Financial Markets, Politics and the New Reality

Financial Markets, Politics and the New Reality

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A disturbing trend

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The photo below captures a disturbing trend that is beginning to 
affect US wildlife . . . .
     

Animals that were formerly self-sufficient are now showing signs
of belonging to the Democrat Party... as they have apparently
learned to just sit and wait for the government to step in and provide for their care and sustenance.

This photo is of a Democrat black bear in Montana nicknamed . .
Bearack Obearma.

2012 Democratic National Convention Schedule -- Charlotte, N.C. 4:00 PM – Opening Flag Burning Ceremony – sponsored by CNN 4:05 PM – Singing of "God Damn America " led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright 4:10 PM – Pledge of Allegiance to Obama 4:15 PM – Ceremonial 'I hate America' led by Michelle Obama 4:30 PM – Tips on “How to keep your man trustworthy & true to you while you travel the world” – Hillary Clinton 4:45 PM –Al Sharpton / Jesse Jackson seminar “How to have a successful career without having a job.”  5:00 PM – “Great Vacations I’ve Taken on the Taxpayer’s Dime Travel Log” - Michelle Obama 5:30 PM – Eliot Spitzer Speaks on "Family Values" via Satellite 5:45 PM – Tribute to All 57 States – Nancy Pelosi 6:00 PM – Sen. Harry Reid - 90-minute speech expressing the Democrat’s appreciation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and George Soros for sparing no expense, for all that they have accomplished to unify the country, improve employment and to boost the economy. 8:30 PM – Airing of Grievances by the Clintons 9:00 PM – “Bias in Media – How we can make it work for you” Tutorial – sponsored by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times 9:15 PM – Tribute Film to Brave Freedom Fighters incarcerated at GITMO – Michael Moore 9:45 PM – Personal Finance Seminar - Charlie Rangle 10:00 PM – Denunciation of Bitter Gun Owners and Bible readers , 10:30 PM – Ceremonial Waving of White Flag for IRAQ , & Afghanistan 11:00 PM – Obama Energy Plan Symposium / Tire Gauge Demonstration / You too can get rich with Green Investment bankruptcies 11:15 PM – Free Gov. Blagovich rally 11:30 PM – Obama Accepts Oscar, Tony and Latin Grammy Awards 11:45 PM – Feeding of the Delegates with 5 Loaves and 2 Fish – Obama Presiding 12:00 AM – Official Nomination of Obama by Bill Maher and Chris “He sends a thrill up my leg” Matthews 12:01 AM – Obama Accepts Nomination as Lord and Savior 12:05 AM – Celestial Choirs Sing 3:00 AM – Biden Delivers Acceptance Speech

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I am merely passing this on as received.

Written by a female Obama supporter who voted for him for president.

Legitimate Question 

This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. I voted for Obama. McCain was a Washington insider and we don 't need any more of them. I have changed my mind three times, since then. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. I started thinking "where does all the money come from for President Obama"? I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans. I started looking into Obama 's history for my own peace of mind.

Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California . He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. "Barry" (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan. During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a "round the world" trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia, next Hyderabad in India, three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate 's family, then off to Africa to visit his father 's family.

My question - Where did he get the money for this trip? Nether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they were in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York. It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia? It 's not cheap to say the least. 

My girls asked me; where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe it 's none of my business?

After Columbia, he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000. a year. Why Chicago? Why not New York? He was already living in New York . By "chance" he met Antoin "Tony" Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery several times in the past and in 2011. Rezko, was named. 

"Entrepreneur of the Decade" by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association". About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School ? 

Where did he get the money for Law School ? More student loans? His family has no money that 's for sure.

After Law school, he went back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what I discovered? They represented "Rezar" which is Rezko 's firm. 

Rezko was one of Obama 's first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago . In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with "seed money" for his U.S. Senate race.

In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for this property? On the same day Rezko 's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama 's new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.

Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama 's boss. She is now Obama 's chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first. Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran ! Am I going nuts or is there a pattern here?

On May 10, 2008, The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was "sacked" after the press found out he was having regular contacts with "Hamas", which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran. This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama 's visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will "Take care of things". What the heck does that mean?

Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that were born in Pakistan? They are in charge of all those "small" Internet campaign contribution for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East

And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2009, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, "My Muslim faith". When questioned, "he made a mistake". Some mistake huh?

All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.

Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own, Why haven 't all of our "intelligent" members of the press been reporting this? Is this a Kettle of Fish?? As Arsenio Hall would say.----"HUMMMMMMM! Does something stink or is it my imagination?" These are legitimate questions for our president. 

Rachelle Derrough
Provider - M.D., RS - PHYSICIANS FOR WOMEN
CoxHealth 
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Dear friend,

Dan Cathy, President of the popular food chain Chick-fil-A 
unleashed a mighty liberal assault when he commented that he 
supports "the biblical definition of the family unit."

Cathy's comments sparked angry protests from a number of gay 
rights and LGBT groups, including the mayor of Boston who said 
he wouldn't allow Chick-fil-A to open business in his city.

Similar sentiment arose in Chicago where an Alderman said he
was working to block Chick-fil-A. Windy City mayor Rahm Emanuel 
punctuated the outrage saying, "Chick-fil-A's values are not 
Chicago's values." 

Of course, this was just before Emanuel welcomed Islam leader
Louis Farrahkhan to Chicago. Apparently, the radical leader and 
hater of traditional American values better represents the 
"family values" of Chicago?

Whether you agree or disagree with Cathy's comments, he has a
right to speak his mind. Elected officials who should know 
better have no authority or right to censor Cathy's speech or 
use government blockades of business over differing opinions.

That's why I added my name to this Grassfire Nation petition,
to reject these kinds of unlawful assaults against the First 
Amendment and our right to speak freely.

I urge you to click below and add your name to this important
petition:

http://www.grassfire.com/271/petition.asp?PID=36786974&NID=1

Grassfire will deliver these petitions to Cathy, and those 
government officials who insist on trampling our First Amendment 
rights.

Thanks you for standing with me.

Sincerely,

MAJ Joseph M Moran

Today's Lesson

 

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is actually proud of the fact it is distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals."

Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.



This ends today's lesson.

 

The Evolution of Obama's "You didn't build that!"

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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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