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I believe your post is still available to read but it is locked from further discussion. Carla

Oh so very sad, My heart is heavy and please know my prayers are flowing to the family and friends of Dan and our wonderful group of DV members who are touched by this sad news. R.I.P Carla

I love Paul Ryan!!!!

I'm not sure if they are PLAYING stupid or are just down right stupid!!!! Shaking my head!!!! What a joke!

Direct Quote from "Larry, the Cable Guy" THIS CABLE GUY HUMOR IS FUNNY BUT UNFORTUNANTLY ITS TRUE! THE MANS A GENIUS!!! Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in Our Country lately: Illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida . .. .. . Not me -- I concentrate on solutions for the problems -- it's a win-win situation. * Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. * Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levees. * Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border. Any other problems you would like for me to solve today? Think about this: 1. Cows 2. The Constitution 3. The Ten Commandments COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow. THE CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians, it creates a hostile work environment. Also, think about this ..... If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! GET ER DONE!

Threatening Obama's Credibility How does one threaten an others credibility when they don't have any in the first place?

Jury: Kermit Gosnell guilty of murder in three infants’ deathsBy Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 47 mins ago Kermit GosnellA jury has found abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell guilty of three counts of first degree murder of babies after deliberating for 10 days on the case. Prosecutors are expected to now seek the death penalty for Gosnell. The 72 year old was charged with killing four premature babies by severing their spinal cords after they were born alive in his Philadelphia clinic. He was acquitted of one of those charges and convicted in three. Gosnell was also found guilty in the accidental death of a patient who died after receiving an abortion, and a lethal mix of sedatives and painkillers at his clinic. Gosnell's lawyers argued during the trial that no babies were born alive in the clinic. A 2010 federal investigation described the West Philadelphia clinic as a filthy "house of horrors" that primarily served low-income women seeking late-term abortions. The nearly 300-page grand jury report said remains of fetuses were stored in freezers and that instruments used in abortions were contaminated with sexually transmitted diseases. Gosnell faced hundreds of lesser charges, including employing a minor in his clinic and violating the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions. He was also charged with performing abortions on women who were more than 24 weeks pregnant, which is illegal in the state. Gosnell's wife, a cosmetologist who helped perform the abortions, was among four of the clinic's employees who also pleaded guilty to several charges. Earlier on Monday, the jury said they were deadlocked on two of the charges against Gosnell. They resumed deliberating and reached a decision early afternoon. CNN reported that the prosecutor in the case cried when the verdict was read Monday afternoon. The trial has stoked debate over late -term abortions in the country. Pro-abortion rights groups say Gosnell was an outlier breaking numerous laws and regulations, while the anti-abortion rights movement has used the case to advocate for more state-level abortion restrictions. “The greatest tragedy is that Kermit Gosnell is not alone. Exploitation of women and complete disregard for their health and well-being are problems endemic to the entire abortion industry,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the anti-abortion group SBA-List, in a statement. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said Gosnell will "get what he deserves" now that he's been found guilty. "Now, let's make sure these women are vindicated by delivering what all women deserve: Access to the full range of health services including safe, high-quality and legal abortion care,” she said in a statement. The case revealed that abortion clinics in the state hadn't been routinely inspected in 15 years, prompting the resignation of two top health department officials. --The Associated Press contributed to this report. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jury-finds-kermit-gosnell-guilty-first-degree-murder-191903698.html

It has not BEEN made political, it was political from day one! Geesh What is so wrong with finding out the honest chain of events!!! If there was no wrong doing then why are some so defensive and evasive? Those poor families who have to be exposed to such heartless people that feel no need to seek the truth.

