Rising Water Rates Offset Draining Revenues

Water rates rising as revenue dries up in poor economy

By Clarke Canfield

PORTLAND, Maine — The grim economy is hitting some consumers in the wallet in yet another way: their water bills. 

Many water utilities are raising rates because water use is down, in part because manufacturers have closed or are cutting back, tourism has fallen and the real estate market is in the doldrums.

Water sales for the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District in southern Maine fell 11 percent last year, to 1995 levels. The No. 1 reason is the sour economy, said superintendent Norm Labbe.

One of the utility’s largest customers, a catalog printer, shut its doors last year, putting 374 people out of work. Tourism also has been down — meaning fewer tourists are taking showers and flushing toilets in the motels in the region’s beachside communities.

“This is happening most everywhere. It’s a regional thing, it’s a national thing,” Labbe said. “Many, many [water utilities] around the country are seeing decreases in revenues. Because if industry goes down, revenues go down.”

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Jeesh Lisbon,  Celotex closed, Rt.9 water construction and the Town Council Approved a rate increase, do you think your water rate will go up?

Addiction To Borrowing

Maine's Towering Debt

March 30, 2010
Author: Tarren Bragdon and Stephen Bowen
Source: The Maine Heritage Policy Center

Maine is drowning in a sea of debt.
Much has been made of the budget shortfalls that have plagued the state for years, but Maine people have heard very little about the state's growing addiction to borrowing.

 http://www.mainepolicy.org/resources/media/241_1890727491.pdf

Happy Easter!

Reaction to Obama's Portland Visit

Random Footage shot outside of the Portland Expo where Obama spoke 4-1-10. Interesting time capsule of America immediately after the Health Insurance Industry Bail Out was passed.

Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation

Gary Hubbell: The Redneck tree hugger

Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation

Gary Hubbell
Aspen Times Weekly,

Barack Obama is the best thing that has happened to America in the last 100 years. Truly, he is the savior of America's future. He is the best thing ever.

Despite the fact that he has some of the lowest approval ratings among recent presidents, history will see Barack Obama as the source of America's resurrection. Barack Obama has plunged the country into levels of debt that we could not have previously imagined; his efforts to nationalize health care have been met with fierce resistance nationwide; TARP bailouts and stimulus spending have shown little positive effect on the national economy; unemployment is unacceptably high and looks to remain that way for most of a decade; legacy entitlement programs have ballooned to unsustainable levels, and there is a seething anger in the populace.

That's why Barack Obama is such a good thing for America.

Obama is the symbol of a creeping liberalism that has infected our society like a cancer for the last 100 years. Just as Hitler is the face of fascism, Obama will go down in history as the face of unchecked liberalism. The cancer metastasized to the point where it could no longer be ignored.

Average Americans who have quietly gone about their lives, earning a paycheck, contributing to their favorite charities, going to high school football games on Friday night, spending their weekends at the beach or on hunting trips — they've gotten off the fence. They've woken up. There is a level of political activism in this country that we haven't seen since the American Revolution, and Barack Obama has been the catalyst that has sparked a restructuring of the American political and social consciousness.

Think of the crap we've slowly learned to tolerate over the past 50 years as liberalism sought to re-structure the America that was the symbol of freedom and liberty to all the people of the world. Immigration laws were ignored on the basis of compassion. Welfare policies encouraged irresponsibility, the fracturing of families, and a cycle of generations of dependency. Debt was regarded as a tonic to lubricate the economy. Our children left school having been taught that they are exceptional and special, while great numbers of them cannot perform basic functions of mathematics and literacy. Legislators decided that people could not be trusted to defend their own homes, and stripped citizens of their rights to own firearms. Productive members of society have been penalized with a heavy burden of taxes in order to support legions of do-nothings who loll around, reveling in their addictions, obesity, indolence, ignorance and “disabilities.” Criminals have been arrested and re-arrested, coddled and set free to pillage the citizenry yet again. Lawyers routinely extort fortunes from doctors, contractors and business people with dubious torts.

We slowly learned to tolerate these outrages, shaking our heads in disbelief, and we went on with our lives.

But Barack Obama has ripped the lid off a seething cauldron of dissatisfaction and unrest.

