OBAMA THE TRICKSTER

THIS DAY OBAMA THE BIGGEST JOKE IN "washington d.c." WILL APPEAR AT THE "WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASS." ANNUAL DINNER.

THIS YEAR THE OBAMINATION WILL APPEAR AND ATTEMPT TO BE HUMOROUS, MUCH LIKE HE DID LAST YEAR, THE DAY AFTER THE GULF OIL SPILL, THIS YEAR HE WILL APPEAR ONLY A DAY AFTER VISITING THE DEVISTATED SOUTHERN STATES.

THESE TWO EVENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE TRAIN WREAK WHICH IS THE SOCIALIST AGENDA OF THE OBAMA AGENDA AND ADMINISTRATION.

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HIS JOKES ABOUT THE INCREASE IN NEW APPLICATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT, THE NATIONAL DEBT WHICH INCREASES BY A BILLION DOLLARS EVERY 5 HOURS, THE WORTHLESSNESS OF THE DOLLAR, CRIPPLING GAS AND FUEL OIL PRICES, SOLDIERS DYING IN TWO WARS AND CIVILIANS DYING IN THE STREETS OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

WHAT JOKES CAN HE MAKE ABOUT AMERICANS WHO TONIGHT ARE STANDING IN FOOD LINES, NO ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, NO CHANGE OF CLOTHES, LITTLE IF NO SANITATION FACILITIES AND NO CHANGE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, WHILE HE DINES ON CAVIAR, PRIME RIB AND EXQUISITE SORBETS.

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LIVES HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND THOUSANDS HAVE LOST LOVED ONE WHILE THE ELITE "WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS" DINE AND JOKE. PERHAPS OBAMA WILL BE PLAYING THE FIDDLE TONIGHT.

ISLAMIC AND MUSLIM ENSLAVEMENT OF WOMEN

SOMEHOW THE ISLAMIC AND MUSLIM MALE DOMINATED WORLD HAS MANAGED TO TWIST AND TURN THEIR RELIGION INTO ONE WHICH ENSLAVES AND DIMINISHES WOMEN IN THEIR SICK SOCIETY.

A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THE RECENT CASE HERE IN ARIZONA IN WHICH THE MURDERER FALEH HASSAN AL-MALEKI ( an Iraqi) KILLED HIS DAUGHTER NOOR AL-MALEKI BY RUNNING HER DOWN WITH HIS CAR.

THIS MURDER WAS PERFORMED AS AN "HONOR KILLING". NOOR AL-MALEKI WAS SEEN BY HER FATHER AS BECOMING TO WESTERNIZED AND THUS HAD TO BE KILLED. NEWS FOR YOU YOU SICKO MUSLIMS HE BROUGHT HIS FAMILY TO THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND EXPECTS THEM TO ACT AS IF THEY ARE STILL IN THE BACKWARD DEPRAVED INFLUENCE OF THE MUSLIM WORLD?

I DO NOT SEE THIS AS BEING TAUGHT IN THE "QUARAN" BUT MORE AS A SICK INTERPRETATION OF CERTAIN PORTIONS WHICH ALLOWS MEN IN THIS SOCIETY TO DOMINATE AND HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER THE FEMALE POPULATION. IN MOST COUNTRIES THIS WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS SLAVERY!

FALEH HASSAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED FOR PREMEDITATED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND GIVEN A DEATH SENTENCE PREFERABLY BY STONING,. THE 36 YEAR SENTENCE HE RECEIVED IS A SHAM.

Those who think they can come to America, enjoy all that we offer and still practice their own primitive justice and sadistic beliefs should be put on notice that such barbaric beliefs will not be tolerated by this country.

ONE DAY THE MUSLIM WOMEN WILL FIND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TOLERATE BEING BEATEN, LASHED, STONED AND RUN OVER BY CARS. THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN LEARN TO READ WRITE AND BECOME EDUCATED, MANAGE FINANCES, DRIVE CARS, WALK IN THE SUNLIGHT WITH THEIR HEADS HELD UP AND BREATH IN THE CLEAN FRESH AIR OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE PATHETIC THAN A FORMER SLAVE OWNER WITH NO ONE TO COMMAND, BULLY AND BEAT. THIS IS WHERE THE FALEH HASSAN AL-MALEKI'S OF THE WORLD WILL SOON FIND THEMSELVES.

