tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81331826386832517592024-02-19T17:06:47.851-08:00Ron PaulCongressman Ron Paul is setting the standard for Liberty Legislation in Congress!David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-30828683768233563552011-03-01T08:37:00.001-08:002011-03-01T08:37:59.929-08:00Reject the Welfare/Warfare State<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Congress Must Reject the Welfare/Warfare State</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“During the past few weeks, Congress has been locked in a battle to pass a continuing resolution to fund government operations through September. Both supporters and opponents of the bill, HR 1, claim it is a serious attempt to reduce federal spending. However, an examination of the details of the bill call that claim into question. For one thing, the oft-cited assertion that HR 1 reduces spending by $99 billion is misleading. The $99 billion figure merely represents the amount that HR 1 reduces spending from the President’s proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget - not reductions in actual spending. Trying to claim credit for a reduction in spending based on cuts in proposed spending is like claiming someone is following a diet because he had only five slices of pizza when he intended to have 10 slices!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Follow me on Twitter! <a href="http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul</a></span></div>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-2113771946270233322011-02-21T12:41:00.000-08:002011-02-21T12:41:30.359-08:00Central Economic Planning at its Worst<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Central Economic Planning at its Worst</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“Last week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) presented its results to the Financial Services Committee. As with most other politically-appointed commissions, the results of the FCIC's investigation were easy to predict. Established by the same congress that gave us national healthcare and with a majority of its members appointed by those who seek to solve every problem with more government intervention, it was no surprise that the commission's findings would favor increased government intervention in the economy. Minority members were not substantively involved in the commission's operations, and the commission attempted to exclude their dissenting views by granting them very limited space to do so…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Click here to read the full article: <a href="http://bit.ly/fD6xGE" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/fD6xGE</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Follow me on Twitter! <a href="http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul</a></span></div>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-64672261978136543332011-02-10T17:17:00.001-08:002011-02-10T17:17:07.804-08:00Beyond Babylon<a href="http://www.publishamerica.com/greetingcardpro/createcard1.asp?PostCardID=7004" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/images/1413750575.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon</b><br />
</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2006/11/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
</b></span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2006/11/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall_04.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 1</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2006/11/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall_04.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Survival Guaranteed!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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The DEVASTATION unleashed against America and her British allies was without precedent. Destruction was everywhere and a body count impossible. The catastrophe was beyond calculation.<br />
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Europe - gripped with a messianic furor - justified this mass destruction of the body to "save the soul." Besides, they have the blessing of the pope. His white robes are stained with the blood of many martyrs.<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2006/11/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall_06.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Why National Defeat?</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Why are we in mortal danger? Why will the American, British and Jewish people SUFFER national defeat? How could Europe ever turn against us?<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2006/11/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall_10.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Truth or Consequences</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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As global tensions increase, and threats of confrontation escalate, we might very well wonder whether humanity will survive. <i>Unless</i> there’s a GOD to intervene, we have a bleak future indeed: a DEAD PLANET! Will earth become a nuclear fireball? Will charred bones - aftermath of unleashed atomic fires - and the smoldering ruins of a suicidal civilization be all that’s left?<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2007/01/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Victims of Tradition</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Whenever our behavior gets out of control, <i>God lets us loose control! </i>When we’re held hostage to bad habits, and refuse to let them go, we go into captivity! A national lack of discipline results in God sending corrective punishment! Then we wake up and get with it, and beg God to save us. The whole purpose is to bring us to our knees and senses.<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2007/03/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Europe's Fate</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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What’s going to happen to Europe? We know what’s going to happen to the American and British peoples, as well as to our Jewish brethren. The coming WORLD CRISIS is prophesied to fall especially hard on them. Why?<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2007/04/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus and the Jews</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Why don't the Jews accept Jesus?" I've been asked that so many times. My usual reply? "Why haven't the Christians?" At least the Jews are waiting for the proper imperial restoration. The Messiah's coming to sit on DAVID'S THRONE - not Caesar's or "St. Peter's." The Anointed One's going to rule from JERUSALEM - not Rome!<br />
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<b>Beyond Babylon<br />
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</span><a href="http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2007/05/beyond-babylon-europes-rise-and-fall_31.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah's Key Role</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Israel's about to host the greatest showdown on earth! A spiritual conflict of interests will create such a scene in Jerusalem that the whole world will watch! Zion will be an arena of prophets and sorcerers, warriors and kings! The forces of good and evil are set to duel: the sons of light will battle the sons of darkness, and truth will confront error head-on!<br />
