Re: Fwd: Common Sense: No Taxation Without Information

2008-09-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I saw this article yesterday and thought that maybe we should request the monthly check register from the City of Springfield and City Utilities at the end of each month.  We would also need the credit card statements from every City Employees' credit card.   We would undoubtedly get criticize

The Full Impact of CU Gas Rate Increase

2008-09-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  As Paul Harvey used to say, "Here's the rest of the story".   The attached spreadsheet is an analysis of the Gas Rate Increase which City Utilities assumes will be approved by City Council (the increased rates were used to create the 2009 Annual Operating Budget).   The analysis examines the to

Freedom Force - Creed of Liberty

2008-09-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I have just listened to the entire lecture. He is absolutely right. The only course is to take back the ship.   I will be a candidate for City Council in April.   Fred --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no re

Re: Freedom Force - Creed of Liberty

2008-09-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Fred B. Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   I have just listened to the entire lecture. He is absolutely right. The only course is to take back the ship.   I will be a candidate for City Council in April.   Fred -- http://417-politi

Freedom Force

2008-09-14 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  The Freedom Force strategy can be summarized as: Don't fight city hall when you can BE city hall. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its membe

Choices

2008-09-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  “Ultimately, the choice before the American people is the choice between two visions: on the one hand, the policies of limited government, economic growth, a strong defense, and a firm foreign policy; and on the other hand, policies of tax and spend, economic stagnation, international weakness

Fw: Common Sense: Learning from Sal Grosso

2008-09-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
September 19, 2008 Learning from Sal GrossoSal Grosso, a retired man in his 80s, moved to Cape Coral, Florida, after a successful career as a troubleshooter for New York State's phone network. Since then he has served as troubleshooter for the government of Cape Coral, writing a c

Common Sense: A Burr Under the Government Saddle

2008-09-26 Thread Fred B. Ellison
September 26, 2008 A Burr Under the Government Saddle His name is not Dan Kramer Burr, it’s simply Dan Kramer. The “Burr” stands for what he is, metaphorically: “a burr under their saddle.” The “their” stands for Delaware’s Sussex County Council. I found out about Dan on SunshineR

Re: Common Sense: A Burr Under the Government Saddle

2008-09-26 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Maybe that's what my middle initial stands for, Fred B'urr' Ellison.   F. --- On Fri, 9/26/08, Tom Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Tom Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Common Sense: A Burr Under the Government Saddle To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, Septemb

Fw: Financial System Bailout

2008-09-28 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Sun, 9/28/08, Fred B. Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Fred B. Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Financial System Bailout To: "Roy Blunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Christopher S. Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, September 28,

1999 Warning - Fannie Mae Lowers Credit Requirements

2008-10-02 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  Note the date of this article Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending By STEVEN A. HOLMES Published: September 30, 1999 In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, theFannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements

Fw: Common Sense: Corrupt Cooking

2008-10-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  The Washington Establishment has to find some way to get rid of him. He too is a 'B.urr' under their saddle.   Fred October 3, 2008 Corrupt CookingCan you be kicked out of the government for serving sautéed shad roe? Prime Minister Samak Sundarave of Thailand has just been ousted

Patriot Post - 10/06/2008

2008-10-06 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  LIBERTY “Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis warned, ‘The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.’ The freedom of individuals from compulsion or coercion never was, and is not now, the normal state of human affairs

Fw: Common Sense: $700 Billion Bad Bet

2008-10-06 Thread Fred B. Ellison
October 6, 2008 $700 Billion Bad BetThe administration’s proposed $700 billion bank bailout has finally passed the Congress — in large part because of fear that the economy would crumble if “something” wasn’t done. But the magic men in Washington don’t have any guaranteed fixes i

Fw: PBS Poll on Sarah Palin-Please vote!

