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The history of blacks and gun control

Good discussion tonight on Glenn Beck TV about blacks and gun control. The first gun law restricting 2nd amendment rights was in the 1830s for free blacks in the north. Then after the Civil War for freed black slaves.  In the pre-war South, slaves were allowed to use guns (for protection of the plantation and the owner), but freed slaves were not.  The KKK was the terrorist arm of the Democrat party, and when black farmers were deprived of their guns, there was no way to resist. Also, Martin Luther King, Jr. was denied a conceal carry permit. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control, as black Americans have learned.

Star Parker, one of Glenn’s guests, said the policy of the Democrat party for blacks is still to keep them uneducated, unarmed and dependent, just as post-Civil War days.

Pope Francis

First Jesuit

First Pope from the Americas

Like his predecessors, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, he is a staunch pro-life advocate when it comes to abortion.

Comparison of gun violence in Chicago and Houston

According to RedEye, homicides in Chicago were 513.

“Chicago this week ended 2012 with 513 homicides, a 15 percent increase from 448 homicides in 2011, RedEye determined based on data from the Medical Examiner's Office and police.

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/blog/page/3/

FrackNation—an excellent documentary

Last night we had the opportunity to watch FrackNation with a group followed by a discussion. It is a follow up (with the truth) after Gasland (a pack of lies that even liberals are embarrassed to be associated with) appeared on HBO about 2 years ago. Phelim McAleer faces down Josh Fox of Gasland and defends the farmers in Pennsylvania who want these natural gas wells on their land.

Fox tries to scare his audience with shots of water catching on fire—something that’s been going on in that area for years, long before fracking.  There is methane in the water, along with a lot of other minerals.

The funding for FrackNation is very clear and stated several places. It's not clear who funded Josh Fox. The Russians want to defeat the sale of natural gas in Europe because they currently control the supply for their former "soviets", but it doesn't seem plausible that they are funding Fox. At least to me. Maybe Soros? Some Greenie organization? The desire to have the USA fail miserably in the energy sphere is behind all the Environmentalist activist groups. But we Christians have a bigger mandate--the first commandment in Genesis.

"Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."

If you have the opportunity to see it, own it, or share it, don’t miss the opportunity.

Dressed in Klan garb, a black man protests violence

The message of the black man wearing a Klan robe: "According to the FBI, in 2011 more than 7,000 black people were killed. King’s sign reads that the KKK killed 3,446 blacks in 86 years, while black on black murders surpass that number every six months."

http://newsninja2012.com/african-american-dressed-in-kkk-hood-on-street-corner-sparks-controversy-in-philadelphia/#ixzz2NM2aKYqV

Watch the video for the complete story.

Apparently, TSA can’t spot Democrats

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) complained Monday she was subject to a very uncomfortable screening by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

McCaskill tweeted about the experience before boarding a flight on Monday.

"‪Today in my airport screening, test on my hands was positive," McCaskill wrote to her 89,100 followers. "Got private, more aggressive pat down. OMG. #veryuncomfortable‬." 

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/tsa/287369-mccaskill-complains-about-aggressive-tsa-screening#ixzz2NMk1TvTZ

Voter fraud didn’t begin with Obama, and it certainly won’t end there at this rate

This article is specifically about three people in Cincinnati, Ohio who have been charged/convicted of voter fraud, Melowese Richardson, Sister Marguerite Kloos and Russell Glassop and 50 some whose ballots are in question. This is just one area, and I suspect in small districts it can make a difference.

I'm in favor of voter ID, and since I have to show ID for far less serious obligations than voting, like entering a state or federal building, or visiting my doctor, I'm not sure why liberals object when they don't for these other events. It would take pages to fill out the voter fraud history in Illinois where I grew up, infamous for the voting dead, the voting pets, and JFK stealing the state from Nixon in 1960, especially in the Chicago area.

