Former CBS News president Richard Salant (1961 - 64 and 1966 - 79) explained the major media's role: "Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have." ...and to this very day most Americans haven't noticed they're being brained washed! ~ N. Hooben
Sunday, September 18, 2011
War Is For The Birds ...got this one in an email...pretty cool
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Islam, Latest Contributions To The Religion Of Peace...plus a little behind the scenes look at why
Have you ever wondered why we hear so much about Islam in recent years? Sometimes we have to brush away a little gloss to find the villian...
Islam's Latest Contributions to Peace
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
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The following from Islam: The Religion Of peace...and a big stack of dead bodies
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
2011.09.15 (Pattani, Thailand) - Islamists set off a landmine under a vehicle, then drag out five injured soldiers and shoot them in the head. |
2011.09.15 (Lower Dir, Pakistan) - A suicide bomber detonates in the middle of a packed funeral, killing dozens of mourners. |
2011.09.14 (Tirah, Pakistan) - Islamists behead a civilian. |
2011.09.14 (Hillah, Iraq) - Seventeen people die in a car bomb blast outside a restaurant, including three children. |
2011.09.14 (Narathiwat, Thailand) - A Muslim soldier murders two Buddhists in a suicide attack. |
2011.09.14 (Ramadai, Iraq) - Six Iraqis at an airport are sent to Allah by Jihad bombers. More Articles & Commentary here http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Social Security...What security? The Democrats giveth and the democrats taketh away...there's no contract! (So says Congressman Jim Cooper D-Tenn)
OLD-AGE BENEFIT PAYMENTSSEC. 202. (a) Every qualified individual (as defined in section 210) shall be entitled to receive, with respect to the period beginning on the date he attains the age of sixty-five, or on January 1, 1942, whichever is the later, and ending on the date of his death, an old-age benefit (payable as nearly as practicable in equal monthly installments) as follows:...blah, blah, blah
So what's with the "shall be entitled to receive"
Then there's this:
SEC. 203. (a) If any individual dies before attaining the age of sixty-five, there shall be paid to his estate an amount equal to 3 1/2 per centum of the total wages determined by the Board to have been paid to him, with respect to employment after December 31, 1936...blah, blah, blah
So what's with the "there shall be paid to his estate"
It appears to me that the "shall be..." is contractual
Meanwhile we all know that there is no money in the accounts...President Johnson (you remember him...the war on poverty guy) took all the Social Security money and placed it into the general fund...and ya'll know what happened to the general fund...they spent it all !!! ...the crooks !!! ~ Norman E. Hooben
The following from CNS News
Democrat Congressman: Gov't Has No Contractual Obligation to Pay Social Security Benefits
(CNSNews.com) – Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) said that most Americans do not understand that federal entitlements are not “bank account” programs that hold their money, adding that Social Security is not even a legal guarantee.
“Are these vested benefits? Are these contractual benefits?" Cooper asked of Social Security benefits. "Well, it turns out they’re not. Legally, they’re not even promises. They’re scheduled benefits and most Americans are not even aware of that.”
Cooper, asked about potential reforms to Medicare and Medicaid, said that the core problem was that the public does not understand the true nature of entitlements.
“Many Americans don’t really realize that Medicare is a government program,” Cooper said at a press conference with fellow Blue Dogs on Wednesday. “We have to start first with diagnosing the problem, helping all Americans understand the true nature of the programs.”
“Many people think that Social Security and Medicare are bank account programs, and money that they’ve paid in is stored up in their name just for them,” he said. “That is a widespread misconception.”
Cooper said that Congress could do itself a favors by explaining to Americans that the payroll taxes deducted from their paychecks go into the government’s coffers and are used to pay benefits for current retirees and are not saved for their retirement.
“There’s a lot we could do to help people understand that the payroll taxes they pay in this month are paid out next month to somebody they’ve never met, a complete stranger,” he explained.
Cooper also said that Congress should be explaining that it does not account for entitlement spending in the normal way, but puts it off on what he called a “government credit card,” rather than accounting for it through the normal budgeting process.
“There’s another huge set of issues having to do with government accounting,” Cooper said. “We put most of these precious, vital programs on the government credit card, as opposed to treating them in the regular budget process.”
Cooper is referring to a process known as off-budget accounting whereby Congress accounts for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds separately from its regular revenue and spending calculations. This process separates entitlement spending from the regular yearly budget, often making it difficult to gauge how much money the government actually spends in a given year.Many critics have argued that bringing entitlements back into the regular budgeting process is a more honest way to account for them because it would allow the public to see the entirety of federal spending and taxation every year.
Cooper noted one final misconception that Congress should correct--that most people believe that Social Security benefits are legal obligations of the federal government. In fact, he noted, they are nothing of the sort. Instead they are merely “scheduled benefits” that can be altered at any time.
“A further issue has to do with the legal treatment of these programs,” Cooper said. “Are these vested benefits? Are these contractual benefits? Well, it turns out they’re not. Legally, they’re not even promises.Tthey’re scheduled benefits and most Americans are not even aware of that.”
Cooper said Congress has “a lot of work to do” to educate the public about the true nature of entitlement programs.
“So we have a lot of work to do here as a Congress to start getting people’s heads in the game and understand the true nature of the dilemma,” he said
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The List
I don't know when this list was compiled nevertheless it should come under the scrutiny of people that refer to themselves as Democrats for most Democrat voters are not aware of the ideology behind the façade of their party's designated candidate. A case in point...Democrat voters who voted for John F. Kennedy and also voted for his brother Edward 'Ted' Kennedy obviously were ignorant of either's political desires for we the people. John was very anti-Communist whereas Ted was pro-Socialist and even conspired with the Communists in his efforts to downplay Ronald Reagan. Obviously the list was compiled while Ted Kennedy was still alive else he would not be listed. His death was anti-climatic for me; I would have much rather had him live and suffer the slings and arrows of a long term prison sentence...but the ignorant voters kept him free for 'way too long! Whatever good John F. Kennedy did for we the people brother Ted took it all away. ~ Norman E. Hooben
The following from: Discover The Networks
One of the great myths of the left is that socialism is a movement of the people, the working classes, or the poor. In fact -- as Frederick Hayek pointed out long ago -- all socialist movements are the creation of intellectual elites, liberally pollinated by millionaires. Karl Marx was the kept intellectual of factory owner Frederick Engels; Bill Ayers, a leader of the terrorist cult called the Weatherman, was a scion of the American upper class; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, is a multi-millionairess; Michael Moore, leftwing propagandist, is a multi-millionaire who has profited handsomely from the "struggle." The Leftwing Millionaires Club is a very incomplete list designed to illustrate this point and to serve as a reminder that everything is not always what it appears. (Text: Frederick Hayek "The Intellectuals and Socialism," in Hayek, Socialism and War, University of Chicago Press, 1997)
The following from: Discover The Networks
One of the great myths of the left is that socialism is a movement of the people, the working classes, or the poor. In fact -- as Frederick Hayek pointed out long ago -- all socialist movements are the creation of intellectual elites, liberally pollinated by millionaires. Karl Marx was the kept intellectual of factory owner Frederick Engels; Bill Ayers, a leader of the terrorist cult called the Weatherman, was a scion of the American upper class; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, is a multi-millionairess; Michael Moore, leftwing propagandist, is a multi-millionaire who has profited handsomely from the "struggle." The Leftwing Millionaires Club is a very incomplete list designed to illustrate this point and to serve as a reminder that everything is not always what it appears. (Text: Frederick Hayek "The Intellectuals and Socialism," in Hayek, Socialism and War, University of Chicago Press, 1997)
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