Where are the police‏

I went over to Scottsdale street to see if there was a tractor trailer there.  There was a tractor but no trailer. I think the tractor alone is over the weight limit for the residential street. Is it the rig junk yard that doesn't have a license? It looks of out of place in the neighborhood. Why don't the police stop this. I have had tickets for driving through residential neighborhoods at night.
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Life goes on in Lisbon.


Ken Smyth

Valid Phone Scam 90#

90# on your telephone


I dialed '0' to check this out, and the operator confirmed that this was correct, so please pass it on.. (l also checked out snopes.com <http://snopes.com/> and truthorfiction.com <http://truthorfiction.com/> This is true, and also applies to cell phones!)


PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW


I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could also be Telus) who was conducting a test on the telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test I should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up. Luckily, I was suspicious and refused.
Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone number.

I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many local jails/prisons. DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE...
The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW.

After checking with Verizon they also said it was true, so do not dial 90# for anyone !!!!!

 

 PLEASE HIT THAT FORWARD BUTTON AND PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!

 

Submitted by: Gordie

Another Maine DHHS Office Is Video Taped

Think Tank Grades DHHS Intake Employee, Process Revealed in Second Undercover Video

  

PORTLAND - The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) has extensively reviewed the latest undercover video of an intake coordinator at Maine's Department of Health and Human Services Portland office, released today by videographer James O'Keefe. The Think Tank is giving the employee mixed grades. The video can be seen here. 

"This latest tape gives us a better perspective of the welfare intake process," said MHPC Chief Executive Officer Lance Dutson. "The Portland employee was far more in command of the intake process than a DHHS employee at the Biddeford office shown in an earlier video, which helps us examine the welfare process more closely. The intake culture is far too focused on getting people into the system, and this is something that clearly needs to change."

MHPC broke the interview down into four categories:

1- Training/ Program Knowledge

Grade: A -

In contrast to the first video, the employee who was secretly filmed by an actor in the Portland DHHS office was obviously very well trained and knowledgeable of Maine's vast welfare bureaucracy and eligibility requirements.

Despite making some clear errors in her explanation of Medicare vs. Medicaid, this employee was able to appropriately articulate the processes and programs available to applicants for welfare services.

2- Efficiency

Grade: D

Similar to the process shown in the video of Biddeford DHHS employees, the length of time spent-nearly one hour-with this likely ineligible welfare applicant was excessively long. DHHS should train intake coordinators to ask simple means-test questions at the beginning of these interviews, to be able to efficiently and honestly process applicants. This interview should have ended in 5 minutes, after the DHHS employee was told the potential applicant could afford to purchase his own private health insurance. Also, once the applicant established that he had access to a bank account with $250,000 in it, and that he had a debit card that he could use "any time" for "anything he needed", it should have become clear to the employee that this applicant was not someone who needed state assistance.

3- Stewardship of Taxpayer Funds

Grade: C

The DHHS employee took precautions to outline the specific parameters for an applicant to receive taxpayer funded services. By drawing these clear lines, the employee set an appropriate standard for eligibility, which is conducive to guarding against abuse of scarce welfare funds. The employee also spoke frankly to the applicant about the perils of unreported income, noting that it would be detrimental to their social security benefits in the long-term. In stark contrast to the Biddeford employee, who twice told the applicant that unreported income is not a factor in application for welfare benefits, this Portland employee made it clear that all income, cash or not, needs to be declared during the application process.  

However, the employee provided far more detail than was necessary for an applicant that had already identified sufficient means. The interview should have been cut short on the basis that means were available, and that welfare services should be a last resort. This interaction is less indicative of poor performance by an employee, and more indicative of a system with inappropriate goals. The overall goal of DHHS employees should be to help Maine's less fortunate get on their feet through employment opportunities, and not lead them toward long-term dependence on the welfare system.

4- Fraud Vulnerability

Grade: D

Though the DHHS employee was articulate and had a strong command of bureaucratic parameters, the interview could have opened the door for future fraudulent activity. The employee, through her thorough explanation of eligibility requirements and the intake process, effectively coached the applicant on the best way to answer questions in order to receive benefits. The applicant left the interview with advice from the employee that removing his name from his parents $250,000 bank account was "one way to get around it." 

