From Red State
Just when you thought Congress was starting to resemble a branch of the government that represents the people again, along comes another poisonous issue that snuck through Congress and raises its ugly head in the Senate.
It’s known as ”patent reform” (HR 1249/SB 23) and it’s anything but reform with it’s current Section 18 intact. It’s a bald-faced sellout to Big Banking and Wall Street. There are several difficulties with the bill, but the one that jumps out at me is the fact that it’s simply a major job-killer. And for unconstitutionality, it’s a two-fer.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is the one who inserted the Section 18 language into the Senate version of the America Invents Act, and Harry Reid wants the Senate to pass the bill without knowing what’s in it, so he scheduled the bill to hit the floor in non-amendable fashion the day the Senate reconvenes.
Thanks to Sen Tom Coburn (R OK) the Senate version of the bill is currently on hold, but that won’t last when Reid moves for cloture. Section 18 applies only to the electronic payment processing industry* and it gives the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the authority to revoke patents it has granted in the past. Under this measure, the USPTO can only reconsider patents that have been upheld in federal court when challenged. If the America Invents Act passes with Section 18 intact, then expect to see big banks and Wall Street challenge issuance of patents to inventors to whom they currently must pay royalties.
There’s the pay-off for the banks and Wall Street: they get out of millions of dollars of royalties paid to inventors by getting Congress to confiscate the property rights of inventors and kill plenty of jobs in the process – after a court has confirmed the validity of the patent!
Contact your representative and let them know you are opposed to yet another attempt by the big banks and the politicians to steal wealth from the private sector.
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Full Cultural Assualt on America Values Continues
Thanks to Patriot Post
Three disturbing stories surfaced this week that illustrates a disturbing trend in the sexualization of our society (CONTENT WARNING). First up, the Department of Health and Human Services has offered "Questions and Answers About Sex," a link on their "Quick Guide to Healthy Living." If you think the questions are scary, the answers are worse. The premise is, "Children are human beings and therefore sexual beings. ... [E]ven infants have curiosity about their own bodies, which is healthy and normal." HHS therefore tells parents not to worry about teen experimentation with sex, homosexuality or masturbation, as these are healthy steps for children to take. On the contrary, Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the conservative Family Research Council, puts it bluntly: "The idea that 'children are human beings and therefore sexual beings' is one of the most destructive myths of the sexual revolution."
Meanwhile, B4U-Act, a 501(c)(3) organization in Maryland that was established "to publicly promote services and resources for self-identified individuals (adults and adolescents) who are sexually attracted to children," held a "scientific" symposium last week. The topic was a proposed new definition of pedophilia in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Some actually pushed the idea that pedophilia should be decriminalized, a position HHS, for one, might have a hard time arguing against given the aforementioned story.
Finally, a Florida Teacher of the Year was suspended for posting comments on Facebook objecting to New York's legalization of same-sex marriage earlier this year. He cited "biblical principles" -- specifically, "Romans chapter one" -- for his opposition. It is not known whether any students are his "friends" on Facebook, but, apparently, the "sexual beings" in his classroom mustn't be given the information necessary to decide right from wrong for themselves. As a side note, in 2008, 62 percent of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Three disturbing stories surfaced this week that illustrates a disturbing trend in the sexualization of our society (CONTENT WARNING). First up, the Department of Health and Human Services has offered "Questions and Answers About Sex," a link on their "Quick Guide to Healthy Living." If you think the questions are scary, the answers are worse. The premise is, "Children are human beings and therefore sexual beings. ... [E]ven infants have curiosity about their own bodies, which is healthy and normal." HHS therefore tells parents not to worry about teen experimentation with sex, homosexuality or masturbation, as these are healthy steps for children to take. On the contrary, Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the conservative Family Research Council, puts it bluntly: "The idea that 'children are human beings and therefore sexual beings' is one of the most destructive myths of the sexual revolution."
