SZONE.US Forums - Blogs http://www.szone.us/blogs/ We take photos, maintain websites, are active in community events, Kiwanis, and more at SZONE.US en Sun, 19 May 2013 14:02:37 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.szone.us/images/misc/rss.jpg SZONE.US Forums - Blogs http://www.szone.us/blogs/ Best Military Quote http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/best-military-quote-108/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:01:59 GMT Best Military Quote:

"When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then itbecame optional, and now it's legal. I'm getting out before Obama makes itmandatory."

Gy Sgt Harry Berres, USMC ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/best-military-quote-108/ QT. Ronald Reagan on politics and the oldest profession http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/qt-ronald-reagan-politics-oldest-profession-107/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:52:58 GMT 'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan

With respect to Ronald Reagan, politicans cost us much more money with much less pleasure. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/qt-ronald-reagan-politics-oldest-profession-107/ Reasons to live in Oklahoma http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/reasons-live-oklahoma-106/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:38:14 GMT It's ok to print this e-mail. Paper is biodegradable and renewable. Growing and harvesting trees provides jobs for millions of Americans. Working forests are good for the environment, providing clean air, water and habitat. Thanks to modern forest management, we have more trees today than 100 years ago.


Reasons to live in Oklahoma

Oklahoma is the only state that Obama did not carry one county in the last election...
While everyone is focusing on Arizona 's new law, look what Oklahoma has been doing!!!!

An update from Oklahoma :

Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values...! HB 1330

Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway.


Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen. They all scattered. HB 1804. Hope we didn't send any of them to your state. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake.


Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegal's to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional SB 1102


Guess what......... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining Texas , Montana , and Utah as the only states to do so.

More states are likely to follow: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi and Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003 (This is a complicated issue involving the doctrines of Constitutionalism, Interpositionand Nullification as each and all may apply to states' rights - see Federalist Papers, various discussions of sovereignty of the states ... bja)

The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a setback for the criminals. The Liberals didn't like it -- But ....


Guess what........... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Just this month, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL driver's license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in Oklahoma , you must read and write English. Really simple.

By the way, the Liberals don't like any of this either. Guess what...who cares... Oklahoma is doing it anyway. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/reasons-live-oklahoma-106/ Quote I like from Spock on Star Trek http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-i-like-spock-star-trek-105/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:17:42 GMT in an insane society the sane man must appear insane star trek in an insane society the sane man must appear insane star trek ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-i-like-spock-star-trek-105/ Okie http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/okie-104/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:46:13 GMT Okie; http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Okie a system of grading of feeder calves purchased for feedlots and based on percentage of beef versus dairy blood in the breeding. The bulk of these cattle are yearling, baldy-faced, Hereford cross steers. The name is a contraction of Oklahoma. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved Okie; http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Okie

a system of grading of feeder calves purchased for feedlots and based on percentage of beef versus dairy blood in the breeding. The bulk of these cattle are yearling, baldy-faced, Hereford cross steers. The name is a contraction of Oklahoma.

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/okie-104/ <![CDATA[Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/theodore-roosevelts-ideas-immigrants-being-american-1907-103/ Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:13:27 GMT Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
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]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/theodore-roosevelts-ideas-immigrants-being-american-1907-103/ The Editors, The Economist, On the Debt Deal and Economic Recovery: http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-economist-debt-deal-economic-recovery-102/ Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:24:03 GMT The Editors, The Economist, On the Debt Deal and Economic Recovery:

"America's recovery from a balance-sheet recession was always bound to be sluggish and fragile. And its woes need not fell the world economy, thanks to the strength of emerging markets. But the thoughtlessness of the debt deal -- notably its failure to tackle any of the real sources of America's fiscal problems, such as entitlement spending -- raises a bigger worry. Can the country's politicians, so starkly polarised and so willing to gamble with the economy, be trusted not to turn what was always an inevitable period of hardship into longer-term stagnation? ...


"If America does manage to avoid recession and slowly begins to pull out of this mire, it will be testimony to its underlying strengths. It still has huge advantages over other rich countries: a younger, less-taxed population, a more innovative economy and, for now at least, the dollar as the global reserve currency. If only it had the political leaders to match, its chance of avoiding recession would be far better than one in two."
Read more of this week's notable quotes now.
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Founded in 1998, the Center for Individual Freedom (www.cfif.org) is a Constitutional and free-market advocacy organization with more than 250,000 supporters and activists nationwide. CFIF opposes over-burdensome state and federal regulations, as well as taxation, that impedes the evolution of the Internet and e-commerce. CFIF maintains www.StopNetRegulation.org, a website explaining Net Neutrality, why it will stifle Internet innovation and job growth, and how to get involved. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-economist-debt-deal-economic-recovery-102/ Don’t ask me for my money, get it from Stupid. http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/don-t-ask-me-my-money-get-stupid-101/ Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:01:20 GMT You should know that I think that the ruling class on the left and the so call themselves Republicans, i.e. Rhinos, Moderates, Independents, big tent Republicans, etc., knew that Obama's fate was doomed from the beginning, with the policies in which he would introduce. Obama was a tool to be used and then would be disregarded. He would be sacrificed to a four year term, for the good of the left’s agenda.
The Left’s agenda would make policies, place blame, and have a “fall guy” to through under the bus, and come out on top again. In this upcoming Presidential contest the man under the bus will be Obama. The Left will yell foul, blaming the Republicans/Tea Party for poor Obama’s unfortunate four year passing. They will run another candidate against Obama or get a McCain like puppet for the other side, too continue their business of controlling all our lives, spending our money, and all for our own best interest, so they train themselves to think and teach us to believe.
You don’t have to worry about Obama. He will make all the money he will need and get all the fame he desires later in his sales of books, speeches, etc., for ”going down with the ship.,” This would save the left for one more Presidential election. Ask Clinton or any other adulteress, running the lecture circuits, about the money and fame, oh yes and the molding young minds full of mush, and working on the left’s future voters.

Remember,

Ask not what you can get from your country,
Just wait until they tell you, what it is you can have.