In the case of the Biddeford tape, the applicant presented a clear picture of illegal dealings through his "offshore pharmaceutical imports" operation. In the case of this latest tape, however, the scenario of a drug dealing cash-rich applicant wasn't laid out so plainly. The concern for the applicant perpetrating fraud would naturally have been less in the Portland scenario. Nevertheless, DHHS employees should take precaution that they are not providing advice that could be used as part of future attempts to defraud the system.

"This investigation shows how a 'Secret Shopper' program, used extensively in the private sector to improve employee performance, could be an effective tool in reforming our welfare intake process." Dutson said. "While the first video released showed a clear breakdown in the function of front-line DHHS processes, this video provides examples of both good and bad practices that should be used as educational tools for DHHS employees."

MHPC has offered a series of suggestions to the LePage Administration to help improve the efficiency of the welfare intake system, as well as protect against fraud. One suggestion was to establish a 'Secret Shopper' program, to monitor employee performance. In addition, MHPC has urged Maine DHHS to adopt diversion programs, to make employment and self-sufficiency a primary goal, as well as strict penalties for fraudulent activity by welfare recipients and DHHS employees.

"We have seen both through our years of research, and this recent investigation that the primary goal of DHHS has been to enroll applicants into the system," continued Dutson. "In order to stem the out-of-control increase in welfare dependency, we must fundamentally change the DHHS culture to one focused on getting Mainers back on their feet. It's critical we constantly audit our processes to ensure taxpayer funds are not being wasted or abused, while at the same time advance reforms to free Maine families from welfare dependency."

Who will Police the Lisbon Seven‏

Who will police the "Lisbon Seven"?                      
    Over the last few years it has become obvious our councilors are either unable or unwilling to police their own.


   There has been  example after example of questionable behavior with no end in site.


   We have seen Councilor Pomelow 
apparently breaking the traffic laws by using our residential streets as a parking lot for large tractor trailers, sometimes loaded in excess of 60,000  lbs .We have also seen the Pomelow's  use their residence as a business without the proper municipal licenses. 


Councilor Pomelow isn't the only councilor with problems.


  We have also seen  Councilor Bowie  vote time and time again on council items when he had a conflict.


     1.  He voted on the Police Budget when part of his family income is derived from the Police Department.


     2.  Last Fall he voted on a matter directly related to his own recall.

          It is my understanding, (from town source) the town manager, most of the councilors and the town lawyer all recognised this conflict but decided  to let his deciding vote stand even though it  was an obvious egregious conflict of interest.


If we cant rely on the council to police its own and we are   unable to recall councilors, due to the newly passed recall rules that almost guaranteed a recall free term ,what can we do?

I think we owe our councilors a chance to do the right thing and clean up this mess. No one knows what needs to be done and how to do it more than our councilors.

It is our job to make sure they get the encouragement needed to make the necessary changes.

Call your councilors and let them know you aren't stupid,  you see what is happening  and you have had enough. Tell them the law is for EVERYONE.

Joe Hill

What Is The American Dream?

Since our independence from the British following the Revolutionary War, we have been the light at the end of the tunnel for generations of people searching for a better life and the opportunity to achieve it.  The United States has been that place and even today it remains so.  There is no other place in the world that allows and encourages individuals to reach for the stars with their ideas and initiative. 

The Germans, Irish, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian, and countless other ethnic groups came to this country speaking little english but dedicated to work and moving ahead.  Normally within two generations, they became influential in their community because of their dedication and hard work.  There were hiccups along the way with subsets turning to crime, but the majority moved ahead and added to the history of this great country while joining the middle and the upper class.

The dream of knowing that hard work and dedication will ultimately lead to success in this country remains true.  There are some who move ahead by using ruses to influence others, but they ultimately are finally discovered for what they are.  Look at the number of politicians who think that they are above the law and eventually fall because of the law.  Business leaders fall into the same vein.  I know that there are some who escape and end up as successful individuals even though they are reprobates, but I personally believe that everyone will receive his just deserts if not in this world then in the next.  Wow!  I am showing my beliefs.

