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This was sent to me and I found it interesting. I have not checked its veracity and do not have the time to do so because we are leaving for The Holidays . (See 1 below.)
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This from a chum and fellow memo reader all the way from Australia:
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This from a dear, close friend and fellow memo reader. The position of sheriff is critical for Savannah;
"Dick, I have known Johnny Wilcher throughout my 42 years of law practice.
He is the epitome of an outstanding public servant—competent, honest and hard-working—and deserves the community’s unreserved support.
A---"
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I do not own a gun, never have. Because I am conservative, I believe it is wise and appropriate to have background checks for those wishing to purchase them and I also believe, under The Constitution, it is every law abiding citizen's right to purchase and own weapons of their choice. It is government's obligation to prosecute those who use these arms unlawfully.
Something to think about! (See 2 below.)
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The BDS movement is actually more about discrediting Israel politically than, realistically, to harm them economically. Yes, Israel can be boycotted by people not visiting and experiencing the beauty of the nation, the greatness of its people but not by depriving themselves of Israeli products unless they want to commit suicide or take themselves back to the dark ages. (See 3 below and I rest my case.)
You might even need an Israeli "Mensch on the Bench" to protect your Christmas stockings in this era of radical Islamic terrorism! (See 3a below.)
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Dick
========================================================================1) So brilliant and simple to understand.
Subject: : Electoral College - Did You Know This
Can illegal aliens determine who will be elected President next year? Of course not!!!!....or can they?
Monday
Mark Levin was explaining the electoral college. The scary answer is ....yes, they can.
They already are having a direct effect on the 2016 Presidential election. The next census in 2020 could be fatal for the Republican party because of current existing rules, if they continue to support illegal immigration.
We all know the President isn't elected by a popular vote. The President is elected by the electoral college.So, how does it work?
There are a total of 538 electoral votes that will elect the next President....of course, you will never forget this number, because, 5+3=8.
Each state gets 1 electoral vote for each Senator.....100 votes....438 remaining.
The District of Columbia gets 3 votes....435 remaining.
Those 435 votes are distributed to the states based on POPULATION.....notice that the word "CITIZEN" does not appear....nor, do the words "HERE LEGALLY" appear.
Can you believe that illegal aliens have ANY influence on the American process of selecting the next President, just because they are here in our country, illegally, and are counted as part of the population determining the number of electoral votes a state gets?
While Republicans support illegal immigration because they get their campaign contributions from the US Chamber of Commerce, who like cheap labor.....they are committing political suicide because this cheap labor results in the redistribution of electoral votes to Blue (Democrat) states.
So, how do illegal aliens affect the 2016 Presidential election? Answer: The illegal population of California, gives CA an additional 5 electoral votes. Mark Styne's home state of New Hampshire only has 4 electoral votes, based on population.
So.....illegal aliens in California more than cancel the votes of one of the original 13 colonies.
Let's project this process.....
What is the latest Obama suggestion as a result of the turmoil in the Middle East?
Answer...Bring tens of thousands of new immigrants into the country for "humanitarian" purposes.....after all, isn't it the responsibility of a great country, like ours, to be part of the solution?
Who controls where these new residents will be settled?
If you were Obama, would you settle these people in Republican states, increasing the number of Republican electoral votes? or...in Democrat states, redistributing electoral votes away from Republican states, into Democrat states?
So....it seems to me....correct me if I am wrong....that a seemingly humanitarian effort, can be manipulated to make it mathematically impossible for a Republican to win any future Presidential election. When the next census is taken, people in the country with no vested interest in the country will be controlling where the 435 electoral votes are distributed. Let's watch where Obama tries to resettle these people as they arrive.
We know why Democrats want illegal immigration and why deportation of warm bodies is at a trickle.How dumb are Republicans to support the US Chamber of Commerce desire for cheap labor that will put the electoral college beyond reach.
=======================================================================This is why outsiders lead the Republican Presidential candidates.
2) "A Little Gun History" about half way down – staggering numbers!
Why Carry a Gun?
My old Grandpa said to me, "Son, there comes a time in every man's life
when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's
when he becomes too old to take a whoopin'."
I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun because I'm evil; I carry a gun because I have lived
long enough to see the evil in the World.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I
understand the limitations of a "constitutional"government.
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry; I carry a gun so that I don't have to
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry; I carry a gun so that I don't have to
spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because
I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because
I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere
tomorrow afternoon.
I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun because men
I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun because men
know how and have a moral obligation to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because
unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and
I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and
the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police protection is an oxymoron: Free citizens must protect themselves
Police protection is an oxymoron: Free citizens must protect themselves
because police cannot always protect you from crime; they mostly investigate the
crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess and prosecute the perpetrator if caught.
Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to
take a whoopin'!
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT, THAT THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY ALSO !!!!!!
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT, THAT THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY ALSO !!!!!!
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control:
From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend them-
From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend them-
selves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control:
From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend them-
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control:
From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend them-
selves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938:
From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were
From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were
unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935:
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend
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China established gun control in 1935:
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend
themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964:
From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend them-
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964:
From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend them-
selves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970:
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Uganda established gun control in 1970:
From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956:
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956:
From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend
themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated
in the 20th Century.
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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
With guns, we are 'citizens'; without them, we are 'subjects'.
During WW II, the Japanese decided not to invade America because
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
With guns, we are 'citizens'; without them, we are 'subjects'.
During WW II, the Japanese decided not to invade America because
they knew most Americans were ARMED!
Gun owners in the USA are the largest armed forces in the World! You think Obama doesn't know this?
Gun owners in the USA are the largest armed forces in the World! You think Obama doesn't know this?
The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in
defense.
The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more
important than either.
SWITZERLAND ISSUES A GUN TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD!
SWITZERLAND 'S GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND TRAINS EVERY
SWITZERLAND ISSUES A GUN TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD!
SWITZERLAND 'S GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND TRAINS EVERY
ADULT IN THE USE OF A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE
OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
IT'S A NO BRAINER! DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS
IT'S A NO BRAINER! DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS
OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.
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3)THEY ALL TALK BIG BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!... No one can boycott Israel !!!
Israel can discredit them simply by showing the world how hypocritical, idiotic, and ineffectual they really are.
No one is actually boycotting Israel. Not the Europeans. Not the American Studies Professors. Not Saudi Arabia. Not even Roger Waters. There is not a single human being on this planet that has access to electricity and the internet that actually boycotts all Israeli products. How do I know this? The same way you know it: all have cell phones, and there isn't a cell phone manufactured today that does not contain Israeli hardware, software or both.
Well over 90 percent of Israeli export products are simply not susceptible to boycott. Of Israel's top ten export categories, only two of them consist primarily of consumer products: pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. Do you really think anyone with AIDS or HIV will boycott the best HIV medications available? Or that diabetics will boycott the easiest and most painless insulin administrators, or the newly developed artificial pancreas? Will blind people really refuse to use technology that describes the world to them in real time because it was engineered by Israelis? The list of cutting edge, top of the line medical treatments, therapeutics, vaccines and medical equipment invented and produced by Israel is immense, and most of them have no viable substitute. You either use the Israeli product or go untreated. Do you think a lot of people would choose the latter?
When the chips were down, even veteran anti-Semite Jimmy Carter used Israeli cancer treatments. Heck, how many people really exist that would even be willing to pay triple or quadruple the price, out of pocket, to avoid a generic antibiotic that was made by Teva? I would guess not that many.
The rest of Israel's top ten export categories are all industrial or governmental-level products, which are not purchased by individual consumers. The industrial and government level products that Israel markets are, like Israel's pharmaceuticals, generally unique, necessary, and irreplaceable. China, India and Africa need Israel's agritech and water technology products to feed and water their burgeoning populations. California has no choice but to employ Israeli companies to solve its drought problems. Every country in the world that wants to protect its population from terrorist attacks must turn to Israel for the most state of the art security products. And of course, Israel's high tech industry, both hardware and software, is thoroughly integrated into virtually all modern electronic products. Even most Arab countries either directly or indirectly use Israeli water, agriculture, and communications technology.
BDS' own website only instructs its supporters to boycott "fresh produce, Ahava, and Sodastream." Ahava and Sodastream are both great companies, but they hardly constitute a major percentage of Israel's export sales. Moreover, these two companies probably benefit by increased sales from Israel supporters because they are the only two individually-named targets of the boycott movement. As for "fresh produce", this stopped being a major export of Israel decades ago. Fresh fruits and vegetables now constitute about 3.6% of Israel's total exports. More importantly, the overwhelming majority of Israel's fresh vegetable market is to Russia - a nation that has shown little interest in the boycott bandwagon and a lot of interest in feeding its population. Both India and China have also been steadily growing their market share for Israeli produce, and there is little doubt any European sales decline will be outbalanced by an increase from these giants.
So in fact, all the huffing and puffing of the anti-Israel "BDS" crowd is nothing more than hot air. The BDS movement has not, and will never have, any significant economic effect on Israel's overall economy, because Israel's economy is grounded in products and services that effectively cannot be boycotted. In fact, financial analysts are predicting Israel's economy will grow more than any other developed country in 2016.