In the time of Barack Obama, Black Panther members stand outside polling places in black commando uniforms, slapping truncheons into their palms. ACORN — a taxpayer-supported organization — is given a role in taking the census, even after its members were caught on tape offering advice to set up child prostitution rings. A former Communist is given a paid government position in the White House as an advisor to the president. Auto companies are taken over by the government, and the auto workers' union — whose contracts are completely insupportable in any economic sense — is rewarded with a stake in the company. Government bails out Wall Street investment bankers and insurance companies, who pay their executives outrageous bonuses as thanks for the public support. Terrorists are read their Miranda rights and given free lawyers. And, despite overwhelming public disapproval, Barack Obama has pushed forward with a health care plan that would re-structure one-sixth of the American economy.

I don't know about you, but the other day I was at the courthouse doing some business, and I stepped into the court clerk's office and changed my voter affiliation from “Independent” to “Republican.” I am under no illusion that the Republican party is perfect, but at least they're starting to awaken to the fact that we cannot sustain massive levels of debt; we cannot afford to hand out billions of dollars in corporate subsidies; we have to somehow trim our massive entitlement programs; we can no longer be the world's policeman and dole out billions in aid to countries whose citizens seek to harm us.

Literally millions of Americans have had enough. They're organizing, they're studying the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, they're reading history and case law, they're showing up at rallies and meetings, and a slew of conservative candidates are throwing their hats into the ring. Is there a revolution brewing? Yes, in the sense that there is a keen awareness that our priorities and sensibilities must be radically re-structured. Will it be a violent revolution? No. It will be done through the interpretation of the original document that has guided us for 220 years — the Constitution. Just as the pendulum swung to embrace political correctness and liberalism, there will be a backlash, a complete repudiation of a hundred years of nonsense. A hundred years from now, history will perceive the year 2010 as the time when America got back on the right track. And for that, we can thank Barack Hussein Obama.

Gary Hubbell is a hunter, rancher, and former hunting and fly-fishing guide. Gary works as a Colorado ranch real estate broker. He can be reached through his website, aspenranchrealestate.com.

http://www.aspentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100229854&template=printart

Interesting Observation

Subject: Interesting observation.

A friend of mine in Maine sent this interesting observation at a rally in Maine supporting Obama’s HC plan. Thanx

"I was drawn today to go and see what the crowd would be like for the Obama "healthcare" rally here in Portland, Maine. There were thousands of supporters of the President and his plan there. They formed a line extending at least 1/2 mile. I was standing across the street and directly in front of the entrance to where he was speaking. I was amongst several hundred individuals who oppose the President. This group was civil but vocal. Ringing bells, dressed in patriotic garb, carrying clever & thoughtfully worded signs, and proudly standing beneath dozens of "flags". The most stunning observation was pointed out by a man with a "bull horn" right next to me. He said "Hey all of you Obama supporters where are your flags?" . He was right... Not one flag among them! All those people chanting praises for the President and how he was saving the country and NOT ONE FLAG!"

Agenda Town Council Meeting WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010
LISBON TOWN OFFICE
7:00 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE TO FLAG
2. ROLL CALL
___Councilor Bowie ___Councilor Larochelle ___ Councilor Mason
___Councilor Cote ___Councilor Lunt ___Councilor Pomelow
___Councilor Crafts
Town Clerk reading of meeting rules

3. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Special Entertainment Permit & Liquor License – Casa Mia, Inc. d/b/a Graziano’s Restaurant
B. Special Entertainment Permit & Liquor License – Raymond J. Lavigne Post 9459
C. Liquor License for the Angelo’s Restaurant

4. CONSENT AGENDA
2010-54 ORDER A. Mobile Home Park Renewals
B. Off Premise Catering Permit – Richard A. Gnauck d/b/a Richards Restaurant
C. Special Entertainment Permit & Liquor License – Casa Mia, Inc. d/b/a Graziano’s Restaurant
D. Renewal Victualer Licenses
E. Special Entertainment Permit & Liquor License – Raymond J. Lavigne Post 9459
F. Mass Gathering Permit for Riverside Flea Market
G. Mass Gathering Permit for Moxie Days
H. Liquor License for the Angelo’s Restaurant
I. Minutes of March 2, 2010
J. Minutes of March 16, 2010

5. COUNCIL ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, & ORDINANCES
2010-55 ORDER − Advisory question for budget referendum process

6. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Street Lighting Policy
B. Town Manager’s Report

7. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

8. APPOINTMENTS

9. COUNCILOR COMMUNICATIONS

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11. ADJOURNMENT
2010-56 ORDER to Adjourn

12. BUDGET WORKSHOP

MaineFreedomWatchdogs America in Exile

Jason Levesque Comments on President Obama's Visit to Maine

Mike Michaud Joins President Obama To Sell Health Care To Mainers….after the fact

Auburn, Maine – Today, President Obama visited Portland, Maine in an effort to sell the health care package to Mainers, after it’s already been signed into law. 2nd District Candidate Jason Levesque released the following statement on the visit:

“I would like to thank President Obama for coming to Maine. Despite my differences with many of his policies, he is the President of the United States and it is an honor to have in my home state.

