person, street person (or you for that matter) who created a job? Millionaires create jobs. Small business people create jobs. But why do it if the undead Demovamps take the booty? What will then happen? Answer: the productive will stop being productive. Then let’s see where the demovamps get their fill of green blood.
This day is a nightmare for the living, as they are required to hand over a large part of the fruit of their labors, because they happen to be guilty of the crime of ‘making too much money’. The undead like to use the lame statement that ‘luck smiled upon them’ and these vampires see it as their moral imperative to do an undead imitation of Robin Hood. However, one of these days, the vampires will do one too many raids on Sherwood Forest, and find nothing but charred stumps and carcasses of what used to be the productive. There needs to be an endpoint to the madness, but when and where is it?
The majority of those who pay for this madness could spend the money much more efficiently than this government, and most likely have great results. It is also largely true that those who pay the most in taxes, work the hardest, are better educated, and take the greatest risks. There is no luck involved in any of these factors, and it is very insulting that the undead, with little effort and no risk, take the hard earned money of the living, who put in a great effort with sometimes a great risk of losing everything in the process. Somehow, the undead believe they have a right to another’s labor, and believe those individuals should pay the taxes for the privilege of being in this country, and having the undead as overlords who see all and know all.
Yes, today is the high unholy day for the vampires, as they again remind those who make this country work, that their efforts are not appreciated, that they are seen as greedy, and ultimately, are the enemy to the undead recipients who keep reelecting the undead overlords to continue the flow of the green blood. This problem will never end until there is a recalibration of priorities and morals that focus on personal responsibility coupled with the fact that one’s labors truly are his, and that one has a right to determine what they do with the fruits of their labor. If too many of the undead are jealous of those that are successful, then do something about it. But do not try to steal their fruits, while justifying the complacency and entitled attitudes incorporated by the undead. It is time to break free from the undead and be rid of them once and for all.
In what ought to be considered the Vampires true high unholy day (October 31 does not hold a candle to this day) the undead will perform their annual ritual and suck a very large amount of green blood out of the living, and begin to redistribute it to their legions of undead recipients, to assure their allegiance this November when the undead recipients go to the bone box,.. er... ballot box. To add insult to injury to the living, the Value Added Tax (VAT) is the hot topic in the current debate, and it is on top of the already progressive (aggressive) tax structure. Evidently, the reduced amount of green blood the vampires received this past year of recession, must have scared them into trying to kill the living instead of maintaining the near comatose state many are in now.
It is no accident that 50% of the households in this country pay NO Federal or State income taxes, and many get the Earned Income Credit on top of not paying taxes. This is a very secure voting block, and what incentive is there for those who fall into this category to change the status quo? (This same group however, has NO difficulty wanting more goodies and having others pay for them) When the majority benefits, the majority gets what it wants. For those who have great hopes in the tea party, or resurrected Republicant party, things will not change too much until there is the environment when making the difficult choices is permissible by the majority.
Those who are subjected to the income taxes have little to no recourse for themselves. The premier undead Demovamp Obama is allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire, along with the temporary elimination of the estate tax (tax on death, their favorite) has increased the Mediscare and Medicoolaid taxes, eliminated the write offs for out of pocket medical expenses (go figure that one), and wants to add another 5.4% for those making over a million per year. When totaled up, some will be paying 70% of their income in taxes. The Demovamps see that as fair. Question for the Premier undead overlord Obama: Can you name one broke person, street person (or you for that matter) who created a job? Millionaires create jobs. Small business people create jobs. But why do it if the undead Demovamps take the booty? What will then happen? Answer: the productive will stop being productive. Then let’s see where the demovamps get their fill of green blood.
This day is a nightmare for the living, as they are required to hand over a large part of the fruit of their labors, because they happen to be guilty of the crime of ‘making too much money’. The undead like to use the lame statement that ‘luck smiled upon them’ and these vampires see it as their moral imperative to do an undead imitation of Robin Hood. However, one of these days, the vampires will do one too many raids on Sherwood Forest, and find nothing but charred stumps and carcasses of what used to be the productive. There needs to be an endpoint to the madness, but when and where is it?
The majority of those who pay for this madness could spend the money much more efficiently than this government, and most likely have great results. It is also largely true that those who pay the most in taxes, work the hardest, are better educated, and take the greatest risks. There is no luck involved in any of these factors, and it is very insulting that the undead, with little effort and no risk, take the hard earned money of the living, who put in a great effort with sometimes a great risk of losing everything in the process. Somehow, the undead believe they have a right to another’s labor, and believe those individuals should pay the taxes for the privilege of being in this country, and having the undead as overlords who see all and know all.
Yes, today is the high unholy day for the vampires, as they again remind those who make this country work, that their efforts are not appreciated, that they are seen as greedy, and ultimately, are the enemy to the undead recipients who keep reelecting the undead overlords to continue the flow of the green blood. This problem will never end until there is a recalibration of priorities and morals that focus on personal responsibility coupled with the fact that one’s labors truly are his, and that one has a right to determine what they do with the fruits of their labor. If too many of the undead are jealous of those that are successful, then do something about it. But do not try to steal their fruits, while justifying the complacency and entitled attitudes incorporated by the undead. It is time to break free from the undead and be rid of them once and for all.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
THROW ALL THE BUMS OUT (EXCEPT RON PAUL)
George Offerman
There are those who believe the life and death of America is up for vote this November. Many in the talk radio sphere, as well as many of those in the financial arena as well as some even in the religious/theological realm are beginning to have doubts this great country will ever come back. There is way more pessimism about our current situation than I can ever recall and it is for good reason. However, what is very bothersome to me, and it seemingly is not talked about much, is the fact there are TWO parties involved in the problems, and many are only blaming one of them.
Yes, I have been very harsh on the Demovampire party of the undead, and they have deserved and earned every word and disrespectful statement I have been able to muster up for them. Their actions are ungodly, they are the party of the selfish and ‘me first’ folks, they trash our founding fathers, while using the freedoms our founding fathers pledged their lives, liberty and fortunes to win for us. They take from the living, and give to the undead, they lie, and cheat, steal and pillage, and that is on their good days. However, the one compliment I can give to the Demovamps is the fact that at least they are open about their treachery, and at least stick to their unholy agenda with a fair amount of consistency.
Unlike what many believe, the Republicant party is not the party of God. Yes, it is true the Republicants have brought about good changes in many of the laws, reduced taxes, appointed some good justices to the Supreme Court (as well as some lousy ones). But unlike the Demovamps, too many of the Republicants are wolves in sheep’s clothing. As Randall Terry likes to say, it is the enemy within the camp that is the most dangerous, as they will cut your throat while you are sleeping. This is the treachery that has been the most damaging of all.
Too many well meaning folks have cast their votes for Republicants who will say the right things, but once in office, turn around and do what they really wanted to do. Too often, the Republicant in office will give lip service to the issues that got them into office, yet do little to nothing to make real changes and keep the promises they made. This is most apparent in the arena of legalized child killing. There were multiple times when the Republicants had opportunities to lay the groundwork to overturn Roe, but failed to do so. And it seems most of the failures were in the areas of omission, in which they simply failed to carry through with their promises by not acting on this while having control of the legislative and executive branches.
The most glaring was the instance of Rep Ron Paul (Texas) who introduced the Sanctity of Life bill, that not only would have protected the fetus, by declaring it to be human, but would have also made the issue of legalized child killing off limits to the Supreme court. Very few if any of the Republicants co sponsored this legislation, thus exposing their true motives and demonstrating they really are not much different than the Demovamps. As far as pro life issues goes, neither of the parties can be trusted, and it is time to make some changes we can believe in. Neither party has the gumption to make difficult decisions, and unfortunately, the demovamps are the closer of the two parties that attempts to stay on message, but it is the wrong one for the country.