So what does all this mean? It means we have been fighting the BDS movement all wrong. BDS cannot really hurt Israel economically. The BDS anti-Semites probably spend more money promoting their "boycott" than it actually costs Israel in lost export sales. The real goal and purpose of BDS is to defame Israel, and attempt to discredit it in the eyes of foreign observers, in order to exert political pressure. BDS demonstrations are an opportunity for them to spew anti-Semitic vitriol and express their vicious hatred of the Jewish state. BDS' only real power is in propagating its hateful ideology.
Those of us that support Israel have been out there trying to convince people why they should not boycott Israel, defensively arguing Israel is a nice place and please don't be mean to us. Thus, we've been making the BDS movement seem far more powerful and effective than it really is. Our protestations make it seem like BDS is actually hurting Israel. Responding rationally to their arguments makes them seem legitimate.
If we want to beat BDS, we must expose them as the useless hateful idiots they really are. We must humiliate these bigots with the evidence of their hypocrisy and ignorance at every opportunity. BDS tables should be countered with humorous tables offering "Deposit your cell phone here to boycott Israel." When pro-Israel voices are asked about the issue by the biased press and media dolts, we should thank them for the free advertising and their continued support of Israeli communications technologies used in planning and recording their events. BDS supporters are nothing more than schoolyard bullies. They thrive on making us upset, but ultimately that is their only real power. We can defeat them simply by laughing at them. After all, what is more ridiculous and pathetic than a bitter Jew-hater who can't survive without Jewish technology? We discredit them simply by showing the world how hypocritical, idiotic, and ineffectual they really are.
3a)
When Did Surveillance Toys Become a Holiday Tradition?
WikiLeaks provocateur Julian Assange says that the era of state monitoring of its citizens is a reality. “I think that we should understand that the game for privacy is gone. It’s gone. The mass surveillance is here to stay,” he told an audience in Russia by videoconference.
Assange is on to something; but he probably didn’t realize that the surveillance society now extends to holiday toys: First there was Elf on the Shelf, which enthusiastically advertises itself as a home-based holiday surveillance system for children. Advertisements for the Elf note, “The elves are magical helpers that help Santa Claus manage his naughty and nice lists by reporting back to him at the North Pole nightly. Along with their friends, the Elf Pets® Reindeer, Santa’s elves bring the spirit of the season to life!” Exactly what “spirit of the season” we are talking about is unclear, unless one of the foundational ideas behind Christmas is for parents to outsource their moral authority to an intrusive non-governmental organization located at the North Pole.
Not to be outdone in terms of shallow values and consumerist vigor, a young entrepreneur from Cincinnati came up with a competing idea for Hanukkah calledMensch on a Bench. The “Mensch,” named Moshe, is intended for children of Jewish and interfaith families and is supposed to serve as a model of good deeds while watching over the Menorah. Every “Mensch” doll comes with a book that includes eight “Mensch rules.”
Similar to the guidelines provided with Elf on the Shelf dolls, the Mensch rules include naming the doll so it can seem more like a human family member, having fun and making “your own traditions,” including the doll in Hanukkah candle lighting, convincing your children that the doll has the power to know whether they are behaving well or not, moving the doll from place to place, taking pictures with the doll and then publicizing those photos, giving presents to others “in need,” and allowing the doll to “watch over the menorah” because Menschs don’t sleep. Another rule tells the story of a behind-the-scenes hero of Hanukkah named Moshe, who helped Judah Maccabee after the victory over the Greeks and the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
Elf and Mensch can be seen as suffering from similar diseases, namely diluting the messages of these holidays to such a degree that they become almost meaningless. Christmas is supposed to be about peace on earth and the story of the birth of Jesus. Hanukkah is the story of a Jewish political rebellion that succeeded in returning the Jewish people to sovereignty over their homeland, freeing them to practice their religion, at least temporarily. Christmas isn’t about spying on the kids and Hanukkah doesn’t need a behind-the-scenes hero because the real stories are amazingly powerful enough without embellishment.
In our current cultural moment, tolerance for anything that smacks of particularism is exceedingly rare, especially given our fears that embracing unique traditions might exclude and offend others. As well, parental authority is undermined so frequently by market and state and other “expert” sources that we don’t even seem to be able to recognize when it is happening via a doll. It isn’t that giving to the “needy” or being “good” is problematic; or that teaching children to behave at the holidays is wrong. But we shouldn’t enlist surveillance toys to monitor our children to teach them these valuable virtues. We should teach them by our own example. So this holiday season, consider putting the Elf away on a very high shelf in a closet, and retiring that Mensch from the bench.
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