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"Hi I am taking part in this viral video effort to oppose the US Supreme Court Decision made on Jan 21, 2010 to allow unlimited corporate monies to be funneled into Election ads. This is without permission required of the shareholders or the employees or the consumers of the products. Foreign money can easily slip in. The CEO and Board Members making the decisions about where to place the money with no nationality requirements."

American HealthCare Presented By Michigan's Own Mike Rogers'

Is This Just More 'Hot Air' or Does This Really Work? You Decide

(CBS)  For the past year and a half, several large California corporations have been secretly testing the "Bloom Box," a potentially revolutionary fuel-cell system. Confirming this for the first time, several of the companies report this system is a more efficient, clean, and cost effective way to get electricity than off the power grid.

Lesley Stahl and "60 Minutes" cameras get the first look inside the secretive California company, just days before the Bloom Energy official launch, scheduled for next Wednesday (Feb. 24).

Stahl's report will be broadcast this Sunday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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Bloom Energy Revealed on 60 Minutes!

Rumor and reality rundown for the soon-to-be unstealthed fuel cell miracle worker

After almost a decade of development and hundreds of millions in investment, Bloom Energy is coming out. 

Until now, all we've been able to garner were "no comments" from their marketing people.  But this weekend, there's a Bloom piece airing on 60 Minutes that will feature none other than Greentech Media editor-in-chief Michael Kanellos.  And next week is the official press conference and unveiling.

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Just Imagine!!!   CMP,,,,, Good Bye!!!!!!

Wow! This Went Quickly. What about the missing $32,500 from Econ. Devel.???

Lisbon Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Bank Funds

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release:

United States Attorney Paula D. Silsby announced today that Denise Krog, 39, of Lisbon, Maine, entered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court to a one- count indictment charging her with bank theft. U.S. District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby accepted Krog's guilty plea. Sentencing will be scheduled for a later date.

Court documents indicate that on October 13, 2009, Denise Krog's husband, Randy Krog, robbed the Androscoggin Bank in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Denise Krog knew of his intent and received and disposed of some of the money from the bank robbery. Randy Krog pleaded guilty to the robbery on January 11, 2009, in U.S. District Court.

U.S. Attorney Silsby praised the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Lisbon Police Department.

There are errors in this story, we didn't write it. The State Of Maine News Service Did.

Lisbon's Town Council,,,"The Flatuous Five",,,,,meant fabulous, NOT!

You fill in the characters. It is not very difficult.

What Would Chief Worumbo Think?

Flatuous
Flat"u*ous\, a. [Cf. F. flatueux.] Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Remember, They Did Pass A Windmill Ordinance!!!!!

Cite This Source

Sabattus Shows It Has Leadership

Sabattus hires NH firm, new town manager

By Kathryn Skelton,

Feb 17, 2010

SABATTUS — Selectmen on Tuesday contracted out leadership duties to a New Hampshire company that is supplying a Camden man to serve as town manager for the next year.

Selectmen unanimously approved the contract. Under the deal, MRI will receive up to $90,000 and Rick Bates comes on as new town manager for one year, working three days a week. Andrew Gilmore of Yarmouth will join him, as needed, as an economic development adviser. Bates will start Feb. 25.

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Way To Go.  No Hidden Agenda in that Town.

Anyone Can Whistle!

The Essential Role of the Whistle Blower in American Society 

Watch live streaming video from theinformant at livestream.com

whistleblower.org

Letter from Procter & Gamble Exec

Letter from Procter & Gamble Exec to Obama


Please read, even if you are an Obama fan. It is legitimate, written by respected, Lou Prichett, formerly of Proctor and Gamble. Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends - an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management. Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA


Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support...

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.


You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.


You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.


You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America ' crowd and deliver this message abroad.


You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.


You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.


You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.


You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.


Lou Pritchett

TRUE - CHECK:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp


This letter was sent to the NY Times but they never acknowledged it. Big surprise! Since it hit the internet, however, it has had over 500,000 hits. Keep it going. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. It's happening right now

And this letter was written May 2009

TODAY MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE‏

February 17, 2009

Contact:

Alicia Preston

ap@theprestongroup.org       

646-645-9373

TODAY MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE

Jason Levesque Comments on Failed Trillion Dollar Effort to Create Jobs

Auburn, Maine – One year ago President Obama signed into law the trillion dollar stimulus package. Voted on by Mike Michaud and his colleagues, the massive spending bill promised to save and create jobs.  One year later, Maine’s unemployment rate tops 8%.  2nd District Congressional Candidate Jason Levesque released the following statement on this anniversary

“On the promise of job creation, one year ago our President signed into law the famously failed trillion dollar stimulus bill.  The bill helped to create the historical debt we are in, and not only didn’t achieve its goal, but Maine is now home to some of the highest regional unemployment rates in the country.  Congressman Michaud’s own home area of Millinocket has a rate of 16%. The stimulus bill got the vote and blessing of Mike Michaud and now, after its clear failure, Congress wants to do it again with a Stimulus 2.  Maine families need jobs back and we cannot buy our way out of this jobs crisis.  We need Government to stop increasing the cost of doing business, stop putting future generations into debt and start finding real solutions to get Mainers back to work.  Let’s loosen the stranglehold of over-regulation and over-taxation.  This will allow shuttered companies to re-open and businesses to re-hire and grow. Let’s stop finding new ways to spend money we don’t have.  The fact we are so in debt is one of our biggest economic problems.  Yet, our Congressman voted not to curb spending, not to reduce the cost for tax payers, but instead, to increase the debt ceiling by nearly two trillion dollars.  The spending frenzy must stop and we must re-create a climate where businesses and thrive.
“We need to reduce the regulations on businesses and focus on ways we can help them, not hinder their abilities to expand. We can do better than what we are getting now.”





