WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE…..
Contrary to the supposition of Ray Heidt that the eligibility of Barack Obama to serve as President has been proven, the question of Obama’s meeting the requirement of "natural-born citizen" is still very debatable..
1) No hospital has released a vaulted, long form Birth Certificate.
2) A Certification of Live Birth (COLB) has been posted on many websites. This is not the Same as a Birth Certificate. The COLB posted online and widely touted as Obama's "birth certificate" does not prove he was born in Hawaii, since the COLB is easily obtainable for children not born in Hawaii. The true birth certificate – which includes the name of the birth hospital and attending physician – is the only document that can prove Obama was born in Hawaii, but to date he has not permitted its release for public or press scrutiny.
3) There also are questions raised about Obama's move to Indonesia when he was a child and his attendance at school where only Indonesian citizens were allowed. Was he an Indonesian citizen? Did he use an Indonesian passport when he traveled to Pakistan in the ’80s? U.S. citizens were not permitted to travel to Pakistan.
4) Berg vs. Obama, 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals case No. 088-4340 is anticipated for arguments to be heard this September or October.
5) There are approximately 19 cases pending in 17 states requesting eligibility proof. More are anticipated.
Regardless of one’s political leanings, emphasis should be to uphold the intent of
Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution. This requires a United States President to be a natural-born citizen. Hundreds of thousands of reasonable (emphasis on reasonable) citizens have signed petitions requesting proof of Obama’s ability to meet this requirement.
Obama could put the issue to rest by authorizing release of his official documentation.
Unhappy American
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Opinion of an American Citizen
In my opinion our government has not changed, nor is it likely to change, in a way that will eliminate socialistic programs that will bankrupt us. Also, their collusion with corporations to grant the latter freedom to globalize at the expense of our people is likely the root cause of many of our financial problems. They as well have become partners in the government scheme to get illegal aliens firmly entrenched in our country. What better way that allowing them to purchase homes and roam freely throughout the land. My opinion expressed here is more general and expresses the view that the current administration will not cause a change for the better, especially if it continues to push for amnesty and other socialistic programs.
We the people are going to face a real calamity when the bills come due.
FDR was right, “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” Why should any of us believe otherwise? The evidence has mounted since even before his time, those in government colluding with industry, has sought more money and power. The results are undeniable that “we the people” serve no other purpose than to provide treasure for these elites so that they can continue plundering and pillaging the treasury.
The current administration will not provide relief, because the new players are mere operatives in the grand scheme. Although, the elites allowed many candidates to vie for the Presidency, along the way most were eliminated as they did not embrace the proper view. As with recent contests, the two activists who would best serve elitist interests were pitted against one another. As the tragedy unfolded, one was anointed by the media, while the other eagerly accepted his role as loser. The masses were mesmerized by the steady chants of “hope,” “Yes we can,” and “Change we can believe in.” Few understood what they were cheering for nor the consequences they would unleash.
Obviously, our real dilemma is with those who have invaded the government as agents of change, and not for the benefits of the people they supposedly serve. For decades now, our leaders’ visions were counter to our wishes. They have brought forth socialist, communistic, and fascist programs, like social security, welfare, and agricultural subsidies. They control and manipulate the economy by allowing massive influxes of legal and illegal aliens. Their educational programs have corrupted our ability to think and reason, while destroying our will to resist. They have nearly bankrupted the nation and the people through their greed. They have complete authority over our lives, and when their monetary schemes fail “we the people” are told to provide for those that caused the problem.
The corruption has become so pervasive that we have accepted it as normal. Consider, how Presidents have gradually assumed powers not delegated to them by the Constitution. We have allowed Congress to raid the treasury in order to effect the shift from a Republic to a fascist state and never question when the judiciary makes unconstitutional rulings. We have sat idly by when the Constitution or its Amendments have been abused, ignored, or purposely misinterpreted by the President, his administration, Congress, or the Judiciary. Our system of “checks and balances” has been allowed to collapse, as no one in the three branches has courage to challenge the power structure.