My money goes to Conservative People as always. If you are running for an office somewhere and you have voted for a liberal before, or compromised on a bill, just once. Don’t ask me for my money. Get it from Stupid. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/don-t-ask-me-my-money-get-stupid-101/ Remarkable Statue, some probably never heard of... http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/remarkable-statue-some-probably-never-heard-100/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:59:04 GMT
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Would never see this in or on any of this country's main media outlets. Shame on them!!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? OR WHERE THIS IS?


This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division.





It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in ffice:smarttags"Fort Hood, Texas

The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad

Kalat was so grateful for the America's liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors

Kalat worked on this memorial night and day for several months.

To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.

Do you know why we don't hear about this in the news? The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect. But we can do something about it.

We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who are making a difference.


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I believe in God even when He is silent."

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 ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/remarkable-statue-some-probably-never-heard-100/ Today, the Constitution is Relevant http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/today-constitution-relevant-99/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:49:46 GMT * *Today, the Constitution is Relevant* *By Dr. Larry P. Arnn** *President * *Hillsdale College*** The 4th of July cover article of Time magazine claims that the Constitution is irrelevant. Frightening.
Today, the Constitution is Relevant

By Dr. Larry P. Arnn
President
Hillsdale College
The 4th of July cover article of Time magazine claims that the Constitution is irrelevant.

Frightening.

As proof of its irrelevance, Time lists a dozen products of modern society inconceivable to the framers, including antibiotics, "sexting," and Medicare. The Constitution's only virtue, they say, is that it has many meanings and thus leaves us able to do whatever we want to do.

But not everything has changed since 1787. When it comes to ordering society under the rule of law, what is most important? Knowledge of "collateralized debt obligations" or knowledge of human nature?

Here are a few things the framers did know something about: Religious Freedom. Education. Tyranny. Friendship. Happiness. Sovereignty of the People. Virtue.

The Constitution does not allow us to do whatever we want to do. In the words of James Madison, the Constitution was framed out of the belief that "it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. The passions ought to be controlled and regulated by the government."

The genius of the Constitution lies in its having a definite meaning on the fundamentals--that every individual has rights, that the people are sovereign, and that the governmental powers must remain separated--while leaving wide latitude to local government, or the people themselves, on issues not specifically addressed in the Constitution.

The framers were no gods; the amendment procedure was included for good reason. Yet for more than two centuries the United States has flourished in a project long thought impossible: self-government.

Liberty. Equality. Self-government.

If the Fourth of July is a celebration of these things, it is a celebration of the Constitution as much as the Declaration of Independence. No constitution in history has proven itself more deeply committed to these principles, and no nation has been more richly blessed in return.

The basic truth within the Constitution is that the government cannot have limitless power, for the simple reason that government is made up of people. A Constitution with no definite meaning gives free reign to the passions of those people within and without the government. A Constitution with a meaning honored and obeyed becomes a guardian of all people, for it sustains a government that is strong within its defined powers but limited in order to protect the liberty and equality of citizens.

Instead of scoffing at those Americans concerned that their federal government has overrun its limits in the name of energy and modernity, perhaps Time should consider what an American President said about the principles of the Declaration and the Constitution on the 150th anniversary of July 4th, 1776:

"It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers."

- Calvin Coolidge
July 5, 1926
 ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/today-constitution-relevant-99/ My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/my-god-how-little-do-my-countrymen-know-what-precious-blessings-98/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:17:46 GMT My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! -- Thomas Jefferson -- My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings
they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
-- Thomas Jefferson -- ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/my-god-how-little-do-my-countrymen-know-what-precious-blessings-98/ Capitalism by Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/capitalism-llewellyn-rockwell-jr-97/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:27:53 GMT *Capitalism*, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death. -- Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. -- Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race
from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.
-- Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. -- ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/capitalism-llewellyn-rockwell-jr-97/ For Americans at Home and Abroad, Summer Begins with Remembrance of War Dead http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/americans-home-abroad-summer-begins-remembrance-war-dead-96/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:06:41 GMT
*For Americans at Home and Abroad, Summer Begins with Remembrance of War Dead* *By Dr. Thomas Conner * *William P. Harris Professor of Military History * *Hillsdale College* It has become an American habit to consider Memorial Day as the start of summer vacation season, and Labor Day as the end of it. By far the more poignant of the two bookends of America’s summer, Memorial Day has its origins in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, when the commander of the leading Union Army veterans organization proclaimed that graves of the war dead nationwide should be decorated on May 30. Over time, this date became an official national observance, although it was known as Decoration Day for close to a century before becoming Memorial Day about fifty years ago. However this holiday may have originated or evolved in different parts of the country, it is now recognized uniformly throughout...]]>
For Americans at Home and Abroad, Summer Begins with Remembrance of War Dead

By Dr. Thomas Conner
William P. Harris Professor of Military History
Hillsdale College

It has become an American habit to consider Memorial Day as the start of summer vacation season, and Labor Day as the end of it. By far the more poignant of the two bookends of America’s summer, Memorial Day has its origins in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, when the commander of the leading Union Army veterans organization proclaimed that graves of the war dead nationwide should be decorated on May 30.

