Armageddon Indeed!

When last Putin was in Venezuela, I suspected it was a precursory visit. The War games they performed in the Gulf went almost without comment from our new administration. Media reports were light. I wrote about my suspicions that it was not a good sign. But somehow it is not alarming enough.

Now we find out, that Venezuela will go nuclear with Putin's help. Yes the same Putin who is helping Iran; or didn't you know? Yes, the same Putin who is still the ultimate power in the USSR..oops I mean Russia. Yes, the same Putin who laments the loss of the power of the Soviet Union. You though their ambitions were dead? I imagine the media will not investigate it or report it with any depth, as I have yet to hear about it this in their hourly soundbites.

How stupid have we become? Iran is not enough? Korea is not enough? You think worrying about them is not enough?

Reagan warned about the possibility of a nuclear power in our hemisphere, over and over again. Now it will be happen, yet no one notices. Kennedy almost went to war to prevent nuclear weapons from being planted in Cuba. When will the USA get its spine back?

Obama promised Russia that we will reduce our nuclear arms. Also, he has all but backed off the missile shield in Europe which Poland and Czech Republic want to have.

Taps for the U.S. of A.? 2012 has been long discussed that it being the end of the Mayan calendar signals the end of the world and the coming sign of Armageddon. But what if it's the sign that all freedoms as enjoyed for quarter of a millennium in the only Nation that allowed it will come to an end? What price will humans pay for our lack of leadership?

Armageddon indeed, but not the one God will bring down on us, but one of our own creation. Maybe then, the "star wars" platform that Reagan proposed will not be so bad an idea, but hindsight is always too late.


Thanks for reading!
Anni

Iran in Venezuela
Russia and Venezuela

A Day to Remember and to Honor

Honor and remember those that had to witness, live through and perish under such terror. Honor and remember your own shock and sorrow as you watched it unfold. Honor and remember the mourning of those who lost loved ones, of those who helped heal and of us as a nation. Honor and remember Honor and remember the rage you felt that such an attack on your peaceful land occurred without provocation.

These wounds will never heal, the pain only subsides with time and if we allow our memories to be changed we will forget the lessons we vowed we learned that day.

We as a nation came together that day and stayed together in resolution that we shall overcome and defend our land so it can never happen again. Remember?

It's time to honor it again! It's time to not let anyone in government change this nation to what it is not. Resolute to not allow our Constitution to die at the hands of those who support such change and who celebrate this day rather than honor it.

These thoughts are well expressed in the words of a friend, who wrote:

"This is not a day of "national service" in the sense that some would have us believe. This is a day to commemorate those who lost their lives in the atrocity 8 years ago. This is a day to resolve that we will do everything within our power to preclude another such atrocity. That is true national service."

As you view the attached pictures, you can make your own resolution.

911 Aerial Photos

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Obama has smeared this day for remembrance with mandating that it be called "National Service Day" and not paying attention to the actual heroic sacrifices and deeds people made on this day 8 years ago and the resolution this nation made to let it not happen again. So far we've been lucky, but when Homeland Security has for it's current and next year's goal to make secure 815 total miles of border between Canada and Mexico, which total over 6000 miles, and to prevent 29% terrorists and illegals from crossing into the USA, I wonder how long we can hold on.

We need to focus on our national defense which the Constitution mandates for our government to do whereas there's nowhere in the Constitution of the USA that mandates the government to take care of everyone who resides on her land; be it with health care, welfare, childcare or bailouts.

Thanks for reading
Anni

How Stupid is That!

This video is being shown in schools now. School children are being indoctrinated to pledge themselves to this man, and not to their country.

Remember Hitler youth! Remember Communist pioneers! Remember the Khmer Rouge! Remember the Taliban! Remember that they all recruited and indoctrinated the youth first, with deadly consequences for adults, as you listen and watch this video calling for a pledge:



Listen to how empty headed they are! Was it that difficult or impossible to do all that good deed and service under the presidency of Bush and Clinton and Bush and Reagan or anytime regardless of who is in the White House? Shows that they can't think for themselves.

