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		<title>Main Stream Media Self Destruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main stream media is on a self destruct course.  It used to be, not that many years ago, that the media reported facts, and left the interpretation of that information up to the reader.  That is no longer true.  While there may be a few still left who actually do their job the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=238&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The main stream media is on a self destruct course.  It used to be, not that many years ago, that the media reported facts, and left the interpretation of that information up to the reader.  That is no longer true.  While there may be a few still left who actually do their job the way it is supposed to be done, most of the main stream media now thinks that it is their job to tell us who, what and how to think about any given situation.  Instead of just presenting us with information, they now feel they should tell us who we should consider &#8216;electable&#8217; for president, as an example.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Main stream media has gotten away with this blatant propaganda for quite a few years, but recently, their little game has become exposed for what it really truly is, pure propaganda and psy-ops.  The funny thing is, despite being exposed, they don&#8217;t even try to hide it, and blatantly continue to do it.  Nowhere is this more apparent than the attacks they perpetrate against presidential candidate, Ron Paul.  If he is winning a poll or a state, it means nothing, according to most main stream media, they down play any positive aspects of him.  If on the other hand, one of the status quo candidates wins something, he or she is hailed as the best thing since buttered bread, all courtesy of, you guessed it, the main stream media.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We, as a nation, must wake up to the fact, that we are being manipulated by people who do not have our best interests at heart.  They think only of attaining wealth and power, at our expense.  More and more people are starting to realize just how tight of a bind we are in.  The noose is getting tighter every day.  We must open our eyes, rub the sleep and fog away and learn to see clearly once again with honest truthful eyes.  Learn once again the meaning of freedom.  Taste its sweet fruit.  Understand why it was so important to our founding fathers and why they were willing to fight to create and protect it.  It is our gift and legacy, lets not throw it away because we were too lazy or stupid to take care of it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Main stream media has shown, by their willingness to skew, distort and otherwise confound the American people, that they are not to be trusted nor supported in any way.  They are doing their best to keep you, the American citizen, from learning the truth.  That is unacceptable.  They are headed down the path of self-destruction because they have shown themselves to be untrustworthy and against the American people.</p>
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		<title>Ron Paul Shaking The Foundations of The Status Quo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Iowa straw poll now over, I find it interesting how most of the mainstream media seems to neglect Dr. Ron Paul in their coverage of the event.  Instead, they do things like this.  Michelle won and Pawlenty finishes third.  What?  What about second place?  Who got second?  Why skip over the fact that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=230&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the Iowa straw poll now over, I find it interesting how most of the mainstream media seems to neglect Dr. Ron Paul in their coverage of the event.  Instead, they do things like <a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/127665788.html">this</a>.  Michelle won and Pawlenty finishes third.  What?  What about second place?  Who got second?  Why skip over the fact that Dr. Ron Paul basically tied with Michelle Bachmann, he was only 152 votes behind her, yet no mention of that?  What kind of journalism is that?  As an American, don&#8217;t you at least wonder, <em>why</em> so much of the media does everything it can to marginalize Dr. Paul?  The status quo establishment is afraid of him and his message of freedom.</p>
<p>No matter what your particular stance is on any given issue, as an American, you should, at the very least, be concerned about the things that go along with the notion of being an American.  Things like, liberty, freedom, justice, our constitution.  Have we gotten so far off track that we completely ignore our constitution and what it represents?  That we ignore the millions of men and women who have died defending it?  That we just allow our supposed leaders to walk rough shod all over us without so much as a wimper?  Ron Paul has been advocating these views, the constitutional views, for over 30 years.  He has the most consistent voting record of any politician.</p>
<p>Where is the American spirit that we once had?  Where is our sense of decency that we once had?  How long will we allow a biased media to dictate to us who we should vote for?  How long will we stand for them giving coverage to who <em>they </em>think is electable, and totally, or nearly totally ignoring, someone who obviously has huge support with the American people, but goes against a corrupt and vile establishment as well as the biased media?</p>
<p>We are at a very important crux, and I believe, depending on our decisions in 2012, we will either fall as a country, or stand once again on our own two feet, beholden to none.  Our monetary system is a fraud, our constitution is being destroyed, our sense of even being an American is under attack.</p>