Does anyone tell their children that there is no future for them in this country?  I suspect that there are some who do, but I also suspect that those individuals did little to improve their own situation through their lives and as a result they are disillusioned.  If this is a terrible country, as many claim, then why are millions trying to come to our shores?

I never cease to be amazed at individuals or organizations that do not appreciate how great this country is.  It is great because people and organizations have the freedom to innovate and create without fear from the government.  That may sound quaint, but it truly is key.  There are only 22 countries in the world that have been democratic or free for the last fifty years.  One of them is in the middle east, one is in South America, one is in the orient, western Europe, and the USA.  That does not speak well for the world as a whole.

The dream is alive in the United States, but it has become fragile.

Colonel Don Myers
USMC (ret.)

http://governmentgonewild.org/americandream?utm_source=GGW&utm_campaign=49e251d50e-The_American_Dream8_15_2011&utm_medium=email

Here's Some Great Reading For Those Interested In Natural News

Why the FDA assault on raw milk has nothing to do with food safety‏

The FDA claims to be assaulting raw dairy farmers at gunpoint because it needs to "protect" Americans from dangerous foods, right?
Yet at the same time, the FDA openly allows foods to be sold that contain cancer-causing sodium nitrite, obesity-promoting MSG, neuro-damaging aspartame, heart-damaging hydrogenated oils, and literally hundreds of other toxic food ingredients that the agency knows are harming and killing Americans.
Here's my story on why the FDA cares nothing about actual food safety and is only using its power to destroy natural foods that keep people healthy:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033339_FDA_food_safety.html

To make matters worse, even when the FDA discovers that a major drug manufacturer faked thousands of documents in order to get a drug approved by the FDA, the agency does nothing. No fraud is too big for the FDA to embrace, it seems (as long as it's a drug company committing the fraud, that is...)
http://www.naturalnews.com/033338_drug_research_fraud.html

I've also posted an interview with Mark McAfee from Organic Pastures, the largest raw milk producer in California. This interview reveals some astounding facts about the FDA, including the fact that the FDA is a military operation!
http://www.naturalnews.com/033328_Mark_McAfee_Organic_Pastures.html

And finally on the good news side today, new research shows that just moving for 15 minutes a day can greatly increase your lifespan. Check out the research:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033333_exercise_lifespan.html
 

Today's Feature Stories:

Proof that the FDA's assault on raw milk has nothing to do with consumer safety (NaturalNews) An astonishing two-thirds of all fresh chicken meat sold in grocery stores today is contaminated with salmonella (http://www.naturalnews.com/028661_chickens_salmonella.html). Diet soda is laced with aspartame, a chemical sweetener made from...

Major drug research company faked thousands of documents to get drugs approved, FDA says no big deal (NaturalNews) It is truly astounding to witness the utter corruption that takes place -- and practically in plain sight -- within the pharmaceutical drug industry. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that drug firm Cetero Research...

Study: Children who take antibiotics more prone to contracting 'superbugs' (NaturalNews) A group of Canadian researchers has found a link between taking antibiotics and a higher likelihood of harboring deadly "superbugs" like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which kills tens of thousands of people every year...

Risperdal drug maker faces $1B in lawsuits, yet mother charged for refusing use on child (NaturalNews) What irony. Detroit mother, Maryanne Godboldo, was just charged with child neglect for refusing to obey a Child Protective Services order to give her daughter Risperdal, a powerful psychoactive drug. Meanwhile federal and multiple state...

Study: 80 percent of antidepressant prescriptions are written for people without psychiatric conditions (NaturalNews) There is a reason why antidepressants have become the third most commonly prescribed class of medications in the US, and it has nothing to do with their supposed efficacy (antidepressants do not actually work). According to a recent study...

Carnitine and lipoic acid shown to prevent diabetes and improve cognitive function Diabetes is a devastating disease that results from an inability to properly metabolize glucose resulting from poor insulin function. Researchers writing in the Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition found that the naturally...

New research: Moving for just 15 minutes a day can save your life (NaturalNews) Imagine a Big Pharma prescription that will slash your risk of dying by 14 percent and give you at least an extra three years of life. How much you would be willing to pay for it? Many people would find a way to take this disease-preventing...

