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1. We get our badger state nickname from our mining heritage and this is represented with a miner on our state flag. The roots of Wisconsin mining began with the Native Americans who mined copper on the shores of Lake Superior.

MINING WILL CREATE NEW JOBS

2. The Northwoods has been hit especially hard by this recession. Iron County has the 2nd highest unemployment rate in Wisconsin with a non-seasonally adjusted rate of nearly 12%.

3. A mine in northern Wisconsin would create 2,834 long term jobs and up to 5,668 jobs. The average miner will have an overall income of over $80,000 per year. In just the first two years, a new mine would add over 3,000 construction jobs and a $1.5 billion direct investment into our economy.

4. Mining isn’t just good for the Northwoods, Milwaukee is the world leader in making mining equipment. Mining equipment manufacturing directly employs 2,933 workers in metro Milwaukee. The industry impacts the region with hundreds of millions of dollars in payroll and additional economic activity.

WE CAN MINE WHILE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

5. The legislation rewrites Wisconsin law to create permitting certainty and clarity for a mining company interested in making the investment in Wisconsin.

6. Responsible mining legislation does not approve a new mine. A permit has to go through a rigorous review and approval process by the DNR. It also needs to comply with EPA regulations and get approval from the Army Corps of Engineers.

7. Legislation maintains Wisconsin’s existing air and water quality and groundwater standards.

THE CURRENT LAW DOESN’T WORK - WE NEED REFORM

8. The bill removes unnecessary roadblocks which discourage prospective companies from locating in Wisconsin.

9. Because of regulation, Wisconsin is ranked among the worst places in the world to open a mine.

10. Wisconsin is home to one of the largest known iron deposits in the world. But all iron mining in the US occurs in Minnesota and Michigan. Taconite mining has been done safely in Minnesota and Michigan for decades.

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTION BROCHURE

New brochure reveals the truth about Planned Parenthood

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/03/new-brochure-reveals-the-truth-about-planned-parenthood/

LifeNews.com - Human Life Alliance – 2/3/2013

As a society, we’ve allowed Planned Parenthood to co-opt our children’s education and our health care will soon to be dominated by this same perverse group. We’re in real trouble.

You probably already know something about Planned Parenthood, but do you know about its designs to enslave our young people into sexual addiction which drives the profit making service of abortion? Do you know PP’s ultimate goal is population control?

The Truth Behind Planned Parenthood

http://www.humanlife.org/publications/PP_Final.pdf

Human Life.org – 16-page PDF

Planned Parenthood kills twice as many innocent human beings every week as died in the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2011.

Covers up statutory rape

Documented violations include shoddy record-keeping, unclean conditions, out-of-date medications, untrained workers, lack of emergency plans and equipment, and uninspected equipment.

40% of abortions are performed on minority women.

Indoctrinating our youth

Medical Abortions:

Emergency Contraception – Plan B (morning-after pill)

Ella – Ulipristal Acetate (UPA)

RU-486 – Mifeprex (abortion pill)

Surgical Abortions:

Vacuum aspiration

Dilation and Section Curettage (D&C)

Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)

Induction or Prostaglandin abortion

Dilation and Extraction (D&X)

Women share their Planned Parenthood experiences.

In recent years, a number of PP’s own employees have files whistleblower lawsuits claiming PP has defrauded the state and federal governments.

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PRO-LIFE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKS TO FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND TRANSPARENCY

Americans United for Life

http://www.aul.org/video-the-future-of-roe-women-health-and-law-in-the-obama-era/

Video: The Future of Roe: Women, Health and Law in the Obama Era

Americans United for Life conducted a symposium in January 2013. You may watch the videos one by one. As you listen to the videos, you'll recognize how language of the pro-abortion movement has changed over the years to disguise and distort the fact that babies die and women are harmed.

Introduction by from William Saunders, Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life

Opening Remarks from Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO, Americans United for Life

Perspectives from Medical Experts

Opening Remarks by Jeanneane Maxon, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Americans United for Life

Dr. Donna Harrison, Director of Research and Public Policy, AAPLOG

Dr. Monique Chireau, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Priscilla Coleman, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University

Remarks from Gerard Bradley, Professor at Notre Dame Law School

A Message from Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder & CEO, Joni and Friends International Disability Center

Perspective from Legal Experts

Opening Remarks by Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life

Laura Garcia, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College

Ed Whelan, Attorney and President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

Helen Alvare, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Remarks from Bill Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard and Fox New Channel commentator

Concluding Remarks, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO, Americans United for Life

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PROOF OBAMA IS STILL WRECKING THE U.S. ECONOMY

37 Statistics Which Show How Four Years Of Obama Have Wrecked The U.S. Economy
http://michaelsnyder.mensnewsdaily.com/2013/01/37-statistics-which-show-how-four-years-of-obama-have-wrecked-the-u-s-economy/

Mens News Daily.com – Michael Snyder – 1/21/2013

Michael Snyder is the editor of The Economic Collapse Blog

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE THE THE COMPLETE LIST OF 37 WAYS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES ITS ASSAULT ON EVERY DAY AMERICANS.