If my brother was murdered and there were suspects, and there were things that could have been done to prevent his murder, a court of law would go to the full extent to find out what happened and prosecute the ones involved! If anyone would expect any less for the men who died in Benghazi and there families left behind, they are more guilty of protecting there own political party then anything. I get sick and tired of people trying to turn a subject around to avoid the one in question. There was alot of shady things said and done behind these murders and people need to seek the truth no matter who is involved!! Obama, Clinton, Rice or who ever! They are all human and need to be held accountable for there actions just as much as a murder on the streets and subject to our laws! This isn't about Dems or Reps, it's about lost lives and how it was handled. It's no ones fault that the lies and cover ups happen to be coming from a specific party. It is amazing that people think because someone is dead, and nothing will bring them back, that there should not be any time wasted on a debate as to what happened!! That's like saying someone is murdered and nothing will bring them back, so why bother seeking the truth and prosecuting the guilty! Wow Shaking my head!

I just wish this didn't happen during an election. I truly feel things would have been done different and 4 people may have survived. This whole cover up is a no brainer and I am sickened by some who are ok with how this administration handled it. They should have been honest from the get go and let there campaign managers figure out the rout that should be taken with the incident at hand.

PROMISES, PROMISES: When Obama's promises conflict By CALVIN WOODWARD | Associated Press – 4 hrs agoView Photo WASHINGTON (AP) — Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obamawould have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others. If there's one thing that distinguished them besides their ambition, it was their incompatibility. Cut a staggering $4 trillion from deficits while protecting big benefit programs, subsidizing more health care, plowing extra money into education and avoiding tax increases on everyone except the rich? Not on this Earth. The postelection reality is starting to shake out now, though how it will all settle can't yet be known. To reach for his promised deficit reduction, Obama has proposed breaking his tax promise. Toward the same end, his pledge from four years earlier that he wouldn't trim cost-of-living benefits inSocial Security has given way to a proposal to do just that. None of that might happen. Republicans, who oppose tax increases, and Democrats, who object to curbs on entitlements, could block his path and in doing so save Obama from breaking his own promises. If they do, though, that big pledge to bring down deficits by $4 trillion would surely have no hope at all. That's the overarching dilemma in a catalog of campaign promises facing varying prospects over the next few years. Obama is driving toward success on his energy goals. He's got a decent chance of achieving an immigration overhaul. Activists who once ridiculed his promise to be a "fierce advocate" of *** rights say he's come around and become just that. Much else is bogged in the budget swamp or is a nonstarter for one reason or another. Anything costing big money comes with big obstacles, and one promise that cost relatively little, gun control, is dust. Yet Obama, in powering through with his health care overhaul, financial regulation and stimulus spending in his first term, has shown that tough causes aren't always lost ones. A look at Obama's leading promises and what's happening with them: Debt: The promise: Cut deficits by $4 trillion over a decade. Prospects: Deals with Congress to cap spending and raise taxes on wealthier people, along with the resulting savings on interest payments on the debt, have already achieved a projected $2.6 trillion in deficit reduction for the years ahead. But the rest of the $4 trillion will be tough. To get there, he proposes a 10-year $583 billion tax increase, an additional layer of tax increases from slower indexing of tax brackets for inflation and modest curbs to federal health care programs, all helping to produce further interest savings. Republicans are so far standing firm against further tax increases and liberal Democrats are a tough sell on trimming entitlement programs and other spending. This, as the Congressional Budget Office warns that "such high and rising debt would have serious consequences" if unchecked. Among those consequences are reduced national savings and investment, a potential fiscal crisis and higher interest costs for the government. ___ Economy: The promise: An approach to deficit reduction that doesn't undermine the recovery or unduly burden the middle class. Also, cut some corporate tax rates, penalize those who shift work overseas and create 1 million manufacturing jobs by 2016. Prospects: Obama has had mixed success cutting the deficit without slowing growth. He struck a deal with Congress to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a set of tax increases and spending cuts in January. Businesses responded by stepping up hiring and spending. But he and Republican leaders allowed Social Security taxes to rise, cutting take-home pay for nearly all working Americans. He wasn't able to avoid $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that started March 1. Manufacturing has been creating more jobs but adding 1 million more by 2016 is unlikely. That would require 250,000 new factory jobs per year, nearly double the current pace. Overall, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent in April, the lowest in four years of recession and ragged recovery. The economy is growing modestly but steadily. It expanded at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter. ___ Education: The promise: Raise the high school graduation rate from 78 percent to 90 percent by 2020 and make the country No. 1 in college graduates by that year. Cut federal money to colleges that don't control tuition costs. Prospects: A rocky path at best. There's little momentum in Congress for the spending required, his pledge to make the U.S. first in college graduates is a long shot and tuitions are climbing without the promised federal penalty. Obama has proposed $36 billion for Pell Grants in 2013. Yet those grants now cover less than one-third of the cost of a four-year public college. In 1980, they covered 69 percent of the costs. ___ Energy: The