I tried to find the originl post but seems to be missing

One summer day in August I was sitting a the computer just chatting with friends and I heard some one walking in my house. I thought, one of the kids, so I gave a"hey who is there ," There was no answer and I thought what the dickens. I got up and went to check, no one was there. but when I left the room (Kitchen) and came back to computer the walking, I should say stomping stared up again. The clump clump clump would go from the kitchen to the middle of my Living- dining room combination.Then it would turn around and clump back.
This went on for a few days. I gave up wondering about it, thinking who ever it was would get sick of it if I ignored it. When on the next Sunday came, which was four or five days later after this all started, I got a knock on my door. When I answered it there was a woman maybe in her 40s standing there. I asked her what she wanted and she explained that her family was having a reunion at out local park for the last few days and as she was leaving she got the urge to come to my house . It seems her grandparents built the house and she asked if she could look through it to see the changes. I said okay. after she had looked and told me what was changed. For some reason I told her about the stomping. She had a strange look on her face and said grandpa stomped when he walked. I showed her where the sound started and stopped. She said the spot where it stopped was where the kids would sit to play board games and grandpa would walk in and pretend to step on the board, then he would laugh and walk away.. We chatted for a bit and she left. I never heard the sound again.

This was posted 7 months ago and I found it again while looking on old blogs for something else.

I am anti abortion,
I am anti rude,
I am anti mean,
I am anti bigotry of all people that are bigots,
I am anti liars.
I am anti corrupt elected officials.
I am anti starving children while we fight over who is the meanest or craziest of the two parties
I am anti slander.
I am pro kindness,
I am pro faith,
I am pro helping people that need help
I am pro manners
I am pro understanding.
I like interesting
I like people that are able to think outside the box
I like people that would never think of saying rude, false things about people they do not know
I like people that use their brains to form opinions instead of copying and pasting someone else s thoughts, whether they know what they are talking about or not.
I like people with good sense of humor.
I like people that do not take themselves so seriously that others get the feeling they are snobs.
I like Minnesotans. Americans, Canadians, and most of the rest of the world.
I feel sad that our country has come to this dissension
I am sad that people are losing their jobs.
I am sad the people are losing their homes.
I am sad that children and their parents go hungry,
I am sad that they will go to bed cold or sleep on the ground or in a box
I was raised to not judge others until I walked a day in their shoes.
It always amazes me when someone I thought was open minded was not.

ELECTION TIME AND GETTING IT RIGHT

This election is going to be hard. I thought the last one was but I think this one has it beat. I will be crisscrossing the ballot sheet a lot.
The best candidate for governor will not win, so do I vote for him anyway or vote for one of the tow bad choices the Democrat And the Republican. Shaking head as I write. I will vote Republican for some candidates for the house and various other positions and I will vote Democrat for a couple.
I do not believe in the party line. I will vote Democrat for the best person even though the official party line is too liberal and I am antiabortion. I will also vote for the Republican because I also think aside from my objections to some of their party line the candidate is the best one. I really wish that the independents had a better backing but maybe they are the least corrupted because no one is buying them.
I wonder how many others will take the time to think all of this over before voting. I hope that even if they do not , they go and vote.

Another old 360 blog

FLIGHTS OF FANCY

I was in my favorite chat room when I noticed the time. I said I have to go watch Dancing with the stars. I just I can't miss it, I think I am addicted to people that can move.

I do love watching skaters glide and twirl with such grace and ease. Dancers swaying, swinging, doing cha chas or what ever dance that is picked for them also. Some part of my mind moves with them almost like I am actually doing it too. Good thing I have a vivid imagination. It is like reading a good fiction novel, I can plant myself in those scenraios also.

Maybe it is a coping skill to get through days when you would rather be doing anything else but what you are doing. I can sing beautifully when I am alone and no one can hear me. I could paint wonderful works of art if I had the paint, the canvas, the time. In our minds we can reach great heights. Solve world problems, invent the best gadgets.

Isn't a good imagination wonderful? Dreams can take you anywhere. if I could wish one thing for everyone, it would be imagination. The possibilities are endless. It can even get you through a bad day.

Another 360 blog after the 2008 elections

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time to stop the blame

The election is over people time to stop the madness!! I have never in my life heard and seen so much mud slinging by people that supported Senator Obama, I thought the republican party went over the line in the first Bush years with their abuse, but Democrats really out did them royally this election! I do not understand it,I am a Democrat and the childish name calling and dire warnings of doom made me ashamed to be a Democrat. Not only family members ,friends in life and in chat. The worst of it was and is the celebrities that are taking advantage of their positions on talk and news shows to keep the rhetoric up about McCain and Palin.

Now I do not and did not believe in Obama. I am an American, I will give this guy the chance to prove me wrong. No mud slinging. But day after day, night after night I hear personal insults about McCain and Palin. There is no reason to keep saying nasty insults! They have not stolen anything, murdered anyone, hurt anyone in anyway I ever heard, so what is it that frightens people to the point of slinging mud when these people have gone back to their homes, to their jobs ( which by the way both did quite well) and they will continue to do their jobs to the best of their abilities.

