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But the total number of private-sector jobs is still 4.3 million below the January 2008 peak. Meanwhile, since 2008, a staggering 3.6 million Americans have been added to Social Security’s disability insurance program. This is one of many ways unemployment is being concealed.
Welcome to Obama’s America: nearly half the population is not represented on a taxable return—almost exactly the same proportion that lives in a household where at least one member receives some type of government benefit. We are becoming the 50–50 nation—half of us paying the taxes, the other half receiving the benefits.
http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-was-moment-when-rise-of-oceans.html
[As I recall, he also said "we are the people we have been waiting for". He said: "the journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals. Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America."]
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As I’ve noted before, said Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson once held a sunset dinner here with an envoy from Tunisia — perhaps the first Iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago. And some of you, as you arrived tonight, may have seen our special display, courtesy of our friends at the Library of Congress – the Koran that belonged to Thomas Jefferson. And that’s a reminder, along with the generations of patriotic Muslims in America, that Islam — like so many faiths — is part of our national story.
Lest we forget, the first and second
foreign war that American engaged in were Muslim wars. So when Islamic
supremacists and their stooge in the White House tell you that Muslims
have always been a part of the American experience, they are not
entirely wrong. 197 years ago in American History – War declared against
Algiers, year 1815. Commodore Stephen Decatur was sent in command of a
squadron of ten warships to attack the Algerian naval force in the
Mediterranean.
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Jefferson had a copy of the Quran
so that he might understand the enemy. Jefferson, in defense of
America, was studying the enemy’s war plan…
Like today, the leaders of America in the
late 1700’s tried to settle the piracy issue through diplomacy. As such,
two American diplomats, Thomas Jefferson, then the American ambassador
to France, and John Adams, the American ambassador to Britain, were
dispatched to London in 1786 in an attempt to resolve the piracy issue.
They met with Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, the
“Dey of Algiers” ambassador to Britain. It was during that meeting in London when Jefferson asked the Muslim ambassador why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation they had virtually no contact with at that time.
“Dey of Algiers” ambassador to Britain. It was during that meeting in London when Jefferson asked the Muslim ambassador why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation they had virtually no contact with at that time.
The answer is as relevant today as it was in 1786 – perhaps even more so. Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja stated:
“Islam was founded on the Laws of their
Prophet, that it was written in their Qur’an, that all nations who
should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was
their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found,
and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every
Muslim who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.”
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group "Americans for Freedom of Information" has Released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College ... Released today, the transcript school indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate. The transcript was released by OccidentalCollege in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California . If he was not a foreign student,then he should be prosecuted for obtaining financial aid under false pretenses.
The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship.
This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama's detractors have been seeking. Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty grim.
Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama's campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney general, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter... Isn't it illegal to use campaign funds for personal expenses? So why isn't he being prosecuted?
Paul Hollrah over at FSM did so yesterday and believes the issue can be resolved by Obama answering one simple question: What passport did he use when he was shuttling between New York, Jakarta, and Karachi ? http://cnsnews.com/node/578361#comment-624187974
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A business owner pens a letter about possible firings. In part: People that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for. Yes, business ownership has its benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds. Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check?
If
you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be
at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country,
steamrolled the Constitution, and will have changed its landscape
forever. If that happens, you can find me in the South Caribbean sitting
on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about.
Signed, Your boss,
Signed, Your boss,
Michael A. Crowley, PE
Crowley, Crisp & Associates, Inc. Professional Engineers Wake Forest, NC 27587 |
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