<p>The people who adhere to the concept of <em>globalism</em>, may mean well, at least some of them.  Many however, realize what globalism really means.  It is a more politically correct way of saying, <strong>I want to rule the world.</strong>  You can make the argument that Hitler was, just a globalist, Napoleon was just a globalist, there have been many globalists throughout history.  You have to learn how to sift through the word definition changes that constantly take place.  They play word games to mold our views on things.  Take for example, Charles Manson.  He was a murderer, a killer.  The status quo globalist people would change it to, he was just a population control specialist.  Now, doesn&#8217;t that sound so much better?</p>
<p>Ron Paul is the only politician I have ever seen, who tells us the unvarnished truth, whether it is nice or not.  <strong>We need</strong> to hear the truth or we are destined to fail.  You cannot solve real issues without accepting the realities that created them.  Ron Paul is the only one that has addressed the issues and causes and has offered solutions to those problems.  All other status quo cronies just try to give us nice sounding words that <strong>mean nothing</strong>, but sound so sweet to the ears.</p>
<p>Wake up America, our time is short.  I love my country.  I hope you do too.</p>
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		<title>America, Land of The Free or Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had enough.  America is either the land of the free, or it is not.  You either believe in the constitution, or you don&#8217;t.  You either believe in the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution, or you do not.  Which is it people? Every day, the main stream media propaganda machine, spews forth what it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=214&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://poet1960.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/800px-gadsden_flag-svg1.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-218" title="800px-Gadsden_flag.svg" src="http://poet1960.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/800px-gadsden_flag-svg1.png?w=150&#038;h=99" alt="" width="150" height="99" /></a>I have had enough.  America is either the land of the free, or it is not.  You either believe in the constitution, or you don&#8217;t.  You either believe in the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution, or you do not.  Which is it people?</p>
<p>Every day, the main stream media propaganda machine, spews forth what it considers &#8216;news.&#8217;  I don&#8217;t know about you, but to me, news means you report facts or information <strong>objectively</strong>, not subjectively.  When the media no longer does the job that it was intended to do, by either reporting skewed facts, or by omission of facts, they have failed the American people.</p>
<p>Case in point.  I dare anyone, to objectively, without bias, compare the media&#8217;s coverage of Rep. candidate Ron Paul and that of any of the other &#8216;main stream&#8217; candidates.  By the way, <strong>who</strong> defines what is mainstream anyway?  These people like to play word games.  They do the, is the glass half full or half empty thing.  Both are arguably true, however one is viewed as more positive and the other more negative.</p>
<p>Seriously people, we have become like children going down the cereal aisle and choosing our cereal by how pretty the box is, regardless of what is actually in the box.  We need to shake off this blase apathetic stupor, and start taking our responsibility as American&#8217;s more seriously.  We are close to losing this country.</p>
<p>I find it reprehensible that the media thinks it&#8217;s job is to decide for us, who should be covered and who should not.  That is complete nonsense, and is blatant censorship.  We should be very very angry that they are doing this.  This is <strong><em>not </em></strong>what the media is supposed to be doing.</p>
<p>Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate I have ever seen that tells the truth.  Shocking and strange, I know.  He actually follows his oath as a congressman to defend the constitution.</p>
<p>Ignore the media&#8217;s biased spin of what they think we should do.  Do your own thinking.  Do your own research.  You are being lied to and fed misinformation.  Don&#8217;t take my word for it, do some looking around.  The truth will shock you.</p>
<p>We as Americans, need to make up our mind, we either love this country, or we don&#8217;t.  Stop believing there are only shades of grey.</p>
<p>If you <strong><em>think</em></strong> and <strong><em>act </em></strong>like a slave, then you <strong><em>are</em></strong> a slave.</p>
<p>Remove the shackles of mental servitude and bondage, and help get this country back to where she once was.</p>
<p>United we stand, divided we fall.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 23:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are rapidly approaching a critical point in history. Global political and economic policies are changing in an ever expanding and increasing rate. There appear to be threats looming on the horizon that have never been seen before. The following words were written thousands of years ago, but they are still appropriate. I think they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=209&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are rapidly approaching a critical point in history. Global political and economic policies are changing in an ever expanding and increasing rate. There appear to be threats looming on the horizon that have never been seen before.</p>
<p>The following words were written thousands of years ago, but they are still appropriate. I think they were intended for the people of today, though they would still apply in any age.</p>
