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Hey, all you Hufftards and

Hey, all you Hufftards and Kostards out there! How will you be celebrating the 53rd birthday of your hero, Hugo Chavez?

Bake a tofu cake and light a soy candle in his honor today!

 

un-employed

Can the illegals go home NOW? I'm out of work for weeks now and the only company still giving me work says it maybe weeks more. I was born here and I work harder than a crew of illegals And the quality is excellent. It's frustrating to pass all the job sites and see there are no gringos, even city,state and county projects! My resentment is growing.

My brother did roofing and

My brother did roofing and framing for contractors for 20 years making $20 to $25 tops. He now can't get the same work for more than $10 to $15 tops because of the influx of ILLEGALS. They are NOT taking jobs Americans won't do, they are degrading the wage base for certain sectors of the work force and eroding the tax base. Look how they ruined the city of Hazelton PA (just ONE city) by increasing the population by 50% while the tax base stayed the same. They are also ruining neighborhoods by crowding multiple families in single family homes.

We, as a nation, are in serious trouble from this INVASION of ILLEGALS.

D

I don't support our liberals or their mission.

dontfeedthetrolls

 dontfeedthetrolls-- In 1996, I was transferred to Florida(Tampa). My oldest son came down to live with us from Connecticut. He was a $17/hour experinced roofer. In Tampa he made $6.50 an hour and it was discriminatory pay. That is, the illegals made $5.50 and hour and he had to show them how to do it. I went to his work site one day. It was over 100 degrees and the roofing crew were working at high speed. I asked my son why they did not take a break in the torrid heat and he told me that anyone who could not maintain the pace was fired on the spot and a replacement was there within an hour.

 Not only are illegals used to deflate wages, but they are used to bring in old work practices that have long since been prohibited by our government.

PS--I made a bet with a friend a few years ago that I could tell, in a development, if it had been done by illegally hired labor. He asked me how I could tell and I showed him in a couple of places where the shingles were rippled instead of smooth. That is not so true today as many have learned how to roof correctly.

The mayor of Hazelton is prepared to go to the Supreme Court if necessary to win his case. My county--Cobb, in Georgia, just passed an ordinance that states there must be 390 square feet per adult. This has not yet been challenged. It arose as a result (example that was brought before the council) of 10 adults with seven cars living in a 1550 sqft house. among others. Today , in the very liberal Atlanta Journal Constitution there were letters to the editors about how cruel Cobb County is to needy people.

Misterbill...

"...illegals used to deflate wages"

H1B Visas are used much in the same way in my profession to drive wages down.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

I second that,

I second that, LionKing.

Yet the gubmint still whines about shortages.

Pay the appropriate amounts and there will be no shortage of American born and trained professionals. 

Killing them with kindness isn't working.  Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.

Lion--I am assuming---

Lion--I am assuming---you are in IT???? I spent 50 years in that arena. I have been out for two years now. It's not about making it anymore with the employers. It is about how high they can raise the profits.

In the construction industry--I had an addition to my house  recently. The contractor and his help were all Americans. He discussed repairing the landscaping on a separate basis from building. He said I can save you money and bring in illegals for one day's work. $35 and hour for "undocumented workers" (not his exact words), or $50/hour for American landscapers. I am retired and don't have a large income but I said , "I will pay the $50.00". Well, of course you know that the illegal workers would be lucky to get 6.50 an hour. As it turns out , he brought in two people who, I am sure, wrere not documented, but I was not charged for their 4 hours of labor. I do not blame anyone for trying to get the best deal for their dollar--but when one has a choice--in my book--one should choose American. What a damned protectionist I am.

The hold the union has in America angers many people. Many people must make the choice to go the cheapest route. Unions need to change. The employers are really in the driver's seat at this point in history.

PS I am sure I will get a lot of arguments about my last statement re: employers and unions.

 

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Author: 

misterbill, I loathe

misterbill,

I loathe unions...but now that you mention it...I'd imagine unions are very anti-illegal to protect their memberships.

Hmmmm.  I'm going to have to give this some thought.

