I am sick and tired of hearing this GARBAGE--- about America "running out" of natural resources and the need to "conserve".
Here is the bottom line to any American who REALLY wants to hear the Truth:
We have 250 years worth of Natural Resources right NOW at our fingertips under our USA SOIL. But the idiot Congress and past Presidents in bed with the Wacko Tree-hugging, Volvo driving Environmentalists have put up road block after road block NOT allowing us to get at it.
Here is the background:
On January 1, 1970, Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which allowed the federal government - or a liberal judge - to veto or delay indefinitely any energy project of any kind. Coincidentally, 1970 was the year when America produced the most oil in its history and imported only 12 percent of its needs.
Nearly a decade later to the day, President Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska Lands Act, the law that closed ANWR and - in one fell swoop - took more taxpayer -owned government lands out of our energy resource portfolio than any other time in history. It was the fitting and symbolic end of the decade that set us on the course for the energy collision we face today. U.S. dependence on foreign sources of oil had reached 40 percent.
The list of laws enacted in between are on are an alphabet soup of government activism that continues to restrict our access to American energy today. They include the Clean Air Act of 1970 (CAA); the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA); the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA); and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), just to name a few.
And while everyone wants to save animals from extinction, breathe clean air, drink clean water and avoid toxic substances, these laws and their successors have been used by opponents of U.S. energy production as a means to an end -- to stop domestic production of our economy’s lifeblood and promote scarcity.
Ronald Reagan initially made some progress against energy suicide of the 1980’s by using the tools he had to reduce regulations and direct more energy development on taxpayer-owned federal lands. But the Congress struck back, and in 1982, added a rider to a spending bill that prohibited energy leasing on 85% of the outer continental shelf surrounding the lower 48 states.
For the twenty-six years since, Congress has voted each year, every year, to continue these bans and continue our dependency on foreign oil. And, to burnish his kinder, gentler credentials, President George H.W. Bush imposed his own moratorium in 1990, which President Clinton extended until 2012, and which President George W. Bush has yet to repeal, despite the looming promise of economic ruin for families caused by our energy supply imbalance. Today, America remains the only developed country in the world that shoots itself in the foot in such fashion.
In 1987, when President Reagan asked Congress to open ANWR along with a required report showing that it could be done safely and help supply 1 million barrels per day, Congress ignored him, and instead expanded the amount of wilderness in the US greatly, taking even more lands away from energy production. Congress did finally pass a bill to open a small piece of ANWR in 1995, but President Clinton vetoed it.
Here is the dirty little secret that the Wacko Tree-huggers don't want you the average Joe Amercian to know:
America is the Saudi Arabia of oil shale deposits. With the 2 trillion barrels of oil we could extract, the US could run for 250 years on that source alone. Unfortunately, the best deposits lie under nationalized lands in the West, and the Congress passed a law in 2007 making it illegal to lease the lands for energy development.
USA is also the Saudi Arabia of coal. Last year, Hollywood’s Henry(Wax Museum) Waxman slipped a provision into law that will block government – the biggest single user of energy – from buying any alternative fuels made from coal. Germany ran its war machine on the stuff throughout WWII, and South Africa has been making coal into substitute petroleum for decades. We could too, but for our IDIOT CONGRESS.
Today, America only uses 3% of its offshore areas to produce energy, and only 6% of government lands onshore. The US now imports more oil than ever, produces less oil than it did before WWII, and is sending over half a trillion dollars a year to a lot of people who don’t like what our country stands for, (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria).
As Ronald Reagan uttered, "America should not be thwarted by a tiny minority opposed to economic growth.” Is as true today as it was when he uttered it 28 years ago. That tiny minority has hidden their agenda behind the environment movement and thus grown to control our nation’s energy decisions made in Washington, and it shows in every American’s energy bill.
This tiny minority of Wacko Environmentalists and Hollywood Elites in bed with Liberal Congressmen and Senators continue to spue LIE AFTER LIE telling us we can't drill for oil because of "global warming" or the latest LIE about the "scarcity" of our natural resources.
Meanwhile, gas prices continue to climb well into the $4/gallon range and beyond, forcing some companies even out of business.
Well, now you know who to blame: BLAME the WACKO ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN BED WITH CONGRESS FOR YOUR OUT OF CONTROL GAS PRICES, NOT THE OIL COMPANIES.
At least we get something (oil & gas) from the Oil companies. What do you get from your Congressman and Environmentalist: Answer: NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, except Higher gas prices.
Here’s the truth Ronald Reagan understood but Washington’s central planners don’t want you to know about: God blessed North America with huge energy resources, probably rivaling those of any other continent. Free the American people to use their brains, technology and hard work to access the energy that government has put off limits.
Let’s actually make it economically attractive to produce energy at home. Legalize the coal, oil shale, oil sands, methane hydrates (a frozen natural gas that dwarfs all other energy resources on earth), uranium, hydropower and all of the exotic alternative energy potential we have, and get off the backs of all the people whose job it is to supply this country with the energy that provides us the capacity do work. Americans will respond and go to work putting America to work. We will produce energy…a lot more energy. The result will be enough of our own energy to keep the lights burning in the Shining City on a Hill for a long, long time.
Jimbo
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Texas Supreme Court ruling Thursday said it all - Supreme Court to CPS: Send these children home!
Finally, justice for the FLDS families, both parents and children alike will be reunited soon.