The mainstream media covered the inauguration of Barack Obama with breathless anticipation on Monday, but should we really be celebrating another four years of Obama? The truth is that the first four years of Obama were an absolute train wreck for the U.S. economy. Over the past four years, the percentage of working age Americans with a job has fallen, median household income has declined by more than $4000, poverty in the U.S. has absolutely exploded and our national debt has ballooned to ridiculous proportions.

Of course all of the blame for the nightmarish performance of the economy should not go to Obama alone. Certainly much of what we are experiencing today is the direct result of decades of very foolish decisions by Congress and previous presidential administrations.

And of course the Federal Reserve has more influence over the economy than anyone else does. But Barack Obama steadfastly refuses to criticize anything that the Federal Reserve has done and he even nominated Ben Bernanke for another term as Fed Chairman despite his horrific track record of failure, so at a minimum Barack Obama must be considered to be complicit in the Fed's very foolish policies.

Despite what the Obama administration tells us, the U.S. economy has been in decline for a very long time, and that decline has accelerated in many ways over the past four years. Just consider the statistics that I have compiled below. The following are 37 statistics which show how four years of Obama have wrecked the U.S. economy.

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

IS IT DRUGS OR GUNS?

Front Sight Blog: You’ve been punked

http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2013/01/20/front-sight-blog-youve-been-punked-video/

Dr. Ignatius Piazza– 1/20/2013

A five-minute video gives you lots to think about. The politicians blame the guns. But consider that it might be drugs.

Pharmaceuticals – are they safe?

Confusion

Depersonalization

Hostility

Suicide

Loss of consciousness

Feeling drunk

Homicidal

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A BROKEN BODY IS THE RESULT OF CHOICE

If America could see abortion, it would end abortion

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/01/if-america-could-see-abortion-it-would-end-abortion/

National Right to Life News Today – Ellie Saul – 1/29/2013

We have to face the fact that right here in America, over 3,000 children lose limbs at the hands of adults with the use of sharp objects every day. Many call this brutal dismembering of thousands a day “choice” and then legally discard them. What makes it acceptable is that it is largely unseen.

We don’t see magazine covers with tiny baby parts that have been ripped apart begging our conscience to respond. We don’t see the amputated children from the ruling of Roe v Wade in the news demanding our attention, largely because their limbs have been thrown out.

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GOVERNMENT HURTS SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

Healthcare costs, taxes worry U.S. Small Businesses Most

http://www.gallup.com/poll/160100/healthcare-costs-taxes-worry-small-businesses.aspx

Gallup Economy – Dennis Jacobe – 2/3/2013

Click the link above to review the results of the survey and additional graphs

According to results of a newly released Gallup poll, the top five concerns of small business owners are:

healthcare costs
taxes
energy prices
regulation
debt ceiling

All have increased significantly under the Obama administration. Worse, if the President gets his way, all five of these business anxiety concerns are likely to go up even more during the second term.

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OIL INDUSTRY PAYS FINES BECAUSE IT CAN’T BUY A PRODUCT THAT DOESN’T EXIST

Court strikes down EPA biofuel mandate

http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/03/court-strikes-down-epa-biofuel-mandate/

The Foundry – Ashe Schow – 2/3/2013

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot impose a mandate for a non-existent product and then punish companies for failing to use said non-existent product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled.

That non-existent product? Cellulosic biofuels, a type of ethanol made from non-food sources such as wood chips, switchgrass, and non-edible feedstock.

2007, the EPA mandated that 250 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels be produced in 2011 and 500 million gallons in 2012. The problem was that no company could make the product commercially viable, so the EPA lowered its 2012 goal to 8.65 million gallons. Even that didn’t help, because absolutely zero gallons were produced in 2010 and 2011. Companies did manage to produce 22,000 gallons in 2012, but that still meant it was commercially non-existent.

The lack of a product forced the oil industry to pay fines of more than $6 million for failing to use the non-existent biofuels. As you can imagine, this cost was then passed on to consumers.

