Interesting -

Tomorrow is May Day, a commie holiday...

well that's not fair, since this country seems to heading to socialist one world governance. I know, I know...Stop bashing Obama you right wing  kook...well, to be honest, I could care about Obama...its the total descent into one world governance that bugs me. I am talking about globalization of currency.

Ron Paul is right when he says the Federal Reserve is illegal, the constitution clearly says the Treasury of the United States shall issue currency, and says nothing about the Federal Reserve... check this out

 

 

or read a excerpt of the testimony:

Rep Michele Bachmann questioned Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke on 03/25/09 and took a position rarely seen in Washington DC. In short, her position is that which is enshrined in the 10th Amendment - “Where in the Constitution are the Treasury and the Fed given such powers?”

Bachmann: What provision in the Constitution could you point to, to give authority for the actions that have been taken by Treasury since March of 08?

Geithner: Oh, uh, the Congress legislated in the emergency economic stabilization act a range of very important new authorities..

Bachmann: Sir, in the Constitution. What in the Constitution could you point to, to give authority to the treasury for the extraordinary actions that have been taken.

Geithner: Every action that the treasury and the fed and the FDIC is….been using authority granted by this body…by the Congress.

Bachmann: And in the Constitution, what could you point to?

Geithner: Under the laws of the land, of course.

Bachmann: And if I could move to the federal reserve chair, if you could point to what provision in the Constitution that would give authority to the federal reserve - this has been over 10 trillion dollars that we’re talking about.

Bernanke: I don’t know where 10 trillion dollars comes from. The congress has the right to authorize funds, which is what they did in the TARP program, and they have given us in the 1930s…they gave the federal reserve the power for emergency lending as a means of addressing financial crises which is what we’ve done.

Bachmann: And to the federal reserve chair - Do you believe there are any limits on the authority that the Federal Reserve has taken since last March…of 08?

Bernanke: The loans we make have to be fully secured and collateralized. (WT-how do you collateralize 10 TRILLION dollars???) We have practical limits in terms of our ability to manage monetary policies. So there are obviously limits. We have reported extensively to the Congress on all the actions we have taken, and the actions we’ve taken have been solely and entirely for the purpose of protecting the American economy from the effects of financial collapse.

Not Goodbye -Just less active for awhile

I am facing enormous pressure from work and family, and need to allocate a lot more time to doing less online, achieving some focus and relaxing.

So until I get it figured out, I am reducing my presence Multiply..

Take care and play nice (you can do it)  

Afghanistan - US Army Aviation

As I have stated before, my cousin who lived with us a year when his parents went abroad in the late 1960's, volunteered ro go on active duty after 9/11, when he was IN WTC South Tower. He said watching people on the floors above plunge to their deaths was more devasting to him that anything he saw in the Gulf War, and soon it took its toll on him, quiting his job w Morgan Stanley and going back into the Army.

I have read about him in a couple of Defense Department publications, and the last I heard, he was off to Afghanistan...again...He told my brother that there are some pretty good pilots serving over there(Army Aviation) and so my honey ( also ex Army) found this for me...its only 3 minutes, but I was breathless...

 

CH-47D Chinook Helicopter doing an Aft Wheel Pinnacle Landing in the mountains of Afghanistan to pick up some Special Forces Operators.

 

Watch how close the rear rotor blades get to the Hill!

These GUYS are Heroes!!!!!!

We Are Not Alone

So many times when I see the news, I wonder if the American people really realize that we are NOT the only country with troops that are fighting (and sometimes dying) in Afghanistan. The Taliban are persistant, as can be seen in this video of Danish troops in Helmand province.

 

Vacation !!!!!

Start:	May 28, '09 08:00a
End:	Jun 5, '09 3:00p
Location:	Oregon

Camping up north

Grandpa gets audited

The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the IRS office.The auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney.

The auditor said, 'Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable.'
I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it,' says Grandpa. 'How about a demonstration?'

The auditor thinks for a moment and said, 'Okay. Go ahead.'

Grandpa says , 'I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.'

The auditor thinks a moment and says, 'It's a bet.'

Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it.

The auditor's jaw drops.

Grandpa says, 'Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye.'

Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn't blind, so he takes the bet.

Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

'Want to go double or nothing?' Grandpa asks 'I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.'

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win.

But Grandpa's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.

'Are you okay?' the auditor asks.

'Not really,' says the attorney. 'This morning, when Grandpa told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it.' -

 

Have a good week..

'I jumped the gun' Obama gets ahead of prompter

 

Obama gets ahead of prompter

By ALEXANDER BURNS

President Obama’s speech at the National Academy of Sciences Monday morning hit a brief snag when Obama got ahead of his script.

Laying his plan for a President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Obama began to name the members of PCAST listed in his prepared remarks – before realizing he’d already introduced them, earlier in his speech.

“In addition to John – sorry, the – I just noticed I jumped the gun here,” Obama said, pausing for several seconds as he looked at the prompter. “Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys.”

The audience, which gave the president a warm reception, responded with a quiet laugh.

Sure would be nice to have a President that could speak from his notes or memory without a teleprompter...