Social Security

The deficit commission, the group charged with balancing the nation's budget, met yesterday, and the latest news reports that Social Security is still a prime target for cuts.

I can't thank you enough for joining the more than 250,000 other activists who signed our petition – but it's critical that we collect even more signatures urging the president and Congress not to cut Social Security to fix the deficit.

Will you help by forwarding the message below to your friends and family?

It's up to us to keep the pressure on Congress so our retirement money isn't used to pay for their out-of-control spending. Please forward the message below to your friends and family today.

Thanks again for your support on this critical issue!

Did you know that some in Washington are considering unfairly targeting Social Security benefits for cuts?

Social security didn't cause the budget deficit, so our retirement shouldn't be put at risk to fix it!

I just signed AARP's petition to protect Social Security and keep it strong for generations to come. Please click below to join me – it will only take a minute.

http://action.aarp.org/site/R?i=o0OzgIX83EcYc_ULarIQTQ..

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb
Well............
SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
Maricopa County was spending approx.
$18 million dollars a year on stray animals,
like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to
take the department over, and the County
Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by
prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has
prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and
behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd
like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken
stray dogs off the street, given them to the care
of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

The best part? His budget for the entire
department is now under $3 million.
Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a
Maricopa County shelter two years ago He
was neutered, and current on all shots, in
great health, and even had a microchip
inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of
about $0..28 an hour for working, but most
would work for free, just to be out of their
cells for the day. Most of his budget is for
utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners
out of the fees collected for adopted animals..

I have long wondered when the rest of the
country would take a look at the way he runs the
jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a
huge farm, donated to the county years ago,
where inmates can work, and they grow most
of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvest in
hand.
He has a pretty good sized hog farm,
which provides meat, and fertilizer. It
fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where
prisoners work, and you can buy a living
Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays,
and plant it later... We have six trees
in our yard from the Prison.

Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.

Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again.
He painted all his buses and vehicles with a
mural, that has a special hotline phone
number painted on it, where you can call and
report suspected illegal aliens.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40
deputies trained specifically for enforcing
immigration laws, started up his hotline,
and bought 4 new buses just for hauling
folks back to the border. He's kind of a
'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH
JOE ARPAIO


HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED
OVER AND OVER THIS IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY:

It was Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona
who created the ' Tent City Jail':

He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving
and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the
jails. Took away their weights Cut off all
but 'G' movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then He Started Chain Gangs For
Women So He Wouldn't Get Sued For Discrimination.


He took away cable TV Until he found out
there was A Federal Court Order that Required
Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV
Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The
Weather Channel.
When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna Be While They Are Working ON My Chain Gangs.

He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.'

More On The Arizona Sheriff:

With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In
Phoenix last summer(116 Degrees Set A New Record),
the Associated Press Reported: About
2,000 Inmates Living In A
Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At
The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given
Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued
Pink Boxer Shorts.

On a Wednesday, hundreds of men
wearing boxers were either curled up on their
bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached
138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.

Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels
As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped
Down To Their PINK SOCKS.

'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy
sheriff who created the tent city and long ago
started making his prisoners wear pink, and
eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit
sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told
all of the inmates: "It's 120 Degrees In Iraq
And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And They
Have To Wear Full Battle Gear,
But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes, So
Shut Your Mouths!'

Way To Go, Sheriff!

Chinese Drywall

In Lake Ashton West, all homes have been gutted of the Chinese Drywall, and they are about to put up the drywall again. What a dirty job. Potable Johns are placed in front of every single home and the work goes on. I fell sorry for all the home owners who has Chinese drywall and had to move out into another unit. Joe Hunter has said nothing about the problems. He is surely a "do nothing". There are about 16 homes and some are in the East. They are easier to spot because of the Johns the driveway.

Wed, June 30, 2010 4:44:10 AMFwd: Fwd: FW: Governors of 35 States have filed suit against the Fed Gov't

Governors
>of 35 states have already filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing
>unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene
>a Constitutional Convention.

>Really important! Hope you all do it!