Texas officials had no right to remove about 460 children from a polygamist sect, the Texas State Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The Texas Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling, that the state's Child Protective Services division did not present ample evidence that the children were being abused.
The court's 6-3 ruling came in the case of 38 mothers who had appealed the removal of their children, but attorneys in the case have said the reasoning behind the court rulings can be applied to the removals of all the children from the ranch during the raid, which began April 3.
"When we'd given up hope on the system and we'd made a plea to every politician there is, it ends up being some kindhearted attorneys that were willing to take up this fight," Willie Jessop said outside the courthouse in San Angelo after the ruling was issued.
It is now high time to Put these families back. There has been a catastrophic emotional and physical trauma to these families, permanent damage that will be left on them for a lifetime.
I would like to call on [Child Protective Services] and the state of Texas to end this nightmare.
It is time for the children to come home. It is time for the state of Texas to lay down arms here and solve this problem.
CPS said it will work to reunite children covered under the ruling with their parents.
The sooner the better.
Now, I will yell loud and clear to ALL the Parents of these 460 children, SUE the Texas CPS for every penny they have.
That's right. The Gall of the Texas CPS to bust down doors and forcefully take these children. This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights.
Sue every one of the officials involved. Sue the Texas Rangers too. Sue everybody involved in this 1984 George Orwell Horror real life horror flick.
I am sick and tired of the State thinking it has ultimate control of our lives. The State needs to BUTT OUT of everybody's life. This country is about Freedom and Liberty. My kids belong to me and my wife, NOT the State. This FLDS case maddens me to my inner core. I am so entirely grateful and thankful that the State Supreme Court handed this ruling down.
Now send the kids home and BUTT out of these people's lives once and for all!!!
Jimbo
Texas officials had no right to remove about 460 children from a polygamist sect, the Texas State Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The Texas Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling, that the state's Child Protective Services division did not present ample evidence that the children were being abused.
The court's 6-3 ruling came in the case of 38 mothers who had appealed the removal of their children, but attorneys in the case have said the reasoning behind the court rulings can be applied to the removals of all the children from the ranch during the raid, which began April 3.
"When we'd given up hope on the system and we'd made a plea to every politician there is, it ends up being some kindhearted attorneys that were willing to take up this fight," Willie Jessop said outside the courthouse in San Angelo after the ruling was issued.
It is now high time to Put these families back. There has been a catastrophic emotional and physical trauma to these families, permanent damage that will be left on them for a lifetime.
I would like to call on [Child Protective Services] and the state of Texas to end this nightmare.
It is time for the children to come home. It is time for the state of Texas to lay down arms here and solve this problem.
CPS said it will work to reunite children covered under the ruling with their parents.
The sooner the better.
Now, I will yell loud and clear to ALL the Parents of these 460 children, SUE the Texas CPS for every penny they have.
That's right. The Gall of the Texas CPS to bust down doors and forcefully take these children. This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights.
Sue every one of the officials involved. Sue the Texas Rangers too. Sue everybody involved in this 1984 George Orwell Horror real life horror flick.
I am sick and tired of the State thinking it has ultimate control of our lives. The State needs to BUTT OUT of everybody's life. This country is about Freedom and Liberty. My kids belong to me and my wife, NOT the State. This FLDS case maddens me to my inner core. I am so entirely grateful and thankful that the State Supreme Court handed this ruling down.
Now send the kids home and BUTT out of these people's lives once and for all!!!
Jimbo
Monday, May 26, 2008
TEXAS APPEALS COURT SAYS: "GIVE THE KIDS BACK TO THEIR PARENTS"
SAN ANGELO, Texas: The state of Texas should not have removed children from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove that they were in "imminent danger," an appeals court ruled Thursday, May 22.
In its ruling, the Texas 3rd District Court of Appeals decided in favor of 38 women who had appealed a lower court judge's decision that the children remain in state custody.
The Appeals Court Judges gave the lower court 10 days to vacate an order placing the children in state custody.
Although the ruling applies only to the children of the 38 mothers represented in this case, a lawyer for the women said the Court of Appeals' reasoning would apply to all of the children who were removed from their homes.
"The existence of the FLDS belief system as described by the department's witnesses, by itself, does not put children of FLDS parents in physical danger," the judges said.
More than 450 children were forcibly removed from their homes last month on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, which is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Hooray, I said, when I saw this news on CNN last Thursday. I was right. The removing of those 450 children from their mothers and fathers was WRONG! The Appeals court 3-0 backed my opinion up.
In fact, this opinion by the Appeals court is so strong that some feel it would be stupid for the Texas authorities to appeal it the the State Supreme Court. I agree. That would be stupid. But who knows, removing 450 children from their mothers and then placing them, split up, all over the state of Texas was STUPID too.
It is a great day for families in the state of Texas!
The parents said they had spent the last few weeks zigzagging across the state to visit their children, who were taken from the sprawling 1,700-acre ranch on April 3.
"You can see it's a lot of stress on them," Edson Jessop said, referring to his three boys and girl. "Every time we leave, they go through that trauma again. It's enough to rip your heart out."
After the state took custody of the children, the mothers appealed the order on the grounds the department failed to establish that the need for protection was urgent.
Because no such proof was presented, the mothers argued that the district court, which backed the raid, abused its discretion and was obligated to return the children to their parents.
The Texas Appeals court agreed.
"Evidence that children raised in this particular environment may someday have their physical health and safety threatened is not evidence that the danger is imminent enough to warrant invoking the extreme measure of immediate removal prior to full litigation of the issue," the Appeals Court wrote.