Find health with your breath - The nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating Yoga is now widely recognized as a complementary health care tool in reducing stress, anxiety and depression and in lowering blood pressure. So, what is it about yoga that helps as an aid with these conditions? It`s the breath. While there...

EPA finally considers investigating BPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to launch an investigation into the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) after a number of highly-publicized studies have found that the estrogen-mimicking hormone is a threat to human health...

Poison is in your perfume As lovely as your favorite fragrance may smell, there's a good chance that it's a toxic chemical concoction of poisons. The ingredients used to make perfume and cologne don't stop at natural spices and pure essential oils (no matter what...

Health Ranger interviews Mark McAfee from OrganicPastures.com about raw milk and FDA raids (NaturalNews) Mark McAfee is the celebrated founder and operator of Organic Pastures (www.OrganicPastures.com), one of the largest and most successful raw milk producers in America. After the FDA's armed raid on Rawesome Foods, I spoke with Mark by phone...

Twisted web of lies in Godboldo Case: Big Pharma, multiple agencies, judge, DHS all profit from child abduction (NaturalNews) There is a good chance you have heard the story of Maryanne Godboldo and how armed government agents broke down her door and attempted to kidnap her 13-year-old daughter Ariana to turn over to CPS because she refused to medicate her with...

A MAINER'S GUIDE TO COMPUTER LINGO

A MAINER'S GUIDE TO COMPUTER LINGO

(some may be a little obsolete) (like me)

LOG ON, Makin'  the wood stove hotter

LOG OFF, Don't add wood

MONITOR, Keep an eye on the wood stove

DOWNLOAD, Gettin' the firewood off the pickup

MEGA HURTZ, when yor' not careful downloadin' (watch the toes)

FLOPPY DISK, What you get from pilin' too much firewood

RAM, the hydrolic thingy that makes the woodspliter work

ENTER, C'mon in!

PROMPT, What you wish the mail was in mud season

WINDOWS, What to shut when it's 30 below

SCREEN, what you need for black fly season

BYTE, What black fly's do

CHIP, what to munch on

MICRO CHIP, What's left in the bag when the chips are gone

MODEM, What you did to the field

DOT MATRIX, Farmer Matrix's wife

LAP TOP, Where the little kids feel comfy

KEYBOARD, Where to hang your keys

SOFTWARE, Them plastic eatin' utensils

MOUSE, What eats the horses' grain in the barn

MAIN FRAME,  The part of the barn that holds the roof up

PORT, Where you park your lobster boat

HARD DRIVE, Gettin' home in mud season

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, You can't remember how much that new rifle costs when your wife asks

Submitted by: 

Dot Fitzgerald

  A Mainer

More Charter Changes To Shield Councilors Even More

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

In November, the residents of the Town of Lisbon are going to be asked to vote on some important changes to the Town Charter.  One of these items is going to be the Recall Procedure.   The current Recall Procedure is outlined in Part 3, Section 8-31 (Generally.), paragraph (d) Action on Petition.  In this paragraph it states “An official shall be recalled when a majority of those voting thereon shall have voted in the affirmative so long as the total number of votes cast for and against recall is at least equal to 30% of the total number of qualified voters who cast votes for Governor in the most recent gubernatorial election”.  This statement is totally impossible to comply with because in any election other than the Presidential or Gubernatorial elections the voter turnout is normally 10-15% of the registered voters and much less in a Special Election.

All elections should be decided by the voters and not a percentage of anything let alone a percentage which is unattainable.   A prime example of this is during the latest Recall of Bowie.  The voter turnout was extremely low and though the majority of the voters voted 160-96 to recall Bowie; it never happened because it did not meet this unattainable figure of 30% of the gubernatorial election.  This provision clearly destroys the principles of democracy or the voice of the people.  In this case, the people spoke and their desires were ignored because of an unattainable provision in the Town Charter.  Two Priests, an Nun, a Rabbi and the Pope could not get 30% of the votes in order to comply with this restriction. 