<p><strong>Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,</strong><br />
<strong> Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been reading news articles on Yahoo and posted a few comments.  No profanity or anything, just some truths as I see things.  For some reason, they don&#8217;t get posted.  Hmm.  Well, I tried a test post with something like &#8216;test post&#8217; and that would show up only to be removed a short [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=202&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately I have been reading news articles on Yahoo and posted a few comments.  No profanity or anything, just some truths as I see things.  For some reason, they don&#8217;t get posted.  Hmm.  Well, I tried a test post with something like &#8216;test post&#8217; and that would show up only to be removed a short time later.  I realize it IS their website, but come on, is it REALLY necessary to do that?  Do they have an agenda?  What&#8217;s the deal here?  How about an explanation.</p>
<p>Anyway, here is the news article I was trying to comment on:</p>
<h1 id="yn-title"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_republicans_agenda">GOP &#8216;Pledge&#8217; makes closing argument to voters</a></h1>
<p>If you would like to make some comments, feel free.  I WON&#8217;T censor your comments as long as you follow WordPress&#8217;s guidelines, I do have to adhere to theirs.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the only way we can get our country back is to actually show up on the doorstep of the whitehouse and TAKE it back.  It&#8217;s about the only thing those clowns will understand.  Otherwise, they will just talk us to death and blow smoke up our butts.</p>
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		<title>To My Fellow Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just surfing around the web tonight and came upon this little gem. It pretty much sums up my feelings and I am sure will strike a chord with many others. I am really concerned when I look around the country I love and see the constitution being striped away almost daily it seems. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=194&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was just surfing around the web tonight and came upon this little gem.  It pretty much sums up my feelings and I am sure will strike a chord with many others.  I am really concerned when I look around the country I love and see the constitution being striped away almost daily it seems.  Anyway, this is not my writing, but it certainly gives you something to think about.  Here is a <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/RejectID/petition.html">link</a> to the page I found, it is actually a petition that you can sign if you wish to.  Here it is in it&#8217;s entirety.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>A Declaration of Sovereignty and Rejection of the National I.D. Card</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">To:  The President of the United States of America, the  Vice President, and the Cabinet, the Speaker of the House, the Senate  and House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Legislatures  and Executive and Judicial Officers of the Various States; </span> Whereas:   The original form of Government, established and paid for by  the blood of Our Founding Fathers, was a Constitutional Republic, which  form of government is based on the Common Law, that secures to each  individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of  property, and the protection of life.  These inherent and unalienable  God-given rights are clearly identified in the Original Constitution of  the united States of America and outlined in the Declaration of  Independence and further explicated in the Bill of Rights;</p>
<p>And Whereas:   The Declaration of Independence declares that &#8220;Whenever  any form of government becomes destructive of these ends ( Our inherent  and unalienable God-given rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of  happiness ), that it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish  it, and that when a long train of abuses and usurpations pursuing  invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under  absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off  such Government.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   Each individual has inherent and unalienable God-given  rights and freedoms and no rightful delegation of these rights can ever  be made to or be assumed by any governing body.   The free agency of  man, working within the legitimate bounds of these rights and freedoms,  must be held inviolate. The Constitution provides to regulate bodies of  men and not individuals.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   There are certain unalienable rights guaranteed by God to  all men in the exercise of their free agency. These were sustained by  the Founding Fathers and written into the Constitution. They need no  interpretation, nor can they be abrogated by anyone other than God.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   We, the People, assume the responsibility of  self-government and we retain and possess the FULNESS OF THE POWERS AND  AUTHORITY reserved by us in the original Constitution of the united  States of America.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   It is not the prerogative of the President of the united  States of America or any one of the Executive branch of government, nor  is it the prerogative of the Congress of the united States or other  legislators, nor any of the Judiciary including the Supreme Court of the  united States, to abridge those rights or interpret them in any manner  except as stated in the original Constitution.