Fw: LEGAL PROSTITUTION

 

 

                     AARP and some members of the AMA are nothing more than legal prostitutes.

    How can AARP justify its claim to represent the interests of senior citizens by advocating passage of health care legislation, before the Congress? Cutting between $400 and $500 billion dollars from Medicare while 30 million baby boomers will be added to the program, can not be justified. The claim that eliminating waste and fraud will occur, is only a pipe dream. I contend waste and fraud will increase with more participants, as Congress is the "Poster Boy" for waste and fraud.

    A panel that will determine, based on cost, if a patient will receive medical treatment could, indeed, be a death panel. Considering the statistical probability of a successful outcome is outrageous. This brings us to the prostitutes in the AMA. They traded their oath for protection of their compensation. Proof positive that they are engaged in the oldest profession.

     Many, if not all, politicians have long been recognized as prostitutes. Despite their protests to the contrary, they sell their votes for contributions. In time we will learn what has been offered to AARP and the AMA for their support. It is highly unlikely that it will benefit the average citizen.

Death Penalty for Maryland Murders

> Statement of Senate Minority Leader Allan Kittleman
> Maryland State Senate
>
> Our neighboring state of Virginia offers a stark contrast to Maryland in
> its
> criminal justice policy that provides for swift punishment of those who
> commit the most heinous crimes.
>
> No one relishes the finality of a death sentence. However, many
> representatives of Maryland's police agencies, corrections officers and
> criminal justice organizations testified during the last legislative
> session
> that the death penalty has been effective as a crime deterrent in our
> state.
>
> In advocating for the repeal of the death penalty last session, Governor
> Martin O'Malley responded to a question from Baltimore Examiner reporter
> Len Lazarick by saying that supporters of the death penalty "stand with
> North Korea, Iran and China." (Baltimore Examiner, February 15, 2009)
>
> Thus it is no surprise that under Governor O'Malley, Maryland's death
> penalty has been watered down with so many loopholes that it would take a
> prosecutorial contortionist to successfully seek a death penalty for even
> the worst crimes, including the murder of a law enforcement officer. By
> all
> standards, the death penalty in Maryland is extinct.
>
> Wisely, Virginia prosecutors demanded and gained the right to prosecute
> John
> Allen Muhammad even though the majority of his murders were committed in
> Maryland. The Beltway sniper attacks still haunt suburban Marylanders who
> recall the fear and chaos during those three weeks in October 2002.
>
> Today, we believe that Virginia did the right thing and that justice has
> prevailed from these terrifying acts of murder in Maryland.
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DEBATING THOSE DEDICATED TO SILENCING DISSENT

This is an excerpt from a piece writen by, H. Michael Sweeney, Titled, Twenty five ways to suppress truth: The rules of disinformation. It describes what, in my opinion, is the tactic being used by the Obama administration and its supporters.

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    A rational person participating as one interested in the truth will evaluate that chain of evidence and conclude either that the links are solid and conclusive, that one or more links are weak and need further development before conclusion can be arrived at. It is the job of a disinformation artist to interfere with these evaluations....to at least make people think the links are weak when, in truth they are not. Another tactic of the disinformation artist is to slow the process, creating apathy with absurd rhetoric, causing confusion.

    The disinfo artist MUST seek to prevent rational and complete examination of any chain of evidence which would hang them. Since fact and truth seldom fall on their own, they must be overcome with lies and deceit, but truth will still win out.
          

Fw: ABUSE OR FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION?

 

   Section 8, article 1, commonly referred to as the"WELFARE CLAUSE" and article 3 , commonly referred to as the "COMMERCE CLAUSE" are used to project Washington's power over the States. In order to determine if this is abuse or following the powers granted by the constitution, one should examine Amendments IX and X to determine the intent of the framers.

 

Amendment IX - The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

 

Amendment X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

 

Welfare Clause - The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imports and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

 

Commerce Clause - To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and the Indian tribes.

 

    The Congress has interpreted the "General Welfare" as giving it the power as authorizing federal laws governing health care, education, the environment and even the sex lives of the people. The Commerce Clause, which was intended to prevent trade barriers between the states has been broadly interpreted as authority for a host of regulations which have come to include the takeover of private companies.

    The Constitution is the supreme law of the Nation and words do have meaning. It is for the reader to determine if these words are being twisted or adhered to.

  

Fw: THE SUPREME COURT

 

 

 

    Other than establishing it, Article III of the U. S. Constitution, spells out neither the most vital specific duties, powers nor organization of the Supreme Court.