They talk of ending slavery then they pledge to become servants. How Stupid is that? It's ironic that they elected a black man to be their slave master. Only people without any self-esteem and with need of accolades from the masses for their self worth would follow with such blind adoration and not see their own folly.

Also stupid are people who support these morons by buying their products, because they help them to become more rich. How stupid is that?

Yes, it's stupid but the trouble is it's even more dangerous because they have the power of money and the adoration of adolescents who want to become like them. It's up to parents to stand up and claim parenthood without government intervention. Be careful because I know what's next: mandatory pre-school and kindergarten. Do not lose your power over your children's education. Do not lose your power to choose education; and most of all, do not give into thinking that people on the screen have more intelligence than you do.

Question the morons. Question those that think adoration, being liked or being nice is the answer. Question those who are against what Americans are and try to tell you that green is good, and being progressive is progress or that the red is dead. Oh no my friends, the red is very much alive. Honeyed, reasonable sounding words can still be very stupid, like this video proves.

Be careful to whom you listen and who follow, because in the end: "We may be remembered as the highest educated stupid people per square mile in history, who in the end preferred sheepdom to freedom" Anni (7/14/2009)

http://annis47news.blogspot.com/2009/08/defeated-through-de-education.html

Thanks for reading
Anni,

Defeated through De-education

We received a warning several times about how we can be dismantled, starting with Khrushchev who declared we can and will be defeated through education. It's been done. Relentless years they took to dismantle it, and us in the process.

Beginning with the so-called "free speech" movement that the sheep bought into. Never questioning why we need "free speech" guarantees when it's right there in the first amendment of the constitution, countless youth thought it's best to be able to hijack it by using action, such as destruction of property & even murder, akin or equal to speaking.
As the years continued, we saw the very same people invading the University classrooms as professors, continuing the de- education which eventually turned against our very fundamental belief in ourselves as good, hardworking, giving and a worthy people.
Consequently, those students grew into the working world, where they started passing on the misguided belief that we, Americans, have been wasteful, arrogant, invasive, murderous, and greedy so we don't deserve our good life while others suffer at our hands.

The media from the main stream to the Hollywood stream were all too elated to explore such "fresh" ideas without bothering to really check the source, as they have not been taught research or if they have, they are certainly not keen on taking time to do it. "History is a can of ashes and not worth sifting through." has been used as a reason. Now fresh new faces brought up by the new education had their first say on the subject, campaigned with wide eyed wonder and rosy hopeful cheeks for a man they believed we needed to finalize the change. They got what they wished for because most voters followed with equal enthusiasm after years of being told to hate the truth and hate those who tell the truth (not in so many words); after years of so called "education" that was and is false. Those that insisted in having a one party system fulfilled the dream of Khrushchev, and to the secret glee, I'm sure, of many current leaders around the world, although I'm also sure there are many who watch with trepidation.

Historically it takes many generations to turn the tide, as the spiral that has begun needs momentum. The current generations are appeased, and happy with their achievements and truly believe that better times are ahead. With appeasement comes a slow death as people are being lulled into believing in what is to come. Like freezing to death, one gets lulled into a feeling of euphoria before one goes to sleep permanently. The following generations will not know anything better, therefore it will be a true visionary who can become the leader out of the new suppression. It will be more difficult because this is happening worldwide this time, and there are no new lands to discover or migrate to where new masses could pioneer a new and better life; at least not on this globe.

To achieve total world governance, the agenda must and has started with no less than the true breakdown of American society which will take a brutal turn as more resist, but I'm sure that the appeased will think it a necessary step for the good of all. But who amongst those will take total responsibility for it all?

How True is This Cartoon: Then and Now?

Moving my writings from another forum which I've closed, I ran across this response to the political cartoon below, sent to me. Then I wondered, in light of the current situation, if the cartoon itself should be updated. The budget deficit under the current Obama administration has been tripled by a runaway Democrat Party controlled Congress in less thank 6 months and they're not finished.

My original answer to the cartoon is still relevant today, so I shall let it stand.

So, what do you think?

Anni

Greenberg cartoon 08/08/2008



My original response dated August 15,2008

Real cute. Ha Ha. I did laugh.

