LET US NEVER FORGET THEM..
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
IN A NUT SHELL...
doesn't
like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat. If a liberal is a
vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his
enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. If a liberal is
homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as
independently successful. Their liberal counterparts see themselves as
victims in need of government protection.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his
situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal
non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
(Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for
it,
or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the rest of us
pay for his.
If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up, laughs and is
embarrassed. If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like
he's
in labor; then sues.
If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a
good
laugh. A liberal will delete it because he's "offended".
Friday, November 13, 2009
URGENT PETITION! (Even if you've signed before, you can sign again & we'll re-fax.) Please select, sign, and WE WILL FAX your petition automatically to ALL 100 U.S. Make the 17 phone calls listed below, today, to these key "undecided" Senators. x Bill Nelson, D-FL 202-224-5274 y Judd Gregg, R-NH 202-224-3324 x Kay Hagan, D-NC 202-224-6342 y Richard Lugar, R-IN 202-224-4814 x Mark Pryor, D-AR 202-224-2353 y Olympia Snowe, R-ME 202-224-5344 xz Blanche Lincoln, D-AR 202-224-4843 y Susan Collins, R-ME 202-224-2523 z Chris Dodd, D-CT 202-224-2823 xy Kit Bond, R-MO 202-224-5721 z Barbara Boxer, D-CA 202-224-3553 z Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY 202-224-4451 z Michael Bennet, D-CO 202-224-5852 z Roland Burris, D-IL 202-224-2854 z Byron Dorgan, D-ND 202-224-2551 (x = Lives in the South. y = Voted for Sebelius. z = Facing re-election in 2010.) | |
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
A TRAGEDY ?....
BRIAN WILLIAMS ; You fucking idiot! I'll tell you what a tragedy is... Its you, and all the leftist journalist in the main stream media who are mainly the blame for all the bullshit political correctness going on in this country today, by referring to an act of "TERRORISM" as a "FUCKING TRAGEDY"
I HOPE ALL YOU FUCKERS CHOKE TO DEATH ON ON YOUR IDEOLOGICAL TRUTHS, OR LIES IN THIS CASE.
YOU'RE ALL TO BLAME FOR EMPOWERING SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, MAINLY THE ACLU FOR THE ENDANGERMENT OF MANY LIVES HERE, AND ABROAD, BY THE TELLING OF THESE LIES, AND YOUR HALF TRUTHS, WHEN REPORTING ON SUCH AN EVENT LIKE THE FT. HOOD TERRORIST ATTACK ! I PERSONALLY CHARGE YOU, AND YOUR KIND AS INFORMERS TO THEIR CAUSES,AND THEREFORE MAKING YOU, AND NBC, AN ENEMY TO THE REPUBLIC. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL, BECAUSE I WON'T!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
THANK YOU TO ALL THE MOM AND DADS FOR YOUR SACRIFICES TOO...BRAVE WARRIORS ALL..
I was able to sleep well in the safety of my bed last night, practice whatever faith I choose, and freely speak my mind without fear of retribution, all because you served and fought to preserve the freedoms that our forefathers fought for.
To each one of you I speak from the bottom of my heart when I say Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
You are my Heroes and I want to remember and honor you this Veteran’s Day. Not a single day goes by that I don't think of the sacrifices you and your families have given!
My son Marc Alan Lee was laid to rest on August 2nd, 2006. I also remember him today as I do every day and the sacrifice he made. Thank you son! His headstone says "Loved deeply, Deeply loved." The love doesn't go any deeper than that! He loved deeply! He loved his brothers he served with, he loved me, he loved his family, he loved this nation, he loved his freedoms, he loved God, and he gave. He gave it all! "Greater love has no one than this than he laid down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) That's what a hero does. They are willing to give their lives for others if it's required. |
I also think of my son Kris who served in the Marines, my son-in-law Christopher who served in the Army and my brother Jim who is serving in the Air Force! Thank you!
There are many troops out there who are still serving, as my sons Marc and Kris did. Pray for them today, pray that they can complete their mission and come home safely.
Sponsor a care package from Move America Forward today to show our veterans who are still fighting that we honor them just as much as we honor all of our veterans from the revolution to the first gulf war. Click here to sponsor one now
Each one of you have deeply loved this country, you were willing to give your life to defend it. Many have bled for America, or known family, friends, or brothers in arms who paid the ultimate sacrifice just like my soon Marc. Thank you!