Furthermore, the court said, CPS (Child and Protective Services) did not make any reasonable effort to determine if measures other than removal would have reduced the perceived risk to the children.
It was ridiculous how the courts had ignored the parents' rights.
It was about time a court stood up and said that what has been happening to these families is wrong.
This was the right decision. Thank God
Don't misunderstand me here. I do not agree with Polygamy. But that was NOT the issue here.
The issue was the precedent that could have been set; of State authorities being able to just bust in your community/home, round up your kids and separate them from their Parents, based on nothing more than a weak rumor/allegation.
This FLDS ranch is a Community of people working together, being self-sufficient. You don't just bust in there with guns drawn and Forcibly remove Children from their Parents with no real evidence of abuse.
If this could happen to the FLDS, it could happen to the Amish community next.
That is why this Appeals Court Decision is so right.
Now I pray that the Texas authorities will just admit they were wrong and do not appeal this any further.
Ahh, it feels good to be right from the beginning on this issue.
Jimbo
In its ruling, the Texas 3rd District Court of Appeals decided in favor of 38 women who had appealed a lower court judge's decision that the children remain in state custody.
The Appeals Court Judges gave the lower court 10 days to vacate an order placing the children in state custody.
Although the ruling applies only to the children of the 38 mothers represented in this case, a lawyer for the women said the Court of Appeals' reasoning would apply to all of the children who were removed from their homes.
"The existence of the FLDS belief system as described by the department's witnesses, by itself, does not put children of FLDS parents in physical danger," the judges said.
More than 450 children were forcibly removed from their homes last month on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, which is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Hooray, I said, when I saw this news on CNN last Thursday. I was right. The removing of those 450 children from their mothers and fathers was WRONG! The Appeals court 3-0 backed my opinion up.
In fact, this opinion by the Appeals court is so strong that some feel it would be stupid for the Texas authorities to appeal it the the State Supreme Court. I agree. That would be stupid. But who knows, removing 450 children from their mothers and then placing them, split up, all over the state of Texas was STUPID too.
It is a great day for families in the state of Texas!
The parents said they had spent the last few weeks zigzagging across the state to visit their children, who were taken from the sprawling 1,700-acre ranch on April 3.
"You can see it's a lot of stress on them," Edson Jessop said, referring to his three boys and girl. "Every time we leave, they go through that trauma again. It's enough to rip your heart out."
After the state took custody of the children, the mothers appealed the order on the grounds the department failed to establish that the need for protection was urgent.
Because no such proof was presented, the mothers argued that the district court, which backed the raid, abused its discretion and was obligated to return the children to their parents.
The Texas Appeals court agreed.
"Evidence that children raised in this particular environment may someday have their physical health and safety threatened is not evidence that the danger is imminent enough to warrant invoking the extreme measure of immediate removal prior to full litigation of the issue," the Appeals Court wrote.
Furthermore, the court said, CPS (Child and Protective Services) did not make any reasonable effort to determine if measures other than removal would have reduced the perceived risk to the children.
It was ridiculous how the courts had ignored the parents' rights.
It was about time a court stood up and said that what has been happening to these families is wrong.
This was the right decision. Thank God
Don't misunderstand me here. I do not agree with Polygamy. But that was NOT the issue here.
The issue was the precedent that could have been set; of State authorities being able to just bust in your community/home, round up your kids and separate them from their Parents, based on nothing more than a weak rumor/allegation.
This FLDS ranch is a Community of people working together, being self-sufficient. You don't just bust in there with guns drawn and Forcibly remove Children from their Parents with no real evidence of abuse.
If this could happen to the FLDS, it could happen to the Amish community next.
That is why this Appeals Court Decision is so right.
Now I pray that the Texas authorities will just admit they were wrong and do not appeal this any further.
Ahh, it feels good to be right from the beginning on this issue.
Jimbo
Thursday, May 15, 2008
California Strikes Again-Supreme Court says Forget the Voters-Gay Marriage the Law.
By one vote, the California Supreme Court today rejected the expressed will of Californians to limit marriage to a man and a woman.
In 2000, a 61.4 percent majority of Californians passed Proposition 22, which limited marriage to a man and a woman and precluded California’s recognition of same-sex “marriages” consummated elsewhere. In a decision derided by a dissenting California justice as “legal jujitsu,” the Supreme Court majority held that the ban on same-sex marriage is an infringement of the fundamental state constitutional right to marry.
California is now the second state after Massachusetts where homosexuals will be allowed to “marry.” But unlike Massachusetts, California has no law that prohibits homosexual couples living in states that don’t recognize same-sex “marriage” from marrying in the Golden State.
The California Supreme Court has opened the door to a legal battle royal across the nation. Homosexual couples will flock to California to marry, return to their home states, and file lawsuits to force the recognition of their Land of Fruits and Nuts marriages—and the destruction of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA].
California’s highest court has just invalidated California’s Proposition 22, creating a legal “fundamental” right to homosexual so-called “marriage” out of thin air, under the guise of equal protection.
The California Supreme Court is only supposed to Interpret the Law, but in this case they decided to Make the Law OVER the will of the Majority of California Voters.
And California's weak Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, stated that he will not push for an amendment to California's Constitution to say that Marriage is between a Man and a Woman.
