Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Young and Muslim in America: Cell Phone Video of The Christmas Tree Lighting bomber
http://www.kptv.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4444265
This is a cell phone video of a Muslim in Oregon who attempted to bomb Pioneer Courthouse Square where 25,000 infidels gathered during a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.
FOX 12 Obtains Exclusive Video Of Mohamed Mohamud (hat tip Jack M)
We don’t know much about why this recording was made, but the source says it was taken following a confrontation.
From the video:
“He wants a fight. That’s what he wants, and he’s trying to do.…
You know what the whole West thing is? They want to insult our religion. They want to take our lands. They want to rape our women while we're bowing down to them. This is what they want. This country and Europe and all those countries, that's all they want. They want Muslims to --"
The recording appears to be edited, and we don’t know what led up to the recording or who he’s talking about.
Again, from the video:"If I met him, I would get five, six Muslims, beat the (expletive) out of him.
That's something I have zero tolerance for. When it comes to our prophet, nobody can say anything. They're calling it freedom of speech. It's not freedom of speech. They're doing it.”
Bloggers Forced Out of Van Jones Event by St. Louis Campus Police
Citizen journalist Adam Sharp visited a Washington University (St. Louis, MO) event to question former Obama Green Czar and self-professed communist, Van Jones.
Fortunately, Sharp was accompanied by fellow blogger, Patch W. Adams of PoedPatriot.com, as each share a different perspective of the same event. Wrote Sharp, “With Jones visiting Washington University in St. Louis it was once again time for citizen journalism to fill the vacuum left by the ‘mainstream media’.”
From the beginning, organizers appeared upset when Sharp called out questions to Van Jones about any role in the removal of Andrew Brietbart from ABC’s Election Night programming, through Jones’ Color of Change organization. He went on to ask if Van Jones was really a 9/11 “Truther,” and at an attempt at humor, he complimented him on his music. “No chance of you busting a freestyle, Van?” Sharp added, “I’m a big fan of his rap.”
After some maneuvering offstage, officials then came forward to order everything be shut off and claiming Sharp was violating the University’s “intellectual property rights,” despite the visible evidence of cameras all over the hall. Sharp was then accused of being with FoxNews local Channel 2 (as if that’s a bad thing). Soon after, uniformed campus police arrived to forcefully remove both bloggers from the hall.
The first video, by Adam Sharp of SharpElbowsStL:
Fortunately, Sharp was accompanied by fellow blogger, Patch W. Adams of PoedPatriot.com, as each share a different perspective of the same event. Wrote Sharp, “With Jones visiting Washington University in St. Louis it was once again time for citizen journalism to fill the vacuum left by the ‘mainstream media’.”
From the beginning, organizers appeared upset when Sharp called out questions to Van Jones about any role in the removal of Andrew Brietbart from ABC’s Election Night programming, through Jones’ Color of Change organization. He went on to ask if Van Jones was really a 9/11 “Truther,” and at an attempt at humor, he complimented him on his music. “No chance of you busting a freestyle, Van?” Sharp added, “I’m a big fan of his rap.”
After some maneuvering offstage, officials then came forward to order everything be shut off and claiming Sharp was violating the University’s “intellectual property rights,” despite the visible evidence of cameras all over the hall. Sharp was then accused of being with FoxNews local Channel 2 (as if that’s a bad thing). Soon after, uniformed campus police arrived to forcefully remove both bloggers from the hall.
The first video, by Adam Sharp of SharpElbowsStL:
Eisenbeis Interview on Fed Disclosures
Cf. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/64960242/
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Eisenbeis, chief monetary economist at Cumberland Advisors, discusses the Federal Reserve's report on users of its $3.3 trillion in emergency programs. Eisenbeis speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
EU Speech Euro Ideal as Economic Collapse Looms
British politician and the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage has slammed EU bosses over European crisis. "It's even more serious than economics because if you rob people of their identity, if you rob them of their democracy, then all they are left with is nationalism and violence. I can only hope and pray that the Euro project is destroyed by the markets before that" - Farage said at the end of his speech.