Over time, this date became an official national observance, although it was known as Decoration Day for close to a century before becoming Memorial Day about fifty years ago. However this holiday may have originated or evolved in different parts of the country, it is now recognized uniformly throughout the land as an occasion for remembering and honoring the dead from all of America’s wars.
Memorial Day is probably marked in as many ways as there are cities, towns, villages, and families, from sea to shining sea. Backyard barbeques, parades, and sporting events are standard fare, but so, too, are patriotic speeches and commemorative wreath-layings. As is customary for the Commander-in-Chief, President Obama spent the most recent Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the final resting place of tens of thousands of American dead from all of our wars since the Civil War. In his address, the President observed that while we can never repay the debt we owe to our “fallen heroes,” we can and must remember and honor their sacrifice.
The occasion was not forgotten overseas either. Our government, through the agency of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), maintains 24 military cemeteries in ten foreign countries, in which are buried over 125,000 of our war dead. Twenty-two of these cemeteries are memorials and burial grounds from the two World Wars. At each of them, Memorial Day ceremonies took place this year and have been taking place since the cemeteries were opened decades ago. The American Overseas Memorial Day Association, a private entity headquartered in Paris and dating from 1920, co-sponsored many of these events. Over the years, I have had the honor and privilege of attending a number of such ceremonies, including the one this year at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.
To Americans at home, the Normandy cemetery is no doubt the best known of all our overseas military memorials. President Bush spent Memorial Day there in 2002, as well as the June 6 D-Day anniversary two years later, and President Obama visited in 2009. While there is no denying the special place Normandy commands in our national memory, it is worth knowing that there are many other ABMC sites around the world, each of which bears the same living witness to the blood and treasure generations of Americans have been willing to spend in the defense of freedom—our own, and that of other peoples as well.
It was especially powerful and moving to experience an American Memorial Day observance on foreign soil. Hundreds of Frenchmen were on hand for the Normandy ceremony, and no doubt similar numbers from host countries turned up elsewhere, too. Representatives from the U.S. diplomatic corps and the U.S. military command in Germany gave addresses. As an American military band played an assortment of religious and patriotic hymns, nearly 30 wreaths were laid, mostly by representatives of local French communities and associations dedicated to perpetuating Franco-American friendship and remembering the fallen soldiers.
An especially touching speech by the mayor of Colleville-sur-Mer, the nearest village to the Normandy cemetery, evoked friendship, remembrance, and gratitude, and paid homage to the “soldiers of liberty” resting more than 9,000 strong under beautiful marble headstones. “France will never forget them,” he vowed, as he urged upon all his hearers the duty of passing on to the next generation the memories of what the American soldiers had done. That same morning, by sheer coincidence, I had breakfast at my hotel with a French couple who belonged to an organization called Fleurs de Mémoire (Flowers of Remembrance) and had been coming to Normandy on Memorial Day for more than 30 years. Their chief purpose was to decorate the grave of a soldier from Wisconsin killed behind Utah Beach shortly after the D-Day landings whose own family was rarely able to get to his grave site.
By such individual and collective acts, at home and far from home, is the true significance of Memorial Day honored and kept alive. Let’s hope that as the newly-born summer progresses, we will continue to find ways to remind ourselves that Americans have been uniquely blessed with the fruits of freedom and with generations of countrymen willing to fight and die to preserve them.
Dr. Thomas Conner is William P. Harris Professor of Military History at Hillsdale College. Along with courses in Western Heritage and American Heritage as part of Hillsdale's rigorous core curriculum, Dr. Conner also teaches upper-level courses on European history and the Two World Wars. He is one of the College's longest-serving faculty members, and has several times been named Professor of the Year by the student body. Dr. Conner is currently working on a book about history of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Visit our website, www.hillsdale.edu, for more information about Hillsdale College.




]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/americans-home-abroad-summer-begins-remembrance-war-dead-96/ This is one of those days. http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/one-those-days-95/ Mon, 30 May 2011 19:40:23 GMT One of those days you need to remember. You know, it's the day you think of someone other than yourself. Anyway, Happy Memorial Day to all of you that cares enough to be important and too all of you who just like to cook where you can make a mess. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/one-those-days-95/ Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: FW: BUTTE, MONTANA http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/subject-fwd-fw-fwd-fw-butte-montana-94/ Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:55:27 GMT *
*_*BUTTE*_**_*, MONTANA*_* **Shotgun preteen vs. Illegal alien Home Invaders...**]]> Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: FW: BUTTE, MONTANA


BUTTE, MONTANA

Shotgun preteen vs. Illegal alien Home Invaders...












Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11-year-old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their
two-story home.
It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montana and Patricia had been a clay-shooting champion since she was nine.
Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room and grabbed his
12-gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun.


Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee-crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds
to his abdomen and genitals.
When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death
before medical help could arrive.
It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45-caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David 0'Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.
Ever wonder why good stuff never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news........?

An 11 year old girl, properly trained, defended her home, and herself......against two murderous, illegal immigrants.......and she wins,
She is still alive.
Now THAT is Gun Control!

Thought for the day....
Calling an illegal alien an
'undocumented immigrant'
is like calling a drug dealer an
'unlicensed pharmacist'
I like this kind of e-mail! American citizens defending themselves and their homes.
IF YOU'RE A TRUE AMERICAN PASS THIS ON, IF YOU'RE AGAINST NOT PROTECTING OUR BORDERS DELETE THIS MESSAGE


]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/subject-fwd-fw-fwd-fw-butte-montana-94/ Michelle Malkin, Author and Syndicated Columnist, On the Antics of Wisconsin Senate D http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michelle-malkin-author-syndicated-columnist-antics-wisconsin-senate-d-93/ Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:04:57 GMT Michelle Malkin, Author and Syndicated Columnist, On the Antics of Wisconsin Senate Democrats:

"First lady Michelle Obama said, 'Let's Move!' Who knew Democratic politicians in Wisconsin and Indiana would take her literally?

"Faced with stifling debt, bloated pensions and intractable government unions, liberal Midwestern legislators have fled those states -- paralyzing Republican fiscal reform efforts. Like Monty Python's Brave Sir Robin and his band of quivering knights, these elected officials have only one plan when confronted with political hardship or economic peril: Run away, run away, run away."