So, if we are to ‘resurrect’ this republic, it will mean getting rid of all the bums in office. If they are an incumbent, they should be thrown out. We need to start out fresh, and have people in who understand what this country stood for, have a clear understanding of the constitution and the need to uphold it, and have a clear understanding and mission to allow freedom to reign once again, and remove the shackles of this ungodly and overly bureaucratic government as it now exists. We need to stand for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (private property) for the born and unborn. Anything less is a betrayal of God and what used to be this country.
So, there are alternatives to the Republicant party for believers and lovers of freedom. I just hope and pray the majority don’t fall into the trap that ‘let’s vote for the lesser of two evils” or “I don’t want to waste my vote on a third party candidate who will never win anyway”. If these thoughts take over, we will end up with ‘more of the same’ and there will be only cosmetic changes made as we sink further into the abyss. If the candidates and incumbents do not follow through with their promises, they need to go. This is what the tea party is about, and the momentum for radical change must continue, and must not be hijacked by either party.
There are those who believe the life and death of America is up for vote this November. Many in the talk radio sphere, as well as many of those in the financial arena as well as some even in the religious/theological realm are beginning to have doubts this great country will ever come back. There is way more pessimism about our current situation than I can ever recall and it is for good reason. However, what is very bothersome to me, and it seemingly is not talked about much, is the fact there are TWO parties involved in the problems, and many are only blaming one of them.
Yes, I have been very harsh on the Demovampire party of the undead, and they have deserved and earned every word and disrespectful statement I have been able to muster up for them. Their actions are ungodly, they are the party of the selfish and ‘me first’ folks, they trash our founding fathers, while using the freedoms our founding fathers pledged their lives, liberty and fortunes to win for us. They take from the living, and give to the undead, they lie, and cheat, steal and pillage, and that is on their good days. However, the one compliment I can give to the Demovamps is the fact that at least they are open about their treachery, and at least stick to their unholy agenda with a fair amount of consistency.
Unlike what many believe, the Republicant party is not the party of God. Yes, it is true the Republicants have brought about good changes in many of the laws, reduced taxes, appointed some good justices to the Supreme Court (as well as some lousy ones). But unlike the Demovamps, too many of the Republicants are wolves in sheep’s clothing. As Randall Terry likes to say, it is the enemy within the camp that is the most dangerous, as they will cut your throat while you are sleeping. This is the treachery that has been the most damaging of all.
Too many well meaning folks have cast their votes for Republicants who will say the right things, but once in office, turn around and do what they really wanted to do. Too often, the Republicant in office will give lip service to the issues that got them into office, yet do little to nothing to make real changes and keep the promises they made. This is most apparent in the arena of legalized child killing. There were multiple times when the Republicants had opportunities to lay the groundwork to overturn Roe, but failed to do so. And it seems most of the failures were in the areas of omission, in which they simply failed to carry through with their promises by not acting on this while having control of the legislative and executive branches.
The most glaring was the instance of Rep Ron Paul (Texas) who introduced the Sanctity of Life bill, that not only would have protected the fetus, by declaring it to be human, but would have also made the issue of legalized child killing off limits to the Supreme court. Very few if any of the Republicants co sponsored this legislation, thus exposing their true motives and demonstrating they really are not much different than the Demovamps. As far as pro life issues goes, neither of the parties can be trusted, and it is time to make some changes we can believe in. Neither party has the gumption to make difficult decisions, and unfortunately, the demovamps are the closer of the two parties that attempts to stay on message, but it is the wrong one for the country.
So, if we are to ‘resurrect’ this republic, it will mean getting rid of all the bums in office. If they are an incumbent, they should be thrown out. We need to start out fresh, and have people in who understand what this country stood for, have a clear understanding of the constitution and the need to uphold it, and have a clear understanding and mission to allow freedom to reign once again, and remove the shackles of this ungodly and overly bureaucratic government as it now exists. We need to stand for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (private property) for the born and unborn. Anything less is a betrayal of God and what used to be this country.
So, there are alternatives to the Republicant party for believers and lovers of freedom. I just hope and pray the majority don’t fall into the trap that ‘let’s vote for the lesser of two evils” or “I don’t want to waste my vote on a third party candidate who will never win anyway”. If these thoughts take over, we will end up with ‘more of the same’ and there will be only cosmetic changes made as we sink further into the abyss. If the candidates and incumbents do not follow through with their promises, they need to go. This is what the tea party is about, and the momentum for radical change must continue, and must not be hijacked by either party.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
NOTRE DAME DOES IT AGAIN
George Offerman
Notre Dame just cannot seem to get it right. The open rebellion and scandals keep on rolling out of Our Lady’s University, to the shame and chagrin of the faithful. Just when you thought it was safe to bring out the Rosary beads, the University, in its ever infinite “Catholic” wisdom, decides to sponsor and hold a “Stand against hate week” that caters to the homosexual crowd. Here is a partial listing of events to be held, and a link to a petition by John Ritchie at the TFP Student Action site:
This is what's planned at Our Lady's university this week:
Pro-homosexual screening of "The Laramie Project"
Lecture on campus: "Homosexuality Under the Dome"
The hosting of a "Day of Silence" on April 16
Important note: The "Day of Silence" is a pro-homosexual propaganda tool designed by GLSEN (G a y, L esbian and Straight Education Network) to persuade school children and college students to accept homosexuality.
For your information, GLSEN:
* Promotes explicit homosexual reading material for teens
* Favors same-s e x prom dates
* Organizes pro-homosexual clubs in schools
http://www.tfpstudentaction.net/campaigns/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=protest_1010&utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAE1047+-+Notre+Dame+%22Stand+Against+Hate+Week%22
As much as this is incredible, it unfortunately is believable, given the recent track record of events and positions held by the current President and board of Notre Dame. It seems the only hate the University is willing to show is hatred towards the Catholic Church, its traditions and faith. For these theophobics, it is any mention of God and real faith that scares them, and they must hide behind some fake ideal of social justice to push this agenda which is very anti God and very anti Catholic. Evidently, it doesn’t matter when the name of the game is to please the liberals and get along with everyone, over the sanctity of the faith.
No one is advocating hate, but when the rebellious wing of the church wants to dictate the terms of the discussion, and the traditional side of the church stays silent, confusion is born, and crisis of faith then occurs. These self righteous weirdoes believe any disagreement with them is hate speech, yet it is they who engage in the most outrageous terms and names and try to convey that they speak for God and righteousness. The problem they seem to not get is, God does not bless sin, and has been extremely clear that the shedding of innocent blood (legalized child killing) along with homosexuality are about the gravest of all the sins, and Notre Dame now has openly promoted both of them.
One cannot claim to be speaking FOR God when what they are saying goes AGAINST what God has made clear is serious sin. In effect, those in support of such policies are really saying love is hate, and hate is love. It is love to correct those in error, and it is hate to deliberately steer someone on a path of destruction. And there can be no question that deliberately rebelling against Church teachings is an act of hate, as it leads to destruction. The spirit of rebellion has never brought about the fruits of peace, joy, serenity and unity, and what Notre Dame is proposing will result in none of these. Again, confusion reigns at Our Lady’s University, and it is one more scandal for the church, and proof that by their silence, the American Bishops are unplugged from their true source of power.
From the R U Kidding Korner…
Heard yesterday on the radio, Senator Chuck Schumer angered over an airlines proposed charging for carry on baggage “How dare they do that? Every time we turn around, they are adding fees. There needs to be legislation to stop that”. Really? Hey Chuck, have you looked at all the federal taxes, Homeland security fees, added fuel taxes that are add on’s to all airline ticket prices? Where do we go to get YOU to stop raising our taxes at every turn?
