Earth has been quaking in more places than Chili. Deepest concerns and sympathies to the people of Chili.

There are many, many small islands with populations that could be hanging on to life as I write this. Please don't forget them.

Chile earthquake: Easter Island evacuation as tsunami brings disaster to Pacific islands (click here)

A devastating earthquake in Chile has triggered a tsunami which is radiating across the Pacific and has already caused serious damage on the islands said to have inspired Robinson Crusoe.

By Fiona Govan, in Madrid, and David Barrett
Published: 12:17PM GMT 27 Feb 2010

The quake, registered at magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale, caused buildings and bridges to collapse and led to power-black outs in parts of the Chilean capital, Santiago, 200 miles from the epicentre.

Michelle Bachelet, the Chilean President, said an evacuation of coastal areas on Easter Island, the Chilean territory famous for its monumental statues, was underway as the tsunami was expected to make landfall there imminently. She also confirmed 78 people had been killed on the Chilean mainland...

...It is now suggested (click title to entry - thank you) that the geological actions depicted in Fig 16 can be explained as being a function of ‘continental force-push’ as distinct from ‘slab-pull’ forces In the same manner the sub-duction of the Nazca plate can be described as an inevitable consequence of the forces generated at the Earth’s surface and as such has a passive rather than active role in tectonic movements....

One has to keep in mind 'the mass' of any plate to move. The Pacific Plate and North American Plates have significantly larger mass and effect global movement more than any other plates.



The Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate are related at a boundary. So is the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. When the Pacific Plate moves the others do as well. There have been small earth quakes along the North American Plate in California and Alaska. The Nazca Plate is usually more stable than the North American Plate, but, it is my 'suggestion' that the Climate Crisis has spawned instability in the Polar Regions of these plates and are allowing for significant movement. If one notes the Nazca Plate is neighbor to the Antactic Plate as well.



Population Exposure Map

Magnitude 8.8

OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

2010 February 27 06:34:14 UTC

Magnitude-8.8 Chile quake triggers RP tsunami alert 1 (click here)

MARK D. MERUEÑAS, GMANews.TV

02/27/2010 | 06:33 PM
State seismologists on Saturday afternoon hoisted a Tsunami Alert Level 1 in the Philippines after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred across the other end of the Pacific Ocean, in southern Chile....

Magnitude 5.1 - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (click here)

2010 February 26 16:18:56 UTC

Offshore earthquake jolts Davao Oriental (click here)
(philstar.com) Updated February 26, 2010 08:30 PM

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - A magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake struck the southern Philippines Friday afternoon, the country's quake monitoring network reported. But there was no immediate report of casualties.

The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 121 km in the Philippine sea, about 92 km southeast of the city of Mati, Davao Oriental province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a bulletin.

The institute said the quake struck 4:37 p.m. local time (0837 GMT) but it did not issue tsunami alert.

The tremor was felt in major coastal cities in the southeast Mindanao region.

The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates collide causing frequent seismic and volcanic activities.

Magnitude 7.0 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN (click here)

2010 February 26 20:31:27 UTC

This is a population exposure map. (click here)

Historic Seismicity (click here)

7 magnitude earthquake hits Japan Island of Okinawa (click here)
09:23 / 02/27/2010

February 27, a powerful 7 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. According to U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter focus was at the depth of 22 kilometers.

A tsunami warning was initially issued, but later lifted. The quake epicenter was 81km off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, BBC reports.

No information on victims and casualties is available.

Another 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Philippines. The epicenter was 140 km south of Davao city, Mindanao Island. There are no reports of injured and damages.

L.A.

Australia issues tsunami warning for its states (click here)

2010-02-27 19:14:51
CANBERRA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center (JATWC) on Saturday night issued tsunami warnings for the marine environment to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

It says there is "potential tsunami threat" to the above states and possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding for several hours from Sunday morning.

Sea level observations have confirmed a tsunami has been generated, according to the center.

The warning says "Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first wave not always the largest. Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami. Check that your neighbors have received this advice. Boats in close should return quickly if possible. Boats in deep water should stay offshore until further advised."

Tsunami source comes from an undersea earthquake of magnitude 8. 8 occurred at 3:34 p.m. local time on Saturday near the coast of central chile (latitude 35.320S longitude 72.930W), it says.

Let me enter this as a point of bigotry. The Religious Right takes scripture out of context. Romans 1:27. The Anti-Gay Stand.

Below is a picture of a Roman Legion or some darn thing. It was taken from this site (click title to entry - thank you). The site argues that one of the reasons the Roman Empire fell was due to a Eunuch Uprising. The timing is right. The Roman Empire is considered to have ended about 475 AD.

The Great Eunuch Uprising of 476 A.D.

²⁷And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

The passage above is from the Bible. Like I said before it is a very old book. The passage is taken out of context. The passage is considered a Pauline Epistle. No, Pauline is not a woman. The Pauline Epistles are the writing of Paul the Apostle.

And of course everyone knows whom Paul is, right? No? Hm.

Paul changed his name when he became an Apostle. His name was Saul. Saul is a Roman name. Paul was a Roman. He gave up that venue of 'status' to preach the word of Jesus Christ. So, in writing the book of Romans, Paul had an intimate knowledge of Roman society and its underpinnings.

I had no idea up to last week that the Religious Right was using this passage to facilitate hate toward gays. I heard it on a Conservative Christian radio. They are not correct. But, they don't care. They see words on a page and preach hate in order to create the most powerful Christian nation on Earth. I mean every word of it.

But, to get back to Paul and the passage.

This is Romans I in case one should want to read the entire entry to the Bible. (click here)

Basically, Prop 8 is based ONLY in bigotry. There is no religious basis and certainly no constitutional basis for it.

But, back to Paul.

Roman society was run based on power structures and the ability of 'families' to control outcomes to 'friends' to insure elections went there way. Romans were bigots themselves. They were also polytheistic. The Italian Rome was not a good fortress either. The Italian Rome was 'the power seat' to the Ceasars. I could get into the other Emperor families like the Antonians and all those folks, but, for the most part when people think of the Roman Empire they think of Ceasar.

The Ceasars held power over the military of Rome, including the calvary and navy. Their power was 'godlike' and undiluted. It was nearly impossible for anyone outside that 'family structure' to rise to power in Rome. But, IF, a 'smart' Roman were able to overthrow the empire from within by 'let's say, a theology shift' it might actually work and someone like Paul could take over control of the empire.

In actuality, that is exactly what occurred. The power in the Italian Rome diminished in time and shifted to The Byzantine Rome. The Byzantine Rome was the Eastern Empire (click here) with its capital in Turkey.

