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
This “TAPS”, played from the horn and heart of a child, who carries a strong message that is heard around the world, could not have come at a better time”.
This beautiful rendition cries out for excellence in our lives to the glory of God.” Thanks to Rev. Lainie Dowell for sending this in.
Excerpt from Andre Rieu’s concert during the World Stadium Tour in Amsterdam Arena, the Netherlands, on 28 June 2008.
Amazingly beautiful .. Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist.
Here is “Taps” played in its entirety.
The Original version of ‘Taps’ was called ‘Last Post’, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801.
It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named ‘Taps’.
Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet whereby the original was played on a bugle.
Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep.
Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And the night Need thee so? All is well. Speedeth all To their rest.
Fades the light; And afar Goeth day, And the stars Shineth bright, Fare thee well; Day has gone, Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days, ‘Neath the sun, Neath the stars, ‘Neath the sky, As we go, This we know, God is nigh.
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and we also have this for your viewing pleasure:
Click on the link below to view pictures of the Pentagon Memorial dedication.
The following article appeared at ABC News on-line with the Associated Press as the source.
Study:Artic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Expected Arctic sea ice meltdown under way faster than expected, most could be gone in 30 years
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Science Writer WASHINGTON April 2, 2009 (AP)The Associated Press
Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate, says conditions that had been forecast by the end of the century could occur much sooner. ... For Full Story Click HereABC News
Climate change is NOT caused by man! Global warming started well over 14,000 years ago! Sun spot activity causes temperature variations on earth! Although many predict some catastrophic event with their false reporting of global warming the earth's temperature experienced much warmer temperatures over 700 years ago...and we are not even approaching those temperatures today (and when you check the charts you will note that it was a lot warmer in the 1300's and then it got cool...hmmm I wonder why...natural fluctuations maybe. Sun spots anyone?)
All the talk about climate change is entirely political! Most, if not all, originates with the United Nations...the most corrupt organization in the world! The United Nations sees this as a means of collecting revenues...as do all politicians!
Scientists have known for years that we are currently in a cooling period. The fluctuations of earth's temperature is a natural occurring event and cannot be changed or affected by man!
Remember this: Everytime you hear Obama, Al Gore or even the likes Marc Pacheco mention anything about climate change that all they want is your money to fund their go-nowhere projects (Have you bought you're carbon credits yet? What an insane concept!) . They are not here to help you or the weather because they can't! You cannot play politics with Mother Nature...you could get struck by lightening...hmmm, that would be interesting.
The Democratic attack strategy fails Tuesday, March 31, 2009
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is basking in the attention he's getting from Democrats who are using him as a "poster boy" for "mean, angry, greedy white" Republicans. He thanked the White House for "elevating me beyond the stature I already earned and achieved."
The numbers are in — Rush Limbaugh has won a dramatic victory over the Democrats. The White House's unprecedented assault on the talk-radio host has driven his ratings to number one in many of America's biggest, most liberal radio markets.
The anti-Limbaugh offensive was a calculated move promoted by Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville to make Rush a new conservative bogeyman, in the same way they stigmatized Newt Gingrich in the 1990s. The strategy was implemented on Jan. 23 when President Obama lectured a gathering of GOP leaders at a meeting discussing his $1 trillion stimulus package, “You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.”
The dig at Limbaugh was instantly taken further by liberal commentators, bloggers and other transmission belts, and was pushed at the highest levels of the Democratic Party. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gratuitously attacked Rush on “Face the Nation,” calling him “the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party.” The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started an online petition against Limbaugh. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs fueled the controversy from the White House press room on a daily basis, at one point sarcastically noting that former Vice President Dick Cheney was the second most popular member of the “Republican cabal,” after Limbaugh. James Carville and Paul Begala doggedly pushed the agenda, Carville colorfully stating at one point that Republican leaders “quake at mighty Rush, and he's the one that's setting the Republican agenda.”
Politico reported in early March that top Democrats believed they had “struck political gold” by going after Limbaugh, but Rush deftly used the situation to his advantage, noting the irony in the “great unifier” seeking to stigmatize him. He memorably challenged the president to a one-on-one debate on his radio show. “Rush has been able to take this and run,” says radio industry analyst Tom Taylor of Radio-Info.com. Limbaugh warned Democrats that they were “enabling” him, and predicted that the scrap would translate into higher ratings.