The government hates competition…
Some very creative accountants, taking the lead from the demovamps status of the undead, decided to file tax returns on those playing harps in the sky, and got busted. It seems they were able to bilk $95 MILLION since 2001, and are now looking at hard time behind bars. It seems the government is very serious in cracking down on those wannabe thieves, as the government is the biggest and the best at thievery, and hates competition. Now, the government ought to show the same concern, and go after the JP Morgan’s and Goldman Sachs who just walked away with $2.1 TRILLION of the taxpayer’s money in the past 2 years. Yeah, right. Cool picture of the undead on this link:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Tax-Returns-of-the-Living-Dead-90266732.html
Notre Dame just cannot seem to get it right. The open rebellion and scandals keep on rolling out of Our Lady’s University, to the shame and chagrin of the faithful. Just when you thought it was safe to bring out the Rosary beads, the University, in its ever infinite “Catholic” wisdom, decides to sponsor and hold a “Stand against hate week” that caters to the homosexual crowd. Here is a partial listing of events to be held, and a link to a petition by John Ritchie at the TFP Student Action site:
This is what's planned at Our Lady's university this week:
Pro-homosexual screening of "The Laramie Project"
Lecture on campus: "Homosexuality Under the Dome"
The hosting of a "Day of Silence" on April 16
Important note: The "Day of Silence" is a pro-homosexual propaganda tool designed by GLSEN (G a y, L esbian and Straight Education Network) to persuade school children and college students to accept homosexuality.
For your information, GLSEN:
* Promotes explicit homosexual reading material for teens
* Favors same-s e x prom dates
* Organizes pro-homosexual clubs in schools
http://www.tfpstudentaction.net/campaigns/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=protest_1010&utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAE1047+-+Notre+Dame+%22Stand+Against+Hate+Week%22
As much as this is incredible, it unfortunately is believable, given the recent track record of events and positions held by the current President and board of Notre Dame. It seems the only hate the University is willing to show is hatred towards the Catholic Church, its traditions and faith. For these theophobics, it is any mention of God and real faith that scares them, and they must hide behind some fake ideal of social justice to push this agenda which is very anti God and very anti Catholic. Evidently, it doesn’t matter when the name of the game is to please the liberals and get along with everyone, over the sanctity of the faith.
No one is advocating hate, but when the rebellious wing of the church wants to dictate the terms of the discussion, and the traditional side of the church stays silent, confusion is born, and crisis of faith then occurs. These self righteous weirdoes believe any disagreement with them is hate speech, yet it is they who engage in the most outrageous terms and names and try to convey that they speak for God and righteousness. The problem they seem to not get is, God does not bless sin, and has been extremely clear that the shedding of innocent blood (legalized child killing) along with homosexuality are about the gravest of all the sins, and Notre Dame now has openly promoted both of them.
One cannot claim to be speaking FOR God when what they are saying goes AGAINST what God has made clear is serious sin. In effect, those in support of such policies are really saying love is hate, and hate is love. It is love to correct those in error, and it is hate to deliberately steer someone on a path of destruction. And there can be no question that deliberately rebelling against Church teachings is an act of hate, as it leads to destruction. The spirit of rebellion has never brought about the fruits of peace, joy, serenity and unity, and what Notre Dame is proposing will result in none of these. Again, confusion reigns at Our Lady’s University, and it is one more scandal for the church, and proof that by their silence, the American Bishops are unplugged from their true source of power.
From the R U Kidding Korner…
Heard yesterday on the radio, Senator Chuck Schumer angered over an airlines proposed charging for carry on baggage “How dare they do that? Every time we turn around, they are adding fees. There needs to be legislation to stop that”. Really? Hey Chuck, have you looked at all the federal taxes, Homeland security fees, added fuel taxes that are add on’s to all airline ticket prices? Where do we go to get YOU to stop raising our taxes at every turn?
The government hates competition…
Some very creative accountants, taking the lead from the demovamps status of the undead, decided to file tax returns on those playing harps in the sky, and got busted. It seems they were able to bilk $95 MILLION since 2001, and are now looking at hard time behind bars. It seems the government is very serious in cracking down on those wannabe thieves, as the government is the biggest and the best at thievery, and hates competition. Now, the government ought to show the same concern, and go after the JP Morgan’s and Goldman Sachs who just walked away with $2.1 TRILLION of the taxpayer’s money in the past 2 years. Yeah, right. Cool picture of the undead on this link:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Tax-Returns-of-the-Living-Dead-90266732.html
Monday, April 12, 2010
HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT AUTO INSURANCE
George Offerman
Obama has been doing his traveling circus routine over the past few weeks or so to sell the hell care law to the populace. One of his favorite analogies is to compare health insurance with having auto insurance, and the fact that the government ‘requires’ those who drive to have auto insurance. On the surface, this looks like a very solid argument and many people will stop any debate after thinking about this point thinking they don’t have much of a retort for this.
While this is not the main point of this posting, it should be noted that people, in fact, can and do drive without auto insurance, and at least in the state (Commonwealth) of Virginia there is the uninsured motorist fee and fund that in effect, allows those to drive without insurance. (One could argue the fine for not having health insurance is the same.) There are most likely similar laws in the other states, and some of the fees that those who have insurance go to the liability of those who do not. (I have a rider on my policy for that).
Auto insurance is used only for catastrophic reasons, and the point of having it is to protect lives, property and lawsuits. Auto insurance does not cover regular maintenance of the vehicle, such as oil changes, tires, tune ups, mufflers, and other problems that are typical of auto ownership and regular use of an auto. Auto insurance also does not cover negligence, such as burning out a transmission or engine due to poor maintenance. Auto insurance will not cover “cosmetic” changes, such as painting a car simply to change the color, or having all chrome parts for show. There are also no riders for suing auto mechanics if work is not done properly, and if the car is damaged, the burden of proof is on the driver to prove he did not cause the damage versus the auto insurance, or auto mechanic.
However, health insurance is seen as all encompassing, and according to proponents ‘should cover all health related issues, from pre existing conditions to some elective procedures”. It has come to be expected that all medical procedures, including regular doctor visits, common illnesses such as a cold, flu or other ‘maintenance’ maladies be covered either in totality or should have low co pays. Because of this, many people will utilize medical appointments, instead of relying on some common sense and taking care of many of these issues through use of over the counter medication. It is many of these appointments, that are primarily unnecessary, that clogs the system, and creates the most amount of paperwork. If it were fee based, like an oil change, the requirements would be much less, and the system would be far more efficient and many people would really consider whether they should seek medial attention or not.
Currently, most health care costs also pay for those maladies that are a result of ‘negligence’ or poor lifestyle choices. There are those who continue on making poor lifestyle choices such as smoking, overeating, drinking too much, not exercising, poor diets, and in the end, have this all covered. No one has mandated (yet) lifestyle standards that would reduce the need for health care services, which would reduce the costs for everyone, and ultimately allow for more time and resources when one actually needs to utilize the medical profession. For those who believe this is an unfair statement, consider that it is those who stay healthy who are actually paying for their care. Unlike auto insurance, that is a tiered system, health insurances are mandated to charge the same amount now regardless of the risk factors the individual has, and it ultimately penalizes the individual who works hard to stay healthy.
Finally, there will be certain ‘elective’ procedures that will be covered, and the most glaring of these is child killing on demand. There is absolutely no say so for those opposed to not only the law that allows for child killing, but no recourse legally to opt out of this system. Auto insurance allows for many different riders and tiers, but not health care insurance. So, people will be allowed to live any way they want, without anyone telling them what to do, yet these same people will then make demands on those willing to play by the rules (the healthy) that they subsidize these choices. Unlike Auto insurances, that can ‘drop’ the poor drivers, health insurance will be covered by new taxes and rate increases to those who ‘can afford to pay’ and will pay for them with no recourse.
So the next time you hear this malarkey from Obama, that health insurance requirements is similar or the same as auto insurance, just remember; this is the same guy who promised the most ethical, open, honest and fair government in the history of our country. Change we can believe in. Do you believe yet?
