Welshtaff's Blog

 Well if this happens guess I will just drive my American car into the ground and start walking.

 I have never bought an import and I never will  (although I have worked on a lot of them.

 This country needs all the support we can give right now. We need all aspects of industry; we are loosing jobs left right and center and who's to blame, in my opinion it is congress and people like Clinton who have gone to these country's and have made underhanded deals and unfair trade practices and the cost is being paid for by the American worker and their family’s who deserves better.

 What if there was a war and the country that is supplying our modes of transport takes sides with that invading country? We will never have the time to tool up and build the necessary equipment that is needed in time of need and not only that; they will have all the information on design and we know they do a good job of stealing most information now or reverse engineer items they want to build and profit by.

 And lets not forget WW2 where American companies built aircraft, Jeeps, trucks, generators, rifle’s, handguns, they produced foods and supplied Europe with food, no other country could produce as much in such a short time as the American worker and American industries.

 I can imagine the sacrifice of the servicemen who were lost in WW2 to keep this country strong, I wonder what they would say if they could return for one day and see the mess we are in to day.

 I hope with this new president things will change but already I see the writing on the wall where a previous President staff is being put in place, they didn’t do well then, do we expect them to change now, I doubt it.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves

-ABRAHAM LINCOLN

You see......"character" is what's shown when the public is not looking.

There were no cameras or press invited to what you are about to read about, and the story comes from one person in New Hampshire.

One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and a heartfelt talk about Iraq. They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers - - soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.

Mr. McCain did not bring cameras or press.
Instead, he brought his youngest son, James McCain, 19, then a private first class in the Marine Corps about to leave for Iraq. Father and son sat down to hear more about Ms. Flanagan's brother Michael Cleary, a 24-year-old Army First Lieutenant killed by an ambush ... a roadside bomb.

No one mentioned the obvious: In just days, Jimmy McCain could face similar perils. 'I can't imagine what it must have been like for them as they were coming to meet with a family that .....' Ms. Flanagan recalled, choking up. 'We lost a dear one,' she finished.

Mr. McCain, now the Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American troops can bring stability to Iraq. What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son, who spent seven months patrolling Anbar Province and learned of his father's New Hampshire victory in January while he was digging a stuck military vehicle out of the mud.Two of Jimmy's three older brothers went into the military. Doug McCain, 48, was a Navy pilot. Jack McCain, 21, is to graduate from the Naval Academy next year, raisin g the chances that his father, if elected, could become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower with a son at war.

I chose to share this with those who I believe will pass it on, to others who will pass it on. We hear so much inflated trash out there. How about a simple act of kindness ... and dedication to others placed above oneself?

For those who don't like Cut and Paste's too bad

it's item like this that needs to be read by all, having character is a lost art and needs to be restored.....WT

Well I have heard all the rhetoric about why Hillary lost ( Boo Hoo)

She lost because of her credibility “She has none” for those who wished she

had won check her past if you dare to hear the truth, she’s slick just like slick Willie listen too her very closely remember what she said in the past what she steals from other speeches, Do you want the White house to be raped again like when Willie and she left

I would be happy to vote for a woman it would be a change and an interesting time too see what a woman would do while in office but it needs to be a woman of integrity to lead this fine country into the future.

Ref: Your Turn, Thursday June 05 2008

QUOTE “RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production

until customers demand it,  apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices”.

Well it’s about time our congress got off their backsides and tell the Saudi's to fight their own war.

Stop sending monetary aid. And apply that monetary aid too lower the price of their oil, The Saudi’s have always had too have their own way as far as I remember; its about time they were put in their place and stop all this nonsense.

We also need to start drilling oil again in this country; we have as much oil as the whole of the Middle East

The people who are whining about the eye sore that these oil wells will be; they need to wake up and know that these wells are 125 miles off shore, You can’t see 125 miles off shore.

Congress need to start doing their job and keep this country and its people safe and prosperous.

Did anyone watch Your turn today?

I just rolled off my chair when a male called in and stated that there were only two great presidents ever in the US.....

President Kennedy and President Bill Clinton well John F Kennedy was 100% right

but Bill the coward are you kidding " This caller had to be on drugs"

I'm still choking and these presidents are rolling in there graves; President Washington, Lincoln, Truman, Roosevelt (2 of them) Wilson, Adams,, Regan

Madison just to name a few.

This is an interesting site, it shows how the Arabic Nations and others vote against us while accepting our finacial assistance.

Its about time this country put the tax payers money; to help our poor, starving, homeless

and othe needy people.

