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We want to express our deepest sympathy to the victims and the families of the Ft. Hood tragedy. This was a terrorist attack. Make no mistake that this was exactly what it looks like. The Main Stream Media will spin it saying that this man was a victim, that he was called names that he was suffering from PTSD. The facts are this:

• He was brought up as a Muslim.

• He constantly brought up that the war was wrong and that Muslims should fight back.

• He NEVER served overseas in any war.

• He went to school on our dime.

• Was in the Military for decades and if he was that unhappy could have quit instead of reupping numerous times.

For six months the FBI was watching his Internet ramblings and did nothing.

It was political correctness that destroyed the lives of 13 people. One being a pregnant woman who was three months into her term. They say that profiling is unconstitutional and I disagree. Profiling is the means to find dangerous people like this. These lives could have been saved and now instead of saying what it is, Obama and the main stream media will LIE and say that he was a victim. Yet NOTHING about those that were victimized. What is wrong with this picture?

I refuse to acknowledge his name, rank as I do not want to honor this terrorist in any way.

September 11, 2009

I decided this year to help out and write a tribute to one of the fallen from 9-11. I thought that after 8 years I would be able to handle the emotional strain of that day and so I asked Dale Roe to choose one for me. I?m glad that I was able to create a tribute and for the opportunity to thank one of the brave souls that died and even more honored that he chose for me a Firefighter. A true hero that died in the line of duty trying to save those that were trapped in Tower One.

Faustino Apostol, 55, was a 23-year FDNY veteran and his unit was one of the first to arrive at the scene. A chief aide in Battalion 2 he had joked that he would quit only when the job stopped being fun. Faustino had been married to his high school sweetheart for 33 years and had two grandsons, Riley Thomas and Michael Thomas born just six days apart. His wife and he promptly converted a room in their Annadale home into a nursery, complete with fire engine baby sheets, hats and trucks.

Today the family struggles with how they will convey Mr. Apostol's humor, youthfulness, and loving nature to the 18-month-old boys as they grow up. "It would probably take me a year to write down everything I wanted to explain to my son and even those words probably wouldn't be enough," said Deborah Apostol.

The fateful day of September 11th 2001 is a day that we can never forget. We were attacked without a declaration of war against an enemy that had declared a jihad against us. The cowardly attack left Americans angered but not defeated. On that day Faustino was on duty with Engine 55 in the SoHo section of Manhattan, where he had worked since 1998. His unit was among the first to arrive at the scene. Soon after the first hijacked plane slammed into Tower One, Faustino phoned his wife and told her the situation was under control and he was OK. Faustino realized that his brother firefighters were entering the tower itself, he grabbed his gear and joined them.

As terror and horror rained down around Engine 55, they were hard at assisting in the rescue of over 25,000 people that day, as people swarmed out of the burning tower, the firefighters kept climbing until the very end assisting people down the stairwells to safety. With abandon for their own lives, the men of Engine 55 helped save thousands of people until 10:29 that morning. In 10 seconds all fell silent, Tower One collapsed to the ground. Lt. Freund, 46, and the other members of his crew, firefighters Faustino Apostol, 56, Stephen Russell, 38, Robert Lane, 30, and Christopher Mozzillo, 27, all perished at that moment.

I like so many others saw Tower One fall and I knew in my heart that so many were still trapped inside. I prayed, cried and vowed to never forget that day and my feelings of loss and commitment to remember these innocents has never faltered. He gave his life in the ultimate sacrifice and his memory should never be forgotten.

We give our thanks to him for his bravery and selflessness to protect others and I say a prayer for him and his family. He was in the truest sense of the word an American that knew that true meaning of To Serve.

Faustino Apostol's funeral was held on Saturday October 1st, 2001 at the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with the mass at 10:45 a.m. in Holy Child Church. The burial was at the Moravian Cemetery. May God give you rest and peace in heaven.

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I've been reading a lot even through the tea party about Palin leaving. I think that it was mostly b/c of the viscious/vile disgusting acts of the liberals going after her and her family. She had said that she wouldn't do a 3rd term and right now she's a lame duck govenor.

She can't get any work done because of the frelling lawsuite that are UNWARRANTED by liberals. Because again they are digusting filthy people. Never in history has any political candidate been treated like this They hate her b/c she's a strong, smart woman who has done it all. Career, Family and OMG the fact that she had a special needs child just ... Read Moreterrifies them b/c OMG she practices what she preaches. They have gone after he daughters and her BABY saying that she should have KILLED IT! This is why I have absolutely no respect for any democrat who stays with their party after something like that. How can you in any way, shape or form have any respect for yourself if you think that it's OK?

