Court tells Hawaii officials to explain Obama's birth records

For those who have been following the eligibility "birther" issue, the latest developments are:

Show cause' hearing will determine why subpoena rejected

Article by Jerome R. Corsi

California attorney Orly Taitz today secured an order from United States District Court Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi demanding representatives of the Hawaii Department of Health appear in federal court Sept. 14 to show why Taitz should be prevented from seeing whatever original 1961 documents the agency has on record regarding Barack Obama's birth.

Taitz returned to federal court in Honolulu today after Hawaii DOH officials presented her with a letter refusing to comply with her subpoena on grounds that Hawaii privacy laws prevented officials from releasing Obama birth records to the public.

"It's ridiculous," Taitz told WND.

Read the complete article.

Anyone with a small knowledge of Court Rules and Procedure knows this action by the State of Hawaii officials to deny a Federal Court subpoena is tantamount to a 'Contempt of Court Ruling'
This action additionally lends credence to the allegations of ineligibility due to not complying with the Constitutional requirement of "natural born" which HAS BEEN DEFINED by numerous Federal court rulings over the past 150 years in several Supreme Court cases ..   [Defined as: both parents are native born citizens, child is born in the defined borders of the United States or Territories, of parents serving in the military, diplomatic service, ETAL with exceptions for US citizens on vacation outside the US, child of a native born citizen and a permanent resident align of 5 years or more.] 

The adage 'actions speak louder than words' leads a reasonable person to the thought and questions of:

1. Why has there been such a concerted effort to 'hide' this information?
2. Why has this become such an issue?
3. Why did the State Election Officers NOT verify the eligibility in the first place which is required by State Law?
4. Why has not one of these State Election Officials been willing to review the issue openly to settle the debate?
5. Why is the State of Hawaii not willing to provide information which is of public record and can be released under a FOIA request?  [what is the State trying to hide?]
6. If BHO was ADOPTED BY SATORO,  where is the official record filed of this adoption [which of itself invalidates any eligibility]?
7. Why has there been such a concerted effort to keep this information 'hidden' even when the Democratic Party adherents were willing to attack then Candidate, Senator John McCain because he was born in the Canal Zone of two American Citizens, one who was on active military duty which automatically provides special exceptions for any children born during that assignment , with the Canal Zone at that time being a territorial entity of the US?
8. Why would the White House release such a blatantly and openly fraudulent document to represent the official Long Form Birth Certificate?  [I was born during this time frame.. ALL Birth Certificates of this era are stored on microfiche, printing one gives you a negative style copy, NEVER printed on 'safety paper' and it DOES NOT HAVE a book binder fold in the reproduction!]
9. Why so many unanswered questions without definitive answers? just evasive actions to keep from any questions being answered?

The cumulative collection of all the denials and evasive actions, truly makes a logical everyday person wonder, "why all the fuss, why not just produce the document and be done with it.. "

Or is the reason for all this fuss because the truth is  - Barrack Hussein Obama IS NOT ELIGIBLE to hold the office of President, it was ASSUMED he was eligible because he was an elected Senator [qualifications for holding the office of Senator DOES NOT require you to be "natural born citizen"], A number of State Election Officials and other politician's 'careers' would go down the drain if this issue is proven because they in their official capacity DID NOT assert complete "due diligence" in verifying qualification documents, and the ramifications of what a falsely elected 'President' would have on our governmental system..

To this citizen,  the total evidence speaks of a concerted and coordinated conspiratorial effort to 'scam' the citizenry of the US into believing a falsehood and for what reason?

Historical Reminder.. History DOES REPEAT!!

The following was sent to me by an older cousin, Charles Bowen

If you are a student of History, you will strongly recognize the parallel between the two administrations.. It has been soundly PROVEN,  the economic policies of the early Roosevelt Administration profoundly acerbated the depressionary economy with only the onset of World War II being the stimulus which brought our country out of that economic state.  The US Economy, can not afford another 4 years of the present administration's "blundering in the dark" lack of definitive leadership and economic policies which are proving to be useless and ineffective as the early efforts of the Roosevelt Administration.

The Federal Government can not create jobs, it CAN create a productive environment by getting out of the way, removing hindering regulations, rescinding oppressive EPA rules which do not make any common sense, repeal or drastically revise the so called Patient Affordable Health Care Act A.K.A. OBAMACARE which is based on Massachusetts State Health care [check out recent information of the TRUE COST of this program which is 4x original predictions],  Streamline processes, review effectiveness of and consolidate duplicate agencies within the bureaucracy of the Federal sector allowing the full faith and strength of the US Capitalism to revitalize into full steam ahead optimism.  Reduction of the massive amount of  out of control overspending  with a focus on overall dept reduction,   then and only then will our depressed economy have the confidence to affect any recovery and begin to be productive to the level of strength which is needed across ALL sectors of the economy.

