So... I have a friend who disputes my contention that the America of our youth... the America of the 70's, 80', and even 90's... hasn't been "fundamentally transformed" over the past 13-plus years since 9/11/01.
I told him he's nuts. He told me I'm nuts.
(*SNORT*)
To those who agree with me... understand... he's the American mainstream - not me!
Always bear this in mind, folks... being right... being "usually right"... has nothing to do with actual reality.
Barack Hussein Obama was elected in 2008. That's reality. Indeed, given the circumstances, that was understandable reality!
Barack Hussein Obama re-elected in 2012...???
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
Hillary Rodham Clinton still - on paper at least, according to the polling data - most likely to win the presidency in 2016... that's reality.
Understand, folks... and know your history; FDR was elected president in 1932 on a relatively conservative Democrat platform - criticizing Hoover for being a reckless spender! Once elected, FDR started making changes... fundamental changes... to the way America was run. Some of these changes were under the radar, others were right out in the open. In any case, after arguably failing to get us out of the depression... after arguably making things worse... FDR was re-elected in 1936. And then... re-elected in 1940... and then.... re-elected in 1944.
Do you know much about Woodrow Wilson, folks? If not... you should do some research. He was a terrible man. (Seriously... you folks should look into the life, times, and actions of Woodrow Wilson.)
My point? Simply this: Obama isn't the first president whose goal was to fundamentally transform America. Nor was he the first "anti-constitutionist" president. Heck... he certainly isn't the only "failed" president ("failed" according to any stats you wanna consider; "failed" according to measurable "negative effects" upon America rather than "positive effects") to win a second term.
(*SIGH*)
But Obama... he's locking things in - that's the difference.
President Obama blatantly ignores and often clearly violates the Constitution at will - right out in the open.
The size, scope, and power of government - and it's reach into the lives of ordinary Americans - is unprecedented... and growing.
The "Security State" that began under Bush has been put on a regiment of steroids by Obama.
I could go on and on... but I fear I'd only be preaching to the choir... or... speaking to deaf ears.
Anyway... keep on reading newsbites. Make your own analysis of the information and opinion I present.
As always... newsbites will be entered into the comments section!
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http://www.npr.org/2014/02/04/271591524/spike-in-heroin-use-can-be-traced-to-prescription-pads
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought attention to a grim reality of drug abuse in America — most notably with the increasing use of heroin.
This is not the first time heroin use has skyrocketed in the United States. In the 1970s and '80s, the drug took hold in urban centers. But now officials say it is reaching the country's heartland, flooding across the southwest border from Mexico.
"You didn't usually think of heroin as suburbia, as rural America, and that's what we're seeing," says Joseph Moses, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
"If you look at just the raw statistics," he says, "over the last four or five years, heroin deaths went up 45%."
* NO NEED FOR CONCERN! JUST LIGHT UP A JOINT AND REEEEELAX...
When you talk to people who use heroin today, almost all of them will tell you that their opioid addiction began with exposure to painkillers, says Dr. Andrew Kolodny, chief medical officer for the Phoenix House Foundation and president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. "The main reason they switched to heroin is because heroin is either easier to access or less expensive than buying painkillers on the black market," he says.
Kolodny says the statistics are stark. Areas with the highest rates of opioid or heroin addiction are often wealthier areas, where people have more access to medical care. With medical care comes access to doctors — doctors who could write prescriptions. "Often [it was] a doctor who meant well," Kolodny says, "not a doctor who was a drug dealer, but a doctor who may have been under the impression that the compassionate way to treat a complaint of pain was with an aggressive opioid prescription."
Over time, however, it became harder to get opioids. As patients became addicted, doctors began cutting back their prescriptions, drug companies agreed to make the pills less snortable, and states created registries of patients who doctor-shopped for prescriptions. Experts say that's when heroin suppliers stepped in to fill the void.
Kolodny says to get the heroin epidemic under control, doctors and dentists have to prescribe opioids more cautiously. And the hundreds of thousands of people already addicted to heroin — and prescription painkillers — need to find treatment.