To ensure that marriage is protected and the voice of the people is heard, a constitutional marriage amendment must be placed on the November ballot in California, and national efforts need to be made to generate a federal constitutional marriage amendment. The decision must be removed from the hands of judicial activists and returned to the rightful hands of the people
“So-called ‘same-sex’ marriage is counterfeit marriage. Marriage is, and has always been, between a man and a woman. We know that it’s in the best interest of children to be raised with a mother and a father. To use children as guinea pigs in radical San Francisco-style social experimentation is deplorable.
“The majority of Americans recognize the fact that legitimate marriage and family are cornerstones of a healthy society. Reasonable people have had enough and are refusing to allow radical extremists to redefine marriage and family into oblivion. So-called ‘same-sex marriage’ is a ridiculous and oxymoronic notion that has been forced into popular lexicon by homosexual activists and their extremist left-wing allies.
“If people who engage in homosexual behavior want to dress up and play house, that’s their prerogative, but we should not destroy the institutions of legitimate marriage and family in order to help facilitate a counterfeit.
Some may ask, "Why do you care if 2 gay people marry"?
The reason is because it (homosexuality) is morally wrong. God burned Sodom to the ground for its crazy acts of homosexual perversion. Don't think God can't punish America for its stamp of approval of the homosexual lifestyle. I for one, want to be on God's side. I want his blessings. How can we as a Nation expect God to bless us when we pervert Marriage?
The Gay Mafia strikes again. More perversion. More Sin.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to shield your kids from this perversion.
This is one of the BIG reasons that I home school. The Public Grade/Middle/High Schools have been taken over by the Gay Mafia too.
On my next blog, I will show you how the Gay Mafia has "taken over" our Colleges too. I have a specific example of how an employee said the "wrong thing" and was fired.
Understand, according to the Gay Mafia, there is no such thing as free speech if the speech is against a homosexual. The Gay Mafia wants you fired, imprisoned, fined for speaking out against their perverted lifestyle. Make no mistake about it.
Jimbo
In 2000, a 61.4 percent majority of Californians passed Proposition 22, which limited marriage to a man and a woman and precluded California’s recognition of same-sex “marriages” consummated elsewhere. In a decision derided by a dissenting California justice as “legal jujitsu,” the Supreme Court majority held that the ban on same-sex marriage is an infringement of the fundamental state constitutional right to marry.
California is now the second state after Massachusetts where homosexuals will be allowed to “marry.” But unlike Massachusetts, California has no law that prohibits homosexual couples living in states that don’t recognize same-sex “marriage” from marrying in the Golden State.
The California Supreme Court has opened the door to a legal battle royal across the nation. Homosexual couples will flock to California to marry, return to their home states, and file lawsuits to force the recognition of their Land of Fruits and Nuts marriages—and the destruction of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA].
California’s highest court has just invalidated California’s Proposition 22, creating a legal “fundamental” right to homosexual so-called “marriage” out of thin air, under the guise of equal protection.
The California Supreme Court is only supposed to Interpret the Law, but in this case they decided to Make the Law OVER the will of the Majority of California Voters.
And California's weak Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, stated that he will not push for an amendment to California's Constitution to say that Marriage is between a Man and a Woman.
To ensure that marriage is protected and the voice of the people is heard, a constitutional marriage amendment must be placed on the November ballot in California, and national efforts need to be made to generate a federal constitutional marriage amendment. The decision must be removed from the hands of judicial activists and returned to the rightful hands of the people
“So-called ‘same-sex’ marriage is counterfeit marriage. Marriage is, and has always been, between a man and a woman. We know that it’s in the best interest of children to be raised with a mother and a father. To use children as guinea pigs in radical San Francisco-style social experimentation is deplorable.
“The majority of Americans recognize the fact that legitimate marriage and family are cornerstones of a healthy society. Reasonable people have had enough and are refusing to allow radical extremists to redefine marriage and family into oblivion. So-called ‘same-sex marriage’ is a ridiculous and oxymoronic notion that has been forced into popular lexicon by homosexual activists and their extremist left-wing allies.
“If people who engage in homosexual behavior want to dress up and play house, that’s their prerogative, but we should not destroy the institutions of legitimate marriage and family in order to help facilitate a counterfeit.
Some may ask, "Why do you care if 2 gay people marry"?
The reason is because it (homosexuality) is morally wrong. God burned Sodom to the ground for its crazy acts of homosexual perversion. Don't think God can't punish America for its stamp of approval of the homosexual lifestyle. I for one, want to be on God's side. I want his blessings. How can we as a Nation expect God to bless us when we pervert Marriage?
The Gay Mafia strikes again. More perversion. More Sin.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to shield your kids from this perversion.
This is one of the BIG reasons that I home school. The Public Grade/Middle/High Schools have been taken over by the Gay Mafia too.
On my next blog, I will show you how the Gay Mafia has "taken over" our Colleges too. I have a specific example of how an employee said the "wrong thing" and was fired.
Understand, according to the Gay Mafia, there is no such thing as free speech if the speech is against a homosexual. The Gay Mafia wants you fired, imprisoned, fined for speaking out against their perverted lifestyle. Make no mistake about it.
Jimbo
Thursday, May 8, 2008
SHAME on Texas Authorities for Separating Over 400 Children from their Mothers.
I have waited until I got all the facts that I could possibly find before blogging on this, but now I will.
The Texas Raid of the FLDS is one of the BIGGEST TRAVESTIES of CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS EVER!