The point is that the writings that 'became' the Bible were written in a very different time and under very different circumstances. In the case of Paul, his writings had a 'Anti-Rome' political theme. That 'theme' was picked up on and there was a huge theology shift from polytheism to monotheism.

Yes that monotheism was facilitated by the Hebrew beliefs, but, Jesus Christ was a Rabbi and a teacher. Okay?

The passages by Paul (The Pauline Epistles) are somewhat a political writing, especially, where it is written in the Book of Romans. The Book of Romans was suppose to demonize the social practices of Rome. It most certainly did exactly that.

In the passage of Romans I, line 27, there was a lot of social practice that included all sorts of sexual pleasures including eunuchs as servants. Creating a eunuch from a man was not only dehumanizing it was dangerous to the person's health and also a human rights violation. The Romans didn't care about human rights. At all. They were a society based in conquest. Rome itself would have fallen far earlier if it hadn't conquered Egypt.

But, the point here is that Paul wrote these passages to defeat the polytheism of Rome and break down the power of the Emperors in order to have a paradigm shift. This passage uses 'gender' to raise the sexual practices of the Romans to the level of 'SIN.' It has nothing to do with godliness or procreation or any of the values that the Religious Right proclaims this passage to be about. In actuality, the passage has absolutely no relevance to a free society where people live within the understanding of 'equity.'

Basically, the Evangelicals are liars. They are simpletons that USE Biblical passage for their own purpose without AT ALL educating their flock. Their use of this passage is pure bigotry and nothing more. The ONLY deciding factor of any sexual being is based in genetics. There is nothing evil about being gay. Nothing. Get over it.

It seems so apropos for the Religious Right to propagandize their hate based in this particular POLITICAL passage. I find it hysterically funny that Paul is still alive and well in the Religious Right after his conquest actually succeeded, especially considering the eunuchs would be the end of the Roman Empire as the Ceasar like lineage would remember it. The Eunuchs wanted freedom. I am sure the Gay Community finds nothing funny about it at all.

This entire situation in the USA is hideous beyond belief.

If the lies don't serve the purpose then change them. Beck strikes again. The savior of all savirors, Glenn Beck.

This is Keith Olbermann's father. He is very ill and has been for some time. Keith has been having a conversation regarding his father with the American public for some time now. The show on Countdown the other evening was simply a continuation of a conversation 2009.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Oct. 8, 2009 (click here)

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Beck is taking the Olbermann conversation and attempting to 'make hay' with it. I don't think so.

Olbermann: All Americans should be able to make medical decisions free of worry about cost (click title to entry - thank you)

SPECIAL COMMENT

By Keith Olbermann

Anchor, 'Countdown'

msnbc.com

updated 9:31 p.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010
...And to the politicians who go into Blair House tomorrow for the summit: I have some requests as well. Leave your egos at the door. I want, I demand, that you give everybody in this country a chance at the care my father has gotten. And I demand, that you enact this most generous and most kind aspect of the reform proposed: the right to bill the damned insurance company for the conversation about what to do when the time comes, the Life Panel....

Glenn Beck will lie out of both sides of his mouth to keep the attention on his demented campaign to cause opposition to CIVIL SOCIETY.

Today he stated, Olbermann was wrong in his understanding of what is meant by death panels.

Oh, really?

Well, he isn't because it was only the summer of 2009 when everyone, including people like Beck and the Republican Senators were screaming "They are going to pull the plug on Gramdma." That WAS the quintessential definition at 'that moment' that was 'working' to cause hysteria and anger with gun toting Tea Baggers at Town Hall Meetings.

NOW. It is obvious there is no 'Pulling the Plug on Grandma,' the definition HAS TO CHANGE.

So, in the world 'According to Beck,' the definition of 'Death Panels' takes on a far broader definition that HOPEFULLY, President Obama can't 'wiggle' out of this time. The definition this week is that when a person turns age 65 or some random age, maybe even 35, they won't be able to get knee replacements.

Everyone knows that is called 'rationing' and every knows it occurs today in our American society.

The problem with the 'communication' issues from the Right Wing of the country is that they need to publish a dictionary. Maybe if the rest of us, whom really do want to be a country rather than a party, can read a definition and apply it to any statement there might be a common understanding.

Being SLICK isn't easy for Beck, but, he is treading water as fast as he can to maintain 'SOME KIND' of political posture.

The Health Care Insurance Reform measure needs to move to Reconciliation and need to move there soon. The Democrats are obviously alone in moving the measure forward. It was noteworthy as to what everyone did agree on yesterday, but, there was no real 'new' ideas. Starting over would have been a real consideration, IF, those that wanted to start over actually had a reason to do so. They didn't. There is no magic here. There is simply writing a bill, passing it and having it submitted for signature by the President of the United States of America. No 'bright light' is going to descend from the sky to 'light the way.' We need to move on.

Yesterday was a Summit. It was suppose to bring the issue to a pinnacle of resolution. It wasn't a political gaming session. If nothing productive came out of it for the political ambitions of Republicans, then it wasn't suppose to and that is the really sad part.

I suppose the USA military is too big for the Federal System to handle as well.

Lamar Alexander
"Our country is too big, too complicated, too decentralized…" (click title to entry - thank you)

Perhaps Senator Alexander, the slickest GOP politician yet, hasn't noticed that the Federal System of government has been handling health care in cooperation with the States for a long, long time.

It is out of control, Bubba !

In 2007, U.S. health care spending was about $7,421 per resident and accounted for 16.2% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP); this is among the highest of all industrialized countries.

Dah !

Health care costs have been rising for several years. (click here) Expenditures in the United States on health care surpassed $2.2 trillion in 2007, more than three times the $714 billion spent in 1990, and over eight times the $253 billion spent in 1980. Stemming this growth has become a major policy priority, as the government, employers, and consumers increasingly struggle to keep up with health care costs. [1]

That is EXPONENTIAL growth, honey. No system of ANY kind can sustain under exponential growth. It is not possible. The health care system will COLLAPSE if there isn't something done about it, NOW ! Alexander is incompetent. The Federal Government has to handle health care, it is not OPTIONAL.

...hm....unless....of course, the GOP wants to dissolve the sovereignty of the country and hand it over to corporations. What do ya say? Good idea?

Oh. Wait. We have a lien against the USA that the GOP exponentially ran up during the Bush/Cheney years while the Republicans fought an illegal war in Iraq. Oh, that's right. I guess China has first option to buy before any corporations do.

Speaking of China, I've been meaning to do an entry about that.