“I think it is unfortunate that the up-sell of this health care legislation by the President and Congressman Mike Michaud, comes after the vote. These are the conversations that should have taken place ahead of time and something I repeatedly requested Congressman Michaud do. People of Maine want health care reform that reduces the cost of insurance and opens access. The People do not want a job-killing, tax-hiking, premium-increasing, government-intervening, mandate-filled piece of legislation such as what Mike Michaud voted for and the President signed. More than anything, the People want to be listened to. It is disingenuous to pretend that today’s visit is anything more than a political stunt to attempt to use the star of the President to garner support for a very bad, very unpopular piece of legislation.

“While it is too late to prevent this bill from becoming law, I would urge Congressman Michaud to hold open meetings with his citizens to discuss the possibility of fixing this legislation before most of it is enacted. I believe we need to repeal this legislation and replace it with true reform including TORT reform, small business pooling and opening state lines for insurance purchases. This is real reform that will achieve what the people have asked for and I look forward to continued discussion on this over the next several months.”

Where's The Birth Certificate? LTC Terry Lakin Asks

American Patriot Foundation: FTC Terry Lakin Defense Fund

From: apfinc | March 30, 2010 | 

LTC Terry Lakin has tried in vain to get the same verification from our President that he has been asked to provide countless times in his career, for many jobs, and to obtain a security clearance for the trusted positions he has held within the U.S. Armed Forces. LTC Terry Lakin has tried in vain to get the same verification from our President that he has been asked to provide countless times in his career, for many jobs, and to obtain a security clearance for the trusted positions he has held within the U.S. Armed Forces.

To leave comments or ask questions please visit our website at http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com (less info)

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Council Workshop at Town Office Tonight

 4.1.10

Council Workshop - Budget

Town Office Chambers

7:00 PM

to 9:30 PM

This is when you can come listen to the town council hold their "no audience participation" meeting to discuss the current budget and where to save you the taxpayer from having to pay a lot of money and not have much to show for it.

Really, no April Fool's Joke implied. Strictly Coincidental.

 

Lisbon VOD & PP Winners‏

Students from Lisbon Schools winning the Voice of Democracy completion were announced during a luncheon at the VFW Post 9459 on Saturday, March 27. (pictured l-r) Forrest Cornell, LHS; VFW Senior Vice Commander, Ed Cornell; LAVFW Senior Vice President, Lisa Cornell; LAVFW President, Carole Thomas; Alexis Ancona, LHS; Jennifer Newendyke, LFACO.

Lisbon students were recognized by Ed Cornell at the VFW Post 9459 for their participation in the Patriot’s Pen Writing Competition.  Pictured front row (l-r) Dylan Busler, Elysabeth Jefferies, Dylan Dall, Cornell,  Jennifer Runyon, Nichole Jones, Bree Sautter, Delanie Ouellette, and Dillon Clifford.  Back row: Lisa Cornell and Carole Thomas.

Lisbon – On Saturday, March 27 the VFW Post 9459 and LAVFW 9459 of Lisbon recognized Lisbon students in the Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition and Patriot's Pen Essay Contest.  The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary VFW promote citizenship education, voluntarism and positive youth programs. The VFW Scholarship Program, Certificates of Appreciation and monetary awards were distributed at a luncheon for students and their parents and teachers. Voice of Democracy winners were Forrest Cornell, LHS; Alexis Ancona, LHS; Jennifer Newendyke, LHS, Jennifer Newendyke, LFACO.

Created in 1947, the Voice of Democracy (VOD) scholarship program is an audio-essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12 annually providing more than $3 million in scholarships. The first-place winner, who competes with all the first-place VFW Department winners, receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school.

In addition to competing for the top scholarship prize, as well as other national scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $16,000, each Department's first-place winner receives an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., March 6-10, 2010.

Patriot's Pen, a youth-essay writing contest is a nationwide competition giving students in grades 6,7 and 8 the opportunity to write essays expressing their views on democracy. Annually, more than 115,000 students participate in the contest.