Obama has been doing his traveling circus routine over the past few weeks or so to sell the hell care law to the populace. One of his favorite analogies is to compare health insurance with having auto insurance, and the fact that the government ‘requires’ those who drive to have auto insurance. On the surface, this looks like a very solid argument and many people will stop any debate after thinking about this point thinking they don’t have much of a retort for this.
While this is not the main point of this posting, it should be noted that people, in fact, can and do drive without auto insurance, and at least in the state (Commonwealth) of Virginia there is the uninsured motorist fee and fund that in effect, allows those to drive without insurance. (One could argue the fine for not having health insurance is the same.) There are most likely similar laws in the other states, and some of the fees that those who have insurance go to the liability of those who do not. (I have a rider on my policy for that).
Auto insurance is used only for catastrophic reasons, and the point of having it is to protect lives, property and lawsuits. Auto insurance does not cover regular maintenance of the vehicle, such as oil changes, tires, tune ups, mufflers, and other problems that are typical of auto ownership and regular use of an auto. Auto insurance also does not cover negligence, such as burning out a transmission or engine due to poor maintenance. Auto insurance will not cover “cosmetic” changes, such as painting a car simply to change the color, or having all chrome parts for show. There are also no riders for suing auto mechanics if work is not done properly, and if the car is damaged, the burden of proof is on the driver to prove he did not cause the damage versus the auto insurance, or auto mechanic.
However, health insurance is seen as all encompassing, and according to proponents ‘should cover all health related issues, from pre existing conditions to some elective procedures”. It has come to be expected that all medical procedures, including regular doctor visits, common illnesses such as a cold, flu or other ‘maintenance’ maladies be covered either in totality or should have low co pays. Because of this, many people will utilize medical appointments, instead of relying on some common sense and taking care of many of these issues through use of over the counter medication. It is many of these appointments, that are primarily unnecessary, that clogs the system, and creates the most amount of paperwork. If it were fee based, like an oil change, the requirements would be much less, and the system would be far more efficient and many people would really consider whether they should seek medial attention or not.
Currently, most health care costs also pay for those maladies that are a result of ‘negligence’ or poor lifestyle choices. There are those who continue on making poor lifestyle choices such as smoking, overeating, drinking too much, not exercising, poor diets, and in the end, have this all covered. No one has mandated (yet) lifestyle standards that would reduce the need for health care services, which would reduce the costs for everyone, and ultimately allow for more time and resources when one actually needs to utilize the medical profession. For those who believe this is an unfair statement, consider that it is those who stay healthy who are actually paying for their care. Unlike auto insurance, that is a tiered system, health insurances are mandated to charge the same amount now regardless of the risk factors the individual has, and it ultimately penalizes the individual who works hard to stay healthy.
Finally, there will be certain ‘elective’ procedures that will be covered, and the most glaring of these is child killing on demand. There is absolutely no say so for those opposed to not only the law that allows for child killing, but no recourse legally to opt out of this system. Auto insurance allows for many different riders and tiers, but not health care insurance. So, people will be allowed to live any way they want, without anyone telling them what to do, yet these same people will then make demands on those willing to play by the rules (the healthy) that they subsidize these choices. Unlike Auto insurances, that can ‘drop’ the poor drivers, health insurance will be covered by new taxes and rate increases to those who ‘can afford to pay’ and will pay for them with no recourse.
So the next time you hear this malarkey from Obama, that health insurance requirements is similar or the same as auto insurance, just remember; this is the same guy who promised the most ethical, open, honest and fair government in the history of our country. Change we can believe in. Do you believe yet?
Friday, April 9, 2010
THEY REALLY DON'T GET IT
George Offerman
If it weren’t so pathetic, it would actually be humorous. An article in the UK Telegraph is attempting to depict the latest appointment of Archbishop to the L.A. Archdiocese as “revenge” of the pope against Hollywood for filming “The Da Vinci Code”. Archbishop Jose Gomez will be taking over the reigns from current Archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahoney upon the Cardinal’s retirement within the next year. The article also alleges it will ‘upset’ those Catholics within the Hollywood establishment, and seems to indicate there will be a confrontation concerning the order of business as it is currently being carried out. See link to article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7560105/Popes-revenge-as-LA-gets-Opus-Dei-bishop.html
It is interesting how the media all over the world has gobbled up the stories pertaining to abuse, and have relished the continual trashing of the Catholic Church. Now, a lot of it has been fact based and frankly, the Church has many issues that need to be resolved and dealt with completely and honestly. But here, we have a prime example of an Archbishop, who has actually lived out his vows and has been exemplary in demonstrating the power of prayer and self discipline that is the hallmark of Opus Dei. It is unfortunate that the public education pertaining to Opus Dei came from the ‘brilliant’ theologians Dan Brown and director Ron “Opie Taylor” Howard.
It is human nature to mock that which is not understood, when it challenges the status quo, and calls into question the reality as we would like it to be. It is totally foreign to most people, let alone the screaming liberals, that a group can live out promises to keep themselves pure, live a life of simplicity and holiness, and dedicate their everyday lives to the Lord. The vast majority of those belonging to Opus Dei that I have met, probably spend more time in prayer in a month than most pray in their lifetimes. They also happen to be some of the most joy filled, peaceful, serene and focused individuals one could meet, and they seem to reflect a real love for their fellow man. It is the antithesis of the ‘me first’ and ‘I need to feel gratified all the time’ philosophy that Hollywood and liberalism embraces and pushes as the new religion of the day.
The idea of church teachings and the demonstration of morality as being ‘revenge’ further demonstrates how the majority of the groups ‘don’t get it’. Revenge is motivated in getting even, sort of a ‘me first’ philosophy and the church is absolutely not guilty of this. It only demonstrates the mentality of those who make the accusations that it is they that think this way. The Churches divine mission is to be the light to the world, and the Master made it very clear that the world hates the light and will persecute the light. The more the liberals trash this group, the more they validate Opus Dei and their mission.
It really must stick in their craw that the 2,000 priests and bishops in Opus Dei have remained 100% faithful to their vows. It is no coincidence that there are NO scandals among those faithful clergy to the principles of Opus Dei, and it seems to absolutely not compute at all for the liberals that prayer actually works, and the faith the Church stands for is far superior to the liberal’s way of life. People actually keeping their promises and vows are a greater threat to the liberal’s way of life than finding scandal in an organization that wants to imitate the societal norms it interacts with.
This is why there will be many unfounded attacks against the soon to be Cardinal Gomez in particular and Opus Dei in general. Those who do not live by faith cannot fathom or grasp what it looks like to live by faith, and there is a need to mock and try to destroy them instead of learning from them. It is no wonder this move is seen as threatening because it will challenge those that claim to be Catholic to give up their hypocrisy and actually be accountable for their way of life. Prayer works and it is affirmed in the fact that the Opus Dei clergy have a perfect record when it comes to fidelity to their vows, and only faith and grace can explain this rate or success. Liberalism cannot boast of this, so they must destroy those that make the liberals look like the frauds that they are.
The greatest fear of the liberals would be that Cardinal Gomez succeed in his mission to straighten out the mess he is inheriting. It will prove that following Church teachings and living the faith is superior to their way of life, and thus require radical changes in their belief systems as well as behaviors. This is too much for them to handle, and do not be surprised to see a radical increase in lies, slander and disinformation concerning both the Cardinal and Opus Dei in the near future. Until that time, the faithful should be praying for Cardinal Gomez, and being thankful that the Vatican is making some positive moves for the future of this Church.