promise: Cut oil imports by half by 2020. Prospects: He could well deliver on this promise. New drilling technologies have unlocked enormous domestic reserves of crude oil and natural gas. Policies that mandate increasing use of renewable fuels and better vehicle fuel economy have helped slash demand. That has translated into a dramatic reduction in oil imports and increase in diesel and gasoline exports. But oil and gasoline are global commodities. If Mideast turmoil disrupts oil production there, prices worldwide will rise, even if the U.S. gets little or no oil from that region. The U.S. economy won't ever be free from the effect of high oil prices. It just may be able to get much less oil from abroad. ___ Entitlements: The promise: No cuts in Social Security cost-of-living increases. Protect Medicare from Republican proposals to turn it into a voucher-like program. Prospects: Obama is ready to break his Social Security pledge from the 2008 campaign. He favors a new measure of inflation that would gradually trim benefit increases in Social Security, Medicare and other programs. The change, if adopted, eventually would cut Social Security benefits $560 a year for an average 75-year-old, $136 for a 65-year-old. His approach to Medicare savings is different from one proposed by House Republicans to transform the program. He'd cut Medicare payments to service providers and is proposing that a growing share of seniors pay higher premiums over time, based on their incomes. Such Medicare changes were foreseen before the 2012 election. Meantime, Washington is expanding Medicaid to bring in more of the low-income uninsured. For years, budget hawks have insisted that huge entitlements must be on the table for true fiscal discipline to be achieved. They're on the table now. ___ *** rights: The promise: Be a "fierce advocate" for *** rights. Obama endorsed *** marriage in 2012. ?Prospects: The course for *** marriage will be shaped by the Supreme Court, expected to rule on the matter in June. It's allowed in 10 states and the District of Columbia; many other states seem unlikely to follow suit unless forced by Congress or the court. But cultural attitudes are changing, as did Obama's views. His administration argued in favor of *** marriage rights to the court. It seems unlikely the court will order *** marriage to be legalized in all states but its ruling could help same-sex married couples on estate taxes, Social Security benefits and other tangible matters. In his first term Obama lifted the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces. ___ Global warming: The promise: "Continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet." Prospects: Obama probably will take more steps to reduce the pollution blamed for climate change, but they are unlikely to be of the scale needed to help much in slowing the heating of the planet. Any policy to reduce heat-trapping pollution will target coal burned by power plants and oil refined for automobiles; those industries have powerful protectors in both parties. Obama has acted on his own, to increase mileage standards and impose pollution control on future power plants. More such executive action is likely; a law is not. ___ Gun control: The promise: Ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, expand background checks, and more, a postelection pledge made after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Prospects: Obama said he would "put everything I've got into this." His everything wasn't enough. Entrenched support for gun rights and a powerful campaign by the National Rifle Association blocked efforts to pass a single aspect of Obama's package, the first attempt to significantly change the nation's gun laws in over two decades. Polling found as many as 90 percent of those questioned supported expanded background checks, but even that fell short in the Democratic-controlled Senate. ___ Health care: The promise: Ensure access to affordable insurance for all and no gutting of Medicare or Medicaid. Prospects: Obama is likely to achieve his goal of extending coverage to the uninsured. Affordability is another question. Costs are expected to go up, not down, contrary to what Obama promised in his first term. Some Medicare cuts Obama is willing to enact would hit beneficiaries. Well-to-do seniors and growing numbers of upper middle-class retirees could face higher monthly premiums. ___ Immigration: The promise: Overhaul the immigration system to provide eventual citizenship to those who came here illegally, tighten borders and smooth legal immigration. Prospects: Obama failed to deliver on his first-term promise to rework immigration law. His chances of pulling that off are much better now. Even with a bipartisan Senate group having released legislation to accomplish those goals, however, success is not certain. Even so, the political climate is ripe for change thanks to a shift in Republican attitudes in 2012, when Latino and Asian voters backed Obama in record numbers.? ___ Iran: The promise: "Do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." Prospects: Sanctions are destroying Iran's economy but not its will to enrich more uranium. By his own timeline, Obama has about a year left to see if diplomacy and sanctions can get Iran to slow its enrichment of uranium and assure the world its nuclear program is peaceful. If the U.S. and its partners cannot succeed, the stage may be set for an American or Israeli military intervention. ___ Taxes: The promise: Raise taxes on individuals making more than $200,000 and married couples making more than $250,000. No tax increases for people making less. Ensure millionaires pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes. Prospects: Obama's 2014 budget, if passed, would break his promise to avoid any tax increases for middle and low-income people. He proposes a new inflation yardstick that would expose most people to higher income taxes, especially poorer workers. He kept his promise to raise taxes on the rich, though at different income levels than he laid out in the campaign: $400,000 for individuals, $450,000 for couples. Republicans dismiss his proposed minimum rate for millionaires as a gimmick. ___ Associated Press writers Dina Cappiello, Philip Elliott, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Christopher S. Rugaber, Stephen Ohlemacher, Jonathan Fahey, Bradley Klapper, Erica Werner, David Crary, Nedra Pickler, and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report. http://news.yahoo.com/promises-promises-obamas-promises-conflict-130205095.html