 

Blonde-- I am no economist--

Blonde-- I am no economist--but I believe that the business model that would work better in today's environment is the old profit-sharing concept. e.g. If I were to buy a franchise (say Maaco), I would ask my employees to accept a base salary somewhat lower than the industry standars and on a monthly or quarterly basis, disburse shares , in cash. The shares of cash, of course, would be larger based on job performance and quality. There are many garahes in the US that have a somewhat "similar" plan. Jobs are rated by the hour. So, if a job effort is rated as a four hour effort and the employee executes ir in 3 1/2 hours, 1/2 hours  wage goes into his "share pool". If the customer does not come back with a complaint in 30 days, the employee gets that 1/2 hour and others in a separate check. A very efficient system that rewards quality work at the same time.

But what would I know, I'm not an economist.

 PS To transfer that to GM e.g., the union would have to accept that a job is worth X dollars an hour at a mutually agreed upon production rate. Should the production line turn out one extra vehicle per day, the line would share in the profits from that extra vehicle. Should there be a shirker in the line, his fellow workers might address that with him.

PPS OK you economists , rip me to pieces.

 

 

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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Actually it isn't a bad

Actually it isn't a bad idea for a public company to pay their employees in shares or options like they do with the executives. Then the employees do own the company.

Too bad you can't do that with government monopolies like education.

Misterbill

Individuals like your contractor need to stay competative or they are out of business.  At least he gave you options.  It is the government that needs to uphold Federal immigration law.  Btw the AFL-CIO opposed Scamnesty

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bruce--the AFL--

bruce--the AFL--CIO, will hedge their bets by recruiting the lower wage people. Then we will have a rise in product prices as they realize the increases in salary and it is unlikely that the original displaced workers will get their jobs back.

Juducial Watch or ADF or someone(?) needs to bring suit against the Government  because of failure to support our laws.

 

PS Per my neighbor, a retired newspaper editor--who has studied thr influx of lower cost labor--the price of  some objects (like homes) are not reduced because of lower labor costs. The profits of the developer increase.

Misterb

the unions will recruit those who will pay dues, the wage level is to a point irrelevant as it is the employers that pay.  The unions will attempt to organize the workers (legal and illegal) in companies that are paying the lower wage, hoping to to reach the point where they can intimidate any companies using non-union workers into signing on to the agreement

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botg

I did not go into the detail that you have--you are absolutely correct. The net result---over time---is little or no change. The unions will show the lower wage workers how they can make more money (and get job protected, in some sense), and that the dues will be far less than the wage increases they will get for them. Bingo,  Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose!

Mr Bill

Yes I am in IT.

I agree about buying USA. I keep trying to get my wife to check labels...if at all possible, I will not buy from China. I shared this before, but I searched long and hard to find some dress shoes for work that are Made in the USA...I did. Red Wing shoes...where I live we even have a local store. (Note: Not all of their shoes are made in the USA, unfortunately.)

On "Made in the USA"

Oh, I will buy American...IF it is a quality product, and the price is right. 

I bought five quality three-piece suits in Korea for $1000.  Care to guess what that would run me in the United States?   

And I buy U.S. manufactured vehicles.  Now that the Big Three are feeling the heat from Japan, Korea and Europe (to a lesser extent), maybe they will stop churning out crap.  (They turned out a quality product in the form of my truck, so I am quite pleased with that.  They keep up the good work, I will buy from them again.  If not...)

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Just out of curiousity, do

Just out of curiousity, do they offer exemptions to this rule? I'm only thinking along the lines of my college days. We had 6 of us living in a 1500sqft house.... three couples in  a three bedroom one bathroom house...

I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007

DFTT...

DFTT...

If there were TWO MILLION, oh, trial lawyers flooding in from Mexico, depressing lawyers fees to, oh $10 an hour...

How long would it take Congress to build a thirty foot high, ten feet thick, reinforced concrete barrier stretching from San Diego to the Gulf Mexico..

Plus an extra 30,000 border security guards with shoot to kill orders?

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

DailyKos...WH had Tillman whacked

The dementia of te left never ceases to amaze as evidenced by the DailyKos accusation concerning pat Tillman.