When is the real problem going to be talked about? The legislature, the people we vote in to do our bidding. Where is their loyalty to the voters , not to lobbyists, big business( and if you believe that democrats do not take the perks and the gifts from big business, I have some bridges to sell you) They as a whole, have not done their jobs and haven't for the last 20 or 30 years. It does not matter who is president if our elected Congressman and Senators do what they want without regard for the will of the voters.

Why not start writing letters, emails to your local representatives weekly, telling them what you like or dislike about how they are doing their jobs. We need to stop acting like spoiled 5th graders and do something about the problem instead of blaming the other side of the isle. There are no isles in America that can not be crossed. There should not be isles at all, it should be all for one and one for all. Discussion without rudeness. Debate means explaining you side of a subject , not try to destroy the opponent.

I wrote this on Yahoo 360, I thought it still should mean something

Entry for October 19, 2007

I wonder when intolerance, cruelty, violence become part of the world we live in. Are we born with all of these prejudices negative feelings?

Or are we taught from our parents as they were taught from theirs.When does a person stop caring about another's feelings? How can anyone love when their hearts and minds are filled with intolerance,hate and violence? Albert Einstein said peace must start with the children. I raised my family to be kind, to care about others, to be considerate. I was raised to live by the golden rule,"Do unto others" And hopefully I passed it on.

I get frustrated when I hear others speak of hurting others, good or bad.Then I think when does it end. How can it end. I do know it must end.We are meant to live in this world peacefully. Allowing each other the right to their own beliefs and traditions.

Maybe if everyone that reads this does something nice for a stranger, it will be a start. It would also be nice if everyone that reads this, comments on what they think the words, kindness, tolerance , and peace means to them. Maybe it is just one little step at a time by strangers to overcome the horrors that happen in this world.

I am told at times I do not live in the real world. If that is true. I am happy to be in the one I am in. I do believe anything is possible!

I was thinking ( you all know how dangerous that is)

Why are so many people fighting tooth and nail over something that is going to happen whether we like it or not. November 2 -2010 we will vote. Some will win, some will lose. Now think about this, Is it really going to make a huge difference in our lives? The world is not going to end. The price of everything ebbs and flows. As long as we can feed our families, keep them warm. and hope there is a roof over our heads. Can we not reach out and work together to help others in worse shape rather than having the government force us to? Or have them borrow more money ( that we can not afford) that they will spend inefficiently.
Is all of the rhetoric pro and con worth the dissension?
people are too angry. The right is angry, the left is angry at the right for being angry. so it is a vicious circle. And the propaganda bloggers fire up all the dissension. I say shame on them, they are paid to create hate, to destroy what our fore fathers built. It is time to tell them to shut up. We need to stop the madness or we will implode as a nation. and that is not so far away if this keeps up.

So Much anger

I read a blog and saw on the news about the poor woman who was attacked by a couple of angry people outside a political meeting. How sad is this? There has always been high emotions at election time. I thought the 2000, 2004 2008, mud slinging elections were bad, but this mid term election is the worst. I could go back in time and show terrible pictures taken at election time, the riots, but it does not excuse this horrible behavior by anyone
I see on Multiply the anger the "my way or the highway" attitude is rampant. It does not matter if you are liberal, moderate, democrat,conservative ,Republican the anger is overwhelming at times. There are some like me that sees both sides the good and the bad. I like facts, I do not read political blogs written by people paid to make everyone angry. I can see they are succeeding. The sad part is both sides blame the other for the anger. It is not the people who believe in a platform on either side that is at fault. Well believing the shit stirrers is wrong.
I registered as an Independent the year, after being a Democrat all my adult life this was a hard decision. I will continue to vote for the person that I believe is the best candidate no matter what party. That is the way it should be.
This anger has boiled over into a ot more than politics as I saw yesterday. What happened to discussion with manners? When did usually nice people became shamefully mean? If you have the answer to that please feel free to explain.

We are being told that SS meicare and MA are sucking the blood out of the budget, here is 2009

I hope these graphs show up

John

John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the United States

By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide

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John Quincy Adam's Childhood and Education:

Born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts, John Quincy Adams had a fascinating childhood. He grew up during the American Revolution. He lived and travelled throughout Europe. He was tutored by his parents and was an excellent student. He went to schools in Paris and Amsterdam. Back in America, he entered Harvard as a Junion. He graduated second in his class in 1787. He then studied law and was a voracious reader his whole life.

Family Ties:

Father: John Adams - Second President of the United States.
Mother: Abigail Adams - well-read and a huge influence.
Siblings: One sister - Abigail Smith; two brothers - Charles and Thomas Boylston.
Wife: Louisa Catherine Johnson - the only foreign born first lady.
Children: George Washington Adams, John Adams II, and Charles Francis who had an ilustrious career as a diplomat.

John Quincy Adam's Career Before the Presidency:

Adams opened a law office before becoming a minister to the Netherlands (1794-7). He then was named Minister to Prussia (1797-1801). He served as a US Senator (1803-8) and was then appointed by James Madison as Minister to Russia (1809-14). He became Minister to Great Britain in 1815 before being named as James Monroe's Secretary of State (1817-25). He was the chief negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent (1814).

Election of 1824:

No major caucuses or national conventions existed to nominate candidates for president. John Quincy Adams had three major opponents: Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay. The campaign was full of sectional strife. Jackson was much more a "man of the people" than Adams and had widespread support. He won 42% of the popular vote versus Adams 32%. However, Jackson received 37% of the electoral votes and Adams got 32%. Since no one received a majority, the election was sent to the House.

