Dear fellow Patriot, Nearly 1 million American firearms. Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen. In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration quietly banned the re-importation of nearly 600,000 American made M1 Carbine rifles. And I've just discovered Obama may be blocking as many 300,000 1911 Colts too! That's nearly one million pieces of American history denied to the American people. The M1 rifle, developed in the late 1930’s, carried the United States through World War II seeing action in every major battle. General Patton at the time called the M1 “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” The rifle is largely credited with giving American soldiers the advantage and securing victory for the allies. During the Korean War, nearly one million of these rifles were brought to South Korea and left with the South Korean government afterward. Now, South Korea wants to give American gun collectors the chance to get their hands on this unique piece of history. A piece of American history that Barack Obama would like to see go down the memory hole. That’s why I want as many Americans as possible to put themselves on record opposing this gun ban by signing theOfficial Firearms Freedom Survey the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you. Will you please join me? After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these rifles overseas to our allies and friends. That includes 950,000 M1 Garands, 1.2 million M1 Carbines, and 300,000 1911 Pistols. Over the past 50 years, many of the countries we lent them to returned them to America to be bought and sold by firearms collectors. This is nothing new. Make no mistake; these firearms were made in America, by Americans, for Americans, to defend freedom on foreign shores. As a part of our history, they are greatly sought after by American shooters and collectors. But according to Hillary Clinton’s State Department there is a danger they might “fall into the wrong hands.” That they might, possibly, one day be used in a crime. No mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the opportunity to own an integral part of American history. The State Department’s outrageous claims are nothing more than a thinly veiled ploy to distract from the real issue: President Obama’s deep seated hatred for gun rights. While his gun-grabbing base is giddy with praise at this back-door gun ban, law-abiding citizens across the United States are crying foul. Let me be clear: at no time in U.S. history has the ownership of this of these firearms -- or any part of these firearms -- been illegal, restricted or banned. Americans have collected World War II M1 rifles for decades. Now they are sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. You can even purchase a newly manufactured model from Springfield Armory that was made just a month or two ago. And the M1’s caliber or capacity is no more dangerous than the millions of modern firearms owned by Americans across the country today. As you can see, there is absolutely no justification for this unconstitutional gun ban. This is just the latest in a series of anti-gun schemes from the Obama Administration: *** A new so-called “Assaults Weapon Ban" -- targeting ALL semi-automatic rifles and shotguns -- which, unlike the Clinton ban, would NEVER expire; *** An outright BAN on “high capacity” magazines -- banning the sale and manufacture of magazines holding more than just a handful of rounds; *** A National Concealed Carry “Standard” -- designed to make it even more difficult for law-abiding citizens to carry a gun to protect themselves and their families from assault; *** Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Catch-All Gun Control Scheme” -- to create a national “cannot buy registry,” allowing citizens to be stripped of their Second Amendment rights on a Justice Department whim, effectively banning all private gun sales. That’s why it is essential that Americans like you and I take a stand against the M1 Carbine and 1911 gun ban! It has been common practice since the end of World War II to re-import these American made rifles from the foreign allies they were lent to during the war. But the Obama Administration departs radically from the American tradition. In fact, on top of banning American citizens from owning these historic firearms, Obama’s State Department is arranging for the destruction of nearly one million of them -- ironically, at a time of ballooning federal deficits. It’s an outrage! These firearms -- truly pieces of American history -- rightly belong in the hands of U.S. citizens. That’s why I was glad to hear that the National Association for Gun Rights is helping fight this power grab in the U.S. Senate. Do you believe the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment are the supreme law of the land? Do you believe that President Obama banning the re-importation of these historic firearms is an unprecedented and unconstitutional power grab? Do you support Congress forcing President Obama to reverse his ban and save these American made firearms from destruction? If you said “Yes” to these questions, please sign the Firearms Freedom Survey the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you. Your survey will put you squarely on the record AGAINST Barack Obama’s Gun Ban. And along with your signed survey, I hope you’ll send a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35 to help finance this battle. With your generous contribution, the National Association for Gun Rights will continue contacting Second Amendment supporters to turn up the heat on targeted U.S. Senators. Not only that, but they’re preparing a massive program to launch the designed to force President Obama to reverse this ban. Direct mail.  Phones.  E-mail.  Blogs.  Guest editorials.  Press conferences.  Hard-hitting internet, newspaper, radio and even TV ads if funding permits.  The whole nine yards. Of course, a program of this scale is only possible if the National Association for Gun Rights can raise the money. But that’s not easy. So please put yourself on record AGAINST Barack Obama’s Rifle Ban by signing NAGR’sFirearms Freedom Survey. But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35. And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10 or $20, your help will still make a difference. Thank you in advance for your time and money devoted to defending our Second Amendment rights. For Freedom, Rand Paul United States Senator P.S. In a move unprecedented in American history, Barack Obama secretly banned the re-importation of nearly a million American made M1 Carbine rifles and 1911 pistols. The M1 rifle, developed in the 1930’s, carried the U.S. through World War II seeing action in every major battle. So please put yourself on record AGAINST the Barack Obama’s Rifle Gun by signing NAGR’s Firearms Freedom Survey. But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution to the National Association for Gun Rights of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35. And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10 or $20, your help will still make a difference.

