Blame, Dreams, and The Void of Substance

Even the Dreamers are saying "IF", and "Maybe."

Hey folks,

So why have we not completely switched over to the beloved "Green Energy" in this Country? Why is "Green Energy" not the Energy of the World? We are. Yes America. It's our fault. Oh, and of course Mother Nature. This piece in the New York Times gives you a GREAT inside look into the mentality of the Kooks, uh, Dreamers. It is well worth the read.

Basically JOHN M. BRODER, the Writer of this Piece, is blaming Nature and US for slowing down this "Green Movement." Yes folks, it is OUR fault that the World is not moving faster toward the Green Dream.

He starts out blaming Nature. It is Nature's fault that Nuclear Energy has slowed. He said that is was the Tsunami and Earthquake in Northern Japan in March that "shook faith in the safety of nuclear power worldwide." He talks about how a major Nuclear Plant Builder, Siemens, the largest Engineering Company in Europe, "would no longer build Nuclear Power Plants anywhere in the World."

The company’s chairman, Peter Löscher, said that Siemens was ending plans to cooperate with Rosatom, the Russian state-controlled nuclear power company, in the construction of dozens of nuclear plants throughout Russia over the coming two decades.

They will simply find someone else. This doesn't mean that Nuclear is dead. But it will most definitely slow the process. But then he blames US, for not joining the UN and NOT spending enough Money.

Even before Fukushima, the future of nuclear energy in the United States was already shaky because of the high cost of building and insuring nuclear plants there, and because — unlike Germany and other European countries — the United States has not moved aggressively toward requiring renewable, noncarbon-emitting power generation.

“Two things have happened in the last year, both affecting nuclear power negatively,” said Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, a nonpartisan research organization. “First Fukushima, and then the rising supplies and falling prices of natural gas have fundamentally changed the economics of nuclear power.” Utilities find it far cheaper to turn to natural gas for supplemental power generation and see no value in investing in new nuclear generating plants, which can cost $10 billion or more, he said.

Natural gas now sells for $4 to $5 per thousand cubic feet, or 28.3 cubic meters, in the United States, far below its peak price. “If natural gas were still selling for $13,” Mr. Grumet said, “we’d be building several nuclear plants right now.”

Yup. He blames us for using Natural Gas, and the fact he thinks that Natural Gas is just so damn cheap. It does not say it here, but the Kooks also hate our cheap Gas Prices. Too Cheap! There is no reason for us to switch to, uh, ?? We just keep using what we have and KNOW works. Damn it.

Because the United States has not adopted a national climate change policy that would drive demand for nonpolluting energy sources, the prospects for alternative energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal and hydro are poorer in the United States than elsewhere else in the world. Renewable energy also suffered a sharp blow in the United States in September with the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a once-promising solar energy venture in California that received $535 million in federal loans. Republicans in Congress seized on the collapse of the company to question the Obama administration’s approach to supporting alternative energy ventures and the concept of so-called green jobs.

Solyndra was NEVER a once-promising solar energy venture that would create Green Jobs. It was a SHELL Company and a Money Laundering Scheme. That's all it, and MANY others like it, ARE. But we are not spending ENOUGH! Nope. According to Mr. Broder:

The American Energy Innovation Council, a group of American business executives concerned about what they call under-investment in basic energy research, issued a call recently for a tripling of government spending on clean energy research and development. They said that the energy sector in the United States spent a fraction of what other industries, like pharmaceuticals, devoted to advancing new technology.

Yeah, so NO evidence of success AT all in the Green Energy Industry. As a matter of fact, evidence is STRONG AGAINST it, yet they want to TRIPLE our throwing of money away. Money we do not have, on a Market that doesn't exist, to support a solution that doesn't exist. This is who these people are folks. If we would just get with the UN program, we would be sitting pretty. By 2050 Green Energy sources could provide 77 percent of the primary Energy Supply Globally. I though we only had ten years left? Or is it 20? Or was it 10 like 20 years ago. I'm confused. So what do we do UNTIL 2050? And what is that "Green Energy Source" that will accomplish this? {Crickets Chirping} "Uh, that's why we have to spend more money Pete. We have to find it. If we just got off of Oil, raise the price of Natural Gas to $13 Bucks, and Gas to $5.00 a gallon, people would HAVE to go Green. We have to switch." And I repeat, switch to WHAT?

At least they do site someone with a bit of intelligence here.

Daniel Yergin, the energy historian, notes in his new book, “The Quest,” that energy demand will grow 70 percent to 80 percent over the next two decades, and that the demand will largely be met with oil, gas and coal — used more efficiently. He noted that automakers, driven by government fuel efficiency mandates in the United States and China, or high fuel prices in Europe, are building a vastly more efficient fleet of cars and light trucks than in the past.

He added this.

However, Mr. Yergin said, the number of cars on the road is expected to double by midcentury, to two billion from one billion today, taxing fuel supplies, road networks and the atmosphere.

Mr. Yergin is less bullish on green energy than Dr. Pachauri. He predicted that more than 80 percent of world energy would be supplied by carbon-based fuels 20 years from now, but he did note that there continued to be encouraging developments in alternative energy technology.

“What kind of energy mix will meet the world’s energy needs without crisis and confrontation?” Mr. Yergin asked in “The Quest.” That is yet to be seen, he wrote, and lead times for innovative technologies may be long because of the scale and complexity of the global energy supply network. The competition for energy investment dollars will be between what he calls the incumbents — oil, gas and coal — and new entrants — wind, solar and biofuels.

“A transition on this scale, if it does happen,” he wrote, “has great significance for emissions, for the wider economy, for geopolitics and for the position of nations.”

As I keep saying. It's OK to Dream. I will even share the Dream. When someone comes along and says "I have Product A that will change your life. It is THIS. It works like that. You can afford it now and in the future. All you have to do it XYZ, 123, and done." I will jump on the bandwagon. But as of yet, there is no one saying that they have A. There is nothing to switch to. There is no Market. There is only Dreams. I live in Reality. This is where my Home is. This is where I Work. I wake up in the Morning and THIS is what I have to deal with. I have to go to the Gas Station to fuel my Car. Pay my Electric Bill. Fly on Planes. ETC. I live in a World that runs on Oil. Sorry. But until you come up with A, all you are doing is Dreaming.
Peter

Sources:
NYT - The Year of Peril and Promise in Energy Production

NO Comparison to Tea Party

Preview for Sunday 100911

Hey folks,

Check out these Headlines. No Unified Message... , Bloomberg: 'Occupy Wall Street' Hurting NYC Economy..., Park Not Cleaned In 3 Weeks..., Protester defecates on police car... , Air and Space Museum closes after guards clash with protesters..., Just to name a few. People are being arrested. Property Damage being done. You ask some of these Idiots "Why are you here?" You get the Deer in the Headlight stare. Some of them are being Buses around by Billionaires and Liberal Organizations and some are even being PAID to PROTEST. {Sigh} Sad really.

Tea Party Protests are Clean, Orderly. They do not block anything. They pick up when they leave. They, most of them, HAVE JOBS. Most of them, pay their own way. They are not PAID to be there. They supply their own needs. They do not beg those that they are Protesting to GIVE them FREE stuff. They HAVE a Clear and concise message. There is NO Comparison to Tea Party. These Kooks are Paid Protesters and Brain Dead Sheeple. Did you catch the Video of the Chant? These are the people that join the Cults out there.

Anyway, Happy SUNDAY!!!! Welcome to the OPNTalk Big Sunday Edition. I am of course your Provocateur of Thought Peter Carlock. Glad you stopped by today. Coming right up?

So Teaching Someone the Truth Is BAD?
Caregiver Village For the Caregivers of America
DLA for Sunday 100911
IWA for Sunday 100911

All that coming right up. You REALLY have to get to know the Caregiver Village. Also, as always, if YOU want to be a part of the OPNTalk Blog, or just say Hi, the Email is opntalk@gmail.com.