Center for Individual Freedom. based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4) corporation that relies on private financial support from individuals, associations, foundations and corporations. For more information, please call us at 703-535-5836. http://www.cfif.org
Founded in 1998, the Center for Individual Freedom (www.cfif.org) is a Constitutional and free-market advocacy organization with more than 250,000 supporters and activists nationwide. CFIF opposes over-burdensome state and federal regulations, as well as taxation, that impedes the evolution of the Internet and e-commerce. CFIF maintains www.StopNetRegulation.org, a website explaining Net Neutrality, why it will stifle Internet innovation and job growth, and how to get involved. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michelle-malkin-author-syndicated-columnist-antics-wisconsin-senate-d-93/ <![CDATA[Editors,National Review OnLine, On President Obama's Approach to Economic Prosperity]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-national-review-online-president-obamas-approach-economic-prosperity-92/ Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:33:44 GMT The Editors, National Review OnLine, On President Obama's Approach to Economic Prosperity:

"Government does not make investments. History suggests that it is not especially successful when it tries to do so, and the Obama administration has been a singularly ineffective manager of our national finances, its incompetence rivaled in modern times only by that of the Johnson administration. 'Investing in America' is simply rhetorical camouflage deployed to avoid answering the simple questions: 'Is this proposed spending wise? Is it the best and most prudent use of our money? Is it undertaken in accordance with our constitutional order and the proper role of government?' President Obama would prefer not to debate those questions, instead asking us to judge present outlays against future returns that may or may not live up to his promises." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-national-review-online-president-obamas-approach-economic-prosperity-92/ Think this guy has it all covered http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/think-guy-has-all-covered-91/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:48:20 GMT THINK THIS GUY HAS IT ALL COVERED.I COULDN'T SPOT ANYTHING HE LEFT OUT.
Amen to this, I can't think of a thing I'd change about this statement.







I Am the Democratic, Republican Liberal-Progressive's Worst Nightmare.
I am a White, Conservative, Tax-Paying, American Veteran, Gun Owning Biker.
I am a Master leatherworker. I work hard and long hours with my hands to earn a living.

I believe in God and the freedom of religion, but I don't push it on others.
I ride Harley Davidson Motorcycles, and drive American-made cars, and I believe in Americanproducts and buy them whenever I can.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and not some liberal governmental functionary,Democratic or Republican, that wants to share it with others who don't work!

I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!

I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer; it makes you a smart American.

I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you toanything. Get over it!

I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac or any other item, you should do it in English.

I believe there should be no other language option.

I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.

My heroes are Malcolm Forbes, Bill Gates, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers,and Willie G. Davidson, who makes the awesome Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.

I've never owned a slave, nor wasI a slave. I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks, and neither have you!

I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country!

This is AMERICA ...We like it the way it is and more so the way it was ...so stop trying to change it to look like Russia or China , or someother socialist country!

If you were born here and don't like it... you are free to move to any Socialist country that will have you. I believe it is time to really clean house, starting with the White House, the seat of our biggest problems.

I want to know which church is it, exactly, where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution?

Can I get an AMEN on that one?

I also think the cops have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are, but not just because you happen to ride a bike.

And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my driver's license. I think it's good..... And I'm proud that 'God' is written on my money..

I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for four years.

I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause.... Get a job and do your part to support yourself and your family!

I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents....

I believe 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think!

I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA !

If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.

If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know....

We want our country back!



My Country.....



I hope this offends all illegal aliens.

My great, great, great, great grandfather watched and bled as his friends died in the Revolution & the War of 1812. My great, great, great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Mexican American War.. My great, great grandfather watched as his friends & brothers died in the Civil War. My great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Spanish-American War. My grandfather watched as his friends died in WW I. My father watched as his friends died in WW II.

I watched as my friends died in Vietnam , Panama & Desert Storm. My son watched & bled as his friends died in Afghanistan and Iraq . None of them died for the Mexican Flag. Everyone died for the American flag.

Texas high school students raised a Mexican flag on a school flag pole, other students took it down. Guess who was expelled...the students who took it down.

California high school students were sent home on Cinco de Mayo, because they wore T-shirts with the American flag printed on them.

Enough is enough

This message needs to be viewed by every American; and every American needs to stand up for America .

We've bent over to appease the America-haters long enough. I'm taking a stand.

I'm standing up because the hundreds of thousands who died fighting in wars for this country, and for the American flag.

If you agree, stand up with me. If you disagree, please let me know. I will gladly remove you from my e-mail list.

And shame on anyone who tries to make this a racist message.

AMERICANS, stop giving away Your RIGHTS !

Let me make this clear! THIS IS MY COUNTRY !

This statement DOES NOT mean I'm against immigration !

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IN MY COUNTRY, welcome to come legally:

1. Get a sponsor !

2. Learn the LANGUAGE, as immigrants have in the past !

3. Live by OUR rules !

4. Get a job !

5. Pay YOUR Taxes !

6. No Social Security until you have earned it and Paid for it !

7. NOW find a place to lay your head !

If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone, then YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM !

We've gone so far the other way . . . bent over backwards not to offend anyone.

Only AMERICANS seems to care when American Citizens are being offended !

WAKE UP America ! ! !

If you do notPass this on, may your fingers cramp !

Made in the U S A & PROUD OF IT!!!!! ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/think-guy-has-all-covered-91/ <![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution on Midterm Election & Gov. Spending]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/victor-davis-hanson-hoover-institution-midterm-election-gov-spending-90/ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:23:24 GMT Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow and Nationally Syndicated Columnist, On the Midterm Election and Government Spending:

"On Tuesday voters rejected President Obama's attempt to remake America in the image of an imploding Europe - not just by overwhelmingly electing Republican candidates in the House, but by preferring dozens of maverick conservatives who ran against establishment Washington.

"Why the near-historic rebuke? Out-of-control spending, unchecked borrowing, vast new entitlements and unsustainable debt - all at a time of economic stagnation.
"So what is next? Like the recovering addict who checks himself into rehab, a debt-addicted America just snapped out of its borrowing binge, is waking up with the shakes, and hopes there is still a chance at recovery.
"It won't be easy..."
 ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/victor-davis-hanson-hoover-institution-midterm-election-gov-spending-90/ Taxes on the rich, Bar Stool Economics http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/taxes-rich-bar-stool-economics-89/ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:11:09 GMT
Taxes on the rich - now a hot item with our elite representatives in DC - I think the following short narrative should put the issue in proper prospective - Mike Bar Stool Economics 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.]]>


Taxes on the rich - now a hot item with our elite representatives in DC - I think the following short narrative should put the issue in proper prospective - Mike

Bar Stool Economics

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, PhD.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.