2008-10-07 Thread Fred B. Ellison
        A 'vote' is being taken by NOW on PBS, expecting that their 80% liberal viewers will dominate.  Let's prove that wrong.  Send to every non-liberal you know.  Let's get some balance into the voting group. Thi

Fw: Common Sense: A Bloombergian, Buzzing Confusion

2008-10-07 Thread Fred B. Ellison
October 7, 2008 A Bloombergian, Buzzing ConfusionA politician has changed his mind about term limits. Over the years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City has often expressed firm support for the city’s two-term limit on officials. But lately his comments about term limits h

FW: David Letterman

2008-10-10 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  David Letterman wrote this; it's the David we don't often see ' As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but this is not about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the mark  'The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came

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2008-10-10 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Back in January of 1996, the Rev. Joe Wright, senior pastor of the 2,500-member  Central Christian Church in Wichita, was invited to offer the opening prayer at a session of the Kansas House of Representatives and the prayer he offered was this one:      Heavenly Father, we come before y

Re: Fwd: FW: Mr. Burris presentation

2008-10-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Tom,   My suggestion would be to offer Mr. Burris the opportunity to meet with us at his convenience Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evening this week or next week. The other possible time would be our regular meeting on Saturday afternoon, October 25th.   It would be nice to meet at the Library

Obama: Mohamed Atta Gets Driver's License!

2008-10-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  Please DO NOT REPLY to this message. Replies will not be seen. Use the information at the bottom for e-mail address changes, subscription issues, and to contact GOPUSA. -- The following e-mail comes from one of our sponsoring advertisers. Through their support, GOPUSA c

Fw: Common Sense: The Crime of Being Robbed

2008-10-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
October 15, 2008 The Crime of Being RobbedHere’s one way to reduce your crime statistics: jail victims who report crime. That’s the latest method of crime-stopping in Shreveport, Louisiana. Starting October 15, gas station owners and even attendees will be culpable if a thief gases

Fw: RE: Donations to the Pension Fund

2008-10-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Retirement System get deposited directly into the pension fund and cannot be used for anything else. Let me know if you have any further questions. David -Original Message- From: Fred B. Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:38 PM To: Hall, David Subject: Donatio

Fw: Freedom Advocates Action Alert- Real ID and Biometrics Issues

2008-10-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
        URGENT - ACTION ALERT Help Get the Message Against REAL ID on National Television National Phone In to Lou Dobbs On Wednesday, October 22, between the hours of 8:00am EST and 5:00pm EST We were getting ready to send out our next Report for October...and will soon. But this

Special Pension Board Meeting, October 21, 3:00pm

2008-10-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  To All Interested:   There will be a special meeting of the Police and Fire Pension Plan Board this afternoon (Tuesday, Oct. 21) at 3:00pm. To the best of my knowledge, this will be held in the 4th Floor Conference Room at the Busch Building.   The 06/30/08 Financial Statement will be released

Unbelievable !

2008-10-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past association with William Ayers, a known terrorist.   If he is elected President he could not qualify to be his own body guard!   And the scary thing is…some think this fact

Quotable Quotes

2008-10-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
“[Joe] Biden’s erratic and gaffetastic behavior is the least of America’s worries. He’s worse than a blunderbuss. He’s an incurable narcissist with chronic diarrhea of the mouth. He’s a phony and a pretender who fashions himself a foreign policy expert, constitutional scholar and worldly wise ma

Common Sense: Why the People

2008-10-29 Thread Fred B. Ellison
October 29, 2008 Why the PeopleSome people wonder at my support for initiative and referendum. They don’t place much trust in their neighbors to run their lives. They fear what de Tocqueville called “the tyranny of the majority.” And hey: I don’t trust fellow voters to run my life,

Re: what do you all think

2008-10-30 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Depending on everyone's budget, I would suggest Rodizio if everyone thinks that $22.50 + drink(s) per person is O.K.  Or, we could just ask for the meeting room at Golden Corral ( about $10 per person).   Chances are good that Janice and I will be out of town the week of Thanksgiving.   Fred --

TownHall: Real Change is Possible

2008-11-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
The million-dollar question Paul Jacob Sunday, November 02, 2008 “Change”: the official buzzword of Campaign 2008. Everyone seems to be for change. Barack Obama and his supporters first shouted it as a slogan, but John McCain and his backers have long since dittoed their fondness for it. The “w

Fw: Common Sense: Beating Up Joe the Plumber?