Sadly, the majority of the people are apathetic, ignorant, brainwashed, or are accepting of the corruption by leaders in our current system. Most people fail to understand it is their responsibility to protect the Constitution from false interpretations and outright changes through legislation or edict. If your one of the majority consider supporting a change back to a Constitutional government. This is real change I can believe in, not the socialistic programs the current administration will be offering.
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson
Robert B. Murray II, Ph.D.
Additional Blog Site: www.allaboutimmigration.blogspot.com
We the people are going to face a real calamity when the bills come due.
FDR was right, “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” Why should any of us believe otherwise? The evidence has mounted since even before his time, those in government colluding with industry, has sought more money and power. The results are undeniable that “we the people” serve no other purpose than to provide treasure for these elites so that they can continue plundering and pillaging the treasury.
The current administration will not provide relief, because the new players are mere operatives in the grand scheme. Although, the elites allowed many candidates to vie for the Presidency, along the way most were eliminated as they did not embrace the proper view. As with recent contests, the two activists who would best serve elitist interests were pitted against one another. As the tragedy unfolded, one was anointed by the media, while the other eagerly accepted his role as loser. The masses were mesmerized by the steady chants of “hope,” “Yes we can,” and “Change we can believe in.” Few understood what they were cheering for nor the consequences they would unleash.
Obviously, our real dilemma is with those who have invaded the government as agents of change, and not for the benefits of the people they supposedly serve. For decades now, our leaders’ visions were counter to our wishes. They have brought forth socialist, communistic, and fascist programs, like social security, welfare, and agricultural subsidies. They control and manipulate the economy by allowing massive influxes of legal and illegal aliens. Their educational programs have corrupted our ability to think and reason, while destroying our will to resist. They have nearly bankrupted the nation and the people through their greed. They have complete authority over our lives, and when their monetary schemes fail “we the people” are told to provide for those that caused the problem.
The corruption has become so pervasive that we have accepted it as normal. Consider, how Presidents have gradually assumed powers not delegated to them by the Constitution. We have allowed Congress to raid the treasury in order to effect the shift from a Republic to a fascist state and never question when the judiciary makes unconstitutional rulings. We have sat idly by when the Constitution or its Amendments have been abused, ignored, or purposely misinterpreted by the President, his administration, Congress, or the Judiciary. Our system of “checks and balances” has been allowed to collapse, as no one in the three branches has courage to challenge the power structure.
Sadly, the majority of the people are apathetic, ignorant, brainwashed, or are accepting of the corruption by leaders in our current system. Most people fail to understand it is their responsibility to protect the Constitution from false interpretations and outright changes through legislation or edict. If your one of the majority consider supporting a change back to a Constitutional government. This is real change I can believe in, not the socialistic programs the current administration will be offering.
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson
Robert B. Murray II, Ph.D.
Additional Blog Site: www.allaboutimmigration.blogspot.com
Monday, January 19, 2009
READER'S VIEW BY ROBERT B. MURRAY
The story of America, when finally written, will be one of a people struggling to go from rags to riches, and of the few who rose to the top and destroyed the rest. All the rhetoric about a nation of opportunity is merely fiction for most. In order to rise to the highest levels one's ambition must be greater than the love for our fellow man or country. One has to abandon all ethics, morals, and commit to a secular god of greed and power.
Mega-corporations, led by intertwined individuals, define the rules how nations will act and the amount they must pay. These individuals control the aspiring novices and only allow the most dedicated to rise from the local level. As these youngsters are impregnated with the rules, and then show their loyalties to the cause, they may advance. Importantly they must be willing to embrace the very essence of "getting-ahead", i. e. complete obedience to economic growth regardless of consequence. It is the amount that one can bring to the coffers that matters, regardless of how achieved, or whether the result is detrimental to man or his environment. The end, acquiring and amassing wealth, justifies the means.
Blindly our nation has turned over it's leadership to incompetents, or perhaps more accurately, willing partisans eager to gain both favor of their bosses and financial benefit. By these miscreants, and with help from the mighty nine Black Robes, Lincoln's words have been transformed into "of the corporation, by the corporation, and for the corporation." We the people have been cast aside and relieved of our Constitutional status.