Turkey: Austria, Austrian MP Ewald Stadler to Turkish Ambassador: "People Sick and Tired of One-Way Street Tolerance Babble Which You Feed On"
Austrian MP Ewald Stadler powerful address to Turkish Ambassador.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
RealClearPolitics - Video - Dem Sen. Bennett On Lame Duck Session: "It's All Rigged"
A hot microphone caught a conversation between a male and female Senator.
"Because -- because, it's all rigged. I mean, the whole conversation is rigged. The fact that we don't get to discussion before the break about what we're going to do in the lame duck is just rigged. This stuff's rigged," the Senator said.
Cf. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/11/bennet-angry-over-senate-process-caught-hot-mic-stuff-rigged
Cf. http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/30/c-span-hot-mic-picks-up-discussion-on-senate-floor-its-all-rigged/
Monday, November 29, 2010
Train Kept A'Rollin'
Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin,' 1974, 5:11
Yardbirds - Train Kept A Rollin' (1966 with Jeff Beck), 2:22
TINY BRADSHAW ~ THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN ~ 1951, 2:41
Yardbirds - Train Kept A Rollin' (1966 with Jeff Beck), 2:22
TINY BRADSHAW ~ THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN ~ 1951, 2:41
Wikileaks: the Arab leaders use their friends in Washington to expand their own positions of power
A Superpower's View of the World
Brennan said President Obama looked forward to seeing the King at the G-20 summit in London. “Thank God for bringing Obama to the presidency,” the King answered, which has created “great hope” in the Muslim world. “May God grant him strength and patience, Abdullah continued, “May God protect him. I’m concerned about his personal safety. America and the world need such a president.”
Assange is teasing Obama over drip, drip Wikileaks releases
The State Department cables are revealing about the Obama regime:
They go up to 28 February 2010, offering a potential window on Obama’s foreign policy which may well not show it in the sainted light he would prefer. It seems to me that Assange is teasing Obama, letting him know what WikiLeaks has and making him sweat.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wikileaks: Obama Wrong on Iran Nuke Program
Back in 2007 it was common knowledge that Iran was working on a nuclear weapons program.
That’s why it was such a shock in December 2007 that National Intelligence Estimate assessment released a controversial report that claimed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
Far left Senator Barack Obama attacked then President Bush after the report was released:
“It is absolutely clear that this administration and President Bush continues to not let facts get in the way of his ideology.. They need, now, to aggressively move on the diplomatic front… They should have stopped the saber rattling — should never have started it.”
Now, thanks to the Wikileaks document dump, we find out that this report by leftists in the NIE was horribly inaccurate. In fact less than four months after the NIE report was released the Saudi regime was begging the US to “cut off the head of the snake” and put an end Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The far left Guardian posted the document:
Here’s the transcript:
10. (S) The King, Foreign Minister, Prince Muqrin, and Prince Nayif all agreed that the Kingdom needs to cooperate with the US on resisting and rolling back Iranian influence and subversion in Iraq. The King was particularly adamant on this point, and it was echoed by the senior princes as well. Al-Jubeir recalled the King’s frequent exhortations to the US to attack Iran and so put an end to its nuclear weapons program. “He told you to cut off the head of the snake,” he recalled to the Charge’, adding that working with the US to roll back Iranian influence in Iraq is a strategic priority for the King and his government.
Obviously, this shows that Obama and the far left were on the wrong side of history once again.
…And, Bush was right.
That’s why it was such a shock in December 2007 that National Intelligence Estimate assessment released a controversial report that claimed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
Far left Senator Barack Obama attacked then President Bush after the report was released:
“It is absolutely clear that this administration and President Bush continues to not let facts get in the way of his ideology.. They need, now, to aggressively move on the diplomatic front… They should have stopped the saber rattling — should never have started it.”