2008-11-06 Thread Fred B. Ellison
November 6, 2008 Beating Up Joe the Plumber?When Samuel Wurzelbacher hit the news as “Joe the Plumber,” his story played well. Presidential candidate Barack Obama had been going door to door, with cameras, in an elaborate meet-and-greet binge. When he got to Wurzelbacher’s door, h

Re: Urban Districts Alliance

2008-11-07 Thread Fred B. Ellison
This information was provided by:   http://www.jackehammer.blogspot.com/ Urban Districts Alliance: Valuable Partner and Ally of City of Springfield MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR As I begin my final term as Mayor of Springfield and reflect on my years on City Council, one of my proudest accomp

Fw: Urban Districts Alliance

2008-11-07 Thread Fred B. Ellison
This information was provided by:   http://www.jackehammer.blogspot.com/   Urban Districts Alliance: Valuable Partner and Ally of City of Springfield MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR As I begin my final term as Mayor of Springfield and reflect on my years on City Council, one of my proudest acco

Downsize DC

2008-11-10 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  Please take a look at the following website:   http://www.downsizedc.org/   Read about some of the legislation that they are promoting and decide whether you want to support some of their ideas. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner

Fw: Common Sense: Unbefreakinlievable

2008-11-10 Thread Fred B. Ellison
November 10, 2008 UnbefreakinlievableNow what? Well, now the governors are going to Washington to beg for bailouts. New York Governor Paterson and New Jersey Governor Corzine have schlepped their way up to the Hill to explain that they are “cutting all [they] can” from their bloate

Fw: Some points to consider...

2008-11-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Thu, 11/13/08, Dan Dunaway wrote:    http://www.giwersworld.org/mgiwer/govrules.html   The Ten Truths of Tyranny by Matt Giwer (c) 1994 (9/30) Any law the electorate sees as being open to being perverted from its original intent will be perverted in a manner that is worse than t

Fw: Mark Twain was right

2008-11-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." -- Mark Twain Subject: Educate the Powerful! Mark Twain was right. History doesn't repeat itself, exactly, but often the present does rhyme with the past. Sadly, the evidence for this is

Fw: How to Cure Political Loneliness

2008-11-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "In the long run men hit only what they aim at." -- Henry David Thoreau Subject: How to cure political loneliness * How many Americans want smaller government?* How many Americans would support the "Read the Bills Act" and the "One Subject a

Fw: Should You Pay Autoworkers to Do Nothing?

2008-11-17 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Downsizer Dispatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Downsizer Dispatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Should You Pay Autoworkers to Do Nothing?To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 1:36 PM D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "The Constitution

Re: Fwd: binding future city councils

2008-11-18 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  Tom,   I asked some very pointed questions at Mr. Burris presentation to the Grant Beach Neighborhood Association last night.   I basically said that the statements that Mr. Wichmer is making about limited ballot language are only a smoke screen for City Council's unwillingness to make meaning

OSTA would prevent monstrosities like the Big Bailout bill

2008-11-18 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "The practice of combining into one Bill Subjects diverse in their nature and having no necessary connection, thereby to secure the passage of several measures, no one of which could succeed on its own merits, both corrupts Congress and end

Fw: Common Sense: Second Amendment Foundation Hits Target

2008-11-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
November 21, 2008 Second Amendment Foundation Hits TargetIt was one of the most laborious and disgusting clean-up jobs that had to be done after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Finally the Second Amendment Foundation has achieved satisfaction in its “clean-up

Common Sense: Obaminableonomics

2008-12-01 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 1, 2008 ObaminableonomicsThere’s a new school of economic thought: Obaminableonomics. Come to think of it, though, maybe there’s nothing so very new about this Obaminable economic school — after all, it just combines typical big-government redistribution with a few nomin

Fwd: Fw: THOMAS JEFFERSON, President

2008-12-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
        #yiv1506562523 #yiv498340629 #yiv1724915490 #yiv1366255381 v\:* { } #yiv1506562523 #yiv498340629 #yiv1724915490 #yiv1366255381 v\:* { }      Jefferson   in many cases could be called a prophet.     When we get piled upon one another in larg