The fact that cellulosic [biofuel] production is nowhere near providing industrial-scale quantities of fuel demonstrates the government’s inability to determine what is commercially viable and beneficial for consumers.

It all goes back to the government thinking that it can pick winners and losers in the energy industry. It fails every time.

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WHICH REPUBLICANS WIN? CONSERVATIVES OR MODERATES

Rove declares war on Tea party

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/03/Rove-declares-war-Tea-Party

Breitbart. Om – Ben Shapiro – 2/3/2013

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the “biggest donors in the Republican Party” have joined forces with Karl Rove and Steven J. Law, president of American Crossroads, to create the Conservative Victory Project. The Times reports that this new group will dedicate itself to “recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s effort to win control of the Senate.”

But it is American Crossroads and its ilk that have run the GOP into the ground. Spending millions of dollars on useless 30,000-ft. advertising campaigns during the last election cycle, training candidates to soften conservatism in order to appeal to “moderates,” blowing up the federal budget under George W. Bush as a bipartisan tactic – all of those strategies led the party to a disastrous defeat in 2012.

The Tea Party, which may nominate losers from time to time, also brought the Republicans their historic 2010 Congressional victory. If Tea Party candidates lose, it’s because they weren’t good candidates.

If GOP establishment candidates lose, it’s because they weren’t good conservatives. The choice for actual conservatives should be easy.

But Law is no judge of that. Neither is Rove. Their advice led to the epic Romney defeat, in which conservatives were told to vote for Romney in the primary since he was the only candidate who could win.

In truth, conservatism wins elections so long as the messenger doesn’t implode. Rove’s view, however, is that conservatism takes a back seat to the best quasi-conservative messenger.

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

OBAMACARE - $20,000 PER FAMILY

IRS Calculates cheapest ‘ObamaCare’ plan will average $20,000 per family

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/01/surprise-irs-calculates-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-average-20000-per-family/

The Blaze – Becket Adams – 2/1/2013

Example 3. Family without minimum essential coverage.

“(i) In 2016, Taxpayers H and J are married and file a joint return. H and J have three children: K, age 21, L, age 15, and M, age 10. No member of the family has minimum essential coverage for any month in 2016. H and J’s household income is $120,000. H and J’s applicable filing threshold is $24,000. The annual national average bronze plan premium for a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children) is $20,000.

“(ii) For each month in 2016, under paragraphs (b)(2)(ii) and (b)(2)(iii) of this section, the applicable dollar amount is $2,780 (($695 x 3 adults) + (($695/2) x 2 children)). Under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section, the flat dollar amount is $2,085 (the lesser of $2,780 and $2,085 ($695 x 3)). Under paragraph (b)(3) of this section, the excess income amount is $2,400 (($120,000 – $24,000) x 0.025). Therefore, under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the monthly penalty amount is $200 (the greater of $173.75 ($2,085/12) or $200 ($2,400/12)).

“(iii) The sum of the monthly penalty amounts is $2,400 ($200 x 12). The sum of the monthly national average bronze plan premiums is $20,000 ($20,000/12 x 12). Therefore, under paragraph (a) of this section, the shared responsibility payment imposed on H and J for 2016 is $2,400 (the lesser of $2,400 or $20,000)

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FINALLY -- TRANSPARENCY -- AND BAD NEWS

ILLINOIS PROPERTY TAXES ARE ONLY GOING UP BECAUSE OF DEBT RACKED UP BY ELECTED POLITICIANS AND GENEROUS PENSION BENEFITS

Cook County, Illinois Treasurer warns U.H. Homeowners and Retirees of local debt hazards

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/12/18/cook-county-illinois-treasurer-warns-u-s-homeowners-and-retirees-of-local-debt-hazards/

Forbes - Larry Bell - 12/18/2012

Cook County, Illinois Treasurer Warns U.S. Homeowners And Retirees Of Local Debt Hazards

Maria Pappas has been Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Her office oversees the finances of the 19th largest government in the United States and collects more than $11 billion annually from property taxes on 1.8 million parcels. She served two terms as a Cook County Commissioner before becoming Treasurer.

While much public attention is directed to national, state and large-city debt issues, Treasurer Pappas warns homeowners and taxpayers to pay careful attention to mounting local public debt in their communities. She is in a solid position to know, having conducted studies of alarming debt conditions across her county’s approximately 2,200 taxing districts.

Maria Pappas: The picture isn’t pretty. Almost everyone’s focus is primarily upon finances of the federal or state governments. Few pay attention to local governments.