Here is the facts: On March 29 and 30, Texas police authorities received a call from inside the ranch by a 16-year old girl who said she is married to-- and has an 8 month old child by-- Dale Barlow who has previously been convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual contact with a minor. In response, Police obtained a warrant from state District Judge Barbara Walther ordering the arrest of Dale Barlow, and authorizing seizure of any records or documents on the marriage of Barlow to the 16-year-old and the resulting birth of their child. It also orders the seizure of computer equipment, hard drives and data storage equipment, DVDs, videotapes and photographs.
This should have been the End of it. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.....
Once inside the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Police started REMOVING Children from their Mothers.
Why, I kept asking myself?? These Mothers have done nothing wrong. If anything, they may be victims themselves of the Men within the sect.
Anyway, the whole reason that the Police went in is because of an anonymous call by this girl who they could not even find when they went to the Ranch.
So again I yell louder now at the TV; WHY ARE THE POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVING THESE WOMEN FROM THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHEN NO ONE HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY (the Women) DID ANYTHING WRONG???
Something is wrong here. How can a raid of this magnitude happen from just one *unverified* phone call. Is this America? Are your children safe?
This is still America ...I think. And I am wondering how a judge can order the removal of ALL women and ALL children from their homes based on a warrant for the arrest of ONE man and in looking for ONE young woman described by the 9-1-1 caller as an abused victim.
While outsiders view the polygamist cult as an abomination, others view the secular world as equally abominable. Brainwashing seems to be a bad thing if the girls don't wear make-up, dress "like they were from a different era", and don't have access to TV and movies. Oh horrors! How could people live such a life?!?!
Well, I guarantee that some see the secular abuse of women happening all the time -their subjugation by the culture to act and dress like whores. They are no better off in secular society being treated as if they are lesser, non-intelligent human beings. Let your kids play with the Bratz dolls that look like little hookers? I imagine the little girls seized illegally in TX play with baby dolls, not Bratz dolls.
Who are the sick people exactly? The members of the cult or the outside, secular world full of its "sexy" images of women which keep them at the mercy of men just as the cult may? At least in the cult, they marry the young women and don't just have multiple "dumpings" and illegitimate children as happens in the secular realm.
And to the legal question: we are guaranteed personal and religious liberty in our Constitution. Illegal search and seizure of property or persons is not lawful. Only looking for the person being charged and for the victim of a crime is lawful -not rounding up everyone whose beliefs the world at large disagrees with.
The confiscation of children from their parents by the state like this smacks of totalitarianism. This is the sort of thing done by Nazis and Communists.
This looks like the law and the courts are out of control. I don't see any evidence only allegation. The problem today is that in this Nitwit Nation allegation is seen as equal to evidence. It isn't. The law enforcement in this case had better have darn good evidence. It looks to me like this mass separation is being used to coerce evidence. My bet is law enforcement will keep the parties separated until they can fabricate the evidence they need to prosecute.
Let me put it to you this way; What crime have the kids committed? Why are they being dealt the most drastic punishment imaginable - separation from their mothers and fathers - for no known reason?
The state of Texas has not found one single crime against these children yet. Even if they do find one or two, how can that be a reason for taking dozens, maybe hundreds of children away from their mothers?
The kids are the victims here - not of the parents, but of the incredible, unbelievable cruelty of the state of Texas authorities. If there is evidence of cruelty by the families to these kids, where is it?
Look, I am a huge fan of Texas. I have many friends there. But what is the attorney general of Texas doing? This is an Orwellian nightmare. For no reason except what looks like a crank call, the lives of these children have been turned upside down and into a screaming horror movie.
Can't someone say the obvious here? That in this case, it's not the Mormons who are the criminals, it's the government of Texas.
Governor Perry, wake up and give those kids back to their mothers until you have some compelling, proven reason to do otherwise. What your state is doing here is Gestapo tactics pure and simple.
Look, I am not a fan of polygamy. For one thing, it's all any man can do keeping up with one wife. For another, it's against the law in this country.
But the polygamists that have been in the news have been operating for decades. The authorities knew about it, and them. They didn't do a thing about it for all those years!
The government is taking more and more liberty with our liberties. Better watch out; you or your church group could be next.
Jimbo
The Texas Raid of the FLDS is one of the BIGGEST TRAVESTIES of CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS EVER!
Here is the facts: On March 29 and 30, Texas police authorities received a call from inside the ranch by a 16-year old girl who said she is married to-- and has an 8 month old child by-- Dale Barlow who has previously been convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual contact with a minor. In response, Police obtained a warrant from state District Judge Barbara Walther ordering the arrest of Dale Barlow, and authorizing seizure of any records or documents on the marriage of Barlow to the 16-year-old and the resulting birth of their child. It also orders the seizure of computer equipment, hard drives and data storage equipment, DVDs, videotapes and photographs.
This should have been the End of it. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.....
Once inside the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Police started REMOVING Children from their Mothers.
Why, I kept asking myself?? These Mothers have done nothing wrong. If anything, they may be victims themselves of the Men within the sect.
Anyway, the whole reason that the Police went in is because of an anonymous call by this girl who they could not even find when they went to the Ranch.
So again I yell louder now at the TV; WHY ARE THE POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVING THESE WOMEN FROM THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHEN NO ONE HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY (the Women) DID ANYTHING WRONG???
Something is wrong here. How can a raid of this magnitude happen from just one *unverified* phone call. Is this America? Are your children safe?
This is still America ...I think. And I am wondering how a judge can order the removal of ALL women and ALL children from their homes based on a warrant for the arrest of ONE man and in looking for ONE young woman described by the 9-1-1 caller as an abused victim.