I believe this provision was put into the town charter to ensure councilors could never be recalled.  In order to recall a councilor, there are numerous obstacles which have to be obtained prior to the election.  These obstacles are meant to ensure the rights of the councilor are protected.  Once all these obstacles are completed, it is up to the people to speak by voting in an election.

 The democratic process permits voters the opportunity to change their elected officials by voting.  The process is called elections and they are established for the people to voice their opinions.  The wishes of the majority should rule in every election because if you do not turnout to vote then you have not EARNED the right to complaint.  It is the voice of the people which is the backbone of this country, the Constitution, and our democratic way of life. 

This provision MUST be changed immediately in order to recognize the voice of the people and to protect our democratic society.   Please do not allow this Town Council to ignore your desires.
RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF LISBON, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THESE INJUSTICES.  WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TAKE BACK OUR TOWN AND RESTORE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.  

Larry A. Fillmore                                                                      Concerned Citizen

Town Council Agenda Tuesday August 16

AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011
LISBON TOWN OFFICE
7:00 P.M.

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

3. PUBLIC HEARING

A. Park Ordinance Amendment
B. Wellhead Protection Ordinance

4. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

5. CONSENT AGENDA

2011-151 ORDER −
A. Minutes of July 5, 2011
B. Minutes of July 26, 2011
C. Minutes of August 2, 2011

6. COUNCIL ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, & ORDINANCES

2011-152 ORDINANCE −
Park Ordinance Amendment (2nd Reading)

2011-153 ORDINANCE −
Wellhead Protection Ordinance (2nd Reading)

2011-154 ORDINANCE −
Ch. 46, Article V., Section 46-134 Access Management (1st Reading)

2011-155 ORDER −
Maine Association of Police Union Contract

2011-156 ORDER −
Fuel Bids

7. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Finance Director’s Report
B. Town Manager’s Report

8. APPOINTMENTS
2011-157 ORDER −
Board of Appeals (1) Regular Member (Reappointment) – 3 year term

9. COUNCILOR COMMUNICATIONS

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
2011-158 ORDER −
1 MRSA § 405 (6) (D) Labor negotiations

11. ADJOURNMENT
2011-159 ORDER −
To Adjourn

12. WORKSHOP

Lisbon LACO Ready to Assist‏

Lisbon – Do you or someone you know need assistance with food or clothing items?  The Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (L.A.C.O.) program, conveniently located at the MTM building, 16 School Street in Lisbon Falls, is open to anyone in need who resides in the towns of Bowdoin, Durham and Lisbon.   L.A.C.O. Food Pantry operates through the generous giving of local volunteers from seven area churches.  Hours of operation are Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.  Residents wishing to visit the food panty for assistance are asked to fill out an application and must show two forms of identification, a photo ID ( i.e. driver’s license) and a utility bill, etc., providing proof of address.  Students in the Lisbon community have supported the food panty with food drives throughout the school year and assist with stocking and organizing. 

The clothing bank is open to anyone free of charge.  Donations of clothing or bedding can be dropped off when the clothing bank and food pantry are open.   Items also may be left in the plastic bins outside the entrance to the food pantry and clothing bank at the rear of the MTM Center.  Fall and winter clothing items are currently being accepted.  LACO members would like to thank the students and staff of the Lisbon schools, the LHS Interact Club, Boy Scouts, Post Office, and all the other organizations and individuals who donate food, clothing, money or volunteer time for these programs.

   Lisbon High School Interact Club member, Shantal MacWhinnie, assists L.A.C.O. Director, Carol Day (right) organize food items at the L.A.C.O. located at the  MTM Center, 16 School Street in Lisbon Falls.  MacWhinnie, LHS Class of  2014, volunteers at the pantry on a regular basis.   The L.A.C.O. Center is open to assist residents of Lisbon.   A “stuff the bus” project benefiting the Center is planned for Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 at Wal-Mart in Brunswick.  Volunteers who would like to assist from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. are invited to contact Day at 353-8019 or email patab@myfairpoint.net for more information.   Photo by Monica Millhime.

