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March 5, 2011 | 
Author There is a reason that I am no longer a registered Republican and have begun working with The American Conservative Party to develop a viable third-party option to those pinheads in Washington – one of those being they consistently vote against our military veterans every step of the way. Imagine my surprise when I read this from our buddy Marc Chamot over at The Examiner.com:
House Cuts 10,000 “2011″ HUD Housing Vouchers for Homeless Veterans
Really, people? We’re facing a $3.6 Trillion spending budget with a deficit of $1.6 Trillion – you submit a budget with only $61 Billion in cuts, the OMB publishes a report stating there is over $100 Billion in overlapping departments and programs – and you decide our military Veterans need to get the shaft? I was truly hoping that the new TEA Party candidates would have a bigger impact – apparently, not.
I guarantee you I can find at least $1.6 Trillion to cut out of our government based on the 2010 Budget:
The Department of Education – $46.7 Billion
The Department of Energy – $26.3 Billion
The EPA – $10.5 Billion
Medicare – $453 Billion
Medicaid – $295 Billion
Social Security – $695 Billion
Social Security Administration – $9.7 Billion
National Infrastructure Bank – $5 Billion
Corporation for National and Community Service – $1.1 Billion
Total of All the Above – $1.54 Trillion – okay – I was a little close. My figures are based on if you cut those programs and departments out completely. If you click that link above to see the total 2010 budget – you will see the percentage increases of 2009. I would cut back all of those increases to the 2006 levels of spending. In addition, you will notice what is absent as itemized in the budget – all the Congressional perks such as a subsidized cafeteria, gas, car, insurance, housing allowance, lifetime benefits consisting of a pension and health care. Also absent the itemization are the IRS and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. I would cut out ALL the perks these politicians enjoy, do away with the IRS entirely, and sell of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. I guarantee you I will would produce a surplus.
Those idiots in Congress need to do the right thing and just start slashing everywhere. This country is in serious financial disaster right now. Our dollar is tanking, the stock market is headed downward again, gas prices are going through the roof, food prices are about to spike, and true unemployment is about to hit 20%.
They need to lay off our Veterans.
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As it has become very apparent – I am so AGAINST illegal aliens invading this country. What I am FOR is LEGAL immigration. I just came across something this is just so absolutely outrageous I have no choice but to put up a blog post about this in order to help get the word out there.
h/t to Agrippa Hull for sending this to me. Agrippa sent me a link via facebook to be a fan of this page
Please become a fan and then pass it on to others. From there, I found his story at Democracy Now – yes, I know – it is generally a loony left radio broadcast – but – here is the story and the radio transcript.
Here is the story in a nutshell – This man, Rohan Coombs, was born in Jamaica and his family emigrated here when he was 13. At age 20 he joined the Marine Corp. He served for six years and even did a tour in the Persian gulf during the first Gulf War. He was discharged after his service in 1993. In 2002 he was picked up on drug possession charges and served 8 months prison time. Immediately upon release from prison he was picked up by DHS and ICE and is currently in the process of being deported. The reason he is being deported is because he is not a U.S. Citizen and he committed a drug crime. This generally is immediate cause for deportation of non-citizens.
Under normal circumstances – I would agree with this. However, this man is a veteran, served in our military for 6 years, and even fought for our country in the Gulf War. Forget that he had drug charges 9 years after his discharge. The military and government do have a streamlined process for those non-citizens who are serving in the military. It appears he filed his application for citizenship in 1988 (and the government has record of it). However, as our government red tape is ever so present – they screwed up and it never got processed. He never heard back so he assumed his application was accepted and that he was a citizen.
At the time Rohan and his family emigrated to the U.S. Jamaica and the U.S. had a relationship in that prior to 1989 – Green Cards were issued that had no expiration date. Rohan was and is here legally. The problem he is having is that when he cut the deal with the prosecutors in his case – he was not informed that if he does jail time for the crime – it would mean automatic deportation. Follow the link to the transcript and read the story – apparently – there is already a SCOTUS decision that states that all immigrants are required to be informed at the time of arrest that should they go to jail they will be deported. The prosecutors obviously knew had legal immigrant status at the time they made the deal. They should have informed him of the consequences.