China warns US over future Taiwan arms sales (click here)
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
The Associated Press
Thursday, February 25, 2010; 11:20 AM
...China demands that the U.S. "speak and act cautiously" to avoid further damaging ties and upsetting relations between Beijing and Taiwan, Defense Ministry spokesman Huang Xueping was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency....

I can understand why China is more than miffed at the actions of the USA government in recent months, especially when it comes to Taiwan, but, China has a problem to solve. That problem is North Korea. It is unrealistic for China to bark angrily at the USA about rolling up the welcome mat, when the countries in the region are threatened by North Korea's nuclear capacity.

What is the USA suppose to do, keep its fingers' crossed in anticipation that North Korea won't launch against Japan or Taiwan? What makes China so sure that North Korea is as 'in control' as it wants the world to believe it is.

North Korea openly distains the USA and wants to achieve the ability to launch nuclear missiles against the West Coast of the USA, if not DC or the interior of the country if it can. What would be a 'bigger and wetter kiss' to the USA from North Korea, but, to actually launch against Japan or Taiwan?

I would think China would be on the same page as the USA over this and see the benevolence of protecting Taiwan from North Korean hostilities.

I actually don't see this as an agressive act against China. I mean get for real here. Where would China even be with its space programs without the USA? I think China needs to 'rethink' its position in regard to the insecurities of Taiwan and Japan right now and GET REAL with North Korea. China is trading insults with the USA without resolving the PROFOUND security issues on the Korean Peninsula.

Hello? Sorry to be so brash, but, after all what the heck is everyone thinking?

I don't recall anyone dissolving the One China Policy. Yes?

Dawn Brancheau probably had a broken neck and never knew what happened to her.

There are still many questions in the face of obvious natural behavior by this Orca. Those behaviors are noted in the wild when two Orcas are noted tossing a sea lion pup between them only to abandon it to its mother on the beach.

No trainer should ever be so sure the animal, whom's natural instincts they draw on to facilitate communication, is ever so removed from their instincts to feel they are safe from them.


Sea World has job to do and policies to review. Their trainers are very dedicated in order to 'stay in tune' with the animals they work with for the public to come to interact. It is that 'dedication' that placed Dawn at risk today. The 'bonding' is important, but, when she recognized an aggitated behavior by the Orca, it should have been a warning and NOT a call to action to try and calm him. With aggitiation, he should have been removed to a holding area and sedated until better behaviors were noted.

Tomorrow is the Day the Wrinkles are ironed out of Health Care Reform

Underinvestment in prevention and public health. Too many Americans go without high-value preventive services, such as cancer screening and immunizations to protect against flu or pneumonia. The nation faces epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases as well as new threats of pandemic flu and bioterrorism. Yet despite all of this less than 4 cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health.8 Our health caresystem has become a disease care system, and the time for change is well overdue.

This is a mainstay of a healthy and happy America. Preventive Care has been the salvation to many, many people. I survived cancer because of Preventive Care. The cost of saving my life was far, far less because of early detection. There should be no reason in the USA for any citizen to feel alienated from 'the right to be and feel healthy.'

I read a story recently about a man, an artist, that died because of an infection under his tooth. He was playing physician to himself because he didn't have health care. I am sure anyone interested in the topic of health care insurance reform has heard the nightmare sceniaro of the child that died of an infected tooth. The child did not have preventive dental care and when it came to seeking a dentist when there was pain it was too late. The emergency room became the venue of treatment and the child died. He died in the United States of America because his parents could not afford a dentist and a simple perscription to save his life.

For health care practitioners working with stroke victims and paralysis, there is a syndrome that accompanies such diagnoses. The syndrome is called 'The Disuse Syndrome.' It is a nursing diagnosis as well as a physician assessment issue. The syndrome basically states that due to lack of sensation and movement a limb(s) are ignored by the person afflicted with the paralysis or impartment. This is a physical diagnosis as there is muscle deterioration and potential for joint malformation and skin integrity problems. It isn't really considered a psychological issue as a person has to learn they are ignoring a part of their body that was once very useful.

At times, I wish the diagnosis could be applied to social functioning when people interact with the health care system in the USA. See, I believe people that are 'at risk' for serious health issues and burgeoning death 'syndromes' surrender their ability to 'use the system' when the reality of the lack of access to health care becomes obvious.

One would expect people that are discriminated against in obtaining and maintaining health care insurance or access would be fighting mad and wouldn't take it anymore, but, they don't. They literally lie down and die.

Penguins do that. Adele penguins in Antarctica when faced with ice formations that block their amble to the sea to eat and find fish for their young, simply lie down and die. They don't problem solve. The Adele's don't know how to problem solve. The occurrence of a blocked path to the sea is too much, too huge for them to overcome their natural instincts.

People become that way. They become defeated in understanding their dilemmas and they 'give up.' They figure they can problem solve disease and infirmity themselves and find solutions that will result in a 'good enough' outcome. No adult or child or parent ever believes at the end of their ability to cope with life and its hardships lies a coffin. Not in the USA. That simply doesn't happen here.

But, it does. Every day Americans die. Old Americans, young Americans, middle age Americans and American Veterans lose their 'insight' to life, become despondent and die. They don't make a big fuss and clamor for attention so that those surrounding them 'rescue' them in the nick of time. They 'resign' themselves to a failed life as if a punishment for the lack of success to have what '? everyone ?' else has. That is about the saddest reality a society, a First World society, can assess of itself. A population could be wiped out that way. In the history of humans on Earth it has happened exactly that way.

The health care issue is huge. The USA needs to rally around the potential for improving its MORALITY and supporting its people to a new reality. Every American deserves a life of wellness. They deserve a life with Preventive Medicine. Every American needs to feel empowered enough to seek PROPER medical attention for 'what ails them.' Health Care Insurance Reform is more than just adjusting 'the cost' to Americans, it means as a nation we are empowered to act in our best interest to obtain and maintain wellness.

Coordinate and integrate care.

Rates of chronic diseases have skyrocketed in the last 2 decades.17 (these number appear all over the Executive Branch's Health Care Proposal. They are reference numbers. Those numbers are found at the bottom of the proposal. That means the reference is there to VERIFY what is being stated as fact. It is a form of respect to the reader. The Executive Branch has no intention of lying to the people reading their proposal and what to prove they have considered all the facts.) Over 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease.18 With proper care, the onset and progression of these diseases can be contained for many years. In addition to the needless suffering and early death they cause, these chronic conditions cost a staggering $1.7 trillion yearly.19 Barack Obama and Joe Biden will support providers to put in place care management programs and encourage team care through implementation of medical home type models that will improve coordination and integration of care of those with chronic conditions.