The February radio ratings books tell the rest of the story. Brian Maloney's Radio Equalizer site reports that Rush's show has surged to number one in the top three radio markets in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. He is also number one in Houston and Detroit, and posted strong gains in such liberal bastions as San Francisco and Washington, D.C. We are reminded of 1992 when the liberal media declared Limbaugh politically dead after Bill Clinton was elected. “NPR is in, Rush Limbaugh is out,” the Washington Post then declared. But in the ensuing years Rush's listening audience surged to over 20 million.
The left now recognizes that the attack on Rush has turned out to be a massive political misjudgment. Huffington Post commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson wrote that it is time to “raise the white flag” in the Limbaugh war. Gibbs has admitted that baiting Limbaugh was “counterproductive.”
Meanwhile the White House was embarrassed when it was revealed that the White House packed its “online town hall” with political supporters asking softball questions. Prominent Democrats in Congress have groused about the influence of conservative radio voices and threatened to impose a new “fairness doctrine” to drive them from the airwaves. The Obama team has even protested the use of the new, more accurate “portable people meter” Arbitron ratings service.
But talk radio is thriving and ordinary people are now wondering what beef the Democratic Party has with free speech.
"...working feverishly to establish a pro-AKA goon squad to out-shout anyone who speaks the truth about his agenda to destroy America." *
THE OBAMA MACHINE AFFIRMS FEAR OF LOSING OFFICE
By Lynn Stuter
April 1, 2009 NewsWithViews.com
As of this writing, America is 70 days into the Also Known As (AKA) “Obama” Administration. People have sent me e-mails asking me to call this man our “president” or call him by his name, “Barack Obama.”
I can do neither. AKA is not our legal president, he is a usurper sitting in the Oval Office, signing into law bills when he has not legal authority to do so, having failed to produce one shred of credible evidence that he is eligible to the office of president under Article II, Section 1, United States Constitution. As he is not our legal president, the laws he is signing are null and void, any money appropriated and spent under those bills constitutes criminal theft perpetrated upon the American body politic.
As far as calling this man Barack Obama, that is not possible, either. As best we can ascertain, his real name is Barry Soetoro; there not being one shred of credible evidence that after being adopted by Lolo Soetoro sometime before January 1, 1967 that Barry Soetoro had his name legally changed back to Barack Obama. As such, his name is really Barry Soetoro, and Barack Hussein Obama is one of the many aliases by which he is known.
In short, we have a usurper sitting in the Oval Office with every duly elected United States Senator and every duly elected United States Representative refusing to uphold their oaths of office and demand this man produce evidence of his eligibility, spouting forth such inanities to constituents as “he’s produced his birth certificate,” “he was born in Hawaii,” and “he was vetted by a vote of the American people,” all absurd banalities spewed forth from the mouths of individuals who obviously view their oath of office as a mere formality not to be taken seriously. And the people wonder why this country is in such a mess. Gee, I just cannot imagine, can you?
Further evidence of the traitorous acts of Congress are the votes cast on the $787 billion piggy package of port barrel spending (H.R. 1) and the $410 billion piggy package of pet projects (H.R. 1105). Not being satisfied at having run this country over $1 trillion further into the hole, AKA produced a $3.6 trillion “proposed budget” that even the European Union president stated would "undermine the liquidity of the global financial market."
It is obvious that the intent of AKA is to run this country into the ground; a goal he has managed to further significantly in the span of 70 days!
Then we have the “voluntary” community service bill (H.R. 1388) to establish the AKA “civilian national security force” otherwise known as the AKA brown-shirt Gestapo goon squad. Representative James McDermott (D-WA), member of the Progressive (read that Marxist) Caucus is right in the game, introducing HR 1444 to make “voluntary” mandatory, an oxymoron if ever there was one. He undoubtedly has received a pat on the head (or elsewhere) from the schmuck occupying the Oval Office.
