Putting Things In Prospective About the Obama Care Website Debacle.

From an email I received today. Well worth the read!

  

Putting Things in Perspective

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WWII vs. ACA website:    March 21, 2010 to October 1, 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days. December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day. What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this federal government to build a working website. Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks, planes, jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of guns, bombs, ammo, etc. Turning the tide in North Africa, invading Italy, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin - all while we were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific.   And the Obama Administration can't build a useable website."   The ULTIMATE INCOMPENTANT  ADMINISTRATION

Who Shut Down The Government? By Thomas Sowell

OCTOBER 4, 2013 Who Shut Down the Government?

Written by Thomas Sowell 10/4/2013 12:01:00 AM - Thomas Sowell

Even when it comes to something as basic, and apparently as simple and straightforward, as the question of who shut down the federal government, there are diametrically opposite answers, depending on whether you talk to Democrats or to Republicans.

There is really nothing complicated about the facts. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted all the money required to keep all government activities going -- except for ObamaCare.

This is not a matter of opinion. You can check the Congressional Record.

As for the House of Representatives' right to grant or withhold money, that is not a matter of opinion either. You can check the Constitution of the United States. All spending bills must originate in the House of Representatives, which means that Congressmen there have a right to decide whether or not they want to spend money on a particular government activity.

Whether ObamaCare is good, bad or indifferent is a matter of opinion. But it is a matter of fact that members of the House of Representatives have a right to make spending decisions based on their opinion.

ObamaCare is indeed "the law of the land," as its supporters keep saying, and the Supreme Court has upheld its Constitutionality.

But the whole point of having a division of powers within the federal government is that each branch can decide independently what it wants to do or not do, regardless of what the other branches do, when exercising the powers specifically granted to that branch by the Constitution.

The hundreds of thousands of government workers who have been laid off are not idle because the House of Representatives did not vote enough money to pay their salaries or the other expenses of their agencies -- unless they are in an agency that would administer ObamaCare.

Since we cannot read minds, we cannot say who -- if anybody -- "wants to shut down the government." But we do know who had the option to keep the government running and chose not to. The money voted by the House of Representatives covered everything that the government does, except for ObamaCare.

The Senate chose not to vote to authorize that money to be spent, because it did not include money for ObamaCare. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that he wants a "clean" bill from the House of Representatives, and some in the media keep repeating the word "clean" like a mantra. But what is unclean about not giving Harry Reid everything he wants?

If Senator Reid and President Obama refuse to accept the money required to run the government, because it leaves out the money they want to run ObamaCare, that is their right. But that is also their responsibility.

You cannot blame other people for not giving you everything you want. And it is a fraud to blame them when you refuse to use the money they did vote, even when it is ample to pay for everything else in the government.

When Barack Obama keeps claiming that it is some new outrage for those who control the money to try to change government policy by granting or withholding money, that is simply a bald-faced lie. You can check the history of other examples of "legislation by appropriation" as it used to be called.

Whether legislation by appropriation is a good idea or a bad idea is a matter of opinion. But whether it is both legal and not unprecedented is a matter of fact.

Perhaps the biggest of the big lies is that the government will not be able to pay what it owes on the national debt, creating a danger of default. Tax money keeps coming into the Treasury during the shutdown, and it vastly exceeds the interest that has to be paid on the national debt.

Even if the debt ceiling is not lifted, that only means that government is not allowed to run up new debt. But that does not mean that it is unable to pay the interest on existing debt.

None of this is rocket science. But unless the Republicans get their side of the story out --and articulation has never been their strong suit -- the lies will win. More important, the whole country will lose.

Pass this on!!

Chesapeake Lays Off 800

Chesapeake Energy lays off 800 people

Updated Oct 8, 2013 4:19 PM

Chesapeake Energy informed 800 people on Tuesday that they were being laid off. According to the company, 640 of the laid-off workers are in Oklahoma City.

The company said they are in the middle of an organization restructuring that will be completed by Nov. 1.

The company said it offered employees a severance package that included three months' pay, 100 percent acceleration of equity, a lump sum COBRA payment and outplacement services.

Chief Executive Officer Doug Lawler said they would host an all-employee Town Hall on Wednesday.

Extremely Sad Days In America.....

Written by a USMC Vet
  I can't argue with any of it.  Passing it along as it was received.