> This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass
>it on.
An idea whose time has come
For too long we have been too complacent
>about the workings of Congress

Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress
>could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social
>Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they
>have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual
>harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to
>exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered...in all of
>its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that
>is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent
>or whatever. The self-serving must stop. This is a good way to do that. It
>is an idea whose time has come.
>
>Have each
>person contact a minimum of twenty people on their Address list; in turn ask each
>of those to do likewise.
>
>In three days,
>most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal
>that really should be passed around.
>
>Proposed
>28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
> "Congress
>shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not
>apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no
>law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally
>to the citizens of the United States ."
>
>You are one of my 20. (Actually
>1 of 29)

ABC NEWS BANS FLAG LAPEL PINS!

>BARBARA Walters said that this was going to hurt ABC bad. As you know she works for
>ABC . ( and I hope it does!)

>This should make your blood boil...it DOES mine! (This is supposed to make
>our President "feel better".) Thanks, ABC, but NO THANKS !

>ABC NEWS BANS FLAG LAPEL PINS! YESTERDAY THE BRASS AT ABC NEWS ISSUED ORDERS
>FORBIDDING REPORTERS TO WEAR LAPEL PIN AMERICAN FLAGS OR OTHER PATRIOTIC INSIGNIA.

>THEIR REASONING WAS THAT ABC SHOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL ABOUT 'CAUSES'.

>SINCE WHEN IS SUPPORT FOR PREVENTING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION SOME SORT OF A 'CAUSE'?

SINCE WHEN IS PATRIOTISM TO BE DISCOURAGED?

>I URGE YOU TO BOYCOTT ABC AND ITS SPONSORS AND AFFILIATES. WE ARE SLOWLY LOSING EVERYTHING
>OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR AND EVERYTHING OUR MEN AND WOMEN FOUGHT AND DIED TO

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!

Talking about putting the fox in the hen house. Can you believe this?

Barack Obama and Janet Napolitano

Well, boys and girls, today the fox is guarding the hen
house. The wolves will be herding the sheep!
Obama appointed two devout Muslims to home land security
posts. Doesn't this make you feel safer already?

Arif Alikhan
Obama and Janet Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan,
a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano
swore-in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim, who was born in
Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).

Kareem Shora

NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official
being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or
a devout Protestant...? Just wondering.

Devout Muslims being appointed to critical
Homeland Security positions? Doesn't this make you
feel safer already?? That should make our home land
much safer, huh!!

Was it not "Devout Muslim men" that flew planes into US
buildings 8 years ago? Was it not a Devout Muslim who
killed 13 at Fort Hood?

Fantastic

God Bless the USA ** Land of the Free Because of the Brave !!

Can You Believe A Teenager Did This?

There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy. 25 in rural

Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names,

and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many

times. A few months backm the rock received its latest paint

job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed.

It's quite an impressive sight. Be sure to check out all angles

of the rock.

The flag is not draped over the rock; it's actually painted on.

Bingo Paul

Paul, you must have come from Chicago, You talk just like Obama, never say the truth, beat arount the bush, full of hot air, How are you doing on the covernance?

Going on a trip?

Take precautions to keep potential intruders away from your property.

When you finally take some time off for vacation, the last thing you want to worry about is what might go wrong at home while you're away. But the reality is that your home could be a sitting target for burglars when it's empty.

The good news? With this simple checklist, you can head for the sunshine knowing your house is safe and secured. The key to deterring intruders from your house? Make sure your home looks lived-in, even if you'll be away a couple weeks. Here's how.

1. Arrange for mail to be held while you're away. Mail quickly piles up in the mailbox (hello, catalogs!), and an overflowing mailbox is a sure sign to everyone that you're not home. You can easily stop mail delivery by notifying the post office online. Then you can pick up your mail when you get back.

2. Put your newspapers on hold. Besides the waste of paper (who's going to read old news when you return from vacation?), a pileup of newspapers on your doorstep is an easy red flag that you're away.

3. Show-off your alarm system. Make sure to have an easy-to-see sign on your door or window to alert everyone of your spiffed-up security system. Consider putting up a sign, even if you haven't invested in a high-tech alarm.