While outsiders view the polygamist cult as an abomination, others view the secular world as equally abominable. Brainwashing seems to be a bad thing if the girls don't wear make-up, dress "like they were from a different era", and don't have access to TV and movies. Oh horrors! How could people live such a life?!?!
Well, I guarantee that some see the secular abuse of women happening all the time -their subjugation by the culture to act and dress like whores. They are no better off in secular society being treated as if they are lesser, non-intelligent human beings. Let your kids play with the Bratz dolls that look like little hookers? I imagine the little girls seized illegally in TX play with baby dolls, not Bratz dolls.
Who are the sick people exactly? The members of the cult or the outside, secular world full of its "sexy" images of women which keep them at the mercy of men just as the cult may? At least in the cult, they marry the young women and don't just have multiple "dumpings" and illegitimate children as happens in the secular realm.
And to the legal question: we are guaranteed personal and religious liberty in our Constitution. Illegal search and seizure of property or persons is not lawful. Only looking for the person being charged and for the victim of a crime is lawful -not rounding up everyone whose beliefs the world at large disagrees with.
The confiscation of children from their parents by the state like this smacks of totalitarianism. This is the sort of thing done by Nazis and Communists.
This looks like the law and the courts are out of control. I don't see any evidence only allegation. The problem today is that in this Nitwit Nation allegation is seen as equal to evidence. It isn't. The law enforcement in this case had better have darn good evidence. It looks to me like this mass separation is being used to coerce evidence. My bet is law enforcement will keep the parties separated until they can fabricate the evidence they need to prosecute.
Let me put it to you this way; What crime have the kids committed? Why are they being dealt the most drastic punishment imaginable - separation from their mothers and fathers - for no known reason?
The state of Texas has not found one single crime against these children yet. Even if they do find one or two, how can that be a reason for taking dozens, maybe hundreds of children away from their mothers?
The kids are the victims here - not of the parents, but of the incredible, unbelievable cruelty of the state of Texas authorities. If there is evidence of cruelty by the families to these kids, where is it?
Look, I am a huge fan of Texas. I have many friends there. But what is the attorney general of Texas doing? This is an Orwellian nightmare. For no reason except what looks like a crank call, the lives of these children have been turned upside down and into a screaming horror movie.
Can't someone say the obvious here? That in this case, it's not the Mormons who are the criminals, it's the government of Texas.
Governor Perry, wake up and give those kids back to their mothers until you have some compelling, proven reason to do otherwise. What your state is doing here is Gestapo tactics pure and simple.
Look, I am not a fan of polygamy. For one thing, it's all any man can do keeping up with one wife. For another, it's against the law in this country.
But the polygamists that have been in the news have been operating for decades. The authorities knew about it, and them. They didn't do a thing about it for all those years!
The government is taking more and more liberty with our liberties. Better watch out; you or your church group could be next.
Jimbo
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tell your US Senator VOTE NO on Senate bill 2839-Global Competitiveness Act of 2008
Hi, I am back to blogging again after an extremely enjoyable Orlando, Fla. family vacation the last 10 days. I love Florida!
While on vacation, I saw CNN Lou Dobbs talking about a new proposed bill, Senate bill 2839 "Global Competitiveness Act of 2008", that Senator John Cornyn wants to pass. It is being co-sponsored by Lieberman, Gregg, and Hagel. This bill essentially will increase the number of H-1B Visas (i.e. Foreign workers) available for Corporations.
Whaaaaht? That was my reaction to this while watching Lou Dobbs. So later that night I researched it and found out that Dobbs was right, idiots Cornyn, Lieberman, Gregg, and Hagel seem to think we need to flood our country with more cheap foreign labor EVEN THOUGH there are MILLIONS of SKILLED AMERICAN WORKERS READY to fill these jobs right now, here in America.
I will give you one personal example of this. My wife's Uncle, an American citizen (has been for 30yrs) is a highly skilled, college educated, Engineer. He has worked at Nuclear Power Plants as an Engineer as well as other high-tech Engineering positions right here in America. He was laid off a few years ago and even though he has an extensive high-tech resume, he could not find work in his field even though he repeatedly applied to many different employers. He ended up taking a low paying, low-tech job at an Airlines in the baggage department just to pay his bills.
Finally after over a year he was able to find another Engineering job more suitable for his high-tech qualifications.
So someone please explain to me, why do we need more foreign workers when my wife's Uncle can't even find work??
The answer is simple: Corporations want foreign workers in order to pay them less money. That's right, its all about the money. Follow the money people.
And then we have low-wage, outsourcing champions like Microsoft's Bill Gates who, if he had his way testified before Congress that he would not have ANY cap on Foreign workers. That's right, NO CAP. Gates would love to flood the USA with cheap labored foreign workers so his labor cost go down, thereby putting more $$$ in his pocket. He is disgraceful.
Shame on Cornyn, Lieberman, Gregg, Hagel, and Gates.
There is no real shortage of American information technology workers. It’s just that the large high-tech international companies want to turn these hard earned information technology skills into as cheap a labor commodity as possible at the American workers’ expense. On March 12th Bill Gates appeared before Congress calling for an increase in H-1B visas. Two days later, without soliciting comments from any representatives of American IT workers, Congress introduced two bills that would double or triple the H-1B base cap. Why weren’t the representatives of American IT workers allowed to be heard? Could the average of $25 million dollars a year that members of congress receive in bribes (I mean campaign contributions) from the Computer Equipment and Services Industry, have something to do with this? Here’s some interesting campaign contribution statistics compiled by the Center for Responsible Politics at www.opensecrets.org that shows why congress may be so eager to support the requests of the Computer Equipment and Services Industry over the American IT workers.
