Sheriff Deputy John Mattox:“The concussion of it almost knocked me off my feet a quarter mile away, and the heat… I thought it was coming for me and I couldn’t get back fast enough.”
By Carrie J. Sidener
Published: September 15, 2008
APPOMATTOX — More than a day after a natural gas pipeline explosion destroyed two homes and injured five people, nearby residents expressed concern that two pipelines are still flowing gas through their community.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
545 versus 300,000,000?
545 PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese, a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper and journalist for 49 years
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. ONLY The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices, 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.
They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?
By Charlie Reese, a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper and journalist for 49 years
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. ONLY The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices, 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.
They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 3 00 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, who they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation,' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
What you do with this article now that you have read it is up to you.
Obama Intent On Bankrupting The Coal Industry?
Audio & Video: Obama will bankrupt the coal industry
Here's the Sunday morning BUZZ!!! Everyone's talking this morning about the Audio and Video Clip now up on YouTube of Obama telling the San Francisco Chronicle he'll make it impossible for new coal plants to be built.
The interview took place in January and this tape is JUST NOW surfacing!!
We currently have two Coal Power Plants (TXU) in our area here in Texas that provide Electricity to Millions of homes.
This is JUST in NE Texas and If they are "Bankrupted" where will all these homes get power from??
What about other states and areas??
Bankrupty: The change Obama thinks the coal industry deserves… Obama Video (SF, CA): Build the coal plants if they want, but it will Bankrupt them if they do...." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aLcbr63ME
Obama Audio: Build the coal plants if they want, but it will Bankrupt them if they do....." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdi4onAQBWQ S
arah Palin Denounces Obama Plan to BANKRUPT COAL INDUSTRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZjDxXUDLU0&feature=related Obama's redistribution of wealth interview.
Here's the Sunday morning BUZZ!!! Everyone's talking this morning about the Audio and Video Clip now up on YouTube of Obama telling the San Francisco Chronicle he'll make it impossible for new coal plants to be built.
The interview took place in January and this tape is JUST NOW surfacing!!
We currently have two Coal Power Plants (TXU) in our area here in Texas that provide Electricity to Millions of homes.
This is JUST in NE Texas and If they are "Bankrupted" where will all these homes get power from??
What about other states and areas??
Bankrupty: The change Obama thinks the coal industry deserves… Obama Video (SF, CA): Build the coal plants if they want, but it will Bankrupt them if they do...." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aLcbr63ME
Obama Audio: Build the coal plants if they want, but it will Bankrupt them if they do....." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdi4onAQBWQ S
arah Palin Denounces Obama Plan to BANKRUPT COAL INDUSTRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZjDxXUDLU0&feature=related Obama's redistribution of wealth interview.
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