These misanthropes find hate in Madison's words "That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people." Now, they see the only purpose for the people, is to provide the wherewithal so that government can fulfill the needs of global corporations. Therefore, Congress writes the laws following the dictates of corporations. When satisfied the corporation will benefit, Congress meets to bestow their blessings. The Constitution is gladly abused, set-aside, or ignored by government if it does not conform to the wishes of those who stand to gain and have the power to control the outcome. How do we know, by none other than that authority Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who explains "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
Can we say that innocently, without malice, global corporations are victims of a world-wide crash of markets, lending institutions etc.? Here we are bailing out international banks, auto giants, and other world wide conglomerates, why? The answer B. Hussein Obama has given you, via Joe the Plumber, "To redistribute the wealth." What he didn't tell Joe it was to continue the Bush doctrine of taking from the poorer and giving to the richer. What easier way to institute the corporate elite plan of a new world order; destroy America by making us dependent on foreign nations.
"As Henry Kissinger recently put it, when he was celebrating U.S.-China relations on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Obama's mission is to usher in a "New World Order." He forgot to mention, of course, that it is a China-dominated New World Order in which the U.S. has become a subsidiary of China, Inc.," (www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff288.htm).
If you doubt, investigate for yourself the interconnectedness of Obama's team, Geithner, Volcker, Summers et al., and their worldly views and whom they truly represent. And you think Obama will bring change and hope?
Are you confident that our federal and state governments have your interests at heart?
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Robert B. Murray II, Ph.D.
Mega-corporations, led by intertwined individuals, define the rules how nations will act and the amount they must pay. These individuals control the aspiring novices and only allow the most dedicated to rise from the local level. As these youngsters are impregnated with the rules, and then show their loyalties to the cause, they may advance. Importantly they must be willing to embrace the very essence of "getting-ahead", i. e. complete obedience to economic growth regardless of consequence. It is the amount that one can bring to the coffers that matters, regardless of how achieved, or whether the result is detrimental to man or his environment. The end, acquiring and amassing wealth, justifies the means.
Blindly our nation has turned over it's leadership to incompetents, or perhaps more accurately, willing partisans eager to gain both favor of their bosses and financial benefit. By these miscreants, and with help from the mighty nine Black Robes, Lincoln's words have been transformed into "of the corporation, by the corporation, and for the corporation." We the people have been cast aside and relieved of our Constitutional status.
These misanthropes find hate in Madison's words "That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people." Now, they see the only purpose for the people, is to provide the wherewithal so that government can fulfill the needs of global corporations. Therefore, Congress writes the laws following the dictates of corporations. When satisfied the corporation will benefit, Congress meets to bestow their blessings. The Constitution is gladly abused, set-aside, or ignored by government if it does not conform to the wishes of those who stand to gain and have the power to control the outcome. How do we know, by none other than that authority Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who explains "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
Can we say that innocently, without malice, global corporations are victims of a world-wide crash of markets, lending institutions etc.? Here we are bailing out international banks, auto giants, and other world wide conglomerates, why? The answer B. Hussein Obama has given you, via Joe the Plumber, "To redistribute the wealth." What he didn't tell Joe it was to continue the Bush doctrine of taking from the poorer and giving to the richer. What easier way to institute the corporate elite plan of a new world order; destroy America by making us dependent on foreign nations.
"As Henry Kissinger recently put it, when he was celebrating U.S.-China relations on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Obama's mission is to usher in a "New World Order." He forgot to mention, of course, that it is a China-dominated New World Order in which the U.S. has become a subsidiary of China, Inc.," (www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff288.htm).
If you doubt, investigate for yourself the interconnectedness of Obama's team, Geithner, Volcker, Summers et al., and their worldly views and whom they truly represent. And you think Obama will bring change and hope?
Are you confident that our federal and state governments have your interests at heart?
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Robert B. Murray II, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
CONFUSED: IS HE? ARE IS HE NOT?
Hello Everyone:
I am amazed how things are working in Washington D.C. Mr. Obama aka Mr. Soetoro has been sued to present evidence of his eligiblity to be President. Some cases have been visited by the Supreme Court and other are pending including one that was brought before Justice Roberts. How can he call for a private meeting with the defendant without witnesses or even having to reveal the nature of his talks? We will never know whether Justice Roberts and endorsed Obama without comment as the court has done with several cases before them. There is some skullduggery here.