Corrupt Bargain:

With the election to be decided in the House, each state could cast one vote for president. Henry Clay dropped out and supported John Qunicy Adams who was elected on the first vote. When Adams became president, he appointed Clay to be his Secretary of State. This led opponents to claim that a "corrupt bargain" had been made between the two of them. They both denied this. Clay even participated in a duel to prove his innocence in this matter.

Post Presidential Period:

Adams became the only President elected to the US House in 1830 after serving as president. He served there 17 years. One key event during this time was his role in arguing before the Supreme Court to free the slave mutineers aboard the Amistad. He died after having a stroke on the floor of the US House on February 23, 1848.

Historical Significance:

Adams was significant mainly for his time before being president as Secretary of State. He negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty. He was key in advising Monroe to deliver the Monroe Doctrine without the joint agreement of Great Britain. His election in 1824 over Andrew Jackson had the effect of propelling Jackson into the presidency in 1828. He also was the first president to advocate federal support for internal improvements.

Events and Accomplishments of John Quincy Adam's Presidency:

John Quincy Adams served only one term as president. He supported internal improvements including the extension of the Cumberland Road. In 1828, the so-called "tariff of abominations" was passed. Its goal was to protect domestic manufacturing. It was strongly opposed in the South and led Vice President John C. Calhoun to argue again for the right of nullification - to have South Carolina nullify it by ruling it unconstitutional.

Andrew Jackson

More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.

Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel.

Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion, the Hermitage, near Nashville. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans.

In 1824 some state political factions rallied around Jackson; by 1828 enough had joined "Old Hickory" to win numerous state elections and control of the Federal administration in Washington.

In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College. He also tried to democratize Federal officeholding. Already state machines were being built on patronage, and a New York Senator openly proclaimed "that to the victors belong the spoils. . . . "

Jackson took a milder view. Decrying officeholders who seemed to enjoy life tenure, he believed Government duties could be "so plain and simple" that offices should rotate among deserving applicants.

As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party--the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him.

Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson. Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I.

Behind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command.

The greatest party battle centered around the Second Bank of the United States, a private corporation but virtually a Government-sponsored monopoly. When Jackson appeared hostile toward it, the Bank threw its power against him.

Clay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress. "The bank," Jackson told Martin Van Buren, "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!" Jackson, in vetoing the recharter bill, charged the Bank with undue economic privilege.

His views won approval from the American electorate; in 1832 he polled more than 56 percent of the popular vote and almost five times as many electoral votes as Clay.

Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.

When South Carolina undertook to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise: tariffs were lowered and South Carolina dropped nullification.

In January of 1832, while the President was dining with friends at the White House, someone whispered to him that the Senate had rejected the nomination of Martin Van Buren as Minister to England. Jackson jumped to his feet and exclaimed, "By the Eternal! I'll smash them!" So he did. His favorite, Van Buren, became Vice President, and succeeded to the Presidency when "Old Hickory" retired to the Hermitage, where he died in June 1845.

Visualizing Obama's "Budget Cuts"

This Will Rot More than Your Teeth

The hospital's consulting dietitian was giving a lecture to several community nurses from the Southampton area of Hampshire.

'The rubbish we put into our stomachs and consume should have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is terrible. Fizzy drinks attack your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with msg. Vegetables can be disastrous because of fertilizers and pesticides and none of us realizes the long-term damage being done by the rotten bacteria in our drinking water. However, there is one food that is incredibly dangerous and we all have, or will, eat it at some time in our lives.

Now, is anyone here able to tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?'

A 65-year-old nursing sister sitting in the front row stood up and said, 'Wedding cake.'

100 Years Ago...

A lot of this is applicable to our grandparents, and even some of our parents.

It May Be Hard to Believe That A Scant 100 Years Ago...

• The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.
• Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.
• Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph.
• Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union.
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
• The average wage in the U.S. was twenty-two cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year.
• More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home.



• Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
• Sugar cost four cents a pound.
• Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
• Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
• Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
• Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants.
• The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke
• The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
• Drive-by-shootings, in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy, were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West.
• The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families.



• Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
• There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
• One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
• Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide, which was thought to diminish sexual desire,into the woman's drinking water.
• Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.
• Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine.
• Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census.
• Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

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Sam Adams history

Samuel Adams

1722-1803

Representing Massachusetts at the Continental Congress

by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress

Born:	September 27, 1722
Birthplace:	Boston, Mass.
Education:	Master of Arts, Harvard. (Politician)
Work:	Tax-collector; Elected to Massachusetts Assembly, 1765; Delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1774; Signed Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member of Massachusetts State constitutional convention, 1781; Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Mass., 1789; Elected Governor of Massachusetts, 1794-'97.
Died:	October 2, 1803