]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/taxes-rich-bar-stool-economics-89/ Michelle Malkin, On the Service Employees International Union: http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michelle-malkin-service-employees-international-union-88/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:23:28 GMT Michelle Malkin, Author and Syndicated Columnist, On the Service Employees International Union:

"The Service Employees International Union plans to send 25,000 rank-and-file workers on 500 buses to Washington this weekend to protest the tea party movement, Republicans and Fox News. If SEIU members had any sense, they'd be demonstrating at their own bosses' D.C. headquarters. It's the Big Labor Left, not the Tea Party Right, that is flushing rank-and-file union workers' hard-earned dues down the collective toilet in these hard times. ... "SEIU leaders have shown a special talent for squandering their workers' dues. They poured $10 million down the drain in Arkansas on a failed bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln. They spent $10 million on a nasty lawsuit against a competing union in California. They've burned through union dues to transport SEIU radicals to bully bank execs and their families at their private homes and to bus workers to Arizona to protest crackdowns on illegal aliens, who depress the wages of law-abiding working-class Americans." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michelle-malkin-service-employees-international-union-88/ Governor Barbour On the Factors Motivating Tea Party Voters http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/governor-barbour-factors-motivating-tea-party-voters-87/ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:13:49 GMT Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS), Republican Governors Association Chairman, On the Factors Motivating Tea Party Voters:

"Tea party voters have been incited to political action by the policies of the Obama administration and the Pelosi-Reid Congress. These include a heretofore unimaginable federal spending spree, a failed package of stimulus programs, a government takeover of our health-care system, and the Democrats' insistence on raising taxes, particularly on job creators, even though job creation is our country's greatest need.

"Tea party voters are not only motivated by the effect these terrible policies are having on them -- they are worried about America's future. They fear that their children and grandchildren won't inherit the same country they inherited from their parents and grandparents. What they know with certainty is that future generations will be saddled with paying back the trillions in debt that the Obama administration and Congress are running up with so little positive result." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/governor-barbour-factors-motivating-tea-party-voters-87/ government sector monopoly bargaining-Rush Limbaugh (June 17, 2010) http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/government-sector-monopoly-bargaining-rush-limbaugh-june-17-2010-86/ Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:37:54 GMT "The federal Senate and at least six Republicans want to impose [government sector monopoly bargaining] on states that do not follow these irresponsible practices.

"They are trying to [encourage] financial chaos experienced by those who do and by the federal government. Under what constitutional authority? Under what logic should this be tolerated? It is absurd."

Rush Limbaugh (June 17, 2010) ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/government-sector-monopoly-bargaining-rush-limbaugh-june-17-2010-86/ <![CDATA[Quote; Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal,It's the Spending, Stupid.]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-daniel-henninger-wall-street-journal-its-spending-stupid-85/ Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:01:39 GMT Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Deputy Editor, On the Political Effects of Out-of-Control Federal Spending:

"Here's your bumper sticker for the 2010 elections: It's the Spending, Stupid.

"Look at the astonishing numbers in the Rasmussen poll released last week. Nearly seven in 10 respondents (68%) want a smaller government, lower taxes and fewer services. The party breakdown: GOP, 88%; Democrats, 44%; and Other, 74%. In short, the independent voters who decide national elections have moved into the anti-spending column. I don't think they'll leave any time soon." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-daniel-henninger-wall-street-journal-its-spending-stupid-85/ DID YOU KNOW? Ten Commandments pt.2 http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/did-you-know-ten-commandments-pt-2-84/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:38:10 GMT *DID YOU KNOW?* *As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the Two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments * *Engraved on each lower portion of each door. * As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see The wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments! *There are Bible verses etched in stone all * DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the Two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments
Engraved on each lower portion of each door.

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see
The wall, right above where the Supreme Court
judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!

There are Bible verses etched in stone all
over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in
Washington , D.C.

James Madison, the fourth president, known as
'The Father of Our Constitution' made the
following statement:


' We have staked the whole of all our political
institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and
all of us to govern ourselves, to control
ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to
the Ten Commandments of God.'


Every session of Congress begins with a prayer
by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
by the taxpayer since 1777.

Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the
Constitution were members of the established
orthodox churches in the colonies.

Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would
overstep their authority and instead of
interpreting the law would begin making law
an oligarchy the rule of few over many.



How then, have we gotten to the point that
everything we have done for 232 years in this
country is now suddenly wrong and
unconstitutional?

Lets put it around the world and let the world
see and remember what this great country was
built on
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.
Therefore, it is very hard to understand
why there is such a mess about having the Ten
Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust'
on our money and having God in the Pledge of
Allegiance.

to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!! ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/did-you-know-ten-commandments-pt-2-84/ DID YOU KNOW? Building which houses the U.S Supreme Court http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/did-you-know-building-houses-u-s-supreme-court-83/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:31:24 GMT DID YOU KNOW?


As you walk up the steps to the
building which houses the U.S Supreme Court
you can see near the top of the building a row
of the world's law givers and each one is
facing one in the middle who is facing forward
with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he
is holding the Ten Commandments! ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/did-you-know-building-houses-u-s-supreme-court-83/ Karl Rove,Providing a Mid-Term Assessment of President Obama and His Administration http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/karl-rove-providing-mid-term-assessment-president-obama-his-administration-82/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:27:34 GMT QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Karl Rove, Former White House Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Providing a Mid-Term Assessment of President Obama and His Administration:

"It's not too early to assess the damage done by America's 44th president. He squandered his mandate and the public's enormous good will. He alienated voters and dropped a heavy yoke on his party with useless spending and a shockingly unpopular health-care bill. With pressure mounting and a potentially epic loss looming, Mr. Obama has gone from a commanding, engaging candidate to an arrogant, self-pitying president. It is not pretty to witness."

#CFIF
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http://www.cfif.org ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/karl-rove-providing-mid-term-assessment-president-obama-his-administration-82/ Michael Boskin, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, On the Economy and the Obama Admin http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michael-boskin-hoover-institution-senior-fellow-economy-obama-admin-81/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:49:09 GMT QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Michael Boskin, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, On the Economy and the Obama Administration's Economic Policies:

"The Obama administration's 'summer of recovery' has morphed into a summer of economic discontent amid anxiety over the weakening economy. The greater than 4% growth and less than 8% unemployment envisioned by the president's economic team are nowhere to be seen. Almost everything that is supposed to be up -- the economic growth rate, the stock market, bond yields -- is down. And almost everything that is supposed to be down -- unemployment-insurance claims, new mortgage delinquencies -- is up...

