Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Free Country? Think Again!

WASHINGTON -- The Misguided Senate voted on Tuesday to keep a provision to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them indefinitely without trial.
Think about these words...
INDEFINITELY WITHOUT TRIAL
Now, I ask you why this should concern us. Why? We all want the terrorists punished right? We want to be safe and protected. Let's consider who are under suspicion.
Here are a couple:
"having missing fingers" OMG my Uncle has missing fingers, they were smashed in a JRT action while he was in the Reserves and had to be amputated. Could he be under suspicion?  
"having firearms and ammunition, especially weatherproof ammo" Ummm.... 2nd Amendment?
"having a stock pile of more than 7 days of food" HELLO? Times are hard, with the economy the way it is who isn't stocking up? We try to, we never know when hubby's company is going to go belly up and close so why would we not stock up? He gets paid every two weeks so we try to get two weeks worth of groc at a time... OMG are we under suspicion? What about canning/freezing summer vegis? That surely would be under suspicion.
Now that you know a few obscure things that may lead to suspicion... I am not saying that this is the only thing or that it would EVER be used as a method to detain innocent citizens but let's face the truth of the way the world is right now. We do not know. Why allow our government to bypass the very thing they have been elected into office to uphold in the name of national security? ANYTHING that bypasses our Constitutional Rights, no matter what the intentional purpose of the act, could be used on innocent people. Do you know how easy it is for a sitting president (no matter which political party they may be in) to declare martial law? National Disaster, Terrorist Attack, Civil Unrest, and "Other Circumstances" (whatever that is)are all reasons martial law could be declared. I'm not saying this president, or the next or thirty years down the line would take advantage of these laws and turn them against us but when it comes to our freedoms, and the freedoms of our children and grandchildren WE NEED TO BE ASKING THE WHAT IF'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whenever a law goes before congress we the people need to be asking what if someone got into office that wanted to usurp our freedoms? This is not being asked enough lately. People are afraid they will lose facebook friends or be told to put their tin foil hat back on. They don't want to be labeled a nutcase or conspiracy theorist or worse, they are so afraid of terrorism in the now they fail to realize the very things being claimed to protect us are taking away our freedoms and place our future in very unstable ground. Don't think a president of this country could become a dictator? I am sure the countries of Egypt and Iraq (and numerous other countries) thought the same many years ago.... I am sure the people of Germany did not believe any one could take their country into such a dark place as to exterminate more than one million Jewish children! Do you see what I am saying? Can you see why this SHOULD concern every law abiding citizen of this country?

Sen. Rand Paul Defends Constitutional Liberties:
There is one thing and one thing only protecting innocent Americans from being detained at will at the hands of a too-powerful state - our constitution, and the checks we put on government power. Should we err today and remove some of the most important checks on state power in the name of fighting terrorism, well, then the terrorists have won. Detaining citizens without a court trial is not American. In fact, this alarming arbitrary power is reminiscent of Egypt's "permanent" Emergency Law authorizing preventive indefinite detention, a law that provoked ordinary Egyptians to tear their country apart last spring and risk their lives to fight.









61 senators betrayed us yesterday. They authorized, as an amendment to the
Defense Authorization Act, the indefinite suspension of habeus corpus.
We are now officially a police state.
Their names are as follows:
Ayotte (R- NH)
Barrasso (R- WY)
Blunt (R- MO)
Boozman (R- AR)
Brown (R- MA)
Burr (R- NC)
Casey (D- PA)
Chambliss (R- GA)
Coats (R- IN)
Coburn (R- OK)
Cochran (R- MS)
Collins (R- ME)
Conrad (D- ND)
Corker (R- TN)
Cornyn (R- TX)
Crapo (R- ID)
DeMint (R- SC)
Enzi (R- WY)
Graham (R- SC)
Grassley (R- IA)
Hagan (D- NC)
Hatch (R- UT)
Heller (R- NV)
Hoeven (R- ND)
Hutchison (R- TX)
Inhofe (R- OK)
Inouye (D- HI)
Isakson (R- GA)
Johanns (R- NE)
Johnson (R- WI)
Kohl (D- WI)
Kyl (R- AZ)
Landrieu (D- LA)
Lee (R- UT)
Levin (D- MI)
Lieberman (ID- CT)
Lugar (R- IN)
Manchin (D- WV)
McCain (R- AZ)
McCaskill (D- MO)
McConnell (R- KY)
Menendez (D- NJ)
Moran (R- KS)
Nelson (D- NE)
Portman (R- OH)
Pryor (D- AR)
Reed (D- RI)
Risch (R- ID)
Roberts (R- KS)
Rubio (R- FL)
Sessions (R- AL)
Shaheen (D- NH)
Shelby (R- AL)
Snowe (R- ME)
Stabenow (D- MI)
Thune (R- SD)
Toomey (R- PA)
Vitter (R- LA)
Whitehouse (D- RI)
Wicker (R- MS)


Don't let this fall by the wayside, do not turn your back on our freedom.
We are in dangerous territory.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Political Circus

I liked Herman Cain, still had my questions about him. Mainly since his campaign was too busy to answer them, I held off making my mind up on him.
I have never cared who or what a person does in the bedroom (hey! People! Leave my sheep alone!), but it is the lies and denials (alleged lies and denials) and half truths (define sexual relations) that bother me.
Although it may be a moot point now as it seems Cain's reassing his bid for the presidency....
Perhaps on "advice" (club to head) from the GOP PTB?
That leaves GOP Golden Boy Romney (I'm to sexy for my hair) followed by Newt (a RiNO by any other name still smells like BS), and the rest (here on Gilligan's Isle)....
"the rest" seem to be fading back into the shadows, well all but our beloved Rubberband Man, Ron Paul (I know you are but what am I), who at times sounds very very right then at some point travels back to Mars... And his followers sometime remind me of those who unfriended me after calling me racist for not jumping on Obama (Dude? Where's my teleprompter?) bandwagon when he was running for office (wait did he ever stop?). God love 'em but when you disagree with something they launch an attack that scares a grizzer bear!
As far as "the left side" I have heard of no one even fantasizing about running against Obama....
So I just have not seen any one I just really am excited about...
It is a sad stand of affairs when a gal can't find a single person in politics she feels good about.....

Friday, November 11, 2011

To The Veteran


To The Veteran

I woke up this morning;

my bed was warm,soft, and comfortable.

Thank You.

I got up and put my clothes on,

they were nice, not rags.

Thank You.


I walked through my house;

it was warm, dry, and safe.

Thank You.

I got a cup of coffee, and prepared for my day

without threat of life or fear of persecution.

Thank You.

I go online, read the news, read everyone's views;

even expressed my own.

Thank You.

My son wakes up;

He is safe, well fed, and happy.

Thank You.


I thank you, the Veteran, for all these things in my life.

Things I would never have if not for you.

I thank you, the Veteran,for because of you, I live in freedom

and have never known what it was like to not be free.

Thank you to all Veterans

for your sacrifices in service to this Country.

Thank you for ensuring the safety and freedom of my family.
Sometimes you served with fanfare galore

other times you came home alone

no fanfare, no parades, no thanks;

nothing but hatred.

Would that I could, give you a parade every day.

I thank you, Veterans, for your service, and for my freedom.

In Honor of Veterans.
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A Father and Son.

One a Sailor,

The other a Marine.

One fought in Vietnam,

The other in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One came home to hatred,

The other to mixed reviews.

One served his Country proudly,

The other did as well.

One risked his life for us all,

The other did as well.

Both are heroes.

Happy Veteran's Day!