Samuel and John Adams' names are almost synonymous in all accounts of the Revolution that grew, largely, out of Boston. Though they were cousins and not brothers, they were often referred to as the Adams' brothers, or simply as the Adams'. Samuel Adams was born in Boston, son of a merchant and brewer. He was an excellent politician, an unsuccessful brewer, and a poor businessman. His early public office as a tax collector might have made him suspect as an agent of British authority, however he made good use of his understanding of the tax codes and wide acquaintance with the merchants of Boston. Samuel was a very visible popular leader who, along with John, spent a great deal of time in the public eye agitating for resistance. In 1765 he was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly where he served as clerk for many years. It was there that he was the first to propose a continental congress. He was a leading advocate of republicanism and a good friend of Tom Paine. In 1774, he was chosen to be a member of the provincial council during the crisis in Boston. He was then appointed as a representative to the Continental Congress, where he was most noted for his oratory skills, and as a passionate advocate of independence from Britain. In 1776, as a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence. Adams retired from the Congress in 1781 and returned to Massachusetts to become a leading member of that state's convention to form a constitution. In 1789 he was appointed lieutenant governor of the state. In 1794 he was elected Governor, and was re-elected annually until 1797 when he retired for health reasons. He died in the morning of October 2, 1803, in his home town of Boston.

George Soros part 2

In 1947 Soros' family relocated from Hungary to England. Five years later, George graduated from the London School of Economics. He subsequently worked for a London stockbroker.

In 1956 Soros, with meager personal assets, emigrated to the United States. He would go on to become one of the world's leading hedge fund investors and currency traders. In 1969 he started his enormously successful Quantum Fund, which, over the ensuing three decades, yielded its long-term investors a four thousand-fold gain on their initial 1969 investments.

In a $10 billion 1992 deal whose success was contingent upon the devaluation of the British Pound, Soros earned himself a $1 billion profit and the title, "the man who broke the Bank of England." To date, he has amassed a personal fortune exceeding $7 billion. In addition, his management company controls billions of dollars more in investor assets.

In 1979 Soros established the Open Society Institute (OSI), which serves as the flagship of a network of Soros foundations that donate tens of millions of dollars each year to a wide array of individuals and organizations that share the founder's agendas. Those agendas can be summarized as follows:

• promoting the view that America is institutionally an oppressive nation
• promoting the election of leftist political candidates throughout the United States
• opposing virtually all post-9/11 national security measures enacted by U.S. government, particularly the Patriot Act
• depicting American military actions as unjust, unwarranted, and immoral
• promoting open borders, mass immigration, and a watering down of current immigration laws
• promoting a dramatic expansion of social welfare programs funded by ever-escalating taxes
• promoting social welfare benefits and amnesty for illegal aliens
• defending the civil rights and liberties of suspected anti-American terrorists and their abetters
• financing the recruitment and training of future activist leaders of the political Left
• advocating America's unilateral disarmament and/or a steep reduction in its military spending
• opposing the death penalty in all circumstances
• promoting socialized medicine in the United States
• promoting the tenets of radical environmentalism, whose ultimate goal, as writer Michael Berliner has explained, is "not clean air and clean water, [but] rather ... the demolition of technological/industrial civilization"
• bringing American foreign policy under the control of the United Nations
• promoting racial and ethnic preferences in academia and the business world alike
• promoting taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand
• advocating stricter gun-control measures
• advocating the legalization of marijuana

Things I CAN do today

I already helped someone find phone numbers to order fuel for winter
I wished an old ( and I mean Old) HAHA friend a happy birthday
I did not throw my shoe through the television when Joy Behar ran her mean bigoted mouth ( I deserve a gold star for that one)
I can research some dude named Horowitz that is some health guru in Canada ( son thinks I will have a miracle cure if I listen to him)
I explained to my kids dad (ex) that the sore on his face could be cancer and to have it looked at. Now I am trying to get the smell of old cigarette smoke out of my house. whewwwwwwwww! I hope I did not smell that bad when I smoked.
Going to work with grand daughter on the body's CNS for anatomy when she gets here later. Gee I am much busier than I thought.

Wednesday wisdom

A bit of where our money is going

DOL
Department of Labor
OASAM
Combating Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Educational Opportunities for Children in Egypt
Modification 3
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58210

more grants available

USAID
Agency for International Development
Tanzania USAID-Dar es Salaam
21st Century Basic Education Program
Grant
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58493
 
 
 
DOS
Department of State
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Supporting Civic Activism and Advocacy in the Middle East and North Africa
Grant
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58494

Just a couple of grants that I wonder why we need to be paying for this

DOL
Department of Labor
OASAM
Combating Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Educational Opportunities for Children in Egypt
Modification 3
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58210
 
 
 
DOL
Department of Labor
OASAM
Combating Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Educational Opportunities for Children in Jordan
Modification 1
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58353
 