Meanwhile, B4U-Act, a 501(c)(3) organization in Maryland that was established "to publicly promote services and resources for self-identified individuals (adults and adolescents) who are sexually attracted to children," held a "scientific" symposium last week. The topic was a proposed new definition of pedophilia in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Some actually pushed the idea that pedophilia should be decriminalized, a position HHS, for one, might have a hard time arguing against given the aforementioned story.
Finally, a Florida Teacher of the Year was suspended for posting comments on Facebook objecting to New York's legalization of same-sex marriage earlier this year. He cited "biblical principles" -- specifically, "Romans chapter one" -- for his opposition. It is not known whether any students are his "friends" on Facebook, but, apparently, the "sexual beings" in his classroom mustn't be given the information necessary to decide right from wrong for themselves. As a side note, in 2008, 62 percent of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
That's not how our system works - Well, it does now
It only took about a month -- that's right, a whole month, to change the system -- Obama had this to say about Rule of Law in America:
In a shameless stunt to secure the Hispanic vote, and undaunted by congressional rebuffs, Obama has resorted to fiat execution of the unpopular DREAM Act -- a.k.a. the "Amnesty Bill.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will halt all deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants who attend school, who have family in the military or who are primarily responsible for the care of other family members, allowing them to apply for work permits. This means that only illegal aliens who have committed serious criminal offenses in the United States will now be candidates for detention and deportation. -- setting aside of course the first serious criminal offenses that many illegals commit entering the U.S. illegally such as; illegal entry, using false documents, giving false names, carrying weapons etc,.
The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations puts out a guide telling Mexicans how they break into the United States in it the Mexican government covers topics like how to safely cross rivers, and deserts, how to avoid human traffickers, (COYOTES, POLLEROS) What rights they have if they are caught, such the right to receive medical attention, the right to contact a Mexican Consulate, the right to receive legal representation without conditions and obstacles, the right To have safe transport. the right to have food and water whenever you needed, and the right to NOT state your migratory status at the time of arrest to authorities.
I am looking forward to reading the follow up guide that will no doubt be published by the Mexican government now that Dream Act has been implemented by executive fiat. How to stay in the United States after you have broken in :
1. Apply for Student Loans and get into school.
2. If your a male knock someone up, preferably an American citizen.
3. If your female, get knocked up early, and often.
4. Apply for work permits.
Remember you have rights, demand they are respected !
Article II, Section 3 directs the president to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." That is, it directs the Executive Branch to ensure that laws Congress enacts are carried out. It does not direct the president either to write his own laws or to carry out laws Congress itself has refused to pass. To do so is a blatant violation of the "Separation of Powers" doctrine that the Founders integrally wove throughout the fabric of the Constitution.
The same president who swore an oath on his inauguration to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" is thus continuing to trample it by refusing to enforce existing immigration laws and by making up his own. Apparently, that's how "our system" works now.
Our rights and our laws be damned -- by order of the so-called President of the United States !
"I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. ... I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own -- that's not how our system works."
In a shameless stunt to secure the Hispanic vote, and undaunted by congressional rebuffs, Obama has resorted to fiat execution of the unpopular DREAM Act -- a.k.a. the "Amnesty Bill.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will halt all deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants who attend school, who have family in the military or who are primarily responsible for the care of other family members, allowing them to apply for work permits. This means that only illegal aliens who have committed serious criminal offenses in the United States will now be candidates for detention and deportation. -- setting aside of course the first serious criminal offenses that many illegals commit entering the U.S. illegally such as; illegal entry, using false documents, giving false names, carrying weapons etc,.
The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations puts out a guide telling Mexicans how they break into the United States in it the Mexican government covers topics like how to safely cross rivers, and deserts, how to avoid human traffickers, (COYOTES, POLLEROS) What rights they have if they are caught, such the right to receive medical attention, the right to contact a Mexican Consulate, the right to receive legal representation without conditions and obstacles, the right To have safe transport. the right to have food and water whenever you needed, and the right to NOT state your migratory status at the time of arrest to authorities.