He  wrote:
 The  American Dream ended (on November 6th). The second term of Barack

Obama will be the final nail in the coffin for the legacy of the  white

Christian males who discovered, explored, pioneered, settled  and

developed the greatest Republic in the history of  mankind.
A  coalition of Blacks, Latinos, Feminists, Gays, Government Workers, Union

Members,  Environmental Extremists, The Media, Hollywood,

uninformed young people, the "forever needy," the chronically

unemployed, illegal aliens and other "fellow travelers" have ended

Norman Rockwell's America.The Cocker Spaniel is off the front

porch...the Pit Bull is in the back yard.
The  American Constitution has been replaced with Saul Alinsky's "Rules  for

Radicals" and Chicago shyster,  David Axelrod, along with international

Socialist George Soros will  be pulling the strings on their beige

puppet to bring us Act 2 of  the New World  Order
Our side ran two candidates who couldn't even win their own home states,  and

the circus fatty Chris Christie helped Obama over the top with a

glowing "post Sandy" tribute that elevated the  "Commander-in-Chief" to

Mother Teresa status.
People  like me are completely politically irrelevant, and I will never  again

comment on or concern myself with the aforementioned coalition  which

has surrendered our culture, our heritage and our traditions  without a

shot being fired.
You  will never again out vote these people. It will take individual acts  of

defiance and massive displays of civil disobedience to get back  the

rights we have allowed them to take away. It will take Zealots,  not

moderates--not reach-across-the-aisle RINOs to right this ship  and

restore our beloved country to its former  status.
Those  who come after us will have to risk their lives, their fortunes and  their

sacred honor to bring back the Republic that this generation  has

timidly frittered away due to "white guilt" and political  correctness....
I'm  done Dear  Patriots:

At  least in OUR time, we knew and understood  Valor!

It  is, to that end, our lives will conclude as they were begun-No  Surrender and

God Bless America.

How to fix welfare for good... at least the abusers!

"IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER,YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM"  WRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD FEMALE   Wow, this girl has a great plan! Love the last thing she would do the best. This was written by a 21 yr old female who gets it. It's her future she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are just common sense in her opinion. This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX  PUT ME IN CHARGE . . . Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job. Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job. Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place. In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.." Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem. If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices. AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.

The kind of stuff that makes my blood boil! Ed Mezvinsky

This may surprise some........ 
Snopes verified: 
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/mezvinsky.asp 
  
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson

YOU WON'T SEE IT IN THE MEDIA.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who is Ed Mezvinsky?... Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky born January 17, 1937, is a former Democrat congressman.  As a Democrat, he represented Iowa 's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977. He sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decided the fate of Richard Nixon. He and the Clinton's were very politically intertwined for years. In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.  He was sentenced to 80 months in (Federal) prison. Ed Mezvinsky embezzled more than $10 million dollars from people via both a Ponzi scheme and the notorious Nigerian e-mail scams. After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008.  He remained on federal probation through 2011, and still owes $9.4 million in restitution to his victims. So who is he?     Marc and Chelsea Mezvinsky He's Chelsea Clinton's father-in law. Has anyone heard mention of this in any of the media?  If this guy was Jenna or Barbara Bush's, or better yet, Sarah Palin's daughter's, father-in- law, the news would be an everyday headline. Some say there are no double standards in politics .  .  .  S-u-r-e there aren't...

I found this fascinating. (Copied from an email)

How Great is our God!!! Our Creator and Redeemer . . . and do we THINK about it ??? God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs... For example: -the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days -those of the canary in 14 days -those of the barnyard hen in 21 days -The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days -those of the mallard in 35 days -The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days. (Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!) God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant: The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body--too large to live on two legs. For this reason, He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily. The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation! God's wisdom and perfect order is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains. -Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind. -Each orange has an even number of segments. -Each ear of corn has an even number of rows. -Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains. -Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number. -The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather. -All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold all even numbers. -God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed! The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life. If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to a profitable end. I HOPE YOU FIND THIS AS FASCINATING AS I DID. May God Bless You In Ways You Never Even Dreamed. I didn't think twice about forwarding this one. The Bible: When you carry "the Bible", Satan has a headache, when you open it, he collapses, when he sees you reading it, he loses his strength, AND when you stand on the Word of God, Satan can't hurt you! And did you also know... When you are about to forward this email to others, the devil will probably try to discourage you, but do it anyway.

An amazing prophecy of what our Government would become! I'm shocked at the accuracy!

This is absolutely incredible. 

It is very important that you closely inspect the 1934 cartoon below.  Keep in mind there were Communist and Marxist operatives in the USA in 1934 when we were in the middle of the Great Depression. This cartoon was in the Chicago Tribune in 1934. Look carefully at the Communists "Plan of Action" in the lower left corner.

Does this seem familiar?

Remember the adage: "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."

Founded by geniuses but run by idiots....

IF

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of Unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, TV's and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

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