Chronic disease is a big issue in the USA. It is expensive to maintain care to those that are chronically ill, however, the Executive Branch of the USA has a plan that will put in place 'therapy regimes' (including home care) that will ward off debilitating aspects of chronic disease. In putting 'therapy regimes' in place it will cut costs of treatment and people will have expected outcomes to those therapies. Where a person 'falls off' the expectations of those regimes, there can be assessment as to why. It is more than admirable, this issue has an exclusive recognition in the proposal. It tells me the Executive Branch has done its homework and knows where high costs of quality care exists and will be focusing on these issues to monitor cost and improve performance.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s plan strengthens employer–based coverage, makes insurance companies accountable and ensures patient choice of doctor and care without government interference. Under the plan, if you like your current health insurance, nothing changes, except your costs will go down by as much as $2,500 per year. If you don’t have health insurance, you will have a choice of new, affordable health insurance options.

That all sounds really nice, huh? But, how do the American people feel reassured they will actually have all this working for them? Because it is obvious the Executive Branch have done their homework and seek to 'standardize' care across the country. A CARE STANDARD that carries with it the brevity of the legislature means that all insurances will help Americans in the same way. Everyone in the USA will have dignity in deciding what plan they want knowing their 'care standard' is not compromised in their choice.

I am looking forward to having every person well and happy and living a life worthy of the USA. I hope everyone else feels the same way.

Until tomorrow.

CEOs know how to exploit the public, no different than Murdoch news media. They choose one of the most economically deprived cities in the country.

Let this be a lesson on how to learn how BEST to exploit Americans.

Wilmington part of test to find possible uses for abandoned analog TV channels (click title to entry - thank you)

By Patrick Gannon
Pat.Gannon@StarNewsOnline.com

Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.

Testing the white

open TV spaces

There's a high-tech experiment going on in New Hanover County.

It includes radios and video cameras and sensors and computers.

And it involves “TV white spaces,” the unused television frequencies that resulted from the 2008 transition from analog to digital transmission of TV broadcasts.

During the next several months, TV Band Service LLC, of Wilmington, and Florida-based Spectrum Bridge Inc. are testing the nation's first “smart city” wireless network in New Hanover County using TV white spaces....

When a company wants to find out how much consumers CAN BE MADE to tolerate in the market place there is a methodology to it.

This type of 'consumer testing' happens a lot in the Wilmington, NC. The people in that city think it is some kind of honor to be involved in this mess and that should tell people something.

Wilmington, North Carolina is home to UNCW, a coastal university in the UNC system. The students that attend there are among the highest achieving students in the nation. They are chronically defamed and complained about by 'The Big Talker Curtis What's his name, oh, yeah Wright." He is always complaining about their driving. What he is really PO'ed about is the fact there are higher car insurance rates in that city due to the higher accident rate. He doesn't tell people that are citizens and listening to the program that there are also a lot of drunks in the "Port Party City."

But, demographically, Wilmington, North Carolina basically has no economy and hasn't for a long time. The City Mayor and Council are pathetically corrupt and the people that vote them in are simply doing it because they SEEM SO NICE. The 'agenda' of local politicians and the construction lobby is to 'ride the behind' of the university Chancellor to build all sorts of concrete structures to line their pockets, whether the university needs it or not. See, the poeple of North Carolina believe in education as a HOPE to improving the lives of their children, so they don't have to work two jobs, babysit a dozen kids every week and deliver newspapers to make ends meet. That is how 'dirt poor' that city is EXCEPT for the 'fat cat' politicans and construction lobbyists.

But, there is a 'characteristic' about people 'assigned' to poverty that capitalists seek. To begin with they watch a lot of television and listen to radio because they don't have a life otherwise. It is why one of the Tea Baggers came from Wilmington and the Big Talker listening area. But, that aside, these folks are 'hungry' for opportunity that will get them out of their rut. A long and deep rut.

The other thing is that people who have a lot of time to watch TV and listen to radio are also 'social thinkers.' Their 'social mind map' encompasses a larger 'view of the world.' They like to be 'involved' in activities that seem to 'find purpose to those daily activities.'

So, it seems as though Wilmington will once again HOST the Olympic event of determining how best to exploit the public when it comes to 'REASSIGNING' analog wave lengths to new commercial opportunities. There is gossip going around that AT&T has bought the lion's share of these analog wave lengths. I guess.

But, I thought it was interesting for everyone to realize exactly how exploited they are. The American public has lost the potential to have RABBIT EARS on the television, be required to subscribe to cable only to have this so called 'antiquated' way of moving 'information, news and entertainment' RE-EXPLOITED so that these wave lengths are now controlled for market purposes. In other words, the American consumer was 'kicked off' the FREE method of receiving TV signals so some 'Gosh Aweful' Capitalist can exploit them.

KINDLY remember, this mess happened under the Bush/Cheney administration. Okay?

So, get ready. The American Consumer is about to be fleeced AGAIN ! And the 'test marketing' to the fleecing begins in Wilmington, North Carolina where people believe they are more valuable in front of a TV and at a radio signal than anywhere else in the country.

1000 USA American Military Men and Women have died in Afghanistan.

Body of Marine Cpl. Gregory Stultz To Return Home Wednesday (click title to entry - thank you)
Reported by: WTWO News

Monday, Feb 22, 2010 @03:03pm EST

The body of Marine Corporal Gregory Stultz will return home for the last time Wednesday.

The Brazil native was killed in an ambush late last week.

The family says the body will be flown to Terre Haute Regional Airport at approximatley noon Wednesday. His remains will then be escorted along State Roads 42, 46 and 40 to the French Funeral Home in Brazil.

The funeral will be held at Christ Community Church in Brazil.


Subject: Cpl. Gregory S. Stultz, 22, Brazil, IN, 24, 26 FEB 10 (click here)

Details in the funeral and visitation have not been finalized.
22 Feb 2010 2:16 PM
Updated 23 Feb 10 1527 est S Sturgis


We have been invited.

1) Escort - 2/24/10

The Funeral director contacted me at 13:00 today that Cpl Gregory Scott
Stultz will be arriving at Terre Haute airport om 02/24/2010 at around
12:00.

Anyone willing to escort to the funeral home meet at
Terre Haute airport 581 South Airport St at 11:00 on the 23rd.

We will escort Cpl Stultz to the funeral home.

2) Funeral - 2/26/10

Funeral services will be Friday
02/26/2010 at 10942 N State Road 59 Brazil IN at 13:00 (1PM) with escort
to Summit Lawn Cemetery after services.

We will stage in the parking lot at the Church at 12:00 with the flag line after a short mission brief.