Fw: Troops For Domestic Duty -- Homeland Security

2008-12-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
    --- On Mon, 12/1/08, wendell kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security By Spencer S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, December 1, 2008; A01 The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops

Fw: Common Sense: The John Lilburne Award

2008-12-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 2, 2008 The John Lilburne AwardJohn Lilburne and Eric Ehst could never meet: They belong to different eras. But they have something in common. Back in the 1600s, John Lilburne worked as a pamphleteer and champion of individual or “freeborn” rights. He pioneered the use

Fwd: Invitation to Attend State Budget Summits

2008-12-03 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Just a reminder that this is happening this afternoon, 3:00-5:00pm.   Fred        Invitation to Attend State Budget Summits With a greatly weakened national financial system, and states throughout the country reporting serious budget shortfalls, how is Missouri positioned

Re: Your Sunday letter to the editor in the News-Leader

2008-12-07 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Jim,   I read Mr. Viebrock's letter a few minutes ago. The pressure is beginning to increase and is coming from many different directions.   The current members of City Council are going to start having nightmares.   We also need to apply some moral suasion and pressure to the Police and Fire Uni

Re: Legislative Academy

2008-12-12 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I'm not sure that we need a bunch more lobbyists for all kinds of special interests. Isn't this one of the reasons for our out of control government expenditures?   Fred --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Charity Angel wrote: From: Charity Angel Subject: Legislative Academy To: "Charity Davis" Date: F

Re: Sales Tax Compliance

2008-12-14 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  There is one group of businesses that need the city's attention in regard to sales tax collection that would have a minimal impact on local citizens.  The hotels and motels are notorious for under reporting room rentals. Many of the small motels simply 'forget' to account for room rentals paid

Re: Sales Tax Compliance

2008-12-14 Thread Fred B. Ellison
? -Cameron On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:50 AM, Fred B. Ellison wrote:   There is one group of businesses that need the city's attention in regard to sales tax collection that would have a minimal impact on local citizens.  The hotels and motels are notorious for under reporting room rentals. Many o

Re: something is fishy

2008-12-16 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I was extremely disappointed at Ms. Rushefsky's comments last night during the discussion of Council Bill 2008-368. Obviously, she does not want to be restricted from seeking new revenue.  Frankly, I was also surprised that someone did not have any comments on point #4 about the full amount of

Fw: Common Sense: Good Property Rights Make Good Neighbors

2008-12-17 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  “Private property and freedom are inseparable.” - George Washington December 17, 2008 Good Property Rights Make Good NeighborsThe California Coastal Commission sought to tear down a fence on private property. The fence, on the property of Martin and Janis Burke in Torrance, Califor

Fw: Common Sense: Campers Packing, Legally

2008-12-18 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 18, 2008 Campers Packing, LegallyThe Department of Interior has decided to abide by the Second Amendment. Why? Maybe the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution does indeed protect an individual’s right to bear arms has something to do with it. Or maybe DOI folk

Fw: Common Sense: Blogging Now Illegal?

2008-12-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 19, 2008 Blogging Now Illegal?Has political blogging been outlawed in Italy? Maybe. A disturbing precedent has been laid down, at any rate. Back in May of 2008, a Sicilian judge determined that historian and blogger Carlo Ruto was guilty of publishing a “clandestine newsp

Fw: Common Sense: A Congressman Makes Sense

2008-12-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 22, 2008 A Congressman Makes SenseHave I stumbled upon an alternative universe? There is a congressman actually making sense. Well, to be more precise, he’s not yet a congressman, he’s Congressman-Elect Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado. Polis is a supporter of voter

Mayor and Council Candidates Email Addresses

2008-12-23 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  This is the email contact information that I have for all the candidates:   "Chris Donegan" "Cameron L. Eaton" "Fred B. Ellison" "Tamara Finocchiaro" "Lyle Foster" "Nicholas Ibarra" "Jason Lillard" "To

Fw: Common Sense: Something for All Seasons

2008-12-24 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 24, 2008 Something for All SeasonsA recent study shows that men tend to react to holiday shopping as if they were soldiers fighting in a war, or police putting down a riot . . . that is, with extreme stress, high blood pressure, accelerated heart rates. Maybe that’s why I

Fw: Common Sense: Congress Hikes Pay!