Media wishing to speak to Jason, please contact Alicia Preston at phone number or email listed above.

***Monday's Rt.196 Crash Update***

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Police Department has released the names of the two drivers injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Route 196, which remains under investigation.

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We truly wish these local residents a speedy recovery!

We Know #56 Monmouth, ME Is True Now Don't We!?

The Power Of A Badge.....

The Power of a Badge.....

DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas , and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs."

The rancher says, "Okay , but do not go in that field over there," as he points out the location.

 

The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, "Mister,  I have the authority of the Federal Government with me."  Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removes his badge and proudly displays it to the rancher.  "See this badge?  This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... On any land.  No questions asked or answers given.  Have I made myself clear?  Do you understand? "

The rancher nods politely, apologizes, and goes about his chores.

A short time later, the old rancher hears loud screams and sees the DEA officer running for his life chased by the rancher's big Santa Gertrudis bull...... 

 With every step the bull is gaining ground on the officer, and it seems likely that he'll get gored  before he reaches safety.  The officer is clearly terrified. The rancher throws down his tools, runs to the fence and yells at the top of his lungs.....

"Your badge. Show him your BADGE!"

The cost of fraud in the U.S. is $660 billion annually, it takes away from Americans, destroys lives and compromises national security.

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How About A BailOut For The 'True' American Citizen, One's With A Birth Certificate,

“Without pre-emptive action, the US risks its next crisis,” Mr Hoenig said in a speech at the Pew-Peterson Commission on Budget Reform.
He was the only Fed member who dissented at last month’s meeting against language indicating that interest rates should remain near zero for an “extended period”.
On Tuesday he said that the worst option for the US was a scenario where the government “knocks on the central bank’s door” and asks it to print more money. Instead, the administration must find ways to cut spending and generate revenue. He called for a “reallocation of resources” and noted that the process would be painful and politically inconvenient."

Lone voice warns of debt threat to Fed

By Alan Rappeport in Washington
Published: February 16 2010 20:23 | Last updated: February 16 2010 20:23

The US must fix its growing debt problems or risk a new financial crisis, Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, warned on Tuesday, adding a mounting deficit could spur inflation.

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Rare Bird Sighting Alert!

The unusually snowy and cold winter is affecting bird migration this year. (Read more at http://audubonoffloridanews.org/?p=3102).  Recently, a flock of flamingos was spotted reversing their normal migration pattern and heading north for more temperate weather conditions.  If this flock of flamingos continues on this newly-established route, it is predicted they will reach as far north as Lisbon, Maine by April 5^th, 2010.

The American Revolutionary War, The (3000) That Did Not Quit

"The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies among the possessions in North America of the Kingdom of Great Britain at first rejected the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later the British monarchy itself, to become the sovereign United States of America. In this period the colonies first rejected the authority of the Parliament to govern them without representation, expelled all royal officials and set up thirteen Provincial Congresses or equivalent to form individual self-governing states. Through representatives sent to the Second Continental Congress, they originally joined together to defend their respective self-governance and manage the armed conflict against the British known as the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783, also American War of Independence). The states ultimately determined collectively that the British monarchy, by acts of tyranny, could no longer legitimately claim their allegiance. They then united to form one nation, breaking away from the British Empire in July 1776 when the Congress issued the Declaration of Independence, rejecting the monarchy on behalf of the United States of America. The war ended with effective American victory in October 1781, followed by formal British abandonment of any claims to the United States with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

The American Revolution commenced a series of intellectual, political, and social shifts in early American society and government. The development of republicanism in the United States was particularly significant, including installation of a representative government responsible to the will of the people, thus rejecting the prevalent plutocracies of the inherited aristocracies in Europe at the time. However, sharp political debates broke out over the level of democracy desirable in the new government, with a number of Founders fearing mob rule.

The basic issues of national governance were settled with the unanimous ratification in 1788 of the Constitution of the United States (written in 1787), which replaced the relatively weak Articles of Confederation (ratified 1781) that framed the first attempt at a national government. In contrast to the loose confederation, the Constitution established a relatively powerful federated government. The United States Bill of Rights (1791), comprising the first 10 constitutional amendments, quickly followed. It guaranteed many natural rights that were so influential in justifying the revolution, attempting to balance a strong national government with relatively broad personal liberties. The American shift to republicanism, and the gradually increasing democracy, caused an upheaval of the traditional social hierarchy, and created the ethic that has formed a core of political values in the United States."