And not to be outdone, we have the good Republican Representative, Robert Latta (OH), who introduced H.R. 233 recognizing the contributions of the Freemasons to (the destruction of) this nation. Thanks, Representative Latta, for introducing this bill of such insignificance at a time when our nation is falling apart because you refuse to uphold your oath of office! Golly, we all out here in the hinterlands just feel so privileged to have you as one of our duly elected!!!
And not to be outdone, we have the nine traitors sitting in their comfy chambers at our expense in the “halls of justice”. What a misnomer that is. Our illustrious justices would be more in tune with their actions if they spent their time as AKA’s court jesters; they have certainly proven themselves to be against the Constitution and Bill of Rights; they and AKA obviously sup at the same table of elitist skullduggery.
And then there is the body politic of America who are rapidly waking up to the fact that AKA was not, and is not, what he portends to be; that his promise of “hope and change” does not align with our Constitution and Bill or Rights; that AKA is a Marxist from the word go.
To try and squelch opposition, to try and keep his Marxist agenda from the public view, AKA is working feverishly to establish a pro-AKA goon squad to out-shout anyone who speaks the truth about his agenda to destroy America.
This past week saw AKA turn his attention from sniping at the likes of Rush Limbaugh to the American body politic. If what follows does not tell people that something is decidedly amiss with the claims that AKA is ineligible to the office of president, nothing will.
There exists, in Snohomish County, Washington, a man by the name of Stephen Pidgeon. Mr Pidgeon is an attorney and the attorney of record in the cause of Broe v Reed, an action dismissed by the Washington State Supreme Court as “moot” on January 9, 2009, carefully side-stepping the merits of the case brought by Broe, et al. Nothing new or surprising there. Washington State Supreme Court justices are no more or less corrupt than their equals in the United States Supreme Court. Should we be surprised that they would be too cowardly to take on AKA and the mighty Chicago machine that stands behind him?
But Stephen Pidgeon is a man of God who believes that justice must prevail for the 360,000,000 legal Americans inhabiting this country. To that end, Mr Pidgeon has gone about the business of establishing a National Grand Jury, the fourth arm of the United States government afforded the citizens of this nation at times like this when their duly elected and appointed representatives refuse to uphold their oaths of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic; when the duly elected prove their cowardice in the face of what they perceive as political self-interest. Case in point, a non-American, a usurper sitting in the Oval Office and inhabiting the White House.
On March 25, 2009, Stephen Pidgeon reported to various sources, the presence of “law enforcement” officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), complete in regalia to their black goon-mobiles, overtly positioned in proximity to his home. The DHS officials were joined by Snohomish County Sheriff Officers as well as Everett City Police Department Officers in following and hazing Mr Pidgeon, members of his family, employees of his law firm, and associates in an open show of harassment and intimidation.
It seems, AKA., while desperately trying to give the appearance of ignoring the question of his eligibility to the office he has usurped, has, indeed, been paying close attention. It also seems that AKA has unleashed his goon squad against Mr Pidgeon in an attempt to find out what Mr Pidgeon knows about AKA that AKA does not want the American people to know and/or to put a damper on the perfectly legal National Grand Jury because it will effectively expose AKA for the illegal alien usurper that he is.
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The message of the AKA goon squad was made clear: we know where you live, cease and desist or bad things can happen. This stupid move on the part of AKA was nothing short of an open admission on his part that he is what the evidence shows: an illegal alien ineligible to the office of president; just has so many have stated.
Are we doing to take this sitting down, America? Are we going to slink away like cowards or are we going to stand up and be counted?
I, for one, will not slink away. I was taught that you never start a fight, but once one gets started, only a coward backs away!
I sent the following letter to my three duly elected cowards in DC:
"This is a formal complaint, regarding the harassment of a private citizen, his family, his employees and business associates, by goons from the Department of Homeland Security, obviously under the direction of the scumbag in the Oval Office who calls himself president.
The Department of Homeland Security, it seems, has taken up following in a very open and intimidating manner, Stephen Pidgeon, attorney and private citizen, members of his family, his employees and business associates. As you may be aware, Mr Pidgeon has been instrumental in gathering evidence that Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barack Obama, is not an American citizen; that his candidacy was and is an act of fraud perpetrated on the American body politic, his entering the White House under the aegis of “President,” a usurpation.