The definition of freedom is the unimpeded pursuit of happiness and prosperity...something that veterans fight for and fight to defend"
-Concerned Veterans for America

Dear Supporter,

As Congress leaves for vacation (i.e. August recess) our nation continues to face fiscal ruin.  The national debt looms near $16 trillion. $500 billion in defense cuts await a "meat ax" that will cut hundreds of thousands of troops, without truly cutting the debt or fixing our spending problem.  On top of that, more than 12.7 million Americans are out of work, including 806,000 veterans.

Washington's answer? Take a vacation.

Join Concerned Veterans for America and tell the Senate to spend August working.  It's time to Defend and Reform our Defense Budget.  Visit our facebook and share our graphic with your friends, family and fellow warfighters.  Let's send a message and tell the Senate: end the BS, and call a vote!

Thank you for supporting Concerned Veterans for America.  Together with you, our grassroots efforts are possible.



Pete Hegseth
Concerned Veterans for America

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My Bucket List for 2012

 

Why God sends rain to Mexico and not the Middle East

 

g - It is all so very clear to me now!! d

 

 

WHY GOD SENDS RAIN TO MEXICO & NOT THE MIDDLE EAST             ===================================================       ANY QUESTIONS? . . . . I DIDN'T THINK SO!

Profound!

 

G - the Czech's really nailed this one!!! d

This quote was translated into English from an article appearing in 
the Czech Republic as published in the Prager Zeitung of 28 April 2011.

... "The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable 
of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency.
  It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama 
presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment
  to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their 
president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. 
Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of 
the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that
  made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It 
is less likely to survive a multitude of Idiots such as those who
  made him their president."

 

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It is not common for a Koala to bear twins and, regrettably in this instance, the Mum was struck and killed by a passing car. Fortunately, the driver stopped, and took the mother to the local vet, not knowing she was dead - where it was soon discovered that she had these twins in her pouch.   First photo: Tiny Koala being fed with syringe. Followed by a pictorial chronology of their growth... It is just so nice to see a story that has a happy ending in these troubled times that we live in. Taking care of others is a great way to forget about our own problems and difficulties!

Born and Raised Here: This is why the "old folks"  are Mad -- AS WELL WE SHOULD BE!!

