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Comment by Ray Norberto on June 27, 2011 at 12:33pm

I would like to know more about Jon Huntsman; the others I feel like already know more than I want...
Special note about Ron Paul: Does he remind anyone else of Pat Paulsen, who used to do skits about his presidential campaigns? Please, someone else remember so I don't feel old and dusty...

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 27, 2011 at 11:03am

they're all useless and none will win.....

Comment by ctyankee on June 15, 2011 at 8:58am

RE: Inflation Calc...

Ya know what they say: "Garbage In : Garbage Out"

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 13, 2011 at 8:47pm

January 2009 TODAY % chg Source Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.44 84% 1 Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43..48 $99..02 127.7% 2 Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38..74 $91..38 135.9% 2 Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5% 2 Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1% 2 Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13..75 42.3% 2 Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. $13..37 $35..39 164.7% 2 Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7% 3 Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4% 3 Number of unemployed 11,616,000 16, 515,000 24.7% 3 Number of fed. Employees 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2% 3 Real median household income $50,112 $49,777 -0.7% 4 Number of food stamp recipients  31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1% 5 Number of unemployment benefit recipients  7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2% 6 Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2% 3 Poverty rate, individuals 13.2% 14.3% 8.3% 4 People in poverty in U.S. 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5% 4 U.S.. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 N/a 10 Present Situation Index 29.9 23.5 -21.4% 11 Failed banks 140 164 17.1% 12 U.S.. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6% 2 U.S.. Money supply, M1, in billions 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4% 13 U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5% 13 National debt, in trillions $8...7074 $14..052 32.2% 14 Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation ' s history.  Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane.   27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH! Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor ' s/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FD IC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

Comment by ctyankee on May 26, 2011 at 2:20pm

Hi Mike, 

  I'm a strong supporter of civil liberties, as long as those liberties don't create an obligation on anyone else!  Because as soon as one person's 'liberties' require another person to do something or pay for something or limit the freedoms of others, it no longer fits the definition of a liberty -- it becomes an imposition.  And if an Organization for the Forceful Imposition of Will (OFIW) ever did arise, it would be the duty of the ACLU to oppose it.

I wonder how they reconcile that within the various departments?

Comment by Mike Stark on May 26, 2011 at 1:08pm

You guys sound like card carrying members of the ACLU....Welcome to the Good Guys(TM)!

Seriously, this is one areas that liberals and libertarians should be united against elites who consider rule of law optional. I hope this will apply against elites of both parties.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on May 26, 2011 at 12:24pm

yeah...this was one of those cases whether it was Code Pink or Code Polka-Dot, the results were the same and we need to rationalize the need for law enforcement to those rights guaranteed by our founding documents and principles......

Comment by ctyankee on May 26, 2011 at 12:04pm

8+ minutes to learn it was Code Pink -- had I know I've supported the arrests of...  {GUFFAW}  NO NO NO!!!  That was a bad joke --  I apologize, but y'all know how I enjoy the shock factor of a quick quip :^)  ... but seriously... -->

 

While I may not care for Code Pink's views...  What the hell is going on that they were simply arrested and carted away?  Has the Constitution really become so trampled that law enforcement is no longer tolerant of vocal protest?  Is the only acceptable means petitioning redress of grievance a letter that will be processed by some unknown staffer?

Are we now required to wait until controversial matters become the rule of law before we challenge them?  We all know how many laws are overturned even when the unconstitutionality of those laws is prima facie apparent!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on May 26, 2011 at 9:33am

We're all praying for you Rex!  Posting in your honor here bud !!

 

See what happens when you read that vial, subversive document called the Constitution---

 

 

Comment by ctyankee on May 12, 2011 at 1:59pm

The only text message I want to read from Obama is: "I quit."

 

Oh, ouch, did I really say that?  I can't imagine a worse example of the Federal Government run amok! 

I can only hope:

1) This is a hoax / bad joke in poor taste.

2) The Cell phone manufacturers will refuse to go along with it.

3) Someone in the Congress will take a stand against this.

4) Someone with interest will take this to the SCOTUS.

 

“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.” -- Jean Luc Picard (Star Trek:TNG)

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