If We Only Had Our Own.

From the Energy Front 042010

Hey folks,

Short and sweet today. Commonsense needs to prevail here. It is true that,,,

China's Economy is THRIVING.
Energy Use is Increasing all over the World.
Supply and Demand is in effect.
Oil is Over $80.00 a gallon.
Our Administration doesn't care.
According to Bloomberg Business Week - Algerian ministers says oil output levels to hold

ORAN, Algeria

Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil says OPEC production quotas are not reponsible for the recent increase in oil prices and that the cartel has no intention of reviewing output levels before its next meeting planned in October.

Khelil says members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries still have surpluses of about 6 million barrels per day and contends that "speculators" are to blame for prices recently rising above S80 per barrel.

The small drop in oil prices since airlines were grounded in Europe because of volcanic ash is "a case study" of how speculators on the oil market overreact both ways to economic data, Khelil told reporters Monday after presiding over a forum of gas exporting countries.

So they are not looking to change anything. No more increasing Production. No increase in supply, demand remains high. Prices remain high.

You can blame whoever you chose, but the bottom line is, if we used our own, we would not have $3.00 a gallon gas. Venezuela is 12 CENTS a gallon. They use their own.

Now I want to look around the World. Gas Prices in the areas that are pushing Green? Between $6.00 to $8.00 a gallon. You want to pay that? The area's that use their OWN Resources? You get it, cheap.

They are not increasing Supply. The World is not decreasing Demand. We are not Drilling and using our own resources. Prices will continue to go up. But then again, Obama DID say that once he was elected President, Energy prices would "Necessarily Skyrocket" and the fact he LIKES high energy prices. He just thought they went up to fast. To much of a shock. He would rather push the agenda, which of course give Government more control over your home, and your daily life.

The equation is simple. More supply = less demand = lower prices for all. Yes, we can continue looking for "Greener Energy," work at perfecting "Greener Energy," while at the same time, using our resources to make energy Costs affordable to all. Dream verse reality? Reality wins every time.
Peter

$10.8 Billion Profit, Tax Bill $0

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Electric filed more than 7,000 income tax returns in hundreds of global jurisdictions last year, but when push came to shove, the company owed the U.S. government a whopping bill of $0.

Oh to be GE. Hey folks,

Welcome to the Big Sunday Edition of the OPNTalk Blog. So how did they do this? Well according to CNN Money - GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 U.S. tax bill By Annalyn Censky, staff reporter April 16, 2010: 11:52 AM ET

GE had plenty of earnings last year -- just not in the United States. For tax purposes, the company's U.S. operations lost $408 million, while its international businesses netted a $10.8 billion profit.

That left GE (GE, Fortune 500) with no U.S. profit left for Uncle Sam to tax. Corporations typically face a 35% federal income tax on their earnings. Thanks to its deductions and adjustments, GE reported an actual U.S. federal income tax rate of negative 10.5%. It got to add a "tax benefit" of $1.1 billion back into its reported earnings.

They are not alone. This is a pretty common practice, and it is completely legal. Yet, YOU sure will pay your taxes.

Coming right up?

The Bubble Factor

The Radicals Have their Own Nuclear Summit

Epilepsy

DLA For 041810

IWA for Sunday 041810

All that in just a second. Told you Cap and Tax was next. According to Reuters - US Senate climate bill to be unveiled April 26

* Backers hope for Senate vote in June or July

* Measure could affect states' climate control activities (Adds reaction from American Petroleum Institute)

Oh it will effect States. It will once again, take authority away from states and gives it to the Federal Government. According to this piece..

On Wednesday, a Senate source told Reuters the legislation would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions. It would also end state and regional carbon-trading programs, such as the one several Northeastern states participate in, to be replaced by a national carbon reduction policy. [N14150360]

It will increase Gas prices also. 27 cents a gallon. That's on top of the already HIGH prices for other reasons. It will be a final nail in our Economic Coffin.

Going to fill my cup. Today is one of my favorites, Folgers Gourmet Selections, Chocolate Truffle. You can find it at your local Grocer, or at their Website, www.folgers.com. Go get your morning Joe, and we shall meet right back here in just a minute.

Oh and do not forget, you can follow us on Twitter - peteropntalk, Facebook - Peter Carlock, Tom Sullivan Radio Listener's Club, and as always, the Email is opntalk@gmail.com. Be right back
Peter

Sources:
CNN Money - GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 U.S. tax bill
Reuters - US Senate climate bill to be unveiled April 26

The Bubble Factor

"Is the Tea Party responsible for the chaos going on in the Democrat Party?"

Hey folks,

"Is it responsible for what is going on in the country? Are they and Talk Radio, really creating all this anger out there?"

This is just one form of the same question I keep getting asked. Basically, are the Tea Parties responsible for the demise of the Liberal Leadership in November and will the Republicans get the message as well so we do not have a repeat of what we saw in 94?

The sort answer is both yes and no. You see, the Tea Parties are a PRODUCT of the anger. They are the result, not the cause. What about Talk Radio? The Blogs? {I guess that would mean me as well.} Again, the short answer is both yes and no. So what IS the cause? The Bubble Factor.

Let me try to explain it this way. Most people, from all walks of life, live somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of life. They live in their happy homes, drive their happy cars, go off to school then work. They have their hobbies, and they meet one another, leave their Parents and join together, having children of their own, cycle repeats.

From time to time, something will pull at their heart strings. They will donate some money, go down and volunteer at a soup kitchen, or join a cause. Yet, at the end of the day, there they are in their happy little beds, drifting off to Dream Land.

Truth is, most people have no clue as to what reality is. As long as the outside does not penetrate their little bubble, they are happy. They go to Church, say Amen, go back into their little worlds. They rarely take the time to truly look around to see what they can see.

I'm not saying this is a bad thing. No, I'm not judging anyone. Simply stating reality. For most, Politics is even more alluding. For most, Politics is about two months, every two years. One Politician says one thing, the other says something else, they go with, if they even bother to Vote, the one that best sounds most related to the view they possess. Most do not bother to learn anything beyond what they hear on the local News.

Once in a while though, something comes along and penetrates their little bubble. Then they start to look more deeply into whatever it is. A disease, War, Death or a loved one, and sadly, FINANCES.

I and many other tried to warn everyone that the new Liberal Party, or Progressives, have taken over the once great Democratic Party. That they are on a quest for tyranny. Many thought to themselves, "This could never happened here." Many still find it hard to wrap their head around the reality that we now have a President that is actively trying to destroy this country to remake it in his image. To make himself ruler over the new USSA. But he is. It is happening right before your eyes.

Now with Obamacare passed. All of the out of control spending. The Government taking over more and more Private Businesses. Cap and Tax on it's way. Amnesty. Jobs falling out all over the place. MOST Americans now can tell you that they know someone personally that has recently lost a job. That is scary to some. To many. People are losing their homes. Freedom is being stripped away. Obama and Crew, Pelosi and Reid, ARE penetrating peoples little happy bubble.