I stand in silent respect for the
Fallen Heroes and their Families.
Keith (Goob) Jacks - kjacks6161@sbcglobal.net
Asst Sr RC West Central

God Bless and Thanks for All You Do,
Richard Wilbur - "IndyHarley"
State Captain - Indiana Patriot Guard


IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 134-10
February 22, 2010

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Gregory S. Stultz, 22, of Brazil, Ind., died Feb. 19 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the III Marine Expeditionary Force/Marine Corps Bases Japan public affairs office at 011-81-611-745-0790 or e-mail them at okinawapao@usmc.mil .

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

The President's Proposal is not a bill and this was posted to the Obama - Biden Website about 9 hours ago. Click title to entry - thank you.

To begin with this Proposal is a casual document. It is a proposal and not a bill. There is nothing legal or binding to it EXCEPT it is issued by the President and Vice President of the USA and carries the brevity of those offices.

In other words, it is meant to be taken seriously and not simply as a political volley.

The Executive Branch produced this proposal to begin a process that is suppose to culminate in PRODUCTIVE measures at the White House Summit on Health Care.

BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN’S PLAN TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS
AND ENSURE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL

That's the title. None of this is a simple or inconsequential matter as it can effect the wellness of every citizen of the country. The Executive Branch is attempting to 'move this issue along' because IF it is not addressed SOON, it will not only cause great hardship to the American people, it will destroy any fragile recovery that is now underway in the USA economy. The issue HAS to be resolved and soon.

Health care costs are skyrocketing.

There are some interesting statistics within this paragraph. I am not going to quote them, but, they say basically what most Americans understand about health care insurance. The companies that deal in this commodity are out to make a profit and while that is what drives the USA economy, there has to be a fine balance between the profits HEALTH CARE INSURERS make and the benefits their clients receive.

It is NOT like Life Insurance. Life Insurance is a single issue in the lives of folks. Either the insured is alive or dead. That's pretty simple.

Health Care is completely different. The QUALITY OF THE INSURED'S LIFE is the issue and where that is not adequately addressed the insured does die. If that death is caused by the INSURER, then there is a "Breach of Contract."

- Death is NOT suppose to occur and when it does because of denial of benefits due to 'so called' experimental medicine that is a CHANCE to save a life there is something grossly "W"rong. In any understanding of medicine and/or surgery there is a profound definition that goes along with it in that an MD 'PRACTICES' their craft. That means if an MD states there is a new medicine currently issued by the CDC that is considered 'INVESTIGATIONAL' and is believed to produce a benefit to extend life (as Chemotherapy does) or save life then that is a valid treatment. End of Discussion. There is no Health Care Insurer that is suppose to be PRACTICING medicine and denying coverage of valid orders by MDs. That is MALPRACTICE of the license to insure. Even if a Health Care Insurance Company has an MD on staff it doesn't mean a DAMN thing. Their client has a physician that is treating them and allowed to receive the benefit of payment under their insurance policy. If there are unreasonable clauses in the policy then the State Licensing Board is not doing its job. The CDC does make decisions regarding investigation drugs and treatments lightly. There is a lot of taxpayer monies that go into these classifications by the CDC and there is no authority in existence that has any right to refuse the treatment to patients offered as 'HOPE' to a citizen. The people of the USA have stated loud and clear we want to LIVE. Not only do we want to live, we want EVERY chance that our scientists and doctors can give us and we have put government authority behind that understanding about life. Therefore, when the CDC comes out and states, there is reason to believe a medication has potential to save lives and we do not have any reason to believe this is a harmful measure that carries great brevity in the medical and surgical community. Doctors and Surgeons want to help people and when there is new hope they want to practice that hope. ANY Insurer that stands in the way of that is practicing against the wishes of the American people and should be eliminated as an insurer at any State Licensing venue. End of this discussion.

- If that death occurs because of the lack of access while folks are insured that is in my opinion WRONGFUL DEATH. If people are denied access to health care while having health care insurance, those denying them access are liable. No one should be denied access and this entire idea of 'in network' or 'out of network' is one of the most hideous concepts in any contract written. Literally, people could have a health care policy that list dearly few 'in network' practitioners and no specialists and they are excluded from care. Unknown to them until it is too late. The 'in network' or 'out of network' contract issue is an Insurers dream come true, it is a money making deal and it discriminates against any practitioner that is licensed by any State. It is a form of fraud and is a BARRIER to care. It is illegal and should be eliminated by State Licensing Boards. If a practitioner is licensed they are valid to receive payment by insurance companies. END OF THAT DISCUSSION.

- If death occurs because a person has been denied coverage because they have a pre-existing condition, THAT in my opinion, is gross malpractice of the insurance laws of any state and also is extremely poor management of an insurance company. Any state that allows such practice within its borders is threatening the lives of its citizens and has issue with human rights. Pandering to health care insurers so they can 'gain' profit by accepting CERTAIN citizens is discrimination. The SICK and/or those that have been SICK is what health care insurance is all about. The insurance exists for the UNFORTUNATE need that an insured needs help. Hello? To state those afflicted by the 'very reason' these CORPORATIONS exist are allowed to be ostracized of benefits is not only conflict of interest, it is fraud. One cannot state, "We are going to insure people in case they have health care needs" and then not do it and still have a license. The 'contract for payment of insurance benefits' has become an instrument of fraud and deception. In order for people to understand their RIGHTS under the contract, they have to now obtain prior authority from the insurance company to save their own lives. That should not be happening under any insurance laws that issue licenses in any state. There is no PRE-CONDITION to saving lives in this country, yet, the very 'lifeline' people pay large amounts of money they earn to have THE RIGHT TO LIVE in the USA is an instrument of fraud through the contracts allowed by the licensed practioners of health insurance. That is outrageous and extremely egregious of the Public Trust. Since when is the STATE a partner to the death of Americans?

DEATH by Insurance is not an option in this country, however, it is a reality.

That is not only malpractice of the licensed insurance companies it is extremely poor performance by these companies managers. It is not only bad PR, that they don't care about because of their power over people's lives, it is a lot of money uncollected to their companies stockholders.

In 1997 I was diagnosed with Cancer. It was successfully treated with surgery. Two day in the hospital, about 30 minutes under the scalpel of a trained and experienced surgeon, about 2 hours with OR and PACU staff to take me into a stupor to allow the surgery and then bring me out of it safely and then two days on 'the floor' to insure I received sufficient IV fluids to rehydrate me and establish my 'homeostasis' was stable in order to be discharged.