Below is an excerpt from Devvy Kidds report today at www.newswithviews.com
Write your Congressmen and express your displeasure.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS MEETS OBAMA IN PRIVATE
By: DevvyJanuary 15, 2009
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com
"Is there anything more shameful than the man who lacks the courage to be a coward?" Peter Blaunder
CBS News reported that Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts, Jr., would meet in private with impostor president elect, Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro and so forth, on January 14, 2009:
"At the invitation of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Mr. Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will pay a protocol visit to the Supreme Court of the United States Wednesday afternoon, the office says....The visit is private; reporters and photographers will not be present."
I called the media number at the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. The giddy operator confirmed they expected Obama at any minute!
To say I was floored when I read the news item is an understatement. A 'ceremonial' meeting between a president elect and justices of the Supreme Court is somewhat traditional.
HOWEVER, in this instance, it's flat out wrong. Chief Justice Roberts has cases on the docket where Obama is the defendant or is the subject of the litigation. Roberts and the other eight justices have already held two 'Distribution for Conferences' on the Donofrio and Wrotnoski cases on Obama's citizenship ineligibility. They just turned away one of Phil Berg's cases a few days ago; that one is still in the Third Circuit.
Tomorrow is the fourth case; another from Phil Berg.
On Wednesday, Roberts meets with the man at the heart of that case in private. Two days later, he sits down to discuss the case with the other justices after having a closed door meeting with the defendant!
There is still the Lightfoot v Bowen case to be heard in conference, January 23, 2009. Again, Chief Justice Roberts will sit in that private meeting to discuss whether the case should go to oral arguments.
Does anyone see major conflict of interest here? How can Chief Justice Roberts meet with Obama behind closed doors under such circumstances? Even if they just chatted up the weather, it is highly inappropriate in my humble opinion. Roberts should have notified Obama that under the circumstances, he would not be able to meet with him, private or with photogs in attendance.
There must be zero appearance of any bias or preference when it comes to judges and justices of the Supreme Court.
Thank You, Devvy Kidd.....
I am amazed how things are working in Washington D.C. Mr. Obama aka Mr. Soetoro has been sued to present evidence of his eligiblity to be President. Some cases have been visited by the Supreme Court and other are pending including one that was brought before Justice Roberts. How can he call for a private meeting with the defendant without witnesses or even having to reveal the nature of his talks? We will never know whether Justice Roberts and endorsed Obama without comment as the court has done with several cases before them. There is some skullduggery here.
Below is an excerpt from Devvy Kidds report today at www.newswithviews.com
Write your Congressmen and express your displeasure.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS MEETS OBAMA IN PRIVATE
By: DevvyJanuary 15, 2009
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com
"Is there anything more shameful than the man who lacks the courage to be a coward?" Peter Blaunder
CBS News reported that Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts, Jr., would meet in private with impostor president elect, Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro and so forth, on January 14, 2009:
"At the invitation of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Mr. Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will pay a protocol visit to the Supreme Court of the United States Wednesday afternoon, the office says....The visit is private; reporters and photographers will not be present."
I called the media number at the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. The giddy operator confirmed they expected Obama at any minute!
To say I was floored when I read the news item is an understatement. A 'ceremonial' meeting between a president elect and justices of the Supreme Court is somewhat traditional.
HOWEVER, in this instance, it's flat out wrong. Chief Justice Roberts has cases on the docket where Obama is the defendant or is the subject of the litigation. Roberts and the other eight justices have already held two 'Distribution for Conferences' on the Donofrio and Wrotnoski cases on Obama's citizenship ineligibility. They just turned away one of Phil Berg's cases a few days ago; that one is still in the Third Circuit.
Tomorrow is the fourth case; another from Phil Berg.
On Wednesday, Roberts meets with the man at the heart of that case in private. Two days later, he sits down to discuss the case with the other justices after having a closed door meeting with the defendant!
There is still the Lightfoot v Bowen case to be heard in conference, January 23, 2009. Again, Chief Justice Roberts will sit in that private meeting to discuss whether the case should go to oral arguments.