Of course, most of the drivel is based on an interview with Wesley Clark by keith Olbermann.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

On radio

for the last couple of days, this story of delivering to Mexico the information for making false California drivers licenses

Our government at work

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Bruce, How charming. 

Bruce,

How charming.  Now we know how these illegal invaders so easily co-opt identities.

Florida is an insane place, but I'm so very glad I don't live in California.  What idiot decided to farm this out to a Mexican firm?  A card-carrying member of La Raza, no doubt.

 

Blonde

no doubt this program will be yanked now that the word is out.

Speaking of La Raza, there are quite a few in the government in California who support that racist organization, there are some outside CA also

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Bruce, You're on a roll

Bruce,

You're on a roll this morning.

Hillary Clinton has selected Raul Yzaguirre - former president of the National Council of La Raza ("The Race") - as the co-chair of her presidential campaign. He'll head up her "outreach" to Hispanics. In actual fact, he'll help her even more strongly support illegal immigration, as Yzaguirre's history shows.

My political education continues, thanks.

 

Blonde

I've posted that link before . . . .maybe i need to have it as a tag line every now and then?

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Good idea, Bruce. I don't

Good idea, Bruce.

I don't chase too many links, unless from posters I know are kind of choosy....or unless the words in the link make it sound interesting.

 

 

where is the ACLU

I am sure that ACLU will be jumping in at any minute to assist in this First Amendment abuse. </sarc

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

Lionking -- mindboggling I

Lionking -- mindboggling I just read this after posting above.

This couldn't be a better juxtaposition of stories.

Men arrested, charged and tried for giving away bibles. Man arrested for dropping a Koran down a toilet.

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

Placed in Cow Dung or Urine

These men would have been praised as artists and invited inside the school if, instead of simply giving away Bibles, they had dipped the Bibles in cow dung or placed in a jar of urine. Just another hateful episode in the twisted non-logic of liberal retards.

1st Amedment under PC attack. Again.


Hate-crime arrests in Quran desecrations at Pace University

July 27, 2007, 8:33 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) _ A 23-year-old man was arrested Friday on hate-crime charges after he threw a Quran in a toilet at Pace University on two separate occasions, police said.

Stanislav Shmulevich of Brooklyn was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and aggravated harassment, both hate crimes, police said. It was unclear if he was a student at the school. A message left at the Shmulevich home was not immediately returned.

Now I personally have much better things to do with my time than flush any book down a toilet, but this has got be disturbing for anyone concerned with free expression and free speech.

Just to put some "context" and "texture" and "subtext" to this (libz love these words)

The Supreme Court has, I believe, upheld that pornography is "protected speech."

Of course pornography is, at its basest, merely organized violence and degredation against women. There are real victims here. Real hate, and real people destroyed, morally, socially and physically.

But last time I checked, destroying a book didn't harm anyone.

Better not try to flush Mein Kampf down the loo -- you might get arrested for hate speech against Nazis.

Of course, there is the obvious comparsion -- what's the likelihood of an atheist being arrested for burning the bible?

And you know what, unpleasant as tyhat would be, I don't think they should be. But just speculating.

Though when you have the US government deciding which books are okay and which are not -- oh hang on, isn't that called the Soviet Union, Communist China, Cuba, places like that.

You'll also be happy to know that your tax dollars are hard at work via the police who sanctioned this arrest after being pressured by CAIR.

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Spot on

And if it had been the American flag he flushed, of course -- no problem.

Jack...

Jack, I think you miss the obvious. I believe a hate crime must be committed against a minority class...the presumption would be that Christians are not a minority, yet, the majority has not power. (Refer to Republican Congress from 2000 to 2006...wimps)

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

Flushing the Quran - is that like burning a flag?

I guess not, Flag Burning is protected speech.

What if I flush the Donald Duck comic book down the toilet?  How about Einstein's paper on Relativity?  Or Darwin's book on evolution.  Or Plato's the Republic?  Or Heinlien's Starship Troopers?

How about I flush more than two squares of TP?

How about I simply take the Quran outside and cut it up in small pieces along with a Bible and a Buddhist Tomb?