The bills were paid and I am fine. That was nearly 13 years ago. Thirteen years of premiums that more than paid for the INVESTMENT that health care insurance company made of me to save my life. I would have died otherwise. Thirteen years of simply vigilance and wellness programs that would not necessarily cost me what premiums cost me and my insurer/employer.

I have a friend that runs a transportation company. Fancy name for trucking firm. He runs trailers out of Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. He needed a driver for one of his tractors. This guy applies. My friend is a devoted Christian after several years of drug addiction. He is a successful business man now with a wife and child. Happy guy. So, this guy shows up looking for a job. He is very experienced. Lots and lots of road experience, but, he is unemployed. My friend is attracted to the application, it is an exceptional application for his size operation and interviews the fella. He asks is there anything I need to know that you care to tell me that might effect your employment in a way that I might misunderstand. Interesting question, huh? Remember, my friend is a recovered addict. He isn't interested in the 'status quo' application, okay? Also remember, he is extremely successful in his business. I mean successful. Private boat and all sorts of toys. The man applying for the job didn't have to say another word. He was about to be hired, or so he thought and he wasn't required to tell my friend anything else. But, he did, because he wanted a friend, too. An employer that would appreciate him as a human being and not just a number on a flow sheet. My friend could be considered a small business owner. This one time long-haul truck driver was in renal failure and went to dialysis three times a week. He was on a list for a kidney transplant and his attendance to his health needs might interfer with his work schedule. My friend hired him and scheduled him for work on the days when he was not receiving dialysis. He provided health insurance to him and when the day came for his transplant my friend took the run and looked for another drive, BUT, only until he was recovered and received clearance from his doctor to return to work. That man did not miss one day of work, worked what was asked of him and attended the small holiday parties at the house. He and my friend are not only acquainted with each other they are good friends. My friend stated to me, "one life saved, like mine was saved."

THAT is an American. We give a damn about each other and will watch each other's lives in vigilance of the outcomes. We don't need insurance companies that don't do the same thing. There is no reason for any insurance company in the United States of America to refuse treatment by any MD order. None. There is no good reason for refusal of coverage or enrollment. Any manager currently engaged in such a practice is in violation of any clear understanding of human rights in this country and should have their licenses pulled. I don't want to hear how Americans are being cheated out of life saving measures, even if that means having root canal on an infected tooth. There is no reason for it, except managers that carve out artificial short term gains for bonus dollars over the long term reward of managing a respectable company.

Americans have been abused by health care, period. They have been abused by the CEOs of heath care and I don't care if it is the CEO of health care systems. Those CEOs of Health Care Systems throughout the USA seem to believe they have to accept insurance company contracts over that of the demands of their physicians and patients. They are as much a part of the problem as the insurance companies themselves. CEOs of health care systems pander to insurance companies when they should be refusing to do business with the wealth merchants. The CEOs of Health Care Systems want to paint themselves as 'saints' to the 'sinners of health care insurance companies' and need to make necessary cuts in their budgets in order for their patients to receive care. Huh? Since when do the people that provide the services answer to those that seek to make money off those services. Since when are patients and physicians pawns in the market place of wealth merchants? The relationship is backwards and should not be rewarded. The health care systems, ungainly as they are, have the commodity. They set the price, they allow the insurance and they moderate the outcomes. NOT, the other way around. When a patient is given 'health care' it should be timely, appropriate and in measure that matters, not ONLY WHAT IS ALLOWED. When an MD makes an order, those 'in service' to the order need to ask how high they have to jump and not how high the ? patient ? has to jump. No, no. I don't think so. Patients are in NEED, physicians are in PRACTICE and those that MANAGE the insurance and facilities need to be in servatude. End of that discussion.

About 100,000
Americans die from medical errors in hospitals every year.3 One-quarter of all medical spending goes to administrative and overhead costs, and reliance on antiquated paper-based record and information systems needlessly increases these costs.4

Peer review and licensing issues for malpractice and neglegence INCLUDING a review of the Health Care System and their failings in providing 'error free' venues of care. In other words, the medical errors that occur have a reason and they sometimes occur due to the management of the 'care environment.' What I mean by that is addressed in understanding that physicians practice and have to practice in large health care systems where 'cutbacks' and all sorts of 'staffing' issues, including, under staffing exists. That is due to the 'backward' reimbursement systems and the profits made by CEOs all along the line. Health care is provided by human beings. There is no better way of doing it. A person is a unique living entity with a history and assessment at the time of need. That assessment and understanding of a patient's health history has to be conducted by physicians. It just does. As a result there are issues that fix certain understandings that human beings do not have endless capacity to deliver 'good care' in any environment offered to them. They can, ie Haiti, but, the American 'delivery' system should not be viewed through its 'finest hour' in Haiti as a daily diet. That is unrealistic. If that were the case all surgery in the USA would be done in tents to save on electricity and provide more patient rooms rather than surgical suites if CEOs had their choice. That is an extreme example, however, it underlies the 'reason' why medical errors can exist. When a practitoner of health care is brought into question regarding their license what also needs to accompany that (BY STATE MANDATE) are statistics and quality assessments of the care environment where the errors occur. What I am saying is that errors are simply the tip of the iceberg and calling 'health care delivery' into the picture will 'fix' the issue far quicker than simply taking it 'case by case.' If the Peer Review system of regulating poor practitioners continues in the venue it is today, it will result in nothing more than a revolving door of people. It isn't a good review system without that component. It will call into question the CEO choices to the 'care environment' that effects any practice at any level. That said, changing 'record keeping' to computer systems may help to make the practice quicker and more efficient IF that ever reaches the pinnacle it is intended to achieve, HOWEVER, it is not ONLY the computerization that will eliminate the issues. It will only resolve ONE 'care environment' issue. It won't matter if the computers are working well if the HUMAN BEINGS at the end of the computer are overwhelmed with an unsatisfactory 'patient ratio' and/or 'hostile care environment.' The entire 'delivery system' has to be PEER reviewed, given the way it has been sadly effected to date.

Well. That was a long paragraph of 'get down to it.' I'm taking a break.

There are a million and one things on my agenda right now .

But, this is important and I'll read the plan starting tomorrow.

It is a little late at this moment and I recently got in from a trip, otherwise I'd start now.

Good night.

I understand the President has published a Health Care Proposal before his Summit with both parties.

Obama's health care plan adds new investment, Medicare tax on wealthy (click here)

President Obama's health care plan boosts Medicare and investment taxes on the wealthy. But high-cost 'Cadillac plans' catch a break.

By Howard Gleckman

Guest blogger / February 22, 2010

President Obama’s new $950 billion health plan would impose a new “payroll” tax on investment income, and keep a watered-down version of the Senate proposal to tax high-cost health plans....