The proposed legislation will displace even more American IT workers and outsource their good paying, high-technology jobs to foreign off-shore companies. We must learn from our mistakes. The current H-1B visa program has not served the best interests of American workers nor American companies. The current program has actually helped foreign competitors, with branch offices in the USA, hire almost no Americans and shift as many American jobs overseas as possible. How is this helping American workers and American businesses?
The following statistics can be found in the Center for Immigration Studies April 2007 report entitled, "Wages and Skill Levels for H-1B Computer Workers, 2005"
Very few H-1B workers are "highly-skilled." Employers who used the Department of Labor’s skill-based prevailing wage system classified most workers (56 percent) as being at the lowest skill level (Level I) as did most State Employment Security Agency (SESA) wage determinations (57 percent). This suggests that most H-1B computer workers are low-skilled workers who make no special contribution to the American economy, or that employers are deliberately understating workers’ skills in order to justify paying them lower salaries.
According to the applications filed in 2005, it appears that employers may be significantly understating what U.S. computer workers are earning in order to justify paying low wages to H-1B guestworkers in those occupations. In FY 2005, H-1B employer prevailing wage claims averaged $16,000 below the median wage for U.S. computer workers in the same location and occupation.
90 percent of H-1B employer prevailing wage claims for programming occupations were below the median U.S. wage for the same occupation and location, with 62 percent of the wage claims in the bottom 25th percentile of U.S. wages.
While higher than the prevailing wage claims, the actual wages reported for H-1B workers were significantly less than those of their American counterparts. Wages for H-1B workers averaged $12,000 below the median wage for U.S. workers in the same occupation and location.
The reported wages for 84 percent of H-1B workers were below the median U.S. wage; 51 percent were in the bottom 25th percentile of U.S. wages.
Many employers make prevailing wage claims using wage sources that are not valid under the law. The Department of Labor routinely approves prevailing wage claims based on these invalid sources.
It is time the American Workers stand up for their rights and YELL LOUDLY to the Senate, STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS FIRST, VOTE NO ON SENATE BILL 2839!!
MEMO TO CONGRESS: There are MORE than enough High-Tech American workers to fill ALL the positions here in the USA.
Corporations need to pony up and pay American workers what they are worth instead of lobbying Congress to bring in cheap foreign workers.
Again, This is a HORRIBLE bill. America does not need more Foreign workers. We have more than enough skilled American workers trying to get jobs now, but unable to because corporations hire foreign workers at half the salary to do the same job. Congress should be trying to LIMIT the number of foreign workers not increase it. Americans need jobs first. This bill undercuts American wages and makes it even more difficult for American degreed workers to get good jobs.
Congress, vote NO on Senate bill 2839!
Jimbo
While on vacation, I saw CNN Lou Dobbs talking about a new proposed bill, Senate bill 2839 "Global Competitiveness Act of 2008", that Senator John Cornyn wants to pass. It is being co-sponsored by Lieberman, Gregg, and Hagel. This bill essentially will increase the number of H-1B Visas (i.e. Foreign workers) available for Corporations.
Whaaaaht? That was my reaction to this while watching Lou Dobbs. So later that night I researched it and found out that Dobbs was right, idiots Cornyn, Lieberman, Gregg, and Hagel seem to think we need to flood our country with more cheap foreign labor EVEN THOUGH there are MILLIONS of SKILLED AMERICAN WORKERS READY to fill these jobs right now, here in America.
I will give you one personal example of this. My wife's Uncle, an American citizen (has been for 30yrs) is a highly skilled, college educated, Engineer. He has worked at Nuclear Power Plants as an Engineer as well as other high-tech Engineering positions right here in America. He was laid off a few years ago and even though he has an extensive high-tech resume, he could not find work in his field even though he repeatedly applied to many different employers. He ended up taking a low paying, low-tech job at an Airlines in the baggage department just to pay his bills.
Finally after over a year he was able to find another Engineering job more suitable for his high-tech qualifications.
So someone please explain to me, why do we need more foreign workers when my wife's Uncle can't even find work??
The answer is simple: Corporations want foreign workers in order to pay them less money. That's right, its all about the money. Follow the money people.
And then we have low-wage, outsourcing champions like Microsoft's Bill Gates who, if he had his way testified before Congress that he would not have ANY cap on Foreign workers. That's right, NO CAP. Gates would love to flood the USA with cheap labored foreign workers so his labor cost go down, thereby putting more $$$ in his pocket. He is disgraceful.
Shame on Cornyn, Lieberman, Gregg, Hagel, and Gates.
There is no real shortage of American information technology workers. It’s just that the large high-tech international companies want to turn these hard earned information technology skills into as cheap a labor commodity as possible at the American workers’ expense. On March 12th Bill Gates appeared before Congress calling for an increase in H-1B visas. Two days later, without soliciting comments from any representatives of American IT workers, Congress introduced two bills that would double or triple the H-1B base cap. Why weren’t the representatives of American IT workers allowed to be heard? Could the average of $25 million dollars a year that members of congress receive in bribes (I mean campaign contributions) from the Computer Equipment and Services Industry, have something to do with this? Here’s some interesting campaign contribution statistics compiled by the Center for Responsible Politics at www.opensecrets.org that shows why congress may be so eager to support the requests of the Computer Equipment and Services Industry over the American IT workers.