Lets try this again, This post is not on if one should buy a book. These two facts caught my eye so I have made it easier for some folks to read without confusion. 1. More Guns Mean More Crime In reality, an extensive 2004 report by the National Academy of Science was not able to identify a single gun control regulation that actually reduces violent crime, suicides or accidents, Beck said. The NAS panel reviewed 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publication and some of its own empirical work on firearms. One of the main pillars of the gun control argument is the claim that more gun laws will make Americans safer. Because the facts do not support such a claim, one would think the scales would be tipped in favor of gun rights. A University of Pennsylvania study also determined that the 1994 "assault weapons" ban did little to reduce violence while in effect. 2. Strict Gun Control Works in Other Countries Anti-gun advocates like CNN's Piers Morgan routinely claim strict gun control has been very effective in other countries like Great Britain and Japan, however, the numbers tell a slightly different story. Beck pointed out that within a decade after England practically banned all firearms in 1997, crime with handguns had doubled, armed street gangs caused British police to start carry guns and the country still experienced a mass shooting. Additionally, the homicide rate rose dramatically for seven years after the ban -- from 1.1 per 100,000 to 1.8 per 100,000. Australia also enacted strict restrictions on firearms ownership following a mass shooting in 1996. The change in gun violence was so small that it was "statically irrelevant," Beck said. On the other hand, Switzerland has the third highest gun ownership rate in the world and a murder rate of 0.5 per 100,000. The country's murder rate is well below Australia, the U.K. and Canada while its gun laws are less strict. "More gun control doesn't mean less crime," Beck concluded. "More gun control just means more control." http://news.yahoo.co...-053820977.html