So it kindled my interest.. how true is that cartoon???

First, we need to compare who controls the purse strings in Congress, with who is in the majority leadership there during each year. Truly it's Congress where deficits are controlled. Spending is approved and controlled by Congress and not the President, since the President can only propose a budget, large or small, and he can only veto it when presented on his desk. If Congress can over-ride his veto, most likely the President will sign it.

Here's the Congressional Budget Office record...year by year http://cbo.gov/budget/data/historical.pdf what's missing that I don't have time for is.. which side was in charge each of those years.. I know some but not all.. even with that
what we also have to consider is the domestic and world events that went on at that time which may have needed emergency funding not normally done. Scroll down on the paper for break down the cost of medicare, social security and defense spending. As to who was in majority each year, it's not noted, but there are other sources to fill in these gaps.

As you study the figures, note the record revenues collected since 2004 as I pointed out before (for those who think we don't pay enough taxes)and note year 2000 when the highest earnings were realized from the stock market during the .com era; not everyone went broke when the bubble burst. 2003 was the lowest point in the stock market for the decade so look at the revenue collected that year and then the continued growth of tax income as the economy grew and the stock market grew.

Also note debt held by public during the Clinton years & Carter years so it's not just Reagan and Bush.

By this comparison, Clinton is the worst until 2003 when the Iraq war started and as a side note, the fact that Clinton kept thwarting military budget and therefore reduced our defense spending, we have to question how come his administration outspent his predecessors overall, since you want to compare presidents per this cartoon.

Also, take note of the table : Revenues by Major Source which is an eye opener for those who think Corporations don't pay taxes.

Again also see how in residue of dot com boom, 2000, 2001, 2002 dip in markets and then growth in revenues as the economy recovered. Look at 2006 & 2007 for corporate tax revenues collected during the supposed favoritism toward corporations by tax reductions. Tax reductions started in 2003; the CBO figures bare out that tax reductions work and that people earn more and pay more when tax rates are lowered.


Here's a few more educated democrats point of view with facts: I know it's to 2006 but remember after 2006, Democrats took majority leadership in Congress, so I wouldn't want to start digging around how they handled the final years of the Bush administrations budget.

http://engram-backtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-on-federal-budget-deficit.html

also, please read Clinton's support for budget balance here:

http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/releases/1997/TPBUDRES.2.htm

Believe me, I'm not happy with either side in Congress about how they waste money.

Thanks for this... I learned a lot doing the research

Anni

Cold Bucket Magic

It's the hardest time to write; when one is down and feeling like no amount of words will do the magic that can be done with a cold bucket of water while one is sleeping. Unfortunately that cold bucket will only wake-up 1 person per bucket; and we need to wake people up by the thousands, for it will take no less to turn around.

I've been trying to wake people up for many years. The blog is my current medium to try to reach as many as possible, but alas, it's a slow grow, unlike the relentless politicians, social organizers and their publicists, the media, who have countless other agenda driven people carrying forth the Utopian message designed to enslave. I wrote many times before that what we're embracing is not new nor is it a new message, but the people who have not heard it, studied it or lived it, are easily fooled.

My audience is still small and needs to be seeded to regrow year after year, time after time. Freedom and the pursuit of Liberty does not grow on it's own, it needs tending and vigilant care like advised and warned by the writers of our country's foundation. It's of quoted that Benjamin Franklin said: "We founded you a Republic, if you can keep it". No, Mr. Franklin, it seems we could not because as I wrote today on Twitter: "We may be remembered as the highest educated stupid people per square mile in history, who in the end preferred sheepdom to freedom".

I keep reading many who say "2010, 2010 we will take it back". I will be on board, believe me, even though I feel we are on the raft and they're on the cruiser, yet I don't believe for a minute that, what took the socialist hijackers of our country years to achieve will be let go on a whim of an election. I also don't believe that the agenda is finished.

World governance is the phrase being used more and more frequently and seriously by leaders of the world and, in case you are wondering, there is no room for a strong nation of freedom loving people, who know its true meaning, under world governance. To achieve total world governance the agenda must start with no less than the true breakdown of American society to which end we are well on our way now with the countless bills being passed in Congress designed to do the deed.