Talk Radio, and the Blogs, have been instrumental in both warning people what was going to happen, and are now being proven correct, but they continue to tell people that truth. The Tea Parties are breaking out all over the place because of people waking up and looking to see what they can see, and they do not like it. The Tea Parties are the result of what Obama and Crew have been and continue to do. They are not the cause of it.

Because this Administration and this Congress have decided to legislate and Govern AGAINST the Will of the PEOPLE, the PEOPLE are starting to fight back. It is the PEOPLE that are causing all this chaos in the Democrat Party. Well, actually, it is the Liberals in the Democrat Party that are tearing it apart. The Insane agenda that they are on, is Political suicide. That is why they are bailing out like Rats on a Sinking Ship. It is by their own hand.

People are starting to feel it. They are seeing and feeling it in their own homes. They are seeing it in their own communities. They are NOW starting to understand what is going on. It is the People, not just the Tea Parties, but the whole People, from every walk of life, Religion, and Political Party. It is not some fringe group playing Politics as usual. It is true Americans that love this country and are starting to look into the future and they are not liking what they see. It is the People that are hearing stories from newly arrive Immigrates that are telling them, "This is how it began in my country." It is the People that, having their Bubbles burst, are now learning, listening, and understanding.

They hear people like Kitty Werthmann warn them of what she went through. She tells how Hitler nationalized (socialized) the banks, health care, automobile production, education, and more. They hear her talk about how Welfare became a “huge apparatus,” said Werthmann. Everyone had access to subsidized housing, food stamps, heating subsidies and many other benefits until everyone–regardless of salary–reached the prescribed standard of living.

“That’s called socialism,” she said. Werthmann cited the exchange between Joe the Plumber and Presidential Candidate Obama about “spreading the wealth” as a sign that it’s already begun here.

Over and over, more and more people are starting to see through the veil, the Dream that was Obama, into the Reality of who and what Obama, and the new Liberals are. people like my neighbor Tanya from Russia, talks all the time about how she is scared listing to Obama. "This all sounds to familiar." People are awake. Some FULLY awake.

America is a conservative Country. Every Poll shows the majority of Americans see themselves as Conservatives. Most in this country are also Christians. Most in this Country, including MOST if not all, recent, {within the last twenty years or a bit more} immigrates, LOVE this country. We love our Freedoms. Our Possibilities. We love the American Dream. We think this country is the greatest on the face of the planet. We do not want someone who doesn't, to come in and attempt to destroy it. They are tired of being ignored. Tired of being insulted. Tired of all the out of control spending and Oppressive Taxation that they know will be coming. The know that Energy costs are about to explode. Obama said so. It must to pay for all this garbage.

So yes, Talk Radio, and the rest of the New Media is responsible for getting the TRUTH out there. The Tea Parties are THE PEOPLE standing up and saying, "Enough is enough, and we are not going to take it any more." So yes, they to are responsible for getting the truth out there, and letting others know that they are not alone.

But what is really boils down to, is people's little personal Worlds, their Bubbles, have started to be pierced. The anger is real. The People are mad as hell. The Truth is where the cause lies. The deeds of those in Government is to blame. It is by their own hand that they will fall. It really is, just that simple.
Peter

The Radicals Have their Own Nuclear Summit

This is to funny.

Hey folks,

So Obama has this Nuclear Summit, and we learned that Canada will not attack us with Nukes. Whew! Glad that was resolved. We also learned that Russia will get rid of some of their old Nukes. and they promise not to Nuke us. {Laughing} OK. We also learned that some in the State Run Obama Media, are not so sure that any thing was actually accomplished at this great accomplishment. They were locked out of actually seeing or hearing anything. Just told what to report after. Who was not their? Our enemies that say they WILL Nuke us.

So the Radicals had their OWN Nuclear Summit. Yup. That's right. Iran, Lebanon, Syria, all decided that the US was evil and Israel had to disarm. {Laughing} BIG Surprise. According to the AFP - Iran derides US as 'world's only atomic criminal' by Farhad Pouladi

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran slammed the United States as an "atomic criminal" which should be suspended from the UN nuclear watchdog on Saturday, while urging changes to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

At a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran, the foreign ministers of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq voiced support for Iran's "peaceful" atomic programme and demanded that Israel join the nuclear NPT "without conditions."

At the start of the meeting, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out any use of nuclear weaponry as "haram," meaning religiously banned under Islam.

He branded the United States an "atomic criminal" in his message which was read out by an aide at the conference, Tehran's answer to a nuclear summit held in Washington earlier this week.

Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went a step further and called for Washington's suspension from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) along with all other nations which possess nuclear arms.

"Only the US government has committed an atomic crime," said the message of the all-powerful Khamenei who formulates Tehran's foreign policy, including its nuclear strategy.

"The world's only atomic criminal lies and presents itself as being against nuclear weapons proliferation, while it has not taken any serious measures in this regard," he said.

Sounds like something Obama would say. Oh wait, Obama did, in other words. He also just said we would start to disarm. Little Hitler should be happy.

Ahmadinejad, under whose presidency Iran has aggressively pushed ahead with a controversial nuclear programme despite three sets of UN sanctions, attacked the present structure of the UN Security Council, the IAEA and the NPT.

"An independent international group which plans and oversees nuclear disarmament and prevents proliferation should be set up," he told the conference attended by several foreign ministers and UN officials.

He said those countries which "possess, have used or threatened to use nuclear weapons should be suspended from the IAEA and its board of governors, especially the US."

Well, then that would include Iran. Also Russia. North Korea. China.

Ahmadinejad's remark was expected to irk allies Russia and China, two nuclear states with veto powers in the Security Council that have so far hesitated to back a fourth set of sanctions against Tehran.

"The right to veto, which is undemocratic, inhumane and unfair, should either be annulled, or if some insist on having this right, then some countries from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe should also have the right to veto in order to reduce its negative outcomes," he said.

Khamenei and Ahmadinejad have been angered by Washington's new nuclear policy unveiled last week.

The policy limits the countries against which Washington might use its nuclear arsenal but singles out Iran and North Korea as exceptions for flouting Security Council resolutions over their nuclear programmes.

Because they have BOTH said they want to attack US. With Nukes.

Fraser Cameron, an analyst with the think-tank EU-Russia Centre who was attending the conference, said the Iranian nuclear issue has been aggravated by "misunderstandings from both sides" -- the West and Iran.

Idiot. How would Iran, misunderstand Iranian Nuclear issues?

Ahmadinejad also called upon "independent countries" to review the NPT, of which Iran is a signatory and as such considers it has the right to enrich uranium, the most controversial part of its nuclear programme.

"The presence of those possessing weapons, especially the US, prevents the drawing up of a fair treaty," he argued.

The foreign ministers of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq jointly blasted Israel, Middle East's sole but undeclared nuclear weapons power.

"The major threat in the region is Israel which has nuclear warheads. Israel must join this treaty and take quick steps to destroy its nuclear weapons," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in a speech.