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   The power to abridge such rights does not rest in any of  the offices of any of the States; and it is the sole prerogative of the  people to determine when such rights have been abridged or when they,  the people, have been robbed of their agency; and it is within the power  of the people to remove from office any of the officers of the Federal  government or of the State who attempt by executive order or judiciary  action or arbitrary interpretation to change the Constitution.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   Those who would unrighteously foist their will upon the  people of the united States of America must be removed from office by  due process of law, whether by impeachment or by initiative of the  people.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   The Constitution does provide that Congress has the power  to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such  district not exceeding ten miles square, as may, by session of  particular states and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of  government of the United States.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   On February 21, 1871, the Forty First Congress passed an  act entitled &#8220;An Act to Provide a Government for the District of  Columbia,&#8221; legislating the organization of a municipal corporation to  run the day to day affairs of the District of Columbia, the seat of  government, which transferred the United States of America, the  Republic, into &#8220;a corporate entity&#8221; entitled UNITED STATES, in capital  letters, having &#8220;no&#8221; jurisdiction outside the District of Columbia.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   Congress adopted the text of the federal constitution as  the constitution or charter of this municipal corporation.  This  municipal corporation was granted the power to contract to provide  municipal services to the inhabitants of the District of Columbia and  necessarily as an operation of the privileges and immunity clause of  Article Four of the Constitution, any other person who chooses to  contract for its services.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   They have, through their influence and under the pretense  of emergency, erected a multitude of new offices to harass our People,  and eat out their substance, along with expanded search and seizure laws  that further erode our constitutional rights.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   They have subjected us to a municipal jurisdiction  foreign to our constitution (&#8220;admiralty law&#8221; [which is the law of the  sea] rather than &#8220;common law&#8221; [which is the law of the land]), taking  away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering  fundamentally the forms of our government, forcing our assent to their  acts of pretended legislation.</p>
<p>And Whereas:     Such changes have removed all of the original  safeguards including the separation of powers. Today officers of the  Executive branch i.e. ATF, IRS, OSHA, EPA, HEW, etc., have usurped  Legislative power by making their own &#8220;laws&#8221;.  They administer these  same &#8220;laws&#8221; or regulations and also assume Judicial power to impose  fines and penalties for those who violate &#8220;their laws&#8221;.   They have  denied us the right to face our accuser by protecting those who report  such violations and place the burden of proof upon the individual by  declaring them &#8220;guilty until proven innocent&#8221;, all in direct violation  of the Constitutional safeguard of separation of powers;</p>
<p>And Whereas:     Thousands of American Citizens, who have attempted to  protest these violations of government powers have suffered untold  persecution, even being murdered in cold blood;</p>
<p>And Whereas:   The history of repeated injuries and usurpations by these  secret powers and institutions have &#8220;seized control&#8221; of our  constitutional republic, the united States of America, a sovereign  nation-state, through the now existing municipal corporation, is a  history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct  object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny, a New World Order, over  these States and this Nation.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   Through the knowing or unknowing complicity of their  Agents (local, state and federal officials) they have completely  debauched the monetary system, destroyed the lives and livelihoods of  millions of people, aided and abetted the enemies of America and human  freedom in general, declared war on the American People and their  posterity, incited rebellion and anarchy within the de jure society,  taken false oaths, entered into seditious foreign agreements, pacts,  confederations, treaties and alliances, and under a pretense of  &#8220;emergency,&#8221; formed and established a multitude of offices of alien  allegiance to perpetuate their plunder, conquest and subjugation of what  was once considered &#8220;the last great hope of human freedom&#8221; to  ultimately establish a New World Order.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   Amendment IV of the Bill of Rights states:   The right of  the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,  against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,&#8230;</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1936, the Social Security Number (SSN) was created ,  it was meant to be used only as an account number associated with the  administration of the Social Security system.  Though use of the SSN has  expanded considerably, it is not a universal identifier and efforts to  make it one have been consistently rejected.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1971, the Social Security Administration task force on  the SSN rejected the extension of the Social Security Number to the  status of an ID card.