If it weren’t so pathetic, it would actually be humorous. An article in the UK Telegraph is attempting to depict the latest appointment of Archbishop to the L.A. Archdiocese as “revenge” of the pope against Hollywood for filming “The Da Vinci Code”. Archbishop Jose Gomez will be taking over the reigns from current Archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahoney upon the Cardinal’s retirement within the next year. The article also alleges it will ‘upset’ those Catholics within the Hollywood establishment, and seems to indicate there will be a confrontation concerning the order of business as it is currently being carried out. See link to article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7560105/Popes-revenge-as-LA-gets-Opus-Dei-bishop.html
It is interesting how the media all over the world has gobbled up the stories pertaining to abuse, and have relished the continual trashing of the Catholic Church. Now, a lot of it has been fact based and frankly, the Church has many issues that need to be resolved and dealt with completely and honestly. But here, we have a prime example of an Archbishop, who has actually lived out his vows and has been exemplary in demonstrating the power of prayer and self discipline that is the hallmark of Opus Dei. It is unfortunate that the public education pertaining to Opus Dei came from the ‘brilliant’ theologians Dan Brown and director Ron “Opie Taylor” Howard.
It is human nature to mock that which is not understood, when it challenges the status quo, and calls into question the reality as we would like it to be. It is totally foreign to most people, let alone the screaming liberals, that a group can live out promises to keep themselves pure, live a life of simplicity and holiness, and dedicate their everyday lives to the Lord. The vast majority of those belonging to Opus Dei that I have met, probably spend more time in prayer in a month than most pray in their lifetimes. They also happen to be some of the most joy filled, peaceful, serene and focused individuals one could meet, and they seem to reflect a real love for their fellow man. It is the antithesis of the ‘me first’ and ‘I need to feel gratified all the time’ philosophy that Hollywood and liberalism embraces and pushes as the new religion of the day.
The idea of church teachings and the demonstration of morality as being ‘revenge’ further demonstrates how the majority of the groups ‘don’t get it’. Revenge is motivated in getting even, sort of a ‘me first’ philosophy and the church is absolutely not guilty of this. It only demonstrates the mentality of those who make the accusations that it is they that think this way. The Churches divine mission is to be the light to the world, and the Master made it very clear that the world hates the light and will persecute the light. The more the liberals trash this group, the more they validate Opus Dei and their mission.
It really must stick in their craw that the 2,000 priests and bishops in Opus Dei have remained 100% faithful to their vows. It is no coincidence that there are NO scandals among those faithful clergy to the principles of Opus Dei, and it seems to absolutely not compute at all for the liberals that prayer actually works, and the faith the Church stands for is far superior to the liberal’s way of life. People actually keeping their promises and vows are a greater threat to the liberal’s way of life than finding scandal in an organization that wants to imitate the societal norms it interacts with.
This is why there will be many unfounded attacks against the soon to be Cardinal Gomez in particular and Opus Dei in general. Those who do not live by faith cannot fathom or grasp what it looks like to live by faith, and there is a need to mock and try to destroy them instead of learning from them. It is no wonder this move is seen as threatening because it will challenge those that claim to be Catholic to give up their hypocrisy and actually be accountable for their way of life. Prayer works and it is affirmed in the fact that the Opus Dei clergy have a perfect record when it comes to fidelity to their vows, and only faith and grace can explain this rate or success. Liberalism cannot boast of this, so they must destroy those that make the liberals look like the frauds that they are.
The greatest fear of the liberals would be that Cardinal Gomez succeed in his mission to straighten out the mess he is inheriting. It will prove that following Church teachings and living the faith is superior to their way of life, and thus require radical changes in their belief systems as well as behaviors. This is too much for them to handle, and do not be surprised to see a radical increase in lies, slander and disinformation concerning both the Cardinal and Opus Dei in the near future. Until that time, the faithful should be praying for Cardinal Gomez, and being thankful that the Vatican is making some positive moves for the future of this Church.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Cardinal George's (surprise) endorsement of a pro abort priest
George Offerman
As reported by life site news, Cardinal George, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the current President of the USCCB, has endorsed the very controversial and pro abortion priest, Fr. Michael Pfleger for the Racial Justice lifetime Achievement Award and will preside at the ceremony. See link:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040606.html
For those who may not be aware or remember, Fr. Pfleger played a very pivotal role in the Obama candidacy by his activities on the Catholics for Obama Committee, and openly defying both the Cardinal at the time, as well as being the face for open dissention on church teachings that are extremely clear on the issue of abortion.
It is very interesting that those who support Fr. Pfleger in getting this award seem to minimize the fact that those who seek abortions are disproportionally African Americans, and that the first Biracial president in our history is also the most pro abortion in history. It is very clear that both Fr. Pfleger and Cardinal George do not really see the unborn as human, or alive, as one would never win an award for justice, while advocating for the extermination of the same group the award focuses on.
When asked to justify this position, Sr. Anita Baird used the convoluted word play of pro choice is not the same as pro abortion, and then cited the already condemned position of the late Cardinal Bernadin’s “seamless garment” argument. It seems the Chicago Church is hauntingly too close to the world of Chicago politics, which borne Obama in the first place. One would expect like from like, and it is really shameful that the president of the USCCB can take such a contradictory position in his own Archdiocese, yet make strong statements in issues such as the Notre Dame issue, which is not in his back yard.
Cardinal George’s stance and positions are symptomatic of the larger issues within the Church. The American Church has long ago sold out for many different reasons, which have been covered in previous posts, but it becomes disheartening and demoralizing when one of the top leaders in the American Church can be so blatantly out of touch with magisterial teachings and involve himself in a scandal that helped perpetuate the election of a man who is against core values and tenants of the church that Cardinal George has (or should have) pledged to uphold with his life.
It seems that Cardinal George is going out of his way to appease the left in this country. There is not even a valid reason to do this nor any pressure, so what could the real motivation be? There was no public outcry to give Fr. Pfleger this award and most likely, no one even saw this coming. For a Cardinal to blatantly disregard core church teachings, and reward a priest who has been defiant concerning the magisterial teachings of the Church is frankly an outrage of a very high magnitude. It is no wonder the faithful is confused at the least, and demoralized and outraged at the worst.
This goes a long way in explaining why the illustrious USCCB waited until the weekend of the hell care bill vote to make their pitifully weak statement, and lame appeal to the faithful to take action against this bill. Seeing that Cardinal George is going to reward dissention within the clergy, it is no surprise whatsoever, that as president of the USCCB, Cardinal George paid lip service to efforts to stop the funding of child killing. Killing minorities in the womb evidently does not count, and evidently, they are non persons. Sounds like the good old days of slavery. So much for Racial Justice So much for true church leadership.
So again, the next time this phony and weak group does an appeal for funds, let them collect from the party of the vampires and their strong armed cronies at the IRS. At this point, the USCCB ought to feel right at home, and they can spend the majority of the time looking at their ‘common ground’ and make up excuses for their gross incompetence in leadership and vision.
As reported by life site news, Cardinal George, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the current President of the USCCB, has endorsed the very controversial and pro abortion priest, Fr. Michael Pfleger for the Racial Justice lifetime Achievement Award and will preside at the ceremony. See link:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040606.html
For those who may not be aware or remember, Fr. Pfleger played a very pivotal role in the Obama candidacy by his activities on the Catholics for Obama Committee, and openly defying both the Cardinal at the time, as well as being the face for open dissention on church teachings that are extremely clear on the issue of abortion.
It is very interesting that those who support Fr. Pfleger in getting this award seem to minimize the fact that those who seek abortions are disproportionally African Americans, and that the first Biracial president in our history is also the most pro abortion in history. It is very clear that both Fr. Pfleger and Cardinal George do not really see the unborn as human, or alive, as one would never win an award for justice, while advocating for the extermination of the same group the award focuses on.
When asked to justify this position, Sr. Anita Baird used the convoluted word play of pro choice is not the same as pro abortion, and then cited the already condemned position of the late Cardinal Bernadin’s “seamless garment” argument. It seems the Chicago Church is hauntingly too close to the world of Chicago politics, which borne Obama in the first place. One would expect like from like, and it is really shameful that the president of the USCCB can take such a contradictory position in his own Archdiocese, yet make strong statements in issues such as the Notre Dame issue, which is not in his back yard.