" VERY INTERESTING"

YESTERDAY THIS BLOG HAD MORE PAGE VIEWS FROM "RUSSIA" THAN IT DID FROM THE "UNITED STATES".

"WHEAT" and OTHER THINGS

Orson Hyde, March 18, 1855, Salt Lake Tabernacle, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2, page 207
"There is more salvation and security in wheat, than in all the political schemes of the world, and also more power in it than all the contending armies of the nations. Raise wheat and lay it up in store till it will bring a good price; not dollars and cents, but kingdoms, countries, peoples, tribes. and tongues. "They have sold themselves for naught, and must be redeemed without money!" It will take wheat to redeem them! Raise wheat and lay it up securely, and it will preach the "gathering" more eloquently, successfully, and extensively than all the missionaries that we can send out to sweep through the nations, with the proclamation of the judgements of God abroad in the land!"

Due to drought in the U.S., China and Russia along with the flooding in Australia the current world wide wheat crop is down considerably in production. Combined with an increase in production cost and demand the cost is continually increasing. Rice, the most cultivated of all grains is down nearly 2% in production and the prices rise continually. Corn production is down 2.5 million tons and more is being sent to produce ethanol and thus less is available for human food and animal feed.

If you have not or are not laying up such items securely, I am positive you will find yourself and your children going hungry in the not to distant future.

Don't forget your constitutionally and God given "Right to Bear Arms". A good shotgun with plenty of double ought buckshot should not be overlooked.

PORTERHOUSE OR MIXED FRUIT AND VEGGIE SALAD

I am becoming a bit frustrated with the pushing by the liberal/vegan world on the safety of meat in our diets.

I for one have never been made ill by a medium rare steak (be it beef, venison, elk or buffalo) to my knowledge I have never become ill by tainted fowl (turkey, chicken or duck), I have eaten ceviche (homemade, and throughout the Western-hemisphere) and never once upchucked. I did have scallops at a very posh and fancy restaurant in Houston once which had me on the john with my head in a trash can.

Eaten raw veggies and fruits pose a high risk for human pathogens, this potential remains about the same whether the veggies and fruit are cut, sliced, skinned, shredded, or minimally processed. Two of the biggest dangers are from sprouted seeds and raw veggie and fruit juices.

The danger comes in the form of bacteria, viruses and parasites. Salmonella, E Colli, and protozoan infestation are just some of the known contaminates in fruits and veggies. How healthy is the Jack La lane juicer now vs an In and Out Double Double?

Not only do you have these deadly pathogens but fruits and vegetables are loaded with pesticide contaminates which have all had very sad results when tested on lab animals. Peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery nectarines, strawberries, cherries, grapes, spinach, lettuce potatoes and bananas are among the most heavily contaminated of all. These popular items have multiple carcinogenic pesticides on them. All fruits and veggies show some sign of pesticide contamination.

So just let me eat something that bleeds when it it is being processed and I will let you tear the fruit from the mother tree and rip the carrots from mother earth and we will all be happy.

"The Racist President"?

It would seem that we have either a terribly bigoted/racist or a rather casual christian smart fool living in the White (but getting darker everyday) House.

Here is a man who professes to be a Christian (the beliefs of which America was founded upon), who offers proclamations concerning religions such as Islam and their holy days as being sacred but who ignores any mention of his own religions perhaps holiest day, the day in which the atonement of the saviour of the world is fulfilled, Jesus Christ is resurrected and all mankind is saved from eternal death.

To compound this ignoring of the religion of a vast majority of the American citizenry, he continues to worship at the feet of men who espouse hate of this Christian country and it's people.

Since the mid-eighties or over 20 years Obama worshipped and sought council from Jeremiah Wright (I will not call him the Reverend) of the Trinity Church in Christ of Chicago. Wright even performed the marriage ceremony for the Obama's.

Wright is a man who preached from his pulpit his hate for whites and America to the extent of cursing this Promised Land and It's God Given Constituion.