It seems now, that in an effort to protect the fraud he has committed against the American body politic, Mr Soetoro has unleashed his personal goon-squad, in the form of the Department of Homeland Security, to try and intimidate and harass Mr Pidgeon into ceasing his efforts on behalf of the American body politic.
This is a formal complaint against the actions of the Department of Homeland Security.
I fully expect that you will instigate a complete investigation of this harassment of private American citizens who has every right, under the Constitution, to be free from fear of government oppression/intimidation/harassment.
I fully expect that any and all, involved in the harassment/intimidation of Mr Pidgeon, his family and law firm employees and associates, will be immediately relieved of their duties, including those under whose orders they so engaged.
It is very apparent, from this activity, that Mr Soetoro, a/k/a Barack Obama, definitely has more than a little to hide.
As such, I fully expect the full weight of the Congress to be brought to bear on Barry Soetoro; that he be forced to produce all documents relevant to his eligibility to the office of president inclusive of his medical records, school records, higher education records, selective service records, passport records, adoption records and the vault copy of his birth certificate held by Hawaii.
Your immediate attention to this matter is required."
And because the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and Everett City Police Department were also reportedly involved, I sent the following to my three state representatives:
"As you are undoubtedly aware, there are serious concerns regarding the eligibility of Barack Obama to the office of president. A growing body of evidence points to the fact that Obama is not who he says he is; that he was, at birth, a citizen of Kenya; that the document he claims is his birth certificate is not a birth certificate, beyond that [it] is a forgery; that he was, at least in 1981, a citizen of Indonesia.
Stephen Pidgeon, an attorney from Snohomish County, has been instrumental in gathering evidence pertaining to everything that Mr Obama has attempted to conceal from the American people concerning his birth records, education records, passport records, adoption records. Mr Pidgeon has also been instrumental in establishing a National Grand Jury, a right of the American people when those who took an oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution fail or refuse to do so. What Mr Pidgeon is doing is both legal and lawful.
On March 25, 2009, Mr Pidgeon, members of his family, employees and business associates were followed and intimidated/harassed by law enforcement from the Department of Homeland Security, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, and the Everett City Police Department. That harassment was open, overt, and obviously intended to send Mr Pidgeon a clear message to cease and desist his quest for justice for the American people.
I object to what amounts to jack booted thugs harassing citizens of this state, this country, in what amounts [to] an act intended to suppress the truth.
The American people have pled with the courts and their legal representatives to do something about a man who does not appear to be eligible to the office of president under the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1. The courts and our duly elected representatives have failed/refused to comply with their oaths of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
In so doing, they have left the American people no choice but to pursue this matter by other means. If our Constitution is allowed to be undermined by this man, as is happening, then our country is dead and our freedom is gone. Soetoro a/k/a Obama has been working as rapidly as possible to turn this nation into a satellite soviet state under the hammer of communism/fascism/Nazism.
I am calling on you to lodge a formal complaint against the actions of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, the Everett Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are at stake."
If we are to retain “freedom, liberty, and justice” we cannot allow AKA and his goon squad to intimidate American citizens because those American citizens happen to believe in and support the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
And for anyone who thinks the harassment/intimidation of Stephen Pidgeon, his family, employees and associates is justified, remember that what these goons are allowed to do to others, they can and will do to you. That is the way of a tyrant.
Activist and researcher, Stuter has spent the last fifteen years researching systems theory and systems philosophy with a particular emphasis on education as it pertains to achieving the sustainable global environment. She home schooled two daughters. She has worked with legislators, both state and federal, on issues pertaining to systems governance, the sustainable global environment and education reform. She networks nationwide with other researchers and a growing body of citizens concerned with the transformation of our nation from a Constitutional Republic to a participatory democracy. She has traveled the United States and lived overseas.
Your opinion please. Would you say the following is from one of his goon squads?
I have already been threatened by Obama's people on more than one occasion
The most recent was a late night phone call...11:15 PM
After listening for a short time I said to the caller, "I don't like where this conversation is headed." and then I hung up...Immediately called the police...the police came out the next day and I filled out a report.
