I have friends in Germany and have visited Germany and they really do not understand how we as a people can allow the corporations control the government against the best interests of the people. They look at the news reports and consider us barbarians....their word not mine...this is coming from Germans...think about if Germans think you are a barbarian then there are issues that must be addressed.

TEN Pages means you have a lot of spare time on your hands and very long-suffering sons.. As to the truth, Mark Twain said that," there are lies, damn lies and statistics ! " Hopefully you are really doing your own analysis to determine your beliefs. Don't let others provide you with "facts" that you can not verify for yourself by research into other sources. Perception is more powerful than REALITY & the easy way out is to follow one's comfortable perceptions. Don't just "accept store-bought facts" sold by others with an agenda. Be an informed voter and citizen and realize that no one has lock on "The Truth" and be careful, "the truth" has been used time and time again to justify god-awful actions.

I have friends in Germany and have visited Germany and they really do not understand how we as a people can allow the corporations control the government against the best interests of the people. They look at the news reports and consider us barbarians....their word not mine...this is coming from Germans...think about if Germans think you are a barbarian then there are issues that must be addressed.

The election is over and I accept the results, I did not agree with them but I will not have to bear the worst of the results. I am bothered that my children and grandchildren will. This was sent to me by a friend.
"Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way that you can quickly understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. It was translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungon on 04.28.2010."


"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."

Heh - yeah, as if Germany doesn't have its own problems with corporations running things, roight.... I agree about the barbarians comment entirely tho...



It slays me when the "entitlements" and "handouts" are thrown out as excuses for US financial difficulties. These things are a mere pittance compared to the military budget plus HUGE federal subsidies going to corporations from oil and coal to "green energy" to insane ag subsidies for "farmers" like Cargill and Monsanto - your tax dollars at work, making the rich ever richer.

And when I hear <people> complaining about all them damn entitlements given away by them spendin' spree democrats (as if the friggin' impotent dems really had control over anything), one of my first thoughts is always, "...and you're probably a lousy tipper as well..."

Round numbers

Military Budget $750 B
Welfare $50B
Where is the real welfare?