Oh yeah, YES! I am "Pete from Stuart." If you listen to "The Conversation with Rich Stevens" A Local Morning Show on 850 WFTL, you may have heard him refer to "Pete from Stuart" a few times on Friday. You most likely will from now on. While he is on the Show, I sometimes Text him and from time to time he will comment on it On Air. Well, BG asked if that was me. Yup! Yeah it was pretty funny. It is a GREAT Show. If you do not live in Florida, most of you don't, you can check it out on the Site. They also do live Internet Stream.

Going to fill my cup, be right back.
Peter

So Teaching Someone the Truth Is BAD?

If it may effect their Decision to do the right thing? I guess it IS bad.

Hey folks,

Are you looking at a health situation right now? Did someone tell you that you need Surgery? Have you looked into the FACTS and Options to this? I hope so. Are you looking to buy a Home? A Car? Have you looked into all the Facts and All the possible draw backs? Is it safe? Has the Car been flooded, in an accident? Is there alternatives? That may work better for you? Are you looking for a Job? Have you looked into all aspects? What is the Job description? Pay? ETC?

So when a Women becomes Pregnant, and then is contemplating making a decision to possibly Abort it, why is it WRONG for her to learn all the FACTS about what she is about to do? It's not. But it seems to be when it comes to the Liberal Pro-Death Libs. If it may effect their Decision to do the right thing? I guess it IS bad. Right?

According to AOL News - Michele Bachmann Proposes Mandatory Ultrasounds For Women Seeking Abortions

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would force women in the early stages of pregnancy to have a physically invasive and medically unnecessary ultrasound procedure before they can legally consent to having an abortion.

OK stop right there. Have you even HAD an Ultrasound? My Wife has had many. It is NOT invasive. You lift your shirt, have some cream rubbed on your belly, and a wand is moved over you. Big Deal. That's not invasive.

The "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" requires doctors to make the fetal heartbeat visible and audible to the woman prior to the abortion procedure and to describe the ultrasound image to her in detail, even if she prefers not to hear about it. If the woman is between four and five weeks pregnant, the doctor has to perform a "transvaginal ultrasound" in order to hear the heartbeat, which involves a probe and can be physically uncomfortable for the woman.

"It's similar to a pelvic exam, which can come with discomfort for the woman, and it's invasive," said Dr. Nancy Stanwood, an obstetrician and board member of the health advocacy group Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. "It's also medically unnecessary. Some politicians might see it as ideologically necessary, but it's medically unnecessary, so the government telling you that you need to have one sounds ridiculous on many levels."

OH. OK. Now I get it. But this is not the reason why they do not want it. Just hang on. I may surprise some of you. But this is not why they do not want it. They do not want it because it will show Women that it REALLY is a Baby. It's NOT a Medical Procedure. It is NOT some mole or something. It is a BABY. A Human Being. It may make them change their mind. Which is the whole point.

Bachmann says the bill is intended to coax women who are considering getting abortions into changing their minds and carrying their pregnancies to term.

“A study by Focus on the Family found that when women who were undecided about having an abortion were shown an ultrasound image of the baby, 78% chose life," she said in a statement.

Now it goes on to talk about this Doctor that makes a living out of Murdering Innocent Lives, A Dr. Stanwood, who performs multiple Abortions a week, says it won't matter. Blah, blah, blah. But here is where I may surprise some of you. I AGREE. There should NOT be some Law requiring this.

OK I know, I know. What? Right? I do not feel that the Government should be creating new Laws that hinder our Freedoms. I do feel that the Government had NO RIGHT whatsoever to make Abortion Legal. I think it should be overturned. I think Abortion is the Murder of an Innocent Life. I think if a Doctor, decided that this was a part of the Procedure before they provide the Aborting, then I'm all for it. I do not think the Government should tell that Doctor NO. But right now, Abortion IS Legal. So, in that case, I do not want Government Creating Laws to FORCE someone to go through a Medical Procedure that is not Medically Necessary.

I can hear some of you now. "Pete, does that mean that Government should not restrict Abortion? Do you think that the Parental Notification should be done away with?" NO! A Minor is a Minor. If they can not get their ear pierced without Parental Notification, then they can not have an Abortion. I'm not for anarchy. I do not think Abortions {Late Term} should be INCREASED by Law either. As long as they are Legal. I say the Government needs to stay out of it. Just like anything else. I do not think the Federal Government should be interfering in State Rights on this or anything else either.

Would I like Women to learn what they are about to do? Have all the facts? Hear the Heart Beat. See the Baby? YES. But Government creating a Law to do it? No. Who is going to pay for that? ETC. Until it is overturned, we have to deal with it as is. Sorry Michele, I get what you are trying to do. I really do. But we can not tell the Government they can not mandate Obamacare, then say they CAN require us to spend money on Medical Procedures that are not Medically Necessary.
Peter

Sources:
AOL News - Michele Bachmann Proposes Mandatory Ultrasounds For Women Seeking Abortions

Caregiver Village For the Caregivers of America

Health and Science for Sunday 100911.

Hey folks,

In today's Health and Science Segment, I want to talk about YOU. A VERY SPECIAL YOU. You are not alone. If you are a Caregiver, you are among some 50 MILLION others out there, experiencing life as you are today.

For the first 11 years of my life, I lived in a big house with my Mother, Aunt, and Grand Parents. My Dad leaving when I was 13 Months Old. I've talked about growing up in Salisbury Mills NY, many times. I have shared how it was the BEST times of my life. How my Grandmother instilled a lot of the Morals and Points of View I still have today. The fact that I do not even believe she had Locks on the Door. I have talked about how she basically raised me, my Mother Working at the time to help pay Bills. I've talked about my Best Friend Billy. All these things. But what I haven't really talked all that much about, is the fact that my Grandfather had Parkinson Disease. Oh, I've mentioned it. I talked about how he could do nothing for himself. How my Grandmother took care of his every need. But I have not REALLY shared that.

One fateful day, my Grandmother, sleeping in her Chair, heard my Grandfather calling. She got up, and dropped from a major Heart Attack. Doctors said she was dead before she hit the Floor. Her Heart just exploded. EVERY DAY for the whole 11 years of my life EVERY DAY, from morning to night, ALL night, 24-7, my Grandmother took care of my Grandfather. She also raised me, my Friend Billy, my Aunt, took care of my Mother, Cooked for the Family, and even for some less fortunate in Town. But NO ONE, knew what that REALLY meant until she was gone.

My mother, and Aunt, learned REALLY fast what it meant to take care of some one's every need, 24-7. They would admit to you to this very day, that they had NO IDEA! Then to do all the other things she did? She must have been a Super Woman. She WAS! But then, there are a LOT of Super People out there. They are all, for whatever reasons, doing the same. You are not alone.

I want to introduce you to Caregiver Village. Folks this truly is amazing. It's an online Community designed exclusively for those who provide Care for anyone with Special Needs. Caregiver Village Members connect with friends, participate in Book Clubs with Celebrity Authors, Journal, play Mystery Games, Solve Puzzles. I'm not kidding. There is a lot to do. But most important than all that? Other than meeting people going through the same things, and being able to support each other, you will also learn valuable information about Caregiving.

From their Website:

At Caregiver Village, we’re here to serve the needs and concerns of today’s caregivers. Its a place to connect with other people who face similar challenges, obtain valuable resources, share journal entries and read those of others about caregiving journeys. Visitors can meet well-known authors and participate in their book clubs and play our Village Chronicles game, for learning or just for fun.

The Village Chronicles is an entertaining on-line mystery adventure story that integrates caregiving situations into a game-like atmosphere. You can connect with your friends, find links to valuable resources within Caregiver Village, solve puzzles, achieve ranks, and earn badges. It’s a learning experience that is engaging and fun.

It really is. I'll admit something to you. I'm being honest here. I hope I do not offend anyone here, but the truth is, I get a lot of Emails asking me to plug this or that. Asking me to post links for support for this and or that. In very RARE occasions, I will take the time to go to the site and check it out. And in even MORE RARE situations, I post them here. Most I do not even click.

I went here. I went to this Site for TWO reasons. One, I lived it. I understand that those that fall into a Caregiver Role, for whatever reason, and they make the decision to take that role on, instead of looking for alternatives, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, that sort of thing, are VERY Special People. Some of these things, all have GREAT Purposes, and I understand and do appreciate what they do, they can also be Dumping Grounds.