Without mentioning the Atonement, Death and Resurection Rememberance as he has done for religeons which wish to kill Christians, Obama went to Curch on Easter Sunday to the Shiloh Baptist Church. This church is reported to have been founded by former slaves and I am sure they did so to show their appreciation and to worship a loving Father in Heaven and his earthly/heavenly son Jesus Christ for their redemption from slavery.

Unfortunately, like so many well intentioned and good organizations the Shiloh Baptist Church has been subverted by a Wallace C. Smith who is their current Pastor. I would refer to him as their "Sheepherder". His rhetoric from the pulpit does not lead his congregation beside the still waters but riles and drives them with hate of other races. He provides no hope of green pastures but drives and instills in his sheep, discontent, despair and hate.

<p>Obama chose to jump from one hate filled, racist congregation into another. To me this was nothing more than an attempt to publicly display and put a Christian spin on himself, even if it was by attending a racist, hate inspired Sheepherders building.

Obama publicly announced that he was resigning from the "Church of Wright" or as I view it "The Church of Wrong".

GASOLINE PRICES AND THE FOOD ON YOUR TABLE

SINCE 2009 THE PRICE AT THE PUMP FOR GASOLINE HAS SKYROCKETED (under the stewardship of Obama and his czars) ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CALIFORNIA UP 170%, ARIZONA UP 140%, IDAHO UP 142%, IOWA UP 145%, MISSISSIPPI UP 143%. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING BUT DOES REPRESENT MOST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.

IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE CARES!

TO SHOW HOW OUT OF TOUCH THE OBAMA IS, HE WAS SPEAKING IN CALIFORNIA CONCERNING THE COST OF GASOLINE AND SAID IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A VEHICLE WHICH GETS 8 MILES TO THE GALLON THINGS WOULDN'T BE SO BAD.

WE OWN A TWELVE YEAR OLD CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 AND IT STILL GETS 16-17 MILES PER GALLON, WE ALSO DRIVE A FIVE YEAR OLD HONDA PILOT WHICH GETS 22 MPG. THIS AVERAGES 19.5 MPG OR 150% BETTER THAN THAT OF WHICH HE WAS BLAMING AMERICANS. I LOOK AROUND AT CHURCH AND GROCERY STORES AND NEARLY ALL AUTOS I SEE ARE MUCH NEWER THAN OURS AND THUS ARE GETTING BETTER GAS MILEAGE. THE OBAMANATION IS REALLY OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.

LOOKING AT VEHICLES WHICH GET 24 TO 25 MPG,( THIS A CURRENT AVERAGE FOR MOST AUTOS AND CARS TODAY) AND USING MY STATE OF CONFUSION (ARIZONA) AS THE EXAMPLE (BUT IT IS THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTRY), HERE IS HOW YOUR TABLE AND FAMILY ARE EFFECTED.

IF YOU DRIVE 50MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK, 70 MILES ON THE WEEKEND IT COST YOU $90.16 A MONTH IN 2009, TODAY THAT SAME TRAVEL OF NECESSITY COSTS YOU $207.20. NOW THIS WHOLE DYNAMIC COULD CHANGE IF BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE FORCED TO WORK TO PAY TAXES.

UPDATING A PREVIOUS POST. YOU NOW HAVE LOST EACH MONTH 10 GALLONS LESS MILK, 10 LESS LOAVES OF BREAD, 10 LESS DOZEN EGGS, 20#LESS POTATOES, 10# LESS ORANGES, 10# LESS BANANAS, 2 GALLONS LESS ICE CREAM, 3# LESS PEANUT BUTTER.

WHO SAYS WE AREN'T IN TROUBLE ON THE DINNER TABLE (SOON TO BE CALLED THE MEAGER SNACK TABLE).? CAN YOU COUNT ON THE OBAMA TO FEED YOU AND PUT GAS I N YOUR VEHICLE?

NO PARANOIA HERE?

'BEING THE EGOTIST THAT I AM, I CAN'T HELP IT, I JUST KNOW SO MUCH MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE." This is a quote from a friend of mine, not about me!

I was just checking the statistics for my ramblings, contemplations and pondering and discovered that today there were among the 24 page views today 3 from Iran. Why? Today 21st I noticed there are four more vies from Iran, total 7 in two days, two from Indonesia and one from Malaysia. Are the Jihadist;s on to me?

