Post Scripts

by Tina Grazier

By now most hard working Americans, people who regularly show up for work and pay their bills, should be quite disgusted with the state of economic affairs in our country. Weve watched from the sidelines (what else is there to do?) as our savings have dwindle and our anxieties about the future pile higher. Weve been patient, though frustrated, as our leaders fumble around in the dark for solutions and vowed silently to make it through this storm to come back even stronger. Were Americans, after all…people with determination and grit!

But some things take more than grit to overcome. They are things that cut clean across the grain of American fortitude and invention to the very heart of our existence. They tear at the security, promise and plenty of our nation; they act as a scar on our generosity and bounty. Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving…a day to be thankful; a day too, to remember that abundance is a blessing we ought not spit on. Those who pray might want to consider what Im about to share with you as you gather with your families next Thursday.

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Lest you forget who the enemy is, this website does a pretty good job of detailing killers hiding behind their religion….

It’s all about Iraq, isn’t it?

Yep, it’s all about Iraq and…

India and the Sudan and Algeria and Afghanistan and New York and Pakistan and Israel and Russia and Chechnya and the Philippines and Indonesia and Nigeria and England and Thailand and Spain and Egypt and Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia and Ingushetia and Dagestan and Turkey and Morocco and Yemen and Lebanon and France and
Continue reading “MUSLIM ATTROCITIES ON RECORD FOR EVERYONE” »

Posted by Tina

“You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand in the ranks of the enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America. And so you promised to back Israel, and you threatened to strike the tribal regions in Pakistan, and to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in order for the crimes of the American crusade in it to continue,” the message said.

Al Qaeda leader mocks Obama in Web posting

* CNN) — Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader is heard in a Web posting Wednesday warning President-elect Barack Obama that “a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits” him. *** In the message, purportedly from Ayman al-Zawahiri, the speaker criticized Obama’s foreign policy positions on Afghanistan and Israel and ridiculed the president-elect’s worldview, comparing him unfavorably to Malcolm X, the fiery African-American Muslim activist from the 1950s and 1960s. *** The posting, an 11 minute and 23 second audio message in Arabic with subtitles in English, appeared on the Web on Wednesday. Its authenticity cannot yet be confirmed. *** It shows a graphic with the words “The departure of Bush and the arrival of Obama.” That graphic also contains a still image of Malcolm X on a Muslim prayer rug in a mosque; images of Obama, wearing a Jewish skullcap, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and a picture of al-Zawahiri. *

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Posted by Tina

What was supposed to be a fresh new direction for America is shaping up to be just another take on an old script…Call it, Clinton, the Barack Years! Jennifer Rubin provides the current list. links to refresh the memory, and some excellent Commentary:

Familiar Faces, by Jennifer Rubin – 11.19.2008 – 8:07 AM

* Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Mona Sutphen, and Greg Craig, to name just a few. What is this, a Clinton class reunion? I get that the Obama team needs experience. I get that some of these people are moderates and pragmatists, which is good if you want to keep the country from going over a cliff. And as far as Secretray of State goes, most of the other mentioned alternatives are far, far worse than Hillary. *** That would be alright, I suppose if the President-elect had not built his entire campaign on the premise that we had to throw the rascals out. *** With his vaunted creativity and renowned people skills, I am sure Obama can attract quality personnel from outside of the Bill Clinton yearbook. *

Or can he?

by Jack Lee

Currently the massive banking bailout is not going according to plan. The banks that have received some of the bailout cash are hording it. But, eventually it will find its way into the market place and then this huge issuance of currency is sure to trigger the next round of woes…inflation. We’re printing more money without the gold to back it up, so it takes more paper money to buy things… there’s your inflation. Simple or is it?

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by Jack Lee

(SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT)

GM is looking for billions in bailout money from the taxpayers and I think whatever your position is, you deserve to see how GM is running it’s store. The foundation of that store is built on wages and that is today’s focus. A lot of people assume overpaid workers are too blame, some blame the Executive officers, here are the facts…you decide.

The UAW (Union) said it was reluctant to discuss wage and benefit changes in order to secure a bailout without Executive salaries being trimmed. The UAW says it knows it needs to help Detroit’s automakers cut labor costs to reduce the gap in production expenses with Asian rivals. But as talks continue on new contracts, the union also is questioning why top executives at the automakers are paid so much.

“As much as workers do, workers can’t do enough, and as much as executives get, they cannot get enough,”

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said during last month’s two-day strike against General Motors.

GM’s top CEO received about $14 million dollars including salary, bonuses, restricted stock awards, payouts on long-term incentives and the value of options exercised during the year, which was strongly up from last year. The 1st Vice Chair received about $7.6 million in stocks and bonuses, also up from last year. Both received pay increases exceeding $6 million in the past 12 months. The lowest compensation for the top management team is the 4th Vice Chairman at around $4 million.

Executive pay was cut as GM went through multi-billion-dollar losses under immense market pressure several years ago, but after those cuts the members of GM’s top brass are getting their old salaries back and it couldn’t come at a worse time.

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Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: ‘And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?’ the reporter asked. She simply replied, ‘No peer pressure.’

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Posted by Jack

Worlds smallest works of art. Unbelievable, even after you see it…you still won’t believe it. And by the way, this little collection just sold for $20,000,000!

Click here: http://www.maniacworld.com/art-in-the-eye-of-a-needle.html