I am looking forward to reading the follow up guide that will no doubt be published by the Mexican government now that Dream Act has been implemented by executive fiat. How to stay in the United States after you have broken in :
1. Apply for Student Loans and get into school.
2. If your a male knock someone up, preferably an American citizen.
3. If your female, get knocked up early, and often.
4. Apply for work permits.
Remember you have rights, demand they are respected !
Article II, Section 3 directs the president to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." That is, it directs the Executive Branch to ensure that laws Congress enacts are carried out. It does not direct the president either to write his own laws or to carry out laws Congress itself has refused to pass. To do so is a blatant violation of the "Separation of Powers" doctrine that the Founders integrally wove throughout the fabric of the Constitution.
The same president who swore an oath on his inauguration to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" is thus continuing to trample it by refusing to enforce existing immigration laws and by making up his own. Apparently, that's how "our system" works now.
Our rights and our laws be damned -- by order of the so-called President of the United States !
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Marines in Afghanistan: audible farting banned .. it offends Afghans
Thanks to the Military Times
You can also find the story on Google by typing "Fart"+"Marine"
First we get hit with Don't Ask Don't Tell, now we have to deal with Don't Ask, Don't Smell.
We ask a lot from our troops, not only must they fight an elusive, enemy that employs the dirtiest of tactics and tricks to kill the maximum number of Americans, Coalition forces and Afghan civilians, they also must win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, respect their culture, religion.
Now here is the latest directive for Marines ;
It's not easy operating in foreign country and culture, especially when you are expected to wage war on the enemy, and not offend anyone at the same time. The Marines that we send into combat are the best of the best.
The same kid who a couple of years ago would not share a candy bar with his brother or sister, or would take his ball and go home because his buddies wouldn't play the game his way -- Now would sacrifice his life for a people he doesn't know or understand, would give his last MRE to hungry Afghan child, or risk his life to pull a wounded comrade out of harms way.
Farting ? C'mon people get serious, it's almost a sport in the military.
You can also find the story on Google by typing "Fart"+"Marine"
First we get hit with Don't Ask Don't Tell, now we have to deal with Don't Ask, Don't Smell.
We ask a lot from our troops, not only must they fight an elusive, enemy that employs the dirtiest of tactics and tricks to kill the maximum number of Americans, Coalition forces and Afghan civilians, they also must win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, respect their culture, religion.
Now here is the latest directive for Marines ;
"Audible farting has been banned for some Marines downrange because it offends the Afghans."
It's not easy operating in foreign country and culture, especially when you are expected to wage war on the enemy, and not offend anyone at the same time. The Marines that we send into combat are the best of the best.
The same kid who a couple of years ago would not share a candy bar with his brother or sister, or would take his ball and go home because his buddies wouldn't play the game his way -- Now would sacrifice his life for a people he doesn't know or understand, would give his last MRE to hungry Afghan child, or risk his life to pull a wounded comrade out of harms way.
Farting ? C'mon people get serious, it's almost a sport in the military.
Obama's Deal for the Bankers: Amnesty for the Indefensible
The Nation -- This story originally appeared at Truthdig
The Obama administration is rushing to the aid of the Wall Street banks again, and is pressuring state attorneys general to negotiate a sweet amnesty deal.
It is high time to describe the Obama Administration by its proper name: corrupt.
In return for a pittance of compensation by banks to ripped-off mortgage holders, it would grant the banks blanket immunity from any prosecution. It is intended to short-circuit investigations by a score of aggressive state officials, inquiries that offer the public a last best hope to get to the bottom of the housing scandal that has cost U.S. homeowners $6.6 trillion in home equity in the past five years and left 14.6 million Americans owing more than their homes are worth.