This is outragous and needs to stop.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp>

I, Welshtaff, post this only for the information that it contains, I hold no views either way. Or accept credit for the contents

This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us..

Get mad and pass it on. I don't know how, but maybe some good will come of 
this travesty.

If the immigrant is over 65 he can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more 
than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 till 2004, only 
getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there is a 'catch 
22'.

It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee 
with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can also obtain an 
additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2, 470.00/month.

This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the 
growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years can only receive a 
monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income 
Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked 
off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up 
to $2,470.00 and enjoy some of the money we w ere forced to submit to the 
Government over the last 40, 50 or 60 years.

Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians 
(Nancy Pelosi included) have been doing over the past 11 years -- to the 
over-taxed American.

Windfall Tax!! 
Windfall Tax on Retirement Income
 
  Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That's what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below...............

  Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income.  In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! You aren't going to believe this.

  Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds! Alas , it i s true - all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!

  This woman is frightening.
  She quotes..." We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest."  ( I am not rich, are you)

 When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
 "We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'."  (Read that quote again and again and let it sink in.  "Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it".  

This is what Pelosi has just done to benefit her and her husband

.  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who promised a new era of ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress.  The pet project involved renovating ports in Speaker Pelosi's home base of San Francisco.  Pelosi just happens to own apartment buildings near the areas targeted for improvement, and will almost certainly experience a significant boost in property value as a result of Pelosi's earmark.  Earlier in the year, Pelosi found herself in hot water for demanding access to a luxury Air Force jet to ferry the Speaker and her entourage back and forth from San Francisco non-stop, in unprecedented request which was wisely rejected by the Pentagon.  And under Pelosi’s leadership, the House ethics process remains essentially shut down – which protects members in both parties from accountability.

You got to view this

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=70071099377
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Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s

“Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007

1.  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY):  In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records.  Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals.  Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again).  And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007.  Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme

9.  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who promised a new era of ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress.  The pet project involved renovating ports in Speaker Pelosi's home base of San Francisco.  Pelosi just happens to own apartment buildings near the areas targeted for improvement, and will almost certainly experience a significant boost in property value as a result of Pelosi's earmark.  Earlier in the year, Pelosi found herself in hot water for demanding access to a luxury Air Force jet to ferry the Speaker and her entourage back and forth from San Francisco non-stop, in unprecedented request which was wisely rejected by the Pentagon.  And under Pelosi’s leadership, the House ethics process remains essentially shut down – which protects members in both parties from accountability.

See if your politcian is listed

I think Polosi is bordering on grand theft with what she has done

http://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-announc
es-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politician
s-2007

We all have to use Bank's, I remember times when most banks had very good service, most employee's knew their customers by name, Interest rates were fair and didn't gouge your pocket book, business was handled in english, you didn't have to wait hours to speak to a specalist, and you were not nit picked with charges for every minute service that was requested.

Today; Service stinks, Most employee's don't care if they know you or not, and you have to press 1 to conduct your business in English...Is your Bank listed below?

Bank                                     Number of complaints                     % of total

Bank of America                7,230                          
         25.5

J.P. Morgan Chase            4,890                                   17.3

Citigroup                               3,742     
                              13.2

Wells Fargo                          2,695                                     9.5

HSBC North America         1,963                                     6.9

Wachovia                              1,265                                      4.5

U.S. Bancorp                         1,027                                     3.6

National City                             586                  
                   2.1

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group       537                   1.9

Key Corp                                                  
   343                   1.2

Total Top 10 complaints                    24,278                  85.7

Total complaints                                  28,316                  100

And they say Automobile Dealers are bad !

  Subject: American Suicide
 Wherever you stand, please take the time to read this; it ought to scare the pants off you!
 
            We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of America 's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, 'Mexifornia,' explaining how immigration both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
        Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States He said, 'If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.  Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that  'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.''
      'Here is how they do it,’ Lamm said: 'First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.' History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.'
      Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, 'Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
Third, 'We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'the apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'
Lamm said, 'I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.'
'Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population.  I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.'
      'My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victim- logy.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.'
     'My sixth plan for America ‘s downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other  - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty.  Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions.  Greece fell. 'E. Pluribus Unum'; from many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the
emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of t he 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.'
     'Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or  'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.'
      In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, 'Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book.'
     There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness.  Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book '1984.' In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: 'War is peace,' 'Freedom is slavery,' and 'Ignorance is strength.'
      Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy are deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don’t get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path especially The American Dream.
      If you care for and love our country as I do, take the time to pass this on just as I did for you. NOTHING is going to happen if you don't.

I, Welshtaff, post this only for the information that it contains, I hold no views either way. Or accept credit for the contents