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August 24, 2009
 
 
Robin Meade
CNN .com/robin
 
 
Thought this might interest you regarding your 'Breakthrough Women' feature on Morning Express. 
 

"The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets It's not about persona, style, rhetoric, its about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here. 
                                
                                                                           

                photo by john gress -t

      

1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governors office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republicans Corrupt Bastards Club (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing la la la la (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you're thinking, I'll continue.
 
2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called ACES. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them don't let the door hit you in the stern on your way out. They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.
 
3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governors office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as pork. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the when-hell-freezes-over stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, well pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governors jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor's cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning, I imagine, that she's packing heat herself). I'm still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.
 
4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed gosh and golly mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn't impress you, then you're trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.

5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.
 
6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that’s just a cover-up. I'm still waiting to hear from Democrats the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. 
 
Dewey Whetsell is not the only one that would be interested in your thoughts regarding Sara Palin. 

Lightfoot Letters
vox.com

ps: Nore to self; don't hold breath waiting for answer from Robin or CNN.

 July 18, 2009
 

 
Dennis,
 
Thank you for sending me the two links  regarding the  kind of  government we should   be   and   the kind of government we have.   The first link I had seen posted on   http://libertyviews.vox.com/    Mar.  2009.  The second link is just as informative. At least one Representative, Michele Bachman of Minnesota,  is paying attention and making the issues, of what our government is becoming,  public debate. Both links are listed below.

  Michele Bachman, Rep. from Minesota

I truly believe that is long as one person is paying attention there is hope for the future generations to live life as free as I have managed to acheive (on a very low budget).

 
Thanks again,

Lightfoot Letters
 

 
 
 http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/
 
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch_popup?v=thR-lVuztIY

Note: You may or may not agree. But, it is worth a listen. Any real 'liberal',  will find the info historical and informative. And, might find there way home!

 
 
Copy to Rep. Michele Bachman

               The OBAMA CHRONICLES
                            To AYER is to be WRIGHT

 Poster by Shepard Fairey -Arrested on two outstanding warrants Feb. 7, 2009

 
Senator Obama resume: Senator, Community Organizer, Chicago, 1985, Attorney-Sidley & Austin, Author and Teacher

November 4, 2008, elected President of The United States.
 
Nov. 14 - President Obama had more money than other candidate in history to spend on his election with millions left over. His moral conviction that there was too much money in politics got lost? His first semi-official act was to pick a strident partisan Chief of Staff according to most Democrats. His first press conference was to state he could do nothing, even though he is still a Senator,  until after his move to the White House.  Also, a cheap shot at a much older lady was in order,  which the press thought was very funny, endeared him to his many supporters. The older lady was the  former First Lady Nancy Reagan. The attacks on people of faith and vandalism on churches are up, gun sales are up, verbal attacks by the media on home schooled children are up, bail-out money is up and the the stock  market is down. I expect all to keep going up except the stock market.  Last I heard President-Elect Obama and President Bush were lobbying for a another bailout. Rumors have the same old, tired, failed, re-tread politicians of the past in the new adminstration. Hope for real change is fadeing.

 Nov. 17 - President-Elect Obama and Senator McCain have scheduled a meeting. The purpose is to discover the policies and social goals they have in common. This could be a very short meeting by simply admitting they is no difference on any major policy or social goals. Or, it could take days detailing all the goals they have in common. It would be much more accurate to say this is the worst economy since President Jimmy Carter not the Great Depression. I hope that is just 'Political Speak' and President-Elect actually knows the difference. And, the difference between Wall Street and Main Street, which is basically the same, seems completely mis-understood. President-Elect Obama says he will ban torture. Again, I hope this is just more 'Political Speak.'  That seems like a slander against all citizens, especially military, active and retired. That as a public policy we have always approved torture. Lets hope President-Elect knows what it is like to be beaten and starved,  with bones broken, for months at a time without medical care.  

Nov. 24 - President Elect has made a decesion regarding education - Private Quaker Education 2, Public Education 0. According to MMP, Senator McCain is helping with a new version of the  aministy bill for illegal aliens on which they both agree. Terrorist attacks are up and the Stock Market is up. If the market goes up President-Elect is responsible. If the market goes down President Bush is responsible. No one wants to take credit for the increase in terrorists attacks. Speaking of President Bush, he always reminded me of an owl. Not to be outdone, President-Elect Obama reminds me of Alfred E. Neuman which makes it hard for me not to smile every time I see them speaking to a very serious subject.

Dec. 21 - "She is running around talking about this is an insult to sportsman. Now she values the 2nd Amend. She's talking like she is Annie Oakley!!" President-Elect Obama is talking about the Govenor of Alaska, Sara Palin? No, he was talking about his choice for Sec. of State Senator Clinton.     And the Obama policy looks more and more like the President Bush policy. Partisans think there is a big difference, but that is why they are partisans and think in political speak. Meanwhile, We the People, fiddle while Rome burns.