Two of the Biggest Gun Control Myths Debunked Gun control is not about safety, common sense or saving American lives -- it's about "control." That's the argument Glenn Beck made Tuesday night on TheBlaze TV while discussing his new book "Control," which was released in bookstores nationwide on Tuesday. The book, which Beck says he streamlined following the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, seeks to dispel all the myths anti-gun advocates use disarm the Second Amendment and eventually, if they have their way, the American people. Glenn Beck Control Here are two of the biggest gun control myths found in "Control" (though there are many more in the book): 1. More Guns Mean More Crime In reality, an extensive 2004 report by the National Academy of Science was not able to identify a single gun control regulation that actually reduces violent crime, suicides or accidents, Beck said. The NAS panel reviewed 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publication and some of its own empirical work on firearms. One of the main pillars of the gun control argument is the claim that more gun laws will make Americans safer. Because the facts do not support such a claim, one would think the scales would be tipped in favor of gun rights. A University of Pennsylvania study also determined that the 1994 "assault weapons" ban did little to reduce violence while in effect. 2. Strict Gun Control Works in Other Countries Anti-gun advocates like CNN's Piers Morgan routinely claim strict gun control has been very effective in other countries like Great Britain and Japan, however, the numbers tell a slightly different story. Beck pointed out that within a decade after England practically banned all firearms in 1997, crime with handguns had doubled, armed street gangs caused British police to start carry guns and the country still experienced a mass shooting. Additionally, the homicide rate rose dramatically for seven years after the ban -- from 1.1 per 100,000 to 1.8 per 100,000. Australia also enacted strict restrictions on firearms ownership following a mass shooting in 1996. The change in gun violence was so small that it was "statically irrelevant," Beck said. On the other hand, Switzerland has the third highest gun ownership rate in the world and a murder rate of 0.5 per 100,000. The country's murder rate is well below Australia, the U.K. and Canada while its gun laws are less strict. "More gun control doesn't mean less crime," Beck concluded. "More gun control just means more control." http://news.yahoo.com/two-biggest-gun-control-myths-found-glenn-beck-053820977.html

Poor pigs!! So what do they eat when they get the munchies??????? More marijuana???

Congrats!!!

I think a firing squad is appropriate for that animal. The poor souls who lost there lives and those who lost there limbs were all unarmed! I could care less how they caught the terrorist because in my opinion a dead terrorists is the better option.

Britney turned 21 last month. My daughter is 20 and my son is 21. This is just hitting way to close to home. Such a sweet girl, she was the Rodeo princes and was going to school to be a nurse. We should never have to bury our children. Our hearts are so heavy.

Our small community is heart broken. Brittney was in a car accident Saturday morning and lost her fight Yesterday. She was a friend of my children and was a beautiful fun loving girl. Please send prayers to all her family and friends. Hugs and Luvs to all, carla

Important Legislation Regarding SBP/DIC Offset Please Contact Your Elected Officials Today! On January 3, 2013, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina introduced H.R. 32, the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act. On April 16, 2013, Senator Bill Nelson (FL) introduced the companion bill in the Senate, S. 734. These bills would repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation. This bill is in accordance with a longstanding DAV resolution, passed each year by the delegates to our National Convention. H.R. 32 has 19 cosponsors and was referred to the House Armed Services Committee on January 3, 2013. S. 734 has four cosponsors and was referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Please use the prepared e-mail or draft your own to request that your Representative supports this important bill and ask that it be brought to the floor for a vote and passed as soon as possible. http://capwiz.com/dav/issues/alert/?alertid=62626651 Thank you for all you do for veterans and their families It is so sad to see what happens to a widows income when there spouse dies from a service related illness. Carla

Hi there!!

Let it stand.. lol And please just drop it and don't question my actions in an open forum again. Thank you, carla

You may want to read it again because the way you read it is not the way it's written.. Good luck

Christian diet, Jewish diet, McCain, Johnson, USS Liberty? My post is on Muslim Terrorists Enough said