2008-12-29 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 29, 2008 Congress Hikes Pay!Shocking news: Congressional leaders demand to be paid just one dollar a year! Thus they acknowledge their own flagrant irresponsibility in causing the economic crisis. According to congressional leaders, “Our mammoth fiscal irresponsibility is t

Fw: Common Sense: Farewell, Freedom's Champions

2009-01-01 Thread Fred B. Ellison
December 31, 2008 Farewell, Freedom’s ChampionsAs we enter a new year, I'd like to remember all the wonderful souls who have passed from this world in 2008. In politics, it's easy to look on the bleak side. Yet, I'm hopeful for our republic, believing that "yes, we can" protect fre

Fw: Common Sense: Meet the Moots

2009-01-02 Thread Fred B. Ellison
January 2, 2009 Meet the MootsThe meaning of institutions, like words, changes over time. Take Congress. The Constitution hands legislative power to the two houses of Congress. With the growth of government Congress has delegated more and more of its powers to the executive branch.

Letter from The Boss

2009-01-04 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Who ever this boss is he has it nailed down perfectlyread his entire message and the last 3 paragraphs will make total sense to youand if you are a left leaning socialistic democrat this type of thinking just may get you to re-evaluate your sense of direction for this country.  Cuba

Fw: Czeck Leader Says Global Warming A "MYTH"

2009-01-04 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Sat, 1/3/09, wendell kerr wrote: From: wendell kerr Subject: Fw: Czeck Leader Says Global Warming A "MYTH" To: "Roy Blunt" , "Christopher Bond" Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 11:11 PM FYI  --  It appears  that  most  scientists and political leaders  that  don't  stand  to

Townhall Article - "When Prophets Panic"

2009-01-04 Thread Fred B. Ellison
When prophets panic Paul Jacob Sunday, January 04, 2009 When politicians ratchet up airy optimism, we snicker, even sneer. Remember Herbert Hoover’s “prosperity is just around the corner”? Gerald Ford’s WIN buttons? Laughable in their day, they remain so now. But, for some reason, “Happy days a

Re: Fw: Disappointed, dissatisfied, and dumbfounded

2009-01-04 Thread Fred B. Ellison
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Re: city council meetings

2009-01-04 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  That sonds good to me.  Have you checked to see if one of the rooms at Midtown Carnegie Library would be available?   Fred --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Tom Martz wrote: From: Tom Martz Subject: city council meetings To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 11:23

Re: City officials to address neighborhood group on proposed tax hike

2009-01-05 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  This sounds like an execellent opportunity for certain council candidates to meet and speak with some voters.   Fred --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Glenn Gohr wrote: From: Glenn Gohr Subject: City officials to address neighborhood group on proposed tax hike To: "Missouri Liberty Coalition" , "Springfi

Fw: Common Sense: Get Real, Mr. Rael

2009-01-06 Thread Fred B. Ellison
January 6, 2009 Get Real, Mr. RaelPolitical ads are not much different from normal, commercial ads. Effective advertisements usually make it pretty clear what the hoped-for outcome is. Buy a widget? Patronize a business? In politics, it’s “Vote for X”… or A, B, or C. Last polit

Fw: Common Sense: The Wizard of Fraudz

2009-01-08 Thread Fred B. Ellison
January 8, 2009 The Wizard of FraudzEvery time the economy takes a nose-dive, we roust up a few frauds and a bevy of humbugs. This outing's big villain is financier Bernard Madoff. For decades, Madoff made off with billions of other people's money by pretending to invest it honestly

Fwd: Fw: Chicago and who runs yoiur future

2009-01-08 Thread Fred B. Ellison
What happened to Bill Ayers?           Subject: Chicago and who runs the SHOW                  Check out the following information about that wonderful vacationland known as Chicago and who runs the show there.   Chicago Who Runs it?

