June 30, 2010

Try and solve the oil problem:Obama is blocking 10 observers from visiting and touring the spill damage. BP has one of the worst safety records (possibly the worst) in the business In 5 years with BP there have been about 26 deaths and 700 injuries BP has had 760 safety violations and have paid $373 millions In fines April 20 - Oil explosion Its now been 71 days since the oil started shooting out of the Gulf of Mexico Obama has had 71 days to think about the foreign assistance offers to help since...

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June 29, 2010

Depression of 1946 (there wasn’t a depression, but everyone predicted there would be one)1943-45 Debt up 50% to 120% GDP.47% labor worked for U.S. Government 27% labor in Unions              (Either or)- Unemployment 14-35%  “The government cannot just disband the army, close down munitions factories, stop build ships, and remove all economic controls.”- Alvin H. Hansen, 1943 Depression of 1946Business Week predicts 14% unemployment AFL...

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June 28, 2010

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land - Why? Because the Constitution itself says so. It is the bases of the American rule of law - Why? Because anyone who works for any government in the U.S. local, state, and federal takes an oath to uphold the Constitution. Come what may. In recent years congress has given federal agents the right to write their own search warrants even though the Constitution says only judges can do so. Congress has voted to make it a crime to tell anyone you received...

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June 25, 2010

How many people had any idea that our founders would take an African American and bury them with the full military rights and honors? Well, they did and it’s been erased from history. From the history I’ve learned, the time of the founders was a racist time. Yet, now I’m learning the truth that that time wasn’t how it’s being taught… that goes for most parts of history. The most important and interesting stories have been taken out of history and we are now learning a “fixed” history. It’s aggravating....

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Founders Friday - June 18, 2010

“Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.” - George Washington Council of the Founding Fathers: 1. George Washington: Honesty is the best policy.              - His messages was we wanted to run our public affairs the way we run our private affairs. 2. Ben Franklin: Taught to avoid extremes in life.              - He created...

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Founders Friday - June 11, 2010

James Madison:Before 1913 U.S. Senators were appointed by the state legislature. Madison said that the House of Representative would always be a national institution because the people would be directly elected by the people. But, the Senate will derive its powers from the states. The idea is that you have the senators be representatives of the state interest, like a lobbyist for the state. The 17th Amendment changed that and instituted a direct popular election of U.S. senators. “The senate of...

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Founders Friday - June 4, 2010

Benjamin Franklin:Poor and poverty:“I think the best way of doing good to the poor. Is not making them easy in poverty but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, I observed in different countries that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And on the contrary, the less that was done for them, the more they did for themselves and became richer.”- Ben Franklin, November 27, 1766 Ben Franklin created...

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