Student winners of the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest at Philip W. Sugg Middle School were Delanie Ouellette, Elysabeth Jefferies, and Nichole Jones. Other students participating in the program from PWS were Cyrus Lavers, Brooke Gamache, Emily Stevens, Jennifer Smith, Haylee Jamison, Cory Raymond, Colby Williams, Alyssa Briglio, Dylan Busler, Jennifer Runyon, Dillon Clifford, Dylan Dall, and Breeann Sautter and Jessica Newendyke LFACO.

Contestants wrote a 300-400 word essay based on an annual patriotic theme. The first-place winner receives a $10,000 savings bond and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington D.C. The top national winners each receive a savings bond anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed both programs on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2009-2010.  Programs are designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to express their opinions based on an annual theme.

For more information contact VFW National Headquarters or your local VFW Post.

MONICA M. MILLHIME

Community Resource Coordinator

LISBON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Email: mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org

Website:  www.lisbonschoolsme.org

Criminal Complaint Filed Against Town Clerk

Maine Attorney General Janet Mills: Criminal Complaint Filed Against Town Clerk

 Today at 3:51pm

Attorney General Files Criminal Complaint Against

Bowdoinham Town Clerk Alleging Election Law Violation


Bath—Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that her office filed a criminal complaint in the West Bath District Court against Bowdoinham Town Clerk, Pamela Ross, age 51, alleging that Ms. Ross knowingly violated the law regarding the counting of absentee ballots. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Ms. Ross unfolded the ballots at the time she removed them from the absentee ballot envelopes. Unfolding the ballots allows an election official to determine how the person voted, violating the sanctity of the secret ballot. The charge is a Class E crime punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Lisbon Community School Visited by Elks Lodge 371‏

Pictured in front, from left, are Samantha Wasielewski, Kipri Steele, Stone, Asia Farnum, Hope Morse; second row, Ciera Miller, Zoe Meagher-Touchette, Kaylin Le, Jordan Gamache, Alexandra Sult; third row, Joseph Couillard, Chandler Riordan, Jennifer Violette, Jacob Fusaro, Jasmin Le, and Tyler Daignault.  (Photo by Monica Millhime)



Lisbon – On Monday, March 22 Junior Volunteers at Lisbon Community School welcomed Doug Stone, a member of Youth Activities Committee with the Lewiston Elks Lodge 371.  Stone attended the students’ monthly meeting to present LCS second graders new dictionaries and book covers.  The fifth graders volunteered during their recess to assist with the sorting and distribution of the dictionaries to teachers.  The presentation marked the second year students in Lisbon were included in the nationwide Dictionary Project sponsored by the Lewiston Elks.  “Providing students with their own dictionaries helps them become active readers, creative thinkers and good writers,” according to Stone.  

A Number of Classes Starting at Lisbon Adult & Community Education

Hello Lisbon Community!

 

We have a number of classes starting at Lisbon Adult & Community Education in the coming weeks. Be sure to check in and get your name on the list for the following opportunities:

 

-Painting in Oils 3/31 Wed 8wks $50

-Tole Painting: Flowers 4/6 Tue 2wks $30

-Drawing in Different Media 4/6 Tues 6wks $60

-Red Cross First Aid for Pet Owners 4/28 Wed 1wk $32

-Astrology for Beginners 4/14 Wed 6wks $65

-Becoming an Adult Ed Instructor 4/7 1 wk FREE

-IF&W Boating Safety Education* 4/13-14 Tue & Wed 1wk ONLY $5 (*if you own and insure a boat you can save $$ with a certificate of completion from this course!!)

 

We hope to see you there!!!

 

Sara Flowers, Director

Lisbon Adult & Community Education

19 Gartley Street

Lisbon, Maine 04250

(207) 353-3037 Phone

(207) 353-3036 Fax

JASON DUNHAM A Name To Remember

Real American Stories on Fox News Channel Television  

will air a program this Thursday, April 1st at 10pm on
Corporal Jason Dunham.  The program will rebroadcast on

Sunday, April 4th at 9pm.

Let Us Honor the Real American Heroes ... Not Britney Spears

Cpl. Jason Dunham was a 22-year-old squad leader 
in Karabilah, Iraq on April 14, 2004. While grappling with a suspected 
insurgent after an ambush, the terrorist released a hand grenade. 
“Without hesitation, Cpl. Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and
 body.” His ultimate and selfless act of bravery “saved the lives of at 
least two fellow Marines.” 

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DDG 109  JASON DUNHAM   read more a Bath Built Ship. Stand Proud Maine!