I don’t condone his actions and he should have gone to jail for what he did. However, the man served his time and he also fought for this country. Doesn’t that mean something? I know this might seem like an unusual position for me to take – but – think of the overall picture here – regardless of the fact that this man went to jail for drug related charges – what about all those other non-citizens who serve and fight for this country? Why should it be necessary for them to HAVE to apply for citizenship. We are a country of immigrants. Those legal immigrants who put themselves in harms way and put on the uniform of our American military should be automatically granted citizenship.
Anyway – read his story. He is not the only one in this situation.
h/t to Jan – This is a must see video. If you don’t pass on the video – please – at least pass on the story. The ACLU is currently in the process of trying to have this WWI Veteran Memorial torn down and removed from the Mojave Desert in California. Why would they do this? To appease one man who lives in Oregon that has never even driven by or seen the memorial. He wants it removed just because he “might” see it one day. This is atrocious and an egregious act not only against our military – but – it is also an attack against Christianity as well. Please take the time out to view this video and let others know. We can’t allow them to remove this memorial to our service members. Show your support, go to Don’t Tear Me Down and sign their petition. If you’re a blogger – add their widget – you can see mine on the side there. You can also follow them on Twitter, and Facebook.
Please use the “share this” button below and share it with everyone you know through whatever services you have. Stumble, Digg, Propeller, etc – this is an important story and needs to get out there. Take the video and put it up on your blogs too.
Other Bloggers who have posted about this issue:
CMBlak6 – What the fuck is wrong with these “people”?
Mike Buffington – ACLU suing to remove WW1 Memorial
Posted in ACLU, America, Anti-Christian, Christian, Freedom, Soldiers, veterans | Tags: ACLU, Memorial, Mojave Desert, Soldiers, veterans | 17 Comments »
Hi all – sorry for the delay once again. As it turns out – this was Stars Wars Weekend at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Formerly MGM). As the geek that I am, I couldn’t resist taking my family over there this weekend. Given that I finally finished my semester and got all the exams out of the way as well as the papers, I just couldn’t find myself bringing the ‘puter along this weekend.
Yes, I left the date as yesterday – don’t want to throw the carnival off. Anyway – before we get in to this past week’s submissions, today is Memorial Day. Today is a day of remembrance and of thanks. Today we should all take a little time out to remember what makes this country great and the sacrifices made of all the soldiers before us that gave their lives for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY in defense of the American way. We are the greatest country in the world despite what the Obamessiah and the O-bots are trying to do to us. We will overcome the attempts by our socialist leaders to bring us down. One thing to remember today is that when Americans (we the regular citizens of this country) have our backs up against the wall – we fight back. We haven’t forgotten what we believe in and we will do what we need to keep our liberties and to ensure that our children and grandchildren can have the save liberties and freedoms that we enjoyed.
Let us not forget the unnecessary death of thousands of lives on 9/11. Let them not die in vain. It seems that many in this country have returned to a 9/10 mentality. Keep their memories alive on this day as well. Let us remember our history and all that has made this country great and let us not forget it. For, if we forget it, the Obama sheeple will have won.
Finally, if you see a servicemember, not only today, but on any given day, please be sure to tell them thanks. They are today’s defenders of freedom. The need to hear they have the hearts and thanks of regular citizens. They never hear the truth in the media – which often times is their only link to the outside world – especially for those on deployment.
With having said all that – Welcome to the Carnival! There were not very many submissions this past week – but – the ones whe did get are all great. Make sure you visit the contributors and let them know what you think.
Conservative
John Kaduk presents CAFE Kills posted at The Right Wing.
John – what are you doing? You’re actually using facts, man! Don’t you know that facts and truth don’t mean anything these days? This post goes along with the one submitted by Steve Farber down there. Make sure you check his out. I’m sure you’ll have some comments for him. Yours is a factually based response to his emotionally based support of the CAFE standards. It seems to me he supports them to help reduce carbon emissions and get people of out their cars – or – maybe – I just totally misread him.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Kill Your Credit Instantly With Mortgage Fraud And Subprime Borrowing posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I wanted to spotlight how mortgage fraud has impacted our nation.”
I would say that you accomplished that with this post. I think your pointers are good info for the uninformed and vulnerable. However, I still have no sympathy for boneheads who got in to homes they knew they could not afford. They should lose them. For those who are thinking about buying homes – this post is helpful. Also, I would hope anyone buying a home now would absolutely have to go through the entire vetting process – verification of employment, verification of income, verification of identity, and a minimum 20% down payment. I’m sure if this process was still in place, that family you mentioned would not have had $100,000 to put down and never would have found themselves in that predicament.
