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It's a he, and he has now finished the radiation. He said it was so awful that if he had to do it again he might choose the alternative instead (death). :w00t: He did end up in the hospital several times during the chemo. But now he's starting to grow back his hair and his spirits have lifted. What a horrible thing cancer is :w00t:

I agree with him.

Sadly, I agree. I wish it were not the case.

Humidity, mosquitoes, and large bugs.

I don't think I would. Weather and politics are almost at a tie for me in terms of where I could live. But I must say, Victoria is one of our favorite places to visit (in the summer) and the people are always very nice.:w00t:

I think the lunatic fringe on both sides would be happy to see the other side's leader assassinated. To attribute fringe lunacy to Republicans only is, well, lunacy. When I say I'm to the right of the Republicans, I consider myself a Classical Liberal or a Libertarian. I align myself with the Founding Fathers and their positions on freedom and taxes. There is nothing -- nothing whatsoever -- "hateful" or "anti-Christian" about that.

Sadly, you're not alone. Having lived in LA during the Rodney King riots, and finding all of my 20-something friends holed up in my house for a few days because I was the only one who had guns, my mind has gone often to where our family will be safest on election night. I posted this on another thread but it bears repeating. I just got a call from a friend of mine who lives in Ohio, where they have early voting. A woman he knows went to the courthouse to vote and was told, "Sorry, ma'am, you've already voted." She had not. Someone voted in her place. When she complained, they handed her a provisional ballot and told her that if the vote were tied, they'd count her provisional ballot. This is scary stuff.

Did you watch it? I suspect not, because there are clips in there from CNN, C-Span, MSNBC, NBC, and Fox as well. The screen-shot shows Fox, but that's not all there is in there. It's actually a montage of clips of politicians saying various things that led up to the current economic crisis, with commentary from the person who put it together. It's very well done. You should watch it.

I don't have anyone on ignore "officially" -- although I do ignore most of the things some people say I was away from my computer for most of the day yesterday, so I didn't see the thread until late. You didn't offend me; I was just surprised to see my name there. Especially after someone posted in a recent thread that I had a bad "rep, past, and credibility" and suggested that I believe in a Flat Earth theory -- of course, it was a hit-and-run post; they haven't been back. I guess I just expect to be attacked so I didn't know what I would see when I opened up the thread. Yeah. I wish they would leave. Being a parent, though, I long ago learned the you shouldn't make statements that you can't or won't back up. I just read a great article at Newsmax.com , a few excerpts of which are (emphasis mine): In such political transfers of money, government always rakes off for itself a huge shipping and handling fee — 81 cents of every tax dollar in the case of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson’s "war on poverty," which let only pennies of each taxed dollar trickle down to those whose poverty continues to justify the government’s theft. Under President John F. Kennedy, 52 cents of every tax dollar went for national defense. Today, more than half of every tax dollar goes for “transfer payments,” taking money out of your pocket to put it into somebody else's. . . . We have already greatly weakened our society by the degree of “progressive” taxation (oddly named because it thwarts progress) we already pay. The top 10 percent of earners now pay 70 percent of all individual income taxes. But Barack Obama brays that the rich are not paying “their fair share” of taxes? The bottom 50 percent pay only 2.9 percent of the total and see government merely as a big machine to dispense them goodies, e.g., Obama plans to give $2,000 welfare payments as “tax cuts” each year to those who now pay no income tax. Why? To buy their votes for the Democratic Party. Truth be told, nothing violates the ideal of equality before the law more than our progressive income tax system. When Mr. Obama discriminates against productive citizens by making their tax burden heavier than what others pay, how can this be justified in the name of equality — especially when the result is a redistributive society that turns some citizens into accomplices to theft, and others into resentful victims of this theft? Mr. Obama, of course, claims that he will tax only the wealthy and leave those earning less than $250,000 a year, or $200,000, or $150,000 — his slippery promises keep shifting — with no tax increase. This same kind of rhetoric was used to impose the income tax, that supposedly would hit only the wealthy and never go above 3 percent of income, but today robs more than half of us. I disagree; I think they are the issue. I think they speak to the bigger question asked on this thread, which is how to bring unity -- and I don't think you can bring unity when the ideology behind two divergent groups is so at odds with each other. Bottom line, I will never be able to see eye-to-eye with someone who wants to tear down the country that I love. I believe in freedom and am willing to sit next to them on a park bench or share a restaurant with them, but I would never invite them to a BBQ, and I will not silence my objections to their cause. I believe socialism tears at (or shreds) the fabric of our dearly-held and preciously fought-for freedoms. My beliefs are much more in line with the Founding Fathers of this country. Their beliefs are much more in life with Karl Marx. It's just a basic fact. Do I believe I'm right? Yes. Do they believe they're right? Yes. I think the question is which one of us more closely adheres with the values represented in the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. As far as I'm concerned, if there's a place for socialism and communism in the world, it not here. If you want that sort of government, there are plenty of places in the world that can offer it to you.