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/03/12/cincinnati-poll-worker-indicted-for-voting-for-obama-six-times/

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-09-26-jfk-chicago-politics_N.htm

Pew estimates that in America about 24 million voter registrations are invalid or significantly inaccurate. More than 1.8 million dead people are on the lists, and about 2.75 million people are registered in more than one state.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-12/news/ct-oped-0612-byrne-md-20120612_1_voter-fraud-voter-registration-registration-rolls

Our safety net has holes in it

This is written by a woman on disability receiving Medicaid. Really, it brings tears to my eyes. It's demeaning to treat people this way and say that we are taking care of people who need help with a safety net. I've heard similar stories about women who've had to choose between taking a raise and keeping medical benefits for a child.

"Disability is not a lot of money, there is no need for a savings account to hold excess income. Disability teaches humility and frugality. The Social Security Administration attorney put me on permanent disability and approved my Medicaid in the autumn of 2012. I received medical benefits for about 90 days. And then in January 2013 my world radically changed…the government changed the Medicaid rules.

I ran the numbers that the DHS indicated as my deductible amount: my Spend Down deductible for medical expenses must be 75% of my disability check (that’s right 75%) before I will be reimbursed. If it’s, say, 72%…oops, so sorry, you’re not getting any medical reimbursement and you’re out that amount to pay for your living expenses.

So, let’s imagine my SSA monthly income is on the higher end at $1000 a month. This must pay for mortgage, utilities, food, clothing, laundry soap, and, well, all other personal hygiene stuff. And now imagine my medical and prescription expenses are at the low end at $720 for the month. That is only 72%, three points below my required 75% Spend Down deductible. Do the numbers ($1000 SSA income – $720 un-reimbursable medical). That leaves me with $280 per month to pay my mortgage, utilities, and groceries. Oh, and DHS added to my income my qualifying amount of $20 a month in food assistance. $20 a month for food?!

How do I manage financially? Where is the excess income on which my Medicaid Spend Down is based? How do I choose between paying the mortgage or buying prescriptions, seeing a doctor or keeping the lights on?

What am I to do? What are any of us on disability to do?

I had relied on the charity of others and their loans while I waited for the SSA determination of my disability. I’m a single person without a husband or family. I had to spend my back up plan in the economic crash of 2009. I’ve worked hard since I was 14, paid my taxes, paid into Social Security.

Now I am set adrift with medical expenses eating into my excess (below poverty level) income, seeking a way to not become an indigent…it’s too cold in Michigan to live under a bridge.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/prayergardens/2013/03/medicaid-burn-spend-down-what/

Big Obama supporters find ways to avoid taxes

U.S.-based nonfinancial companies are parking record amounts of cash abroad, thanks largely to a tax code that encourages them to indefinitely keep profits from their foreign subsidiaries outside of the country.

The cost of doing this is prohibitive for smaller companies—the ones who don’t support Obama.

GE, Apple, Microsoft, etc. often support tax increases and more regulations.  It helps them by keeping others down.

http://www.ibtimes.com/ge-pfizer-microsoft-apple-other-major-us-corporations-are-parking-more-cash-abroad-avoid-paying

The jobs outlook is worse than you think

"The number of Americans designated as "not in the labor force" in February was 89,304,000, a record high, up from 89,008,000 in January, according to the Department of Labor. This means that the number of Americans not in the labor force increased 296,000 between January and February.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in the labor force,” including people who have retired on schedule, taken early retirement, or simply given up looking for work.

The increase marks the second month in a row, after rising in January from 88.8 million in December. Those not in the labor force had declined in December from 88.9 million in November."

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/record-89304000-americans-not-labor-force-296000-fewer-employed-january

Our petty, petulant President is pouting

What a terrible example to set “for the children,” the ones he usually uses as back drops (even dead children) to pass his expensive legislation.

Charles Krauthammer says: "The President’s travel expenses alone for the golfing outing with Tiger Woods would pay for a year of White House visits. So I suggest that perhaps he curtailed the travel, or perhaps auction off the set of clubs and he might be able to allow those Iowa tots to come through the White House," Krauthammer added. "I'm not cynical enough – I’m trying."