4. Don't button up the whole house. It's natural to want to "close up" the house while you're away, but you want to give the appearance that the house is lived in. Leave drapes and window treatments slightly open, rather than closed shut. Put some of your indoor lights on timers, and have some of them go on at night to give the appearance that someone's at home.

5. Invest in motion-sensing floodlights for the yard. Now is a good time to consider investing in motion-sensing floodlights. When you're on vacation, glaring light will deter potential intruders. And when you arrive home, it'll be easier to see what's going on at night.

6. Leave a radio on. To those outside, the buzz of voices will make it seem like there are people at home. Choose a talk station, like NPR, rather than an station that just plays music.

7. Leave a car in the driveway. If you're flying to your destination, simply leave your car in the driveway. If you're taking a summer road trip, ask a neighbor if they could park one of their cars in your driveway while you're away. It's also a good idea to alert a neighbor or friend that you'll be away, so they can keep an eye on your house.

8. Arrange for your lawn to be mowed. You want to stop some services (like mail delivery) while you're away. But others, like getting your lawn mowed, should continue on just like you're at home. Arrange with your landscaper to have your lawn mowed as usual while you're away. If you typically mow your own lawn, consider hiring a local to come mow your lawn once while you're away during extended trips. Long grass is another sure-fire signal to burglars that the house has been vacant.

9. Take a walk-around your house a week or so before you leave. Check for any shrubs, hedges, trees, or landscaping that looks overgrown (also look for tree limbs that provide an easy route to an upstairs window.) Trim any greenery that looks like it would provide a hiding place for intruders.

10. Make sure unnecessary electrical equipment is turned off while you're away. It's a good idea to plug your electronics in surge protectors that are easy to power on or off with the flick of a switch. You'll also be saving energy (and saving on your electric bill!) by powering off the TV, computer, and entertainment center. Many appliances are also known as ghost energy hogs, sucking energy even when they're simply turned off. By plugging these devices in a safety surge protector, you can stop the flow of electricity.

11. Give the cat-sitter or dog-sitter a spare key before you leave. You don't want to hide the key under a rock, doormat, or in the BBQ grill. These are all known hide-a-key tricks; they give burglars a free pass into your house

Rod Blagojevich and Barack Obama

Rod
Blagojevich is the former Illinois Governor who tried to sell Obama's seat
in congress.

He was impeached and thrown out of office. His trial on corruption charges began
this week in Chicago.

Obama was asked by the press if he had ever met Gov. Ron Blagojevich?

"Barack Obama I only saw Rod Blagojevich one time and that was in the stands and from a distance at a Chicago Bears football game."

Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama and Richard Daley during a rally in Chicago, April 16

To understand the last 4 years, you have to understand the "world according
to Chicago."

While Chicago is a city in Illinois, it is almost a completely different country
>when it comes to politics with a whole different set of morals and language.

There are only three rules and a "€œPrime Directive" which anybody can understand. You don't even need an attorney to understand
>them; and if you need an attorney, well, you know too much so look out for Rule
>#3!

RULE
> #1...No matter what you see, hear, or do, you don't know anybody and you know
>nothing!

RULE
>#2...If you capture something on tape or camera, it doesn't reveal anything!

RULE
>#3...If you know what everybody knows in Chicago , well, you still don't know anything.

The "PRIME DIRECTIVE"€� in CHICAGO...no matter what the vote, Democrats
win the election.

Now pay close attention!

Its very simple....we'll illustrate. Remember, you know nothing.

These two? They don't know each other! They said they didn't.

The fellas in this picture "They never actually met face to face." What fellas? We don't see anything!

The guy on the left? For all you know, he's Santa Claus.

And the guy on the right... well, he's the Easter Bunny! That's all you need to
>know.

Go to your eye doctor...your eyes are lying to you! Ca'pish?

Remember Jimmy Hoffa? He knew too much; and now, well, now no one knows
>where he is.

Is the big picture clear? Not these pictures! Remember, you've already
forgotten them.

Now, ain't that simple?

They don't know each other, and they never met!

How is that possible? 'Cause they said so! And don't forget it!