So we can attack them more eaily without fear of reprisals.

His Lebanese counterpart Ali al-Shami said Israel should be "stripped" of its arsenal "since the atomic weapons of the Zionist regime are not inspected, there is a danger of these weapons being used in the future."

"This regime must join the NPT without any conditions."

And Hoshyar Zebari, the foreign minister of Iran's former foe Iraq, said: "We reject any threat against Iran and insist on Iran's rights to use peaceful nuclear energy."

The Jewish state, which has never publicly acknowledged having atomic weapons while maintaining a policy of deliberate ambiguity, has not ruled out a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities to halt its atomic programme.

Because they are SMART. They understand the threat Iran posses. Even if our Fearless Leader doesn't.
Peter

Sources:
AFP - Iran derides US as 'world's only atomic criminal'

Epilepsy

Joshua Carlock "What is 'Epolapcy' Daddy?"

Hey folks,

Talk about stunned. I asked him to repeat what he just said, and he did.

"What is 'Epolapcy' Daddy?"

I said I think he means Epilepsy, and asked why he was asking. He said what most four year olds say "I don't know." I asked if one of his little Classmates had a problem, or did the Teacher mention it? He said, "My friend said her Daddy has it and it's scary."

So we went to our friends over at Disease.com - Epilepsy, and I read to him what they say. I did NOT dumb it down at all. I read it verbatim.

If the body is an electrical unit, the brain is the epicenter. This epicenter is comprised of vessels which transmit electric waves throughout the entire body. But what happens if one of those vessels misfires? What information gets caught between two different portals? A seizure. The brain will report a current internal imbalance, forcing the body to fall into a seizure. This precise action is the main symptom of epilepsy; a disease which affects 1% of the population (approximately 65 million).

1. The brain is comprised of hundreds of nerve cells which communicate through electrical signals. In order for the brain to properly function, the interplay between the nerve cells must be regulated. The normal function is disturbed, when an abnormal electrical discharge causes an epileptic seizure.

2. Although the epileptic seizures are a direct result of abnormalities in the brain, the brain suffers no actual damage.

3. If an individual is experiencing epileptic seizures, it often originates genetically. In the case of focal epilepsy (meaning that it attacks a specific part of the brain), a brain scan can normally depict the precise cause.

4. When an individual is not experiencing epileptic seizures, there are not definitive symptoms. However, during these seizures, the individual will experience twitching in the muscles, abnormal sensations, or lose of consciousness.

5. Epilepsy is usually treated with prescribed medication, but in severe cases an individual may need surgery.

Then I said this. It's like the computer. You play on the computer all the time. Daddy works on the computer all the time. The computer is fine. Our brain is like the computer. Sometimes, as with the Computer, if something gets locked up, it has to be reset. Sometimes, with people who have Epilepsy, they need to be reset. While this is happening, they may look like a fish out of water, or like they are having a dream while they are sleeping. But then they wake up. All is OK. Doctors help people with this Medical Condition all the time. It's not scary, it's a Medical Condition. With this he walked away and stated to play with his toys. Now that I'm thinking about it, I hope he doesn't ask his friend if her Dad looks like a Fish out of Water. {Smile}

Peter

Source:
My son Josh
Disease.com - Epilepsy

DLA For 041810

Here is something that SHOULD go without having to say.

Hey folks,

Our DLA {Display in Logic Award} goes to IAAP. That's the International Association of Administrative Professionals. Why? Because that have used Logic, in determining some that alludes many. They have wrought the curtains or mystery to uncover the truth. That have shared it with all of us.

Yes folks, I know it's difficult to understand the complexities of this, so I will attempt to help you understand. According to the IAAP, the Workplace More Stressful Due To No Raise, More Work

{Laughing} Yes. If you are given more work, and no raise, you may not like it. It may actually be a negative.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to a new survey from the International Association of Administrative Professionals, founders of Administrative Professionals Day, the most difficult aspect of the current recession is that employees are not getting raises. Of those surveyed, 27 percent said they haven't gotten a raise with 21 percent saying their workload has increased. Seeing co-workers downsized is the hardest part of the recession for 16 percent of administrative professionals. Other responses: my company stopped all training (7 percent), my pay was cut (7 percent) and finding a new job (7 percent).

The recession has made the work environment more stressful than before. When asked "During this Great Recession, how are working conditions at your office," 32 percent responded "fair--things are more stressful than before." Of the nearly 900 admins surveyed, 26 percent said "good--with everyone getting along and doing well." Nearly 20 percent answered "poor--morale is low."

Even with stressful conditions and lower pay, most of those surveyed will not seek new employment when the recession eases and job prospects improve. Only 21 percent said they'd leave their job and find a new position when conditions improve with 67 percent indicating they would stay where they are.

According to Susan Fenner, Ph.D., education and professional development manager at IAAP, admins are more likely to remain with their companies in spite of noted hardships because it's a measure of their professionalism. "As a group, they are used to stepping up to the plate and consistently bringing in home runs, no matter what fastballs are thrown their way," said Fenner. "They stand out for being creative problem solvers, exceptional team players, and masters at managing projects."

For decades admins have taken on new job duties, learned new skills, software and expanded the role of an admin. One reason the job of administrative professional is so hard to define is because admins are constantly changing their jobs in response to employer needs, something admins have mastered during this recession.

IAAP is the world's leading association for administrative professionals, with 600 chapters and approximately 28,000 members worldwide. IAAP is the sole sponsor of Administrative Professionals Week® April 18-24, 2010 and Administrative Professionals Day® on Wednesday, April 21 (formerly called Professional Secretaries Week® and Professional Secretaries Day®). Further information, including history and a facts sheet on APW, is available from the IAAP Web site at: www.iaap-hq.org/newsroom/apw

Source: International Association of Administrative Professionals

You know this is a true sto,,,,,, yeah thanks, CONGRATULATIONS IAAP. You are the Winners of the DLA this week. Keep up the good work. OK. This is a true story told to be by a City Government Employee just last week. She asked if a form, and standard daily form, could be changed to make it easier for all. Her answer from the powers that be? "We have a line a mile long of people that want your job." In other words, don't like it, get out.

This is the way a lot of companies look at bad economic times. If there are millions out of work, that means they have millions to chose from, that are desperate, that will work harder and cheaper than your sorry butt that has been there for years. More stressful? You bet.
Peter

Obama Not Who He Claims To Be

From the Emails 041610

Hey folks,

Happy Friday to ya. Since it is Friday, it's time to go to the Emails. This is from BG who included the following note.

"We are more highly educated than the 'lawyer.'"

It's by the West Palm Beach Examinor - Investigation reveals numerous bogus claims on Obama resume April 3, 5:15 PM Conservative Examiner Anthony G. Martin. Just read, and draw your own conclusions.

In what is being called 'the biggest hustle in human history,' a special investigation has discovered numerous bogus claims on Barack Obama's resume, including the outright lie that he was a 'Constitutional scholar and professor.'

The claim turns out to be false.