Reason two, I understand the POWER of togetherness. The pure Strength that two people can draw from one enough that are going through the same or extremely similar things. In the Military, Soldiers find this bond to be stronger than Marriages, Family, ETC. Those that survive Disasters? Same thing. It's one of those things that you can not even imagine, unless you live it. Nothing is more traumatic than becoming a Caregiver. To give up one's life, to put their Hopes and Dreams on hold, to care for someone else's EVERY need, 24-7. In a lot of these cases, on top of just the daily grind, you have to throw in there, the fact that they are watching the one they love, slowly disappear before their very eyes. I'm starting to watch this take place again, this time with my Mother In-Law, taking the Role of Caregiver to my Father In-Law, who is showing signs of Alzheimer's. Also from their Website:

Facts

The societal problem:

Despite millions of government dollars and hundreds of dedicated websites, family caregivers are in trouble. With over 60 million family caregivers in the U.S. alone, many caregivers become sick (with nearly twice the rate of chronic illnesses as their non-caregiving peers); they’re depressed (40-70% report significant feelings of depression), they face a significantly increased risk of stroke, and they’re frustrated, unable to find resources or solutions they need to help with the enormous burden thrust upon them. They’re also costly to our economy accounting for an estimated $33.6 billion in lost productivity.
The caregiver’s problem:

Family caregivers are exhausted, stressed to the point of illness and frustrated by their isolation. Caregiver Village’s virtual village creates a close knit community where caregivers can discover a sense of deep personal satisfaction – and escape – from the hard, intense work of family caregiving; while simultaneously learning how to handle their stress and building online connections with people in exactly the same situation as them.

It’s time for a new solution. It’s time for Caregiver Village.

•An escape from worries; an innovative way to gain new skills.Games and episodic TV works because they provide escape. Caregiver Village engages caregivers for hours as they play an episodic game while they engage and learn. They return to play the next episode deepening their engagement and learning.

•Real support and connections. Caregivers need support. Caregiver Village creates an online ‘village’ environment where caregivers engage for hours as they interact with others while they and learn and escape. People connect based on common needs and interests in a place that becomes their own village of support and encouragement.

•The power of sharing. Caregivers need to share their story with others. Caregiver Village gives caregivers a means to share their story through the creation of an online journal, guided by supportive experts and well know real life authors. These authors host discussion groups and interact with village members. They help them share their own stories and they discuss topics of community interest.

•A treasure trove of resources. While Caregiver Village is an escape and outlet for stress, it is also packed full of valuable resources for caregivers. Over 1,000 resources, including courses, tip sheets, caregiving products and hundreds of links to disease specific resources are personalized to their needs.

•Advanced technology. Caregiver Village is not just a website. It is a technologically advanced product that uses the most modern technologies available - mobile technology, gamification, social networking, social media, web based course delivery and other advanced technologies - to solve one of the country’s most desperate problems.

I went there. I signed up. I am now a member of the Caretaker Village. And you can too. Just go here: Caregiver Village, and sign up. The first year is FREE. If you find it, which I'm sure you will, if you find it a most valuable resource and tool for you, it's only $49.99 a year. That's AFTER a First YEAR FREE!

Folks, trust me on this one. If you are a Caregiver, you NEED to take some time out to at least check them out. You are not alone, and you do not have to go through this alone. If you know someone who is a Caregiver, check it out FOR them. Then you can decide if they should add it to their daily help. My Grandmother had no one to lean on. No one to learn from. She did this all herself. You do not have to. Your Caregiver Friend or Family Member, doesn't have to. Caregiver Village is here for you. All you have to do is check them out, and like me, you can become a Member. A Friend. A Confidant. Perhaps even a SOURCE of information and Strength for someone else. I went there. Now I'm a firm believer. It's well worth the time.
Peter

Sources:
Caregiver Village

DLA for Sunday 100911

From an unlikely source, the TRUTH flows.

Hey folks,

Up until just recently, it was a forgone conclusion that no matter who the GOP put up, The Media will have little problem destroying, and Obama will simply Wallace in for another 4 years.

Lets face it. Obama is still Black. He is still Brilliant {According to the Media and the Lib Left, still no proof of this whatsoever.} Republicans are still Racists, Bigoted, Chauvinistic, Homophobes that want nothing more that to Protect the Rich Fat Cats, and Screw the little People. If they are Conservatives, then add in there Stupid as well. There is NO WAY that anyone on the Right could beat Obama.

However, that WAS until people starting waking up. That was until people actually put aside the completely Bogus Stereotypes, created by the the Left and the Media, and actually starting to LISTEN to the Candidates. To the Conservative Message. They started to like what they heard.

Look, the truth is, Liberal Ideals are NICE. They are GOOD Ideas. EVERYONE can agree that the world could indeed be a better place if we lived by some of them. Consider a World without War. Who doesn't want that. Consider the Lion laying down with the Lamb. Consider a World where money meant NOTHING. Who wouldn't be happy with that? Consider a World where we could wake up and go about our day without leaving any kind of "foot print" or mark, on the Planet. Where we could fly around in Solar Powered Hover Cars, drink clean water straight from Mountains, Sleep at night being cooled by a cool Breeze created solely by the Wind itself. Love not War. Green everywhere? Who could be against any of that?

The problem is, THAT is not reality. It is not now, never has been, it CAN NOT BE. Reality is that War is real. The Lion EATS the Lamb. Oil makes the World turn. Unfortunately, because of US, Money is a necessity. If you like it or not.

Reality is not fair. It is not always Just. The American Dream is so great, for the sole reason that ANYONE can achieve it. ANYONE. You can strive for Greatness in this Country, and you can achieve it. Look at Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Herman Cain. All came from NOTHING, and are now the Millionaires and Billionaires that Obama talks about. But then again, so is HE.

However, Reality is also cruel for some. If you do not eat, you die. Simple enough to understand. If you CHOSE to be content doing what you are doing, and strive for nothing more, then you get what you get. If you CHOSE to stay home and be dependant on the System, then you will be one of those that feel jealousy and hatred towards those that DID make something of themselves. But you have no one to blame be yourself. Seriously. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Herman Cain, Vince McMahon, and Opera Winfrey making their Millions and Billions, have NO effect on me. If Rush Limbaugh lost his Millions, it would have no effect on me. I would not make a DIME more if Bill Gates lost his. However, in Reality, I could go to work for Rush. I could go to work for IBM, Gateway, or APPLE. I could work for the WWE or become a Camera Guy for Opera. I could make a good Salary. But I could never go to work for someone sitting on their couch WATCHING Opera, collecting a Government Check.

The American Dream is great because instead of Working for Rush, I could go out and get my own Radio Show. If I'm good enough, I could BE Rush. I could sit in my garage, and come up with the next big thing, and become Bill Gates. I could envision a NEW TV Show, and BECOME Vince McMahon, or Opera. Since the founding of this Country, the American Spirit, the American Dream, has MADE this Country what it is today. Well, what it WAS until around 2005. What Bush started at the encouragement of Obama and other Liberals, Obama walked right in and took over.

It is, without doubt. ANY Doubt whatsoever, Liberal Ideals and Agendas that have gotten us into this mess. It is because Liberal Ideas are OPPOSED to what America Stands for. Freedom. The American Dream has been replaced by a Liberal One. An unattainable Utopia of Fairness and Equality for all. Where nothing costs anything, and everyone is equal no matter the amount of work or decisions made by themselves.

Well, we have a President that has brought to pass, a lot of the Liberal Dreams. The American people are learning that they are FALSE. Failed Policies and the Reality is, they simply make things WORSE for all. Now they are hearing the Truth, about what made this Country Great. Conservatism. Freedom. And yes, FAITH. They are waking up. They are starting to listen.

So do not believe that Obama is a shoo-in. Do not believe the early MMD Polls showing that he is still in the Lead. Do not believe that there is no one that can beat him. They DON'T! When asked if he though Obama could loose in 2012, that the Mood in the Country, and the Tea Party, was strong enough to beat Obama, our Winner of the Display of Logic Award said this.