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</a>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-79800044886801937722011-02-08T05:37:00.000-08:002011-02-08T05:37:05.900-08:00Egypt<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Our 30 Year Mistake</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The events in Egypt of late have captured the attention of the world, as many thousands of Egyptians take to the streets both in opposition to and in favor of the current regime. We watch from a distance hoping that events do not spiral further into violence, which will destroy lives and threaten the livelihoods of average Egyptians caught up in the political turmoil…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Click here to read the full article: <a href="http://bit.ly/e3DukD" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/e3DukD</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Follow Congressman Paul on Twitter! <a href="http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/RepRonPaul</a></span></div>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-17496993550849552872011-01-25T07:24:00.000-08:002011-01-25T07:24:07.244-08:00Respect for the Constitution<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">On Real Respect for the Constitution</span></b></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“I am pleased that the Constitution has received a lot of attention in recent weeks, thanks to the tea party movement. The 112<sup>th</sup> Congress kicked off with a reading of the Constitution on the floor of the House. It goes without saying that Members of Congress should have read the Constitution many times, and should continue to study it. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">Citing the particular clause of the Constitution that authorizes newly introduced legislation is a reasonable suggestion, yet in reality it will do little to restrain unconstitutional growth of the federal government. We have had such rules in the past and no benefit came of it…”</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: #333333;">Click here to read the full article: <a href="http://bit.ly/e8MO5z" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/e8MO5z</a></span></div>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-84456311455164013582011-01-04T17:37:00.000-08:002011-01-04T17:37:30.906-08:00Congressman Paul's Texas Straight Talk<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Recipe for a Successful 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“The year 2011 brings in a host of opportunities and challenges to America. Will we accelerate toward economic insolvency by continuing the policies that have created this crisis, or will a new Congress elected on the energy of the Tea Party movement find the courage to change course?<br />
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With the new Republican majority in the House I will have the opportunity as a subcommittee chairman to take a careful look at our domestic monetary policy. I am excited by the prospect of real oversight of the Federal Reserve, but I also hope to focus on the important ways in which our foreign policy and monetary policy are related. Just last week the <i>Financial Times</i> reported that the limited oversight of the Federal Reserve allowed by the passage of a watered-down version of my Audit the Fed bill revealed that approximately 55 percent of the loans made available under the largest Federal Reserve bailout program, the Term Auction Facility, went to foreign banks! This is but one example of the real cost to Americans of maintaining its empire overseas, and it cries out for more transparency and oversight…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Click here to read the full article: <a href="http://bit.ly/fpwaEQ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/fpwaEQ</a></span></b>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-85922703954228438572010-12-27T09:48:00.000-08:002010-12-27T09:48:03.764-08:00Texas Straight Talk: Social Security is Not "Insurance"<div class="MsoNormal">Perhaps the biggest media story of 2010 was the influence of Tea Party voters on the congressional landscape. The new congress comes to Capitol Hill with a mandate to end profligate spending and restore fiscal sanity, we are told. But when the House and Senate convene in January, the newly elected members will face tremendous pressure to maintain spending levels for entitlement programs. Even the most modest proposals to trim Social Security or Medicare spending will be met with howls of indignation and threats of voter revolt. Legislators who propose any kind of means testing or increased retirement ages can expect angry visits from senior citizen lobbyists ready to fund a candidate back home who supports the status quo.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><a href="http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1811:social-security-is-not-qinsuranceq&catid=31:texas-straight-talk" target="_blank">http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1811:social-security-is-not-qinsuranceq&catid=31:texas-straight-talk</a>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-68891309906350389372010-12-21T08:39:00.000-08:002010-12-21T08:39:41.371-08:00Distorting the Tax Policy Debate<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b>Congressman Paul's Texas Straight Talk</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“George Orwell warned us about the use of “meaningless words” in politics, words that are endlessly repeated by sloganeering politicians until they have no meaning at all. Meaningless words certainly were on display during last week’s congressional debate over the latest tax bill. <br />
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Over and over again we heard trite, empty phrases like “tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%,” “tax giveaways,” “tax earmarks,” and “borrowing money to give to millionaires.” Time and time again the same falsehoods were presented as fact, and reported as such by a credulous media…” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">As of November 7th, the total U.S. public debt outstanding reached an astonishing $13.7 trillion. This means that although Congress just raised the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion back in February, the new Congress will face another debt ceiling vote almost immediately next year. Otherwise, the Treasury will not be able to continue issuing debt to fund government operations. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Click here to read the full article:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1799&Itemid=69" target="_blank">http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1799&Itemid=69</a></span>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-6905935483758390862010-11-18T11:17:00.001-08:002010-11-18T11:18:49.841-08:00Enough is enough! Congressman Paul introduces legislation to stop TSA abuse<pre>Washington D.C. - Congressman Ron Paul last night introduced legislation designed to stop abusive TSA practices that treat American air travelers like criminal suspects. "Enough is enough" Congressman Paul declared in a speech before the House of Representatives earlier tonight. "We are supposed to sacrifice our liberty... I say that is wrong!" Paul stated.