I have traveled around this country, to Iraq and Gitmo speaking out in support of you, thanking and honoring you "Our defenders of freedom." I have been blessed to meet many of you and your families, and have been so deeply touched by your stories and your sacrificial service to this nation. I don't take for granted our freedom, which isn’t' free, it comes at a cost and you willingly paid that for me.
So please remember this Veterans Day that I am your biggest fan and that you are deeply appreciated and loved.
I am attaching Marc's last letter home that we have called his "Glory" letter. You will be inspired and moved. He challenges us to do random acts of kindness and I would ask you, in his memory, to honor our Vets today by picking up the check for their meal, coffee, giving them a hug or whatever you can. Be as generous as you can. It's a small token of our appreciation for all they have sacrificed. Click Here to Read Marc's Letter
Don't forget those who are deployed. Send a care package, remember the families of the fallen who gave it all and share your gratitude and love with them.
Thank you and Happy Veterans Day!
From a grateful Gold Star Mom and Proud American,
Debbie Lee
Thursday, November 5, 2009
AIN'T IT THE TRUTH...
Subject: FW: Where Should We Put Obama's Picture??
George Washington, our nation's first president and leader of the American Revolution!
Abe Lincoln, honorable leader pulled our nation through its darkest time!
Alexander Hamilton, founding father, first secretary of the treasure and leader
of the constitutional convention!
Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory " fought the British in New Orleans !
Ulysses Grant, Union army general, lead the North through the Civil War!
Ben Franklin, Genius inventor, political theorist and leading author
of the constitution.
Finally, we have someone to put on the food stamp!
More people will see it here than any other place, so it is appropriate. The way we are all losing jobs, this will be our money soon anyway.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT...
He is steaming mad the union bosses have not been able to get their hands on our contributor list, and he hinted that he will ask now his political cronies to help him.
It's absolutely critical you read the briefing below right away.
Dear Robert:
You and I face a crisis.
Union lawyers have served National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys with papers indicating they will seek a court order to obtain the names and addresses of our financial supporters -- with the ultimate goal to shut us down.
I expect a federal court subpoena to land on my desk at any time.
There's no time to spare. I need your help immediately.
You see, the union bosses are on the attack right now, having elected a union partisan as President and strong forced unionism majorities in Congress...
...and now they want blood from anyone who opposed them -- and in their minds we are Public Enemy #1.
So the union bosses are turning their sights on their longtime nemesis, the National Right to Work Foundation.
They're enraged by the progress we've made in defending rank-and-file workers from forced unionism abuses. When they move to grab more coercive power or trample on more workers, your Foundation's legal team stands in the breach.
They want the Foundation wiped out -- or at least pinned to the mat by crushing and costly defensive battles -- so that they have a clear path to ram through their agenda unopposed.
That's why the union bosses are dusting off a tactic that Big Labor used for 13 years to try to put us out of business.
From 1973 to 1986, twelve international unions and the giant AFL-CIO tried to force us to hand over the Foundation's supporter list so they could harass and try to drive away those who made our vital program possible.
In fact, Reed Larson, who was then the Foundation's president, was almost thrown in jail twice by a federal judge for violating court orders to breach the confidentiality of Foundation supporters. And I promise you this -- I am ready to do the same.
But that suit cost the Foundation hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend. And now, the union bosses have indicated they intend to demand the same thing again from another federal judge.
Let me explain.
A group of non-union orchestra musicians who have been continuously bullied by an AFL-CIO affiliate in the entertainment business recently approached the Foundation for legal aid.
In a nutshell, the union bosses in Hollywood have been on the warpath to destroy the careers of any musician who doesn't join the union and pay full union dues. Incredibly, they've even threatened arrests.
So Foundation attorneys filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Southern California seeking injunctions against -- and monetary damages from -- the union. The union lawyers' response just arrived.
They claim the musicians' lawsuit is illegal, alleging that "interested employers have financed this litigation by providing support or financing to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation..."
It's only a matter of time before I will be served with a union discovery subpoena demanding our contributor list in an attempt to prove this claim.
