AMERICA-The Right Way!(Nov.17 ~ 21,2008)Remember the WTC,Pentagon and Flight 93!

All of Us | 11/17/08 | Various News Sources and Free Republic Members

[Molly Pitcher]

P-E Obama pledges national security will be front and center for his administration.

Several top GOP Senators announce their opposition to an auto industry bailout.

Despite calmer weather today in s. California, more residents are evacuated.

Retailers brace themselves for a weaker than usual Christmas sale season. I think we can all appreciate our wallets and pocketbooks aren't exactly going to be flying open...

[tillacum]

How sweet, bev. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[tillacum]

No, tried to get on around 0730 but FR must have been sleeping, because it wouldn’t open it’s door.

[lysie]

BUT IF I didn't....would that mean I should now withhold my blasts at Nobama??

Blast away, Molly. :-)

I believe we can be critical of President Bush re: some of his policies and praise him in many, many other areas.

[Bitwhacker]

In re the Clinton retreads: I read the other day (have to locate the article) that the O-bomb is going with Clintonites because - get this - the guys he really wanted have such unsavory pasts that they wouldn't get past the initial vetting, let alone the security and other clearances!

Say what you will about the gang Carter brought to town, but the one thing they weren't was tainted BEFORE they assumed positions...;-))

See my next post about the 'loyalty' thing...;-))

[lysie]

the guys he really wanted have such unsavory pasts that they wouldn't get past the initial vetting, let alone the security and other clearances!

I guess zero believes the saying..

Takes one to know one. :-)

[jtill]

Oh, my! I can hardly wait to see what Dog has to say about this.

[kassie]

I had read where some close associates were unable to attain clearance. SCARY.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Can someone, anyone, explain to me how it is that Tom Daschle has any qualifications to be head of Health and Human Services?

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

And kassie, he would fail the most cursory security clearance investigation, but now he knows ALL of America’s most protected secrets. This has affected me very deeply. :((

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

but now he knows ALL of America’s most protected secrets.

You mean...

No...

Say it isn't so...

He actually knows why that King Rex has decreed that purple and green cannot be next to each other for Mardi Gras?

OMG!

[bert]

Give him a break, he’s out of work and his unemployment has run out

[Bitwhacker]

In re the 'loyalty' thing: This one topic really gnaws at me because I do not consider myself a sunshine patriot. I think it is disgusting that the 'those are OUR planes now' Democrats are coming out of the woodwork now, talking about how they can fly the flag again.

But...

The President takes an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. McCain-Feingold was a full-frontal assault on the 1st Amendment and Bush signed it (and the fact that it was McCain's idea in the first place galled me when he won the nomination). I feel a duty to speak out when an abomination is signed into law in a cynical attempt to 'take away a campaign issue' from the Dems. And don't forget: the cynicism ran very high then, with W. even saying that the SCOTUS would strike it down anyway, and much to his horror when they upheld it.

On a similar note, Harriet Meiers was not even a back-bencher -- she was a NO-bencher. She was a staff counsel for Bush for many years and she may have been a damned decent lawyer, but I had never heard of her before or since. To say that she is in the same league with Roberts or Alito (or Bork or even Ken Starr) is to invite ridicule.

But it ran deeper than just those moves. One of the signals Bush sent to Congress early on was that if he got his Compassionate Conservative spending through, then it was green lights for earmarks. No Child Left Behind is hanging around W's neck now, so why did he let Ted Kennedy write the thing? Why even attempt to mess with Education in that way to begin with? No teacher I know refers to it as 'Kennedy's NCLB Act'; it's all Bush's fault.

I can make a better case for the Prescription Drug benefit -- Newt had a very eloquent defense of it. But it cost a lot, and added yet more fuel to the earmark justification fire.

The President also has a duty to protect our borders. And again, the whole Amnesty kabuki dance got the GOP not one new Hispanic vote. So why do this to the country? Why accept the crime and the health care and the infrastructure costs to have the illegals here? And McCain is even more for amnesty than W was.

I think W was a damned good wartime president, and for that I am very grateful. As we are about to experience, being such a clear-sighted strategic leader is something that can't be taught -- either you have it or you don't. I think everything Bush said and did on and after 9-11 was heartfelt and genuine, and we will be hard-pressed to find another who is so dedicated to the purpose of winning the War on Terror. The Dems do not even admit that there is a War on Terror, and we are about to see a tragic farce of domestic lawerly swordplay that will do nothing more than set yet more precedents as to foreign/illegal enemy combatants' rights. The O-bomb is dead set on going back to 9-10 at warp speed on this one.

W's tax cuts were also a God-send. The economy took off because of them after Clinton's mini-recession. But then, the Bush Admin's Treasury let the dollar slide. Even Clinton got that one right.

But I don't want to bash President Bush, because he got a lot right and he is genuinely a good person who truly cares for this country. But is saying something critical of 'our' President disloyal? I think not. Especially when it is said in good faith and in time to correct the perceived wrong. I convinced not one person to vote for Nobama by saying those things.

Here is what I want to know: Where was Frist? Where was Hastert? Why give somebody like Chuck Hagel a microphone and a Sunday morning talk show to make a complete ass of himself? It appears to me that the GOP congress bailed on George W. Bush in a way we could never do. They passed the McCain-Feingold bill when they had a chance to stop it. Why didn't they stop it?

I say the bottom line is this: They all work for US. We give them our vote and we put them in office, but at the end of the day, they still answer to us. One of the things the Bush family gets wrong is the concept that they are some kind of political 'dynasty' -- Bush 41 said so after the 2000 election. Americans are not born to govern, they have to earn our vote every single day.

I think the Framers of the Constitution would demand for us to speak out when we see that things are not right, ESPECIALLY when it's OUR side causing the harm. That's what the press is for, that's why the 1st Amendment was put there, and in this cyber age, that's what FR is for. I say let ideas be put forth and debated and either accepted or rejected. But the mere voicing of an objection can never be unpatriotic. ;-))

[Bitwhacker]

Tom Daschle is as qualified to run HHS as his wife was to run FAA...;-))

[dittomom]

Every time I’ve just about forgotten about the election....I pull up behind a car with a Nobama bumper sticker :-((

I know!!!!!!! I took the day off from radio and Fox news to get a head start on some Christmas shopping. Doggone bumper stickers for THAT ONE are everywhere.

When I went for my walk this afternoon, I made sure to walk by the house that still has the sign up for *$$@*# - Palin.

[lysie]

It appears to me that the GOP congress bailed on George W. Bush in a way we could never do.

I think everything Bush said and did on and after 9-11 was heartfelt and genuine, and we will be hard-pressed to find another who is so dedicated to the purpose of winning the War on Terror.

Agree.

Excellent points, Bit.

He's a good man with a kind heart. I think he's grown weary with all the dems and press attacks.

[jtill]

I think this might partially answer your question:

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The Heaviest Element Known to Science

Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known
to science.

The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88
deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of
312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are
surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected,
because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny
amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than
a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2- 6 years. It does not decay, but
instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons
and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each
reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of morons promotion leads some scientists to believe that
Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This
hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element
that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many
peons but twice as many morons.

[dittomom]

LOL!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never seen that one! I’ll be sending it around! Thanks for the great laugh!

[M Kehoe]

Drive by post...lepton, jtill is taking bad about you.

;^)

5.56mm

[jtill]

How could you do that to me! Now I’ll be in trouble with Lepton and he’s gonna want brownies with fudge frosting. Oh, no.

[M Kehoe]

You might get off lucky, I typed "taking," instead of "talking." Might not change the meaning, but then again, with lepton, you better have some brownies...

5.56mm