The rebuilding and strengthening begins from bottom up, not top down.

Do Not Use Veterans as Pawns in a Dangerous Political Game

Received today from the Congressional Committee on Veteran Affairs

IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2011                       CONTACT: Amy K. Mitchell (202) 225-3527

Miller: “Do Not Use Veterans as Pawns in a Dangerous Political Game”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Rep. Jeff Miller, issued the following statement on the latest tactic in the debt crisis debate:

“Taking care of America’s veterans has been, and always will be, one of this country’s highest priorities. Many questions have been raised recently regarding the debt crisis and what will happen to America’s veterans come August 2. As of today, the Administration has yet to provide clarity to these men and women. This is a serious situation and it requires a serious response.

Why would the President invite some of the largest Veterans Service Organizations to the White House under the guise of discussing the details of reaching the debt limit on August 2nd, and not assure them that veterans will continue to receive funding whether or not an agreement is reached? Why would the President not offer assurances to the men and women who wore this country’s uniform, but instead unapologetically attempt to use veterans as pawns in a dangerous political game? 

Under the Budget Control Act of 2011 put forth by Speaker Boehner, and consistent with the ideals and priorities for veterans outlined in the House-passed budget resolution, veterans programs will continue to be adequately funded. These are the facts. Through the Budget Control Act, veterans will also continue to receive the best care and services possible from the Department of Veterans Affairs.  

We have made great strides in meeting the needs of veterans of today, while keeping our promise to yesterday’s veterans

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Big Surprises Uncovered in Fed Audit

When read closely, I found this article to have various points which are  very disconcerting to the informed person.


Written on July 25, 2011 by Ann-Marie Murrell

The Federal Reserve has recently had a complete audit and according to Vermont Senator Bernie Sander’s website, one of the big surprises found was the fact that the “U.S. provided $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

Senator Sanders created an amendment to the Wall Street reform law a year ago which directed the Government Accountability Office to conduct the audit.

“As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world,” said Sanders. “This is a clear case of socialism for the rich and rugged, you’re-on-your-own individualism for everyone else.”

Included in the audit findings, the Fed provided trillions of dollars in financial aid from South Korea to Scotland

“No agency of the United States government should be allowed to bailout a foreign bank or corporation without the direct approval of Congress and the president,” Sanders said.

The audit also discovered that the Fed “lacks a comprehensive system to deal with conflicts of interest, despite the serious potential for abuse” and provides “conflict of interest waivers to employees and private contractors so they could keep investments in the same financial institutions and corporations that were given emergency loans.

An example Senator Sanders gives is that the CEO of JP Morgan Chase served on the New York Fed’s board of directors “at the same time his bank received more than $390 billion in financial assistance from the Fed.”  Also, JP Morgan Chase “served as one of the clearing banks for the Fed’s emergency lending programs.”

Another “surprise” discovered in the audit is that, according to the GAO report, on Sept. 19, 2008, William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, was given a waiver allowing him to keep his investments in AIG and General Electric “at the same time AIG and GE were given bailout funds”.  According to the audit, one of the reasons Dudley didn’t have to sell his holdings is because it might have “created the appearance of a conflict of interest.”

“No one who works for a firm receiving direct financial assistance from the Fed should be allowed to sit on the Fed’s board of directors or be employed by the Fed,” Sanders said.

Other information revealed by the audit is that the Fed outsourced most of its emergency lending programs to private contractors, “many of which also were recipients of extremely low-interest and then-secret loans.”

“The Fed outsourced virtually all of the operations of their emergency lending programs to private contractors like JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo,” Senator Sanders posted on his writes.  “The same firms also received trillions of dollars in Fed loans at near-zero interest rates. Altogether some two-thirds of the contracts that the Fed awarded to manage its emergency lending programs were no-bid contracts. Morgan Stanley was given the largest no-bid contract worth $108.4 million to help manage the Fed bailout of AIG.”

Another more detailed GAO investigation into potential conflicts of interest at the Fed is due on October 18.

As Sanders says, “The Federal Reserve must be reformed to serve the needs of working families, not just CEOs on Wall Street.”

To read the GAO report, click here.

History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

History Lesson on Your Social Security Card
 
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this.
It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it.  Be sure to share/show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.
 
Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.

Pre 1980 Social Securty Card Image

An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message.


Our Social Security Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary, 


No longer Voluntary


2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program,

Now 7.65%
On the first $90,000
 

3.) That the money the participants elected to put Into the Program would be deductible from
Their income for tax purposes each year, 


No longer tax deductible


4.) That the money the participants put into the Independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore, would  Only be used to fund the Social Security
Retirement Program, and no other Government program, and, 


Under Johnson [1968 - 1971] the money was moved to The General Fund and Spent

 
5.) That annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.

Under Clinton & Gore
Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed [What political party were these leaders affiliated?]