This is a bombshell. If the union bosses somehow prevail on this claim, it could shut down our entire legal aid program -- or at least divert Foundation attorneys into costly defensive legal battles whenever they go to court for union-abused employees.
You know we're going to fight the union bosses' demand for names of contributors with every resource I can muster. We cannot let them succeed with this tactic. But union lawyers have war chests of forced dues to spend. They think they can bleed us dry.
The last time they tried this attack, the union lawyers finally admitted they wanted to send the contributor list to local union chiefs all over the country. They wanted to make "discreet inquiries" about the contributors in their areas. You know what that means.
The Foundation's support comes from all kinds of people -- union members, small business folks, and others. Many of them would be subjected to vicious retaliation if the union bosses could just get their names.
Blacklisting, beatings, bombings, and arson are just a few of the tactics union "enforcers" use against anyone who steps out of line.
So you can see why I'm never going to give an inch in protecting the privacy of our supporters.
But the costs of this fight can be enormous -- and consume all our resources while thousands of employees are left to the mercy of union brass.
That's why I'm establishing a Union Attack Emergency Fund to defend ourselves against union boss attacks on the Foundation and its supporters -- and to keep our entire program going strong.
Frankly, as serious as this already is, I believe this is only the first salvo in a coordinated, multi-pronged war on the Foundation to be waged by Big Labor and the new Obama administration.
In fact, I expect that the union-boss-controlled U.S. Department of Labor will soon bear down on your Foundation, misusing tools in the Landrum-Griffin Act.
And, while we have always been extremely careful about following all tax rules, I fear the Obama IRS may turn our organization upside down with an intrusive audit intended to revoke our advantageous tax status in the future.
We must brace ourselves for an onslaught of attacks.
But, if we don't have the funds to defend ourselves and our critical program against the union bosses' outrageous attack on our constitutional rights, we will be able neither to stop their forced unionism power grabs nor defend the rights of the thousands of employees who depend on the Foundation for help.
That's why I need your help to establish this Union Attack Emergency Fund now. If everyone helps out, we will reach my initial goal of $400,000.
Please contribute $200 if you can. I know that may seem like a large amount but I estimate that this and related attacks could drain hundreds of thousands of dollars away from our successful program -- and at the worst possible time.
Or, at least, I hope you'll give $100 or $50. Please don't delay. Click here to donate now.
The Foundation's existence could hang in the balance, and it's urgent that I hear from you immediately. I will be waiting for your reply. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. The union bosses have revived the tactics of the old AFL-CIO multi-union lawsuit to force the Foundation to hand over its supporter list.
Using this legal tactic, combined with looming regulatory attacks by the Obama administration, the union bosses intend to put your Foundation on the defensive so they can ram through their forced unionism agenda -- and even shut us down for good.
That's why it's vital that I receive your tax-deductible contribution to the Union Attack Emergency Fund today. I am counting on you to keep our program going strong.
Please click here to contribute to the Union Attack Emergency Fund now.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
HOLLY SHIT!...
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OBAMA, AND WIFE, TO GO TO COPENHAGEN, AND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR THEM BEING THERE. ITS BECAUSE!, THEY OWE IT TO VALERIE!
VALERIE WHO! VALERIE JARRET! YOU KNOW, ONE OF HIS TOP ADVISERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW THE ONLY ONE WHO VETTED COMRADE VAN JONES, WITH HER COMPLETE APPROVAL, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID IN OAKLAND CA. [PUSHED HIS COMMUNIST PARTY AND AGENDAS]
HER TIES LINK HER TO THE MOST CORRUPT, AND SHADIEST COLLABORATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY! YOU PROBABLY WONT READ ABOUT HER IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA, BUT I WILL STRONGLY SUGGEST, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY! THIS IS TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THIS IS WORSE THAN THE VAN JONES SCANDAL ! WAIT TIL YOU SEE WHAT COMES FROM THIS MESS , RIGHT OUT OF THAT WONDERFUL POLITICAL MACHINE, IN CHICAGO.