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks over dubious foreclosure practices. …
In recent weeks, Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and high-level Justice Department officials have been waging an intensifying campaign to try to persuade the attorney general to support the settlement.
Donovan has good reason not to want an exploration of the origins of the housing meltdown: He has been a big-time player in the housing racket for decades. Back in the Clinton administration, when government-supported housing became a fig leaf for bundling suspect mortgages into what turned out to be toxic securities, Donovan was a deputy assistant secretary at HUD and acting Federal Housing Administration commissioner. He was up to his eyeballs in this business when the Clinton administration pushed through legislation banning any regulation of the market in derivatives based on home mortgages.
Armed with his insider connections, Donovan then went to work for the Prudential conglomerate (no surprise there), working deals with the same government housing agencies that he had helped run. As The New York Times reported in 2008 after President Barack Obama picked him to be secretary of HUD, “Mr. Donovan was a managing director at Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., in charge of its portfolio of investments in affordable housing loans, including Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration debt.”
Shifting the blame from the swindlers to the victims is at the core of the response of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the housing collapse. It is a shameless effort to forgive and forget the crimes of Wall Street and their political allies while allowing ordinary Americans to sink deeper into the pit of debt and despair.
Obama -- who kicked off his campaign vowing to begin a new era of transparency and change -- will stand before the electorate in 2012 having done everything in his power to shield top Wall Street Banks and their political collaborators from all accountability for their crimes.
What about the budget, the economy, the jobs ? he's going to get to that after his vacation at Martha's Vineyard...maybe ?
Meanwhile we should all just sit down, shut up, and stop all the noise, his gangster government wears the crown, they call the shots and continue to shake the people down.
The Obama administration is rushing to the aid of the Wall Street banks again, and is pressuring state attorneys general to negotiate a sweet amnesty deal.
It is high time to describe the Obama Administration by its proper name: corrupt.
In return for a pittance of compensation by banks to ripped-off mortgage holders, it would grant the banks blanket immunity from any prosecution. It is intended to short-circuit investigations by a score of aggressive state officials, inquiries that offer the public a last best hope to get to the bottom of the housing scandal that has cost U.S. homeowners $6.6 trillion in home equity in the past five years and left 14.6 million Americans owing more than their homes are worth.
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks over dubious foreclosure practices. …
In recent weeks, Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and high-level Justice Department officials have been waging an intensifying campaign to try to persuade the attorney general to support the settlement.
Donovan has good reason not to want an exploration of the origins of the housing meltdown: He has been a big-time player in the housing racket for decades. Back in the Clinton administration, when government-supported housing became a fig leaf for bundling suspect mortgages into what turned out to be toxic securities, Donovan was a deputy assistant secretary at HUD and acting Federal Housing Administration commissioner. He was up to his eyeballs in this business when the Clinton administration pushed through legislation banning any regulation of the market in derivatives based on home mortgages.
Armed with his insider connections, Donovan then went to work for the Prudential conglomerate (no surprise there), working deals with the same government housing agencies that he had helped run. As The New York Times reported in 2008 after President Barack Obama picked him to be secretary of HUD, “Mr. Donovan was a managing director at Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., in charge of its portfolio of investments in affordable housing loans, including Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration debt.”
Shifting the blame from the swindlers to the victims is at the core of the response of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the housing collapse. It is a shameless effort to forgive and forget the crimes of Wall Street and their political allies while allowing ordinary Americans to sink deeper into the pit of debt and despair.
Obama -- who kicked off his campaign vowing to begin a new era of transparency and change -- will stand before the electorate in 2012 having done everything in his power to shield top Wall Street Banks and their political collaborators from all accountability for their crimes.
What about the budget, the economy, the jobs ? he's going to get to that after his vacation at Martha's Vineyard...maybe ?
Meanwhile we should all just sit down, shut up, and stop all the noise, his gangster government wears the crown, they call the shots and continue to shake the people down.
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