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are Now receiving a Social Security check every month --
And then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of The money we paid to the Federal government to 'put Away' -- you may be interested in the following:

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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the
General fund so that Congress could spend it?

A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically Controlled House and Senate.

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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.

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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?

A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the 'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the
Senate, while he was Vice President of the  U.S.

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Q: Which Political Party decided to start Giving annuity payments to immigrants?

AND MY FAVORITE:

A: That's right!

Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,  Began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,  Even though they never paid a dime into it!

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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),
The Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!

If enough people Share/receive this, maybe a seed of Awareness will be planted and maybe changes will Evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully Sure of what isn't so.

But it's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers and politicians words.

More on the History of Social Security Benefits

Thomas Jefferson

 Thomas Jefferson

He was a very amazing person. 

There are two parts below.  After reading the first part, Be sure to read the 2nd half. (in RED).

Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very in life and never stopped.

• At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.
• At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
• At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
• At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
• At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
• At 23, started his own law practice.
• At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
• At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America " and retired from his law practice.
• At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
• At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
• At 33, took three years to revise Virginia ’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
• At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
• At 40, served in Congress for two years.
• At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
• At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
• At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
• At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.
• At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
• At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation’s size.
• At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
• At 65, retired to Monticello.
• At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
• At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.
• At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams

Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied extensively the previous failed attempts at government.  He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man.  That happens to be beyond the knowledge of what most people understand today.  Jefferson really knew his stuff.  A voice from the past to lead us into the future:

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

1. “When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .”  -- Thomas Jefferson
2. “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”   -- Thomas Jefferson
3. “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.  A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”    -- Thomas Jefferson
4. “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”  -- Thomas Jefferson
5. “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”  -- Thomas Jefferson
6. “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”  -- Thomas Jefferson
7. “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”    -- Thomas Jefferson
8. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”  -- Thomas Jefferson
9. “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”     -- Thomas Jefferson
10. “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.  Thomas Jefferson stated in 1802:
11. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

    I wish we could get this information before the majority of the American electorate, with each person willingly taking time to read the writings of one of the brilliant minds or our history !!!

I'm doing my part.  Please do yours......

Food for thought

The Obamanites don't have any clue as they encourage the Muslim Brotherhood [which has elements and proven connections to terrorist organizations] in the fall of Egypt. The latest battle of WW III Started - 1979


This is not very long, but very informative.

You have need to read the catalog of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, & Afghanistan then sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to
sleep, and no one will ever bother us again


In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... That alarm has been ringing for 31 years!!  


US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola , Florida .
This is a copy of the speech he gave.  

It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than 3,000 Americans were killed) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been 'Get Out of Bed!' In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then. 

It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran . This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency.  


The attack on this sovereign U. S. Embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 31 years.  

America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America 's inability to deal with terrorism. 

America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.


Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East . America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued. 

In April of 1983, when Ronald Reagan was president, a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut .  When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more. 

Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more. 

Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait , and America continues her slumber. 

The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept. 

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe . In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid . 

Then in August 1985, a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at  Rheine-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair  is singled out of the passenger list and executed.

The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that  killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Scotland in 1988, killing 259.     [this
incident brought an indictment AND conviction on Gadhafi as a co-conspiritor]   

The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder. 

The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America . In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA  headquarters in Langley , Virginia . 

The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven  into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City . Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? 

The Snooze alarm is depressed again. 

Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women. 

A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in  Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The  terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively. 

They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania .  These  attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep. 

The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000, when a small craft pulled along  side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to  investigate the crime and went back to sleep. 

And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil  or in America . How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the  snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep. 

In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high official in government over what they knew and what  hey didn't know.  But if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979.

I think we have been in a war for the past 31 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough.  America needs to 'Get out of Bed' and act decisively now. America has been changed forever.  We have to be ready to pay  the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button  again and again and roll over and go back to sleep. 

After the attack on Pearl Harbor , Admiral Yamamoto said '... it seems all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant.' This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world. 

This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year, this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom  and the Freedom of our children in years to come.

If you believe in this please Share it to as many people as you can especially to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so quick to protest such a necessary military action. 


If you don't believe it, just ignore this information, complain about our military commitments, complain about our commitment to our allies, complain about our defending our interests around the world, then roll over and go back to sleep, tomorrow pray you do not wake up without the freedom you have come to  expect!!,   

"Freedom is not Free, endless hours, time lost with those you love,  must be devoted to a constant watch and effort to protect it.
Once a small a portion of freedom is lost, it is almost impossible to regain.
Implicit faith in God and constant effort are your heritage to fight with.”

"What have you done for Freedom today?"

Gun Microstamping Study Bill Introduced in U.S. House

take a close look at the Sponsors of this Legislation..

Dan Boren of Oklahoma and John Boozman of Arkansas..