As investigators delve further into the background of Barack Obama, a disturbing picture is emerging of a man who is not who he claims to be. The information the public has been told concerning Obama is turning out to be false--fabrications and inventions of a man and an unseen force behind him that had clear ulterior motives for seeking the highest office in the land.

According to a special report issued by 'the Blogging Professor,' the Chicago Law School faculty hated Obama. The report states that Obama was unqualified, that he was never a 'constitutional professor and scholar,' and that he never served as editor of the Harvard Law Review while a student at the school.

The real truth is that Barack Obama was merely an 'instructor' at Chicago Law School, not a professor. Commonly, instructors are non-tenure-track teachers hired by colleges and universities to teach certain courses for a salary that is well below that of Associate Professors or full Professors.

In the hierarchy of higher education, the status of instructors is below that of associate professors and professors because they lack the credentials.

In fact, it can be safely concluded that the claims of Barack Obama concerning his educational credentials and work history in higher education are a complete sham. The President of the United States is a complete fraud.

According to Doug Ross:

"I spent some time with the highest tenured faculty member at Chicago Law a few months back, and he did not have many nice things to say about "Barry." Obama applied for a position as an adjunct and wasn't even considered. A few weeks later the law school got a phone call from the Board of Trustees telling them to find him an office, put him on the payroll, and give him a class to teach. The Board told him he didn't have to be a member of the faculty, but they needed to give him a temporary position. He was never a professor and was hardly an adjunct.

The other professors hated him because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool. According to my professor friend, he had the lowest intellectual capacity in the building. He also doubted whether he was legitimately an editor on the Harvard Law Review, because if he was, he would be the first and only editor of an Ivy League law review to never be published while in school (publication is or was a requirement."

Thus, the question arises, was the claim that Obama was editor of the Harvard Law Review a 'put-up job' as well, allowing the student to claim he held this prestigious position without having the qualifications or meeting the requirements of holding that position? And why?

Further,

Consider this:

1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a "lawyer". He surrendered his license back in 2008 possibly to escape charges that he "fibbed" on his bar application.

2. Michelle Obama "voluntarily surrendered" her law license in 1993.

3. So, we have the President and First Lady - who don't actually have licenses to practice law. Facts.

4. A senior lecturer is one thing. A fully ranked law professor is another. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, "Obama did NOT 'hold the title' of a University of Chicago law school professor". Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Chicago.

5. The University of Chicago released a statement in March, 2008 saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) "served as a professor" in the law school, but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed in 2008."

These are highly disturbing facts, verified facts from the people who know at the Chicago Law School.

There is more from Ross, however:

6. "He did not hold the title of professor of law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago School of Law.

7. The former Constitutional senior lecturer cited the U.S. Constitution recently during his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

8. The B-Cast posted the video.

9. In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal."

10. By the way, the promises are not a notion, our founders named them unalienable rights. The document is our Declaration of Independence and it reads: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

11. And this is the same guy who lectured the Supreme Court moments later in the same speech?

When you are a phony it's hard to keep facts straight.

Obama has made sure that all of his records are sealed tight. And apart from the courageous souls at the various educational institutions who dared to speak the truth, the schools Obama claimed to attend unanimously refuse to release transcripts, records, or other bits of evidence concerning Obama's presence in their institutions.

BREAKING DEVELOPMENT--just as these disturbing facts come to light about Barack Obama, the White House is busy making deals with numerous 'journalists,' promising unprecedented access to the President in exchange for refraining from reporting certain information 'they may discover.'

For commentary on the issues of the day, visit my blog at The Liberty Sphere.

See you Sunday.
Peter

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Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial

A cause to remember

Hey folks,

Those of you that have known me over the years, know that I am a huge proponent of TRUE equality in this country. I do not just talk the talk, but I walk the walk. I have talked about this for years, both here, and elsewhere. I have stood side by side with Community Organizers, reported, and taught about TRUE Equality. Just check out the archives here and you will get an idea of where I stand on the issue.

What you will find, is simply the truth. If we are ever going to have true equality in this country, we have to first start treating everyone EQUALLY. The good, the bad, the ugly. Jobs access, life benefits, and Crime punishment, all have to be standard for all. Once we start favoring one group over another, all we do is BREED more Racism and hate. Even if for the best of intentions.

You will also find that I often say that we have to start to actually HEAR, and DO, what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. actually said. What he actually said, and meant, was this.

"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

If we, as a nation, were to actually DO this, we would be that much closer to TRUE Equality. Well, April marks the 42nd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I received the following, via the Email, opntalk@gmail.com, from Lowell Dempsey.

Hi Peter

The month of April marks the 42nd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are commemorating the life and work of Dr. King by creating a memorial in our nation's capital. The Washington, DC, Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial will honor his life and contributions to the world through non violent social change. I'm reaching out to ask if you and your readers would help spread the word by posting about this wonderful project on Opntalk.

I've put together this blogger-friendly micro-site to help get the message out - there are videos, photos, banners, and even a web toolbar that, when used, donates money to the creation of the memorial:

http://mlkmemorialnews.org

After years of fund raising, the memorial is now $14 million away from its $120 million goal. This will be more than a monument to a great humanitarian, the National Memorial will be a place for visitors from around the world to share the spirit of love, freedom, and peace. If you are able to post or tweet about this please let me know so I can share it with the team. If you have any questions please pop me an email. And if you are able to help, thank you so much.

Lowell

"The spirit of love, freedom, and peace." THAT is something we need more of these days. You can find Mr. Lowell Dempsey, and contribute to the cause if you wish, here.

Lowell Dempsey, lowell@mlkmemorialnews.org
BuildTheDream.org, http://www.mlkmemorial.org/
Twitter http://twitter.com/mlkmemorial
Facebook.com/MLKNationalMemorial

Take a few moments and check out the site, it is worth remembering this great man. Not only remembering, but also learning the truth of what he stood for, and what he actually said.
Peter

Liberal Democrats, Now The Party Of Fake

Told you they were NOT Tea Party Members.

Hey folks,

Happy Hump Day out there. Tomorrow, April 15, Tax Day, is also a BIG day all across this country. The National Tea Party Movement will be all over the place. Tom Sullivan will have his listeners, from all over the country, reporting in to say how it is going.

Now you remember all the hoo-ha about the "Violence, Hate filled Speech, Name calling and destruction of Private Property" done by "Tea Party Members." Some actually bought into the falsehood that these were REAL Tea Party Members. I was even debating someone on FACEBOOK about this. Hell, one of the Best Friends I have ever had in my life, a BIG TIME Liberal, just could not, or would not, accept the fact that these Idiots were actually Liberal plants.

Well, well, well, looky here. On the eve of even MORE and most likely the BIGGEST Tea Party Rallies all across this country tomorrow, we get THIS. According to the AP - Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies By VALERIE BAUMAN, Associated Press Writer Valerie Bauman, Associated Press Writer – Mon Apr 12, 6:30 pm ET

ALBANY, N.Y. – Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

{Sigh} You see folks, that's the template. If you are Conservative, and God Forbid, Christian, you HAVE to be Stupid, Hate filled, Chauvinistic, Homophobes, and the Liberals are the intellectual, compassionate, and out to do good for all. Which is COMPLETELY back ass ward.