Now, thanks to the Wikileaks document dump, we find out that this report by leftists in the NIE was horribly inaccurate. In fact less than four months after the NIE report was released the Saudi regime was begging the US to “cut off the head of the snake” and put an end Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The far left Guardian posted the document:
Here’s the transcript:
10. (S) The King, Foreign Minister, Prince Muqrin, and Prince Nayif all agreed that the Kingdom needs to cooperate with the US on resisting and rolling back Iranian influence and subversion in Iraq. The King was particularly adamant on this point, and it was echoed by the senior princes as well. Al-Jubeir recalled the King’s frequent exhortations to the US to attack Iran and so put an end to its nuclear weapons program. “He told you to cut off the head of the snake,” he recalled to the Charge’, adding that working with the US to roll back Iranian influence in Iraq is a strategic priority for the King and his government.
Obviously, this shows that Obama and the far left were on the wrong side of history once again.
…And, Bush was right.
COICA Bill S. 3804 Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act
COICA Bill S. 3804 Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation: The COICA Internet Censorship and Copyright Bill
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Fly With Dignity
Fly With Dignity
features an illustrative photo depicting the TSA assault on Americans.
Yelling "Allahu Akbar!" Muslim teen plotted Xmas car-bombing in Oregon
Muslim tried blowing up a van he believed was loaded with explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
The case began in August 2009 when Mohamud was in e-mail contact with an unindicted associate overseas who was believed to be involved in terrorist activities. In December 2009, while the unindicted associate was in a frontier province of Pakistan, Mohamud and the associate discussed the possibility of Mohamud traveling to Pakistan to participate in jihad.
Mohamud allegedly told the FBI operative that he had written articles that were published in Jihad Recollections, an online magazine that advocated holy war.
Mohamud allegedly responded he was looking for a "huge mass that will ... be attacked in their own element with their families celebrating the holidays."
Groceries, Prices, Inflation
11/07/10
Yellow bananas 2.05 lb. @ .49/lb.
Packaged salad 3.69
Non-fat Milk 1 Gal. 3.40
Low Milk 1 Gal. 3.24
OJ 3.59
11/14/10
Packaged salad 3.69
Low Milk 1 Gal. 3.24
11/27/10
Non-fat Milk 3.70
Low-fat Milk 3.40
11/28/10
O.J. Gal. 3.59
12/12/10
Yellow bananas 1 batch, .49 lb.
Packaged Salad 3.69
Skim milk 3.54
Low fat 3.40
More Info on the Flu
Peter Doshi, while at Harvard in the mid-2000s, published a study in the British Medical Journal, and an article for a popular magazine, that systematically unveils the flawed predictive science used to publicize our health agencies’ influenza statistics and mortality rates. Now at MIT, Doshi continues his analysis of a century’s worth of influenza mortality data and government manipulation of influenza data, such as the annual figure of 36,000 influenza deaths we hear and read repeatedly.[1] Doshi's claim is that commercial interests are dictating government policy.[2]
Not surprisingly, the latest Consumers Union poll released on September 30 shows almost two-thirds of parents will withhold vaccinating their children; fifty percent of respondents’ rationale is that the vaccine has not been tested thoroughly for safety.[3] The NVIC (National Vaccine Information Center) provides updated and accurate information regarding the swine flu and vaccinations.
Cf. 1. Doshi, Peter. “Viral Marketing: The Selling of the Flu Vaccine.” Harpers Magazine. March. 2006.
2. “MIT grad student’s study challenges notions of pandemic flu” MIT Tech Talk. April 16, 2008.