I thought the same thing when I saw it. Canada isn't on my short list for potential places to go LOL!

I just got a call from a friend of mine who lives in Ohio, where they have early voting. A woman he knows went to the courthouse to vote and was told, "Sorry, ma'am, you've already voted." She had not. Someone voted in her place. When she complained, they handed her a provisional ballot and told her that if the vote were tied, they'd count her provisional ballot. This is scary stuff.

BTW, as I understand it, there is a difference between a Birth Certificate and a Certificate of Live Birth. A Certificate of Live Birth, according to the State of Hawaii's own Department of Health, can be given to a person who was born in a foreign country. I find it very interesting that Obama provided this document, not to the Board of Elections, not to the DNC, not to the Federal Elections Commission, and not to any of the judges before which cases have been brought, but rather to factcheck.org, a division of the Annenberg Foundation. If I were a public figure and people were filing lawsuits left and right in an attempt to prove something that I had documentation to show was patently false, I would simply supply the documentation to the courts.

HA HA! I didn't read through everyone's responses before I posted mine! LOL! I sincerely hope it never comes to that. I must say I've traveled much of the world and haven't ever found an (insert locale here) that I like as much as the place I live right now.

Wow. I don't know how I feel about being in the title of a thread . . . Not much I will be able to do, except, through voting, try to reverse things again in 2 and 4 years. The problem is once entitlement programs are established, they rarely get reversed. If things get as terrible as they could with potentially all 3 branches of government being extremely liberal, sadly, my family might consider moving out of the country. I don't know all that expatriation involves, but it is something we are toying (currently lightly) with. Unfortunately, we have such divergent values that I think there is very little common ground. Please know that when I use the terms "right" and "left" below, I mean the "true believers" in each party. Those on the left truly believe in socialism and the redistribution of wealth; those on the right truly believe in capitalism and the right to keep what you earn. I don't think there's any "middle ground" in the two extremes. We are not fighting a "common enemy" as we have in past generations (whether it be England, Russia, Germany, etc.); what we are fighting is each other. Our ideological beliefs are so far apart that it will be difficult for either side to truly stand behind the other. I wish there were a solution, but I just don't see one. Politics has become so corrupt, so dirty, and so underhanded it's just plain scary.

Oh, unless by impeached you mean challenged? As in impeaching someone's credibility or validity?

Do you mean impeached? Obama couldn't legally be impeached unless he were elected, unless you mean impeached from his position as a Senator. Is that what you mean? I'm sorry; I'm confused. If you can clarify, I will try to answer.

1981 - 1961 = 20 years. If he renewed his Indonesian passport in 1981 he was 20 at the time. We shall see where these nine lawsuits go. You may be right -- it may be nothing.