In May, 2012, the collective debt reported by the local primary taxing agencies in Cook County was more than $140 billion! To put that in context, the total debt-per-household in the City of Chicago was $87,720, and $35,774 in the suburbs. Since local governments cannot print money, they rely on property taxes as their main revenue source to operate.

Homeowners might be able to give their homes to their children, but that future generation won’t be able to afford to keep them because of the property taxes, which have doubled over a 10-year period.

I asked the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2009 for a “Debt Disclosure Ordinance” authorizing my office to collect all this financial information that would provide the answers. Now, when these local governments report their numbers, taxpayers can easily find them on my website at www.cookcountytreasurer.com.

How does your reporting system work?

It’s simple: by the last Tuesday in December, every taxing district uploads its data to a secure website. Voila! The information is immediately available for the public to view. The site enables taxpayers to then “drill down” into each agency listed on the bill. Visitors can click an icon next to each agency and see budgeted revenues, the amount of money collected from the property owner, outstanding debt (including pensions), the 10-year levy history, and the percentage of levy change over 10 years. Visitors can also click a link to view the Annual Financial Report as provided by each taxing district in PDF format.

Fiscal problems are a problem in every different type of local government: townships, villages, school districts, park districts, fire protection districts, sanitary districts, school districts, libraries and more. Taxpayers are on the hook for the debt that each of these governments continues to amass.

States overwhelmingly receive the majority of federal government money as compared to what is distributed to local governments.

The financial situation is bad right now for all local governments, no matter the size. I can’t imagine how future generations will be able to afford it.

The Gail Borden Library in suburban Elgin reported $23.7 million in debt and another $11 million in pension liability.

Why your town is going broke

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/01/30/why-your-town-is-going-broke/

Tea Party Economist – Gary North – 1/30/2013

Voters will simply tell the town councils to declare bankruptcy. The elected officials will do this.

When it’s a showdown between voters and ex-unionized pensioners, the pensioners will lose.

The union members who worked all their lives for less money in order to collect fat pensions will get stiffed.

How many votes do the unions have? Not many.

Will voters sacrifice their homes to pay off old city debts? Not a chance.

Will bondholders get stiffed? Of course. How many votes do out-of-town bondholders have locally?

The Great Default is coming. Be prepared.

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AGENDA 21 – SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Liberty must contest democracy for the sake of the Republic

http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/liberty-must-contest-democracy-for-the-sake-of-the-republic/

Freedom Outpost – Joe McMaster – 1/31/2013

Siskiyou County is a part of California that most people have never heard of. Siskiyou County is about the size of Maine. Full of mountains, rivers, lakes and country folks.

Up until the 1990′s Siskiyou was a good place to be for a working family. Our county was based on the timber industry. Everyone who wanted a job had one. My family had Log truck drivers, mill workers, loggers, timber fallers and even started our own logging outfit just as Clinton and Gore were elected. Our logging company didn’t last long. As the woods were shut down, the mills and logging outfits withered away too. Most of the working people left and the young people went into fire fighting and other government agencies

The politicians started pumping out the legislation, regulation, codes and laws. All of our small communities dried up and became riddled with drugs, alcohol, despair and welfare. The state and county building codes became so ridiculous that contractors left for other states. Our streams became illegal to fish, gold mining was also outlawed.

Siskiyou County – Videos and detail losses due to Agenda 21

http://www.defendruralamerica.com/DRA/Siskiyou_County.html

Defend Rural America

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LEGISLATION PROPOSED: END THE FED

Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act Hits Congress

http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/federal-reserve-board-abolition-act-hits-congress/

Freedom Outpost – Tim Brown – 2/1/2013

On January 3, 2013 Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. (R-GA) introduced HR 73, The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act. The thrust of the legislation is to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.” It looks like Ron Paul’s consistent cries for dealing with the Federal Reserve have not fallen on deaf ears, nor has the idea dissipated from elected representatives since he left office.

This piece of legislation was not the only one to be introduced. House Bill HR 77, the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2013, was also introduced by Rep. Broun. This legislation seeks “to repeal the legal tender laws, to prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.”

But Broun wasn’t about to stop there. He also help in pushing two other pieces of legislation: HR 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013, which is put forth “To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States,” and HR 33,

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NULLIFICATION EXPLAINED

James Madison Rebukes Nullification Deniers
http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/james-madison-rebukes-nullification-deniers/

Freedom Outpost – Publius Huldah – 1/31/2013

This is a long article with numerous footnotes, a good reference article

These enumerated powers concern:

Military defense, international commerce & relations;
Control of immigration and naturalization of new citizens;
Creation of a uniform commercial system: Weights & measures, patents & copyrights, money based on gold & silver, bankruptcy laws, mail delivery & some road building; and
With some of the Amendments, protect certain civil rights and voting rights (for blacks, women, citizens who don’t pay taxes, and citizens 18 years and older).