 

"the judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress from time to time ordain and establish."  (it goes on to enumerate many things,but is silent on determining the constitutionality of laws passed by congress or the states)

 

    Instead, the Constitution left it to Congress and to the justices of the Court itself to develop the authorities and operations of the entire judicial branch of government.

 

     The very first bill introduced in the United States Senate was the Judiciary act of 1789. It called for the Supreme Court to consist of a Chief Justice and only five Associate Justices. The act also created the position of U. S. Attorney General and assigned the power to nominate Supreme Court Justices to the President of the United States with the approval of the Senate. It was not until 1869 when the number of Justices was set at nine.

      Lacking any specific direction from the Constitution it was not until 1801 when John Marshall became the fourth Chief Justice that He took clear and firm steps to define the role and powers of both the Supreme Court and the Judiciary system. In 1803 in the case of Marbury vs. Madison the Supreme Court, itself, established its power to interpret the U. S. Constitution and to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by congress and the state legislatures.

 

    It seems to me, a lay person, that Congress forfeited its responsibities to six people to determine a good part of what is the law. I believe the founding fathers assumed Congress and the Supreme Court would understand the meaning of the words they inscribed.  Today, the congress continues to leave to others, the writing of legislation and even fails to read what others have written.. Are they but expensive ornaments or entertainers to bedazzle the uninformed?

    

Fw: WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING THE U. S. ECONOMY?

     Warren Buffet has told us something important, but are we listening? Buffet made a $5 billion dollar investment in Goldman Sachs.  Why would this brilliant investor and financial advisor to Obama, make this huge investment? He has often said, he only invests in companies he understands. I think the answer can be found by looking at Goldman alumni, serving in government.

      First the Obama administration. - In addition to Larry Summers, economic advisor there is -

Dianna Farrell, Deputy director, National economic council

Stephen Friedman, Chairman, President's foreign intelligence advisory board.Former Chairman of the board, N Y. Federal reserve.

Gary Gensler, Commissioner, commodity futures trading commission, also served a in the treasury dept. under Clinton.

Robert Hormats, Undersecretary for economic, Energy and agricultural affairs, State department.

Philip Murphy, Ambassador to Germany

Mark Patterson, Chief of staff to treasury secretary Geitner.

John Thain, Advisor to treasury secretary Geitner.

    ** Geitners father, Peter, is linked to Ann Dunham, Obama's mother, at the Ford Foundation.

 

Next the Bush administration. - Names we are familiar with are Henry Paulson, Robert Rubin (both treasury secretaries) Jushua Bolten, White House Chief of Staff, UN ambassador.

Steve Shafran, Edward C. Forst, Dan Jester and Kendrick R. Wilson III, all advisors to Paulson on setting up TARP.

Neel Kashkari, Assistant secretary for financial stability, treasury.

Reuben Jeffery III, State Dept. Undersecretary foe economic, energy and agricultural affairs.

Robert Steel, Treasury Under secretary for domestic finance.

Robert Zoellick, served as Trade representative, Deputy secretary of state and world bank president.

 

The N. Y. Federal reserve, William C. Dudley, current President/CEO

 

Other significant positions -

Edward Liddy, AIG CEO

Duncan Niederauer, Chair/CEO NYSE

Jon Corzine, Former senator and current Governor of New Jersey

 

Significant players in foreign governments -

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia, Mark Carney, Canada, David Watson, England, Romano Prodi, Mario Draghi and Massimo Tononi, the last three Italy.

 

 

 

         

KRATOVIL AND HEALTH CARE

   Please don't let Kratovil fool you on health care reform. He shows absolutely no knowledge of what the legislation is all about. As he piously objects to the cost, he chooses to ignore all the other aspects that will destroy whatever care is now available. Panels that will decide if the care is cost justified. Nothing to prevent doctors being forced out of practice. No effort to provide additional health care providers. Huge cuts in Medicare at a time when 30 million baby boomers come into the program. No attempt to increase competing across state lines. The aforementioned do not address the thirteen (13) new taxes that will be imposed while the economy is crumbling

  If Kratovil is truly worried about money to pay for health care, how about legislation to force his fellow congressmen to give up campaign contributions.  What do you think Frank ? Send the money you will get from the AG community and the DCCC to the treasury to pay for health care for poor Americans. While ordinary people are making charitable donations of their own money, don't you think it is time for the members of Congress to give up their perks and reach into their own pockets ?