 Sent to me by email... We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services for such “luminaries” as Wacko Jacko... I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle", the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 . . .. " at which point my heart skipped. At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach. He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this. Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer. There was no parade.No big event in Staples Center. No wall to wall back to back 24/7 news coverage on MSNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS or ABC. No weeping fans on television. And that's not right. Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please forward this post to everyone you know. Especially to the veterans. Rest in peace, Shifty. Obama Asks For "Patience" and "Patients" 07/30/2009
by Harrison Price Well, what is is Obama going to do but to ask for Americans to wait the bad economic times. I guess since almost all of the “stimulus” won’t take effect until the end of this year or next year we’ll have to do as he says. Of course, the “stimulus” was supposed to create or save 2-3 million jobs. Unemployment has increased since those days but supporters would point to some phantom facts and say: “Gee it would have been worse without the stimulus.” Sure. According to the Associated Press: It’s unclear whether this will work, because polls show mounting anxiety about Obama’s policies. These include his $787 billion stimulus package, which has not had a huge impact so far, and, more broadly, the vast spending that has pushed the federal deficit to the unprecedented level of more than $1 trillion this year. Despite blowing up the debt, Obama remained upbeat: “And the challenge for this administration is to make sure that even as we are stabilizing the financial system, we understand that the most important thing in the economy is: Are people able to find good jobs that pay good wages?” I find this statement to be a complete joke since he is trying to kill the economy with Cap and Trade. Healthcare “reform” looks to saddle the country will so much debt we could all go down the tubes as without the “revenue” from Cap and Trade there will be no money to fund Obamakare. To be fair to President Obama, he did not cause the economy to be the way that it is and he did take office at a difficult time for anybody, however his willingness to push economic killers is not doing any favors for workers or businesses who have got to be wondering how much of their money they will be forced to donate to the government. Already in California the sales tax was jacked up and the fee to license a car for a year was doubled not to mention all of the new taxes that are being implemented and Obama’s push to tax the “wealthy” an extra 5.4%. Leaked Democratic economic plan. What the economy needs are tax cuts, reducing spending, and no more foolish “stimulus” spending that only places a greater burden on future generations of Americans. Small business owners, who employ the majority of Americans, need to know it is safe to hire people and invest in the future. Obama, were he smart, would also expand oil drilling so as to not only secure a future energy supply for Americans, increase tax revenues, but also curtail the flow of money to the Middle East and countries like Venezuela. California alone would stand to see billions of dollars in revenue were offshore oil drilling to be allowed. Nuclear plants should also be built (which would actually do some stimulating in more ways than one). Instead, we will see silly pep talks about patience and waiting for sunnier days while the Democrats press forward on healthcare “reform” and Cap and Trade as well as other silly ideas that will be poorly implimented because they do not have the “patience” to slow the process down and write sensible bills. by Harrison Price Once more we wade into the stupidity that is the Democratic Cap and Trade bill, now put away until sometime in the Fall for lack of support. Cap and Trade would tax everything based upon how “dirty” the energy it took to create it was (read CO2). This bill, if it became law, would lay waste to the U.S. economy, cause Americans up to $1,400.00 per year in extra spending, kill jobs, and put the U.S. at a disadvantage when compared to our trade competitors. India and China will have none of this foolish Liberal agenda: India on Sunday night rebuffed an appeal by Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, to embrace a low-carbon future in which the two countries would work together to devise new ways of consuming and producing energy. Mrs Clinton, on a five-day visit to the country, said that low-carbon emissions would not jeopardise India’s high economic growth rates and its goal of lifting millions of people out of poverty. She offered a technological partnership to secure the fast growing nation’s energy supplies and help boost the livelihoods of its farmers. China had the same reaction: We are told that although China, India and others show no signs of joining in this dismal process, we will eventually induce their participation by “setting an example.” Watching the impending indigence of the Midwest, and the flow of jobs from our shores to theirs, our friends in Asia and the Third World are far more likely to choose any other path but ours. What is even more absurd is that Obama’s own EPA admits Cap and Trade will do nothing: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee began their hearings on the 1,500 page Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation Tuesday, and ranking member Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) won a startling admission from Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson. Inhofe produced an EPA chart generated last year during the Senate’s debate of