"Not surprisingly, the left is frantically calling for a second 'stimulus' and demanding tax hikes for the 'rich' -- a.k.a. our most productive citizens and small businesses. The rehashed ideas include such nonsense as massive infrastructure spending financed by a national infrastructure bank, an old Carter idea; yet more aid to the states; and even that worst of ideas, 'general revenue sharing,' which would force citizens to pay future federal taxes to fund the debt used just to send revenue back to their states.

"These ideas would do a lot more harm than good. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, we have the best economic system among the advanced economies, 'if we can keep it.' That will require fundamental policy changes, not doubling down on the failed big government experiment of recent years."

Center for Individual Freedom. based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4) corporation that relies on private financial support from individuals, associations, foundations and corporations. For more information, please call us at 703-535-5836. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/michael-boskin-hoover-institution-senior-fellow-economy-obama-admin-81/ Karl Rove, Former White House Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, On the Admini http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/karl-rove-former-white-house-senior-advisor-deputy-chief-staff-admini-80/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:47:20 GMT QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Karl Rove, Former White House Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, On the Administration's Disastrous Summer of Recovery:

"Mr. Obama's credibility is crumbling, and for good reason: He and his people are saying things people don't believe. At the start of his summer of recovery road show, the president flatly asserted that last year's massive stimulus package had 'worked.' Vice President Joe Biden, not to be outdone, promised monthly job gains of up to 500,000 and insisted that the recovery's pace 'continues to increase, not decrease' as stimulus spending was 'moving into its highest gear.'

"It's slightly surreal. 'Who are you going to believe,' as Groucho Marx once said, 'me or your own eyes?'" ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/karl-rove-former-white-house-senior-advisor-deputy-chief-staff-admini-80/ <![CDATA[Jennifer Rubin Obama's Handling of the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/jennifer-rubin-obamas-handling-ground-zero-mosque-controversy-79/ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:33:10 GMT Jennifer Rubin, Commentarymagazine.com, On President Obama's Handling of the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy:

"It would be hard to think how Obama could have done a worse job on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. He took a position objectionable to the vast majority of Americans, within 24 hours chickened out, and then sent his press minions forward to assure his base and the Muslim World and its American community (over which he fawns incessantly) that he really does think we must accept a mosque that will produce nothing but pain for his countrymen and a sense of vindication to those who incinerated 3,000 Americans. It's bad policy, bad politics, and bad execution, with a side order of political cowardice." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/jennifer-rubin-obamas-handling-ground-zero-mosque-controversy-79/ Coffee, Tea...or a Lawsuit? http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/coffee-tea-lawsuit-78/ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:28:06 GMT Coffee, Tea...or a Lawsuit?


A New York City cafe was sued by a Manhattan mom who claims she was traumatized when the restaurant manager ordered her to stop breastfeeding her child.
Julia Acevedo-Taylor claims she and a friend were being as discreet as possible when they were nursing their "hungry and tired" babies. In the lawsuit filed against Lily O'Brien's Chocolate Cafe, Acevedo-Taylor claims that they were told to "leave and never come back" after the women refused the manager's request to stop nursing their babies.
According to the suit, Acevedo-Taylor fled the store in tears and was so traumatized she can no longer nurse in public. The store's owner counters that no one was asked to leave, but rather that the general manager asked if they could cover up following complaints by other customers. A sign on the door of the cafe reads, "breast-feeding welcome here." Read more now.


Center for Individual Freedom. based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4) corporation that relies on private financial support from individuals, associations, foundations and corporations. For more information, please call us at 703-535-5836. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/coffee-tea-lawsuit-78/ <![CDATA["MIKE MONSOOR" a Hero Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor"]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/mike-monsoor-hero-awarded-congressional-medal-honor-77/ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:11:00 GMT I'LL BETCHA YOU DID NOT SEE THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER

OR ON THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS


Navy Petty Officer, PO2 (Petty Officer, Second Class)

EOD2 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class) "MIKE MONSOOR"
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April 5th, 1981 ~ September 29th, 2009 Mike Monsoor, Was Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" For Giving His Life In Iraq , As He Jumped On, And Covered With His Body, A Live Hand Grenade, Saving The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals That Was Passing By!


During Mike Monsoor's Funeral, At Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , In San Diego , California ... The Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From The Hearse, And Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike Monsoor's Casket, Were His Family Members, Friends, Fellow Sailors, And Well-wishers.


The Column Of People Continued From The Hearse, All The Way To The Grave Site. What The Group Didn't Know At The Time Was, Every Navy Seal (45 To Be Exact) That Mike Monsoor Saved That Day Was Scattered Through-Out The Column! As The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood Casket Down The Column Of People To The Grave Side. The Column Would Collapse.. Which Formed A Group Of People That Followed Behind. Every Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy Seal, He Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His Uniform, And Slap It Down Hard, Causing The Gold Trident Pin To Embed Itself Into The Top Of The Wooden Casket! Then The Navy Seal Would Step Back >From The Column, And Salute!


Now For Those, Who Don't Know What A Trident Pin Is,Here Is The Definition! After One Completes The Basic Navy Seals Program Which Lasts For Three Weeks, And Is Followed By Seal Qualification Training, Which Is 15 More Weeks Of Training, Necessary To Continue Improving Basic Skills And To Learn New Tactics And Techniques, Required For An Assignment To A Navy Seal Platoon. After successful completion, Trainees Are Given Their Naval Enlisted Code, And Are Awarded The Navy Seal Trident Pin.

With This Gold Pin They Are Now Officially Navy Seals!

It Was Said, That You Could Hear Each Of The 45 Slaps From Across The Cemetery! By The Time The Rosewood Casket Reached The Grave Site, It Looked As Though It Had A Gold Inlay From The 45 Trident Pins That Lined The Top!

