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oh brother wrote:

Wow! Now I am a Floridian!!! Cool!
<<<<<<< <<<<<< look at the ISP!
Surfs up, dudes!

Hey, now that I have got use to that silly name - don't you dare and change location!!!!! LOL

BTW, how come I know you were kidding TEXAS? You are a miracle - isn't that what every girl wants to be??? Hell, can anybody tell me what's going on here? I must have a silly bone and never knew it.

Educated What wrote:

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And my image of you old guys going through menopause complaining and crying about our president. Still trying to make yourself sound important but there is still nothing you can really do about our prez?

Looks like the vote in California yesterday tea bagged the liberals.

Bavarian Hillbilly wrote:

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See how this thing works?- Once we start "talking" with each other and learn more about who we are - we get along. That's so amazing. You seem a nice guy with a nice family and you love what we all love. OK, I'm not much help when it comes to fishing - just can't keep my mouth shut so the fish won't bite LOL but camping at a creek with the kids running around, a nice campfire, grilled fish and a cold one sounds great. Enjoy your quality time with your family!!!

I really enjoyed my quality time with my family. We are leaving this coming weekend since we have Monday off. We might head out to South Padre island.

Sunny wrote:

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Looks like the vote in California yesterday tea bagged the liberals.

And your point?

Educated What wrote:

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I really enjoyed my quality time with my family. We are leaving this coming weekend since we have Monday off. We might head out to South Padre island.

In Germany today is Father's Day - means every male between 18 - 99 thinks they had a good reason to have loads of fun with their buddies and get drunk. LOL

This day (a national holiday anyway) my Dad always came into my room around 6 a.m. demanding in a very loud voice that I sang "Hosianna" like in Church. He found that funny. I did him the favor and repeated it the next morning when he had a hangover. I found that funny :)

Nice to see you registered. Have a good time and enjoy your family.

Bavarian Hillbilly wrote:

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In Germany today is Father's Day - means every male between 18 - 99 thinks they had a good reason to have loads of fun with their buddies and get drunk. LOL
This day (a national holiday anyway) my Dad always came into my room around 6 a.m. demanding in a very loud voice that I sang "Hosianna" like in Church. He found that funny. I did him the favor and repeated it the next morning when he had a hangover. I found that funny :)
Nice to see you registered. Have a good time and enjoy your family.

LMAO!! Oh Hillbilly, that was a funny!

Greetings Educated What. Enjoy your long weekend.

Educated What wrote:

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And your point?

All efforts by the state politicians, Republicans and Democrats, to borrow and spend more were rejected by the voters. The only proposition that passed was the one stating that the State legislature cannot vote it's self any more raises unless the state budget is balanced. I guess all those tea parties were based on a grass roots feeling that enough was enough.

Hi All,

The cap-and-trade Carbon Tax is now officially on the fast- track and Chairman Henry Waxman is forcing a vote today.

Tuesday, Waxman officially skipped the subcommittee and sent out a memo that the 1,000+-page bill would be pushed through the key Energy and Commerce committee by Thursday:

  "My goal is to conclude consideration of the legislation on
  Thursday, May 21... Members should be prepared to work
  late on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings."

++ Radical Statism On Fast Track!
I believe the Carbon Tax is the most dangerous and oppressive power grab that we have yet seen --perhaps even worse than the bailouts!

The Waxman bill will give the government the power to regulate and control the air -- and you and I will be forced to pay!

++ Faxes and Phone Calls Needed Non-Stop Today
Waxman wants this bill wrapped up and through the Energy and Commerce Committee this week because there is real opposition -- even from some Democrats -- to this outrageous energy tax.
That's why it is absolutely crucial that every concerned citizen to help us flood the House with phone calls and faxes urging this committee to reject the cap-and-trade carbon tax.

Call your Representative and these key members of the Energy and Commerce Committee and tell them you oppose the cap-and-trade Carbon Tax...

Rep. Teague   

We have identified the key members of the Energy and Commerce Committee who need to hear from grassroots Americans:

Rep. Michael Ross (AR)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA)
Rep. G. Butterfield (NC)
Rep. Zack Space (OH)
Rep. Michael Doyle (PA)
Rep. Bart Gordon (TN)
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (TX)
Rep. Gene Green (TX)
Rep. James Matheson (UT)
Rep. Rick Boucher (VA)
Rep. Peter Welch (VT)
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA)

One more note -- while Obama was pushing Waxman to fast-track this Energy Tax, a memo leaked out of Obama's Office of Management and Budget which harshly criticized the Carbon Tax...

  "The decision to regulate CO2... for the first time is likely
   to have serious economic consequences"...

The memo -- which adds that CO2 has "no demonstrated direct health effects" -- has been a source of great embarrassment to the Obama administration. Go to ResistNet blog to read it:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp...