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1973, the Health, Education and Welfare Secretary&#8217;s  Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems concluded that a  national identifier was not desirable.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1976, the Federal Advisory Committee on False Identification rejected the idea of an identifier.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1977, the Carter Administration reiterated that the SSN was not to become an identifier.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1981 the Reagan Administration stated that it was &#8220;explicitly opposed&#8221; to the creation of a national ID card.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   The Clinton administration advocated a “Health Security  Card” in 1993 and assured the public that the card, issued to every  American, would have “full protection for privacy and confidentiality.”</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In 1999 Congress repealed a controversial provision in  the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996  which gave authorization to include Social Security Numbers on driver&#8217;s  licenses.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In response to the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, there  has been renewed interest in the creation of national ID cards. Soon  after the attacks, Larry Ellison, head of California-based software  company Oracle Corporation, called for the development of a national  identification system and offered to donate the technology to make this  possible. He proposed ID cards with embedded digitized thumbprints and  photographs of all legal residents in the U.S.  There was much public  debate about the issue, and Congressional hearings were held. Former  House Speaker Newt Gingrich testified that he &#8220;would not institute a  national ID card because you do get into civil liberties issues.&#8221;</p>
<p>And Whereas:   When the UNITED STATES Congress created the Department of  Homeland Security, they made it clear, in the enabling legislation,  that the agency could not create a national ID system.</p>
<p>And Whereas:   In September 2004, then-DHS Secretary Tom Ridge  reiterated, &#8220;[t]he legislation that created the Department of Homeland  Security was very specific on the question of a national ID card. They  said there will be no national ID card.&#8221;</p>
<p>And Whereas:   On May 11, 2005 the UNITED STATES Congress passed the  Real ID Act, H.R. 1268.  The legislation mandates federal identification  standards and requires states Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs)to  produce them.  The National Identity Register may eventually include  name, date of birth, residence, as well as biometric information and  personal history of every individual and to collect more and more  invasive personal information, and to expand the information sharing  capacities of DMVs which have become the targets of identity thieves, to  collect sensitive personal information.</p>
<p>Therefore:    We the Sovereign People of these united States solemnly  declare that, The President of the United States, the Congress of the  United States, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Governors  and State Legislatures of the various States, the Judges of both the  lower courts and higher courts and all other government officials,  elected or appointed, continuing to administer this perfidy, acting for a  foreign power, have violated their oath of office and have refused to  &#8220;uphold, support and defend the Original Constitution of the united  States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic&#8221;, and all  other persons who have taken part in denying us our Rights and Liberties  guaranteed to us in the Original Constitution of the united States of  America, are hereby GUILTY OF TREASON!!</p>
<p>And Therefore:     We the Sovereign People of these united States DEMAND  that our constitutional republic, the united States of America, be  restored to its proper, organic, form.  Any governmental body which  presently does not have organic Constitutional authorization should be  summarily dissolved.</p>
<p>And Therefore:     We the Sovereign People of these united States  solemnly publish and declare that we will NOT participate in a National  ID Card system which is designed to rob us of our free agency and bring  us into bondage and under the rule and reign of the Devil under this  system known as the &#8220;Mark of the Beast&#8221; as stated in the Holy Bible  which is the divine source of our Common Law and of the original  Constitution of the united States of America.</p>
<p>Revelations 13:15-17<br />
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the  image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would  not worship the image of the beast should be killed.<br />
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,  to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:<br />
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.</p></blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been having problems with Firefox redirecting my yahoo search results. I would type something in the search window and it would bring up different sites as per usual, but when I clicked on a particular link it often (not ALWAYS) redirect me to some other site. Several times I noticed it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=176&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have recently been having problems with Firefox redirecting my yahoo search results.  I would type something in the search window and it would bring up different sites as per usual, but when I clicked on a particular link it often (not ALWAYS) redirect me to some other site.  Several times I noticed it was redirecting to www.google-analytics.com but would just hang on a white page.  It was starting to really annoy me and I tried several different things to clear it up like Malwarebytes, the Eset online scanner, UnHackMe and a few others, but nothing seemed to clear it up.</p>