It is only with respect to the enumerated powers that the federal government has lawful authority over the Country at large. All other powers are “reserved to the several States” and The People.

To sum this up:

Nullification is a natural right of self-defense.

Rights don’t come from the Constitution. Like all Rights, the right of self-defense comes from God (The Declaration of Independence, 2nd para).

Nullification is a reserved power within the meaning of the 10th Amendment. The Constitution doesn’t prohibit States from nullifying, and We reserved the power to do it.

God requires us to disobey civil authorities when they violate God’s Law. That’s why the 2nd para of the Declaration of Independence says we have the duty to overthrow tyrannical government. See: The Biblical Foundation of our Constitution.

Nullification is required by Oath of Office: Article VI, cl. 3 requires all State officers and judges to “support” the federal Constitution. Therefore, when the federal government violates the Constitution, the States must smack them down.

Conclusion:

Our Founders and Framers were a different People than we of today. They were manly men who knew statecraft & political philosophy and could think. But our “experts” of today have been indoctrinated with statism and can’t think. They just repeat what they hear. We need them to man up, throw off the indoctrination, learn our Founding Documents including The Federalist Papers, get a Logic Book, and stop disseminating misinformation! We need them to repudiate cowardice as the proper response to the evil which is overtaking our Land. Man up, People! PH

THOMAS JEFFERSON ON NULLIFICATION
How do we get rid of Obamacare? Nullify it?
http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/how-do-we-get-rid-of-obamacare-nullify-it/
Freedom Outpost - Publius Huldah - 2/2/2013

We are Americans. We are resourceful. When doors are slammed in our faces, we find another way. Since five (5) lawless judges on the U.S. supreme Court betrayed us by failing to declare the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“obamacare”) unconstitutional; since we may be stuck with obama for four more years; ¹ and since a democrat-controlled U.S. Senate will not repeal obamacare, we must find another way.
There is another way. Here it is, and it comes from Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.

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IF THE QUESTION IS ASKED, ASK "WHY DO YOU ASK?"

there are comments from two other people that have also been asked if they keep guns in the house. The nurse just kinda slipped it in along with all the other regular questions. I told her I refused to answer because it was against the law to ask.

Everyone, whether you have guns or not, should give a neutral answer so they have no idea who does and who doesn't. My doctor asked me if I had guns in my house and also if any were loaded. I, of course, answered yes to both questions. Then he asked why I kept a loaded gun close to my bed. I answered that my son, who is a certified gun instructor and also works for Homeland Security, advised me that an unloaded, locked up gun is no protection against criminal attack.

The Government now requires these questions be asked of people on Medicare, and probably everyone else.

Just passing this along for your information: I had to visit a doctor other than my regular doctor when my doctor was on vacation.. One of the questions on the form I had to fill out was: Do you have any guns in your house?? My answer was None of your damn business!!

So it is out there! It is either an insurance issue or government intervention. Either way, it is out there and the second the government gets into your medical records (as they want to under Obamacare) it will become a major issue and will ultimately result in lock and load!!

Please pass this on to all the other retired guys and gun owners... Thanks, from a Vietnam Vet and retired Police Officer: I had a doctors appointment at the local VA clinic yesterday and found out something very interesting that I would like to pass along. While going through triage before seeing the doctor, I was asked at the end of the exam, three questions: 1. Did I feel stressed? 2. Did I feel threatened? 3. Did I feel like doing harm to someone?

The nurse then informed me that if I had answered yes to any of the questions I would have lost my concealed carry permit as it would have gone into my medical records and the VA would have reported it to Homeland Security.

Looks like they are going after the vets first. Other gun people like retired law enforcement will probably be next. Then when they go after the civilians, what argument will they have? Be forewarned and be aware. The Obama administration has gone on record as considering veterans and gun owners potential terrorists. Whether you are a gun owner, veteran or not, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED !

If you know veterans and gun owners, please pass this on to them. Be very cautious about what you say and to whom.

They are coming for us, so unless you're an ostrich, do not stick your head in the sand..........

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BAR STOOL ECONOMICS - AN ANALOGY

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100 and if they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would...pay $18.

The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.)

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20." So drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free...but what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before...and the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him.

But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works.