It’s an ugly view

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being forced off the liberal VIEW according to US Magazine, because her Conservative values no longer mesh with the show's audience. I’m not surprised.  I’ve only seen it occasionally, usually in the summer (we don’t have cable at our lake home), and find the hostile, ugly liberals very frustrating to watch.  Elisabeth is always outgunned, and the whole show brings shame on women.

The Fox channel on cable manages to have strong, capable liberals on its panels that often are talked off their stools with their comments, but they don’t get fired.  They even a PBS liberal, Juan Williams,  as a regular when he was fired for his comments about being afraid of a group of Muslims on a plane.  But the MSM can’t let their liberal audience ever hear a view point that differs from the template.

Pro-Life covers many areas

The Bible on the History Channel

Watching.  But my it’s violent.  Certainly not the sweet colorful pictures we got in our Sunday School bulletins as children.

Idiots happen

I don't see too many at my age. The most exciting thing that happened today is 4 strangers came to Panera's and sat where some of the regulars usually sit. I left before the fireworks.

Gun crimes in Franklin County, Ohio

I sure was happy to read in the Columbus Dispatch that a gun crack down DEVELOPED FOUR YEARS AGO using current laws is working. Prosecutor Ron O'Brien created a special gun crimes unit and has had a 98% conviction rate over the past 3 years. "Most violent crime in our county occurs at the intersection of guns, gangs and drugs," he said. It should be on the front page, but can be found in Sec. B of the Mar. 8 Columbus Dispatch. It should also be on the national news as a model for cities who want to clean up crime so the citizens are safe. Chicago comes to mind, but it's possible the crime, corruption and "community organizers" are just in too deep there.

“The idea to start the units came after a Near East Side shooting in 2008 that wounded two police officers. Police and prosecutors realized that a gun case against one of the suspects had languished. A further review uncovered a bottleneck between police and prosecutors that had stalled dozens of cases.

Although detectives in such units as the assault and robbery squads were well-versed in what was needed to make a good felony case for a gun offense, not all patrol officers were. Detectives of the Columbus gun unit review every carrying-a-concealed-weapon case that is prepared by patrol officers to make sure it is ready for a quick indictment.

The four prosecutors assigned to O’Brien’s unit take the cases from there.

The 60 indictments secured by the unit this year range from carrying a concealed weapon, possessing a weapon under disability, and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.”

What do you think about Obama pardoning the sequester and sending it to Portugal?

The last gal interviewed is the most honest. “I have no idea what that is; I just voted for him because he’s black.”

Remember to reset your clocks tonight

Why is unemployment in Yuma so high?

Yuma, Arizona, has the highest unemployment rate in the nation—27.3% in December 2012.

Here was a response at The Straight Dope website where readers write and respond that made the most sense, from a resident of Yuma :

Aside from agribiz, the two main employers are the Army (Yuma Proving Grounds) and the Marine Corps (MCAS Yuma). A lot of the testing and such is done by contractors in the defense industry. 

From my observation, part of the reason for the shortage of jobs is that the companies who subcontract at these bases tend to transfer in specialists from other locales, because few locals are likely to have the required skills or training needed. What's left over for the natives are jobs in the service sector--and employers hire as few people as they can operate with and then overwork them.

Another important employer (though this is changing, I hear) is the criminal justice system--the county sheriff, US Border Patrol, Customs, a big state prison, etc. A lot of those people are trained at the local community college, AWC. Criminal Justice is also a big major at the Yuma branch of Northern Arizona University.

There isn't a lot of industry because there isn't much room for it. Once you subtract all of the federal land (YPG, MCAS, the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range, and a couple of large wildlife refuges) and what's left of the irrigated farmland (what hasn't been developed yet), there isn't really much private land left over. There is a carpet fiber plant in the city (which seems to change name and ownership every couple of years), but it's mostly automated.

The Bismarck, North Dakota metropolitan area had the nation’s lowest unemployment rate of 2.2 percent.