<p>Well, if anyone has been pulling their hair out in frustration dealing with the same problem, I may just have your solution for you, it worked for me.  I came across one website that suggested to the person, with basically the same problem as me, to upgrade their java.  I went and did that which helped but still didn&#8217;t solve the problem.  Then I worked with one of the techs at GeeksToGo and we went through the standard scans etc.  Still no luck in resolving the problem.  He then suggested that my ROUTER may have gotten infected with what apparently is a Zlob/DNSchanger that changes the router&#8217;s DNS settings.  I reset my router and voila, no more redirects.  I have only just done the reset in the last 5 minutes, but so far everything seems to be back to normal.</p>
<p>I spent days trying to figure this thing out, trying this and trying that, so in an effort to maybe save someone else with the same problem wasting time with hunting and searching for a solution I am posting this.  Resetting the router is a pretty simple fix.  If you find yourself in the same situation you might give it a try.  Also, be aware that you must clean your computer first then do the reset, this applies to any other computers you may have on a home network.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tales Of The Blue Fairy All-in-one version by Jim Caldwell The Blue Fairy lived in the enchanted forest of Fantasea. Often, she would take walks through the forest visiting her different friends who lived there. On one particularly sunny day, while walking her favorite path, she heard the sounds of someone crying behind a bush. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=172&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Tales Of The Blue Fairy<br />
All-in-one version</strong><br />
by Jim Caldwell</p>
<p>The Blue Fairy lived in the enchanted forest of Fantasea. Often, she would take walks through the forest visiting her different friends who lived there. On one particularly sunny day, while walking her favorite path, she heard the sounds of someone crying behind a bush. She peeked behind the bush and saw her friend, Yoonie the unicorn crying. “Whats wrong Yoonie?”, she asked. “I lost my horn. I took a nap and when I woke up it was gone”, Yoonie replied. “I can’t be a unicorn if I don’t have my horn”.</p>
<p>The Blue Fairy knew that horns don’t just get up and walk away on their own, so she looked around where Yoonie had been sleeping. “Aha!” the Blue Fairy cried. “See those footprints? Somebody was here.” On the ground were some big footprints that lead away from where Yoonie had been sleeping.</p>
<p>“Oh my goodness, stars and garters!” cried Yoonie. “What are we going to do now? I just have to get my horn back.” “Don’t worry Yoonie, I will help you get your horn back. We just have to follow these footprints to see where they lead.”</p>
<p>So the two friends started to follow the footprints. After some time, they emerged from the enchanted forest and found themselves in the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon. The footprints were heading straight up into the mountains. “Are we going to have to go up there?”, Yoonie asked pointing to the mountains. “It sure looks like it Yoonie, as long as we do our best and keep going, we will find your horn.”</p>
<p>Up, up, up into the mountains they climbed going higher and higher. They climbed so high they could touch the passing clouds as they fluffed by. Still the footprints kept going up the mountain until they at last came to a rainbow bridge. “Now what are we going to do?” asked Yoonie. “I can’t walk across the rainbow bridge, it’s magic, and without my horn I can’t do magic things.” Yoonie started to cry again.</p>
<p>Just then, one of the Blue Fairy’s other friends, Beechnut the wood elf, came wandering across the bridge from the other direction. “Hi!” he said, as he spotted the Blue Fairy. “What are you two doing way up here?” “Someone took Yoonies horn while she was sleeping. We found some footprints and now we are following them to go find her horn.” replied the Blue Fairy. “But Yoonie can’t cross the bridge without her magic horn and we don’t know what to do now.</p>
<p>“By the way, why are you way up here Beechnut? You usually stay in the forest” said the Blue Fairy. “I was playing with some of the birds in the forest and Robin took my favorite elf hat with the red feather and hid it somewhere. So I was up here looking for it” he said. “You haven’t seen it have you?” “No” both Yoonie and the Blue Fairy said. “Well”, said Beechnut, “if you help me find my hat, I will let Yoonie borrow my magic acorn to go across the rainbow bridge.” “That would be great!” the Blue Fairy said. Yoonie started looking much happier.</p>
<p>The Blue Fairy knew that the best place to start looking for something is where it was last seen. So she asked Beechnut where he had it last. He told her that he last had it in the enchanted forest where he had been playing with the birds. So, back down the mountain they went. Down past the fluffing clouds, down,down, down until they were in the foothills just outside of the enchanted forest.</p>
<p>Once back inside the forest, Beechnut took them to the place he had been playing. “This is where I last had my favorite hat” he said. “Ok, lets start looking around” the Blue Fairy said. They looked in the bushes, they looked behind the trees, they looked under rocks, they looked in every nook and cranny they could find, but still no hat.</p>