Does anyone see major conflict of interest here? How can Chief Justice Roberts meet with Obama behind closed doors under such circumstances? Even if they just chatted up the weather, it is highly inappropriate in my humble opinion. Roberts should have notified Obama that under the circumstances, he would not be able to meet with him, private or with photogs in attendance.
There must be zero appearance of any bias or preference when it comes to judges and justices of the Supreme Court.
Thank You, Devvy Kidd.....
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A Boss Who Tells it Like it Is ...
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a back story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, what you don't see is the back story.
I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me. When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden - the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations ... you never realize the back story and the sacrifices I've made.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
So where am I going with all this?
It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship.
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about ...
Signed, Your boss
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a back story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, what you don't see is the back story.
I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me. When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden - the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations ... you never realize the back story and the sacrifices I've made.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
So where am I going with all this?
It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship.
So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about ...
Signed, Your boss
Thursday, December 25, 2008
GOD, please bless America
Do we need a Constitution, or just some non-binding words that we can change whenever the government so decides? Isn’t the current President-elect Obama advocating just that? He has made it rather plain that he believes the Constitution is a living document and should be changed to fit today’s situations. Rather blatant, but he is not the first wanting, and actually, trashing the intent of the Constitution.
In 1913, under Woodrow Wilson we got an unconstitutional Federal Reserve System and the direct, un-apportioned tax on labor. We have had, and are having, numerous unconstitutional wars under various Presidents. George Bush, in his tenure, completely ignored his responsibility to protect the nation from invasion, invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, signed the Patriot Act, is in the midst of astronomical bailouts, is developing a North American Union and a monstrous police state. All being unconstitutional. Just as flagrant, Obama may be lying about his Constitutional eligibility and risking perjury to be President.
There are three requirements outlined in our Constitution for President (Article II, Section 1;
1) be a natural born citizen,
2) be 35 years of age,
3) have been a resident for fourteen years.
This means one must have been born in the United States to two parents that are U.S. citizens. Clearly, the framers wished to exclude persons who may have divided loyalties, through one or more parents born in foreign nations.
By posting a Certification of Live Birth on his website, Obama surely hoped that no one would notice that the document is insufficient proof of his birth location. Without a vault copy showing the name of the hospital, physicians name, and names of any witnesses we have no verification he was born in the U.S. At the time resident mothers could register their foreign born child as Hawaiian. Even if he can prove to have been born in Hawaii he is still not considered natural born.
Judge Gray quoting from Minor vs. Happersett, in Wong Kim Ark wrote, “... it was never doubted that all children born in a country, of parents who were its citizens, became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born-citizens as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” At Obama’s website Fight the Smears, he admitted “As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr., was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.’s son.”
Since Sandra Ann (Dunham) Obama married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen, whom adopted Barack Obama the question is whether Barack is a dual citizen.
Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro, aka Barry Obama, aka Barack Dunham, aka Barry Dunham is without question an alien. He was not a natural born citizen at birth. A perfect opportunity for the destroyers would be a constitutional convention to get rid of the citizenship clause, thus ensuring that impostor Obama would remain as an illegitimate president. Sickening though it is, there are Americans who will support this treachery. (The GODS of D.C. mean to rule you with brute force, Part 2 of 2, by Devvy Kid, NewsWithViews.com, December 22, 2008)
For the consequences of this possible fraud read Dr. Edwin Vieira Jr. Ph.D., JD at www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin84.htm. For discussions of natural born and various other questions of Obama’s eligibility see http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com and http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com. For more info Google in natural born citizen and Obama.
Whether Obama is eligible or not, to protect the integrity of the Constitution demand that a fair and open jury decide based on facts not supposition.
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Insurrection anyone?
In 1913, under Woodrow Wilson we got an unconstitutional Federal Reserve System and the direct, un-apportioned tax on labor. We have had, and are having, numerous unconstitutional wars under various Presidents. George Bush, in his tenure, completely ignored his responsibility to protect the nation from invasion, invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, signed the Patriot Act, is in the midst of astronomical bailouts, is developing a North American Union and a monstrous police state. All being unconstitutional. Just as flagrant, Obama may be lying about his Constitutional eligibility and risking perjury to be President.