“Oh, absolutely! Absolutely! It's strong enough to beat both of us. Look, no matter what the circumstance, at the end of the day, the American people right now are in real trouble. An even larger percentage have stagnant wages. And a significant majority of the American people believe that the country is not moving in the right direction. That is never a good place to be going into re-election, whether it’s your fault or not your fault. It’s almost sometimes irrelevant.”

WOW! I will give credit where credit is due. From an unlikely source, the TRUTH flows. It is because of Obama that we are in this mess. It is because of Liberal Ideas and Agendas, that "the American people right now are in real trouble. An even larger percentage have stagnant wages. And a significant majority of the American people believe that the country is not moving in the right direction." VP Biden knows it. Obama knows it. The Media knows it. The PEOPLE know it.

Congratulations VP Biden. I do not agree with 99 percent of the things that come out of your mouth, but Like Bush, I love hearing you say them from time to time. But this? THIS I agree with you one hundred percent. You ARE the Winner of the Display of Logic Award, for today, Sunday, October 09th, 2011.
Peter

Sources:
Hot Air - Biden echoes Obama’s “underdog” claim: GOP “strong enough to beat us”

IWA for Sunday 100911

Try as hard as they may, they will NEVER duplicate the Tea Party.

Hey folks,

So out of nowhere, came a movement. They called themselves the Tea Party. The Media, ignored them. Hoped that they would just go away. Then they grew. The Media? The Left? Continued to ignore them. They grew more, then the Left started to denouce them, down play their importance. They grew. Now the Left had no option left, they HAD to ATTACK them. Then 2010 happened. 2010 solidified the Tea Party as who and what they are, a REAL Grass Roots, true MOVEMENT crossing all Racial, Financial, and Gender boundaries.

Now we are heading to the 2012 Elections. Perhaps the most important Elections EVER in the History of this Country. The VERY Country itself is on the line here. NOBODY is happy with the Liberal Ideals, that have brought us to where we stand today. The absolute and utter MESS this Country is in.

NO ONE is happy with Obama. The Magic is gone. Gone are the days when Obama speaks, and the World Listens. Gone is the Magic of the First Black President. Reality is creeping into the Dreams. People are hurting. The Economy is in Shambles. Obama is showing DAILY he has no clue how to fix any of it. Just showing that all he wants to do is continue his radical and already failed Liberal Agenda.

So, lets see. Racism Charge no longer works. They are still trying, but it isn't working. Trying to convince the American People that they are simply too stupid to understand how brilliant Obama and his Crew are, is no longer working. They are getting caught ANYTIME they lie, by the New Media and the Blogosphere. The Tea Party is REAL and GROWING.

What to do? They attempt to get a REAL Alternative going. Obama comes out and does what he thinks he is best at. Stirring it up. Getting the Masses Uppity. Creating the illusion that all of America's problems are the fault of that little handful of Rich People and those that have nothing and losing what they have left is because of the Rich Fat Cats. It worked to a degree. But not as much as he needs. So what to do then? CREATE a Movement. Give the illusion, that there is a REAL Grassroots Movement that is out there rising up.

This really has been kind of funny to watch. Like 5 to 10 people holding professional Signs up and the Media is all over it. Attempting to give credibility and legitimacy to what is nothing. Then Obama and Crew pull out all the stops. Soros, and other Loon Libs start funding this thing. Liberal Kook Groups start busing people in. Even some of the Protesters are PAID Protesters. The others there? Completely brain dead Sheeple. "Why are you here?" "Uh, I don't know, I'll get back to ya."

So even know it is completely obvious to ANYONE watching that this is completely bogus and controlled SHOW, the Media and others are attempting to make you think this is all REAL.

Without further ado, here is our Idiot of the Week.

Hoffa: Teamsters Stand in Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street Movement

Official Statement of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is the official statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa issued today about the Occupy Wall Street protest:

Now I will interrupt this crap with a dose of REALITY.

"No one should be surprised that Occupy Wall Street is gaining support and spreading quickly around the country. The American Dream has disappeared for students, whose reality is debt and unemployment."

Thanks to Obama.

"The dream disappeared for workers forced to take wage cuts by employers sitting on billions of dollars in profits."

Thanks to the Uncertainty created by Obamacare and the REST of Obama and Crew's Liberal Agendas

"The dream disappeared for working families who paid too steep a price for Wall Street's greed, stupidity and fraud.

No, substitute Obama for Wall Street. THAT is the whole reason the Country is where it is today.

"It's clear what this movement is all about. It's about taking America back from the CEOs and billionaires on Wall Street who have destroyed our nation's economy. It's about creating good jobs. It's about corporate America treating its workers and customers with honesty and fairness and paying its fair share to stimulate the economy.

"Teamsters all over the country are participating in Occupy Wall Street events, and I support and encourage them. We stand in solidarity with Americans who want better lives for themselves and for future generations."

{Sigh} Truth is folks, he lays out a GREAT explanation for why the Tea Party came about. It is all true when you put the Blame where it belongs. At the foot of Obama. What he is attempting to do here is try to get you to believe that this new "Movement" is as real and legitimate as the Tea Party. But it is far from it. The Tea Party is REAL Life. This Liberal "Movement" is Hollywood. A Show. NOT real. When the money goes away, so will they.

Congratulations Hoffa, you are the Idiot of the Week. The reason that YOU and the Unions are joining is two fold. First, you are simply following orders by Obama and Crew themselves. Second, you are fighting for your very survival. Unions are all but DEAD and Dying. You KNOW, if the "wrong" person gets elected President, they may actually speed up the Process. But since no one believes you anymore, happy Protesting.

Peter

SOURCE:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Occupy Wall Street

"Hey Pete, what do you think about the "Occupy Wall Street" Movement? Liberal Tea Party? Or just a bunch of "kooks" as you call liberals?"

Hey folks,

Happy Thursday to ya. I may not be here tomorrow, so I wanted to do the "From the Emails Segment" today. This is a question that I have gotten in the past week. A couple of times Via Email, and a few times in person. My response is always the same. They are nothing but Kooks. They do not even know WHY they are there. But now, they are nothing more than an Organized Liberal SHOW. With the complete backing and reporting, by the State Run MMD, they appear much bigger than they really are.

But then Yesterday came. Here I was minding my own business. Driving down the road, when Rush Limbaugh starting talking about them. It was so funny, I got laughing so hard, I had to actually pull off the road. So? Since he can put it far better than I, here is Rush Limbaugh.

RUSH: I mentioned at the open of the program that I got some stuff from the official site of those kooks calling themselves Occupy Wall Street. The official site of these kooks is called General Assembly, and I have here the minutes from a meeting. They posted the meeting minutes on their website and discussed at length, should we sew our own sleeping bags or give in and buy 'em? Here's a little excerpt.

Justine: "I'm concerned that buying new sleeping bags is against the principles that people came here for."

-Why? -
Justine: "I was under the understanding that there is an anti capotalist [sic] --" by the way, capitalist is spelled c-a-p-o-t every time it's written here, capotalist [sic]. "I was under the understanding that there is an anti capotalist [sic] part of this movement and consumptions when we feel emergency need is how we deal with issues in capoticalsm. [sic] Should we address issues the same way."

"That point's been brought up before. On the point of consumption, it will be next to impossible for us to operate without buying some of the stuff we need. We try to balance our principles with our need without making it too difficult. I've been visiting Salvation Army stores and buying as many sleeping bags as I can so I believe it's possible for us to get our supplies from charity stores and the like."

I have an idea. These people, they obviously want to live in their communes, and they want to sew their own sleeping bags, and there's more. I mean that's just a little excerpt. Why don't we find a state with vast wilderness where the federal government owns significant acreage and just give these people a piece of that land. They can knit their own clothes and sleeping bags, they can grow their own food and their own pot, but they will have to walk there. So we make sure it's a western state: Montana, Idaho, a lot of open air out there, a lot of federal land. These people want to live as far away from capitalism as possible, fine, give them the land, they can go knit and sew, do whatever they want to do out there, but of course they can't use the airlines, they can't drive cars. Those are evil, destroying the planet, capitalist.