The Smarter Wallet presents How A Swine Flu Pandemic Affects Our Economy posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “What could happen if a pandemic hits? How will it affect our nation?”
You should also look at the economy during the 1918 pandemic. You’ll see that this does indeed affect our economy. This epidemic is not anywhere near done. Being a public health scholar at this time, I can tell you that with a mortality rate of 1,000 people – this means there are at least 100,000 that have been infected. This will be a full-blown pandemic within the next 6 months. Otherwise – I think you are spot on with your assessment.
Liberal
Madeleine Begun Kane presents The “We Did Nothing Wrong, & Nancy Should Have Stopped Us” Song posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
Actually, this is pretty good. I realize this is supposed to be sarcasm – but – your words actually ring true whether you really meant it or not. We don’t torture and we did not torture. Sorry – but – waterboarding is not torture no matter what you guys on the left think. It doesn’t even come close to the definition. But, given the fact you guys on the left actually believes it is – then surely, Pelosi should also be your enemy now as she knew every step of the way. She is a liar and needs to step down.
Miscellaneous
C. E. Dowalt presents The Rape of Chrysler and the New Progressive Mafia posted at Money Confidential.
C.E. – great post. I’ve been searching for the right term – and now I have it – The New Progressive Mafia. You have done an excellent job of defining it using real-world examples. We’re gonna have to put those crime bosses in Washington out of business ourselves. They don’t believe in the sanctity of contracts – what more do we need as proof this madness will just continue?
News
Wenchypoo presents The Protectionist Plastic Police posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
When I first heard about this proposal – I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. However, the more I learned about it – the more I began to hate it. Those guys on the left will say we on the right only want to protect this big corporations. What they don’t understand is that this new bill undermines our constitutionally protected rights to enter in to contracts. Again, as you so rightly pointed out, this is the Obamessiah coming to the rescue of those idiots that don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions. Anybody who gets a credit card without reading the contract is an idiot and doesn’t deserve a credit card.
This law needs to be repealed. It is a direct assault on the constitution and once again keeps people from learning how to be responsible with their money. Those fees and increased interest rates were punishment. Where I grew up – if you broke the rules – you got punished. You deserved to be punished and you took the punishment knowing exactly why.
The best way to avoid punishment is to not break the rules. The best way to avoid this problem altogether is not to get a credit card and not to go in to debt. I now live by a cash only rule. If I don’t have enough money in the bank to buy it and if I can’t pay for it in cash – I can’t afford it.
Politics
Wenchypoo presents Piety is No Substitute for Technique posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Awe Wenchypoo – let’s call a spade a spade – they are losers! Your assessment of the Obamessiah and his sheeple are 100% on spot. But, given the fact that since his election the number of Independents have grown and both the numbers of Dems and Repubs have fallen – I would say he is a one-termer and people are starting to wake up. Great post.
Steve Faber presents How We?ll Be Forced To Drive the Most Fuel Efficient Cars – Even if We Don?t Want To posted at super gas saver.
Howdy Steve – a very excellent discussion. I realize you are probably very serious about your discussion and you actually support the legislation that the Obamessiah admin is about to force down our throats. However, I see a huge revolt going on in this country. We Americans will not stand idly by while our government forces socialism down our throats. We will not allow the government to dictate our choices – not even which cars we want to drive. What you will see happening around this country is that more and more people will be holding on to their cars longer to avoid purchasing these idiotic killer machines that the government wants us to drive. You will see a huge used car market opening up. You will see mechanics becoming more popular and more widely utilized to keep our cars running longer so that we can keep our larger more safe cars. We will see Americans as a whole rise up against the government and tell them Hell No! We’ll vote out idiots like Waxman, Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, McCain, and any other idiot politician that goes along with these socialist plans. We regular every day citizens are a helluva lot smarter than what those idiotic elitist politicians give us credit for. As I stated in a previous discussion – we are Americans and when our backs are put up against a wall – we come out fighting. We’re already being pushed – it’s not going to be too much longer before we’re up against that wall.