I would encourage everyone now the the Muslim world has tuned in to review the posts concerning the WWII Nazi SS Muslim Brigades and the atrocities they committed in the Balkans

Are these being forwarded to some sick warped Muslim Jihadist here in the great porous border Arizona area?

Can you believe it? People in 17 countries have hit this blog. The US, Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, India, Poland, Japan, France, Slovenia, Iran, Australia, China, Malaysia, Sweden, Belgium (one of my favorite countries), Indonesia

Have I mentioned that I am writing a book? It is planned as an mystical fantasy adventure trilogy. If you good folks who are hitting this site begin clamoring for it's publication, it would truly be appreciated.

NOTHING ELSE TO DO TODAY

ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT BRAZIL.

Why is the Obama so excited to give Brazil American Taxpayers money to develop "their" vast offshore oil deposits?

Isn't this the country which is destroying the lungs of the western hemisphere by their slash and burn of the irreplaceable Great Amazon Basin and destruction of habitat crucial to the worlds well being?

Isn't this the country which uses near slave labor to raise vast estancias of sugar cane on the grave of the Amazon Basin then burn it and move on to the next rape of the land and start all over again?

What is Obama doing supporting the socialist polluting eco-terrorists of Brazil?

Sorry, I forgot he is the socialist fiscal terrorist of America.

Boy Scouts of America, motto, "BE PREPARED"

This simple statement set in place just over a hundred years ago should be the guide of every hard working, liberty loving American today.

The Boy Scouts of America once one of the most honored organizations in the land and perhaps the world has taken some serious hits during the past forty years. The liberal secular socialists have done every thing possible to remove this "Do my duty to God and my Country" young men's organization from not just funding but cutting their access to military bases, federal parks and some recreation areas. In many areas United Way because of political pressure will not even share your donations with the BSA. They give millions more to drug, inner city, unwed mothers and HIV "programs" than to the BSA which does more to build good boys into trustworthy young men who more than likely will never need the drug, alcohol, HIV and will not contribute to the unwed mother 'PROGRAMS".

I must get back to the be prepared. My family and I were living in Simi Valley, CA (home of the President Ronald Reagan Library) when the 6.9 earthy shake occurred. we were about 17 miles from the epicenter and at 4.25 am it gets your blood and other bodily fluids and functions moving.

Fortunately we had, lanterns, fuel, batteries and generators along with water and food to sustain us, our children and grandchildren for three or four days.


Now this three or four day emergency preparedness kit was of great benefit to us and neighbors with whom we shared our spare lanterns, water and batteries but shouldn't we in these trying and uncertain times be even more prepared?

With all of the uncertainties facing us, contamination of sea food and other food products from Japan, China's vast overestimation of their wheat crop, chocolate becoming more scarce because of disease and unrest in the cacao producing nations, more corn and sugar cane going to produce the questionable extremely costly ethanol fuels instead of for food, the increasing cost of gas and diesel, increasing cost to produce and bring food to us, shouldn't we take responsibility to prepare ourselves to sustain our own?

Following the Second World War, the Soviet Union Government confiscated all farm lands and all food which they produced. The people were forced into eating, small birds, rodents, boiling the bark from trees for a weak tea. It is estimated that 30 million people starved to death in this Workers Paradise.

In the Andean countries the poor indigenous mothers chew the coca leave with lime and spit it into the mouths of the small babies and children. This is done to ease the hunger pains and effects from the cold.

I do not you want to be catching wild pigeons, rats, cats, dogs for the stew pot and adding dandelion greens and tree bark to it, I do not want you drugging your children to stop their hunger pains.

Get your 72 hour kit prepared, then move on to two weeks supply (food and water), next prepare down the road an additional three months ( this should be things you would eat or could eat everyday). These are canned, bottled, packaged foods available at the grocers (right now). Once you have this taken care of look into the longer term storage items. This should be properly packaged and stored rice, beans, wheat, potato flakes, sugar, non-fat powdered milk, regular oats and assorted other items, (powdered eggs, freeze dried products, etc. a good firearm and plenty of ammo).

PLEASE TAKE HEED!