General Assembly minutes, October 3rd, 7:30 p.m. "Wanted to make sure that we the people are okay with the people up front running it. The people up front are facilitators. Anyone can facilitate if they get in touch with the working group. Bri: Is a co-facilitator. She wants consent on weather [sic] of [sic] not we agree for them to be facilitators. ... Let's move the agenda first. Passed with no blocks."

"The first point, comfort budget." Okay, here's Jeff, he's one of the guys, one of the leaders of the group, they got a budget for comfort. He says, "I work with comfort. We have some major concerned [sic] about people sleeping here. Mainly we need sleeping bags. Sleeping bags cost money and no one is donating sleeping bags. With that in mind we have a proposal to use some of the donated money to buy sleeping bags. We would like to request about 2000 dollars from the fund for sleeping bags. We think if we buy 100 $20 sleeping bags, that would be enough for the time being."

"HOW THIS WILL WORK, we will ask for questions then concernes [sic] then blocks, then we will vote. CHRIS is stack taker: So I just want to know how many people are sleeping here already and if it’s projected that number will increase. Someone on medical counted around 400 the other night and it HAS been increasing. Roney: My question is does the budget requested account for taxes on the sleeping bags?"

These are the minutes. This is what these people were talking about at their board meeting. This is the Occupy Wall Street group.

"David: How long will 20 dollar sleeping bags last with winter coming up? Not very.
Great concern, we have none currently they are the most asked for item. We’d rather buy cheap ones now. We also have more blankets than sleeping bags so you can use blankets in conjunction with sleeping bags. LUKE: How many requests for sleeping bags do we get every day? He doesn’t know off the top of his head an accurate number. But he would guess about 100. Should we not just buy fabric? And construct sleeping bags?"

Then someone goes on to say: "I'm concerned buying a new sleeping bag is against the principles that people came here for." Somebody says, "Why?" "I was under the understanding that there is an anti capotalist [sic] part of this movement and consumptions when we feel emergency need is how we deal with issues in capoticalsm. [sic]"

Then the next set of minutes: needs of the occupiers. Most needed: "Sleeping bags, blankets, tarps, and large clear plastic storage bins to keep it all dry, polar fleece sweaters, pants, socks --" this is what they want people to give them, the Occupy Wall Street kooks. This is what they want people to donate them. It isn't gonna be long, folks, before we are going to hear that the Republicans gave the protesters blankets that were infected with smallpox. You wait. Some of these people are gonna get sick, gonna blame it on Republican donations to try to thin the herd. Well, the Republicans are gonna fix the bridges so they collapse when you drive across one and sabotage all the bridges and so forth. "We're also looking for volunteer legal counsel, doctors, nurses, dentists, mental health professionals, a volunteer accountant, volunteer computer expert, artists, people willing to do loads of laundry, and folks to print off fliers for us. Dedicated, capable volunteers for the food committee."

They've got a website tax deductible monetary donations can be made at. So they want capitalists to give them stuff. Doctors, nurses, they want these people to perform their services free, while they are at the same time protesting everything that would make any of that possible. (interruption) It's obvious that that's what they need. They obviously need more mental health professionals than anything else. And that list of people they need, isn't that a group of people you'd describe as "the rich"? Legal counsel, doctors, nurses, dentists, mental health professionals, an accountant, computer experts, artists? And, of course, people willing to do laundry. Why don't they do their own laundry? Oh, because they're gonna be too busy protesting. Exactly. This is who these people are. This is what they're agonizing over. They need all this stuff, but it's a great conflict, because to go buy it they think is self-defeating. That's helping the "capitolists." So they want the "capitolists," the people they're protesting against to come donate items and their services.

See, these people's mothers usually are the ones doing their laundry, and now mom's not around. It's their mother that makes their beds, but mom's not around. And it's their mom and dad that put food on the table for 'em, but their mom and dad aren't around 'cause they hate their mom and dad 'cause their mom and dad are evil capitalists, so they're out living on the cheap in their mind while asking all the people that actually make the country work to give them stuff.

{Laughing} "So they want capitalists to give them stuff. Doctors, nurses, they want these people to perform their services free, while they are at the same time protesting everything that would make any of that possible." This really is the hypocrisy of Liberalism. This is a REAL Life example. "This is who these people are. This is what they're agonizing over. They need all this stuff, but it's a great conflict, because to go buy it they think is self-defeating. That's helping the "capitolists." So they want the "capitolists," the people they're protesting against to come donate items and their services."

Now we learn that Unions, most likely on orders directly from the White House, are BUSING professional Protesters in to Protest. Most of them will most likely be PAID. Tea Party this is NOT. Liberal or otherwise. This is a Joke. A Saturday Night Live Skit. A show. But I love it. They wants to live free, as long as they get all the creature comforts that Capitalism provides. They just do not want to pay for it.

If you are a Rush 24 Member, please go and check out the Audio. It really is Funnier than Hell. But if not, you get the point reading the Transcript. Have a GREAT Weekend folks, See you SOON!
Peter

Sources:
Rush Limbaugh Radio - Anti-Capitalist Protestors Face Dilemma: Should They Buy Stuff?

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Mother is Coming Back

What I have been saying, is coming to pass.

Hey folks,

All the way back to Monday, December 24, 2007, I was telling you about this. Remember when Time announced it's Person of the Year? Remember who that was? That's Right. It was Vladimir Putin. I said this.

He wants to bring back the Soviet Union. He has threatened to revive the Cold War. Person of the Year?

On Thursday, January 01, 2009, I posted this. I Hope Obama Is Watching I said THIS:

First day into the new year. January 1, 2009, and we see that Russia is continuing it's quest, or Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's quest that is, to bring Russia back to the days of the USSR.

As I have been telling you, Russia is on the move. Putin wants to restore all the Russian Territories and will do pretty much anything to achieve it. The Georgia war was the latest move.

Now it appears to be the Ukraine. Remember back on September 17, 2008 I posted this.

The Russia / Georgia War is NOT a surprise. They want it back. They do not like America being allies with Georgia. Nor do they like the fact that they CHOSE to break away from the Mother Country.

I keep telling you that Putin, wants the old Soviet Union back. First was Azerbaijan. A former Soviet republic that borders the Caspian Sea, and lies just north of Iran. This is where we discovered another Islamofascist terrorist attack being planned to be carried out against the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku.

Then we have Russia invading Georgia. And seizing control of the oil pipelines there. Then I told you that the Ukraine's governing coalition collapsed on that Tuesday in a crisis that threatens to knock the ex-Soviet country of 47 million people off its pro-Western course and back into Moscow's orbit.

Then we learned that he is going to "Run" for President again. Basically, he and the current President are simple going to switch Jobs. Dmitry Medvedev will take over as Prime Minister, and Putin will become President again. Putin To Be President of Russia, The New USSR? Now we learn THIS. According to Reuters - Russia's Putin says wants to build "Eurasian Union" By Gleb Bryanski Reuters – Mon, 3 Oct, 2011

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a "Eurasian Union" in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country's next president.

Putin said the new union would build on an existing Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan which from next year will remove all barriers to trade, capital and labor movement between the three countries.

We know why he is doing this folks. He wants the USSR BACK! He wants the good ol' days of Mother Russia. He WANTS a new Cold War.

"We are not going to stop there and are setting an ambitious goal -- to achieve an even higher integration level in the Eurasian Union," Putin wrote in an article which will be published in Izvestia newspaper on October 4.

You want even more Proof?

Putin, who once called the collapse of the USSR in 1991 "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century," said his new project would not resemble the Soviet Union.

"It would be naive to attempt to restore or copy something from the past. However, a stronger integration on a new political and economic basis and a new system of values is an imperative of our era," Putin wrote.

Russia's relationship with its ex-Soviet neighbors has been troubled by trade and political disputes and even armed conflicts such as the 2008 war with Georgia.

Putin said he saw the new union as a supra-national body which would coordinate "economic and currency policy" between its members. It would also be open to new members.