VALARIE STANDS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OFF THE TAX PAYERS, IN ADDITION TO THE MONIES SHE HAS ALREADY SCREWED THEM OUT OF FROM HER REAL ESTATE DEALS THERE IN BEAUTIFUL CHICAGO. THE TAX PAYERS OF THIS COUNTRY HAVE HELP PAY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING THAT DOESN'T EXIST! BECAUSE, THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT FIT FOR HUMAN DWELLING. THESE HOLDINGS, [AGAIN, THE ONES THE US TAXPAYERS CONTRIBUTED TO], ARE 90% VACANT DUE TO UNFIT CONDITIONS. THESE DWELLINGS DON'T MEET ANY OF THE STANDARDS, AND SAFETY CODES, MANDATED BY CITY AND STATE.
BUT! THEY WILL PROBABLY MAKE A NICE LOCATION FOR A NEW OLYMPIC STADIUM, AFTER THEY FIND HOUSING FOR THE OTHER 10% OF PEOPLE LIVING THEIR IN THE SLUM LORD'S HOLDINGS. BUT, NOT OT WORRY! THEY WILL FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR THEM THROUGH SPECIAL INTEREST, AND THE TAX PAYERS AGAIN
. DID I MENTION, THE DIFFERENT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS SHE SITS ON? FOR EXAMPLE,a NATIONAL BUILDING MATERIAL COMPANY, A COUPLE COMMUNITY ORGANISING COMMITTEES,AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, INCLUDING, HABITAT. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT BY CLICKING BELOW ON LINK.
OH! DID I MENTION THAT SHE IS ON THE PLANE WITH MICHELLE OBAMA, AND ON THEIR WAY DENMARK TO SELL THE DEAL AS I WRITE THIS? TRIVIA TIDBIT FOR YOU; DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST THE TAX PAYER TO SEND NOT ONE!, BUT TWO PLANES OVER THERE [TO COPENHAGEN] BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GET VALERIE OVER THERE RIGHT AWAY, AND THE MESSIAH WILL FLY OVER ON FRIDAY. A LITTLE OVER 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS! I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW. ANYWAY, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO COME FROM THIS STORY. PIECING THINGS TOGETHER FOR NOW, BUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE HER LINKS WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY THROUGH ... WELL! LETS JUST SAY FOR NOW... WITH WHATS TO COME AMERICA, WILL BLOW YOUR MINDS! PEACE, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Valerie Jarrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gmail - Welcome to Right to Work - inge.robert@gmail.com
Thank you for signing our petition.
I would like to take a moment to welcome you and give you a brief overview of the National Right to Work organizations -- groups which are so critical to holding the line against the overwhelming union power grabs underway in Washington, DC right now.
The National Right to Work Committee
The National Right to Work Committee, established in 1955, is a 2.2 million member, nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to the principle that all Americans must have the right to join a union if they choose to, but none should ever be forced to affiliate with a union, or pay money to a union, in order to get or keep a job.
The National Right to Work Committee combats compulsory unionism through an aggressive program designed to mobilize public opposition to compulsory unionism and enlist public support for Right to Work legislation.
By supporting the National Right to Work Committee, you are part of millions of other supporters who have had a real impact in the fight against compulsory unionism. Committee supporters have helped the Committee pass or protect Right to Work laws in 22 states.
The Committee fights all of Big Labor's attempts to strangle the human spirit and American economy with more compulsory unionism. Perhaps the most concerning legislative issue is issue at the moment is the Card Check Forced Unionism legislation that would open up millions of workers to intimidation and violence during union organizing drives.
To read more about the current issues surrounding the NRTW Committee, please visit: http://nrtwc.org/facts-issues/
The Committee is 100% dependant on support from its members. To donate to the Committee, please visit: https://nrtw.ejoinme.org/tabid/127162.aspx
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
While the Committee focuses on promoting Right to Work legislation, the Legal Defense Foundation fights Big Labor in the courts and provides free legal aid to victimized employees.
The Foundation's legal aid program is designed to fulfill three objectives: (1) to enforce employees' existing legal rights against forced unionism abuses, (2) to win new legal precedents expanding these rights and protections, and (3) to dramatize the ugly problem of forced unionism and its human impact in the media.
The Foundation attorneys have been involved in literally thousands of legal cases since 1968, and they've argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court 14 times.
To read about the different Supreme Court cases please visit: http://nrtw.org/foundation-won.htm
The National Right to Work Committee and Legal Defense Foundation are the leaders in the U.S. against Big Labor's draconian forced unionism agenda.