3. “Majority of US parents wary of H1N1 vaccine: poll” Reuters Health. October 1, 2009.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Wimpy Gets 12 Stiches, Sulks in House
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Ian Hunter 16 June 07 San Juan Capistrano CA The Coach House
Twisted Steel
Wash Us Away
When The World Was Round
Just Another Night
Ian Hunter 30 November 01 Village Underground, New York NY Willie Nile
American Spy
Wash Us Away
Michael Picasso
15 Ian Hunter (including 1 Mott The Hoople) Gigs
13 Nov 2010 Mt Tabor NJ At The Tabernacle
12 Nov 2010 New Hope PA Havana
17 Sep 2010 Danbury CT Palace Theater
25 Apr 2010 Sellersville PA Sellersville Theater
24 Apr 2010 New York NY The City Winery
23 Apr 2010 New York NY The City Winery
17 Oct 09 New York NY New Yorker Festival
24 Jun 09 New York, NY River To River Festival, Rockefeller Park
15 Dec 07 Philadelphia PA The Trocadero
17 June 07 Los Angeles CA The Key Club
16 June 07 San Juan Capistrano CA The Coach House
15 June 07 Agoura Hills CA The Canyon Club
30 November 01 Village Underground, New York NY Willie Nile
28 October 01 Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia PA John Eddie
14 September 73 MTH, Palladium, Hollywood CA Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, Orphan
12 Nov 2010 New Hope PA Havana
17 Sep 2010 Danbury CT Palace Theater
25 Apr 2010 Sellersville PA Sellersville Theater
24 Apr 2010 New York NY The City Winery
23 Apr 2010 New York NY The City Winery
17 Oct 09 New York NY New Yorker Festival
24 Jun 09 New York, NY River To River Festival, Rockefeller Park
15 Dec 07 Philadelphia PA The Trocadero
17 June 07 Los Angeles CA The Key Club
16 June 07 San Juan Capistrano CA The Coach House
15 June 07 Agoura Hills CA The Canyon Club
30 November 01 Village Underground, New York NY Willie Nile
28 October 01 Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia PA John Eddie
14 September 73 MTH, Palladium, Hollywood CA Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, Orphan
Ian Hunter, 17 Sep 2010, Danbury CT, Palace Theater
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Excerpts: Ian Hunter 9/17 Danbury CT and 12/10 Pawling NY
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
35 resources to help students create
Students, Ownership and Creativity: 35 Resources
Prezi could be useful as a presentation tool. The examples on Greece and Rome might be adaptable for many K-12 applications.
Cf. http://clifmims.wetpaint.com/page/Using+Prezi+as+a+Presentation+Tool
Yodio might be handy since you can record anywhere by using a phone.
Military Presence: Kentucky/Ohio
An organization, WeAreChange Ohio, traveled to Newport, Kentucky to investigate the military checkpoints that appeared around the downtown area on 6 September 2009. Officially, this was done for traffic control purposes during the annual Riverfest celebration that is held on both sides of the Ohio River.
Military Police from the U.S. Army National Guard performed a series of tasks throughout the day, which included aiding the local police to close bridges across the river, and to reverse traffic along Monmouth Street in Newport.
Two Military Police officers were located at each corner of Monmouth from the Ohio River to 11th Street, while two Humvees were strategically placed to block traffic onto the Taylor-Southgate Bridge. One of the National Guard members indicated that there were also Marines in the area.
WeAreChange Ohio spoke with a thirty-year veteran of the Newport Police Department, who wished to remain anonymous. He stated that the local municipalities were desperately strapped for funds and that the city had been cutting back his division at the department.
While he welcomed the help from the National Guard, he recognized that funding was being systematically shifted away from local governments in favor of Washington.
The officers interviewed at the festival stated that they were on duty to help the local police. They did make it clear that they would follow orders. They are simply soldiers doing their duty.
Military Personnel Seize Protester, Use LRAD War Device, at G-20
The LRAD war device was deployed in combat situations as crowd control; it is now used by U.S. police forces.
French Defence League Warns Muslims - Stop Praying on our Streets!
Transcript for the Video
Warning to Muslims who believe that the public space can be invaded without consequences.
For a number of years, certain of you muslim gentlemen dare to regularly occupy the public space for your prayers.