The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

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Friday, February 1, 2013

GUN VIOLENCE IS COMMITTED BY FATHERLESS GANG MEMBERS

Newt Gingrich -

http://mad.ly/de0e73?pact=13851241584&fe=1

Chicago has had at least 44 homicides already this year. Three days before Hadiya’s murder, seven people were killed in Chicago within 24 hours, the youngest a 16 year old boy. The mother of one of those shot had already lost her three other children to gun violence.

Last year, 7 year old Heaven Sutton was caught in a shooting and killed as she was selling candy and snow cones on the street outside her home.

In Chicago alone, more than 270 children have been killed since 2007. That’s almost 3 Newtowns per year in Chicago. Just the children.

Nationwide, a quarter of all gang-related killings strike children under the age of 18.

As I reported in this newsletter a few weeks ago, more than 500 people were killed in Chicago last year. That’s more than the number of coalition soldiers killed in

Afghanistan

in 2012.

In President Obama’s remarks on new gun control legislation in January, he pledged funding for “scientific or medical research into the causes of gun violence,” arguing, “We don’t benefit from ignorance. We don’t benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence.”

It may come as a surprise to President Obama, but the cause of the “epidemic” in places like Chicago with HIGH GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT A MYSTERY.

IT’S GANGS.

Chicago police estimate that roughly 80 percent of homicides in Chicago are gang-related.

Approximately 100,000 gang members roam the streets of that city, spread among a few dozen gangs which engage in near-constant battle. They outnumber police officers 10 to 1.

Although the problem is worst in Chicago, the murder capital of the

U.S.

, gang violence is a growing threat nationwide. The FBI estimated in 2011 that there are roughly 1.4 million active gang members in the

U.S.

, a 40 percent increase from 2009.

They are responsible for “an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions, and much higher in others.”

This carnage is contributing to astonishing murder rates for black Americans especially. Only 13 percent of the U.S. population is black, but this group accounts for half all homicide victims. The homicide victimization rate for black males ages 18-24 is 19 times the national average.

Nearly all gang related homicides involve guns -- mostly handguns.

The FBI reports that “typically firearms are acquired through illegal purchases; straw purchases via surrogates or middle-men, and thefts from individuals, vehicles, residences and commercial establishments.”

An eye-opening piece in Chicago Magazine last year detailed how local politicians protect and use the city’s gangs as their own personal political armies. The article described how elected officials and candidates for local office appeared before panels of gang representatives to answer the question “What can you give me?”

“The politicians, most eager to please, replied, ‘What do you want?’”

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LETTER TO ARRP

THE LADY THAT WROTE THIS LETTER, NOT ONLY HAS A GRASP OF 'THE SITUATION' BUT AN INCREDIBLE COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!

Her letter was sent to Mr. Rand who is the Executive Director of AARP. It only takes a few days on the Internet and this will have reached 75% of the public in the USA ..

Dear Mr. Rand,

Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership in AARP by the requested date. This isn't what you were looking for, but it's is the most honest response I can give you. Our coverage gap is a microscopic symptom of the real problem, a deepening lack of faith. While we have proudly maintained our membership for years and long admired the AARP goals and principles, regrettably, we can no longer endorse its abdication of our values. Your letter stated that we can count on AARP to speak up for our rights, yet the voice we hear is not ours.

Your offer of being kept up to date on important issues through DIVIDED WE FAIL presents neither an impartial view nor the one we have come to embrace. We do believe that when two parties agree all the time on everything presented to them, one is probably not necessary. But, when the opinions and long term goals are diametrically opposed, the divorce is imminent. This is the philosophy which spawned our 200 years of government.

Once upon a time, we looked forward to being part of the senior demographic. We also looked to AARP to provide certain benefits and give our voice a power we could not possibly hope to achieve on our own. AARP once gave us a sense of belonging which we no longer enjoy. The Socialist politics practiced by the Obama Regime and empowered by AARP serves only to raise the blood pressure my medical insurance strives to contain. Clearly a conflict of interest there! We do not understand the AARP posture, feel greatly betrayed by the guiding forces that we expected to map out our senior years and leave your ranks with a great sense of regret. We mitigate that disappointment with the relief of knowing that we are not contributing to the problem anymore by renewing our membership. There are numerous other organizations which offer discounts without threatening our way of life or offending our sensibilities and values.

This Obama Regime scares the living daylights out of us. Not just for ourselves, but for our proud and bloodstained heritage. But more importantly for our children a nd grandchildren. Washington has rendered Soylent Green a prophetic cautionary tale rather than a nonfiction scare tactic. I have never endorsed any militant or radical groups, yet now I find myself listening to them. I don't have to agree with them to appreciate the fear which birthed their existence. Their borderline insanity presents little more than a balance to the voice of the Socialist Mindset in power. Perhaps I became American by a great stroke of luck in some cosmic uterine lottery, but in my adulthood I CHOOSE to embrace it and nurture the freedoms it represents as well as the responsibilities.