Cardinal George’s stance and positions are symptomatic of the larger issues within the Church. The American Church has long ago sold out for many different reasons, which have been covered in previous posts, but it becomes disheartening and demoralizing when one of the top leaders in the American Church can be so blatantly out of touch with magisterial teachings and involve himself in a scandal that helped perpetuate the election of a man who is against core values and tenants of the church that Cardinal George has (or should have) pledged to uphold with his life.
It seems that Cardinal George is going out of his way to appease the left in this country. There is not even a valid reason to do this nor any pressure, so what could the real motivation be? There was no public outcry to give Fr. Pfleger this award and most likely, no one even saw this coming. For a Cardinal to blatantly disregard core church teachings, and reward a priest who has been defiant concerning the magisterial teachings of the Church is frankly an outrage of a very high magnitude. It is no wonder the faithful is confused at the least, and demoralized and outraged at the worst.
This goes a long way in explaining why the illustrious USCCB waited until the weekend of the hell care bill vote to make their pitifully weak statement, and lame appeal to the faithful to take action against this bill. Seeing that Cardinal George is going to reward dissention within the clergy, it is no surprise whatsoever, that as president of the USCCB, Cardinal George paid lip service to efforts to stop the funding of child killing. Killing minorities in the womb evidently does not count, and evidently, they are non persons. Sounds like the good old days of slavery. So much for Racial Justice So much for true church leadership.
So again, the next time this phony and weak group does an appeal for funds, let them collect from the party of the vampires and their strong armed cronies at the IRS. At this point, the USCCB ought to feel right at home, and they can spend the majority of the time looking at their ‘common ground’ and make up excuses for their gross incompetence in leadership and vision.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
REAL REFORM IN HEALTH CARE
George Offerman
There are many real issues with the current health care system, but none of these were addressed with the passage of this new law. Cronyism is the nane of the game as far as this new law goes, and in the end, it is going to harm the people, and the leadership is not going to do anything about it. Those that have been in the field for a significant amount of time can remember times in which health care delivery and reimbursements were a simple and unburdened process, but those days are long gone. These are the true impediments of what needs to be reformed in order to continue to have affordable health care for all.
By far, the number one reform that would need to take place is tort reform. Like it or not, the lawyers run health care. This is demonstrated in the fact that malpractice insurance for most providers is obnoxiously high. A good friend of mine, who is an orthopaedic surgeon, told me about his insurance requirements, and stated “it’s when I get sued, not if”. His annual rates he has to pay for his malpractice insurance is nearly what my annual pay is, and it is rather disgusting that anyone should have to pay a significant proportion of their income to simply practice their trade. Insurers also can ‘dump’ a provider for almost any reason, and that is effectively the kiss of death for the provider.
The record keeping aspect is also very cumbersome, and again, is mainly geared towards a defensive posture. We are told constantly in our staff meetings, to write our notes ‘as if they are to be read from a witness stand”. This paperwork is required by insurance companies, and mandated by the ever twisted and contradictory federal laws and guidelines that are increased every year. We have a saying in health care that “we see patients between paperwork”. It is burdensome, and truly takes away from one’s ability to do his job as he would seem fit to do.
There is a great deal of concern over being sued by disgruntled patients, and it was not like this 20 + years ago. I have personally heard more than one psychiatrist say that they went ahead and prescribed psychotropic medication to patients rather than confront them on bad choices and lifestyles they have made. Lawyers constantly bombard the airwaves with “knowing your rights’ and it is reflected in the ever increasing entitled attitudes of the patients. Many of us feel like we are targeted as the enemy. Do you see or hear lawyers advertising to the general population about “knowing your rights” concerning trades like plumbers, architects, auto mechanics, groundskeepers and such and suing them? Not at all.
Secondary to this is, and I believe is related to the above issue, is the lack of personal responsibility taken by many of the patients. Along with feeling entitled to ‘perfect’ care, there is a great resistance in taking personal responsibility for one’s well being, and a belief that they can live any way they want, and it is up to someone else to make them better. I have some patients that have had over 100 medical appointments in a calendar year, and often they are the greatest complainers about the ‘system’ and how ‘it doesn’t work”. Many patients get ideas from television shows, or the internet, and then demand certain tests and procedures be done, regardless of costs and necessity. Providers often are reluctant to give much resistance to this, as any misstep taken by them will more than likely result in lawsuit, or a filing of a complaint against that provider’s license. Again, I have heard many physicians state they ran tests they did not believe were necessary, due to the insistence of the patient.
Then there is the ever increasing numbers of vaccines that are now required, and on top of that, all of the ‘elective’ procedures that many people believe they have a right to, but want others to pay for. This, on top of the fact that people live longer, and are more likely to die from a prolonged, chronic condition versus acute, such as flu or other maladies that would be less controlled for. Then, there is obesity and poor physical fitness, which causes an extreme number of conditions that, requires high maintenance medicine and treatment. Proper health care reform has to look at culpability of the individual and address some sort of accountability for this.
These are the main factors that plague our current system. Obamacare addresses none of these, and actually will create larger bureaucracies, that will only compound the problem. Many young people will decide to not pursue health care as a career option because there will be great risk, with little reward, and those already in will be looking for the exits. Either way, reforms that should take place will not, and excessive burdens, which should be lifted, will be instead added. Typical of any government meddling in areas they should leave to the real experts.
There are many real issues with the current health care system, but none of these were addressed with the passage of this new law. Cronyism is the nane of the game as far as this new law goes, and in the end, it is going to harm the people, and the leadership is not going to do anything about it. Those that have been in the field for a significant amount of time can remember times in which health care delivery and reimbursements were a simple and unburdened process, but those days are long gone. These are the true impediments of what needs to be reformed in order to continue to have affordable health care for all.
By far, the number one reform that would need to take place is tort reform. Like it or not, the lawyers run health care. This is demonstrated in the fact that malpractice insurance for most providers is obnoxiously high. A good friend of mine, who is an orthopaedic surgeon, told me about his insurance requirements, and stated “it’s when I get sued, not if”. His annual rates he has to pay for his malpractice insurance is nearly what my annual pay is, and it is rather disgusting that anyone should have to pay a significant proportion of their income to simply practice their trade. Insurers also can ‘dump’ a provider for almost any reason, and that is effectively the kiss of death for the provider.
The record keeping aspect is also very cumbersome, and again, is mainly geared towards a defensive posture. We are told constantly in our staff meetings, to write our notes ‘as if they are to be read from a witness stand”. This paperwork is required by insurance companies, and mandated by the ever twisted and contradictory federal laws and guidelines that are increased every year. We have a saying in health care that “we see patients between paperwork”. It is burdensome, and truly takes away from one’s ability to do his job as he would seem fit to do.
There is a great deal of concern over being sued by disgruntled patients, and it was not like this 20 + years ago. I have personally heard more than one psychiatrist say that they went ahead and prescribed psychotropic medication to patients rather than confront them on bad choices and lifestyles they have made. Lawyers constantly bombard the airwaves with “knowing your rights’ and it is reflected in the ever increasing entitled attitudes of the patients. Many of us feel like we are targeted as the enemy. Do you see or hear lawyers advertising to the general population about “knowing your rights” concerning trades like plumbers, architects, auto mechanics, groundskeepers and such and suing them? Not at all.
Secondary to this is, and I believe is related to the above issue, is the lack of personal responsibility taken by many of the patients. Along with feeling entitled to ‘perfect’ care, there is a great resistance in taking personal responsibility for one’s well being, and a belief that they can live any way they want, and it is up to someone else to make them better. I have some patients that have had over 100 medical appointments in a calendar year, and often they are the greatest complainers about the ‘system’ and how ‘it doesn’t work”. Many patients get ideas from television shows, or the internet, and then demand certain tests and procedures be done, regardless of costs and necessity. Providers often are reluctant to give much resistance to this, as any misstep taken by them will more than likely result in lawsuit, or a filing of a complaint against that provider’s license. Again, I have heard many physicians state they ran tests they did not believe were necessary, due to the insistence of the patient.