There are three requirements outlined in our Constitution for President (Article II, Section 1;
1) be a natural born citizen,
2) be 35 years of age,
3) have been a resident for fourteen years.
This means one must have been born in the United States to two parents that are U.S. citizens. Clearly, the framers wished to exclude persons who may have divided loyalties, through one or more parents born in foreign nations.
By posting a Certification of Live Birth on his website, Obama surely hoped that no one would notice that the document is insufficient proof of his birth location. Without a vault copy showing the name of the hospital, physicians name, and names of any witnesses we have no verification he was born in the U.S. At the time resident mothers could register their foreign born child as Hawaiian. Even if he can prove to have been born in Hawaii he is still not considered natural born.
Judge Gray quoting from Minor vs. Happersett, in Wong Kim Ark wrote, “... it was never doubted that all children born in a country, of parents who were its citizens, became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born-citizens as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” At Obama’s website Fight the Smears, he admitted “As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr., was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.’s son.”
Since Sandra Ann (Dunham) Obama married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen, whom adopted Barack Obama the question is whether Barack is a dual citizen.
Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro, aka Barry Obama, aka Barack Dunham, aka Barry Dunham is without question an alien. He was not a natural born citizen at birth. A perfect opportunity for the destroyers would be a constitutional convention to get rid of the citizenship clause, thus ensuring that impostor Obama would remain as an illegitimate president. Sickening though it is, there are Americans who will support this treachery. (The GODS of D.C. mean to rule you with brute force, Part 2 of 2, by Devvy Kid, NewsWithViews.com, December 22, 2008)
For the consequences of this possible fraud read Dr. Edwin Vieira Jr. Ph.D., JD at www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin84.htm. For discussions of natural born and various other questions of Obama’s eligibility see http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com and http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com. For more info Google in natural born citizen and Obama.
Whether Obama is eligible or not, to protect the integrity of the Constitution demand that a fair and open jury decide based on facts not supposition.
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Insurrection anyone?
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
AMERICAN TAXPAYING CITIZENS…..
'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'‘
From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
'If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
(Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota)
THE DAY BEFORE THIS ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 2008, MY WIFES 94 YEAR OLD AUNT MARGARET IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS EXPLAINED HER REASON TO VOTE…..
SHE EXPLAINED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL, HER AUNT BESTA HAD TOLD HER, “THE DAY WILL COME WHEN THE BLACK MAN WILL MAKE THE WHITE MAN KNEEL.”
Still would like to know if Obama is truly a citizen of the United States of America?
But like others, I feel optimistic today about the next Presidency.
That is because President-Elect Obama must choose between several sets of contradictory campaign promises.
If a small army of committed citizens can force the news media and politicians to look at the contradictions, I think maybe we will be fine. But as we know, that is a “big if!”
“CONTRADICTORY PROMISES”
A President Obama can't really do all of his promises…..
(July 30, 2008, Idaho Statesman, “Obama has created expectations too high for him to meet, by Cal Thomas)
Will he officially prove he is a real citizen of the United States?
Will he honor the barely whispered perfunctory campaign pledges to offer U.S. citizenship to an estimated 7 million illegal foreign workers, plus their 5 to13 million illegal alien relatives?
Or will he honor what has appeared to be his loudest shouted priority to put Americans back to work?
We know that Obama -- like McCain -- in his heart of hearts wants to help out the illegal aliens.
But every illegal foreign worker given amnesty permanently ties up a U.S. job that an unemployed U.S.-born worker or long-time legal immigrant is seeking in these hard times.
SOME GOOD OBAMA PROMISES WE CAN SUPPORT Whatever the Obama campaign may have said about immigration before the stock market crash, his priorities have clearly changed and immigration policy will have to serve his top priority of getting American workers back into jobs that offer decent wages and benefits, especially health insurance.
I certainly hope that every Obama Administration action on immigration -- including enforcement, regulations and proposals to Congress -- will be weighed for its effect on the growing number of American workers out of work.