FISCAL ANARCHY and EMPTY CUPBOARDS

S & P JUST DOWNGRADED THE CREDIT RATING OF THE ONCE STRONGEST MOST SUCCESSFUL AND CERTAINLY MOST LIBERTY LOVING COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. WE ARE SLIPPING TOWARDS THE LEVEL OF GREECE AND PORTUGAL EVERY SECOND THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT CURB AND CUT FEDERAL SPENDING. NOT ONLY SHOULD OBAMA AND HIS LIBERAL EDUCATED BEYOND THEIR INTELLIGENCE ADMINISTRATION TAKE BLAME, BUT EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHARES THIS INTOLERABLE SITUATION.

THE "T" PARTIES NEED TO GET THEIR ACT CONSOLIDATED AND SHOW SOME BACKBONE INSTEAD OF THEIR LIMP WRISTS. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHOSE NAME SHALL NOT BE MENTIONED, SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED SO BADLY THAT IT COULD BE SEEN THROUGH HIS ARTIFICIAL COLORING. I DO NOT THINK HIS SKIN IS TANNED BUT MORE YELLOW. HE HAS COMPROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, OUR SECURITY AND WELL BEING BEYOND ALL TOLERABLE LIMITS.

,p>GASOLINE, DIESEL FUEL AND HOME HEATING FUEL HAVE SKYROCKETED TO RECORD HIGHS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. FOOD WHICH MUST BE RAISED WITH THE USE OF DIESEL AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE FOOD IS DELIVERED BY TRUCKS USING NEARLY $5.00 A GALLON FUEL AND TRAINS WHICH RUN THE SAME WAY IS SOARING AT THE MARKET. AMERICANS WILL FIND THEMSELVES HAVING TO CHOSE BETWEEN WORK, FOOD OR HEAT THIS WINTER.

THE WORLD WILL SOON NOT RECOGNIZE THE DOLLAR, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY OUR HUGE INTEREST ON BORROWED MONEY AND THE DOLLAR WILL CRASH.

OBAMA WHO BAILED OUT AND OWNS A MAJOR PORTION OF GENERAL MOTORS (THE SOCIALIST UNION OWNED AUTOMOBILE COMPANY) IS CONSIDERING FORGIVING THE DEBT BECAUSE THE DEBT OWED IS NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT THE UNION SOCIALIST COMPANY IS WORTH. HEY WORKING STIFF, HOW DOES THAT SOUND.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOOD START ON A YEARS SUPPLY OF FOOD, STORED AT YOUR HOUSE IT MAY BE TO LATE. I WILL BE SORRY FOR YOU WHEN YOUR CHILDREN HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT, NO HEAT IN THEIR HOMES AND YOU MUST WATCH THEIR HUNGRY EYES AND WRAP ANOTHER BLANKET AROUND THEIR COLD THIN SHOULDERS.

FISCAL ANARCHY AND OBAMA REIGN SUPREME!

THE MORAL, RIGHTEOUS, AND LARDER CUPBOARDS ARE BARE AND WHERE DO WE TURN?

THE FAKE AMERICA

IS IT TRUE THAT THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE MINTED A FOREVER STAMP WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ON IT AND USED THE FAKE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN LAS VEGAS AS THE MODEL RATHER THAN THE ONE IN NEW YORK HARBOR WHICH HAS REPRESENTED LIBERTY AND THE FREEDOMS OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR GENERATIONS?

IS THIS ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO DEMEAN THE TRUE MEANING OF AMERICA AND HER REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACY? TO DE-LEGITIMIZE THAT SYMBOL OF LIBERTY WHICH WELCOMED TENS OF THOUSANDS THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND AND LEGITIMATE IMMIGRATION INTO AMERICA? IS THIS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS WAY TO DENIGRATE THAT BEACON WHICH WELCOME HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN GI'S HOME FROM THE HORRORS OF WWII?

OR IS JUST IGNORANCE ON THE PART OF THE ARTISANS IN THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE TRUE MISS LIBERTY AND A VERY POOR, CHEAP KNOCK OFF IN SIN CITY?

PERHAPS IT IS THE POST OFFICE JUST LETTING US KNOW THAT AMERICA IS BECOMING JUST THAT CHEAP KNOCK OFF OF THE REAL THING WHICH IT ONCE WAS?

