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FDR’s Grandson Debunks "Mythology of Fear" About Social Security

The truth about Social Security! added by: kennymotown

Public Opinion: Why be gay?

I don't know, I guess it was just something I was thinking about randomly. What convinces someone in their mind to like the same sex as them? Is it that the want to be with someone that goes through the same things as them? Is it because it's just, well, easier? Why is it? Just curious to see how different people think on this certain thing. added by: a_roxanne

Vote for POP

here is what should be done! POP *New Political Party.* *Not Democrat, Not Republican, Not Independent.* *It's called the “PISSED OFF PARTY” (or POP).* *This party is dedicated to vote every incumbent out of office in the next elections.* *If you're Democrat, vote Democrat. Just don't vote for the incumbent.* *If you're Republican, vote Republican. Just don't vote for the incumbent.* *We need to send a message to all politicians, that we're tired of their B.S.* *If the country votes out all the incumbents, the new incoming politicians will get the message..* *It's pretty simple. Nobody needs to change parties and let’s face it, there's plenty of blame to spread around.* *A few good politicians will lose their job but they probably have better retirement and insurance then 95% of the American public.* *You've had to struggle for the last 5 years. Some of you have lost your job and may be working in some other sector just to feed your family.* *I guarantee you, none of them will suffer like this country has.* *If you like what's going on and think this is a bad idea, delete this.* *But if you're fed up and think this is a good idea, then pass this E-mail on.* *If you really think this has legs, then a website and a blog could help get the word out.* *To All 535 voting members of the Legislature; it is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:* *a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.* *b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.* *c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.* *d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor” and they only want more.* *e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.* *f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.* *g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.* *You have FAILED in every “government service” you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.* *AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM? * *IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOOD HEALTH CARE, IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT TO RUN IT!* *Folks, keep this circulating added by: bailey78

IBD Op-Ed Wonders Where Social Security/Medicare Trustees’ Report Is; Rest of Media Doesn’t

Once again, it’s clear that reading editorials and op-eds at publications like the Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily becomes a requirement to be truly informed when a Democratic administration in power. On July 6 , Peter Ferrara at IBD noted that the annual report from the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare system is long overdue, and wondered why: Are Overdue Reports Concealing ObamaCare Impact On Medicare? Every year, the Annual Report of the Social Security Board of Trustees comes out between mid-April and mid-May. Now it’s July, and there’s no sign of this year’s report. What is the Obama administration hiding? The annual report includes detailed information about Social Security and its financing over the next 75 years, produced by the Office of the Actuary of the Social Security Administration. The Congressional Budget Office reported last week in its Long Term Budget Outlook that Social Security was already running a deficit this year. According to last year’s Social Security Trustees Report, that was not supposed to happen until 2015, with the trust fund to run out completely by 2037. With the disastrous Obama economy, the great Social Security surplus that started in the Reagan administration is gone completely. Every year, the federal government has been raiding the Social Security trust funds to take that annual surplus and spend it on the rest of the federal government’s runaway spending, leaving the trust funds only with IOUs backed by nothing but politicians’ promise to pay it back when it’s needed. Now even that annual surplus is gone. How soon will the trust funds run out completely now? … (But) The implications for Social Security aren’t what the Obama administration is hiding by delaying the annual trustees reports. Those annual reports also include information regarding Medicare over the next 75 years. What the administration is trying to hide are sweeping draconian cuts to Medicare resulting from the ObamaCare legislation, which the annual report will document. The administration is trying to delay the report until mid-August, when it’s hoping the country will be on vacation and won’t notice. Or maybe the delay is because the White House is trying to bludgeon the chief actuaries for Medicare and Social Security into fudging the numbers. The Social Security “IOUs backed by nothing but politicians’ promise to pay it back when it’s needed” are from a government that itself has well over $10 trillion dollars in other debt, before counting Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and a host of other off-the-books liabilities. Then there are the additional tens of trillions in actuarial liabilities. Ferrara didn’t note that the administration announced a delay until June 30 back on April 5 , “so that the new report can reflect the impact of the recently passed health care overhaul.” But they’re now almost two weeks late. What are they waiting for? A really, really busy news day? A Friday night midsummer doc dump? Meanwhile, no one in the rest of the press appears to be the least bit curious. Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com .

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Mika Brzezinski: People Are Going to Have to ‘Get Used To" the Idea of Having Their Social Security Gutted | Video Cafe

I haven't listened much to Mika in the past but she being the daughter of one of our best minds in the country scares me a little. Gutting social security! What in gods name are they trying to prepare us for now. If the intellectuals in this country are going to destroy social security for a highly bloated defense budget then I guess it will be a bloody revolution. added by: kennymotown

OK Go video shot in Echo Park, Los Angeles

This is another very cool OK GO video.