Look at history. Who formed the KKK? Who fought to prevent Integration? Who enacts programs to create a permanent underclass? Who is it that HATES Freedom, and would rather have a Socialistic Society, or worse, Marxism. That's right boys and girls, the Democrat Party. Who sees everything through the lens of Race? {Most likely out of guilt of pass offenses} The Democrat Party. But, since they really CAN NOT WIN in the area of ideas, or in an intellectual debate, they simply Lie, cheat, and steal, omit, and personally attack their enemies. The sad thing is though, a lot of their Party Base are actually stupid enough to accept what they are fed, due to the inability to think.

Jason Levin, creator of http://www.crashtheteaparty.org, said Monday the group has 65 leaders in major cities across the country who are trying to recruit members to infiltrate tea party events for April 15 — tax filing day, when tea party groups across the country are planning to gather and protest high taxes.

"Every time we have someone on camera saying that Barack Obama isn't an American citizen, we want someone sitting next to him saying, 'That's right, he's an alien from outer space!'" Levin said.

{Laughing} You want to know how stupid some of these people really are? When the Obama ran Media actually REPORTS these nutcases as "actual Tea Party Members," EVEN THOUGH IT IS BEING REPORTED HERE, that they will do this, some will actually BELIEVE it.

Tea party members said the backlash comes from ignorance.

Yup.

"They can't actually debate our message and that's their problem," said Bob MacGuffie, a Connecticut organizer for Right Principles, a tea party group that also has members in New York and New Jersey.

The tea party movement generally unites on the fiscally conservative principles of small government, lower taxes and less spending. Beyond that the ideology of the people involved tends to vary dramatically.

Levin says they want to exaggerate the group's least appealing qualities, further distance the tea party from mainstream America and damage the public's opinion of them.

"Do I think every member of the tea party is a homophobe, racist or a moron? No, absolutely not," Levin said. "Do I think most of them are homophobes, racists or morons? Absolutely."

You see? This mental midget has no clue. He may think he is one of the smartest people in the room, but truth is, he is not even in the same building. {Laughing} He is a complete twit, just looking for his fifteen minutes.

The site manifesto says they want to dismantle the Tea Party by nonviolent means. "We have already sat quietly in their meetings, and observed their rallies," the site said.

Another tea party organizer said the attempt to destroy the movement was evidence its message is resonating.

"We've been ignored, we've been ridiculed. Well, now they're coming after us," said Judy Pepenella, a co-coordinator for the New York State Tea Party. "Gandhi's quote is one we understand: 'First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.'"

Sorry folks, I can't wait to see how many of my more Liberal friends will attempt to pass off this nonsense as fact, and how many will actually truly BELIEVE that Tea Party Members are doing these things.

Oh, don't forget, VB Biden wants you to flood Newspapers saying how great Obamacare is, and what it means to you. Get your sob stories ready. The sobbiest the better.{Laughing} These people are now officially the Party of Fake.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies
NYDaily News - Biden Stumps (Electronically) For Schumer, Gillibrand

Cap and Tax IS Next

From the energy Front for 041310

Hey folks,

So Obama and crew got Obamacare shoved through i the face of the objection of the VAST majority of you out there. Through bribes, intimidation, lies, and deceit, they get this monstrosity of a fraudulent "Healthcare" Bill, passed into law. Everyone knows

A- We can't pay for it.
B- It will destroy the greatest Healthcare system in the world, instead of fixing just what was wrong with it.
C- Has absolutely NOTHING to do with Healthcare.

Hence, all the lawsuits and talk by something like 15 States now saying "Screw you, we just will not comply."

So this completely insane and UNCONSTITUTIONAL new law, will also increase the national deficit to HISTORIC highs, and put an undue and oppressive burden on not only our Children, but our Children's Children.

Since the majority of Americans wanted nothing to do with this, the Democrats are jumping ship left and right because they know they will lose in November by Landslides, some think the next thing on the Loon Lib agenda is Amnesty. 20 to 30 million new Citizens, is 20 to 30 new Votes. They need EVERY one. Not true.

Oh, they are working on Amnesty in back smoke filled rooms right now, but the next insane agenda item IS Cap and Tax. Let's just drop a Nuke into the center of our Economy and say screw it. Oh yeah, we are not allowed to use them.

These people are insane folks. They are power hungry, and on a quest for Tyranny. What will Cap and Tax do? Give them complete and total control over Private Industries, Private personal lives, uh, that would be YOU, and absolutely destroy this Economy.

The sad thing is, some are happy about this. Check out this piece in the NYT by JAMES KANTER Published: April 11, 2010 I do not know if he realizes this or not, but he does tell the truth here.

BRUSSELS — Profiteering, tax fraud, theft and dubious claims of emissions reductions are just some of the problems plaguing carbon trading.

{Laughing} That's true. Point one.

That litany of woes has helped prompt many commentators to proclaim that carbon trading is imminently headed for the scrap heap of history.

Such predictions are almost certainly wrong. Carbon trading, also known as cap and trade, is on the cusp of generating mammoth amounts of money for governments — money that could start flowing just in time to help nations emerge from the worst financial crisis in a generation.

Truth point two. It's all about money, power, and control. That's the only thing the whole SCAM that is Global Warming is all about. Cap and Tax is just the tool they are trying to use to achieve their goal. Just like Obamacare has nothing to do with Healthcare, Cap and Tax has nothing to do with saving the Planet. Mr. Kanter here even admits it.

Under carbon trading, companies exceeding a “cap” on their emissions must purchase additional permits to pollute more. Companies that pollute less can “trade” or sell their surplus permits.

{Laughing, banging hand on desk} And truth point THREE. Permits to pollute more. I gave you the flood analogy before. You have three feet of water in your house, pay me three grand, I give you permission to say you have no water. While you are slushing around in the same three feet of water. It does NOTHING to help the situation. Yet, you are a little poorer, I'm a bit richer. So thank you. I will even give you permission to add MORE water to your situation, as long as you pay me for it.

But this guy is all for this. I don't get it. I really don't. He goes on to talk about all the fraud and so on, how much the US Government could make, ETC. Then he wraps it up with this.

But nations need use only half the revenues from selling permits to the power and industrial sectors for those kinds of climate-related projects, leaving plenty of money for other purposes — and that means carbon trading should soon look like manna from heaven for cash-strapped treasuries.

{Sigh} You see folks, these loons have no clue. Even though this guy tells you the truth, {It's not about saving the planet, it all about money} he is STILL all for it. And people wonder why I question some Liberals IQ. Liberalism is not about Logic and Truth, it's about feeling. Do this and feel good about saving the planet. Problem is, if you actually think about it, it does NOTHING of the sort. All it does, is give Government more power and control over EVERYTHING, and make people like Al Gore rich, while they tell you that you will ride a Huffy or pay a price.