Neal Boortz can never be accused of being a bigot. He has minorities that work for him.

Herman Cain is a substitute for Neal Boortz, but, that does not make him exempt from being accurate.

Mr. Cain is the man with the statistics.

Today was no different.

Everyone at the Murdoch organization bashes something about Democrats or President Obama. Mr. Cain like to bash the stimulus.

He states this in leading up to his bashing:

(paraphrasing, but, I'll try to remember the words as best I can)

"Glen Beck has statistics, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT THEM, but they are Beck statistics that say..."

Believe it or not, if a journalist (that is if they really consider themselves journalists and not fiction talkers) wants me to pay attention to what follows they need to be FACTUAL.

BUT.

The folks that listen to these programs don't care about accuracy or verifiable truths. They care about lies and hearing plenty of them.

So, Mr. Cain is absolutely right. There is absolutely no reason to seek to reassure his listeners that the facts he states are truthful and honest and well established, but, only 'truthy enough' to give them something to believe to continue to carry out their lies.

THIS IS NOT LEGAL USE OF THE AIRWAVES.

This is misleading the public into believing they are actually listening to a 'worthy' radio program that carries accurate facts about the news.

My understanding of ANY reporting by a journalist is that there are at least TWO sources of validation before it is reported to the public.

TWO.

Not, I don't really know where Beck got this from.

You know?

The American Public is actually 'leasing' our airwaves to these people?

Oh.

Glen Beck's "Window of Opportunity" - Bash Progressives

This is Rashad Hussain. He is an interesting guy. He is sensitive to issues confronting Muslims and because he is now he is the latest victim of hate by Rush Radio. See, Mr. Schnitt stated today that Mr. Hussain knows the Qur'an or Koran (which ever is your pleasure) by heart. Mr. Hussain has committed the sin of all sins that a Muslim can commit and has memorized the Qur'an and THEREFORE he is a terrorist sympathizer, you see.

The picture above was when he appeared at a conference in Turkey. (click here. At this link is the Turkish version and if one presses the "English" in red letters, it translates.)

Now that looks like the worst set of terrorist sympathizers in the entire world, wouldn't you say? If one takes a look at the 'english' version you might even read how these folks promote 'good will' and 'good purpose' of Muslims. Below is one of the entries from the English page.

Islam is an Inseparable Building Block of Europe
(EMU: European Muslim Union ) EMU had their voice heard for the first time on 13 May 2005 when they made a press statement known as Istanbul Declaration, the main theme of which can be summarised as "Islam is an inseparable building block of Europe ."
	11/3/2006 Fawaz Zakri

Interesting bunch, huh? Terrorist sympathizers, my ass. Kiss it, babe.

Here is the rest of the conspiracy that Mr. Schnitt didn't get into. Mr. Hussain here was sponsored by George Soros. The plot thickens.

RASHAD HUSSAIN (click here) was born in 1978. He earned his JD from Yale University and his MPA from Harvard University. His parents are naturalized citizens from India and live in Plano, Texas. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he holds bachelor's degrees with highest distinction in both philosophy and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he completed in two years. He received highest honors for his philosophy thesis, "Assessing the Theistic Implications of Big Bang Cosmological Theory." Rashad also holds an MA from Harvard University in Near Eastern languages and civilizations. He finds his heritage central to his identity as a Muslim American and his career goals, especially in light of events in recent history. Rashad has worked extensively on Capitol Hill, both as an intern in the office of former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt during the summer of 2000 and as a legislative aide on the House Judiciary Committee, where he worked for a year and a half between his time at Harvard University and Yale University. Rashad sees his varied academic interests converging and feels that his study of international affairs, law, and security can form a salient combination for addressing many contemporary legal and public policy issues. He finished a clerkship for Judge Damon Keith on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Detroit, MI and was a Trial Attorney at the US Department of Justice. Now he is deputy associate counsel to President Barack Obama.

I am sure Mr. Soros always intended to sponsor terrorist sympathizers through his organization, especially if they are MINORITIES. But, hey, who's perfect?

US paper slams Obama’s choice for envoy to OIC (click here)

Published: February 23, 2010
...“Hussain’s Muslim beliefs appear to go quite beyond merely knowing Quranic verses,” The Examiner said, noting he has “a long history of participating in activities connected with the Muslim Brotherhood, a major organisational and theological wellspring for Jihadists who seek to impose Shariah law on America and the rest of the world”....

Mr. Hussain is a member of the underground 'shadow' terrorist group, "Hafiz-ul-Quran." (click here) Below is some of the dearest propaganda. I think the really radicial terrorist issues has to do with exposing falsehood from every angle. It might be one of those 'psychiatrist' issues, you know?

We are less than a handfull of Muslims from Ahlus Sunnah wal jama'ah who give public da'wah to society, where we invite the society to Islam(Aqeedah+Shahriah), command the good, forbid the evil and expose falsehood from every angle. Our struggle is always intellectual & political non-violent means.To find out more about our activities and about our views, we highly recommend you visit the "About Us" page first.

At any rate, where it really gets interesting is that Hussain is connected with promoting terrorists at a legal proceedings in Florida. The proceedings are about a man by the name of Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian. He was running a non-profit for Palestine and plead guilty in 2005 to making contributions to suspicious Palestinian organizations. (click here)

...Philip Klein and Jennifer Rubin disclosed on Wednesday that Campbell (the Republican nominee for USA Senator from California. See, Mr. Schnitt the pendulum swings both ways, but, that is something that The Shit Show never reports.) took campaign donations from none other than Sami al-Arian, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to soliciting contributions for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in the United States.[...] (CIJ Klein link)Campbell acknowledges not only that Al-Arian donated money to his campaign, but that he visited Al-Arian's brother-in-law (himself associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad) in prison. Campbell writes that Al-Arian was "instrumental in asking others in his community to contribute to my 2000 Senate run....

But, the issue never was an issue in 2005. About Mr. Hussain that is. It only became an issue in 2010 when Mr. Schnitt decided to go APE over the fact this man was appointed to a council of the President. Of course, the real danger to having Mr. Hussain 'at the President's ear' is that Osama bin Laden will get away with the next attack on the USA. So, realizing the MINDLESS STATE of President Obama, I can understand why The Shit Show is APE over this one. Why do I find it interesting the article below is from a Hebrew news agency? Huh?

U.S. Islamic envoy ‘regrets’ Al Arian remarks (click here)

February 22, 2010

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Obama's new Islamic envoy admitted to making critical statements against the prosecution of a professor with ties to a Palestinian terrorist group.