Hawaii Elections Official Says Obama Not Born in USA

“I had direct access to the Social Security database, the national crime computer, state driver's license information, international passport information, basically just about anything you can imagine to get someone's identity,” Adams explained. “I could look up what bank your home mortgage was in. I was informed by my boss that we did not have a birth record [for Obama].” Looks like time's up for the alien Man Child crypto-Muslim infiltrator. added by: crystalman

Margaret Carlson: Only ‘Completely Masochistic’ Voters Would Elect ‘Almost Wacky’ Republican Sharron Angle

During the “Last Word” segment on Bloomberg Television’s Political Capital on Friday, Bloomberg News columnist Margaret Carlson – formerly of CNN and Time magazine – tore into Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle – who will be taking on Harry Reid in November – as Carlson charged that Angle is “on the fringe, almost wacky,” and asserted that Nevada voters would have to be “completely masochistic” to vote for her. Carlson: You can’t beat somebody with somebody who’s as on the fringe, almost wacky, as Sharron Angle, unless the voters turn completely masochistic. She’s not just against (MEANT TO SAY “in favor of”) abolishing EPA, Energy, Education, phasing out Social Security, and getting rid of the income tax, she wants our nuclear waste to go to Nevada. Fellow panel member Kate O’Beirne of the National Review responded: “I’d hoped over the years I had built up Margaret’s tolerance for conservative women, but, sadly, that’s apparently not the case.” Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Friday, June 11, Political Capital on Bloomberg Television: MARGARET CARLSON: Harry Reid went to bed as happy as a man can be who’s in the crosshairs of the Republican party on Tuesday night because the least electable candidate won that race, Sharron Angle. You know, the old saying, “You can’t beat somebody with nobody,” you can’t be somebody with somebody who’s as on the fringe, almost wacky, as Sharron Angle, unless the voters turn completely masochistic. She’s not just against abolishing EPA, Energy, Education, phasing out Social Security, and getting rid of the income tax, she wants our nuclear waste to go to Nevada. You know, I’m happy to send it there, as most people who aren’t in Nevada are. AL HUNT: That’s very generous of you, Margaret. Let me ask Kate, do you agree Harry Reid now is looking a lot better? KATE O’BEIRNE: Al, I’d hoped over the years I had built up Margaret’s tolerance for conservative women, but, sadly, that’s apparently not the case.

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Margaret Carlson: Only ‘Completely Masochistic’ Voters Would Elect ‘Almost Wacky’ Republican Sharron Angle

Lessons from Greece

Below is the rough transcript of some remarks I made at the campaign’s successful fun-raiser at the American Sandwich Company in Coopersburg on June 6, the 66th anniversary of D-Day. More details on the fundraiser in tomorrow’s post. The event began with a moment of silence for veterans, especially the 5,490 soldiers who have died so far in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Today we face a D-Day of a different sort, and while there is still war, the causes are economic. At the last Towne Hall, I presented “The Economy in Pictures” where I demonstrated that unemployment is > > 17%, 1 in every 8 Americans is on food stamps, the FDIC that “insures” bank accounts is hopelessly insolvent, and the true national debt is really $120 Trillion – when the $13 trillion in US treasury debt is added to the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare – a vast sum that is best put into personal terms as $400,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. At this point, even if the government were to tax 100% of each citizen’s dollars and properties, there still would not be enough to theoretically pay off this deb…. http://www.peacefreedomprosperity.com/?p=3552 added by: shanklinmike

‘Twilight’ Leaves Its Mark On ‘Popular Baby Names’ List

Jacob, Isabella are top male/female names, and Cullen makes a strong showing. By Kara Warner Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in “Eclipse” Photo: Summit Entertainment The popularity of “Twilight,” “Vampire Diaries” and other similarly themed pop-culture phenomena has certainly left a deep mark on the entertainment world — but has it left a more literal impression on generations to come? According to the recently released Social Security Administration’s annual “Popular Baby Names” list, it seems that parents have been naming their newborns after “Twilight” characters. According to the report, which tracked the most popular baby names of 2009, the top two names for male and female babies were Jacob and Isabella, which also happen to be the names of two of the main characters in the “Twilight” saga, Jacob Black and Bella Swan, respectively. Both names have been “popular” — in or close to the top 10 — for several years (Jacob has been in the top spot for 11 years), but it is the increased popularity of the name Cullen (after Meyer’s beloved Edward) at #485, having jumped 297 spots from #782 in 2008, that raises the eyebrow. It is also surprising that the first name of Bella’s paramour, Edward, didn’t crack the top 50. (It came in at #137 in popularity for 2009). The 10 most popular girls’ names, in order, are: Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava, Emily, Madison, Abigail, Chloe and Mia. The 10 most popular boys’ name, also in order, are: Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander, William, Joshua, Daniel, Jayden, Noah and Anthony. Would you name your child after a “Twilight” character? Or any fictional character, for that matter? And what will these kids think of their names in 15-20 years, once they’re old enough to understand what inspired their parents’ choices? Related Videos The Second ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ Trailer Premieres Related Photos ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

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