What we need, NOW, is to halt each and every bill currently in front of Congress. No more passing of any bills without full reading & investigation.

What we need, NOW, is to halt approval of any appointees until we fully examine their intention, clearly in front of Americans. None of the mutual admiration speeches we are currently forced to listen to and no more gutless questions by gutless representatives.

What we need NOW, is no less than a march on Washington to halt the agenda.

What we need NOW, is for millions to wake up before it's too late!

What we need NOW, is that "cold bucket magic" to wake up the lulled, the appeased, and the apathetic.

What we need NOW is for YOU to wake up AMERICANS, before it's too late.



Thanks for reading and for passing this on!

Anni

Speaking of Taxes, Part V: Tax "Speak" Explained

Welllll, sort of. Fact is I'd probably need as many pages as the tax code to fully explain taxes; and therein lies the rub. Ever since inception, Congress has done nothing but try and fix, simplify, close loopholes in and explain the tax code. That's almost 100 years worth of legalese! Just the sheer enormity of the wasted trees makes me want to report them to the EPA but, alas, the EPA has to be ashamed of their own paper mountain.

Congress writes and passes the tax laws yes, Congress and NOT the President; most of whom don't control their own spending, but know quite well how to increase the balance of their own accounts while decreasing yours. It's the same bunch of people who know how to vote themselves a pay raise, year after year claiming they need it to cover the cost of living increases. They do it just before Christmas recess during which time you're in a charitable mood or are too busy to notice.

Every year they promise to correct the tax laws, loopholes and unjust taxation and each year they increase paper waste. And so they come up with term that challenges the most intelligent among us to understand and like the other laws they enact it's subject to numerous interpretations guaranteeing another tax code correction somewhere down the line.

Since tax information is so much in the news, mainly about how much we should or should not pay, I thought I'd simplify a few terms most confusing to taxpayers as to their true meaning or what Congress is really saying:

Tax Break = If we give you a break, you owe us one so don't hold us accountable.

Tax Cut = Applies only to those who qualify, usually the people who don't have to pay taxes anyway. For the rest of you, a part of your anatomy will be collected to pay for the deficits created giving those tax cuts.

Tax Refund = You lent us your money for free and we spent it already so you should be glad we give it back to you.

Tax Credit = Government Redistribution Program; or those who work more pay for those who don't. This credit should not be confused with a loan like the kind you have to repay with interest.

"Nigh", they say, "It's not us that's keeping it from you, it's the other party who's at fault, so elect us if you wish for that cut and spending cutback!"; and elected they get, time after time. Then once in office, like for poor ole' Charley Brown, Lucy keeps pulling that football. Will we ever learn?

Put simply they don't want to give you a break because that would mean they'd have to tighten their own favorite charity which is their re-election platform entitled: "I brought home the bacon!"

The fortunate part of the Internet is that you can virtually look up anything you want to know. The unfortunate part is that there is a lot of misinformation out there. It is also unfortunate that many who swear they know about who pays most of the tax and swear they know where most of it is spent, don't bother to use the first source of information; the place where the spending takes place and all bookkeeping is kept. In other words how many amongst you are willing to look it up and study the Congressional Budget Office site or http:/www.cbo.gov//budget to get the accurate information. (That is until this last April, going forward I'm almost certain it will be misinformation.)

The main information we are seeking here is the annualized historical budget data entitled Revenues, Outlays, Deficits, Surpluses, and Debt Held by the Public, 1968-2007. Notice it says Held by the Public? That's everyone who works and earns in the USA! And it's the most revealing figure why they need to continue to collect taxes from you and I and it's also the most revealing about why they will never cut spending if they are to survive. "Survival" here means keep the government bureaucracies in place forevermore without which they cannot justify being in office.

In short, they'll never cut taxes really, and they'll never be transparent about them either. In fact they keep passing hidden taxes under such titles as fees, dues, licenses, etc., and you keep paying. It's when you stop paying when they'll start paying attention to you, again.