Public School Report Card On Performance

Gendron explains ‘lowest-achieving’ school rankings

By Abigail Curtis AUGUSTA, Maine — Under pressure by school administrations to explain how the Maine Department of Education came up with its list of the 10 “persistently lowest-achieving schools” which are eligible to apply for $12 million in federal funding, Commissioner Susan Gendron clarified the process Tuesday morning in a media conference call.
The department also made public its achievement and progress list for all Maine schools, although officials reiterated that they do not consider the list to be a ranking of schools.
“We know there will be a temptation by some to do the ranking,” Gendron said. “What we’re trying to stress is not the rank, but the data.”
Her department also has come under fire by some educators because of the way it shared the list of the 10 schools with school departments and the public.

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Click here view Statewide statistics for school ranking.

Click here to learn more about School Improvement Grants

Town Council Workshop March 16, 2010 People's Vote Discussion

To View Click Here

Lisbon Budget 2010-2011

http://lisbonme.org/vertical/Sites/%7B23BCC392-4131-4737-99E0-6C6FCE7FB2A2%7D/uploads/%7B1D9CB646-B1AD-4AD5-9A23-E276DC795053%7D.PDF

Click on the above and print out your own copy.  Good Luck

Reminder Budget Workshop tonight:

Council Workshop - Budget

7:00 PM

to 9:30 PM

Department Presentations:
Police Department
Town Clerk
Economic Development/GA

The Flag That Doesn't Fly

THE FLAG THAT DOESN'T FLY

Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. 

Check out the dimensions of the flag. The  Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers.



Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson 
For our soldiers.... Please don't break it 

 

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen. There is nothing attached....

Supreme Court Might Stop Obamacare

Napolitano: Supreme Court to Strike Down Obamacare

Friday, 26 Mar 2010 06:32 PM

By: David A. Patten
President Barack Obama is one of the worst presidents ever in terms of respecting constitutional limitations on government, and the states suing the federal government over healthcare reform "have a pretty strong case" and are likely to prevail, according to author and judicial analyst Andrew P. Napolitano.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella, Napolitano says the president's healthcare reforms amount to "commandeering" the state legislatures for federal purposes, which the Supreme Court has forbidden as unconstitutional.

"The Constitution does not authorize the Congress to regulate the state governments," Napolitano says. "Nevertheless, in this piece of legislation, the Congress has told the state governments that they must modify their regulation of certain areas of healthcare, they must surrender their regulation of other areas of healthcare, and they must spend state taxpayer-generated dollars in a way that the Congress wants it done.

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Why Go To Church?

Why go to Church?  

 

If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this!  

If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it.  

If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope! 

 

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.   "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons.  But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them..  So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all." 
 

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor.  It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: 
 

"I've been married for 30 years now.  In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals.  But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.  But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work.  If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today.  Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"  When you are DOWN to nothing..... God is UP to something!  Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!  Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!   
   

"When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could you get that for me?"

 

Have a blessed day!

THIS PICTURE IS PRICELESS

The Corporation-Part1 Airs Saturday April 3 @ 10:00am Eastern on Satellite TV

Special: The Corporation - Part 1

Airdates

Timezone: P M C E 

Saturday, April 3rd 

10:00 am 

DIRECTV Channel 375 | DISH Network Channel 9410

Category: Documentaries

Regions: North America

Topics: Political Institutions / Systems, Economic Development / Poverty

Corporations control almost every part of our lives. At the top, lobbyists influence politicians. But on an everyday level, from the food we eat, to the air we breathe - not to mention what we see when we walk down the street or turn on the television – we have put our lives in their hands. So why do they often seem immune to legal controls? In this special Link TV presentation we are joined by journalist Greg Palast to look at the history and power of these massive entities. Also airing is Part 1 of the popular documentary The Corporation.

The Corporation
Winner of 26 international awards.
10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, this unique documentary explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation has transformed audiences and dazzled critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.

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The Corporation – Part 1

Part One of The Corporation outlines the emergence of corporations as an entity, and more importantly, the treatment they receive as “persons” under the law. To assess the "personality" of the corporate "person," a checklist is employed, using diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization and the standard diagnostic tool of psychiatrists and psychologists. The operational principles of the corporation give it a highly anti-social "personality": it is self-interested, inherently amoral, callous and deceitful; it breaches social and legal standards to get its way; it does not suffer from guilt, yet it can mimic the human qualities of empathy, caring and altruism. The Corporation then goes on to outline how corporations, not held fully accountable under law, are buying up the planet, engage in irresponsible advertising, and punish whistleblowers.