Putin said that the Customs Union would expand to take in Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. He also made a veiled criticism of Ukraine which chose to stay outside the union citing its commitment to European integration.

Anyone can see the intent here. He can attempt to dress it up anyway he wants. Like Liberals in this country that tell you stripping away your Freedoms are for your own good. ETC. When you KNOW the Person, you understand their actions. He is on his way. Is anyone watching. Is anyone paying attention? We live in a Dangerous World. And it is getting more and more Dangerous by the Minute.
Peter

Sources:
OPNTalk - Person of the Year?
OPNTalk - I Hope Obama Is Watching
Reuters - Russia's Putin says wants to build "Eurasian Union"

Living In "Green" Reality

What Happens when the Government Money, AKA, YOUR Tax Money is not there?

Hey folks,

We have been talking about this for a while. I gave you REAL World examples of how the Free Market works. It is all based on supply and demand. If you, or anyone, comes up with the next big thing, those that want it will sustain it, and it will make you Rich. You will not be able to produce it fast enough.

Look at the real life examples that are out there. Remember the Cabbage Patch Kids? How about Tickle Me Elmo? Look at the I-Phone. Or the New Tablets. If there is a Market, you will not be able to keep up to meet the VAST Demand. You will NOT have to worry about the cost of Production or even Shipping. The Product will sell itself.

So what happens when there is NO MARKET? Well, the Product which is deemed to be a bad Idea, goes away. An investment is lost. A NEW Product comes along to take it's place. Even if there are some that want the Product to succeed really badly, when they run out of money attempting to create an illusion of Demand, the Real World Market comes into play, and the Product goes away. It just takes longer.

So what about Government and "Green Energy?" Same thing. What Happens when the Government Money, AKA, YOUR Tax Money is not there? The Product "Green Energy" can not sustain itself. There is NO MARKET for it. Here is another in a growing line of Real Life Examples of what I'm talking about. According to The Denver Post Online - National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden to cut 100-150 jobs through buyouts By Chuck Plunkett

In both a symbolic and real-world blow to green energy development and the jobs renewable industries are meant to create, the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden announced significant job cuts Monday.

The Golden lab, which saw tremendous investment as part of President Barack Obama's stimulus efforts, said it will use voluntary buyouts to cut 100 to 150 jobs.

So out of 1,350 people, up to 150 of them GONE. If the Government does not step up and give more money to them , for basically NOTHING, more will follow and they may even have to follow Solyndra.

This is why Obama and Crew HAVE to keep propping up all these doomed to fail Companies. Two reasons. Reason one - To continue to create the Illusion that the "Green Movement" is real and Viable. Two - A LOT of this money finds it's way back to the Democrat Party Re-election Coffers.

So I seriously ask you this. To THINK about it. What make more logical sense? To continue to throw Hundreds of BILLIONS of Dollars down the drain, in Shell Games, and to create an Illusion. In areas that have been PROVEN over and over again to FAIL. Areas that INCREASE the Deficit, cost the LOSS of Jobs, DECREASE American Security. OR, do what costs us NOTHING. What costs us NOTHING is simply turning loose those that have been PROVEN time and time again to do the EXACT opposite. INCREASE Revenue in the Hundreds of BILLIONS of Dollars. Create NEW Long lasting REAL Jobs in the Hundreds of THOUSANDS. INCREASE our National Security, and LOWER Energy Costs for ALL.

The last sentence in this Article REALLY says it all.

"This summer is causing most people to look at (green energy development) more soberly and asking, 'Are we getting our bang for the buck?' "

The answer is NO!
Peter

Sources:
The Denver Post Online - National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden to cut 100-150 jobs through buyouts

Should Churches Be Free To Hire Whom They Want?

Preview for Sunday 100211

Hey folks,

That's right. Happy October to ya. It's Sunday October 2nd, 2011 already. How are ya? Welcome to the OPNTalk Blog Big Sunday Edition. Not all that Big today I'm afraid. It is also that time of year. Joshua being back to school, First Grade, brought home a little more than Home Work this week. He also brought home sickness. He was sick, now Eli is, and I am. Once again, Bed, NyQuil, Antibiotics, ETC. So just the basics this Week.

Always remember, if YOU want to be a part of the OPNTalk Blog, or just say Hi, the Email is opntalk@gmail.com. I am of course your Host, Peter Carlock. Coming right up today?

The TRUTH About the AMA
DLA For Sunday 100211
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Like I said, it was just a bit of a chore getting the basics today. Going back to bed in a second. But first, why is this so hard to understand. If you own a Business, say you own a Ford Car Company, why would you hire an Encyclopedia Sales Person to work for you? You wouldn't. More importantly, you would not be FORCED to. So then I ask you this, Why would Churches not be free to Hire whomever they want? According to The Christian Post > U.S.Sat, Oct. 01 2011 12:38 PM EDT - Supreme Court to Hear Case on Church Authority, Hiring RightsDoes "ministerial exception" apply to teachers at religious schools?By R. Leigh Coleman Christian Post Reporter

One of the most important religious cases disputed in years, involving the separation of church and state, will soon come before the U.S. Supreme Court. The legal battle could change whether or not the federal government can dictate or interfere with church authority.

Arguments in the case, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will be heard Oct. 5. The case centers on “ministerial exception,” which is a law that has been on the books for some 40 years.

This “exception” protects churches and other religious groups from discrimination claims against them including issues on hiring and firing employees.

The high profile legal dispute involves Cheryl Perich, a former fourth grade teacher at the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church School. Perich was fired for insubordination and disruptive conduct in 2005. The church congregation that same year approved her termination.

“Called teachers, like Perich, normally receive tenure and may be dismissed only for cause,” according to court records.

Forcing the church to retain Perich after she was fired would be an unconstitutional restriction on its right to choose its religious leaders, church leaders said in a statement.

One of the most important arguments that will come before the Supreme Court in the case is whether the government should be allowed to decide which duties are “religious,” and which are not.

The First Amendment States:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Read it again with me folks. It's not hard to understand. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" Freedom OF Religion. Not Freedom FROM Religion. The "Wall" if you will, was put in place to Protect those that are Faithful FROM the Federal Government. The Federal Government can NOT, and IS BARRED from "prohibiting the free exercise thereof." There is no Wall Of Separation of Church and State. The whole reason this was put in was the Whole Reason we are even HERE to begin with. It Prohibits the Federal Government from ESTABLISHING, or CREATING a Federal Religion. It says that the Federal Government can NOT limit nor restrict ones Religious Freedom.

Now some may argue, and they do all the time, that this means that you can not Pray or set up Christmas Displays on Government Land, or Pray in Government Funded Schools, ETC. They are wrong, but, one could see where they get the argument from. But to say that the Government has a RIGHT to come INTO a Church and dictate whom they can and can not hire, allow to join, or dictate the curriculum, is COMPLETELY and INSANELY wrong!

Attorneys representing the church say Perich caused a scene at the school after taking several months off to address an illness involving a sleep disorder. She ended up threatening to file a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act while discussing her job responsibilities with the principal.

The school, citing concerns about her health, had asked Perich to voluntarily resign her call to be a teacher of religion, or minister under the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod laws. She refused and filed a complaint with the EEOC.

The EEOC and Perich then filed suit in federal district court alleging that the church had retaliated against Perich, which was in violation of the ADA.

In 2008, the district court decided against Perich, ruling that since she had been called as a commissioned minister, her firing was subject to the ministerial exception and thus was not within the court’s right to interfere.

Court records show that in 2010, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Perich was not covered by the ministerial exception because most of her duties were secular, and overturned the decision.

Now, a host of organizations are involved in the legalities of the case including the Becket Fund, the ACLU, the NAACP, the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, human rights organizations, bishops and the federal government.

Douglas Laycock, the attorney on record representing the Lutheran Church, told The Christian Post that this legal battle is unprecedented and could impact every church in the nation.

“Lutheran churches put a heavy weight on teachers and religious education by requiring their teachers take theology courses and they also get a ministerial housing allowance,” Laycock told The Christian Post in a phone interview Friday.