What are entitlements good and bad

Social Security, Medicare are considered entitlements,Ones that are paid for by the recipients. For the most part these people worked hard all their lives and paid without complaint for these benefits.So why are they called entitlements? Which by the way would not be in trouble if the government would put all of the stolen SS money back in the fund. The stealing started soon after SS was established and every President since has used it illegally or at least immorally. What surprised me was military benefits are entitlements.How screwy is that.
SSI for illegals,Welfare,food stamps ,college grants are not paid for directly from pay check.
I think people using this word as a detriment to belonging to a cause is so wrong. College grants should be used more carefully .Grants should only be granted for a specified goal only and if the goal is not reached they should have to pay it back..Education grants should be revoked if the grade point average is not at least maintained at a C or above.If You are arrested for drugs or drinking under age or even legal age then they should be revoked. Grants to other countries for some obscrue project should be stopped. Grants to count woodchucks or little fish in a certain area should be stopped. Any grant that is not for education or to make people's health and life better. Grants to find out how many people have grants should be stopped.
Why isn't the hiring of over 15,000 new employees to over see our health care system by the IRS considered entitlements? Why isn't retirement for all elected officials considered entitlements? They never earned them. The Presidents Czars should be entitlements(and I mean any president) All of these should be stopped before attacking the elderly and the disabled who have paid thei money all their lives while these other people have no investment. Military benefits for cripes sake Why isn't laying your life on the line a way of earning benefits without being grouped by politicians that need to fight about something.
The liberals and conservatives should wake up and smell coffee, The people that wanta sociatist society should wake up and smell coffeee. This not about who is right or wrong in an election year. This is about the Tea Party wanting smaller government. The Tea party does not want old people or disabled to live on the streets or starve. They want a smaller more efficient government, not hiring more people to shuffle papers and make decisions about which they know nothing about.Our new health care system will be the same as calling a computer tech in some country that barely speaks English and has to read from a list of steps to tell you what is wrong and what you should or should not do about it. Makes me feel that every one has my best interests at heart.

I was thinking ( and that could be a mistake)

I decided all elected officials should punch a time card and only be paid for hours worked , and should only get what he national average scale is.
I also think it should be illegal for any sitting President to go campaign against any party. the moment the President takes office he takes office for all of the countries citizens. I am not saying this because of Obama, I thought this with Reagan, the Bushs, Clintons. I do not remember a lot of others doing this. Just an example more than 52,000,00 voters voted for Obama.Over 49,000.000 voted for someone else. But they are still Americans and the oath of office insures that the president will work for all Americans. It does not say all Americans except at election time.
I also really think there should be a time limit on campaigning, to be honest if they can not convince us in 90 days , they are not worth voting for. All campaign ads should be illegal. Campaigning should be in person debates so we can compare. Not this Bull shit negative crap from all sides. I am ready to go buy a manure spreader and I do not have a tractor.

Lot of different reasons for pain

A bit of election history

Campaigns and Elections

The Campaign and Election of 1836

William Henry Harrison began to spend time with others in his region who had been dealt out of the Jackson regime. Opposition to the powerful, popular Jackson ran so strong in some sectors that they had formed their own party, called the Whigs. Observing Andrew Jackson's war hero popularity and political success, the Whigs reasoned that it would take another war hero to oppose Martin Van Buren, Jackson's chosen successor in 1836. Harrison was chosen as a Whig candidate, but not the only one. In an attempt to deny Van Buren an expected victory in the electoral college, the Whigs actually ran three regional candidates, including Harrison in the West.

Although the strategy didn't work, Harrison did make a good showing, coming in second and carrying nine states out of twenty-six in the Union. His moderate success and promise demonstrated to the Whigs that he was the candidate to support in 1840 to unseat Van Buren.


The Campaign and Election of 1840

Even before Martin Van Buren took office, it was evident that the nation was on the brink of economic disaster. Andrew Jackson's war with the Bank of the United States resulted in high inflation, unemployment, and business failures. Van Buren inherited this situation, which became known as the Panic of 1837, and was reluctant to take corrective action. His mismanagement of this economic crisis, combined with his seemingly uncaring image (he lived well and dressed well while the public feared for its economic future), made the President unpopular among the electorate.

Not surprisingly, the Whig Party saw many opportunities for advancing a candidate in the 1840 election. Well before the 1840 campaign, they knew a candidate giving voters a strong contrast with the drab, aristocratic President would win easily. They held their convention in late 1839, months before the usual time for nomination proceedings. Neither of their leaders -- Daniel Webster or Henry Clay -- enjoyed broad popular support. However, William Henry Harrison, a born southerner and war hero, seemed to make a perfect foil for the incumbent. In addition, both Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, were from Virginia, the core state of Van Buren's Democratic Party. While Clay led after the first canvassing, he fell short of the needed majority. By the time of the first ballot, Whig delegates had turned to Harrison.

Both the President and his party made serious errors in the conduct of their reelection campaign. Van Buren underestimated the Whigs by assuming that they were a party of wildly diverse philosophies, united only by their hatred of Andrew Jackson; how could they organize a coherent opposition? To the Democrat's surprise, the Whigs organized and attacked Van Buren for being lordly and uncaring toward the nation. The Democrats then stumbled into a bad trap. One of their newspapers ridiculed Harrison as a dull rustic: "Give him a barrel of hard (alcoholic) cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and take my word for it, he will sit the remainder of his days in his log cabin."

This delivered the election into Harrison's hand. The Whigs jumped at this Democrat-drawn contrast with the sophisticated Van Buren and drove it home. They flooded the electorate with posters and badges extolling the virtues of their colorful, down-home "log cabin and hard cider" candidate, the hero of Tippecanoe. In their image remaking of Harrison, the Whigs misrepresented him to the electorate. Harrison was actually from an established Virginia family, a learned student of classics, and a man who enjoyed luxurious living to the point that he was continually in debt. But voters wanted to identify with a war hero who shared their down-to-earth values. Hence, the Whigs' strategy worked. They offered to the electorate "Old Tip," transforming a genteel blue blood into "One of Us." It became the first true use of political "handling," or public image-making, in an American presidential race. While Van Buren tried to run an intelligent, issues-driven campaign -- not the best of strategies when one's country is mired in depression -- Harrison's went straight for the emotional heart.