THIS IS TRULY AN OUTRAGE. My name is d'Lynn.  I'm a disabled Vietnam vet.  I don't look too bad for a beat-up old guy, do I?  And that's my ride.  She's looking pretty good looking also, especially when you consider that she'll turn twenty this summer.  That's right, it's a 1990 with a 1990 sidecar.  I can't ride a solo bike, ergo the sidecar rig.  It's my sole means of transportation - rain or shine, snow or wind, and this summer also marks a milestone in both of our lives, as I will finally be able to pay her off.  Twenty years old?  What?  Why did it take so long?  You weren't paying attention, were you?  It's right at the beginning of this paragraph.  I am a disabled vet, which means I receive a veterans administration disability pension, which also means "I'm broke!"  Just one step ahead of being homeless every month, and that's not an idle statement or an"Oh, woe is me" dire complaint.  There’s a point to this, so hang in there a minute or two and read on. There's a 25-year-old illegal immigrant woman living in Florida , with eight kids.  Yes, eight "anchor babies" and she receives just shy of $1,500 per month per kid, plus medical, plus food stamps.  Oh, wait.  I've been informed that I shouldn't call them Food Stamps anymore.  That's not PC.  It's all called “Social Assistance” now.  You do the math on that yourself.  I'd say that she was schooled early in how to make it in the system.  Twenty-five years old, eight kids . . . . . yep, she started early. You can whip out the calculator if you want, but this women who never has paid a dime in taxes of any kind, (and still doesn't – she's 'illegal,' remember?) is here in this country illegally.  She hasn’t paid one one cent in medical for all the “anchor babies,” makes more in one month, legally, than I receive in over a year and a half in disability payments and I can't even get food stamps!  Oops, I mean “Social Assistance.” Technically I am eligible for “Social Assistance.”  I was told it would be a walk through – a gimme – being disabled.  No problem, and in the very next breath I was also informed that under the law the amount I received in “Social Assistance” would be deducted from my disability pension. Let's say I take a great photograph.  It was just luck, a one of a kind accidental, in the right place at the right time shot.  My local newspaper offers me fifty bucks to use the photo in a featured story.  (I live in a small town and fifty bucks is all they could afford.)  I have to report that fifty dollars to the VA as earned income,  which will immediately be deducted from my next month’s disability check.  If I don't report it I’m in violation of federal law and technically they can stop my disability pension and prosecute me under a federal felony.  Pretty cool, eh?  For fifty bucks. I see no point in dealing with two federal bureaucracies, so I don't bother.  What's the point? She's here illegally and with just one kid would make over twice what I receive per month.  She has eightand she’s not a stand-out case.  She’s not alone.  That's the way the system works.  Millions of illegal immigrants know this, know how the system works and know how to use it.  (Haven't you seen the pamphlet?  It's handed out all along our borders, "The Illegal Immigrants' Guide to Keeping America Just The Way It Is.") and that's just the way it works. Did you know that the federal government provides a “refugee” in this country with a monthly “stipend” of $1,890, plus $580 a month in “Social Assistance?” That’s $2,470 a month, tax-free.  That's two and a half times what I’m allowed to receive as a disabled vet.  And just what did they do to earn this?  All you have to do is show up on our collective doorstep, raise your right hand and swear that you're a refugee and, bingo, receive $30,000 a year, tax-free.  That's more than someone making $15 an hour, and they have to pay taxes to boot! Now, in defense of the Veterans Administration, they are doing what they can with what they've got.  This is precious little compared to what they should have to get the job done.  At least this country has a VA.  It's the Senate that keeps passing laws, rules and guidelines, cutting their budget, denying requests for more staff and computer systems to handle the massive work flow.  Their hands are tied by the very government that's supposed to give them what they need to get the job done, by the government you voted into office.  Don't scream at the VA.  I have.  It's misguided anger.  The point to this “story?”  Just why are you paying such high taxes to support this incredibly screwed-up government?  Why?  And I’m not proposing you stop paying your taxes.  That's wrong.  There are good programs and reasons to pay your taxes and support our government.  What am I proposing?  It's quite simple.  Vote.  The government, our government, is broken and we as the voters serve as the maintenance crew.  We fix it . . . . . by voting.  If your state Senator has been in office more then two terms, vote'em out at the next election.  If your state representative has been in office more then two terms, vote'em out of office.  We put term limits on just about every publicly-elected official in the country except the House and Senate.  Why?  Believe me, they know this and love it!  Ahhh - the power! I don't care how much you believe your Senator or Representative is doing a good job.  They're not!  Look at the government you have, that we have.  How can you state they are doing what you want as the voter that put them there?  How? Vote them out of office.  Do it.  Change the course of this country's history by what you are granted and guaranteed under the law.  Vote!  And if you have the guts, the anger, the outrage, start a petition in your state for a state-wide initiative to be placed on your next state ballot.  Limiting the terms of office for your state senators and state representatives to your  federal government to two terms. The federal government will never pass such a law, but you can.  You can get it done.  You can force it.  You can make it a law.  This is the first step in “getting it right.”  Just vote.  It's simple.  It's easy. This first step will send a very clear message. It’ll work.  It’ll put “us” back in control of “them.”  As it should be.  As it was intended in the first place. Are you an American?  Born and raised?  Then vote!  Side note:  I sent this e-mail to a little over one hundred on my e-mail list.  If you believe I’m wrong or misguided or you simply don't agree, that's fine.  Go right ahead a delete this e-mail.  No problem.  Sorry to have bothered you.  But if you think I just might have a worthwhile idea, something we can easily accomplish, something that could be a small part at getting this country back under “our” control, then please pass this along.

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Nicest place to be: in someone's thoughts

Safest place to be: in someone's prayers

Best place to be: in Gods Hands

 

God Bless You and God Bless America