He explained that the purpose of the ministerial exception is to protect the right of religious institutions to choose their own religious leaders.

"This case has the potential to change employment relations in virtually every religious institution in the nation."

Which is the whole point. Those involved in this, are completely Godless Organizations. Liberal Godless Organizations that HATE Religion. Especially anything to do with Christianity. How could a LEADER in a Church have mostly "Secular Duties?" They can't. But who is the Government to decide what is Secular and not?

Experts say it is a legal battle that will start massive controversy and widespread social disruptions. Questions about non-clergy qualifications, the protections of equal employment laws even if they work at religious organizations that claim exemptions to those laws and government involvement in the church, are all sensitive discussions up for debate.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life analyzed the case stating the Supreme Court has never ruled on the 40-year-old legal doctrine, but judges in lower federal courts have used it to exempt religious organizations from anti-discrimination laws and other statutes that regulate how employers treat their workers.

"The big question for the Supreme Court is whether the ministerial exception rule applies to a teacher at a religious elementary school who teaches the full secular curriculum, but also teaches daily religion classes, is a commissioned minister, and regularly leads students in prayer and worship," Laycock said.

The Supreme Court, which has three female justices, will have to find a common ground that “involve inherently religious questions,” and “if the matter is a theological dispute and belongs in the court system."

The American Civil Liberties Union, which submitted an opinion on the case, said in a statement they hope "the justices will narrowly interpret the ministerial exception."

Pew researchers said in a statement that "Hosanna-Tabor case offers the justices an opportunity to mold and shape a doctrine that has existed in lower federal courts for 40 years. The lack of even one prior Supreme Court decision on the doctrine makes it difficult to predict how the court ultimately will rule, but the Hosanna-Tabor case has the potential to change the ministerial exception, perhaps quite significantly."

The Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church in Redford, Mich., operated a K-8 school founded on biblical principles. Teachers at the school are required to serve as Christian role models, and they are tasked with duties such as leading students in prayer, worship, and religious study, according to the school’s website.

The congregation eventually closed the church’s school in 2009.

So sorry, but the fact is, the Church, or ANY Religious organization, has the Right to hire or Fire ANYONE they chose to. It always amazed me, and ALWAYS makes me ask the question, if you do not agree with what ANY ORGANIZATION, Religious or otherwise, WHY join them? It is sad to see the shut down the School. If they were taking Federal Money, I can see the Government having a case here, but if they were not? The Government has NOTHING to say.

Be right back.
Peter

Sources:
The Christian Post > U.S.Sat, Oct. 01 2011 12:38 PM EDT - Supreme Court to Hear Case on Church Authority, Hiring Rights

The TRUTH About the AMA

83 percent folks. 83 percent of Doctors denounce the AMA.

Hey folks,

In today's Health and Science Segment, I want to talk about the AMA. Now I, and many like me, have been telling you that the American Medical Association does NOT represent the Majority of Doctors in this Country. They never really have. But since Obama and Crew took over, more and more Doctors are not only leaving any weak association with the AMA, they are coming right out and DENOUNCING them.

Back when Obamacare was being debated, if you can call it that, the AMA came out and said they, Obama and Crew, have the AMA's full support. Remember that one Photo Opt? Uh, I mean Press Conference, or Healthcare Speech? Yeah that one. The one where the White House was handing out White Doctors Coats to all that were there. To attempt to show that Obamacare was supported by this huge Majority of Doctors? It wasn't true then, and it is NOT true now.

According to Forbes - Doctors And AMA Split Over Contentious Issue Of ObamaCare

For more than 160 years, the American Medical Association has served as the self-appointed chief lobbying group for doctors. But the AMA’s lofty status has been under threat over the last several years — and is under attack today. In fact, the AMA now only counts about 17% of doctors as members.

17 Percent? You know what that means? 83 percent folks. 83 percent of Doctors denounce the AMA. Not kidding.

According to a new survey, the majority of doctors do not believe that the AMA represents their views and interests. Much of that dissatisfaction stems from the organization’s support for President Obama’s contentious health care reform package.

That shouldn’t be surprising. The AMA declares that its core mission is to “help doctors help patients.” But ObamaCare undermines that pursuit by making life harder for physicians and driving down the quality of care available to patients.

Not to mention the fact that NOW The Government Wants Your Health Records. All of Them This directly violate the Doctor Patient Privilege, and is yet another step to put the Government between you and your Doctor.

The survey — conducted by physician recruitment firm Jackson & Coker — is a brutal indictment of both the AMA and ObamaCare. Just 13% of doctors agree with their trade association’s support of the health reform law.

Some doctors are even dissociating themselves from the AMA. Of those who have terminated their membership, 47% cited the organization’s continued backing of the health care law as the primary reason. Increasingly doctors are turning to associations like Docs4PatientCare and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons that actually do represent their interests.

The Jackson & Coker survey joins a large stack of research with similar findings. In February, the National Physicians Survey discovered that more than three times as many doctors believed that the quality of American health care would “deteriorate” rather than “improve” under ObamaCare. Nine of ten physicians think ObamaCare will have a negative impact on their profession.

Get that? "Nine of ten physicians think ObamaCare will have a negative impact on their profession."

There’s no doubt that it will.

Why? For starters, the law doesn’t address one of doctors’ most serious concerns — reimbursement rates for patients covered by Medicare and Medicaid. In fact, it stretches these programs’ shaky finances even further.

It also CUTS Medicaid and Medicare by $500 Million.

On average, physicians treating Medicare beneficiaries receive 81% of the rate private insurers pay. For Medicaid patients, reimbursements are even lower — just 56% of the private rate. In 2009, underpayments to hospitals amounted to $36.5 billion.

Cheerleaders for Medicare and Medicaid claim that the government is just driving a hard bargain. But these underpayments end up hurting both healthcare providers and patients.

Doctors pocket about $20 for each Medicaid patient they see. By contrast, an hour with a privately insured patient means payment of up to $260.

To compensate for lower government rates, doctors must increase their patient load. Every patient consequently spends less time with the doctor.

In some cases, doctors are responding to low reimbursements by refusing to see patients with public insurance. The American Academy of Family Physicians found that 13% of doctors did not partake in Medicare in 2009.

The numbers are even worse for Medicaid. The Houston Chronicle reported that doctors in Texas are leaving the program because of declining reimbursements at an “alarming” rate, with more than 300 drop-outs between 2008 and 2010. In Dallas, just 38.6% of physicians participated in 2009.

Given the paltry amount they’re reimbursed for seeing a Medicaid patient — and the cost of overhead — a doctor may actually lose money on each additional public patient he or she sees.

As the number of doctors who will treat them dwindles, beneficiaries of public insurance often must resort to costly alternatives like emergency rooms (ER) — even if they only need routine care.

More than 30% of Medicaid enrollees visited an ER in 2007, compared to the less than 20% of Americans with private insurance.

These visits exert a huge burden on the U.S. health care system. A 2009 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that treatment for three common illnesses cost an average of $166 at a general practitioner’s office. The very same treatment could run upwards of $570 in an ER.

Up to 27% of visits to ERs across the country are for non-emergency medical treatment. These unnecessary visits end up costing the country approximately $4.4 billion each year.

ObamaCare will only make these matters worse. By 2019, Medicaid will cover at least an additional 18 million Americans. All these new beneficiaries may have nominal insurance coverage. But they’ll struggle to secure a doctor’s appointment and will thus turn to already over-worked ER staffs.

The AMA claims that its top priority is helping doctors. Yet the organization has backed a law that would force some physicians to work longer hours for less pay and others to operate in perpetually overcrowded emergency rooms.

If doctors — those on the front lines of American health care — don’t support this massive overhaul of our medical system, then who can?

So the next time you hear anything about how the AMA recommends this or that, or claims this or that, just understand, even if it is TRUE, that is only 4 Percentage Points above that number of Doctors who will not even treat anyone with Government Run Healthcare. That means that ONLY 17 percent of Doctors MAY agree with what the AMA is claiming. That is right now. Tomorrow? Who knows. But any Organization that claims to represent only 17 percent of the total people in the Field, should be disbanded. For SURE not be taken seriously.
Peter

Sources:
Forbes - Doctors And AMA Split Over Contentious Issue Of ObamaCare
OPNTalk - The Government Wants Your Health Records. All of Them

DLA For Sunday 100211

No matter how you see it, he is right. At least in a way.