Since Jackson's 1832 presidential campaign, politics had become a form of entertainment for the masses. Campaign rallies, meetings, bonfires and barbecues were now firmly entrenched in American life. The Whigs employed these tactics from Jackson (whose campaign was managed by Van Buren) to turn the tables on the Democrats.

One group of Whig party members pushed a ten foot, paper and tin ball emblazoned with pro-Harrison slogans for hundreds of miles. Others handed out whiskey in log cabin-shaped bottles supplied by the E.C. Booz distillery. (Thus came two additions to the American vocabulary: "keep the ball rolling" and "booze.") The Whigs mass-marketed their candidate, flooding America with cups, plates, flags, and sewing boxes with Old Tip pictured on them. Countless popular songs left little doubt who the Whigs were for and against. One of the campaign song lyrics included:

Old Tip he wears a homespun coat
He has no ruffled shirt-wirt-wirt
But Mat has the golden plate
And he's a squirt-wirt-wirt.

Roughly translated, this ballad said that while Harrison was a humble, simple man in the dress of the working class, Van Buren was a decadent snob who ate off expensive dinnerware and liked to perfume himself.

The name-calling came next: Van Buren was called "Martin Van Ruin" and "A First-Rate Second-Rate Man." Above all else, Harrison inspired the first and most famous of campaign slogans: "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too."

The Whigs also ridiculed Van Buren's vice president, Richard Johnson. Even though Johnson was an old comrade of Harrison's who was widely credited with killing Tecumseh, Johnson's Indian fighter fame was not enough to deflect the revelations that he had sexual relations with African American women. In response, the Democrats dropped him from the ticket and fought back with campaign propaganda. Meanwhile, Van Buren stayed in the White House, trying to appear above all the indignities.

In contrast, Harrison got into the act on the campaign trail, sharing and entertaining the public with his impressions of Native American war whoops (loud calls). These sorts of events were popular because they took people's minds off the nation's economic troubles. In June 1840, a Harrison rally at the site of the Tippecanoe battle drew 60,000 people! By the end of the campaign, there were parades three miles long of voters singing, chanting and drinking.

During the 1840 presidential campaign, political cartoons captured the themes, events and sentiments of the times. Many of the cartoons poked fun at Van Buren's ill-fated attempts to follow in Jackson's footsteps as well as the President's inability to effectively deal with the country's economic problems. A comparison between the two candidates also served as the focal point in some of the cartoons. Parodies of both rival political parties were also fair game. Most biting were the cartoons that showed Harrison having a clear lead in the presidential race.

Perhaps the political cartoons were correct in their predictions of the election results. When all the ballots had been counted, Harrison won nearly quadruple the number of electoral votes as Van Buren. The incumbent President had only won seven states, compared to Harrison's nineteen.

At age sixty-eight, Harrison was the oldest President elected in his century. It is possible that he was already feeling unwell, for in addressing supporters before leaving for the White House, he said he probably would not see any of them again. His wife, too, expressed similar misgivings. Now sixty-five, her health had declined badly in recent years; several papers described her as an "invalid." Yet another one of their offspring had died in recent weeks, and she was reportedly very saddened. On advice of her doctor, she did not accompany her husband to Washington. There were reports of an unusually cold winter there, and she decided to stay behind and wait for warmer weather. Harrison, however, was far from alone journeying to Washington. The Whigs, thrilled with their new found power, escorted him there in grand style.

Election Day

This is where I need to be today

I wonder

I wonder why some Muslims think everyone else should believe the way they do and hate because of it.
I wonder why some Jews believe they are right and will fight to the death for it.
I wonder why some Christians believe it is their way only or hell fires burn.
I wonder why some atheists believe all believers are wrong and are ruining the earth.
I wonder why some liberals think they have all the answers.
I wonder why some conservatives think they have all the answers.
I wonder why all of the above have to have it all their way.
I wonder if the only way to save this world is for all of the above to open their minds and hearts to each other without hate.
I wonder if hate is what is destroying our world.

This is just plain crazy

This started three years ago in September, I woke up during the night in extreme pain. My foot felt like someone smashed it. by the end of the next day both feet were terrible. Doctors did not know what was wrong. For three months in a wheelchair. and ate pain meds like crazy. it slowly went almost a way, but my feet were tender after wards. Last year same thing in November, this time by the second day Morphine did not take away pain, so an ambulance was called ( in our first blizzard of the year) and was in hospital where they thought maybe Cellulitis. antibiotics pain meds and anti inflammatory and was in a wheelchair for 2 months. Feet were so swollen there could be no shoes for months. when I went to Mayo for something else. The Doctor sent me for foot xrays and said I have deep degenerative gout. put me on meds for it. Yesterday I woke up with the onset of the pain, strange each and every time it always starts in the same place on the same foot then goes bilateral. and each foot has a different place to hurt. So far I can handle the pain increased my gout med and am hoping that is it. but if it gets worse by tonight I will go in. Good thing I have the wheelchair in the van and ready this time. Daughter says a seasonal thing ? It only happens in the fall, I wish I knew.