And without the support of individuals like you, we would not have been able to carry on the fight. To make a tax-deductible contribution to the Foundation, please visit: https://nrtw.ejoinme.org/tabid/127164.aspx
Thank you for joining our cause. We have major battles ahead, and I hope you'll stand with us.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
President
National Right to Work Committee
National Right to Work Foundation"
Monday, September 28, 2009
HELP!...
Every problem we face today has evolved from We The People who have forgotten our teachings regarding history, of those who fought so determined, and absolute, for the freedoms, and liberties, that we so easily take for granted everyday.
What do we know about those who fought so hard to change those ways,and what we teach our children?What about the ones who have spent a lifetime really screwing up those valued principles? I'm not just talking about the changes in the last fifty years or so.I'm talking about, just how far back do these roots grow? I've always understood it, if you want to fix something, that you need to get to the root of the problem.
Lets not confuse this people, I mean every *single* problem here now, on this big o platter of life we're living today, stems from our neglect to DO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE BETTERMENT of this country, and its people. Think about what I'm saying.! Had everyone, or at least one person of every family, taught, or just reminded others in their immediate families of the importance to pass it on;
Patrick Henry :
"Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us."
War is Inevitable, March 1775.
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James Madison :
"The ultimate authority...resides in the people alone."
"It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution.
The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much ...to forget it."
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Samuel Adams :
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards."
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John Adams :
"People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity."
"Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and prayers, but she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator of her own."
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Alexander Hamilton :
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."
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Benjamin Franklin :
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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George Washington :
"I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
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Thomas Jefferson :
"On every question of construction of the Constitution, let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
Do we fully understand what they were saying here?... Do we remember what they did?... Can you really imagine the tyranny they were so hell bent on changing, and why?..Everything these ancestors did... was for US! When did we stop teaching about the event, the time in life, that was only second, or maybe the third most important event in the history of all mankind? Like I have written in other articles, all you have to do is ask WHY. I believe that the Birth of Christ, was number 1, the Resurrection, number two. The Revolutionary War,number 3.THE BIRTH OF THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH...
I PERSONALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE VERY IMPORTANT LIFE CHANGING EVENTS ARE NO LONGER TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS, HELL WE CAN'T EVEN SING CHRISTMAS CARROLL'S THERE! WHAT ARE WE BECOMING AMERICA, WHO ARE WE? WHAT THE FUCK HAVE WE DONE?
Thanks Jack Kemp, and the American Thinker.
September 28, 2009
Obama throwing black supporters under the bus
Jack KempI have a suggestion for Gov. David Paterson of New York, recently asked by an associate of Barack Obama to not run for election (not reelection, as he became Governor when Eliot Spitzer resigned) for the office of New York Governor. I have to admire Gov. Paterson's courage to stand up for himself, even though I don't agree with his politics, nor do I commend his record as Governor of New York.
"What's a president to do? Now, it's true, Obama has a history of throwing friends under the bus and embracing enemies, so maybe this doesn't upset him all that much. But the other friends have gone under the bus willingly. Paterson is pulling a Rosa Parks."
"There, the Jamaican four sled stunned many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, France and Italy.[5]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
TWO PEAS IN A POD...
Here's Hugo giving his two thumbs up to Oliver for his latest Anti- American endeavor, which obviously gets Hugo's approval, and , why not, It features him and other dictators with all of Oliver's approval.
Hey, I'm not going to go there again, if you want to know how I feel about the Hollywood elitist, and what I think about them, and their importance to this Great Country of ours, well just go back into my archives and read it there.[see article Ashley Judd]
"God how much longer do we have to endure this... their ideology is in fact an attack on you" This really sickens me so much.
This apple in Hugo's eye has spent his lifetime slamming the moral, and the righteous, by distorting truths about our Country, and the valued principals held by the majority of it's people in it. All while making millions upon millions of dollars on his propaganda bullshit, that the sheep of this country[about 22% of you] paid for. "SUCKERS"
Like Hugo, he too provokes violence, and lots of it. I say good, bring it on Oli. The people of this country are starting to wake up now, so how will you ACT now that you have awakened them?I'll put the emphases on ACT, because that's all you and your kind understand. You truly know nothing about the real world, where we don't have the luxury of pretending.