"I made statements on that panel that I now recognize were ill conceived or not well formulated," Rashad Hussain told Politico last weekend in reference to comments made at a 2004 Muslim students conference in Chicago.

Hussain, a deputy associate White House counsel, was appointed last week as the U.S. envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

At the 2004 conference, Hussain called the prosecution of Sami Al-Arian part of a pattern "of politically motivated prosecutions where you have huge Justice Department press conferences announcing that a certain person is a grave threat to American security."

Hussain, then a student at Yale Law School, did not offer a view on Al-Arian's innocence or guilt on the charges that Al-Arian served as a leader for Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the United States.

Al-Arian was acquitted on eight of 17 counts; the jury could not arrive at a verdict on the other counts. Rather than face a retrial, he pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge in exchange for early deportation....

So, to say I find The Schnitt Show more than absurd is an understatement. However, what I find extremely sad is the fact Mr. Schnitt practices bigotry.

More than 'FINDING' something within the President Obama White House to go APE over, a man calls the show by the name of Larry. Larry was getting his message out to his fellow listeners regarding the fact President Obama is actually a Muslim in Sheep clothing and he would betray the USA. Of course, Mr. Schnitt, dutifully had to disagree with that fact as President Obama is stated to be a Christian. But, none the less, Larry went on and on about how terrible the President of the USA was. His rantings were completely based in 'local and colorful folklore.'

The story gets sadder. First realize these are Americans that feel their 'cause' needs to portray the President of their nation as a terrorist and the 'identity' of their President Terrorist is Muslim.

But, then this woman calls. She states the school district in Florida (where the Schnitt Show broadcasts0 she sends her children to actually teaches children about Muslims and their poverty in the Middle East. The woman then stated, her husband felt compelled to take their children to a local Holocaust Museum to teach his children about 'real' tragedy.

Wow.

I am not going to get into the issues with these two callers, but, the point is there is a lot of hate being doled out here and was FIRST inspired by the host of the program. He stated repeatedly how people that memorize the Qur'an are primarily 'found out' to be terrorists.

Memorize Quran 'dot' com (click here)



Anyone ever listen to "The Shit Show" on Rush Radio?

Evidently Rush has this jerk on by the name of Mr. Schnitt. The name of his show on radio is The Shit Show. Evidently it is a show where Mr. Schnitt likes to throw shit at any political figure in the vacinity. Today, Mr. Schnitt decided to through shit at someone other than political figures and instead threw shit at Muslims. That's right, folks, a real "bigot" on Rush Radio. Surprise.

THE POINT HERE is that Mr. Schnitt believes that memorization of the Quran produces terrorists. BUT, Mr. Schnitt has Christian extremists on that can rant on and on about hate without abating.

Excuse me, but, Christians MEMORIZE scripture all the time. We hear it over and over and are reminded how many people are actually Christian in this country.

One of the reasons I believe Mr. Schnitt is carry on like this is because President Obama's agenda has to do with promoting 'good relations' between the USA and Arab nations. You'll remember the speech in Cairo? Yes? So, I guess the next FAUX PREMISE Mr. Schnitt will promote is that President Obama is not really loyal to the USA.

Now.

The FAA has to do something about these people because I am sick of hearing their hatred leveled at other people that are helpless to defend themselves from a huge media network.

While I am on the subject. Wall Street does not have virtue as does the USA Constitution.

Don't forget the lessons of the Bush years of 2000-2008. Wall Street is not a partner to the USA people.

Those years exploited the people of this country for every dime it could without any LOYALTY.

They played the populous like a finely tuned fiddle and then abandoned us for greener pastures.

There is a profound message in Michael Moore's "Roger and Me" and "Bowling for Columbine" that needs to reverberate through the electorate of the USA.

Corporate America is not interested in the nation's problems unless they can make lots of money.

When Roger took his auto machine out of the country to AVOID the cost of USA labor there is a profound message in that and it doesn't just apply to Flint, Michigan. Flint, Michigan is a lesson in 'trusting' Wall Street in a guileless way. There is nothing 'guileless' about Wall Street and there is absolutely NO mysticism as if some kind of strange religion.

Wall Steet is about money. That is their god. Money has no conscience. It is a commodity. If you don't believe that then recall the time you blew your last $20.00 before payday and wished you did differently.

There is absolutely NOTHING tying Health Insurance Companies to their OBLIGATION to provide American consumers with a quality service. It is why "Sicko" was able to portray the cruelty of the industry so well. Those companies have no loyalties, except to stockholders and the CEOs have no compassion except to their bonuses and maxing out the profit quarter after quarter.

The USA has a problem. Wall Street learned they could push 'their beasts' over the edge of fiscal sanity and they will be bailed out and bailed out big. They not only learned the 'benefit' of fear in the USA society, they learned that even after they achieved goals they could only dream of, the people that feared the worst could still be abandoned.

They are also learning all too clearly that the lives of Americans don't matter and the Supreme Court will back that up. Wall Street learned that unmitigated fiscal mayheim can be facilitated by the Supreme Court to hold political figures in abiding loyalty to their corporations.

The sovereignty of the USA is being transferred from its people to the corporations of Wall Street by the Republicans. They PRIVATIZE everything WITHOUT regulating it and then blame the people when all fails and the profiteers have to be bailed out. Now, if people don't see that, then put you lives in the hands of Wall Street and realize you have no control over your health care or the fiscal outcome of your country.

As long as this 'pirating' of the USA government continues people will suffer and the country will fall into greater and greater peril.

The lessons of "Roger and Me," "Bowling for Columbine" and "Sicko" have a common theme. Very common theme. Corporate America has too much power over the lives of Americans.

The country's infrastructure is being eroded because Republicans CANNOT act to protect the people of this nation. They pander to Wall Street and offer huge 'incentives' that Americans pay for in one way.

It is time to stop this insanity. Cities in this nation, ACROSS THIS NATION and not only in California are facing pressures to make decisions based on increasing costs on health care. Those decisions 'DOWNSIZE' their work force and reduce benefits to employees while increasing their costs. Eventually, when Corporate American has drained the country dry and Americans are completely depleted of their quality of life they will move on and leave real human carnage in their wake.

Americans have to come to terms with their reality and have their legislatures deal with it. Retreating into pandering to Wall Street on Health Care is NOT going to stop this slide it will only make it worse. We have witnessed that with the first paragraphs of the Republican Health Care Bill.

Think about it.

This is not a political game, it is about the American Dream and whom has control of it.

LOCALIZE YOUR ECONOMIES.

It is an act of patriotism and preserves the economic sovereignty of the country. There is a place for Wall Street, but, it is in SPECULATION and not economics.

The country needs to get its balance of reality back.