Or how about I dye my hair purple and wear rings in my ears?  Or how about I think about it?

All of these must be hate crimes because ...

Well, because I'm gonna offend someone.

ACA 

 

...

Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

I'm offended

I am offended that you compared the works of Plato and Heinlen to Darwin.

I'm offended that you are

I'm offended that you are offended at somebody else's offending comments.

I smell a lawsuit here somewhere. Maybe an arrest.

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

You guys don't count, you are professionaly offended.

Offensively speaking here, as I have no defense of your offensiveness or offendedness (is that a word - who cares?) then really when they hang me I'll cite Hale;

"I regret that I have but one offense to give for my nation."

ACA 

...

Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

Jack--how did these fools--

 Jack--how did these fools--get to be in charge of our country?? Are all these people part of the 42 steps to convert us to communism?? What in God's name possesses these supposed learned sages of the law to make such foolish decisions??

I am a Christian. If someone flushed a Bible down a toilet, I would feel that was a right granted him by the first amendment. I would alsso think he was fool or possibly deranged. I certainly would not expect him to be arrested andd tried for what he did. IT IS NOT A CRIME!!!!!

PS Check Judge Wolf in MA and his statement in a decision that parents were not professional teachers and thus had no right to ask that their ELEMENTARY school children NOT be instructed in alternate life-styles. He should be horse-whipped!

PPS The judge did say that the parents could enrol their children in a private school that followed their wishes. In short, the judge said, "My way or the highway".

 

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Author: 

Islamo-pandering.

Jack,

I'd say we have some in this country whose priorities are, shall we say, confused.

I found this in USA Today yesterday:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-25-muslim-special-treatment-from-schools_N.htm

This Islamo-pandering going on in this country is getting beyond absurd.

Help Fred defeat everybody.

Schumer crying about SCOTUS...again

Liberals such as Schumer cannot stand the SCOTUS no longer is a forum for liberal judicial activism. He is crying how the new SCOTUS ignores stare decisis.

What I find humorous is that decisions have been reversed many times to favor the liberal agenda and stare decisis was never an issue.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

LK

this was brought up yesterday, my input was:  

So there will be no Scotus appointments until one party has 60 senators and the POTUS?

what do you think?

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I think ...

...that the Democrats will keep Stevens on the bench until Jan. 2008 even if they have to embalm him and use Disney's animatronics.

Bush can still appoint

Bush can still use the recess appointment. The Republicans need to be emphasizing the tactics that the Democrats are using. Moderates do not tend to go for this obstruction and nonsense.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
Thompson/Rice

I still think Rush Limbaugh

I still think Rush Limbaugh would be a great SCOTUS.

 

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

Something Fun for Your Saturday

Here's something fun which I think you all will enjoy, I know I've spent alot of time with this.

This is a satellite photomosaic picture of the entire U.S. overlaid with weather data (the site is the Weather Channel).

Click on your closest city, then keep drilling down by clicking on recognizable roads, etc.  You'll be able to find your house...I can even see the cars in the driveway.  I suspect this was done about six months ago, as my neighbors have put in a new driveway since this picture was taken.

Where I live in South Florida....I can move the picture over to the right and see the details of the reefs off the coast.  Pretty spectacular.  Hmmm...going to have to take a look at the drilled-down version of the Florida Keys.

Enjoy!

 

 

Blonde

That map is cool! It's Microsoft Virtual Earth so I guess you can get it set (may not be free) so it fills the screen like Google Earth.

Thanks for that link.

P.S. Love this new font in the comments, NewsBusters!

D

I don't support our liberals or their mission.

Thanks, Blonde

That map was terrific. After finding my own house in SoCal, I took a 'trip' to Missoula, MT, where I visited a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed seeing how the city and it's surroundings lie between the mountains. A totally different perspective than from the ground.

Glad you guys enjoyed

Glad you guys enjoyed this.

I took a peek at my office...I think I'm right about the time frame of the photomosaic.  We lost our covered parking during Wilma....and it was replaced right after New Years.  In the photomosaic, there were two of the three canopies back up.