FRIENDSHIP

IS JUST BEING THERE

Taken with my little Fugi digital camera

Good Saturday morning to all

It is going to be a nice day I just know it. had a pleasant talk ( sort of ) with a friend. How much better can one start a day.
Listening to FOX news talking about autism and vaccines. Interesting, how can they define which child is hurt from it or not. How can the supreme court decide whether the pharmaceutical companies can be sued? Why not the government they are the ones that make it mandatory. Do not get me wrong I am not totally against vaccinations.
Personally speaking, having taken care of Autistic children . it was a sad happening and all the while it was exciting. When one child that did not speak decided she could speak to me. and did she ever. She was so intelligent. Like a tape recorder of everything she heard. Why two Identical twins both were autistic made me wonder.
My feeling is that maybe staggering the vaccines instead of over loading the system all at once might make a difference. I Advise my children to do just that. Is it genetic ? why were there so few before the 90s and now so many? More vaccines?
I hope if people have a view on this very disturbing happening they discuss it logically and calmly. I do think there should be discussion on it though, so please give your opinion.

Dreams

I am not sure what is happening in my life that is causing these dreams. Every night a different loved on that has passed. Well for my mom there were two dreams. In all of them I am trying to help them. I wake up tired after working all night. I wonder about that, because it is the living that needs help. Our loved ones that have moved into their dimension are safe. I do believe that our loved ones come to us in dreams for a reason, but I am not smart enough to figure it out.
I guess I need to get out my dream book and try to figure out what is going on.

Thursday thought borrowed from Email

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49 .09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. However, I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

Fall in the 40s

We lived in central Minnesota growing up, back then it was "back in the woods" now it is a housing development. Back then all of us neighbor kids would get together and rake leaves and see how big the pile would get then everyone jump in and try and get covered up. We would all come up sneezing and full of leaves sticking to our clothes, but laughing and so happy. Then we would rake the leaves into piles that were manageable and one at a time we would burn each pile careful that nothing spread. The smell of burning leaves still sends me back to those carefree days. A evening time we would gather branches and make a small bonfire to roast marshmallows hot dogs if any of us were lucky to have them. the fun was being together doing simple things, telling ghost stories. Strange we did not have our parents looking over our shoulder, or warning us of the dangers of what we were doing. We were all for one and one for all. No mater the age differences Ruthie Ann and I were the youngest and our brothers and sisters were older and there.
We would take gunny sacks,( city people might not know what a gunny sack is) and we would go picking hazel nuts that grew wild in the woods , more on the edge of the woods. then we would drag them back and set about peeling the husks off and putting the hazelnuts in a pail. It was a lot of work but so worth it when it was a cold winter night and we could get some out and enjoy the fruits of our labor ( of course checking for worms).Fall was a good time, the berries we picked all summer, the veggies tended and our mom canned made sure that we ate all winter. Of course my dad and brothers bought home venison and wild game. Mom would can the fish they brought home and it was the best.I asked her for her recipes for the fish canned in mustard and some in tomato, but she had forgot them.
We had little anytime but we had food, warmth, and laughter.Good thing we have those memories of a gentle time even with war going on and the after math of it. Life was good,

Ten thought Tuesday from Tee

Be Happy
Be busy
Be kind
Be the best you can be
Do something positive
Try something new
Call a friend
Smile and mean it
Laugh
Do something special for yourself

I do not get it!

Our president and vice president of all citizens of our country are accusing America's Chamber of Commerce of taking foreign money to get Republicans elected.
Excuse me but isn't the C of C made up of small businesses? At least in our area it is. Local shop owners, struggling to stay in business, to keep people working and the leader of our country are accusing all of these people of an illegal action? Of course the liberal blogs like the Huffington post are all over this. I bet half of the C of C is made up of Democrats. How low can these people go.
We all know about Rusko ( and his Syrian partner) the convicted slum landlord that is Obama's buddy that was okay with 52,000.000 plus people. The C of C were for the Presidents stimulus plans. Gee he does have a short memory doesn't he.
Now be fore warned I am not going to tolerate people accusing me of being stupid, dumb or uninformed because I wrote about a definite wrong happening in this country. i am not going to prove any of this is true, that is your job if you do not believe it. As if Obama, Clinton did not take dubious money. Come on liberals I will stop selling used bridges if this is not true. For cripes sake stop and think. I hope that the independents are smarter than to believe anything that comes out of Obama or Biden's mouths at this point!

Something to think about

I did not check out any of the figures on the senators request for money to rebuild New Orleans. Some of the calculations are interesting though.

> > How many zeros in a billion?
> > This is
> > too true to be funny.
> >
> >
> > The next
> > time you hear a politician use the word
> > 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
> > whether you want the 'politicians' spending
> > YOUR tax money.

> > A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
> > but one advertising agency did a good job of
> > putting that figure into some perspective in
> > one of it's releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in
the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the
rate our government is spending it.

> > While this thought is still fresh in our brain...let's take
> > a look at New Orleans .. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
> > Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for
> > 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number....
> > what does it mean?
> >
> >
> > A.
> > Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
> > (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.

> > B. Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your
> > home gets $1,329,787.

> > C. Or... if you are a family of four... your family gets $2,066,012.

> > Washington , D.C .