</pre><pre> </pre><pre>HR 6416, the "American Traveler Dignity Act," will subject TSA personnel to the same laws ordinary Americans must obey. It establishes that airport security screeners are not immune from any US law regarding physical contact with another person, making images of another person, or causing physical harm through the use of radiation-emitting machinery on another person. It means they are subject to the same laws as the rest of us.</pre><pre> </pre><pre>To read the full text of Congressman Paul's statement introducing the bill, click here: <a href="http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796:introducing-the-air-traveler-dignity-act&catid=16:speeches" target="_blank">http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796:introducing-the-air-traveler-dignity-act&catid=16:speeches</a></pre><pre> </pre><pre>To watch Congressman Paul's speech, click here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-N5adYM7Kw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-N5adYM7Kw</a></pre>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-73217858591375938472010-11-11T06:42:00.000-08:002010-11-11T06:42:02.141-08:00The End of America?The beginning of a U.S. currency crisis and hyperinflation. Become a member of NIA for free at http://inflation.us<br />
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“Last week’s midterm elections have been characterized as a victory for grassroots Americans who are fed up with Washington and the political status quo. In particular, the elections are being touted as a clear indicator that voters demand reductions in federal spending, deficits, and debt.<br />
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If the new Congress hopes to live up to the expectations of Tea Party voters, however, it faces some daunting choices. For all the talk about pork and waste, the truth is that Congress cannot fix the budget and get our national debt under control by trimming fat and eliminating earmarks for ‘Bridges to Nowhere’….”<br />
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Click here for the full article: <a href="http://bit.ly/aYEYZM">http://bit.ly/aYEYZM</a>David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-48296315882582552292010-10-31T05:27:00.001-07:002010-10-31T05:27:23.276-07:00Obama dogs Ohio"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have...a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean the characters and conduct of their rulers."<br />
-- <b>John Adams</b><br />
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President<br />
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<a href="http://bidenobama.blogspot.com/2010/04/obama-dogs-america.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">Obama dogs America</span></a><span style="color: #20124d;">.</span><br />
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The <a href="http://bidenobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/president-usurper-obama.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">President usurper</span></a>, the fraud and foreigner, the bastard from Africa, the con man from Kenya, reveals his shady character by refusing to be transparent with many important documents from his educational records to long form birth certificate. <a href="http://obamabirthers.blogspot.com/2009/03/emperor-obama.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">Emperor Obama</span></a> must go!David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-87795068109813429402010-10-11T09:30:00.000-07:002010-10-11T09:30:43.935-07:00A Spooked Economy in October<div class="MsoNormal"><b>Congressman Paul's Texas Straight Talk</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“Last week we received worse than expected unemployment numbers, challenging recent claims that the recession has come and gone. Also, as the economy continues to suffer the after effects of the Federal Reserve-created bubbles of the last decade, there is renewed interest in gold. Fears that the Federal Reserve will pump even more money into the system had caused the price of gold to reach new highs. Also contributing to enthusiasm for gold is continued instability in the banking industry, symbolized this week by fraud allegations that have caused many banks to halt foreclosure proceedings, thus further destabilizing the housing market. Yes, October has a reputation for being a scary month economically and this month is shaping up to be frightening, as well…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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She's not so "honored" by the <a href="http://bidenobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/president-usurper-obama.html">president usurper</a>, the fraud and foreigner, since Obama/Soetoro/Obama abandoned her to welfare. Dishonesty apparently runs deep in that criminal family.David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-50905953625411495682010-09-19T14:30:00.000-07:002010-09-19T14:30:29.212-07:00Are Consumers Finally Winning in Washington?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Congressman Paul's Texas Straight Talk</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">“Last week, in the wake of another uptick in the official unemployment rate, the administration continued to claim that their economic policies were working, just not fast enough. This administration inherited an unemployment rate of 7.7% and promised a peak of no higher than 8% if their policies were followed. Not only does the administration have a funny way of ending a war, but now they claim their economic policies are successful. For whom, I wonder?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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-- <b>John Adams</b><br />
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President<br />
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<a href="http://bidenobama.blogspot.com/2010/04/obama-dogs-america.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">Obama dogs America</span></a><span style="color: #20124d;">.</span><br />
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The <a href="http://bidenobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/president-usurper-obama.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">President usurper</span></a>, the fraud and foreigner, the bastard from Africa, the con man from Kenya, reveals his shady character by refusing to be transparent with many important documents from his educational records to long form birth certificate. <a href="http://obamabirthers.blogspot.com/2009/03/emperor-obama.html"><span style="color: #20124d;">Emperor Obama</span></a> must go!David Ben-Arielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271443642557427428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133182638683251759.post-8439498313920631382010-08-30T11:58:00.000-07:002010-08-30T12:00:17.521-07:00Iraq - An End or an Escalation?</td><td>Congressman Paul's Texas Straight Talk</td><td> </td><td> </td><td><br />
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