 Jan. 4 - No birth records, work records, college records or medical records seem to be forthcoming from President-Elect Obama. This continues to make for a lot of babble from some of the talking heads on AM radio and the US Su. Ct. said no thanks to hearing a case involving his birth certificate. "Is Barack Obama a socialist? Not really. Is George W. Bush a free marketer? Not hardly. In fact, right now they both seem to be pursuing policies that are neither socialist nor laissez-faire but rather corporatist." David Boazs. Interesting thought somewhat different than mine.

Jan. 16, 2009 - Aids say President-Elect Obama will do a better job  of enforcing the law. Nomination for Sec. of Treasury doe not pay his personal income tax and hires illegal aliens. Nomination for Attorney General was instrumental in the disconnect between the CIA and the FBI that, in part,  was responsible for 9-11. And, pursues a policy of pardons for white collar crimes. A mixed bag of re-tread politicians and re-tread policies of ever President after President Eisenhower.

One has to give President-Elect Obama at least half a point for political courage. In warning, that Social Security and Medicare are ticking fiscal time bombs.

 

                                                 

Zak Klemmer wrote: Jan 23

I have one that says "DOPE

Jan. 25 - During the inauguration ceremony the Reverend got smiles and laughs from President Obama for a future when "white would embrace the right." An economic adviser to the President says he is concerned, as many of you are,  that no money from the stimulus package go to "white male construction workers." It is like the 'Underground Railroad', the marches of Martin Luther King never happened. Our entire history of sacrifice to end injustice  only began with the election of the President Obama. There is 'change' but it is not the kind of progressive change I support. I had hoped for progressive change to rescind all Federal Laws and Programs that reward or punish citizens based on race, culture, language or religion, in the likeness of Martin Luther King...not the Klan.  

Feb. 6. - "Obama is on the verge of completing what  FDR (and Hoover)  started. Like the original New Deal, Mr. Obama's "stimulus" plan will fail to kick-start the contracting economy. But it will target pivotal Democratic special-interest groups: Hispanics, African-Americans, labor unions, blue-collar Catholics, the youth, and environmentalists. It is a naked attempt to exploit the economic crisis to enhance the Democratic Party's appeal - and reach." Jeffrey T. Kuhner.                                                                                                                                                                     This seems to be what congress is trying to agree upon. The Democrats want to pay their supporters. The Republicans are meekly balking at such a apparent hoax on the taxpayer, Democrat, Republican or Libertarian.

I am almost convinced that Bush, Obama and the Congress will lead and force us into bad economic times for years to come. The current and past  President seems not to know if they scare everyone into fear, the economy will dry like the desert sand. The Federal Government spending money and the average citizen, hoarding money, induced by fear is a planned disaster. We have been here before.

Alfrerd the Ordinary wrote: Feb. 8

All special-interest groups except the one that really matters: the one that holds society up. Man, woman and children in a family unit, recognised by society through a bond of matrimony, earning their keep and paying taxes. When that unit fades, society collapses.

Feb. 10. "Mexico should be proud of their achievement protecting workers' right to a secret ballot. Unfortunately while Mexico is a taking a step forward, Obama's America is poised to make a giant leap backward.
Does President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress really want American workers to have fewer rights than Mexicans?"  F. Vincent Vernuccio is a former Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management in the Department of Labor. 
 By voiding workers right to a private vote in union matters the Obama administration is releasing the dogs, also known as union thugs, on the worker. What happened to the idea that your vote was a private matter between you and your maker and none other.

The 'Fear Factor' continues by all the President's men. Also known as the ' Treasury Secretary Geithner's Plan' on Wall Street. Not many specific details while pushing the fear factor higher and higher. How hollywood sells sex, Obama's men sell fear. "The power gravitates to a small group of people." Ron Paul - Feb. 10, 10:54 AM PT.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/paul.bailout/index.html

And, just for the fun..check out school built in the 1850's President Obama referred to in his speech.

http://www.dillon2.k12.sc.us/jvm/default.htm

Rusty wrote Feb. 10; Interest Rates as of Today should be going down as a result of the senate and the treasury secretary. They are trying to stabilize the banking system.

 Lightfoot Letters wrote Feb. 10;  agree with your comment. I'm concerned that the fear started by President Bush and Congress, continued by President Obama, will outweigh common sense of the average investor and consumer.

 

 Paleo wrote Feb. 14; Rep. Ron Paul would say, correctly, that the problem has been that interest rates have been too low. This is what ultimately caused the housing bubble to expand to the point it has. So we all should not want lower interest rates. They need to be much higher to reflect reality. That is, the reality of man's consumption to saving (investing) ratio.