This occupation, as you well know, is illegal, and is, as we well know, a provocation and a demonstration of force designed to show your domination in certain parts of France and your contempt for our laws and the secular nature of our country.
These politico-cultural demonstrations are in defiance of our institutions and our culture, they put our territorial integrity under pressure with the aim of forcing the construction of mosques, which are often financed by the money of non-muslims who then find themselves victims of gigantic rackets in which our elected officials are complicit.
Muslim militias and certain muslims totally illegally block the streets to non-muslims, preventing the citizens and residents from circulating, returning home or leaving their houses and the mayors say nothing, the police say nothing, the State says nothing.
Thus it remains for the French Nation, to the citizens themselves to take over because all their representatives have spinelessly bent over in the face of intimidation.
The message sent out by the French nation to the “praying” is clear:
Stop praying immediately on the public highway, it is illegal. Pray elsewhere, or don’t pray, we couldn’t care less about that. Nothing gives you the right to occupy our streets, you must respect our laws.
You are extremely lucky that the French (of all confessions and origins) are so patient and indulgent with you but in the face of your arrogant provocations, one day the limit will be reached.
Then there will no longer be time to whine about discrimination. You will have been the sole cause of your inevitable future troubles if you continue to defy our laws.
Who sows the wind reaps the storm. Stop sowing discord in France, stop occupying our streets and our towns with your inopportune prayers.
U.S. Department of Defense War Gaming for Actions Against U.S. Citizens
“UNIFIED QUEST 2011″
* Army Studying implications of “large scale economic breakdown”
* Would force the Army to keep “domestic order amid civil unrest.”
* Army to deal with fragmented global power and drastically lower budgets
North Korea Bombs South Korea
Yeonpyeong island
* Lies 3km (2 miles) from disputed Yellow Sea border and 12km from North Korean coast
* Houses military installations, a permanent Marine detachment and a small civilian population
* Rich fishing grounds in surrounding waters
* Scene of inter-Korean naval clashes in 1999 and 2002
* In the 2002 exchange of fire, 13 Northern sailors and five Southern sailors were killed
North Korea: Timeline 2010
26 March: South Korean warship, Cheonan, sinks, killing 46 sailors
20 May: Panel says a North Korean torpedo sank the ship; Pyongyang denies involvement
July-September: South Korea and US hold military exercises; US places more sanctions on Pyongyang
29 September: North holds rare party congress seen as part of father-to-son succession move
29 October: Troops from North and South Korea exchange fire across the land border
12 November: North Korea shows US scientist new - undeclared - uranium enrichment facility
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the three-year-long war.
North Korean artillery hits South Korean island.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Updated Mysterious Missile
A Graphic Representation of the Path of That “Missile”
Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise.
The U.S. military might have been caught napping for a second time. Three years to the date exactly the Chinese popped up in a naval exercise.
The Chinese do have a stealth submarine. The stealth submarine is a modified version of the Type 041 Yuan-class submarine. According to military experts, the Yuan-class’s technology borrows heavily from Russian designs. The Yuan-class is reported to use a new air-independent propulsion (AIP) system based on the concept of the Swedish Stirling engine. Chinese naval research institutes are known to have been investigating fuel cell and exhaust recycling AIP designs similar to the French MESMA (Module d’Energie Sous-Marine Autonome) (Jane’s Defense Weekly, October 7; Wen Wei Po [Hong Kong], October 12).
Obama's Flight Buddy/TSA Pat-Down Protest Song/Stripper Arrested/Follow the Money
Grammy-winning musician Steve Vaus has used an Oceanside man's experience with airline security as inspiration for a new parody he released Friday, "Help You Make It to Your Flight."
Like the classic country song "Help Me Make It Through the Night," the song starts off romantic.
Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Then, it gets right into the sarcasm.
Leave your shoes right over there
Now, get up against the wall
I’ll run my hands inside your thighs
Up your legs and out of sight
But you can trust the TSA
To help you make it to your flight.