> > HELLO!
> > Are all your calculators broken??
> >
> > Accounts Receivable Tax
> >
> > Building Permit Tax
> >
> > CDL License Tax
> >
> > Cigarette Tax
> >
> > Corporate Income Tax
> >
> > Dog License Tax
> >
> > Federal Income Tax
> >
> > Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> >
> > Fishing License Tax
> > Food License Tax
> > Fuel Permit Tax
> > Gasoline Tax
> >
> > Hunting License Tax
> >
> > Inheritance Tax
> > Inventory Tax
> > IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
> > IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> > Liquor Tax
> >
> > Luxury Tax
> >
> > Marriage License Tax
> > Medicare Tax
> >
> > Property Tax
> >
> > Real Estate Tax
> > Service charge taxes
> > Social Security Tax
> >
> > Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
> > Sales Taxes
> >
> > Recreational Vehicle Tax
> > School Tax
> >
> > State Income Tax
> > State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> > Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> > Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
> >
> > Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
> >
> > Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> >
> > Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
> >
> > Telephone State and Local Tax
> >
> > Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> >
> > Utility Tax
> >
> > Vehicle License Registration Tax
> > Vehicle Sales Tax
> > Watercraft Registration Tax
> > Well Permit Tax
> > Workers Compensation Tax
> >
> >
> > STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
> >
> > Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago.. and our
> > nation was the most prosperous in the world.

> > We had absolutely no national debt...
> > We had the largest middle class in the world...
> > and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

> > What happened?
> >
> > Can you spell 'politicians!'
> >
> > And we still have to press "1" for English.

> > I hope this goes around the USA at least 100 times
> >
> > What the
> > heck happened??

Its a good idea to take a second look before starting a fight

Look in the Background

Deer Loses Head-Butt Battle with Wisconsin Lawn Ornament Courtesy the La Crosse Tribune

- A seven-point buck lost a fight with a 640-pound concrete elk lawn ornament in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in Viroqua , Wis. last week.

- The buck was apparently sparring with the lawn ornament. Mark Brye, 58, couldnt help but laugh about the unusual incident, the La Crosse Tribune reports.

- "Our son and daughter gave it to us for Christmas four years ago because we like to hunt elk," Brye told the Tribune. "The elk is a nice thing to see every morning. It looks pretty cool, especially on a foggy morning."

- Brye said he knew exactly what happened when he saw the elk tipped over on its side, but wasn't expecting to find the bucks carcass lying about 20 yards away.

- The deer shattered its skull. Brye claimed the deer using a deer tag issued by a Vernon County conservation warden. The warden's tag note read: "lawn ornament fight & lost."

- He took the deer to a butcher and now has a freezer full of venison.

Putting people back to work

A Sunday funny after listening to talk shows and reading blogs online

maybe this is my problem

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• Itching Skin
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• Feelings of Constant Fatigue
• Breathing Disorders
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• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Loss of Appetite
• Weight Loss
• Hair loss
• Skin Rashes
• Open Sores on the Skin
• Memory Loss "Short Term"
• Neurological & Nervous Disorders
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Swollen Glands in the Neck Area and under the Armpit
• Sudden Asthma Attacks or Breathing Disorders
• Ear Infections and Pain
• Chronic Sinus Infections
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Pain in the Joints and Muscles

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good one I wish I knew how to post this

Once upon a time we learned never judge a book by its cover

Once upon a time( 2003) . I had a very serious screw up at a well known hospital and almost died. Well I survived. Now that is not really what this story is about. One of the side affects of the trauma was my hair fell out, so I had my hair gal give me a sort of boy cut. It helped with the thinness and the new hair growing in.
A friend and I went to Sioux Falls SD to see one of my doctors and while we were there I decided to go to Sam's Club and get a membership. Now this friend always dresses with curls in her hair, bright flowery outfits. while am a farm girl(Old farm girl) that loves jeans and tailored shirts and jean jacket kind of clothes.
We were at the service counter getting my membership card and the girl innocently asked if my "friend" wanted one also. She said they are free for family members. I instantly figured out what she was thinking and I kept a straight face,while my friends said well we are just friends we do not live together. I bet my face was turned bright colors holding in the laughter. I waited until after we were out of the store and I burst out laughing, I was crying I was laughing so hard. my friend kept saying what so funny. Well I calmed down long enough to explain what the girl thought. That we were lesbians. Her mouth dropped open and then she started laughing. When she stopped she said, well we should should said yes, I would have been happy to pay half of the fee.

I borrowed this off a site and i forgot who's it was

Have fun, begin...

1. Name something you use in the shower. shower chair

2. Something people hate to find on their windshield? ice

3. Name something a man might buy before a date.? condoms

4. What is something you cook in the microwave? bacon

5. Give a reason a younger man might like an older woman? can not get a date with a young one

6. Name an item found in a mans pocket? coins

7. Name something a dog does that embarrasses its owner? has gas

8. Name a kind of test you cannot study for? Blood

9. Name a phrase with the word 'home' in it? home sweet home

10. name your favorite song? In the Garden

11. Name a bird you wouldn't want to eat? i would not eat a bird

12. Name something a person wears even if it has a hole in it? Oh my, ny mom always said make sure your underwear is clean and does not have holes in them. so I can not think of a thing

13. Name something that gets smaller the more you use it? toilet paper

14. Name the person that is most likely to respond? no clue

15. Name something that can brighten your day. hearing or seeing someone I love