If You've Lived In Maine, then you should know these things

If you've lived in Maine , then you should know these things...

* You've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.

* You diet all week so you can consume 40,000 calories at a fair.

* You eat ice cream with flavors like "Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".

* When it snows four inches you call it "a dusting."

* You are surprised to discover there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the country.

* You know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.

* Your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.

* You can drive the Augusta traffic circles without breaking into a cold sweat.

* You think a gravel pit is a cool place to hang out

* You think a mosquito could be a species of bird.

* You once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park .

* Even your school cafeteria made good chowder.

* You know how to pronounce Calais , Machias , Madrid and Vienna .

* You know that The Airline has nothing to do with planes.

* You've made a meal out of a Jordan 's red-skinned hot-dog and a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips.

* You know that a chocolate doughnut is not a white doughnut with chocolate frosting.

* You've gone to a bean supper.

*You know the difference between pea, Yellow-eye, and Red Kidney.

* You wouldn't eat beans in tomato sauce or Manhattan clam chowder if you were starving.

* In high school, you (or a friend) packed Deering or Gifford Ice Cream cones.

*At least once in your life, a seagull pooped on you.

*At least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in here."

* Every summer and fall, there's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.

* You call that long sandwich an "Italian".

* Your idea of a traffic jam is being the second car at the stoplight.

* Your house converts to a B&B every July & August for people from away that you happen to know.

*All year long you're tracking sand in the house- from the beach in the summer and the roads and sidewalks in the winter.

* You have a front door but no steps to get to it.

* Your kids start using "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech.

* You start your shopping by looking in Uncle Henry's.

*You have shopped at the Big Chicken Barn.

*You've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere because you thought you saw some good fiddleheads!

* You've had a vacation from school just to help the family pick potatoes.
* You know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.

* You know not to plant tender crops until the last full moon in May.

* You go to the dump and bring back more than you brought.

*You've taken a date to the dump to watch the bears

*You watch "Murder She Wrote" and snicker at the stupid fake accents.

*You've swam in a quarry pond.

* You take the New Hampshire toll personally.

*You feel really good when you cross the Piscatiqua River Bridge into Kittery .

* You always wave when you see a Maine license plate in another state.
* You've used a roll of Duct tape and a can of flat black spray paint to get your car to pass inspection.

* You have to replace your mailbox yearly because of the town plow.

* When you're supposed to dress up, you wear flannel with a tie.

*You know that Moody's Diner does NOT take credit cards!

* When the word "stove" refers to what you did to the right front fender of your truck going around the Augusta rotaries.

* When there's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars into it.

* When you know what fly dope is.

*When you eat supper at night and dinner at noon.

*As a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.

*The area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard" .

*You've got a Moxie in the fridge.

Lisbon Firefighters Continue To Be Busy

Lisbon Firefighters continue to be busy with fire calls during the past two weeks.  The Lisbon Fire Department responded to 38 calls for service during the month of January and have piled up another 11 calls during the month of February.  Again, members have responded to 2 working house fires and were called to 2 minor fires that did not require as much work.  So far this year members have responded to 49 calls that required over 1200 hours of staff hours. 

 

February 1 - Reported Structure Fire on Village Street - Malfunctioning Heater

February 2 - Vehicle Fire inside a Garage on Lisbon Road - Fire Out on Arrival

February 3 - Medical Assist - Burroughs Road in Bowdoin

February 4 - Smoke Detector Activation - Lisbon Road

February 6 - Chimney Fire - Post Road inn Bowdoin

February 7 - Fuel Spill - Millers variety on Lisbon Road

February 8 - Fire Alarm Activation - Campus Avenue

February 8 - Working Structure Fire on Route 9

February 14 - Furnace Malfunction - Lisbon Road

February 15 - Motor Vehicle Crash - Route 196 in Topsham

February 15 - Working Structure Fire - Meadow Road in Durham

 

 

 Lisbon Firefighters at Ridge Road Working Structure Fire

 

 

 

 Lisbon Firefighters completing ventilation at Working Structure Fire on Ridge Road

 

 

 

 Lisbon Firefighters standby as Lifeflight Helicopter lands at the scene of crash just over the Topsham Town Line.

Photos by: Jim Berube, Fire Dept. Photographer

 

Michael Robitaille

Deputy Chief

Lisbon FD

Maine Snowfall Map ... through Wednesday morning

Provided by Trudeau WxArt direct from Greenland. Thank You "bon homme".

US Navy Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard at Norway

And To Think, They Just Closed BNAS!

February 13, 2010
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND.

U.S. Navy

A growing Chinese fleet could keep the declining U.S. Navy out of the Western Pacific, according to an expert cited in a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
The U.S. also could be faced with new military challenges around the globe because of the projection of power a growing Chinese navy would present.
Yet, the U.S. Navy has cut back the number and type of ships to the level it was prior to the Reagan administration. Indeed, the Navy hasn't been as small since the administration of William Howard Taft, according to naval expert Seth Cropsey.
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