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This Was A Fitting End To An Eternal Send-Off For A Warrior Hero! ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/mike-monsoor-hero-awarded-congressional-medal-honor-77/ <![CDATA[Quotes I Like,"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quotes-i-like-public-cannot-too-curious-concerning-characters-76/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:16:07 GMT "The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters
of public men." John Adams ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quotes-i-like-public-cannot-too-curious-concerning-characters-76/ New York Post, On the $26 Billion Bailout http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/new-york-post-26-billion-bailout-75/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:27:37 GMT The Editors, New York Post, On the $26 Billion Bailout for States and Public Unions, and Congressional Democrats' Priorities:

"Voters' focus on spending forced Democrats to make a telling choice this week -- between public unions and folks on food stamps.

"Guess who they picked? Yup: To fund another bailout -- $26 billion to save teaching and other government jobs -- Dems cut money meant to feed the poor."

email from #CFIF
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http://www.cfif.org ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/new-york-post-26-billion-bailout-75/ <![CDATA[Tony Messenger,On Missouri Voters Rejecting ObamaCare's Mandate Health Insurance]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/tony-messenger-missouri-voters-rejecting-obamacares-mandate-health-insurance-74/ Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:11:59 GMT Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, On Missouri Voters Rejecting ObamaCare's Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance:

"Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.

"'The citizens of the Show-Me State don't want Washington involved in their health care decisions,' said Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, one of the sponsors of the legislation that put Proposition C on the August ballot...
"Missouri was the first of four states to seek to opt out of the insurance purchase mandate portion of the health care law that had been pushed by Obama. And while many legal scholars question whether the vote will be binding, the overwhelming approval gives the national GOP momentum as Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma hold similar votes during midterm elections in November."



Center for Individual Freedom. based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4) corporation that relies on private financial support from individuals, associations, foundations and corporations. For more information, please call us at 703-535-5836.
]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/tony-messenger-missouri-voters-rejecting-obamacares-mandate-health-insurance-74/ between an optimist and a pessimist ~Winston Churchill http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/between-optimist-pessimist-winston-churchill-73/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:02:19 GMT “The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that a pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.” ~Winston Churchill “The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that a pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.” ~Winston Churchill ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/between-optimist-pessimist-winston-churchill-73/ <![CDATA[Editors, National Review Online,On Arizona's Immigration Law]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-national-review-online-arizonas-immigration-law-72/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:59:57 GMT The Editors, National Review Online, On Arizona's Immigration Law and Judge Bolton's Ruling:

"Attorney General Eric Holder could have dictated most of Judge Susan Bolton’s decision blocking key parts of the Arizona immigration law.

"The judge twists facts and logic to support the Justice Department’s claim that the state law preempts the federal immigration scheme. To do so, she accepts Justice’s implicit argument that it’s not the letter of the federal law that matters, but what parts of the law the executive decides to enforce. If her reasoning stands, we will basically cut Congress out of immigration policy and the states out of enforcement. Instead, our immigration system will entirely depend on executive discretion at a time when the executive has little interest in enforcing the law...
"The bottom line is that Arizona wants to enforce the law against illegal aliens. It wants them to be cognizant of the fact that the state is serious about the law, and therefore to conclude that it's best to leave or not come in the first place. Arizona did not deem these people illegal aliens. The federal government did, in laws passed by Congress and signed by the president of the United States. Arizona thinks those laws mean something. If the Justice Department's suit -- and Judge Bolton's line of argument -- prevails, then we'll know that they don't. The real law of the land will be our current, de facto amnesty, imposed by executive whim." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-national-review-online-arizonas-immigration-law-72/ James Madison,according to the Ten Commandments of God http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/james-madison-according-ten-commandments-god-71/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:38:29 GMT James Madison, the fourth president, known as
'The Father of Our Constitution' made the
following statement:


' We have staked the whole of all our political
institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and
all of us to govern ourselves, to control
ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to
the Ten Commandments of God.' ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/james-madison-according-ten-commandments-god-71/ In god we trust http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/god-we-trust-70/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:16:31 GMT IN GOD WE TRUST

Payback is fun!!!!!!!!!
WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES or front.

WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL START WRITING IT ON THE FRONT OF OUR ENVELOPES, TOO! --------Including Bills

You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say

'IN GOD WE TRUST ,'

The law, they say, is being violated..Anyway, we heard proposed on a radio station show, that we should all write

' IN GOD WE TRUST' on the back of all our mail.
After all, that's our National Motto, and -----all the money we use to buy stamps.

We think it's a wonderful idea.

We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed.

If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping............ 'IN GOD WE TRUST ' on our envelopes sounds good to us ...

SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING A STAMP MADE TOO........lets use it as our signature on e-mails, too! It's been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, we have a very hard time understanding why there's such a mess about having '

In God We Trust!' on our money and having God in the pledge of Allegiance. Could it be that WE just need to take action and tell the 14% to 'sit down and shut up'? If you agree, pass this on, if not, delete!!! BUT REMEMBER IF YOU DELETE THIS, that's one reason why this world is in the mess we're in now.
WE SIT BACK & LET IT HAPPEN!!

IN GOD WE TRUST ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/god-we-trust-70/ The Editors, The Washington Examiner, On the Transparency of Federal Spending: http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-washington-examiner-transparency-federal-spending-69/ Sun, 23 May 2010 20:44:07 GMT The Editors, The Washington Examiner, On the Transparency of Federal Spending:

"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., recently announced that Congress will not pass a budget resolution this year. That hasn't happened since Congress adopted the landmark Budget Control and Impoundment Act of 1974, which among much else was supposed to streamline and rationalize the federal budgeting process. The 1974 bill requires an annual budget resolution agreed to by the budget committees of the Senate and the House as an outline of congressional spending priorities for the coming year. But it's not hard to figure out why there won't be such a resolution this year: Democrats want voters to know as little as possible before the November elections about their plans to continue spending, taxing and borrowing at historic levels."