Not that I recall. I tend to be to the right of Republicans, so it's unlikely. I'm surprised that you've voted Republican, though. I thought you worked for a Democrat politician (although I might be wrong -- my memory isn't what it used to be and I don't have the energy to go back and search through posts) and, from your position on the issues, it seemed like you aligned pretty strongly towards the left side of the Democrat party. So when you said you're not buying "Republican rhetoric" any longer (making it seem like you had once been a Republican but had switched over to the Democrat party because Obama had such a good take on the issues), it surprised me. I can't imagine you ever supported Bush or, going back further, Reagan, but then again maybe you have.

Have you ever voted Republican? Because I had the impression that you were a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and didn't ever "buy" "Republican rhetoric".

Here's a great video on the economic problem we're currently in: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJMotDF1rA]YouTube - Deregulation: The Big Lie[/ame]

Green, happy to hear you're on the other side of this fight. I have another friend who just finished up chemo and radiation as well, and I am much more aware of how challenging and wearing it can be. I think of you and pray for you regularly.

{whispering} I found several YouTube clips that had that quote in there. I chose the one that happened to also be a pro-life commercial, just cuz I could. There are plenty of other clips on YouTube of the exact same statement that don't have the pro-life message in the voice-over :thumbup:

A sound byte is a phrase that means something taken out of a long speech. If it is not taken out of context or disguised in another fashion, there's no reason to not consider it accurate. In fact, things that are said during Q&A sessions are often much more informative than things said during speeches, because they're not as planned. This sound byte was not taken out of context. It was the answer to a specific question. Obama hasn't denied saying it. There's no controversy over the quote at all. I asked if you were aware that Obama said the first thing he'd do in office was sign FOCA. You asked me to get you a link. I did. He said it. You can claim he said other things, too, and I would agree with you. But he also said this.

Another update - Tiffany just called me to direct me to the birth mother's MySpace page. It gave me chills: MySpace.com - Aimee - 29 - Female - OJAI, California - www.myspace.com/sobergirl29. She made it a public page because she wants to get the word out about what a wonderful thing adoption is. I am humbled to have played a small part in this.

From Sen. Obama, Stand And Deliver! -- Frank Salvato -- GOPUSA t appears that the Illinois State Board of Elections doesn't verify a candidate's eligibility beyond requiring: 1) A Statement of Candidacy -- This form (I use the FEC form as it encompasses everything in the Illinois form) requires each candidate to provide his name, address, party affiliation, office sought, the state and district of the contest, a designation of a principle campaign committee, the designation of other authorized committees and a declaration of intent to expend personal funds. (web site) Lastly, it requires a potential candidate to "attest" that he or she is "qualified for the office specified." At no place in the official guide or paperwork is a birth certificate or other form of verification of natural born citizenship required. 2) A Loyalty Oath -- Ironically, this is optional. 3) Receipt for filing a Statement of Economic Interests -- This is not required for Federal Office or political party offices. 4) Completed Nominating Petitions -- These petitions must be correctly filed out, notarized and contain a sufficient number of original signatures as set forth by the election commission. Being familiar with the election process in Illinois, I then examined my county board of election's requirements. Their requirements deferred (web site) to the requirements of the State of Illinois. Again, the question remains, is there an entity -- whether on a federal, state, county or municipal level -- that verifies a candidate's satisfaction of the requirements set forth by the US Constitution for holding the office of President of the United States? His birth certificate has been sealed by Hawaii's Governor (I believe that happened today), so it will take the US Supreme Court to get to the document. Here are other documents of Obama's that we can't see or are "unavailable" (this list was compiled by a friend of mine): - Occidental College records - not released. - Columbia Thesis paper - not available, locked down by faculty. - Harvard College records - not released, locked down by faculty. - Selective Service Registration - not released. - Medical records - not released (only a one-page report). - Illinois State Senate schedule - "not available." - Law practice client list - not released. - Certified Copy of original Birth certificate - not released. - Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth - not released. - Harvard Law Review articles published - None. - University of Chicago scholarly articles - None.