Hey folks,

This HAS indeed been fun to watch. Now, after YEARS of us being told a Black Man cannot be a Racist, NOW one is being called a Racist, and he is being called a Racist, by OTHER Black folks. {Laughing}

Now for years we have also been told that Republicans, especially Conservatives, are all Racists, Bigoted, Chauvinistic, Homophobes, that dis-like anyone that is not like them. We have been told that we are all stupid and need those smarter than us, more enlightened, to guide us through Life itself.

So what do you say about a BLACK Conservative Republican? "Nonsense. No such thing." Uh, wrong. "Nonsense!" No really, they are out there. "Name one." Uh, ANY of the many that attend the Tea Parties. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Walter E. Williams, Alan Keyes, Condoleezza Rice, Hell, Curtis James Jackson III, AKA, 50 Cent. "I don't believe you. They must all be Uncle Tom. No Black person would DARE be a Republican. Sure as Hell, NOT a Conservative. You Crazy?" OK. No Black person would DARE be a Republican. Sure as Hell, NOT a Conservative? Why?

Herman Cain thinks he has the answer. What's the question? Why are the majority of Black folks, Democrats? WHY? Herman Cain said this.

"African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view," Godfather's Pizza executive Herman Cain said on CNN's "The Situation Room" in an interview airing Wednesday between 5-7 p.m. ET. "I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open minded, pure and simple."

Cain went on to explain that his interactions with African Americans led him to be optimistic about his own chances with the demographic.

"This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true," Cain said.

He continued, "I believe a third [of African-Americans] would vote for me, based on my own anecdotal feedback. Not vote for me because I'm black but because of my policies."

Well this is NOT sitting well with alot of Blacks out there. Especially Race Baiters like Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher who said this.

First of all, do you think you're going to invite me on the show and then I'm not going to talk about the ridiculousness of that statement? Two things. One is a great way to sort of get people on your side and win voters is to attack their intelligence.

So great job there. Really sensible, Herman Cain.

The second part here is, it's really a teachable moment. You know, if I came on your show, Anderson, and I said, all Jewish people are brainwashed, I probably wouldn't be invited back to CNN and I assure you the condemnation would be swift and it'd be powerful and be strong.

What Herman Cain said was a racist, bigoted statement and it should treated like a racist and bigoted person who makes those racist and bigoted statements.

When pressed to explain how what Cain said would be considered Racist? He said this.

What is the definition of "racism" or "bigotry"? It is in fact putting a blank statement on a whole group of people. And again, Anderson, I guarantee you, if I came on your program and said that all Jewish people were brainwashed, you wouldn't invite me back on this -- on CNN. I would not be back on CNN. I'm sure of that. There's a double standard here. I think this is a teachable moment. COOPER: Don't people often say, though, well, liberals think this, or -- I mean people make vast statements about groups all the time.

I do not believe that. I think he would be asked to explain why he thinks that Jews are Brainwashed. Explain it. He would not be called a Racist. If he said that about Christians, he would get a thunderous Applauds. That is most likely why he said Jews.

Truth is folks, Cain is actually right. No matter how you see it, he is right. At least in a way. How else do you explain why some Blacks continue to Vote Democrat, even though it has ALWAYS been the Democrat Party that:

Attempted to block Desegregation.
Promise over and over again, yet do NOTHING.
Attempt to KEEP the Black Population dependent on Government.

Things continue to get worse and worse for the Black Community, yet they continue to Vote the same People in. I don't have the answer. A caller on Friday, no, Thursday I think, actually said he would Vote Democrat and hope things change for the better. So they continue to Vote Democrats, FOR DECADES, and things continue to get WORSE. Yet, their kids will most likely vote Democrat, because Mom or Dad do. Same with Republicans. Most are Registered what they are just because their Parents were and theirs before them. Some are completely Ignorant of the Past. Some are completely Ignorant to the Tea Party Movement. They actually BELIEVE that it is the Republican Party who are Racist, yet, completely ignore PURE Racist comments made by people like VP Biden, Bill Clinton, even Obama himself, and other Democrats. This is what Cain means. He did NOT say ALL Black people are Brainwashed. He was talking about the phenomena of why this could be. Not ALL. Just the Majority. He was trying to explain why doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different outcome, is not just insanity. But thoughtless action.

Like I said, no matter how you see it, he is right. At least in a way. For the first 3 years or so I Voted Republican. I just went down the list. If they had a "R" after their name, they got my vote. Why? Because my Grandmother was a Republican. My Mother was. So without thought, I signed up as a Republican. Then I started to THINK. Now I'm an Independent thinking Conservative. That is what he was talking about. Blacks choosing to just continue their Family Traditions in the face of such as a Reality as we have now.

Congratulations Herman Cain, you are the Winner of the Display of Logic Award, for today, Sunday, October, yes October folks, 2nd, 2011. Thank you Sir. Please just keep on keeping on. Keep telling the truth. Keep just simply being YOU!
Peter

Sources:
CNN - TRENDING: Cain: Black community 'brainwashed' into voting for Dems By: CNN's Kevin Liptak
Real Clear Politics - Cornell Belcher: Cain's "Brainwashed" Remark Was "Racist, Bigoted"

IWA For Sunday 100211

There is no way she was kidding. She was dead serious.

Hey folks,

Time to wrap things up with the Idiot of the Week. Now of course the MMD and the Liberal Left are talking from the the Liberal Manual page 5. Chapter 3 "What to saying when putting foot in mouth." A - I / they, was / were tire. B - I / they, was / were kidding. C - I / they, did not say what I / they said. They are picking option B - I / she was Joking.

What am I talking about is a CLEAR example of the Liberal Mindset. They KNOW they are toast. They KNOW Obama is out. They KNOW that they have been governing against the Will of the People since 2006. They KNOW that if the elections were to be held today, they would LOSE the Senate and the White House.

So what is their answer? To start listening to the People? To give up their FAILED and obviously FLAUD Policies Agendas? To move to the Center? Nope. Their answer is SCREW the Elections. Forget the Will of the People. They are too stupid to know what is good for them anyway. Just do not deal with it. That IS what Democrat Governor Bev Perdue of NC said was the solution. She said this at a Rotary Club event in Cary, North Carolina.

I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.

{Laughing} Idiot. But that IS how Liberals think. Look at Bloomberg in NYC. Third term even though the Voting Public said NO. Now this Dimwit, just comes out and says that we should suspend Elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make? So just do whatever they want? {Sigh}

Now those on the Left want you to believe that she was Kidding. She was just Joking. There is no way she was kidding. She was dead serious. There was no laughter. She did not say it with a smile. She did not laugh. This was a seriously thought out suggestion. The People will Vote us out of Power, so do not let them. Just do away with the Elections. Hold onto power at any cost. Then she was looking for an Amen!

I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.

In no way was she kidding. This is how Liberals think. They are above Elections. They are smarter than you. You may not Vote for them, because you are too Stupid to know that they are the only answer. So just take away the possibility that those dumb Hicks, you know, anyone not Liberal, could possibly interfere with their agendas. Just take away the RIGHT to Vote them out. Imagine, no recourse. No say on the future of this Country. One Party with total and absolute Power and Control. They can. They want exactly that.

Congratulations Governor Bev Perdue, for suggesting something so completely UN-American and Insanely, and thankfully impossible, you ARE the Idiot of the Week. Most Definitely a runner up for the Idiot of the YEAR! But I do thank you for one thing. Thank you for showing the World what the Liberals think is a Wet Dream. No power to the People. Just them in charge, with no consequences for their actions, no matter how insane they may be. I wish you luck in your next Job, because after that little tidbit of though you espoused, I have a gut feeling that you will be asked to leave next Election. In a Sane world, you would be asked to leave now.
Peter

Sources:
The Daily Caller - New audio: NC governor struck serious tone on suspending congressional elections