Fw: Common Sense: How to Spell "America"

2009-01-09 Thread Fred B. Ellison
January 9, 2009 How to Spell “America”In Franz Kafka’s famous-but-incomplete novel, Amerika, his protagonist treks to our brave new world only to repeatedly find himself persecuted by a bizarre assortment of authorities. That was fiction. How’s our factual world? Today, our govern

Fwd: FW: Beware of this book

2009-01-10 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Fri, 1/9/09, wendell kerr wrote: From: New Life Mission Subject: Please BEWARE of this book !! WARN Parents, Teachers, Etc. Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 12:58 PM If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you have neighbourhood

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2009-01-11 Thread Fred B. Ellison
The new rulers' new rules Paul Jacob Sunday, January 11, 2009 In little more than a week, Barack Obama assumes the office of president of the United States and, once again, all will be right with the world. At least, that’s how some see it. Me? I haven’t consumed any of that Kool-Aid. It may b

Fw: Founder's Quote Daily

2009-01-12 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I am quite sure that the Founding Fathers would have never believed that the citizen/voters of our country wouuld ever sink to this level. #yiv1447647124 table{font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;color:#33;}#yiv1447647124 a, #yiv1447647124 a:link, #yiv1447647124 a:visited{c

Fw: This short statement is perhaps...

2009-01-12 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Dan Dunaway wrote: ... relevant when considering who should be on City Council, and who should be our Mayor - and why.   "[E]very critical decision that will be made regarding the economy will be made by Insulated Americans whose assets are substantial enough to keep

Fw: If you dare to know the truth

2009-01-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
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Fw: To Avoid Misunderstandings

2009-01-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "We did not see (as a result of brain scans of partisan loyalists) any increased activation of the parts of the brain normally engaged during reasoning. What we saw instead was a network of emotion circuits lighting up, including circuits hy

Fw: Bad-Time Bonuses

2009-01-13 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  January 13, 2009 Bad-Time BonusesPeople often complain about executive pay. I don't. What other people get paid isn’t my business. But after we discovered that many of the major companies bailed out by our government went on to give their execs bonuses, I changed my tune, a bit.

Re: Feral Cats Information

2009-01-14 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  The last sentence is the real kicker:     "We believe that the process they are going to follow uses best practice for this type of work," Ingwersen said. "And that all possible ramifications have now been considered."   Fred --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Tom Martz wrote: From: Tom Martz Subject: Re:

Collapse of Mexican Government

2009-01-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Newsmax.com U.S. Military: Mexico Could Collapse Under Drug Violence, CorruptionWednesday, January 14, 2009 2:56 PM By: Jim Meyers Mexico is in danger of a “rapid and sudden collapse” due to criminal gangs and drug cartels, according to a troubling new report by the U.S. Joint Forces Comma

Drug War on the Mexican Border

2009-01-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Nugent for Drug Czar by Ted Nugent (more by this author) Posted 01/15/2009 ET One of the most dangerous places on earth is our own 2,000 mile border with Mexico. Our southern border is a drug war zone, and we are losing the fight. Know it. So dangerous is our border that Arizona

Fw: Stop the "Stimulus" Spending Spree!

2009-01-15 Thread Fred B. Ellison
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Secret Animal Rights Agenda

2009-01-16 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  This is the link to the story:   http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/3807    Exposed: The Secret Animal Rights Agenda Of America’s Next Regulatory Czar January 15, 2009 Barack Obama’s pick for “regulatory czar,” Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein, may be the inco

The 'Old Deal'

2009-01-16 Thread Fred B. Ellison
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Fw: The Politician Who Loves the Crisis

2009-01-16 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." - Rahm Emmanuel, Barack Obama's Chief of Staff   Subject: The politician who loves the crisis   Rahm Emmanuel loves the financial crisis. He sees it as an opportunity. His admission of thi

RE: KTTS Need-To-Know News

2009-01-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  The fact of the matter is that several members of MoLiCo (Tom Martz, Fred Ellison, Carl Herd, Jim Hornaday, Alice Rainbolt, Dan Dunaway, Larry Melton, Nick Ibarra) have appeared frequently at City Council meetings addressing the matters on the agendas. Very little that has been said has had an