* I THINK I'M GONNA OPEN UP MY OWN MEDICAL CLINIC; ONE SIDE WILL BE A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC WHERE DOCTORS WRITE SCRIPS... THE OTHER WILL BE THE REHAB SIDE WHERE OTHER DOCTORS WILL CHARGE FOR UNDOING THE DAMAGE THE FIRST TEAM OF DOCTORS DID. WHAT DO YOU THINK?! SOUND LIKE A VIABLE BUSINESS PLAN TO YOU?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554299/Catfish-oversight-weather-radios-Christmas-tree-tax-Meet-pork-filled-956-BILLION-Farm-Bill.html
The federal government pays for a $15 million 'wool trust fund,' runs a $170 million program to protect catfish growers from overseas competition, sets aside $3 million to promote Christmas trees, funds another $2 million to help farmers sell more sheep, and plunks down $100 million researching how to get Americans to buy more maple syrup.
And that spending is just three one-hundredths of one per cent of the Farm Bill that President Barack Obama signed Friday in Michigan.
Liberal and conservative watchdogs alike are hopping mad at what they say are pork-barrel projects included in the five-year agriculture spending law as home-state perks to lawmakers that are unneeded or redundant.
* AND YOU WONDER WHY I WANT THESE BASTARDS DEAD...?
The conservative Club For Growth called the legislation, which took members of Congress three years to write, 'a "Christmas Tree" bill where there’s a gift for practically every special interest group out there with a well-connected lobbyist.'
It's $956 billion of spending overall in a ten-year period, sketched out in legislation 959 pages long – nearly $1 billion per page.
But most of that money goes to food-stamp and nutrition programs, which are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The 10-year spending total for those entitlements will hit $756 billion under the new law.
One in five American households receive food stamps today. More than 1 million people were added to the rolls in 2013, including residents who live in the country illegally.
'By keeping an unnecessary catfish inspection program and refusing to reform crop insurance or eliminate the unnecessary sugar program, members of both parties and both chambers missed a golden opportunity to fundamentally shift agriculture policy from government-centric to one that embraces the free market and common sense,' said David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.'
'The bill is a disaster for taxpayers and has the potential to be even more expensive and wasteful than the abysmal 2008 Farm Bill that it is replacing,' complained Tom Schatz, president of the Left-leaning Citizens Against Government Waste.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140209/NEWS/302090012/Marine-Corps-Times-first-casualty-headquarters-war-professionalize-
* YA THINK I'VE BEEN KIDDING... OR PARANOID... CONCERNING PAST STATEMENTS ABOUT THE OBAMAFICATION OF THE U.S. MILITARY...??? READ ON!
Marine Corps leaders have ordered the independent Marine Corps Times newspaper removed from its prominent newsstand location at base exchange stores worldwide and placed instead in areas away from checkout lines, where it is harder to find and fewer copies are available.
The move raises troubling questions about motive and closely follows a directive prohibiting commanders from using budget funds to buy Marine Corps Times and a number of other publications.
Marine Corps Times is widely recognized for its comprehensive coverage of the Corps, focusing on everything from career tracks, to pay and benefits, family and spouse issues, and employment after leaving the military.
Throughout much of the past year, the paper has published dozens of articles as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations the service’s commandant, Gen. Jim Amos, abused his authority to ensure Marines were punished for an embarrassing war-zone scandal. Numerous reports have captured the attention of mainstream media outlets, including NPR, CNN and Time magazine, among several others.
Spokesmen for the commandant’s office would not answer questions about whether Amos or his staff were aware of or involved in the decision to relocate the newspaper, but a source with knowledge of the new directive said it was approved with the commandant’s knowledge.
“It is no secret [in the Pentagon] that the commandant does not like Marine Corps Times,” the source said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
The commandant’s office punted all questions, including whether Amos was involved in the decision to move Marine Corps Times from prominent display in the exchanges (A spokeswoman for Manpower & Reserve Affairs said the paper was moved as part of a plan to “professionalize” the front of the exchanges.)
Fiscal guidance for 2014, issued Oct. 22, specifically prohibits commands from using operations and maintenance funds for purchasing subscriptions to Marine Corps Times, which is part of the Military Times network and owned by Gannett, one of the world’s largest media corporations. The order to move the paper from checkout areas came six weeks later. Distributors were given a variety of reasons. One was told it was due to business performance, though the paper is one of - if not the top-selling - publications in Marine Corps exchanges.
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