Here are two great Obama campaign themes that he emphasized a lot more than his support for amnesty:
He expressed strong support for E-Verify and keeping illegal aliens out of jobs that American workers so desperately need. And he stated his commitment to holding employers accountable if they hire illegal workers. His campaign website, BarackObama.com, says, "To remove incentives to enter the country illegally, we need to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants."
The website also brags about an amendment that Obama cosponsored with Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) to ensure that "employers can verify that their employees are legally eligible to work in the U.S."
In a Dear Colleague letter sent to all Senators about this amendment, Obama said he "strongly supports creating an effective, mandatory employment verification system for all employers to verify the legal status of their workers."
Thus, Obama has shown his support for what ought to be the first, second and third actions of his Presidency: Can taxpaying American citizens tell Democratic congressional leaders to stop bottling up the E-Verify reauthorization and pass it without the additions of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers sought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Menendez (D-N.J.). (After this election landside, I don’t think this will happen)
Begin working with Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina to pass his SAVE Act that would provide the phased-in mandatory verification system that Obama supported in his letter to all Senators.
Open up tens of thousands of jobs for Americans by stating even before he is sworn in that he will continue the new Executive Order requiring all federal contractors to use E-Verify to keep illegal aliens out of those jobs..
If Obama follows his own instincts and past words of support for turning off the jobs magnet for illegal immigration, he potentially will open up millions of jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. This would be the cheapest, fastest job-creation program he has any chance of achieving.
Or he can choose to favor illegal foreign workers and turn his back on unemployed Americans. In the current economic climate, it now seems logically inconceivable that Obama would consider proposing an amnesty or any other legalization program that would permanently remove an estimated 7 million jobs from America's legitimate workers while nearly 10 million Americans are actively searching for jobs and can't find them, mostly in the same construction, service and manufacturing fields.
WOULD AMERICANS REALLY TAKE JOBS ILLEGAL ALIENS DO?
Of course, the elitist view is that unemployed Americans wouldn't do the jobs that illegal aliens now fill.
With few exceptions, this demonstrably is not true.
As the Center for Immigration Studies has often shown in analyzing U.S. Department of Labor data, all but one of the several hundred occupations tracked have a majority workforce of native-born Americans.
The only exception is agricultural pickers. Some people estimate that as many as 1 million pickers are illegal aliens. Various government studies have concluded that the U.S. actually has enough legal pickers (mostly foreign-born but legal immigrants) to harvest the crops if they were deployed in a better fashion that allowed them to work a longer part of the year and make more money. But if E-Verify were made mandatory, the likelihood is that growers would fill the illegal alien jobs with legal temporary foreign workers.
That would still leave around 6 million illegal aliens with jobs mainly in construction, service and manufacturing occupations, all of which are mainly filled with U.S. born citizens.
Not only are nearly 10 million Americans actively searching for jobs but failing to find them, but there are around 25 million American working-age adults with no more than a high school education who do not have a job. (The number is much higher than the 10 million official unemployment figure because that figure only includes people who have actively sought a job in the last month.)
These lesser-educated Americans who are outside of the labor market are precisely the people who would be helped if the 6 million illegal aliens not in agriculture were to be forced to give up their jobs. The idea is deport, not support illegal aliens, criminal invaders......
WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO,
'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'‘
From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
'If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
(Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota)
THE DAY BEFORE THIS ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 2008, MY WIFES 94 YEAR OLD AUNT MARGARET IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS EXPLAINED HER REASON TO VOTE…..
SHE EXPLAINED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL, HER AUNT BESTA HAD TOLD HER, “THE DAY WILL COME WHEN THE BLACK MAN WILL MAKE THE WHITE MAN KNEEL.”
Still would like to know if Obama is truly a citizen of the United States of America?
But like others, I feel optimistic today about the next Presidency.
That is because President-Elect Obama must choose between several sets of contradictory campaign promises.
If a small army of committed citizens can force the news media and politicians to look at the contradictions, I think maybe we will be fine. But as we know, that is a “big if!”
“CONTRADICTORY PROMISES”
A President Obama can't really do all of his promises…..
(July 30, 2008, Idaho Statesman, “Obama has created expectations too high for him to meet, by Cal Thomas)
Will he officially prove he is a real citizen of the United States?