Your web site generously offers us the opportunity to receive all communication in Spanish. ARE YOU KIDDING??? The illegal perpetrators have broken into our 'house', invaded our home without invitation or consent. The President insists we keep these illegal perpetrators in comfort and learn the perpetrator's language so we can communicate our reluctant welcome to them. I DON'T choose to welcome them, to support them, to educate them, to medicate them, or to pay for their food or clothing. American home invaders get arrested. Please explain to me why foreign lawbreakers can enjoy privileges on American soil that Americans do not get? Why do some immigrants have to play the game to be welcomed and others only have to break and enter to be welcomed?

We travel for a living. Walt hauls horses all over this great country, averaging over 10,000 miles a month when he is out there. He meets more people than a politician on caffeine overdose. Of all the many good folks he enjoyed on this last 10,000 miles, this trip yielded only ONE supporter of the current Regime. One of us is out of touch with mainstream America. Since our poll is conducted without funding, I have more faith in it than ones that are driven by a need to yield AMNESTY (aka-make voters out of the foreign lawbreakers so they can vote to continue the governments free handouts). This addition of 10 to 20 million voters who then will vote to continue Socialism will OVERWHELM our votes to control the government's free handouts. It is a "slippery slope" we must not embark on!

As Margaret Thatcher (former Prime Minister of Great Britain) once said "Socialism is GREAT - UNTIL you run out of other people's money".

We have decided to forward this to everyone on our mailing list, and will encourage them to do the same. With several hundred in my address book, I have every faith that the eventual exponential factor will make a credible statement to you. I am disappointed as all get out! I am more scared than I have ever been in my entire life! I am ANGRY! I am MAD as heck, and I'm NOT gonna take it anymore!

W & C M,

M Farms Equine Transport

In internet lingo: If enough people pass this on it will go viral.

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IS SOCIAL SECURITY A RIP OFF FOR AMERICANS?

SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT / ENTITLEMENT!

Have you noticed, your Social Security check is now referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment"?

I'll be part of the one percent to forward this. I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.

The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a “Federal Benefit Payment.”This isn’t a benefit – its earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.

It totaled 15% of our income before taxes. If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security. If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both your and your employer’s contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!

30,000 X 15% = $4,500 / year X 40 years = $180,000.

$4,500 / 12 months = $375 / month.

Save $375 each month for 40 years = $180,000.

Compound your savings and keep what you earned.

It’s easier to live on 4% of $1,300,000 ($52,000 / year) than $1,000 / month from Social Security. Social Security keeps $40,000 of your retirement funds every year.

And what do your family and heirs receive from Social Security after you pass on? Certainly not a million dollars.

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AMERICA: OUR BEST DAYS MAY BE BEHIND US

Ten Reasons for Declining GDP Growth Over Time

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2013/02/01/ten-reasons-for-declining-gdp-growth-over-time-n1502429/page/full/

Townhall Finance – Mike Shedlock – 2/1/2013

Ten Reasons for Declining GDP Growth

Changing social attitudes towards consumption and debt in all age groups
Demographics of an aging workforce
A severe lack of high-paying jobs for college graduates
Kids fresh out of college have delayed marriage, family formation, and home purchases
Many coming out of college are effectively debt slaves having no way to pay back student loans
Debt overhang from the housing bust
Boomers headed into retirement have insufficient savings
Shrinking middle-class plagued by declining real wages
Rapidly changing technology negates skills
Technology, especially robots, currently eliminates more jobs than it creates

READER COMMENT: This article left out the biggest reason which is the cause for most of the other reasons. Most of the jobs than can be offshored have been offshored. The reason why Economists lie about the economy is because short sighted investors, blinded by obscene profits have bitten off the arms that feed them. Our dollar is backed by the faith and trust the world has in the productivity of the American worker. Workers that for the most part don't have jobs (productive jobs that I like in manufacturing). Unless we manage to bring jobs back to the

our dollar will become worthless and that vast wealth hoarded by the wealthy will disappear overnight.

READER COMMENT: "overnight" is an exaggeration. It only appears to happen overnight because most people do not see it until it is far too late. The "vast wealth hoarded by the wealthy" has been disappearing for many decades already. We are just in a later stage of the 'redistribution'. Where the CHANGE is occurring is how our government now runs our economy, or most of it. This is CHANGING as the government percentage continues to grow. And guess what? Our government does not do nearly as good a job as we do.