Source: Grammy Winner Pens TSA Pat-Down Protest Song | NBC San Diego
A San Diego man was arrested for refusing to complete the security process and for recording the incident on his iPhone, according to his attorney.
The companies with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply American airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the last five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington.
Body Scanner Manufacturer Accompanies Obama on Trip to India.
7-year old girl: 'Grandmama, they touched you on your special girl spots'...; Woman on TSA patdowns: 'I feel molested.'
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Ron Paul: Cut out this Soviet-style nonsense
Paul's legislation, H.R. 6416, is just two sentences long, stating:
No law of the United States shall be construed to confer any immunity for a federal employee or agency or any individual or entity that receives federal funds, who subjects an individual to any physical contact (including contact with any clothing the individual is wearing), X-rays, or millimeter waves, or aids in the creation of or views a representation of any part of a individual's body covered by clothing as a condition for such individual to be in an airport or to fly in an aircraft. The preceding sentence shall apply even if the individual or the individual's parent, guardian, or any other individual gives consent.
Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., took to the House floor to say, "A nationwide revolt is developing over the body scanners at the airports, and it should."
Young Boy strip searched, 3 Year Old Girl Searched, Travelors Humiliated by TSA
A man undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Before the video started the boy went through a metal detector and didn't set it off but was selected for a pat down. The boy was shy so the TSA couldn't complete the full pat on the young boy. The father tried several times to just hold the boys arms out for the TSA agent but i guess it didn't end up being enough for the guy. I was about 30 ft away so i couldn't hear their conversation if there was any. The enraged father pulled his son shirt off and gave it to the TSA agent to search, that is when this video begins.
SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT AROUND THE TIME OF 12:00 PM
3 Year old searched at checkpoint
TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine.
Flight attendant and cancer survivor forced to show her prosthetic breast during pat-down
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The Fourth Amendment
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Let's Slim Down the 1st Amendment
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/17/sen_rockefeller_fcc_should_take_fox_news_msnbc_off_airwaves.html
SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER (D-WV): "There's a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to FOX and to MSNBC: 'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.' It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly, in their future."
The former secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his former department.
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., former Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee and the current top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, blasts TSA's invasive "pat downs" during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on November 17, 2010. Duncan also questions the role of lucrative government contracts in TSA's new naked body scanning machines. The text of the speech is copied below:
"Mr. Speaker:
A nationwide revolt is developing over the body scanners at the airports, and it should.
Hundreds of thousands of frequent fliers who fly each week are upset about getting these frequent doses of radiation.
Parents are upset about being forced to have their children radiated or being touched inappropriately by an unrelated adult.
There is already plenty of security at the airport, but now we are going to spend up to $300 million to install 1,000 scanners.
This is much more about money than it is about security.
The former secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his former department.
Far too many federal contracts are sweetheart, insider deals.
Companies hire former high ranking federal officials, and then magically, those companies get hugely profitable federal contracts.
The American people should not have to choose between having full-body radiation or a very embarrassing, intrusive pat-down every time they fly, as if they were criminals.
We need a little more balance and common sense on this."
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Quotes Lenin, Jefferson, Washington
"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
“The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.”
“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.”
---Vladimir Lenin---
“The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.”
“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.”
---Vladimir Lenin---
"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny."
---Thomas Jefferson---
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
---George Washington---
Monday, November 15, 2010
Update: Bikers Rally To Support Boy's Flag Display
http://www.kcra.com/r/25795718/detail.html
And, an interesting sidelight is the background of Cinco de Mayo as a beer promotion.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Obama's G-20 Performance an "Embarrassing Disappointment"
Obama hasn't got a clue; he does not dispute the Communist from asking a question representing all of Asia. He never challenges the premise and if I were in the Korean delegation I would be alarmed. This is the country we expect to protect us? No wonder no Korean reporter stepped in. China is running and representing Asia and the Koreans know it. Obama does the politically correct dance and emphasizes "fairness." He even compliments the Communist by validating the Chinese position. "You make a valid point."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToiZ7N9GEvg
Obama arrived at the G-20 economic summit confident that his free trade agreement with South Korea was in the bag. But as Chip Reid reports, the president walked away empty-handed after South Korea refused to open its market to U.S. automobiles.