Make no mistake about it folks, Cap and Tax is coming. Since they were able to jam Obamacare through, they will not stop until YOU stop them in November.

Oh, I just filled up yesterday, $2.92 a gallon. Wait until Cap and Tax is passed. You'll be lucky is you can find $5.00 a gallon. Are you planning on a $5.00 an hour cost of living raise this year? If you are like most, this will just be another added expense without that additional income. But you will LIKE IT! You are saving the Planet. Now, know your role, shut your mouth, and DO what we tell you.

I do not know about you, but I think not.
Peter

Sources:
NYT - Don’t Think That Cap-and-Trade Is Over

12-Year Old Protester Arrested At Senator's Office

Preview for Sunday 041110

Hey folks,

MAN! Is it good to be back in "The Chair." I have a question. Is Code Pink NOT Democrat? Is Mike Moron? Moveon.com? All those Anti-War people out there? Well, most anyway. They are Democrats. When Bush was in office. The Cindy Sheehans where held up as Heroes. The Press moved in with them and reported every move.

Then Obama came to office, and what happened? War still on. Club Gitmo still open. Obama just ordered a hit on an American Citizen. Cindy Sheehan was told to just go away, and things like this happen. A 12 year old Girl is arrested for speaking out against the War. According to KCCI 8 Des Moines - 12-Year-Old Protester Arrested At Senator's Office

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A 12-year-old girl has been arrested for trespassing after she allegedly refused to leave U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's office in Des Moines while protesting the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Frankie Hughes was arrested late Wednesday. Her mother, Renee Espeland, who was standing outside the Iowa Democrat's office, was ticketed for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Police were called after another woman, Christine Gaunt, allegedly refused to leave Harkin's office when it closed. Police found Gaunt and Hughes in the office, and both were arrested.

Sally Frank, a law professor at Drake University, said she will probably defend the protesters. She said she thinks police were "trying to put a scare into the peace movement."

{Laughing}

Coming right up today?

Today is Yom Hashoa

Ecuadorian Battle Continues

What Is OSA

DLA For Sunady 041110

IWA For Sunday 041110

Oh, and did you catch this? I was listening to the Radio on Friday, I'm not sure which show it was, most likely Rush Limbaugh, but they played a tape of Obama talking about the Virginia Mine Disaster. Obama said this.

"We are praying for a miracle. I want to offer my deepest condolences to the friends and the families of the fathers and the husbands and brothers, nephews and sons who were killed in this accident. When I was in the Senate, I supported the efforts of Senator Byrd and Rockefeller to try to improve mine safety, but it's clear that more needs to be done. And that's why I've asked my Secretary of Labor, as well as the head of Mine Safety and Health Administration, to give me a preliminary report next week on what went wrong and why it went wrong so badly, so that we can take the steps necessary to prevent such accidents in the future."

That jumped right out of the Radio at me. Not the Host, I'm pretty sure it was Rush, the Host's problem was "Where is the Union responsibility?" Good point. But that is not the reason it jumped out at me. What it was, was this.

"And that's why I've asked my Secretary of Labor,"

MY? Really? "that's why I've asked my Secretary of Labor?" The Secretary of Labor, is the Secretary of Labor for the entire Country. It is NOT Obama's own Secretary. Just a little view of how Obama sees himself. I keep telling you, he sees himself as a Ruler. Not a servant of the people. He sees himself as King Hussein Obama, Ruler of the Obamanation. I asked MY? No. Not yours. Most would have said, "I have asked THE Secretary of Labor. Not MY.

Kings and Tyranny identify everything as theirs. Not Presidents.

Anyway, good to be back. Thank you again to all of you out there for your kind words, Prayers, and encouragement. I will be doing my best to keep a more balanced schedule, so I also thank you for your patients. Remember you can also follow us on Twitter - peteropntalk, Facebook - Peter Carlock, The Tom Sullivan Radio Listener's Club - Peter Carlock, and as always, the Email is OPNTalk@gmail.com.

Be right back.
Peter

Today is Yom Hashoa

Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day

Hey folks,

Yes today, 041110, IS Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. You can catch many specials on TV today, like the classic film "Diary of Anne Frank" on PBS, and many activities will be going on all over.

So WHY should Yom Hashoa be so important to non-Jews? The answer is simple. Respect, and remembrance to avoid this ever happening again. "He who is ignorant of history, is doomed to repeat it."

Look at 9/11. 3000 Americans died. We remember that dark day in our history every year. During the Holocaust, 6 MILLION Jews were tortured and killed. Does that not merit respect and remembrance?

The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is the Greek meaning of "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "Racially Superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were a threat.

Jews however, were no alone. German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "Racial Inferiority" They also targeted Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, ETC) the Disabled, Gypsies, and anyone that did not agree with them. Did not agree with them Politically. Religiously, or any excuse they decided to use.

The Holocaust ended, physically, May 7, 1945, but it will live on in the hearts and minds of many people forever. It is a forever scar on Humanity itself that will always be seen.

This is why when some of us, see another, like the original Hitler, attempting to rise to power, we yell from the roof tops, "Remember history." When people like Little Hitler, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, comes right out a denies the Holocaust in one breath, then says he will wipe Israel off the map in the next, we, who understand history, get VERY concerned. Then when that same Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts to feverishly work on creating a Nuclear Weapon, we get EXTREMELY concerned. Then when we have a President who seems to be clueless as to history, we get ANGRY and Scare for our long time friends, and Humanity itself.

If we allow another Hitler to rise, we welcome what comes with him. On this day, and all days, we must ALWAYS remember and never forget. We must NEVER allow this to happen again. We MUST stop it by any means necessary.

Peter

Ecuadorian Battle Continues

More evidence that Chevron is being Shaken Down.

Hey folks,

Most of you know that I have been following the the Battle in Ecuador between the Corrupt Ecuadorian Government, fraudulent Plaintiff Organizations, and Chevron, very closely. There is more here at stake than you think.

From the fact that it is actually the State Run Oil Company doing the pollution, other proven sources for the Cancer on a mass scale, to fake complainants, the Judge being bribed and forced to recuse himself, the evidence is pretty clear. This is nothing more than a shakedown.

On April 5th, 2010, Chevron released the following Press Release. I think this pretty much speaks for itself. Here it is.

Plaintiffs’ Expert Reveals Fraud by Lawyers in Ecuador Lawsuit

In Sworn Deposition, Expert Denies Authoring Reports Submitted in His Name SAN RAMON, Calif., Apr. 5, 2010 – Lawyers for the plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) submitted fraudulent reports to an Ecuadorian court claiming dangerous contamination was found at Amazon oil well sites, the original technical expert for the plaintiffs revealed in sworn testimony last week.