This entire cap-and-trade scheme is a statist power grab cloaked in leftist "save the planet" lingo just to make us swallow it hook and sinker. Thank you for taking action!

more every day wrote:

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All efforts by the state politicians, Republicans and Democrats, to borrow and spend more were rejected by the voters. The only proposition that passed was the one stating that the State legislature cannot vote it's self any more raises unless the state budget is balanced. I guess all those tea parties were based on a grass roots feeling that enough was enough.

Aren't the people in California Republicans to begin with? Just asking

Bavarian Hillbilly wrote:

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In Germany today is Father's Day - means every male between 18 - 99 thinks they had a good reason to have loads of fun with their buddies and get drunk. LOL
This day (a national holiday anyway) my Dad always came into my room around 6 a.m. demanding in a very loud voice that I sang "Hosianna" like in Church. He found that funny. I did him the favor and repeated it the next morning when he had a hangover. I found that funny :)
Nice to see you registered. Have a good time and enjoy your family.

That's funny!!!

Melanie wrote:

<quoted text>LMAO!! Oh Hillbilly, that was a funny!
Greetings Educated What. Enjoy your long weekend.

It was great!!!! I have to admit that my son threw in a fishing line but it caught my other son's shirt. I have another long weekend and we are seriously considering Padre Island. The other plan is to paint the house which I really need to do.

Educated What wrote:

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Aren't the people in California Republicans to begin with? Just asking

There are strong pockets of Republicans particularly in the southern California area. It's not an issue of Republican and Democrat as there are blue dog Democrats with a better voting record of fiscal responsibility then a lot of so called Republicans. The problem is that politicians are in the business of getting re elected and the very behavior of Republicans who had all three branches of government acting like free spending liberals is what got their a** handed to them. Thomas Jefferson said that in the normal course of time it was inevitable that government would get bigger while freedoms would shrink. It is a tested and true tactic for both parties to keep the focus on Democrats vs Republicans and keep the citizens fighting with each other so they would not recognize the common enemy we have as Americans, the politicians. When we stop blaming the political parties and start focusing on the real culprits, politicians, the pressure will be focused where it needs to be, the members of both parties who have financially screwed us.

Sunny wrote:

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There are strong pockets of Republicans particularly in the southern California area. It's not an issue of Republican and Democrat as there are blue dog Democrats with a better voting record of fiscal responsibility then a lot of so called Republicans. The problem is that politicians are in the business of getting re elected and the very behavior of Republicans who had all three branches of government acting like free spending liberals is what got their **** handed to them. Thomas Jefferson said that in the normal course of time it was inevitable that government would get bigger while freedoms would shrink. It is a tested and true tactic for both parties to keep the focus on Democrats vs Republicans and keep the citizens fighting with each other so they would not recognize the common enemy we have as Americans, the politicians. When we stop blaming the political parties and start focusing on the real culprits, politicians, the pressure will be focused where it needs to be, the members of both parties who have financially screwed us.

Well, who brought up those issues to vote on?

The California state government. They are facing bankruptcy (what ever that means in the scope of things). They were looking for a solution that did not include the hard choices of spending cuts. They wanted to borrow from future lottery proceeds among other things. The voters told them no on that and three other propositions that amounted to more debt and spending money they didn't have. They, like New York City are being strangled by state pensions that run upwards to over $200,000.00 a year for single individuals. 1/4 of their budget is going toward outrageous pensions. Plan B would be to have the Federal Government bail them out which would amount to people like you and me paying for excessive public union wages and retirements. I've never seen $200,000.00 a year in my life and have a hard time with the thought of me, my kids and grand kids going into debt to save a bloated system in another state. The news stated the other day that a little under half of Americans are working. You have retirees, people who have been laid off, the chronically unemployed and those who never have worked and have no intention of working. How long do you think the weight of increasing debt can be carried by a shrinking work force?

Educated What wrote:

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It was great!!!! I have to admit that my son threw in a fishing line but it caught my other son's shirt. I have another long weekend and we are seriously considering Padre Island. The other plan is to paint the house which I really need to do.

Want us to come over and help? Let the kids paint the house, they'll have fun and you'll have a Hundertwasser house.(Hundertwasser - Austrian Artist, google Hundertwasserhaus in Wien, it's worth seeing the pics).

Bavarian Hillbilly wrote:

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Want us to come over and help? Let the kids paint the house, they'll have fun and you'll have a Hundertwasser house.(Hundertwasser - Austrian Artist, google Hundertwasserhaus in Wien, it's worth seeing the pics).

I am sure they will have a great time doing it too!

Not A Joke wrote:

I think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes, these exist but they are merely single facets on a very larger stone and is only now coming into a better focus.
Something of historic proportions is happening. I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it.
There is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about 10 - 15 years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy.
Why?
The goverment wanting to build a hwy. from Mexico to Canada and Building a spoke in Kansas and putting it in the control of Mexico. Using a Spanish Co. for the construsction, This was put on hold so now we
We as people seem to be nothing in the goverments eyes.
Why?
The Federal Reserve, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700B spent just this past September.
Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it?
Why are our car companys leaving the USA? Intentionally de-industrializing our economy.

Bingo!