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How to tell who shut down the government. I've sent this to everyone I can think of but people still can't seem to figure who wanted to shut down the government. Here tis, the easy way...... Find out how long before the government shutdown the shutdown signs were printed. On the very HOUR the government shutdown happened, literally thousands of signs were available all over the country to close the government parks. That means somebody ordered the signs printed and shipped WEEKS before the shutdown. They had to be ordered ahead of time with the proper wording and paid for...

I have an old laptop connected to my TV to share my network and wifi. Is there a set top box that would allow me to access my network and internet with surfing ability? The boxes I see seem to be limited to Hulu and Netflix but not able to look at my hard drive in the other room. If I wanted music or films stored on the bed room puter, is that possible with a set top box? I wouldn't do away with my laptop unless I could get the same service as the laptop. Also, what if I...

I'm retired from ATT for 12 years now. I worked as a tech installer and repair for digital circuits. During the Clinton administration, I was involved in installing fiber mux's that I was informed went to somewhere in Va. It was pretty common knowledge that it was the gubmint. The sheer size and speed of the circuits was what brought attention to it from most of us working on it. I don't want to spend 2 hours of typing about what it was, but just say it was part of a fiber ring, a very LARGE fiber ring. Let's consider...

Has anybody spoken about starting to form some sort of organizations for the SHTF day on gun control? I know there are some already out there called preppers, but I find most of them a little off. I would gladly follow someone like Allen West, but I'm not to keen about following some produce manager down at WalMart. We need to start vetting our local ex military, Oath Keepers, or cops so we don't end up in total chaos on day one. How many think it may wake the pols up that we are serious or it may piss them...

Question,...Is it possible, that we could make some sort of statement, that if Obama is found out to be illegally elected, we could prosecute some of the people that covered up his lies to get him elected? It's too late to stop anything now, IMHO, but later, investigations could turn up some evidence that may be accepted. To have Arapio say, positively, that Obama's records are fake and no one even looks at it is criminal, in my mind. If some knew we were coming after them no matter how long it takes, maybe someone would crack. Someone has to...

I've been getting cancer treatment so I'm not up to date all the time now. I've been waiting to find out what Breitbart had on Obama before he died. Remember the presser where he said something was coming out, but then he died? Then I was waiting to find out what Trump's surprise was for the Convention, then crickets. What gives? Somebody should call Greta and get Trump to update us. I missed it. Anybody?

Well, I've seen Sarah Palin's "Death Panel" up close. I started not to write anything about it, but when Cheney got his new heart and the hullabaloo followed, I felt I needed to point out a few things. My mom had a bad stroke January 29 and was left paralyzed on her left side. She also had trouble swallowing and was given a nasal feeding tube until she could be tested and worked with by a rehab team. Her medical history was she was a 3 time cancer survivor and was on coumadin for a clot in her left leg....

I was just pondering why Obama acts so differently with different countries and was wondering if he was a Shia Muslim in Indonesia. He attacked Lybia at the drop of a hat and killed Osama without a tear, but won't act on Syria or Iran, both Shia countries. If Indonesia is mainly Shia, that would explain alot. If he was raised Suni, well, back to the drawing board. Does anybody know?

I just wanted to put a pencil to the 9-9-9- plan to see just what it would really look like. I hear a bunch of spin that is obviously spin, so I just wanted to take a clear look at it and what it really does. One thing first, I'm voting for Newt if I get the chance, but Cain would be #2. This is not a hit piece on Cain, just a look at the plan. The first thing I noticed after the plan was announced, was the talking heads concentrating on the sales tax because that just about...

I've been investing for years, but never really studied bonds. I've never been interested. I got excited about the Fed several years ago, but never really followed up and studied them. It always seemed strange to me that non government banks could print money and have so much power, but hey, they have done it for years and just a handful of people get exercised about it, so it must be OK. Now it comes to me that QE2 was Bernanke buying $600 billion in treasuries with printed money with the sole purpose of keeping rates down while the economy...

I am in the middle of refinancing my home. I expect an answer this week. The problem is, the mortgage company seems nervous about my income. I live off trading stocks and options in a self directed IRA. I have little or no income otherwise. I am borrowing about 3/4 of what the house appraised, so the payment will be within $20 of what I'm paying now. I have an 800 credit score. They have contacted me twice about proving my income. They have asked for my 1099's and my 1040's to prove my income. I explained to the person...

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Now she wants to tell preachers what to preach.http://www.breitbart.tv/pelosi-we-cant-tell-12m-illegals-go-back-to-wherever-you-came-from-or-go-to-jail

I was trying to find the C Span film made some time back, probably during Hillarycare, where people from Denmark were testifying before Congress that more than 5,000 a year were put to death, unwillingly, because their healthcare costs too much. They have some sort of board that, if I remember corectly, takes a computer decision, and cuts off healthcare from people that want to live. Of course the Dems pooh poohed it, but the witnesses were compelling. Their family members were cut off their treatments purly for money reasons. Of course there are many that accept the death decision,...

I heard this awhile back after a couple of Obama folks had tax troubles. I took the idea and tried to refine it to a workable law. Here tis: Every elected official from President to Congressman and ALL appointee's by said persons must submit yearly to an IRS audit to remain in office. The first year will require an audit for the past 2 years and the present year. Each year you keep the position will require that year's Tax return to be audited by the IRS. I have submitted this to my Senators and Congress person. Nothing back from...

A year or so ago, a laptop was obtained from a dead FARC terrorist in Ecuador. On the laptop they found some e-mails that referred to 2 "gringo's" that were associated with Barack Obama. The main thrust from the news report was that Chavez was working with FARC to get some uranium for a dirty bomb. The minor thing that was overlooked was Chavez wanted Obama to vote against the free trade agreement with Columbia to hurt Uribe. He did that and continues to support the Chavez position. Now we hear the trade agreement may have come up in the...

I've been reading foreign accounts and American rags about how America has finally arrived with the election of a black man in the US presidency. Well, I started thinking, he is only the 44th president we've had here. The odds of ANYONE being elected president is 1 in hundreds of billions anyway. We have been a country for 232 years and blacks haven't even had all their rights for a part of that. Since our birth, we have now put blacks in the Supreme Court, Senate, Congress, Governor, mayor, and almost every other office we have to give. I started...

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As I sit here today pondering the coming Resurection Day, I thought of the love of God and how great His love must be to give His Son for His created beings with so many flaws. We know in the begining, He wanted to show us His feelings for us, so He gave us marriage because He thinks of us as His Bride. We couldn't know what God feels for us unless we could have the same feelings. Then he gave us our children. How could you possibly understand the sacrifice of God if we had no children to relate...

We've been several years into a war in Iraq, and it has been front and center in American and world politics the whole time. It s hard to believe that the purpose and execution of the war could be so forgotten and replaced with political spin, when most voters were alive and watching the whole time. It's one thing to have differences of opinion on the Civil War, and on a war that we saw with our own eyes every night on the news. Bush 41 decided to invade Kuwait and Iraq to expel Saddam from Kuwait. We were successful...