Charles W. Calmbacher, Ph.D, a U.S. biologist and industrial hygienist who was the first expertappointed on behalf of the plaintiffs in the litigation pending against Chevron in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, testified in a court-ordered deposition last week that reports associated with inspections of the Sacha 94and Shushufindi 48 well sites were submitted in his name without his knowledge or consent. Dr. Calmbacher said he had never concluded the sites posed a risk to human health or the environment and that his opinions were known to the plaintiffs’ legal and technical teams in Ecuador. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs’ lawyers submitted reports contradictory to Dr. Calmbacher’s conclusions, fraudulently usinghis signature months after he ceased his participation in the case.

“Their own expert has testified that two of the plaintiffs’ earliest reports are fraudulent, confirming that the trial in Ecuador has been tainted from the outset,” said Hewitt Pate, Chevron vicepresident and general counsel. “Chevron will petition the Lago Agrio court to strike the plaintiffs’ false Sacha 94 and Shushufindi 48 reports and call on authorities to investigate the misconduct.”

After the lawsuit was filed against Chevron in 2003, the plaintiffs’ lawyers nominated Dr. Calmbacher, and the court appointed him to conduct judicial inspections of oil well sites in the former Petroecuador-Texaco Petroleum Co. concession area to assess alleged environmental damage. Dr. Calmbacher led those inspections for the plaintiffs, supervising the taking of soil and water samples, fromAugust to October 2004.

The fraudulent reports were filed in February and March 2005, and later used by Lago Agrio court appointee Richard Cabrera in his $27 billion damage assessment against Chevron. Cabrera neverinvestigated Sacha 94 or Shushufindi 48, yet specified more than $101 million damages based on the

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fabricated findings. Dr. Calmbacher also inspected Sacha 6 and Sacha 21, yet the plaintiffs’ lawyersfailed to submit reports containing his conclusions regarding those well sites. Dr. Calmbacher testified that he did not find a risk to human health or the environment, or a need for further clean-up, at any of the Texaco Petroleum-remediated sites he inspected. He also said he never concluded that Texaco Petroleum’s remediation in Ecuador in the 1990’s was not successful.

In his March 29 deposition ordered by a U.S. federal court, Dr. Calmbacher said he sent signed signature pages and initialized blank pages to the plaintiffs’ legal team by overnight courier in late 2004for the submission of reports he thought would contain his true findings. Dr. Calmbacher also testified that the plaintiffs’ lawyers never informed him that the Lago Agrio court had ordered him to answerquestions on the reports after they were submitted under his signature in 2005.

Chevron has long claimed the lawsuit is baseless and tainted by scores of irregularities and fraud. The company last September filed a demand for arbitration with the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague asserting that Ecuador’s handling of the Lago Agrio litigation amounts to a breach of the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty.

To view Dr. Calmbacher’s full sworn deposition, see
www.chevron.com/ecuador/depo.pdf.

Additional information on the Ecuador lawsuit can be found at www.chevron.com/ecuador.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conductbusiness worldwide. The company’s success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of its employees and their application of the most innovative technologies in the world. Chevron is involved in virtuallyevery facet of the energy industry. The company explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and other energy products; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

Be right back.
Peter

What Is OSA

Health and Science for 041110

Hey folks,

"Hey Pete. Glad to hear you may be coming back. What is OSA? Is that not from the Bionic Man or something?"

No, that is the OSI, where Oscar Goldman worked. The Office of Strategic Intelligence, or as some would argue, The Office of Scientific Intelligence.

OSA is Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I talked about it a while back when the first Specialist I was seeing said that I had it. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Health and Science For Sunday 062809. Well, there is a new study out there that pretty much backs what all the others have said. Charles Osgood had it Thursday.

SLEEP APNEA MAY RAISE STROKE RISK FOR MEN.

The Osgood File. I'm Charles Osgood on the CBS Radio Network.

It's quite common that sometimes when a person is sleeping, the upper airway is momentarily narrowed or blocked, and it disrupts your sleep and breathing.

Now, in and of itself, this is not life-threatening. But, there is mounting evidence that sleep apnea, as it's called, increases the risk over time of something that is life-threatening: a stroke.

And the strongest evidence of this is in a new report by researchers from the Sleep Heart Health Study.

SOT - Dr. Susan Redline, of Case Western Reserve University

"Individuals --- in particular, men --- were at markedly increased risk of developing a stroke, with even mild to moderate levels of sleep apnea."

More from the lead author of that study, Dr. Susan Redline of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, after this...

The new study by researchers from the Sleep Heart Health Study is the most comprehensive yet of the relationship between sleep apnea and strokes.

SOT - Dr. Susan Redline

"The risk was such that with small increments in sleep apnea --- that is, the number of times your breathing stops or is reduced at night --- there was a progressive incremental rise in risk of developing a stroke over an eight-year period of time."

Women get sleep apnea, too --- but Dr. Redline says...

SOT - Dr. Susan Redline

"Overall levels of sleep apnea were greater in men --- and the age of our sample was such that we have inferred that many of the women who did have sleep apnea likely had it for a shorter period of time than men."

Why is that?

SOT - Dr. Susan Redline

"Men may be at greater increased risk for stroke than women, because they're often exposed to sleep apnea that's undiagnosed for long periods of time. They may develop it at relatively young ages or middle age --- unless it is a stress that occurs for many, many years..."

The study results are calling attention to something that could be important for both men and women. The good news is...

SOT - Dr. Susan Redline

"It's easily diagnosed, it can be treated --- and may help reduce that risk."

The Osgood File. Charles Osgood on the CBS Radio Network.

The Osgood File. April 8th, 2010.

So again, as my Doctor, Dr. K told me.

I asked why the head aches, tiredness, and other various problems, he said, "You already know the answer to that. It's your Obstructive Sleep Apnea. We need to do something about that as well, but let's take care of this thing first. Let's make sure that I'm right. But OSA will wear your body out. You are not getting enough sleep, nor are you getting enough oxygen. Therefore your immune system is down, your tired all the time, and you get the head aches."

That is what the first Specialist told me as well. More than just tiredness, OSA will cause MANY health problems, although mostly minor, but over time, can increase risks of other things. He said, get treated for it, "it will change your life."

So I hope that helps you out there. Although I would not mind to much being Bionic, I think I will be happy just being able to get a good night sleep.
Peter

Sources:
The Osgood File

DLA For Sunady 041110

Some of you will HATE this. But it's true.

Hey folks,

So? {Laughing} You know her. You love her. You love to hate her. Sarah Palin. She responded to Obama's question as to her experience and or knowledge on Nuclear Weapons. Obama said this.

“Last I checked, Sarah Palin's not much of an expert on nuclear issues."

Well? She responded during the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Friday.



“Obama, with all the vast nuclear experience that he acquired as a ‘community organizer…'”

It doesn't matter what you think of Palin, she is right. This is a honest and open display of Logic. Where DID he get ANY experience? He FAILED at the whole Community Organizer thing. He said so in his book. He never ran a hot dog stand let alone a company. He has NO experience whatsoever.