EMPTY CUPBOARD UPDATE

WE AS AMERICANS ARE THE MODERN DAY POOR MOTHER HUBBARD. MOST OF US CAN NOT EVEN AFFORD A DOG LET ALONE A BONE WITH WHICH TO TREAT IT. IF WE DO HAVE A BONE IT IS MOST LIKELY BOILING FOR THE THIRD TIME TO GIVE A DOLLOP OF FLAVOR TO THE CABBAGE AND BEAN SOUP WHICH WE HAVE FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK.

HOWEVER OUR GOVERNMENT CAN SPEND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A DAY OF OUR TAXES BOMBING A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

WE HAVE NO MONEY, WE BORROW FROM COUNTRIES IN TOTAL OPPOSITION TO FREEDOM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LIBERTY. THIS MONEY IS USED TO SUPPORT SOCIALIST LEANING COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL. WE BORROW THEN GIVE THIS MONEY AWAY TO SUPPORT FAILED ENTITLEMENTS WHICH WILL NEVER PAY BACK THIS MONEY WHILE THE INTEREST EATS UP OUR ECONOMY AND WAY OF LIFE.

IF THERE IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATIONS POLICIES I PREDICT THAT AMERICA WILL BE BANKRUPT WITHIN TWO YEARS.

MOTHER HUBBARD WON'T EVEN HAVE A CUPBOARD, FATHER HUBBARD WILL BE OUT OF A JOB AND THE DOG WILL HAVE BEEN EATEN.

WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?

DOES ANYONE EVER ASK WHERE DOES IT ALL GO? BY THAT I MEAN THE TAXES WHICH ARE FORCIBLY TAKEN FROM THE AVERAGE AMERICAN EVERY YEAR. THE UNITED STATES PAYS FOR 25% OF THE UNITED NATIONS COSTS. JUST FOR THE EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE OF THE UN OFFICES THIS COSTS AMERICA AROUND $4 BILLION A YEAR, THE "PEACE KEEPING" COST US ABOUT THE SAME, BUT THEN AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY SPENT A BILLION IN LIBYA IN JUST A WEEK.

AMERICA IS FORCED TO PAY 25 % OF THESE TOTAL UN COSTS WHILE ANOTHER 16 COUNTRIES PAY ABOUT 61% AND ANOTHER 120 SOMETHING PAY THE REMAINING 14% AND HATE OUR GUTS.

WHAT ABOUT NATO? NATO'S ANNUAL BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $170 BILLION. THE UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTES 44% MORE THAN ALL OTHER 26 NATO MEMBERS COMBINED.

SINCE 1964 FRANCE HAS NOT CONTRIBUTED ONE FRANC OR EURO TO NATO. THIS WAS THE YEAR CHUCK DE GAULLE FELT HE AND THE BRAVE SURRENDERING FRENCH WERE NOT BEING GIVEN ENOUGH SAY IN THE NATO WAR ROOMS. AND WITHDREW THE FRENCH FROM NATO.

IS IT TRUE THAT THE French RECENTLY SURRENDERED to Turkey IN THE LIBYAN PEACE KEEPING MISSION AND ARE SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT SURRENDERING THEIR SOUTHERN PROVINCES TO THE BASQUES?

IN 2009 FRANCE APPROACHED NATO TO SEE ABOUT REJOINING AND IF I HAVE READ RIGHT THEY NOW HAVE A PARTIAL MEMBERSHIP.

HEALTH CARE, DID WE MISS THIS?

Sorry, I tried to research the "Investor's Business Daily" article on a supposed United Nations International Health Oganaization's survey of a comparison between the UK, Canada and the U.S. but could not find a reliable source for such a survey.

??????????