<p>“Oh dear, I’m never going to get my horn back” wailed Yoonie. “Don’t lose hope yet Yoonie, we will find your horn and Beechnut’s hat, we just need to stop and think” said the Blue Fairy. “Maybe we can ask someone for help” she said. She looked around and saw Oogle the owl perched up in his tree. “Oogle” she yelled up into his tree, “have you seen a green elf hat with a red feather?” “Hoo hoo, yes I have, I saw red robin playing with one earlier.” “Do you know where it is?” asked the Blue Fairy. “No, but he was playing near that big oak tree when I saw him” replied Oogle. “Thank you Oogle” said the Blue Fairy.</p>
<p>So the Blue Fairy, Yoonie and Beechnut all walked over to the big oak tree. It was huge. They looked all over the ground around the tree but still did not find Beechnut’s hat. “What are we going to do now?” sniffed Yoonie. “It’s going to be dark soon and we still haven’t found Beechnut’s hat or my horn.” “Let me think” said the Blue Fairy. “We’ve looked all over the ground, but Robin is a bird and can fly. Maybe we haven’t been looking in the right place. Let me look up in the tree.” With that, the Blue Fairy flew up into the tree and looked around. She didn’t see anything at first and was about to give up when, up near the top of the tree she saw an opening. Peeking inside she saw Beechnut’s hat!</p>
<p>Grabbing the hat she flew down to the others shouting with joy. “I found it, I found it!” she cried. Landing on the ground next to Beechnut, she handed him his hat. “Thank you very much Blue Fairy” he said, “and you too Yoonie, here is my magic acorn. Just return it when your done with it.” Waving good bye, he ran off deeper into the enchanted forest.</p>
<p>“Yippie!” shouted Yoonie. “Now we can go find my horn.” So the two of them, Yoonie and the Blue Fairy, once more headed out of the enchanted forest following the footprints. Again they went through the foothills and up, up, up into the mountains of the Moon. Up past the fluffy clouds and once more stood at the rainbow bridge.</p>
<p>After making sure that Yoonie still had the magic acorn, they both walked across the bridge. At the top of the bridge they decided to slide down the other side. So they slid down the rainbow, bounced on the clouds, swung from the stars and floated all the way to the moon.</p>
<p>“That was fun” said Yoonie. “Let’s do it again.” “Don’t you want to find your horn?” the Blue Fairy asked. “Oh yes, I forgot. It was just so fun sliding and bouncing and swinging.” Following the footprints once again, they walked across the moon kicking up dust. Suddenly, they came upon a moon cave. The footprints went inside.</p>
<p>“Should we go inside?” Yoonie asked nervously. “If you want to find your horn we have to” said the Blue Fairy. Cautiously they entered the dark cave. Near the back wall of the cave lay Zorch the ogre. Laying next to him on the ground was Yoonies horn. With a squeal of joy Yoonie ran up and grabbed her horn and placed it back on her forehead.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Yoonie’s squeal had woken Zorch the ogre. “Grrrr, who is in here?” he growled. “Just us” said the Blue Fairy. “You took Yoonie’s horn, we came to get it back.” “I just wanted to borrow it so I could go across the rainbow bridge and explore this cave I heard about from my friend” he mumbled. “It isn’t nice to take things that don’t belong to you without asking first. You should be ashamed of yourself, next time ask.”</p>
<p>“I’m sorry Yoonie” Zorch said, “but, can I borrow it again to get back across the bridge because I still need it to go across? I don’t want to be stuck here.” Yoonie told him it would serve him right if he was stuck here, but in the end, she agreed to let him borrow it to get back across the rainbow bridge.</p>
<p>So all three returned to the enchanted forest. Yoonie had her horn back, the Blue Fairy felt good for helping her friends and maybe Zorch was a little wiser and had learned that it is better to ask for something than to just take it.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been some time since I last posted anything so I guess I will share this with anyone that is even slightly interested. Recently, I have been playing with Flash learning how it works etc. Pretty cool program actually. Anyway, I am thinking about making a little flash game for my 6 year old [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poet1960.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2135964&amp;post=150&amp;subd=poet1960&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s been some time since I last posted anything so I guess I will share this with anyone that is even slightly interested.  Recently, I have been playing with Flash learning how it works etc.  Pretty cool program actually.  Anyway, I am thinking about making a little flash game for my 6 year old daughter and have been contemplating all the assets I will need to actually pull it off, e.g. mostly the graphics.  With that in mind I have been browsing around reading and watching tutorials on various things.  One of the tutorials I watched was about making buttons for various uses.  The guy was using Photoshop (another great program) and was going through all kinds of gyrations with gradients and layers etc just to create a 3D look.  It did look good, but man what a lot of time and effort to make a button.  So, I got an idea on how to make those cool looking buttons with a LOT LESS messing around.  Here is what a few of my ideas look like.  Now, I want you to realize these are just some ideas for button styles that I came up with in two days.  It is more of a proof of concept than anything else.  Feel free to comment on them or even toss out an idea of your own.  After I figure out how to put these somewhere where people can actually see how the rollovers look and stuff, I will post again.  On an aside, I want to test this BlogSurfer.us thing.</p>
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<p>As promised I have put these buttons on a site where you can see them in action.  <a href="http://grinder7454.tripod.com/flash_buttons.html">CLICK HERE</a>.</p>
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