 

 

blonde

part of the package with my computer are the MSN.com things.  One of these is the microsoft virtual earth, the same as what you have with a birds-eye view feature which allows an angle rather than straight down. 

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Bruce, Just regular

Bruce,

Just regular MSN?  The "angle" sounds intriguing.  It's like when I fly out...the plane takes off and makes a 180 turn over the ocean, and usually flies right over my house.  I love that!

I've always been intrigued with satellite photos...I'm a product of the space generation, and having grown up in Florida just reinforces that.  If you've a link, I'd love to check it out.

 

Blonde

MSN.com

maps and directions

after you check the music

http://entimg.msn.com/i/ExperienceData/p1-6/us/x.htm?sh=MIC&ep=Crossroads&ch=0

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Pay Attention Clapton Fans

Bruce,

Thank you kind sir for the link....am listening to this great concert.  They sound as good as they ever did! 

I have to get this computer hooked into the surround sound...not enough volume on the stereo speakers to suit me.

Oh, listen to that guitar!!!!!

 

Blind Faith

a set of 4? songs Clapton and Winwood live together for the first time in a while

as i understand the whole concert will be available, i've had it on since 11am

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Bruce, Little Stevie

Bruce,

Little Stevie Winwood hasn't lost a step with his vocals.  I am enjoying this more than you could possibly imagine. 

Keep me posted on the availability. 

This is as good as the original stuff.

Color me a happy camper!

 

Blonde

the long haired Blonde guy (Derek Trucks) and Eric got together for a wonderful version of 'Why Does Love Got to be so Sad?' Derek plays some nice slide.

Derek? wasn't Eric with some slide guitarist named Duane in a group with that name??

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Derek & the Dominos

Oh yeah, Brucie,

I actually met Bobby Whitlock.  A couple of times.  He's the one with the great background vocals on Layla & Why's Love Got to be So Sad?.  I hear he was locked up in a loonie bin somewhere (he may be dead for all I know)...but he was a hell of a keyboard player.  And a decent vocalist.

And who is the left-handed guitar player?  He's not too bad, and cute, too.

 

Doyle Bramhall II

i hope you get to hear the whole thing tommorrow

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Bruce, Derek

Bruce,

Derek Trucks....any relation to Butch Trucks?  I'd guess so....and Doyle Bramhall sounds like a kid of Delany & Bonnie to me.

Awesome concert.  Thanks so much!  Where will this be available tomorrow?  I'd love to be able to burn it.  It was fabulous!

 

butch trucks

nephew, don't know about Doyle but it does sound close.  You know (as Buddy Guy plays) they will be back for an encore

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Excellent, Bruce. Do they

Excellent, Bruce.

Do they have streaming live concerts on MSN all the time?

I had no clue.  And you, sir, are correct, Clapton is back.  The guy can play for hours, and always does. 

 

blonde

this is the first one i've heard of  from whereseric.com

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Liberal Activists Step Up Campaign Against FOX News

This article shows how the KOS and Moveon are going to attack Fox News -- they are going after local advertisers. They are asking thousands of supporters to monitor who is advertising on the network. Once a database is gathered, an organized phone-calling campaign will begin.

This campaign is also recording Fox News statements as videos. Get this -- they are trying to compile statements made by Fox anchors and guests that the activists consider misleading, such as those that question global warming.

So, these lib activists are trying to crush anyone who tells the truth; questions the liberal mantra; or doesn't kow-tow to left-defined "popular" thought?

I wonder if they are going to start breaking the windows of the store owners who advertise, and paint the Star of David on those businesses, just like Hitler did? It wouldn't surprise me at all.

It shouldnt surprise you

 The Nazis were the German socialist party and as we are watching the Democrat party transform into socialists they are taking on more of the characteristics of the Nazis.

 

The hottest places in hell are oft reserved for those who in times of moral crisis remain neutral

Come Saturday Ranting

The Democrats have launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews, and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days. The vast majority calling into question the ethics of Republicans. The MSM barely mentions the wrong-doings of Democrats, if the MSM even bothers to disclose the Democrat political party affiliation in the story to begin with, and this continued obfuscation is dangerous.