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF VIEWS ON THIS RAMBLING, WANDERING THING CALLED A BLOG AND WAS FASCINATED TO DISCOVER THAT SOME 2071 VIEWS HAD OCCURRED. I HAVE BEN BLOGGING FOR TWENTY MONTHS OR ROUGHLY 610 DAYS. FAR FROM EVERYDAY OF THE THOSE 610. WITH FOUR (BUT THEY ARE NATIONAL) FELLOW TRAVELERS (I mean followers and I hope not ditto heads) IT WOULD MEAN THAT EACH OF YOU HAS LOGGED IN NEARLY EVERY DAY. THANX FOR YOUR LOYALTY

UPDATE: I NOW HAVE 7 FOLLOWERS AND HAVE NEARLY 18,000 WITH EVEN THOUGH FOR SOME REASON I WAS BLOCKED FROM BLOGGING FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS.

"NONE- ESSENTIALS"

NEARLY A MILLION BUREAUCRATS HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY ARE "NON ESSENTIALS." THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE SUED FOR LOWERING THE SELF ESTEEM OF A MILLION AMERICAN CITIZENS. HOW WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO BE CALLED "NON-ESSENTIAL.? EVEN IF AS LIKE ALL OF THESE MILLION YOU REALLY WERE. THESE MILLION DRAW HEALTHY PAY CHECKS, GREAT MEDICAL AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE DAYS OFF. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU ARE ARE A "NON-ESSENTIAL", THEN EVERY WORKING AMERICAN TAXPAYER PAYS FOR ALL OF THESE "NON-ESSENTIALS". NOT ONE OF WHOM PRODUCES NEW JOBS OR PRIVATE INCOME. THEY ARE REALLY "NON-ESSENTIALS" BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE MADE AWARE THAT THEY REALLY ARE. WHAT WAS THE ADMINISTRATION THINKING BY LABELING A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN SUCH A MANNER?

"COMPROMISE" the loss of self

The following is nothing more than my thoughts and feelings concerning compromise and integrity. Compromise is simply "Politics as Usual". Compromise as a word is interesting. If you are in a ship and the hull is compromised it means you are in danger of sinking. If a spy or intelligence gathering mission is compromised it means that there is great probability that the mission will fail. If one's immune system is compromised it means your chances of dying from infection are pretty much assured. If a nuclear reactors cooling source is compromised what occurs? To overcome these compromising situations requires extra effort, time, resources and in many cases financing above and beyond ones means. Most often even drastic measures are not successful. Compromise means that one has given away a portion of their core beliefs, their agency and ability to decide for themselves. How often can one compromise before the whole is given? Where is the line drawn as to how much one can compromise? At what point does one give away so much that their morals, honesty, trustworthiness and their own integrity is lost? Everyday those whom we have chosen to speak in and on our behalf, compromise our honesty, integrity, morals, liberties and most importantly our safety and security.

"THE DONALD", I think so. (maybe)

Now I have never had the opportunity to sit down and have a warm fuzzy meeting with Donald Trump, but once upon a time, he did tell his people to bring me a hot dog, chips and a soda. I also spent ten days in a very nice two bedroom apartment on the 47th floor of the Trump Tower. The hot dog episode occurred several years ago at the US Tennis Open in New York. I was invited by some friends who had a box at The Open. Their box sat directly behind the box where Trump , his then second wife, children and a couple of friends were sitting. Now, Trump travels with a retinue or as Obama refers to his fellow travelers "posse". I am sure these were his drivers, man servants and body guards. These four or five individuals positioned themselves in the isle directly behind me, in order to be able to hear the wishes of Trump and his family and act upon them. This resulted in the inconvenience to me to act as the go between for the goodies from the Donald to his aids and then when they returned with hamburgers, hot dogs, sodas, popcorn, etc. I got to hand the treats down to the family. After about the third time, I suggested to the gofers that they pick me up a hot dog (mustard and kraut only) some chips and a soda. They stared at me for a moment then looked at The Donald who nodded positively and then graciously picked up the tag. Now I am sure that he has no recollection of the moment but I then went from one who did not care for the man to one who had no feelings one way or another or perhaps a bit more positive. Another note on the Trump family. I was staying in the same hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina as the first Mrs. Trump (Ivana) when she was introducing her line of cosmetics and twice actually sat at a table next to hers for breakfast. No thoughts one way or another about her.