The caller was somewhat irrational and made comments about leaving his man Obama alone because, quote, "We like him." and other words that were of a threatening manner but cannot put in exact quotes but centered around the meaning of, "if you know what's good for you."
In any event the police report simply became a matter of record...but I kept the number on my cell phone.
And that's where it's gets a little interesting. There are no phone book listings for cell phones. How did the person get my number. Lucky guess? I doubt it...because it gets even more interesting.
While waiting for my wife to come out of the store the other day, I decided to call that number still stored in the received calls section of the cell phone...334-XXX-XXXX (Number available upon request.)
The female voice that answered described the facility as a home for the mentally disturbed and that there were two such places in this very small obscure town (even some locals never heard of this town) ...Xxxx (name of town available upon request), Alabama located just east of Xxxxxx, Alabama. Xxxxx is so small it simply looks like open farm country.
Meanwhile after I explained my ordeal to this facility's manager (the person that answered the phone) she explained to me that one of the orderlies reported an adult male patient was using the only phone available to patients in the hallway at 11: 15 the night of the call. After my explanation the manager asked me to report it to her boss who was also the manager of the 2nd location. The boss further explained about the type of patients ...mentally disturbed, etc and suggested I contact her if this ever happened again...
Well this is where I have questions: How can a mentally disturbed person dial my cell phone from a hallway in a mental institution. How did he know that I write things about Obama when he does not have access to a computer...access to one hallway phone will not bring you to my website!
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The first threat was back during the elections, "Had enough yet? You racist fascist pig. I am going to make your life hell. You betcha! " (I call that a threat.)
The following news item was specifically designed as a scare tactic by Soros and company...and when we say, 'and company' the politic elite currently led by Obama are sure to be behind the scheme. A more accurate headline would read, "If G20 Succeeds, Life As You Know It Will Be Over!" The dollar will disappear almost overnight and your freedoms will be diminished under a New World Order.
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Soros: If G20 Fails, Global Depression Ahead
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:33 AM By: Gene J. Koprowski
If the G20 meeting of world leaders this week results in nothing but more hot air, billionaire George Soros says all bets are off — the global economy is heading for a huge meltdown.
“That could push the world into depression. It’s really a make-or-break occasion. That’s why it’s so important. The chances of a depression are quite high — even if that is averted, the recession will last a long time. Look, we are not going back to where we came from. In that sense it’s going to last forever.”
While most investors are worried about the sorry state of the global markets, Soros finds the economic gloom-and-doom "exhilarating," and reckons a full-blown depression is inevitable.
“I have to admit that actually I flourish, I’m more stimulated by the bust,” Soros said in an interview with the Times of London.
"On the one hand, there's the tremendous human suffering, which is very distressing. On the other hand, to be able to handle the situation is exhilarating."
This recession, Soros said, is a “once-in-a-lifetime event,” particularly in Britain and the United States.
“This is a crisis unlike any other. It’s a total collapse of the financial system with tremendous implications for everyday life. On previous occasions when you had a crisis that was threatening the system the authorities intervened and did whatever was necessary to protect the system," said Soros.
"This time they failed.”
A financial mystic — Soros believes his body aches and pains give him signals as to when to invest, or when to short — he does not know how long the current climate will continue.
“That depends on how it’s handled. Allowing Lehman Brothers to fail was the game-changing event. That’s when the financial crisis went over the brink. The size of the problem is actually bigger than in the 1930s,” said Soros.
Soros refuses to say what he is doing in the markets now. Has he shorted the pound recently? “I had shorted it last year, but I’m not shorting the pound now.”
Is the euro under threat? “There is stress in the euro because of the differential in the interest rate that the different countries have to pay,” he said.
Though one would be hard pressed to find another economist who agrees with Soros that the recession is an "exhilarating" experience, his hypothesis that the debt burden by governments of the world is the real problem for the economy is shared by many.
"A Congressional office asked me what the estimated national debt in President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget submission would be on a per-U.S.-household basis. I think the answer is worth sharing," writes Tad DeHaven, an analyst with the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington D.C.
"According to the White House budget, the estimated national debt, or debt held by the public, in fiscal year 2010 would equal approximately $81,000 per U.S. household."