Then there is the ever increasing numbers of vaccines that are now required, and on top of that, all of the ‘elective’ procedures that many people believe they have a right to, but want others to pay for. This, on top of the fact that people live longer, and are more likely to die from a prolonged, chronic condition versus acute, such as flu or other maladies that would be less controlled for. Then, there is obesity and poor physical fitness, which causes an extreme number of conditions that, requires high maintenance medicine and treatment. Proper health care reform has to look at culpability of the individual and address some sort of accountability for this.
These are the main factors that plague our current system. Obamacare addresses none of these, and actually will create larger bureaucracies, that will only compound the problem. Many young people will decide to not pursue health care as a career option because there will be great risk, with little reward, and those already in will be looking for the exits. Either way, reforms that should take place will not, and excessive burdens, which should be lifted, will be instead added. Typical of any government meddling in areas they should leave to the real experts.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
THE FALLOUT CONTINUES
George Offerman
As more details come out about the hell care law, it is becoming more apparent why the demovamps had to create this in their darkened smoke filled cellars, as no sane and living person would ever come up with this garbage. The undead, ever so determined to get the last vestige of life out of the soon to be corpse, also has demonstrated that they have some protected groups they are watching out for. This law exempts Muslims, Scientologists and the Amish (who have proven to be the most loyal to this country and have earned the right to be exempt.). However, all of you (us) Christians have to line up and take our numbers, and comply with this demonic law.
There are disputes as to the exact number of new IRS agents that are mandated to be hired and to enforce the penalty for not purchasing health care. The lead demovamps are trying to sell this to the populace by stating “it is not a penalty, but one MAY have some of their refund taken if they don’t comply”. Now, what exactly are these agents going to do? They definitely are not being sent over to the Middle East to fight terrorism. They are going to intimidate those who may have a problem with a government telling them what to do, and enforcing a system that is going to be in large part immoral. These agents will be targeting a primarily Christian base, and those that have played by the rules. There, it is said, and let’s see the undead dispute this.
This law is nothing but punitive for those of the Christian faith, and those that play by the rules. 10-16,000 new agents for an agency that has its own set of rules outside of the constitution and are hired for the sole purpose of compliance seems to indicate that the demovamps are very aware of the resistance level, and they evidently are expecting some resistance from the populace as this fiasco plays out. There will be resistance and there will be those that will finally come to the conclusion that this undead version of what used to be America is nothing more than a parasite that sucks the life out of those who attempt to make their lives better by playing it straight. This law is going to end up making law abiding citizens criminals in the long run.
The hypocrisy of the demovamps is so severe that one would have to be brain dead to not see it. The demovamps charge that it is insurance companies that have the highest rate of rejection of services, when in fact it is in reality, Mediscare and Medicoolaid. The demovamps state they will save money, while in fact; their scheme increases the deficit by over a trillion dollars. The demovamps claim the system will be better than the current one, while exempting themselves from participating in the system. The demovamps want to reduce reimbursement rates to providers by at least 21%, and then expect quality and quantity of care to go up. The demovamps claim they have solved the problems of those without insurance, yet the scheme does not even go into effect for 4 years. (However, the tax increases are immediate).
What the demovamps really want to do is to destroy the current system, and have the population then look to them for a solution. If things go by plan, it will take 4-5 years to destroy the insurance companies, and at that point, good care will be so scarce, that the population will be willing to take any service and will be conditioned into accepting very inferior care compared to today. The only way to do this is through intimidation and passage of laws that will outlaw fee based services. I’m willing to bet those provisions are in the passed law, and that is one of the reasons the demovamps did not want this bill seen until its ugliness was seen in the light as the law of the land.
Well, I got news for the demovamps and the party of the undead. Those of us that have dedicated our lives to good care and helping people are not going to simply watch you destroy the best system on the planet. There are those of us that believe the promises we made to give the best care supersede any stupid, contradictory and convoluted attempt at making us zombies or members of the undead like you are. I hope you never need services from one of us, because like what Mediscare and Medicoolaid already does for many, we will deny you services. You demovamps need to experience the same thing that you require of us. Good luck finding good providers for your death system.
As more details come out about the hell care law, it is becoming more apparent why the demovamps had to create this in their darkened smoke filled cellars, as no sane and living person would ever come up with this garbage. The undead, ever so determined to get the last vestige of life out of the soon to be corpse, also has demonstrated that they have some protected groups they are watching out for. This law exempts Muslims, Scientologists and the Amish (who have proven to be the most loyal to this country and have earned the right to be exempt.). However, all of you (us) Christians have to line up and take our numbers, and comply with this demonic law.
There are disputes as to the exact number of new IRS agents that are mandated to be hired and to enforce the penalty for not purchasing health care. The lead demovamps are trying to sell this to the populace by stating “it is not a penalty, but one MAY have some of their refund taken if they don’t comply”. Now, what exactly are these agents going to do? They definitely are not being sent over to the Middle East to fight terrorism. They are going to intimidate those who may have a problem with a government telling them what to do, and enforcing a system that is going to be in large part immoral. These agents will be targeting a primarily Christian base, and those that have played by the rules. There, it is said, and let’s see the undead dispute this.
This law is nothing but punitive for those of the Christian faith, and those that play by the rules. 10-16,000 new agents for an agency that has its own set of rules outside of the constitution and are hired for the sole purpose of compliance seems to indicate that the demovamps are very aware of the resistance level, and they evidently are expecting some resistance from the populace as this fiasco plays out. There will be resistance and there will be those that will finally come to the conclusion that this undead version of what used to be America is nothing more than a parasite that sucks the life out of those who attempt to make their lives better by playing it straight. This law is going to end up making law abiding citizens criminals in the long run.
The hypocrisy of the demovamps is so severe that one would have to be brain dead to not see it. The demovamps charge that it is insurance companies that have the highest rate of rejection of services, when in fact it is in reality, Mediscare and Medicoolaid. The demovamps state they will save money, while in fact; their scheme increases the deficit by over a trillion dollars. The demovamps claim the system will be better than the current one, while exempting themselves from participating in the system. The demovamps want to reduce reimbursement rates to providers by at least 21%, and then expect quality and quantity of care to go up. The demovamps claim they have solved the problems of those without insurance, yet the scheme does not even go into effect for 4 years. (However, the tax increases are immediate).
What the demovamps really want to do is to destroy the current system, and have the population then look to them for a solution. If things go by plan, it will take 4-5 years to destroy the insurance companies, and at that point, good care will be so scarce, that the population will be willing to take any service and will be conditioned into accepting very inferior care compared to today. The only way to do this is through intimidation and passage of laws that will outlaw fee based services. I’m willing to bet those provisions are in the passed law, and that is one of the reasons the demovamps did not want this bill seen until its ugliness was seen in the light as the law of the land.
Well, I got news for the demovamps and the party of the undead. Those of us that have dedicated our lives to good care and helping people are not going to simply watch you destroy the best system on the planet. There are those of us that believe the promises we made to give the best care supersede any stupid, contradictory and convoluted attempt at making us zombies or members of the undead like you are. I hope you never need services from one of us, because like what Mediscare and Medicoolaid already does for many, we will deny you services. You demovamps need to experience the same thing that you require of us. Good luck finding good providers for your death system.
Monday, April 5, 2010
STUPAK'S STUPIDITY
George Offerman
My family and I spent a wonderful week on a cruise to the Bahamas, and one of the highlights of the week was to be away from all the news, electronic gizmos and computers. It was definitely enjoyable to experience summer temperatures and swimming in some of the most beautiful water in the world, while actually being in the early part of the spring. The food was out of this world, and the service was unbeatable.