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]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/editors-washington-examiner-transparency-federal-spending-69/ <![CDATA[Will Rogers once said, "I don't make jokes...]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/will-rogers-once-said-i-dont-make-jokes-68/ Thu, 20 May 2010 17:02:21 GMT Will Rogers once said, "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/will-rogers-once-said-i-dont-make-jokes-68/ <![CDATA[Mona Charen, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, On a Greek Tragedy in America's Future:]]> http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/mona-charen-nationally-syndicated-columnist-greek-tragedy-americas-future-67/ Fri, 14 May 2010 19:19:26 GMT Mona Charen, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, On a Greek Tragedy in America's Future:

"So Greece has cultural problems that contributed to its economic implosion. But there are similarities to the U.S. as well — and because we have elected Democrats, they are growing. By the end of 2011, Greece’s debt will be 150 percent of its GDP. According to a March report by the Congressional Budget Office, President Obama’s 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next ten years — $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected — which will increase our debt-to-GDP ratio to 90 percent by 2020...

"Greece is in flames, but if you look around, you can smell the smoke here as well."
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http://cfif.org/v/donate ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/mona-charen-nationally-syndicated-columnist-greek-tragedy-americas-future-67/ The problem with Socialism is...Margaret Thatcher http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/problem-socialism-margaret-thatcher-66/ Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:34:24 GMT "The problem with Socialism is that eventually you
run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/problem-socialism-margaret-thatcher-66/ John Adams Quote of the times, http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/john-adams-quote-times-65/ Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:03:00 GMT "A constitution of government once changed
from freedom can never be restored. Liberty
once lost is lost forever." John Adams ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/john-adams-quote-times-65/ Quote from Samuel Adams http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-samuel-adams-64/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:35:06 GMT "It does not require a majority to prevail,
but rather an irate, tireless minority;
keen to set brush fires in people's minds..."
--Samuel Adams-- ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-samuel-adams-64/ Chemistry Student HELL EXPLAINED http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/chemistry-student-hell-explained-63/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:34:39 GMT
HELL EXPLAINED
BY A CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry mid term, and an actual answer turned in by a student.

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :


Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?


Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.


One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving, which is unlikely.. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. There fore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.


This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...... ...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/chemistry-student-hell-explained-63/ Quote from Albert Einstein http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-albert-einstein-62/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:03:52 GMT "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein.

If you don't use your knowledge, what good is it? It's your imagination which helps you figure out how to use it.
Never lose your passion for doing what you love, for it will be what you do the best. ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/quote-albert-einstein-62/ End divisiveness http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/end-divisiveness-61/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:03:51 GMT *End divisiveness* A public option for healthcare and insurance is the divisive issue, fueling intense argument across the country. Why is President Barack Obama continuing to divide the people and the parties in this way? A government competitor is unnecessary to achieve a more caring, balanced, cost-effective and affordable healthcare system. If, instead, Obama will seriously look at reform through such options as health savings accounts, allowing interstate insurance competition, tort reform, tax deductions for individuals purchasing insurance privately and other measures that support both individuals and business, he’ll retain what’s working in American healthcare, help change what isn’t and stem the fear that America is sliding further toward government monopoly. If Obama will take this position and admit it to the American people, he’ll regain trust from both sides. I agree that some folks are getting silly about their criticisms, including their fear about his speech to... End divisiveness
A public option for healthcare and insurance is the divisive issue, fueling intense argument across the country. Why is President Barack Obama continuing to divide the people and the parties in this way? A government competitor is unnecessary to achieve a more caring, balanced, cost-effective and affordable healthcare system.
If, instead, Obama will seriously look at reform through such options as health savings accounts, allowing interstate insurance competition, tort reform, tax deductions for individuals purchasing insurance privately and other measures that support both individuals and business, he’ll retain what’s working in American healthcare, help change what isn’t and stem the fear that America is sliding further toward government monopoly.
If Obama will take this position and admit it to the American people, he’ll regain trust from both sides. I agree that some folks are getting silly about their criticisms, including their fear about his speech to schoolchildren. But he must realize this is coming from a deeper place: It’s a growing mistrust of the administration that’s beneath the rhetoric.
Obama must acknowledge the concerns and put the federal government back in the position that the Constitution intended: “promote” the general welfare — do not try to “provide” it. The public option needs to die a dignified death.
— Diane Hawkins, Newbury Park
letter published in the Star ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/end-divisiveness-61/ Ted Kennedy: We know the future http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/ted-kennedy-we-know-future-60/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:47:24 GMT “We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe all of us will live on in the future we make.” - Ted Kennedy “We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe all of us will live on in the future we make.” - Ted Kennedy ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/ted-kennedy-we-know-future-60/ John Smith: NO American Job to be found. http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/john-smith-no-american-job-found-59/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:13:45 GMT **John Smith started the day early having set his alarm ****clock ****(MADE IN JAPAN) ****for 6 am. ** * *While his ****coffeepot****(MADE IN CHINA)** **was perking, he shaved with** **his ****electric razor****(MADE IN HONG KONG)** * *He put on a ****dress shirt (MADE IN SRILANKA),****designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE)** **and****tennis shoes (MADE IN****KOREA****)****.** * *After cooking his breakfast** **in his new ****electric skillet****(MADE IN INDIA)****,** **he sat down with his ****calculator****(MADE IN MEXICO) ****to see how much he could ** **spend today. ** John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am.

While his coffeepot(MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor(MADE IN HONG KONG)

He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRILANKA),designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) andtennis shoes (MADE INKOREA).

After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet(MADE IN INDIA),
he sat down with his calculator(MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could
spend today.



After setting his watch(MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio(MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS(from Saudi Arabia) andcontinued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet anotherdiscouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer
(made in MALAYSIA), John decided to relax for a while.

He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL), poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on hisTV (MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he
can't find a good paying job in AMERICA

AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM A PRESIDENTMADE IN KENYA

Y'all gotta Keep this one circulating, please! ]]> Steve Boren http://www.szone.us/blogs/steve-boren/john-smith-no-american-job-found-59/