Will he honor the barely whispered perfunctory campaign pledges to offer U.S. citizenship to an estimated 7 million illegal foreign workers, plus their 5 to13 million illegal alien relatives?
Or will he honor what has appeared to be his loudest shouted priority to put Americans back to work?
We know that Obama -- like McCain -- in his heart of hearts wants to help out the illegal aliens.
But every illegal foreign worker given amnesty permanently ties up a U.S. job that an unemployed U.S.-born worker or long-time legal immigrant is seeking in these hard times.
SOME GOOD OBAMA PROMISES WE CAN SUPPORT Whatever the Obama campaign may have said about immigration before the stock market crash, his priorities have clearly changed and immigration policy will have to serve his top priority of getting American workers back into jobs that offer decent wages and benefits, especially health insurance.
I certainly hope that every Obama Administration action on immigration -- including enforcement, regulations and proposals to Congress -- will be weighed for its effect on the growing number of American workers out of work.
Here are two great Obama campaign themes that he emphasized a lot more than his support for amnesty:
He expressed strong support for E-Verify and keeping illegal aliens out of jobs that American workers so desperately need. And he stated his commitment to holding employers accountable if they hire illegal workers. His campaign website, BarackObama.com, says, "To remove incentives to enter the country illegally, we need to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants."
The website also brags about an amendment that Obama cosponsored with Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) to ensure that "employers can verify that their employees are legally eligible to work in the U.S."
In a Dear Colleague letter sent to all Senators about this amendment, Obama said he "strongly supports creating an effective, mandatory employment verification system for all employers to verify the legal status of their workers."
Thus, Obama has shown his support for what ought to be the first, second and third actions of his Presidency: Can taxpaying American citizens tell Democratic congressional leaders to stop bottling up the E-Verify reauthorization and pass it without the additions of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers sought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Menendez (D-N.J.). (After this election landside, I don’t think this will happen)
Begin working with Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina to pass his SAVE Act that would provide the phased-in mandatory verification system that Obama supported in his letter to all Senators.
Open up tens of thousands of jobs for Americans by stating even before he is sworn in that he will continue the new Executive Order requiring all federal contractors to use E-Verify to keep illegal aliens out of those jobs..
If Obama follows his own instincts and past words of support for turning off the jobs magnet for illegal immigration, he potentially will open up millions of jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. This would be the cheapest, fastest job-creation program he has any chance of achieving.
Or he can choose to favor illegal foreign workers and turn his back on unemployed Americans. In the current economic climate, it now seems logically inconceivable that Obama would consider proposing an amnesty or any other legalization program that would permanently remove an estimated 7 million jobs from America's legitimate workers while nearly 10 million Americans are actively searching for jobs and can't find them, mostly in the same construction, service and manufacturing fields.
WOULD AMERICANS REALLY TAKE JOBS ILLEGAL ALIENS DO?
Of course, the elitist view is that unemployed Americans wouldn't do the jobs that illegal aliens now fill.
With few exceptions, this demonstrably is not true.
As the Center for Immigration Studies has often shown in analyzing U.S. Department of Labor data, all but one of the several hundred occupations tracked have a majority workforce of native-born Americans.
The only exception is agricultural pickers. Some people estimate that as many as 1 million pickers are illegal aliens. Various government studies have concluded that the U.S. actually has enough legal pickers (mostly foreign-born but legal immigrants) to harvest the crops if they were deployed in a better fashion that allowed them to work a longer part of the year and make more money. But if E-Verify were made mandatory, the likelihood is that growers would fill the illegal alien jobs with legal temporary foreign workers.
That would still leave around 6 million illegal aliens with jobs mainly in construction, service and manufacturing occupations, all of which are mainly filled with U.S. born citizens.
Not only are nearly 10 million Americans actively searching for jobs but failing to find them, but there are around 25 million American working-age adults with no more than a high school education who do not have a job. (The number is much higher than the 10 million official unemployment figure because that figure only includes people who have actively sought a job in the last month.)
These lesser-educated Americans who are outside of the labor market are precisely the people who would be helped if the 6 million illegal aliens not in agriculture were to be forced to give up their jobs. The idea is deport, not support illegal aliens, criminal invaders......
WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO,
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