Maxine sums up the health care bill

Maxine sums up the health care bill...and, as usual, is Right-On!

 

Let me get this straight. We're going to be gifted with a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president who also hasn't read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke. 

What the hell could possibly go wrong?

POP

I have an idea. A novel approach to government reform. On the ballot there
should be another box to check off.

NONE OF THE ABOVE 

What better way to get rid of all of the self-serving, career politicians! 

The leaches who have the best health care, paid for by you and I, Mr. Mrs. &
Miss Taxpayer and vote against health care for those in need. 

Politicians who give free housing, food, and health care to illegal
immigrants.   Politicians who put the interests of health insurance
companies above the interests of citizens who have lost jobs to outsourcing
and downsizing.
 
NONE OF THE ABOVE 

It can be implemented on local ballots, State and Federal ballots. 

How can we accomplish this? How can we make it happen when those same
politicians who make the laws would  be against such a law.? By petition?
Would they even listen?

Think about it! On each and every ballot- NONE OF THE ABOVE
 
Dot Fitzgerald
A Very Concerned Citizen
 

New Political Party

New Political Party.

Not Democrat, Not Republican, Not Independent.

It's called the "PISSED OFF PARTY" (or POP).

This party is dedicated to vote every incumbent out of office in the next elections.

If you're Democrat, vote Democrat. Just don't vote for the incumbent.

If you're Republican, vote Republican. Just don't vote for the incumbent.

We need to send a message to all politicians, that we're tired of their B.S.

If the country votes out all the incumbents, the new incoming politicians will get the message.

It's pretty simple. Nobody needs to change parties and lets face it, there's plenty of blame to spread around.

A few good politicians will lose their job but they probably have better retirement and insurance then 95% of the American public.

You've had to struggle for the last 5 years. Some of you have lost your job and may be working in some other sector just to feed your family.

I guarantee you, none of them will suffer like this country has.

If you like whats going on and think this is a bad idea, delete this. But if you're fed up and think this is a good idea, then pass this E-mail on.

If you really think this has legs then a website and a blog could help get th e word out.

Read this part Here's an irritated Senior!!

This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To All 535 voting members of the Legislature; it is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:

a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.

b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.

c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.

d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.

e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.

f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.

g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars

AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM? IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOOD HEALTH CARE, IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT TO RUN IT.

Taxes and Fees

This video offers a great letter from a Maine Business Owner. He shares his everyday working business problems in a manner everyone should be able to understand. 

Open Water Fishing Season Opens Early

March 25, 2010

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE 284 State St., SHS 41, Augusta, ME 04333 www.mefishwildlife.com Main Number: 287-8000
MEDIA: For more information, call IF&W Spokeswoman Deborah Turcotte at (207) 592-1164

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 25, 2010

Open Water Fishing Season Now Open

AUGUSTA – Open water fishing season is now open under an emergency law signed by Gov. John E. Baldacci today, Thursday, March 25, 2010.

All lakes, ponds and brooks are open except those with specific opening-day regulations that start after April 1 as listed in the 2008-2009 Open Water Fishing Law Book.
Bag and size limit rules contained in the 2008-2009 Open Water Fishing Law Book also apply.
The emergency law is in effect until April 1, 2010.

A new fishing law book that combines ice fishing and open water fishing rules, including several new regulations, will become effective on April 1, 2010. Distribution of this law book began a couple of weeks ago and is available where fishing licenses are sold.

“People have been anxious to drop their lines given that ice fishing season ended too soon in some parts of the state, with many lakes and ponds experiencing early ice out conditions,” Commissioner Roland “Danny” Martin said. “We’re happy to provide this opportunity to anglers, and remind them to be mindful of early spring cold-water conditions by being safe.”
Open water fishing season historically begins on April 1 on most waters of the state. Because of unseasonably warm weather opening up waterways in many counties and strong public interest in wanting to fish, Maine Sen. Bruce Bryant, D-Oxford County, sponsored emergency legislation to start the season early.

“Let’s go fishing!” exclaimed Sen. Bryant, upon the Governor’s signature of the bill.
Emergency law opens season today (March 25), but 2008-2009 rules apply until April 1

Think Of It This Way

Think of it this way:
A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year.

A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.

They claim 700,000 vehicles so that's 224 million gallons saved per year.

That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.

5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption. 

More importantly, 5  million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million  dollars

So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.

We spent $8.57 for every dollar we saved.

I'm pretty sure they will do a great job with our health care, though.