When the hell are they going to investigate their own that are blantantly breaking the law and flaunting it? Specifically, Pelosi and Feinstein.

"Last November (2006), the American people spoke clearly for change in the way business is done in Washington. They demanded not just high ethical standards, but also transparency, disclosure, and accountability to make these standards effective." - Nancy Pelosi

Paralleling the words of Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) from a recent e-mail; For months, many Democratic senators have used their majority to bully anyone who questions the world as they see it. They squelch dissent, attack critics, and have exercised no oversight. And they're getting away with it because they control the House and the Senate.

Speaker Pelosi, already found guilty of wrongdoing in 2003 for campaign finance fraud for which she paid a menial fine, has raised serious ethical concerns for her role in the Presidio Partners, Hunters Point Redevelopment, and many other real estate dealings in which she, or her immediate family, have been involved. Speaker Pelosi's role with InfoUSA, via the employment of her son, Paul, is also suspect and also raises serious ethical concerns as a conflict of interest due to her son's ability to specifically review voter rolls via his employment with InfoUSA.

From The New York Times, "The Clinton campaign began to distance itself from Mr. Gupta after reports that his data-marketing company, InfoUSA, sold call lists to unscrupulous telemarketers, and accusations that he wasted millions of dollars on perks for himself and the Clintons. Mr. Gupta, in turn, skipped a Clinton fund-raiser he helped put together last month in New York, and now says he is no longer involved in the campaign."

Senator Feinstein has raised serious ethical questions in the confirmed and verified reporting of her passing millions of dollars in military contracts to her husband while she was on the Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations.

In keeping with Speaker Pelosi's fervent dictum quoted above, we the people should demand not just high ethical standards, but also transparency, disclosure, and accountability to make these standards effective. And, as both Speaker Pelosi and Senator Feinstein have given the appearance of wrongdoing, we should demand they be held accountable to the voting public for their questionable and unlawful actions.

Pelosi and Feinstein should be investigated NOW. They are continuing to make personal profit from their political positions with each day that passes.

Pelosi, Feinstein, Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson, Gore, and Kerry are all connected to George Soros. His close financial association with a myriad of Democrats, so very willing to take full advantage of his financial backing and evil influence, is frightening. It is more compelling evidence that Soros has bought, and now owns, the Democrats.

We need people like George Soros, who is fearless and willing to step up when it counts.” — Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

Interesting that Mrs Clinton will distance herself from InfoUSA's Mr Gupta, but Pelosi will not. Interesting, too, that Mrs Clinton maintains her close financial and political ties to George Soros.

George Soros Quotes

"My goal is to become the conscience of the world.”

I do not accept the rules imposed by others. If I did, I would not be alive today. I am a law-abiding citizen, but I recognize that there are regimes that need to be opposed rather than accepted. And in periods of regime change, the normal rules don’t apply. One needs to adjust one’s behavior to the changing circumstances.”

"I have always harboured an exaggerated view of my self-importance – to put it bluntly, I fancied myself as some kind of god."

If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise they might get me into trouble. But when I had made my way in the world, I wanted to indulge my fantasies to the extent that I could afford.

It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of God, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.”

"Next to my fantasies about being God, I also have very strong fantasies of being mad. In fact, my grandfather was actually paranoid. I have a lot of madness in my family. So far I have escaped it."

The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

The (global capitalist) system is deeply flawed. As long as capitalism remains triumphant, the pursuit of money overrides all other social considerations.”

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”

"It is necessary to puncture the bubble of American supremacy.”

What I am afraid of is that the pursuit of American supremacy may be successful for a while because the United States in fact enjoys a dominant position in the world today.”

It's good to know, though, that Mrs Clinton reveres and respects George Soros so deeply and that she shares his views about America. Mrs Clinton, without a shred of doubt, has revealed how she REALLY feels about America.

Links of Interest:
HotAir (Comments section, too)
George Soros | Media Matters | Richard Poe
Various Informational Soros Postings from My Personal Blog
Clinton-Soros Initiative at UN Summit (09.15.2005)

/rant | Thanks for listening.