The proposed legislation will displace even more American IT workers and outsource their good paying, high-technology jobs to foreign off-shore companies. We must learn from our mistakes. The current H-1B visa program has not served the best interests of American workers nor American companies. The current program has actually helped foreign competitors, with branch offices in the USA, hire almost no Americans and shift as many American jobs overseas as possible. How is this helping American workers and American businesses?
The following statistics can be found in the Center for Immigration Studies April 2007 report entitled, "Wages and Skill Levels for H-1B Computer Workers, 2005"
Very few H-1B workers are "highly-skilled." Employers who used the Department of Labor’s skill-based prevailing wage system classified most workers (56 percent) as being at the lowest skill level (Level I) as did most State Employment Security Agency (SESA) wage determinations (57 percent). This suggests that most H-1B computer workers are low-skilled workers who make no special contribution to the American economy, or that employers are deliberately understating workers’ skills in order to justify paying them lower salaries.
According to the applications filed in 2005, it appears that employers may be significantly understating what U.S. computer workers are earning in order to justify paying low wages to H-1B guestworkers in those occupations. In FY 2005, H-1B employer prevailing wage claims averaged $16,000 below the median wage for U.S. computer workers in the same location and occupation.
90 percent of H-1B employer prevailing wage claims for programming occupations were below the median U.S. wage for the same occupation and location, with 62 percent of the wage claims in the bottom 25th percentile of U.S. wages.
While higher than the prevailing wage claims, the actual wages reported for H-1B workers were significantly less than those of their American counterparts. Wages for H-1B workers averaged $12,000 below the median wage for U.S. workers in the same occupation and location.
The reported wages for 84 percent of H-1B workers were below the median U.S. wage; 51 percent were in the bottom 25th percentile of U.S. wages.
Many employers make prevailing wage claims using wage sources that are not valid under the law. The Department of Labor routinely approves prevailing wage claims based on these invalid sources.
It is time the American Workers stand up for their rights and YELL LOUDLY to the Senate, STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS FIRST, VOTE NO ON SENATE BILL 2839!!
MEMO TO CONGRESS: There are MORE than enough High-Tech American workers to fill ALL the positions here in the USA.
Corporations need to pony up and pay American workers what they are worth instead of lobbying Congress to bring in cheap foreign workers.
Again, This is a HORRIBLE bill. America does not need more Foreign workers. We have more than enough skilled American workers trying to get jobs now, but unable to because corporations hire foreign workers at half the salary to do the same job. Congress should be trying to LIMIT the number of foreign workers not increase it. Americans need jobs first. This bill undercuts American wages and makes it even more difficult for American degreed workers to get good jobs.
Congress, vote NO on Senate bill 2839!
Jimbo
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
OPRAH"S CHURCH EXPOSED
Many Many people, mainly women flock daily to see Oprah Winfrey. Women sit on the edge of their seat for her supposed wisdom. However, if you call yourself a believer in Jesus Christ as the Son of God/God the Son, the Saviour of your sins, then understand this:
Oprah is Against You!
For instance, recently on her show she was talking about/interviewing different people who have "come out" and announced that they were homosexual and the "backlash" of violence that occurred because they "came out". While I DO NOT condone violence against someone who names themselves as homosexual, it is interesting that NONE of Oprah's shows are about Christians who are persecuted for their faith all over the World, especially in Muslim countries.
On this particular show, she mentioned that if you "came out" in Saudi Arabia, you could be beheaded and persecuted. Hello Oprah, try going out on a street corner in Saudi Arabia and shouting "Jesus is Lord". I guarantee you would be jailed and beaten AS MUCH if not MORE than being homosexual. But will Oprah ever do a whole show about these persecuted Christians all over the World, FORGET ABOUT IT. You see Oprah is all about spreading her Liberal propaganda, not anything else. Make no mistake about it.
That's right, Oprah does not put her faith in the God of the Bible (Jesus Christ). She puts her faith in Herself, not God. She does not see herself as a lost sinner in need of a Saviour, and that Saviour being Jesus Christ, Son of God.
Watch for yourself:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA
She may look pretty, have lots of money, and seem to say all the right things, but she is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Jimbo
Oprah is Against You!
For instance, recently on her show she was talking about/interviewing different people who have "come out" and announced that they were homosexual and the "backlash" of violence that occurred because they "came out". While I DO NOT condone violence against someone who names themselves as homosexual, it is interesting that NONE of Oprah's shows are about Christians who are persecuted for their faith all over the World, especially in Muslim countries.
On this particular show, she mentioned that if you "came out" in Saudi Arabia, you could be beheaded and persecuted. Hello Oprah, try going out on a street corner in Saudi Arabia and shouting "Jesus is Lord". I guarantee you would be jailed and beaten AS MUCH if not MORE than being homosexual. But will Oprah ever do a whole show about these persecuted Christians all over the World, FORGET ABOUT IT. You see Oprah is all about spreading her Liberal propaganda, not anything else. Make no mistake about it.
That's right, Oprah does not put her faith in the God of the Bible (Jesus Christ). She puts her faith in Herself, not God. She does not see herself as a lost sinner in need of a Saviour, and that Saviour being Jesus Christ, Son of God.
Watch for yourself:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA
She may look pretty, have lots of money, and seem to say all the right things, but she is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Jimbo
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