the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade legislation. The chart showed that the carbon reductions under that bill would not materially effect global carbon concentrations in the atmosphere. Inhofe then asked Jackson if she agreed with the chart’s conclusions. Jackson replied: “I believe that essential parts of the chart are that the U.S. action alone will not impact CO2 levels.” Guess what? The other countries won’t participate because it will destroy their economies! Yet another foolish idea from the Democrats that will hurt our economy. It is also troubling that, with so many issues in the world that Secretary of State Clinton would spend so much time discussing a non-starting idea with the Indians. Shouldn’t her limited time be better spent working on issues relating to terrorism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, and trade instead of lecturing them on ideas they will never buy into? With the economy still in trouble, Obama’s support shrinking, and Cap and Trade shelved until the Fall surely there are more important things to be done instead of trying to kill our economy. Medical Opinions On "Obamacare" 07/28/2009
Medical Opinions  by Harrison Price President Obama seems to be building on his record of bad judgement. It all started with his comments regarding the bonuses contractually awarded to AIG executives. His words helped to cause or inflame a sea of anger against those employees with some getting death threats. Obama ended up backing away from his earlier statements. Then we had another example after the presidential elections in Iran where Obama remained silent for the entire weekend before, after people in his administration began speaking out, he finally condemned the shooting and arrests of protesters. Now we have the latest example: the arrest of a man for breaking into his own house (which was not known until after the police showed up). Nobody is perfect and thus everyone is entitled to make mistakes or to have lapses in judgement. However when you are President of the United States you shouldn’t open your mouth without carefully considering the effect those words can have (and to be smart enough to know this doubly applies to matters of “race”). Originally Obama condemned the arrest of the black man by police: Obama said Wednesday that Cambridge police “acted stupidly” during the disorderly conduct arrest of his friend, Henry Louis Gates Jr., in his own home near Harvard University. Obama backed off of his statements after a racial firestorm errupted: President Barack Obama backed down on Friday from a statement that police had “acted stupidly” in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama. “Because this has been ratcheting up and I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up, I wanted to make clear in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sgt. Crowley specifically,” Obama said. “And I could have calibrated those words differently.” Well… duh! What I found most shocking was that Obama seemed to think this reaction would be a surprise: “The fact that it has garnered so much attention, I think, is a testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very sensitive here in America,’’said Obama. What this little incident shows is that President Obama does not seem to behave as if he is representing all Americans and that he should use caution when wading into a murky situation. I am shocked that he would even say anything about this considering when a U.S. soldier was murdered in Arkansas by a Muslim claiming jihad he was virtually silent on the matter. But jihad is not something Liberals like to address for what it is. The issue for me has nothing to do with race but rather the stupid statements from someone who should know better and the 180 degree spin he put on when he was condemned by the police, the police unions, many blacks, and ordinary Americans. So either he meant what he originally said but wouldn’t stand up for his remarks, he was playing the race card to score political points, or he just didn’t think before speaking. Any of those possibilities don’t say much positive about him. * Notable Quotables * 07/25/2009
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." by Dacia Nichol "We Rescued The Economy" 07/23/2009
by Dr. Dave Is Obama A Citizen? 07/22/2009
 Click to enlarge by Thomas Craig It seems that the question of President Obama's citizenship will not go away. I completely understand the anger and disappointment that Americans are feeling, however, perhaps it is time to put this one to rest. The 14th Amendment clearly states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. Hawaii became a state in 1959. (Click on the above image to see his birth certificate.) The question now remains if the government has altered or forged this document. Is it possible? Perhaps. Is it likely? No, it is not. We all have to accept that President Obama is fully eligible to hold the office. We can snicker about it if we want but until proof is shown that there was a government conspiracy regarding this, we have to accept it. Challenging the President's eligibility is not only a waste of time, but it demeans and deprives attention from the true arguments that the People have. The Obama Administration, I believe, LOVES this type of drama. They see the benefits of ridiculous distractions such as this debate. While we are all paying attention to the debate about his citizenship, the administration is pushing bills through congress without any time for the bills to be read and understood. We need to keep our eye on the ball. Do not let the deluded theories of ignorant people distract you from the true issues of the day. It is imperil that we keep our resolve and apply real pressure to our representatives on real issues. by Harrison Price |   Recent Posts
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