Bond says

 Democrats have launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews, and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days

aren't they building a case for abuse of process?

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Schumer/Specter typical POS

That is exactly how I see it botg...

By the way, I am sure you know, but others may not.

(Also may have been posted elsewhere in the last few days)

Nevertheless this is absolutely infuriating by Specter and Sen.Schumer.

When oh when can we rid this country of these two enemies within that sit on the Judiciary Committee?

I have been furious with the likes of Rove for not backing Toomey to defeat Specter with money and support.

 

G'day bigtimer

i've commented on the chuckster elsewhere, now Spectre only kept his position after some major wrangling and i hope is stripped of any leadership at the next session until his removal at the next election

there seems to be a movement in Congress to assume authority over the POTUS and SCOTUS.  I am waiting for these two branches to begin their own probes into Congress.  Can not the SCOTUS choose what cases to take and 'request' the attorneys provide additional information and witnesses.  Can not the POTUS launch investigations with supenoena power?

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bot... ...well can you

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...well can you believe what Specter is doing here?

UNBELEVABLE to me!

This is the very first I have heard of this investigation...granted I haven't been here or into politics much this week, but this is the first I heard of this in the link I put above.

Just how in the hell do they think they are going to undo a SC Judge?

Filthy POS. 

Spectre

made certain promises to maintain his position, seems this crap goes against those assurances.

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Spectre is a Liberal

Here are the biggest complaints according to the Post: "Those [SCOTUS Decisions] that have earned the most criticism from liberals were rulings that struck down desegregation programs, upheld a federal law prohibiting late-term abortions and weakened restrictions on broadcast ads during campaigns."

I noticed that neither Spectre nor Shumer were nominated to the Supreme court. If the Supreme court doesn't agree with these liberal positions, then too bad. For Schumer to suggest that no more justices will be nominated? Well, that's simply unconstitutional, and if he puts this in practice, he needs to be impeached.

TnT

i see you have adopted my 'ghost of a conservative' moniker for Arlen

Maybe the two of them can overturn the Warren Courts rulings based on their ignoring 'stare' (decisis)

 "Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."       Groucho 

Bonds has one to go

Barry's Steroids and dishonesty hit the home runs.  Not Barry.  Who holds him up as a hero of Baseball? 

Nice example for your kids.

 "If liberals didn't live it, it doesn't exist."

 

Barry's ball hitting and dishonesty

Barry Bonds is the result of policies of the MLB who overlooked the steriod problem and the Players's Union which walked hand in hand with them. MLB was looking at the bottom line.

Having watched Barry when he was a collegiate player at ASU, he was always working on his hitting skills. However, I vote that he is on something. Good as he is naturally, I do not think he is as good as his record without some outside help.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

I have yet to meet a single

I have yet to meet a single person who does not put an asterisk and say, "it's still Hank Aaron." Not one. And part of the genesis of this problem in the late '70s & early '80s was big government overlooking steriods in favor of going after more politically-incorrect illegal drugs.
JMR

Baseball Stars

Happily, my grandkids got to grow up watching a great hitter and good man here in San Diego. Never a hint of cheating throughout a distinguished career. Congratulations on your entry in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Tony Gwynn!

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I am not sure how it is/was cheating when there was not a rule to break.

Next, why is Bonds the only one to get thrown under the bus? Clemens has had an identical body tranformation and his career was not in HOF shape when he left Boston (then went to Toronto).

He was the best before the allegations, and he is the best now. Want some more proof? Look at his intentional base on balls compared Aaron. Bonds has 676 compared to Aarons 293. They would walk Bonds to get to Ruth.

Bottom line, Bonds is a jerk and people love to hate him. If he was Ken Griffey Jr. we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well.

Just wanted to throw this

Just wanted to throw this in the mix and see what others thought of all of this.

Here is one link, here is the other.

I know it is slow today, but this does seem important with the situation in the middle east and the war.

Like Israel, I'm nervous,

Like Israel, I'm nervous, but I can see why they feel the need...its plan B, because too many people aren't willing to follow through with plan A.

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