芮成钢G20峰会提问奥巴马CCTV版
芮成钢是CCTV2"财经频道"的记者和主持人，所以那些恨党的愤青们不要在这丢自己的脸了，要骂上优酷土豆骂去，家丑也不能这么赤裸裸的外扬呀～如果知道一点全球经济新闻的人就不会这么愚昧的骂自己人了。自称"中华民国"的人也少在那边落井下石，你认为你不是中国人可你们的祖先总是中国人吧？
(composite video) "I hate to disappoint you, President Obama, I am actually Chinese. But I think I get to represent entire Asia, part of the family on this side of the world..."
During President's Obama's press conference CCTV anchor Rui Chenggang seized the chance to ask the last question given to the Korean press..... there was almost no chance for reporters outside of Unite States to ask questions..... and these questions were all from Barack Obama named members of the White House press..... he decided to add one more question, but stressed that a question from the Korean press..... however there was not one Korean reporter raising their hands..... this was a rare scene for president Obama and also quite embarrassing.....
China's CCTV anchor Rui Chenggang:-
Rui: "How about if Korean press allow me to ask a question on your behalf? Yes?"
Obama: "Depends if a Korean reporter will rather have the question..." Pause..... "No? No takers? This is getting more complicated than I expected..."
Rui: "Take one quick question from Asia, President Obama."
Obama: "...go ahead ask your question, I want to make sure the Korean press gets a question as well..." (maybe pretending that Rui was actually Korean...???)
Rui: My question is very simple, you mentioned interpretation, I know part of the difficulties of being the American President is some of the decisions that you take, actions that you make will be Interpreted in a way that are not what you thought it would be or what you meant it would be. For instance some of the actions you have taken were interpreted as anti-business domestically in the United Sates. And as someone just mentioned some of the action taken by the US government that you represent as well were interpreted as sacrificing other country's interest for America's own benefit. You find yourself constantly being interpreted thousands of ways, how do you address these interpretations? http://www.chinahush.com/2010/11/14/c... (see VIDEO + PIC)
American Police State, Operation Defuse 1, Fusion Centers & Information Sharing
Join John Bush the Executive Director of Texans for Accountable Government and Catherine Bush the Executive Director of The Liberty Restoration Project talk about the use of fusion centers and information sharing. Originally set up to keep information on terrorists these information centers are now being used to track criminals as well private citizen who might be considered a risk.
A Fusion Center is a terrorism prevention and response center that was started as a joint project between the Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Justices Office of Justice Programs between 2003 and 2007.
The fusion centers gather information not only from government sources, but also from their partners in the private sector.
Visit the Operation Defuse Website at;
http://www.operationdefuse.com/
Visit the Texans For Accountable Government Website at;
http://www.tagtexas.org
Visit the Liberty Restoration Project Website at;
http://www.libertyrestorationproject....
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Ian Hunter, At The Tabernacle, Mt. Tabor, NJ,, 13 November 2010
Words (Big Mouth) & Arms and Legs
I Wish I Was Your Mother
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band play for 375 fans. This was the encore number. Ian played all mellow songs & ballads at this show. Video copyright Ian Hunter/Tamara Guo/Redlands Video
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Angel of 8th Avenue
Sweet Jane
Ian Hunter in New York and New Jersey: It’s a bloody long way
David Johansen - Well, I've Been To Memphis - (live) At The Tabernacle - 11.13.10
David Johansen and Brian Koonin open the show for Ian Hunter At The Tabernacle in Mt. Tabor, NJ. This was a very small gig for only 375 people. This song was from the Harry Smith's album.
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