Rigged Rules and Rigid Unfairness

2009-01-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Rigged rules and rigid unfairness Paul Jacob Sunday, January 18, 2009 When my kids complain that things aren’t “fair,” it usually concerns who gets the bigger slice of pie. I tell them what my parents told me: “Life isn’t fair.”   But I also tell them that it’s my pie, so it would be perfectly

Fw: Agency Madness

2009-01-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work." - Albert Einstein   Subject: Agency Madness   Here are three recent items with something in common . . .   #1: FDA experts have voted to ban the drugs Serevent and Foradil for asthma patients.

Fw: The Freedom to Opt Out

2009-01-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
The Freedom to Opt Out A new administration is poised to take over, with medical care a high priority. There's been lots of talk, lots of trust put on big government. Unfortunately, the doctors, hospitals, insurers and others that opposed HillaryCare, way back when, now jockey

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2009-01-19 Thread Fred B. Ellison
INVASION USA Bush cuts sentences of Ramos, Compean Agents convicted of shooting smuggler will be released from prison March 20 Posted: January 19, 2009 1:01 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily President Bush commuted the prison sentences of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Comp

Fw: The Spirit of Initiative

2009-01-20 Thread Fred B. Ellison
The Spirit of Initiative Today is inauguration day for President Barack Obama. When I think of presidential inaugurations, I think of John F. Kennedy's speech on another January 20, back in 1961. Kennedy told Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you

Fw: USA Death by Suicide

2009-01-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Dan Dunaway wrote:       Wow, how depressing!     Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential election: Number of States won by:

Fw: Ending the Mexican Civil War

2009-01-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "All great truths began as blasphemies." -- George Bernard Shaw, Annajanska, 1919   Subject: Mexican Civil War could spill over into U.S. You're not hearing about it yet, but a civil war is raging in Mexico -- between drug lords and the gov

Fw: Annoyed by Anti-Annoyance Law

2009-01-21 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  I hope this doesn't give our City Council any ideas. Tom, Carl and I could be in trouble.   Annoyed by Anti-Annoyance Law I'm annoyed by a new law passed in the Michigan town of Brighton City.   According to the ordinance, police may fine anyone who is too annoying in public. Up to

Fw: We Have the Evidence - Stimulus Won't Work

2009-01-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: "The holier-than-thou activists who blame the population for not spending more money on their personal crusades are worse than aggravating. They encourage the repudiation of personal responsibility by spreading the lie that support of a gov

Fw: Amendment 2 . . . In Plain English (Paul Jacob on Nashville's initiative confusion)

2009-01-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  Amendment 2 . . . In Plain English Today in Nashville, Tennessee, two issues are on the ballot. But voters may not know what they are. Some people don't want them to know.   You see, Amendment 1, a measure called “English-Only,” has stirred up lots of controversy. The initiati

FW: Priceless

2009-01-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
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Fw: Senate Vote is Last Chance to Stop "HillaryCare." Help Us!

2009-01-22 Thread Fred B. Ellison
As I wrote to you earlier this month, the HillaryCare proponents in Congress are making good on their campaign promise!  Under the guise of helping children without health insurance, the House of Representatives voted 289 to 139 last week in favor of a massive expansion of the St

MLC Principle ?

2009-01-23 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  We support reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and oppose increasing the size, scope or power of government at any level or for any purpose. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of thi

Fw: DHS blocks BIP website to government computers.

2009-01-23 Thread Fred B. Ellison
Please forward this to everyone on your list, the site shows the invasion is alive and well but.Government computers can't get to this site?  I wonder why?  Ignorance is power! ==

Fw: URGENT ACTION ALERT

2009-01-23 Thread Fred B. Ellison
  The confirmation hearing for pro-illegal, Linda Martinez, as MO's Director of Economic Development Dept. will be held as follows:     Date:  Wednesday, January 28       Time:  8:30 AM   Room:  Senate Lounge   **   I

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