Monica M. Millhime

Community Resource Coordinator

Lisbon School Department

754-0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org

EXCELLENT ARTICLE. NEVER EVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD COME OUT OF ASPEN

T he article below was written by Gary Hubbell, a rancher, fishing guide and real estate agent, in Aspen, Colorado of all places....Someone picked this up and began circulating it.  To confirm its authenticity, someone emailed Gary and received the following reply:
 
 
  Yes, indeed, I did write that. Thanks for your compliments.

Regards,

Gary Hubbell, Broker/Owner
United Country Colorado Brokers
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
970 872 3322 office
970 988 2122 cell
970 921 5588 home
970 872 3323 office fax
email: grandviewranch@gmail.com
web: www.uccoloradobrokers.com
web: www.aspenranchrealestate.com

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100228/ASPENWEEKLY/100229854 

Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation
Gary Hubbell
Aspen Times Weekly          February 2010 

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.

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 . Here's why.

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.

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.

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 "FANTASTIC" 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 

 IF YOU AGREE, SHARE THIS . IF YOU DON'T, you should.

Submitted by: WOB

BEST QUOTE OF THE DECADE

BEST QUOTE OF THE DECADE

This quote could not be more accurate. While it may hurt a little now, we're in for much worse if we don't recognize and fix the problem.


BEST QUOTE OF THE DECADE - from the CZECH REPUBLIC

Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic . Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama Presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their President. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the Prince of the Fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their President."

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a9f_1310092633 

Submitted by: Gordie

Here's Why Recycling Is So Important To Our Future, If Only It Worked For Politicians

Win Win: Use Of Recycled Plastic
Waste Not Technologies in Pennsylvania is a company that turns plastic jugs into sturdy, attractive fences that will outlast a wooden fence by many years.

Not only are they made out of "garbage" but the equipment to make it was all recycled from other companies. Some of it was even reclaimed from junkyards and put back into working condition.

Since plastic does not biodegrade, it's really win- win when it can be re-manufactured into a product that will stay in place and be useful for a long time.

--Bibi Farber

This video was produced by WNEP's Home and Backyard Show

Maine's DHHS Biddeford Office Encourages Fraud, See For Yourselves

Shocking Video Reveals Vulnerability to Fraud within Maine's Welfare System

DHHS Worker: "If you don't have proof of income, then you have no income"

AUGUSTA - An outside investigation into Maine's Medicaid system reveals a shocking potential for fraud within Maine's vast welfare bureaucracy, and it's all on video. Yet policy reforms to increase accountability and safeguard measures will help protect Maine's welfare system from fraud, if officials act soon.

The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) and Americans for Prosperity-Maine (AFP) held a joint press conference in Augusta today, where the groups showed footage from a video-recorded interaction earlier this year between a Department of Health and Human Services employee at the Biddeford office, and an individual posing as a "pharmaceutical" importer seeking free, taxpayer-funded Medicaid health coverage.

The individual, who posed as a Mr. Ted Ceanneidigh, revealed the following to the DHHS worker:

• He has access to enough money to buy private health insurance
• He drives a Corvette
• His parent are unaware he has turned their failing fishing business into a "pharmaceutical imports" business that does its dealings in international waters
• His business card prominently features a marijuana leaf
• His income is strictly in cash and precious metals, because metals are "less traceable."
• He has no pay stubs and none of his income is declared

Business card of "Ted Ceanneidigh" presented to DHHS worker

After learning this information, the DHHS employee advised the individual to keep his income hidden.

"You don't have a paycheck, you don't file taxes, you have no income," the employee said.

Applicants for Medicaid must earn below a certain level of income to qualify for the free taxpayer-funded health coverage.

"How many Ted Ceanneidighs out there were advised by DHHS workers to hide their income? How many were never reported for suspected drug dealing? How many Ted Ceanneidighs are receiving taxpayer-funded health care today because of unethical practices within Maine's welfare bureaucracy?" AFP-Maine State Director Carol Weston asked at the press conference.

The explosive details in the video demonstrate the vulnerability of the welfare system to fraud and abuse, which may contribute to the growth in enrollment and cost for Maine's welfare programs. Today, almost one in three Mainers is on some form of welfare, and the state spent more than $2.5 billion on its welfare system in 2008 alone.

"Maine spends billions on its welfare system. Is this potentially illegal behavior what those billions are funding?" Weston asked.