We keep be told how brilliant he is. Yet no one can present real proof of it. No Educational records. No Health Records. No historic accomplishments. Nothing. He is the most inexperienced person in the room. ANY ROOM. Yet, Reporters report chills down their leg when he speaks, and call him "god like." The smartest President EVER. {Sigh}

Congratulations Sarah Palin, for this display of Logic, you are the DLA this week. Forget all the criticisms and attacks from the Left. They only attack what they fear. And they are SCARED to DEATH of you. Keep it up.

Peter

IWA For Sunday 041110

Who is Amy Klobuchar?

Hey folks,

Let's wrap things up with the IWA. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Who is Amy Klobuchar? A Liberal Loon Democrat. She is pro-choice, supports LGBT rights, favors Socialism. She LOVES Obamacare. She said this.

"This bill is a beginning, not an end, and I will continue my effort to ensure that reform serves the best interests of Minnesota."

She is critical of the Iraq War. She is one of the many Loons that opposed President Bush's plan to increase Troop levels in Iraq in January 2007, claiming it would not work. She Voted for a Bill to set time limits in this addition of Troops which President Bush Vetoed. She then Voted against additional funding for Iraq without such time limits, saying she "simply could not stomach the idea of using our soldiers as bargaining chips."

She opposes free trade agreements that some perceive to cause a loss of jobs in the U.S. However, she has wavered on her opposition on such trade agreements since her election. A current trade agreement with Peru may achieve her support on grounds of expanded labor and environmental protections, even though they contain the same language of past trade agreements. She is a big "Chicken Little Crowd" Member, AKA Greenie. She DID Vote in FAVOR of the controversial "Protect America Act", but then voted against granting Legal Immunity to Telecom Corporations that cooperated with the NSA warrantless surveillance program. You get the point.

Some are currently trying to pass her off as a "Moderate Liberal." They are saying that she would be a GREAT replacement for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Who announced his retirement just the last week or so. She is hardly a Moderate. She is a Loon. A Socialist, and a radical. She even went to the Superbowl with the Obamas. She IS a Perfect pick for Obama. However, even she knows that she is to Loony Left for some to give her a free pass.

ABC's The Note Blog posted the following.

Klobuchar: No Room for 'Wise Slovenian' Like Me on Supreme Court
April 09, 2010 5:39 PM

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Matt Loffman report:

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D) name has been floated in the media as a possible replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

But during a Friday appearance on MSNBC's "Hardball," she once again jokingly dismissed the chances of it ever happening because of controversial speeches she has given during her political career.

"There you go. Shermanesque. As I said the other day on Rachel's show, I couldn't get it because of my past speeches, you know, all the times, remember Sotomayor – the 'wise Latina woman'? You can't imagine how many times I referred to myself as a 'wise Slovenian woman,' Chris. It's over," said Klobuchar.

Klobuchar, who is well-known in Washington for her comedic timing, was elected to the US Senate in 2006. Previously, she served as the chief prosecutor for the most populous county in Minnesota.

On top of any strikes that may come from being a "wise Slovenian," Klobuchar is damaged as a Supreme Court prospect by coming from a state, Minnesota, which has a Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty.

{Laughing} Yes those evil Republicans. Folks, Of course she is on the top of the list. If Obama DOES select her, you will hear these past speeches all over the place. Congratulations Sen. Amy Klobuchar, you ARE the Idiot of the Week. It was NOT the 'wise Latina Woman' comment that was offensive. It was the fact it was a RACIST comment, claiming that White Men were less wise. Then again, but you JOKING about this, yes I understand you were joking, but you joking about this, could ALSO be seen as Racist. What you are ACTUALLY saying is, anyone that opposed Sotomayor, did so out of Racism. So, anyone that opposes you, well? Maybe not Racism, since you are White. Maybe Chauvinism? I know, it couldn't possibly be your history or extreme views. Right?

Peter
Sources:
ABC The Note Blog

GREAT NEWS!

I guess appropriate being so close to Easter.

Hey folks,

I have great news. I went to see a Specialist. He is said to be the best one in Florida and one of the best in the country. I do not have permission to use his name, so we will call him Dr. K.

Dr. K took some time to spend with me. I arrived at his office at 10:30 am and did not walk out the door until 12:15. Other than about 10 minutes to fill out some paperwork, Dr. K was with me. He did some strange things, like look at my hands and fingers, pulled my leg, {Literally} poked and prodded. We went over the Cat Scans and ALL of my, my Mother's, Father's, and GRANDMOTHER'S Medical history. We talked about the other Doctors I have been seeing, the medication I WAS taking, and my job and exercise routine.

He then just stopped. He looked at me and said, "You know Peter, there is NO Doctor on the face of the planet, including me, that can diagnose you with Emphysema or COPD with out a breathing test and a very specific Blood work up."

He told me that he was not impressed at all with the swollen Lymph Node. He said what he sees in the first one is that at the time I took it, I had severe Bronchitis and the second looks like Walking Pneumonia. He said that he does see a birth defect in my lungs. He said I have had it my whole life and most likely, although COULD, most likely will not get worse than it is now. Then he gave me the GREAT NEWS.

He said, in all his years of experience, my age, my exercise routine, and my over all physical condition, he would be MORE than surprised if I have EITHER COPD or Emphysema. I'm going to be taking that Breathing Test and the Blood thing, but he feels that I keep NOT Smoking and doing all the things I do, in the long run, I "will be just fine."

He then said this. "OK. Now that you just found out that you are not going to die tomorrow, do NOT go buy a pack. OK?" {Laughing} I asked why the head aches, tiredness, and other various problems, he said, "You already know the answer to that. It's your Obstructive Sleep Apnea. We need to do something about that as well, but let's take care of this thing first. Let's make sure that I'm right. But OSA will wear your body out. You are not getting enough sleep, nor are you getting enough oxygen. Therefore your immune system is down, your tired all the time, and you get the head aches."

So OK. First thing first I guess. But I DO THANK Dr. K. I thank him very much. For his time, expertise, and his {what seemed to be} genuine concern.

I also want to thank all of you for your concern, Prayers, and kind words. I really DO appreciate each and every one of you. Just to name a few, but not all my a long shot, THANK YOU Paula, Bethany, and D.S. Harford. Thank you Peter, Bill, and Anne. Thank you very much Ellen who just posted this a few days ago.

"good info, Peter. A "heads-up", if you have asthma along w/copd-emphysema, as i do, lvrs is not an option. Prayer, exercise, quit smoking, but most of all - Prayer. So far, it has had the most benefit."

Well it worked for me Ellen, and I will say a special Prayer for you. Thank you Jody, Barb, Jane, BTN, and all of you. Each and every one.

With this GREAT NEWS, and my family encouraging me to get back to what I love to do, I will be coming back to the OPNTalk Blog. I will try to begin THIS Sunday 4-11-10 for the Big Sunday Edition. Oh thank you Justin, I will be posting that this Sunday. I'm not the only one following this closely. Peter will be interested in this as well I'm sure. {Smile} Most likely not liking it, but facts are facts.

Anyway. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. For your words of encouragement, Prayers, and patience. See you all on Sunday!
Peter