Briefly, the only "natural" (vs. artificial) way interest rates can lower is if man saves more. This means that man has held off present consumption for the future; that he is saving and investing more in temporally lengthy projects. If the Federal Reserve System, on the other hand, floods the market with credit (via the printing up of money from nothingness), this in turn artificially lowers the interest rate. It makes investments in capital industries (that receive the credit) seem profitable. But as the new money trickles through the market, the old consumption-saving proportions reassert themselves and those investments are then seen for what they really are; namely, hot air because they will no longer be profitable (resources are not there to keep the "boom" going). This is when a recession or depression occurs. It is the market's correcting process where the malinvestments are liquidated. (If we want a fast recovery, government must then allow the correction process to take place. Government, then, must do nothing.)

I recommend you all read "Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" by Murray N. Rothbard. You might also want to check out my blog essay, "Money and Civilization." Dr. Paul has written, among other works, "Gold, Peace, and Prosperity." Please allow me to additionally recommend a new book by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Meltdown. He has given an excellent lecture on it here (mp3).

Cato Letters - c. 1720

Mar 1   The little boy needed 100 dollars to help his parents pay bills. and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. So, he decided to write God directly.

When postal authorities received a letter addressed to to God they decided to send it to President Obama.

President Obama  felt sorry for the young boy, his family  and instructed the Treasury Secretary to send  him a $5.00 bill.

The President thought what is five dollars out of a 8 trillion dollar budget. A good use of tax money to make a small boy happy. Not to mention, the boy would think he was using his own money and being a good citizen by helping his parents.

Delighted to get 5 dollars, the young boy noticed, it was postarked Washington DC.  He decided to send God a thank you note. 

              Dear God,

              Thank you for sending the money,

                   my parents can use the help,

                  But, why did you send it thru Washington, DC,

                   Those assholes took $95 dollars in tax !!!!!!

                 Thanks again,

                  Bobby

Alfred the Ordinary wrote:Mar 3, 2009    Good one!

  Last Words:  " Mr. President. Regardless of the politics of this past election, all Americans wish you good health, wisdom and fortitude as you guide our fragile experiment in democracy forward for the next four years. And if you ever feel that there is anything I can do to help you in this effort, you can always count on me"
Judge James P. Gray - Nov. 2, 2008

"I'm proud of Barack Obama, I pray for him, his family, the new administration. I look forward to the good things that are in store for this nation." Governor Sara Palin - Nov.  2008 

. Original Post Nov. 14, 2008

Commentary by Lightfoot - Published in part or whole, print or web, Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, Wall Street Journal Feb. 16,  NBC LA News Mar. 13, Fox News,  ABC News Mar. 14. 

 source: abc news,cato institute, cbs news, la times, wash times

 George and Sharlee McNamee bought their home 32 years ago in Corona del Mar, California.   In 2001 the California Coastal Commission decided to tell  George and Sharlee how and under what circumstances they could use their property which amounts to    constructive eminent domain without just compensation. In fact no compensation what so ever, only threats.
 
 The Coastal Commission creates policy, rules and regulations that carry the weight of law, with fines and punishment,  but do not follow the 'rule of law.'  In this case fines of six thousand dollars per day. This is a clear violation of the 'seperation of powers' doctrine.  That is; to make policy (legislate) with the weight of law  and enforce the same policy with the force of law (judicial) by the same agency.
 
 If there was ever a time for the City of Newport Beach to step up to the plate for a citizen, that time is now! The City should do whatever it can thru legal action or otherwise to deal with the Coastal Commission in defense of George and Sharlee. Especially, since the Coastal Commission is accountable to no one. Not the County of Orange, The City of Newport Beach and especially not mere senior citizens in their 70s.
 
 If the City of Newport Beach can not or will not go to bat for one of its own we have elected the wrong people. People who can not tell right from wrong and have  no respect for the 'rule of law. These seem like strong words and they are intended to be so regarding the Coastal Commission that acts like the King or a Banana Republic with the force of a dictator. And, I do realize Newport Beach is between a rock and a hard place with few options because the Coastal Commission treats the City no better than the McNamee's. But that can be overcome, if we as a people, support  efforts by the City to retain control by local government for local citizens. Yes, this could cost lots of money, blood, sweat and some tears. But to rid the community of an un-elected king, tyrant or dictator will always be worth the cost.
 
                I think John Phillips of KABC Radio said it best, "Joseph Stalin is back in charge."
 
 

Rational Liberals Just Don't Exist
According to TedWest, one can't be liberal and rational at the same time.

"The reason you do not understand the liberal mind, is the mind you seek to understand is not liberal."

Lightfoot - 1996

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