Gun Microstamping Study Bill Introduced in U.S. House

Opinion by National Shooting Sports Foundation
(July 07, 2010) in Society / Guns

U.S. Congressman Dan Boren introduced legislation this week (H.R. 5667) to direct the U.S. Attorney General to work with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of firearm microstamping. NSSF supports this bipartisan legislation as a means of ensuring adequate research of microstamping is completed, and the concept is proven to work reliably, prior to states mandating microstamping through the legislative process.

Firearms microstamping is a patented process that laser engraves the firearm's make, model and serial number on the tip of the gun's firing pin so that, in theory, it imprints the information on discharged cartridge cases. Every independent study to examine the concept of microstamping has determined that it does not function reliably and is flawed.

NSSF thanks Rep. Boren (D – Okla.) for sponsoring this bill and  Reps. Broun (R-Ga.), Bishop (R-Utah), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Altmire (D-Pa.), Miller (R-Fl.) and Boozman (R- Ark.) for co-sponsoring this commonsense measure.

To learn more about firearms microstamping, please visit the NSSF Microstamping Fact Sheet.

How is this common sense??.   when it has been technically PROVEN this is unreliable at best .. and has far reaching implications in Constitutionality??  not to mention potential wrongful prosecution .. the unintended consequences of this legislation are far reaching and endlesss...

Guns & Ammo DO NOT KILL!!   guns and ammo do not have a conscience, only when engaged with a human behind these inanimate objects who loads the ammo and then makes the choice to use the gun does it become an active means to kill, 

To control the population, the government only needs to control education, guns and social benefits!!

Beware of RINO 'Conservatives' bearing gifts.. 

Arkansas, is this the person you want to continue to represent you in the US Senate..

The Privilege of Voting

Judy Doucette 

email - judithdoucette@yahoo.com 

Trust in God, and fear nothing... Gen. Lewis A. Armistead, CSA

A Veteran is someone who at one point in their life wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount ' up to, and including their life'. That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today, who no longer understand that fact!

This is definitely worth repeating.  November 2nd will soon be here.  This is the story of our Mothers and Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago.        Remember,  it was not until 1920  that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.   The  women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking  for the vote. And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing Went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing  sidewalk traffic.' Lucy  Burns They  beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head  and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air. Dora  Lewis They  hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her Head against  an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu,  thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating,  choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.    Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,  when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered  his  guards  to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they  dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote.  Alice  Paul When  one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they  tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured  liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.     Mrs.  Pauline Adams in the prison garb she wore while serving a  sixty-day sentence. For  weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their  food -- all of it colorless slop -- was infested with worms.          So,  refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year  because  - why,  exactly? We have  carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote  doesn't matter? It's raining?  So, what will be your excuse for not exercising a hard won precious privilege?? Miss  Edith Ainge, of Jamestown , New York Last  week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new movie  'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle these  women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth  and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.          Berthe  Arnold, CSU graduate All  these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.  Sometimes it was inconvenient.    [ Is protecting of our liberties and way of life 'inconvenient'? for that is what not exercising your privilege to vote means]    My  friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history, Saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to  talk About it, she looked angry. She was--with herself.  'One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that  movie,' she said. 'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use, my  right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just  younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all  over again.'    HBO released the movie on  video and DVD. I wish all History, Social studies and American Government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of  socializing,  but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.      Conferring  over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S.  Constitution] at [National Woman's Party] headquarters,  Jackson Pl [ace] [ Washington , D.C. ]. L-R Mrs. Lawrence  Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul,  Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right)   It  is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to  persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong,  he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.    The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often  mistaken for insanity.'    Please, if  you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.   We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women.  Whether you vote for the Democratic, Republican Party or Independent   - Just remember to vote.      Helena  Hill Weed, Norwalk,  Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. Prison for carrying  banner, 'Go vernments derive their just powers from the  consent of the governed.' History  is being made.        ARE you willing to be an active participant or continue as part of the voting apathy which prevails throughout the majority of American citizens? Continuing to stand by while allowing our elected officials to grab more and more power, tell us, The People, what is best for us, and much more?  It is your choice, which do your prefer??  This is the value of your vote!!

Jean McClellan-Chambers
Tea Party Patriots State Coordinator
AR Vets Coaliton
Vet 2 Vet USA
Arkansas Voter's Right of Recall
Arklahoma Veterans & Patriots
Founder & Regional Coordinator
Vet.2.Vet.AR@gmail.com

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Subject: Maxine on the Federal Government

Subject: Maxine -

 

 

 

Let me get this straight. We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase

and fined if we don't,

written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, 

passed by a Congress that hasn't read it

but exempts themselves from it,

to be signed by a president who also  smokes,

with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,

to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,

and financed by a country that's broke. 

What the @#$% could possibly go wrong?