Although this topic is old by now, I wanted to comment on an op-ed piece Rep (demovamp in training) Stupak wrote prior to us leaving on the trip. As typical of the undead, they often make claims to be experts in fields they have never personally been involved in or have studied much. Stupak and the demovamps have taken over 1/6th of the economy under the guise of knowing better than those in the field, and now Stupak takes his shot at theology, by now (mis) quoting scripture to try to justify a murderous position.
Rep Stupak quoted Matthew 7:3-4 that refers to removing a speck from a brother’s eye while ignoring the plank in one’s own as a justification for his vote on health care. Somehow, Rep Stupak seems to believe that he has the moral authority to make a determination, or judge for himself, who is to live and who is to die. But getting back to the verse Stupak quotes, Stupak lifts this verse out of the Sermon on the Mount discourse, and attempts to justify his unjustifiable position by using word play on a very clear Biblical principle. Stupak is trying to convince the reader that Unconditional Love, what Jesus was preaching, is the same as unconditional acceptance, which Jesus never preached.
Jesus NEVER and I mean NEVER, ACCEPTED THE STATE OF SIN AS STATUS QUO. Jesus forgave unconditionally, and was the perfect example of unconditional love. But he always commanded those who he forgave sin, “To go and sin no more”. Furthermore, Jesus reference to removing the plank out of the eye before removing the speck from a brother was a clear reference to the hypocrisy of the religious leaders forcing religious ideas onto a population that the religious leaders were not living themselves. A modern day example of this is the politicians enforcing new taxes onto the population, which shrinks the average person’s real household budget, while greatly expanding the politician’s budget, while the politician then using guilt as the method of getting the population to go along with it. The politicians then become hypocritical by demanding the individual live within a shrinking budget and show fiscal restraint while they themselves increase their own budget and show no fiscal restraint. It is Stupak and the demovamps that are hypocritical in their actions, and they were called out on it.
Stupak wants to present his immoral position as above reproach by making a very faulty argument that we should show “unconditional love’ by not questioning him, or his intent. It is Stupak who is confused, and believes we should interchange unconditional acceptance with unconditional love. Stupak is demonstrating that he is no theologian, just as he has demonstrated he is no health care worker, and is not much of a politician. No, Rep Stupak, it is not hypocritical to have your very convoluted position of using religious references to justify an unreligious position pointed out to you by those paying attention. If you want to engage in the realm of theology, at least do your homework, and be prepared to be challenged by those who actually know what they are talking about.
Unconditional love is to unconditional acceptance as loving the sinner is to hating the sin. I cannot, and have no right to judge the state of the individual’s soul or eternal destiny, but I have not only the right, but the obligation to judge the behaviors of those around me, as they affect the whole continuum of our existence. It is not ok to steal, murder, slander, lie and cheat, and we do have a right and obligation to stop this behavior. Allowing for the murder of children, for the sake of ‘good health care’ is not a tradeoff you, Rep Stupak, have the moral authority to make, as you are not the rightful owner and creator of all things. You taking an immoral position, and then trying to justify it through scripture is very close to blasphemy. This needs to be called out and corrected.
No, Rep Stupak, there is a Bible verse that is way more accurate in describing what you and the demovamps are doing. In fact, this verse is taken a bit further down in the Sermon on the Mount discourse, “You will know them by their fruits” Matt 7:16. Given the fact this bill had to be hidden from view until passage shows how hellish it really is. Truth has no fear of exposure, only darkness, and it is clear where the demovamps are on this. You, Rep. Stupak, are on record for voting for it and we know where you are on this regardless of the amount of smoke in the room. Claim what you want, but you are known by your fruits. Unfortunately, the fruits of this hellish bill are going to result in death, not only of the pre born, but now the post born. We reap what we sow.
My family and I spent a wonderful week on a cruise to the Bahamas, and one of the highlights of the week was to be away from all the news, electronic gizmos and computers. It was definitely enjoyable to experience summer temperatures and swimming in some of the most beautiful water in the world, while actually being in the early part of the spring. The food was out of this world, and the service was unbeatable.
Although this topic is old by now, I wanted to comment on an op-ed piece Rep (demovamp in training) Stupak wrote prior to us leaving on the trip. As typical of the undead, they often make claims to be experts in fields they have never personally been involved in or have studied much. Stupak and the demovamps have taken over 1/6th of the economy under the guise of knowing better than those in the field, and now Stupak takes his shot at theology, by now (mis) quoting scripture to try to justify a murderous position.
Rep Stupak quoted Matthew 7:3-4 that refers to removing a speck from a brother’s eye while ignoring the plank in one’s own as a justification for his vote on health care. Somehow, Rep Stupak seems to believe that he has the moral authority to make a determination, or judge for himself, who is to live and who is to die. But getting back to the verse Stupak quotes, Stupak lifts this verse out of the Sermon on the Mount discourse, and attempts to justify his unjustifiable position by using word play on a very clear Biblical principle. Stupak is trying to convince the reader that Unconditional Love, what Jesus was preaching, is the same as unconditional acceptance, which Jesus never preached.
Jesus NEVER and I mean NEVER, ACCEPTED THE STATE OF SIN AS STATUS QUO. Jesus forgave unconditionally, and was the perfect example of unconditional love. But he always commanded those who he forgave sin, “To go and sin no more”. Furthermore, Jesus reference to removing the plank out of the eye before removing the speck from a brother was a clear reference to the hypocrisy of the religious leaders forcing religious ideas onto a population that the religious leaders were not living themselves. A modern day example of this is the politicians enforcing new taxes onto the population, which shrinks the average person’s real household budget, while greatly expanding the politician’s budget, while the politician then using guilt as the method of getting the population to go along with it. The politicians then become hypocritical by demanding the individual live within a shrinking budget and show fiscal restraint while they themselves increase their own budget and show no fiscal restraint. It is Stupak and the demovamps that are hypocritical in their actions, and they were called out on it.
Stupak wants to present his immoral position as above reproach by making a very faulty argument that we should show “unconditional love’ by not questioning him, or his intent. It is Stupak who is confused, and believes we should interchange unconditional acceptance with unconditional love. Stupak is demonstrating that he is no theologian, just as he has demonstrated he is no health care worker, and is not much of a politician. No, Rep Stupak, it is not hypocritical to have your very convoluted position of using religious references to justify an unreligious position pointed out to you by those paying attention. If you want to engage in the realm of theology, at least do your homework, and be prepared to be challenged by those who actually know what they are talking about.
Unconditional love is to unconditional acceptance as loving the sinner is to hating the sin. I cannot, and have no right to judge the state of the individual’s soul or eternal destiny, but I have not only the right, but the obligation to judge the behaviors of those around me, as they affect the whole continuum of our existence. It is not ok to steal, murder, slander, lie and cheat, and we do have a right and obligation to stop this behavior. Allowing for the murder of children, for the sake of ‘good health care’ is not a tradeoff you, Rep Stupak, have the moral authority to make, as you are not the rightful owner and creator of all things. You taking an immoral position, and then trying to justify it through scripture is very close to blasphemy. This needs to be called out and corrected.
No, Rep Stupak, there is a Bible verse that is way more accurate in describing what you and the demovamps are doing. In fact, this verse is taken a bit further down in the Sermon on the Mount discourse, “You will know them by their fruits” Matt 7:16. Given the fact this bill had to be hidden from view until passage shows how hellish it really is. Truth has no fear of exposure, only darkness, and it is clear where the demovamps are on this. You, Rep. Stupak, are on record for voting for it and we know where you are on this regardless of the amount of smoke in the room. Claim what you want, but you are known by your fruits. Unfortunately, the fruits of this hellish bill are going to result in death, not only of the pre born, but now the post born. We reap what we sow.
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