Prior to the press conference, Weston and MHPC chief executive officer Lance Dutson met with the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and staff from the Governor's office to show them the video, and to discuss potential reforms to safeguard Maine's welfare system from fraud and abuse.

MHPC has specifically suggested the creation of a divergence program that helps potential applicants find work or job training while making welfare benefits a last resort, establishing a Secret Shopper-type program to monitor the performance and practices of DHHS employees, and lifetime bans from receiving benefits and working in state government for applicants and employees, respectively, who are found to have knowingly engaged in fraudulent or illegal behavior.

"I hope that what we have revealed today motivates action from officials in all branches of our government. Our system is clearly vulnerable to fraud and abuse, and we can no longer pretend these things only happen in other states," Dutson said.

"I have shared our reform ideas with the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and members of the Governor's staff at our meeting this morning," Dutson continued. "I have also pledged the full support of The Maine Heritage Policy Center to develop and promote welfare system reforms that root out fraud, waste and abuse, while preserving our safety net for those in need. Action must be taken."

CLICK HERE to watch the footage shown at today's press conference at MaineFreedomForum.com.

CLICK HERE to watch the complete, 48 minute video.

Contact: Chris Cinquemani, Director of Communications 207.321.2550 (o), 207.240.7090 (m) chris@mainepolicy.org

The above article is a press release issued by MHPC.
Please don't shoot the messenger for the content.

The following is typical comment from TLR Editorial staff, we are always ready to Duck & Cover ! :-)

Oh Governor What Work You Have To Do!
Best to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground!
First you must "weed" out the crooked politicians.
How about a "bounty" on all politicians and let the people handle it?
During these tough economic times sounds like a win win for Maine and America.  Restore integrity, dignity, and honesty to the political farce that has ruined this country of late.

America's Bull$@#* Banking Bandits THE GREAT HEIST

 So where were Maine's Politicos Support for this much needed Audit?

The first ever GAO audit of the Federal Reserve was carried out in the past few months due to the Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill, which passed last year. Jim DeMint, a Republican Senator, and Bernie Sanders, an independent Senator, led the charge for a Federal Reserve audit in the Senate, but watered down the original language of the house bill (HR1207), so that a complete audit would not be carried out. Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and various other bankers vehemently opposed the audit and lied to Congress about the effects an audit would have on markets. Nevertheless, the results of the first audit in the Federal Reserve's nearly 100 year history were posted on Senator Sander's webpage earlier this morning.

http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3

What was revealed in the audit was startling:

$16,000,000,000,000.00 (TRILLION) had been secretly given out to US banks and corporations and foreign banks everywhere from France to Scotland . From the period between December 2007 and June 2010, the Federal Reserve had secretly bailed out many of the world's banks, corporations, and governments. The Federal Reserve likes to refer to these secret bailouts as an all-inclusive loan program, but virtually none of the money has been returned and it was loaned out at 0% interest. Why the Federal Reserve had never been public about this or even informed the United States Congress about the $16 trillion dollar bailout is obvious the American public would have been outraged to find out that the Federal Reserve bailed out foreign banks while Americans were struggling to find jobs. To place $16 trillion into perspective, remember that GDP of the United States is only $14.12 trillion. The entire national debt of the United States government spanning its 200+ year history is only $14.5 trillion.

The budget that is being debated so heavily in Congress and the Senate is only $3.5 trillion. Take all of the outrage and debate over the $1.5 trillion deficit into consideration, and swallow this Red pill: There was no debate about whether $16,000,000,000,000 would be given to failing banks and failing corporations around the world. In late 2008, the TARP Bailout bill was passed and loans of $800 billion were given to failing banks and companies. That was a blatant lie considering the fact that Goldman Sachs alone received 814 billion dollars. As is turns out, the Federal Reserve donated $2.5 trillion to Citigroup, while Morgan Stanley received $2.04 trillion. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank, a German bank, split about a trillion and numerous other banks received hefty chunks of the $16 trillion. ****

"This is a clear case of socialism for the rich and rugged, you-are-on-your-own individualism for everyone else." – Bernie Sanders(I-VT)

When you have conservative Republican stalwarts like Jim DeMint(R-SC) and Ron Paul(R-TX) as well as self identified Democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders all fighting against the Federal Reserve, you know that it is no longer an issue of Right versus Left. When you have every single member of the Republican Party in Congress and progressive Congressmen like Dennis Kucinich sponsoring a bill to audit the Federal Reserve, you realize that the Federal Reserve is an entity onto itself, which has no oversight and no accountability.

