A few weeks ago I decided to copy and print my TV.com blogs for my family history book. But for some reason the only way to get my blogs of the past was to delete other blogs until the ones I wanted showed up. I don't know why this had to be done but it was very annoying since there was a lot of information that I felt the general public should see. I even asked a friend to try to get my past blogs for me but she couldn't do it either. So that's what happened to so many of my posted blogs. ------BARRY GOLDWATER ( in the Congressional Record ), September 16, 1981: There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.' -------------------Conservative Arizona Senator / 1964 Republican presidential nominee Sen. Barry Goldwater

A note about executive orders:

A Presidential Executive Order, whether Constitutional or not, becomes law simply by its publication in the Federal Registry. Congress is by-passed. Executive Orders do not require Congressional approval to take effect but they have the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress. The President's source of authority to issue Executive Orders can be found in the Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution which grants to the President the "executive Power."

Executive Orders are controversial because they allow the President to make major decisions, even law, without the consent of Congress. This, of course, runs against the general logic of the Constitution -- that no one should have power to act unilaterally. The ultimate criticism of Executive Orders is that the runaway use of EOs could result in a President becoming a virtual dictator, capable of making major policy decisions without any congressional or judicial input.

President Andrew Jackson used executive powers to force the law-abiding Cherokee Nation off their ancestral lands. The Cherokee fought the illegal action in the U.S. Supreme Court and won. But Jackson, using the power of the Presidency, continued to order the removal of the Cherokee Nation and defied the Court's ruling. He stated, "Let the Court try to enforce their ruling." The Cherokee lost their land and commenced a series of journeys that would be called The Trail of Tears.

In an atmosphere of World War II hysteria, President Roosevelt, encouraged by officials at all levels of the federal government, authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, dated February 19, 1942, gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. The order also authorized transporting these citizens to assembly centers hastily set up and governed by the military in California, Arizona, Washington state, and Oregon. Although it is not well known, the same executive order (and other war-time orders and restrictions) were also applied to smaller numbers of residents of the United States who were of Italian or German descent. For example, 3,200 resident aliens of Italian background were arrested and more than 300 of them were interned. About 11,000 German residents—including some naturalized citizens—were arrested and more than 5000 were interned. Yet while these individuals (and others from those groups) suffered grievous violations of their civil liberties, the war-time measures applied to Japanese Americans were worse and more sweeping, uprooting entire communities and targeting citizens as well as resident aliens.

A list of some current Executive Orders:

Executive Order 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.

Executive Order 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.

Executive Order 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
(consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
(consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities. (consolidated into EO 11490)

Executive Order 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

Executive Order 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
(consolidated into EO 11490)

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period. (consolidated into EO 11490)

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12148 created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that is to interface with the Department of Defense for civil defense planning and funding. An "emergency czar" was appointed. FEMA has only spent about 6 percent of its budget on national emergencies, the bulk of their funding has been used for the construction of secret underground facilities to assure continuity of government in case of a major emergency, foreign or domestic.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12656 appointed the National Security Council as the principal body that should consider emergency powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the freedom of movement within the United States and granted the government the right to isolate large groups of civilians. The National Guard could be federalized to seal all borders and take control of U.S. air space and all ports of entry. Many of the figures in the Iran-Contra scandal were part of this emergency contingent, including Marine Colonel Oliver North.

 Perhaps it can be summed up succinctly in the words of arch-conservative activist Howard J. Ruff. "Since the enactment of Executive Order 11490, the only thing standing between us and dictatorship is the good character of the President, and the lack of a crisis severe enough that the public would stand still for it."

George Bush: "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier - just so long I'm the dictator." December 18, 2000

80 is my mothers age now, we had a party last Saturday.
17 is how long my son son has been dead, I still cry.
17 is how old his son is (my grandson)
1 is the number of children I had.
61 is how old I'll be soon.
3 is how many times I've been in love.
3 is how many times my heart has been broken.
420 is what I weigh now
150 is what I weighed in high school.
2 uncles committed suicide.
1 brother.
2 sisters.
18 is how old my car is.
1 person lives in my house (me)
2 TV's
7 radios
100's of LP records.
100's of CD's.
0 dogs, for now.
0 cats.
5 dogs buried in the backyard.
1 cat also.

3:30 am the time I got up every morning to deliver the morning paper
5 cents the cost of the paper
8 am when school started
10 am the time of the algebra class I slept thru
2 the number of times I took that class
1.25 per hour is my salary in my first real job (draftsman trainee)
1961 the year we first had air conditioning in our home
3 days how long my first car lasted - a 1950(?) Willy's
50 dollars is how much I got for it after it threw a rod
1954 Ford was my next car
4 doors
7 different places lived-in this same town, over
46 years
26 years where I am now
17 the number of westerns on prime time tv in
1 week in
1960 on
3 networks that went off the air usually at
12 PM
1963 there were
2 places to cruise to (Shoney's) Big Boy and Jerry's drive-in
1 more but I can't remember the name now
4 best buddies in high school
0 number of times I've seen them in the last
20 years
1 time on the Howdy Doody Show
7 years old

3 On A String, a cool, folksy, light rock, gospel, bluegrass group.
3 Legged Man, my favorite song of theirs.
89.3 my favorite FM radio station
1230 my favorite AM radio station.
4 number of newspapers I used to read a day, well most days.
1 the number I read now.
36 the age I started to clog dance.
2 classes a week.
70 something, the age of my clogging teacher.
2 the number of times I kissed a woman who was kissed by Elvis.
5 how many different states I've lived in.
1958 the year I became a teenager
1964 the year I should have graduated from high school.
1965 the year I did graduate from high school.
17 the age I first had sex.
1.3 seconds, how long it lasted.
200 on a scale of 1-10 for me
.03 on a scale 1-10 for Susie

Want to be afraid, very afraid? Then Google these phrases and dig a little.

"secret printer code"

"foreign troops in usa"

"RFID"

It gets worse, more later.

Google "REX 84" and dig a little.

Remember EXECUTIVE ORDER 12656 appointed the National Security Council as the principal body that should consider emergency powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the freedom of movement within the United States and granted the government the right to isolate large groups of civilians.

ISOLATE LARGE GROUPS OF CITIZENS?????

ISOLATE LARGE GROUPS OF CITIZENS !!!!!!!!

"Revolution is not a onetime event."
Audre Lorde

This is old news but still interesting I think, especially since it shows the hypocrisy of the Republican party and the true colors of the news media.

A male gay hooker in the White House, James D. Guckert (male prostitute), AKA Jeff Gannon (White House reporter) , was a known male prostitute who got a press pass to the Bush White House in 2003-05. This pretend reporter made many visits to the White House that were not news related. Yet he barely made the news and this story died very quickly form the so-called liberal news media. More time and effort was spent on Clinton and Lewinsky in one week then has been spent on the Guckett/Gannon fiasco in 18 months.

“In all due respect, you’ve got a beautiful face and everything.”
~ George W. Bush to Brit Hume