REFLECTIONS

About 15 years ago I undertook to build a picnic table. This was to be the best picnic table in the world. It would be constructed of good straight heavy wood. The joints would be held together with brass nuts and bolts. It would be braced so strongly that not one wiggle would ever be in evidence. It would accommodate twelve people comfortably while they partook of grilled rib eye steaks, potato salad, watermelon and Oxnard Plains strawberries on Saturday or Sunday afternoons on our patio. Not only would the construction be impressive but the eating surface would be exquisite. The brass bolts would be sunk below the surface. The top would be planed, sanded several times with the last being with steel wool. Finally, many coats of lacquer would be applied, each one rubbed and polished before the next one was applied. Several weeks were devoted to this endeavor. Finally the time came for the final coat of lacquer. It was done with great and painstaking care. When finished, not one brush hair, not one brush stroke was to be seen on the beautiful golden oak surface of the masterpiece. Only the drying of the warm coastal breezes of the Tri Counties California region were needed to produce the picnic table for the ages. That evening our daughter and her nearly five year old son were visiting along with our eldest son and his wife and their nearly four year old son. As we sat in the family room visiting and enjoying each others company, I noticed that the boys were not with us. Our oldest daughter said she thought they had gone out into the back yard. This was fine but I felt that I should just make sure they were OK. Our windows were open as well as the patio doors, to take advantage of the pleasant evening. As I approached a window I could hear strange sticky, sucking sounds accompanied by young giggles. As I looked out the window, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but two small boys trekking the length of my table so dear. Out of character for me, I calmly strode out to patio confront the miscreants. "Why are you guys walking on top of my table?" I quietly asked. The response was honest and straight forward. "Because it's fun, Papa," came from the four year old, with a "Un huh," from the three year old. What response could "Papa" have to such an honest answer? There was nothing to do but take each in an arm, hand them to their parents to take off their sticky shoes. Four sets of small foot prints, all they way down and back the length of the Grand Table, where I had envisioned years of great feasting, game playing, visiting and talking now decorated the the silken clear surface. One day later in the week I found the courage or denseness to sand away the intrusion and start over with the lacquer. Shortly after refinishing the table I thought to myself, "Why didn't I leave those footprints in place?" It is only an outdoor table, meant to be used and abused, to have lemonade spilled upon it, a hot dish of baked beans placed on it's surface, left outside to endure the elements. But those small sneaker prints had been priceless for they would not stay small for ever but in my mind. This past weekend I attended a college track meet where that one three year old pole vaulted 16 ft 1in. He is now nearly 19 while the four year old is nearly 20 and also in college. The table now sits covered on the patio of our home in Phoenix. Seldom used for any purpose other than a gardening bench. I often think that perhaps my grandchildren will fight over it someday to see who gets to sell it at a garage sale. However, every time I work there I can see in my minds eye four small tracks and two small boys who said, "Because it's fun, Papa!"

"THE PRICE OF A SOFT DRINK"

HOOD A THUNK IT? I STOPPED AT MY LOCAL "QUICK TRIP" OR AS THE TRENDY TEND TO CAL IT "QT".

ALONG WITH PUTTING A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF GAS IN MY CAR AT $3.59 A GALLON, JUST ENOUGH TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, DR'S APPOINTMENTS, CHURCH AND HAVE ENOUGH LEFT OVER TO BUY A 32oz SODA.

AS I WALKED BACK TO THE CAR HAVING PAID 79cents FOR THE DRINK I REALIZED THAT 32 ozs WAS 1/4 OF A GALLON. THUS 4 TIMES THAT COST CAME TO $3.16 A GALLON.

I THEN STOPPED BY THE GROCERY STORE WHERE I FOUND MILK WAS $2.39 A GALLON AND OUT OF CURIOSITY I WENT BY THE SODA SECTION, THERE I COULD BY A TWO LITER BOTTLE OF SODA FOR 99cents OR TWO FOR $1.98. NOW THAT'S 135.24 ounces FOR $1.98 VERSES 128 ounces OF GASOLINE FOR $3.59 soda two liters @ $1.98 milk one gallon @ $2.39 soda in a plastic cup four 32oz cups @ $3.16 gasoline @ $3.59 THE WINNER IS IRAN, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND VENEZUELA WITH $3.59 AND $110.00 A BARREL FOR OIL WHILE WE SHUT DOWN DRILLING AREAS AND STIFLE EXPLORATION IN AMERICA.