Wenchypoo presents Now I’M Changing the Marketing Plan posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
All I can say to this is – Bwahahahaha!
Eric Gargiulo presents The future of America? We Need To Look Else Where, Fast! posted at CamelClutchBlog.com, saying, “So now the republicans want change? They seem to have a new leader in the form of ultra conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Since when did he become such a powerful force in the Republican Party? That is scary.”
Welcome to the Carnival Eric. I read this post and I read your about page – still can’t figure out where you stand politically. I guess that’s a good thing. The only one’s who are saying that Rush is the leader of the Republican party are those in the lefty media. For regular Americans out here like myself Rush is just another talking head. Sure, he makes some great points as far as conservatism goes – but – he’s an entertainer.
Here’s the deal – We actually know how to use our brains. We can actually listen to people like Rush, Hannity, Beck, and O’Reilly and make up our own minds. We agree with a lot of what they say and we can also disagree with those things they say that are way over the top. Unfortunately, those on the left that listen to Olbermann, John Stewart, Maddow, and Maher actually believe those idiots and absolutely everything they say. The difference between those of us on the right and those on the left is that we actually use our brains and we can discern the difference between over-the-top entertaining, rhetoric, and truth. Rush is an entertainer and a lot of what he says is just to drive those guys on the left out of their minds.
Allen Scott presents Piracy posted at Journey Across the Sky, saying, “The more things change the more they remain the same. From the halls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli once again our navy is sent to fight pirates on the high seas but we at home are called upon to fight piracy on the sea of commerce.”
Allen – I love this analogy! I must say this is probably the must read post of the week. I think you’ve nailed it. There will be a lot of wings sprouting soon.
SpkTruth2Pwr presents Dear Cheney: Torture is NOT a Path to Jusitce posted at The Apathy Remedy, saying, “A blog about why Cheney should have spoken publicly while VP or forever hold his peace…especially on the issue of torture”
I can answer the question as to why Cheney is speaking out now – it’s because Obama and his administration have openly and directly accused him of committing “war crimes.” They have called him out by name while he was attempting to live his retirement on the sidelines. The lefty loonies in D.C. forced him to defend himself and the policies that he supported. In those immortal words of Rambo – they “drew first blood.”
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First – it looks like over night I hit the 50,000+ mark for visitors! Woo Hoo! Not bad for being under a year old here. In case you guys don’t know – I will be celebrating my one year blogiversary here come February 28th!
Now – regarding this post – I promised Larry from Last Refuge of a Scoundrel I would put this up. He’s a retired Navy veteran himself. I’m a zoomie – but – I support anything that has to do with our military, active duty & retired, any service. He brought something to light that I was not aware of – as the title states – Navy Veterans and Mesothelioma. Apparently, many of the older Navy ships were built with asbestos in the walls. When they scrap the old ships they have to remove the asbestos which apparently is more harmful than if they had just left it there.
I did a little research of my own and found out some very interesting statistics. There was a 1980 study conducted by Geoffrey Sheers from the Plymouth Hospital and Ruth Coles of the Davenport Naval Base Medical Research Unit in England – They had found that in 1978 alone there were 108 deaths of naval dockyard workers related to mesothelioma. This means that as far back as 30+ years it was known that asbestos exposure was harmful to naval dockyard workers and naval personnel.
According to the Asbestos.com website – up to millions of veterans have been exposed to asbestos containing materials. More than 30% of those in the U.S. that have mesothelioma had prior exposure from the military. In a 2005 report in Military Medicine on planning for Military Occupational Health Care – the Surgeon Commodore, G.H. Grant McMillan specifically stated that departing and retiring military members should be aware of delayed effects of health, and in particular, asbestos exposure.
Apparently, asbestos exposure resulting in mesothelioma is very common in veterans. If you haven’t figured it out yet, or haven’t heard of it yet, mesothelioma is a pretty nasty disease. Asbestos is made of fibrous material that is inhaled and plants itself in the pleura of the lungs. There are four types of malignant mesothelioma: pleural (lung), pericardial (heart), peritoneal (abdominal), and testicular. Mesothelioma is also called asbestos cancer. The outcome usually is death.
There is support out there for veterans and they can find more information through the Asbestos.com website. If you are a veteran, active duty, friend or family of a veteran or military member, or are just so inclined – let’s help get the word out.
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