Americans should be swelled with anger and outrage at the abysmal state of affairs when an unelected group of bankers can create money out of thin air and give it out to megabanks and supercorporations like Halloween candy. If the Federal Reserve and the bankers who control it believe that they can continue to devalue the savings of Americans and continue to destroy the US economy, they will have to face the realization that their trillion dollar printing presses can be stopped with five dollars worth of bullets. Regardless of whether this money is fiat money (money printed with nothing of value to back it), if it is a currency forced on society and the world, with enforcement by the Fed, IRS, the U.S. military, et al, – which it is–  the acts of the Federal Reserve are, in essence, the transfer of greater wealth to the rich insider banks and corporations, while the rest of the world grows poorer, and as the value of this funny money grows less and less in purchasing power. These insider banks, etc., then, exchange this funny money for gold and silver, the real wealth of the world, which, then, reinflates the world with more and more devaluing federal reserve notes. This, then, creates hyper-inflation, increasing the cost of all resources and commodities, while gold and silver climb to never-seen-before levels of value.

This is how the Federal Reserve insiders steal the wealth of the world and why the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. It's the world's largest Ponzi scheme! The Federal Reserve is nothing but a front for a small group of families who run a very large and successful white collar criminal Ponzi scheme. This criminal institution should be seized by the U.S. Treasury department and all assets frozen, and returned to the coffers of the U.S. Treasury in order to settle the U.S. debt and help begin to balance the U.S. deficit. All banks (listed below) should be forced to return the money received by the Federal Reserve. All families in ownership of the Fed and their agents should be located, caught, tried and jailed for grand larceny and treason against the people of the U.S.A. All government agents who protect and help facilitate this criminal organization should be fired from the positions and similarly tried and jailed for grand larceny and treason. Meanwhile, Congress should return our country to its original monetary system and, again, do its duty to regulate the coining of the currency of America as per the U.S. Constitution.

The list of institutions that received the most money from the Federal Reserve can be found on page 131 of the GAO Audit and are as follows:

Citigroup: $2.5 trillion($2,500,000,000,000)
Morgan Stanley: $2.04 trillion ($2,040,000,000,000)
Merrill Lynch: $1.949 trillion ($1,949,000,000,000)
Bank of America : $1.344 trillion ($1,344,000,000,000)
Barclays PLC ( United Kingdom ): $868 billion* ($868,000,000,000)
Bear Sterns: $853 billion ($853,000,000,000)
Goldman Sachs:  $814 billion ($814,000,000,000)
Royal Bank of Scotland ( UK ):  $541 billion ($541,000,000,000)
JP Morgan Chase: $391 billion ($391,000,000,000)
Deutsche Bank ( Germany ): $354 billion ($354,000,000,000)
UBS ( Switzerland ): $287 billion ($287,000,000,000)
Credit Suisse ( Switzerland ): $262 billion ($262,000,000,000)
Lehman Brothers: $183 billion ($183,000,000,000)
Bank of Scotland ( United Kingdom ): $181 billion ($181,000,000,000)
BNP Paribas (France): $175 billion ($175,000,000,000)

 To read the GAO report click here.

Now just think of this. If this is going on at the Federal Level, what do you think is going on at your LOCAL LEVEL?

Makes you want to keep paying your taxes to support these crooks now doesn't it?

SNOWE REMOVAL 2012

America's Economy Crisis 101

 Apply this to LISBON and you have it figured  out. 
"MONEY & POLITICS is the Root of All Evil."
Doesn't get going until 2:29
- then watch out!
And Olympia Snowe says she is Embarrassed.  See your favorite fake news source for that.

Economy won't recover
until we get the criminals out of government

And how are we going to do that?

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