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SCHOOL CHOICE -- IT'S TIME IS NOW

School Choice: Making the Grade

http://townhall.com/columnists/edfeulner/2013/02/01/school-choice-making-the-grade-n1502545/page/full/

Townhall – Ed Feulner – 2/1/2013

Support for school choice is at an all-time high, in fact. Forty-four percent of Americans favor allowing students to choose a private school to attend at public expense. School choice favorability has jumped 10 percentage points since last year.

Today, 17 states and Washington, D.C., have some form of school choice. Some states provide school choice through scholarships, or vouchers, which go directly to students to be used at a school of the family’s choice. Other states provide tax credits to individuals or corporations that contribute money toward scholarships. Some states provide both types of programs.

The benefits are undeniable. For one thing, students in school-choice programs are more likely to finish school. For example, students who spend all four years of high school in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the nation’s longest running school-choice program, had a 94 percent graduation rate. Their peers who attended four years of public high school had a 75 percent graduation rate.

With school choice on the march, we have good reason to believe that the status quo in education won’t remain the status quo much longer. The trend is flowing away from government control -- and toward parental control.

In nearly every area of life, from iPads to insurance, Americans can decide what works best for them. Why shouldn’t the same principle apply to something as important as our children’s education?

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VOTER FRAUD IN WISCONSIN

http://mediatrackers.org/?s=VOTER+FRAUD

Scroll through this blog for one article after another relating to voter fraud in Wisconsin.

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ILLEGALS LIKE THE BIG GOVERNMENT SAFETY NET

The GOP’s amnesty caucus raises the white flag

http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2013/02/01/the-gops-amnesty-caucus-raises-the-white-flag-n1502590/page/full/

Townhall – Pat Buchanan – 2/1/2013

When those 11 million illegals have completed their path to citizenship and become voters, why should they, or the millions more family members they will have brought in by then, vote for the GOP? Hispanics are not small-government people. They believe in and benefit disproportionately from Big Government. Some 53 percent of Hispanic children are born out of wedlock, and 52 percent of Hispanic families are headed by single women.

Big Government provides their kids with Head Start before school, free K-through-12 schooling, Pell Grants and student loans for college, and two or three free meals a day at school for the kids.

Big Government provides food stamps, welfare for mom and earned income tax credit checks should she work. Big Government subsidizes her housing and provides free health care for the family through Medicaid.

A Pew Hispanic poll found that by 3-to-1, Hispanics would favor a big government with more services to a small government with fewer services.

Why would these folks vote for a Republican Party that promises to downsize the Big Government upon which they depend for sustenance, security and survival? Why would they vote for a party that is going to cut capital gains, income and inheritance taxes they don't pay?

The 11 million illegals, who came with nothing, are poorer than the Hispanics who are already citizens.

When we make citizens of them and the family members they bring in, our welfare state will explode and the social safety net will sag under the weight of millions of new beneficiaries.

Amnesty would be the greatest victory for mass lawbreaking in U.S. history. It would reward those who broke our laws and make fools of those who waited in line back home to come to

America

And this is about more than economics. It is about our sovereignty, our security, our national culture and our national identity.

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POLICE PENSIONS PAID BY FURLOUGH DAYS

Walker’s Act 10 Police Protection Costs Taxpayers Big

http://watchdog.org/67895/walkers-act-10-protects-police-costs-taxpayers-big/

Wisconsin Reporter – M. D. Kittle – 1/31/2013

Including firefighters in special districts, the analysis projected the state would miss out on at least $62.7 million in savings. That’s money that could have gone to put more first responders on the street, perhaps making furloughs and job cuts unnecessary. Or the money could go back to the taxpayer.

Barrett, in a heated exchange with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke about the sheriff’s controversial public service announcement advising citizens to consider arming themselves in these tight budgetary times, acknowledged that the city has to take police off the street to help meet a nearly $30 million contribution to the police pension fund.

“We have three furlough days so that we can make a pension payment of ($29.95 million) for our police and have no layoffs,” Barrett told Morgan.

Clarke’s department, forced to cut dozens of law enforcement position due to fiscal pressures, is served by deputies who also are not required to contribute 5.8 percent to their pensions.

“I had to lay off 42 officers last year,” Clarke told Morgan. “On top of that, there was an increasing demand of 911 calls of service going unanswered, not through any fault of the street officers but because they don’t have the proper amount of resources.”

But their pensions are paid.

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