Blue blood Republicans don't like her because she's not an elite. She's not rich, she's didn't go to their snobby schools, she has actually RUN small businesses and has seen a balance sheet. She has had employees, she is actually oe of the little people and both sides despise that. I'll tell you what, she would have done a HELL of a lot better job ... Read Morethen what the hell we got stuck with now.

So Palin, I hope that you get to come on out to the lower 48 and let the people get to know you. No one can attract a crowd like Sarah can. She is an inspiration and no I don't believe that she is perfect and there are some things that I don't agree with. But you have to ask yourself, who the hell as the real EXEPERIENCE? Someone who has been a mayor, governor, business owner or some guy who was a Senator for 2 years, a community organizer, never even looked at a balance sheet and hung around domestic terrorists?

Who went to a anti-semetic church for 20 years? Who has actually never held a job for 2 years. Being President will be the longest job this guy has ever had. He has ZERO foriegn policy and Biden? He's been wrong on pretty much everything during his career! He doesn't give a damn about his own people. Look at what he's doing to the black farmers? ... They BEGGED him to help them and he just threw them under the bus along with his grandma, his brother and his Aunt Zuni. So to all the Palin deranged people out there, one day Karma is going to slap you in the ass.

Greetings, yes it's very late 2:27 AM. We lost this round. But not the fight. It still has to go to the Senate.

I've updated the Cap and Trade page with as much info as I can including the names and numbers of the 8 Rhino Republicans that voted for this mess. The only way to kill this bill is to inform people. I can't even begin to tell you how many people hate me for talking about politics, but it's my sincere feeling that the days of just letting people just believe in what they believe in is over. Obama once said to get in people's faces. He urged his supporters to use gangster like tactics to get the word out.

We respected them but they didn't respect us. We weren't loud enough and we just sat back and look at what it's getting us! In five months we have lost liberties that our founding fathers would never have dreamed of. As Glenn Beck put it, this is a watermelon. Green on the outside but commie red in the inside.

All I can say is that the fight is not yet over. We need to be heard and I think they are going to eventually hear us!

Was listening to Monica Crowley the other day and she read this incredible story from inside Iran. Not sure how true it is, but seriously she's never steered me wrong before! With all that is going on now, I truly believe this to be a true sentiment. Pray for these people that they find a path to true Democracy. We may be witnessing either a civil revolution for FREEDOM or brutal Tyranny.

As hundreds of thousands of Iranians continue to pour into the streets, demanding an end to the charade that was last week's presidential "election" and, in fact, an end to the fantasy that they have any choice in how they are governed at all.

Despite the Islamic Republic's best attempts to shut down communications with the outside world, the demonstrators are using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to signal each other, organize, and keep their morale up. One of these messages found its way out of Tabriz, Iran to me. I reprint it here so you can feel the passion and the dedication of the demonstrators for yourself:

"We have called for a nationwide strike with the aim to cripple the regime. They are slaughtering us, but we aim to finish this job here and now. There is no going back now. Don't make a mistake about it, this is a move to finish the regime.

This is a fight for Regime Change in Iran.

By the way Moussavi is no Moderate or reformist either. You Americans are interesting people. Get with the program - Moussavi is the means we used as an excuse to tear the regime apart.

Regime's Military, Pasdaran and even Basiji's are leaving the regime. Yesterday several high ranking officers from Pasdaran were arrested for announcing they will not fight the will of the people.

The regime is using non-Iranian, masked Arab speaking thugs such as Palestinian, Syrian, Hamas members and even Al-Qaeda to stand up to us because they don;t trust their own military anymore. We have been able to arrest several masked Arab militia thus far and non are able to speak Farsi (Persian).

Where are the Human Rights Organizations today? Where is the President of United States in all this? Where are tough sanctions? This is the time. If President Obama thinks Ahamadinejad or Moussavi are coming back he can wait for their return another 100 years. It will not happen.

The President of the United States seems to suggest that his apology speech to Islamo-fascist started all this in Iran? He couldn't be more wrong. His speech was designed to make friends with these thugs in Tehran. We don't want to be friends with Pre-Historic Islamic thugs we want them out of our lives. You might want to tell your President.

We want to thank all our American brothers and sisters on the Internet (e.g. Twitter, etc.). Their show of moral support has been heard in Iran and has given us great moral energy to carry on this dangerous mission toward Freedom.

One day when we are free we will come to America just to hug them and tell them sorry for 1979 Hostage Crisis - and today we are taking care of those who took your people hostage for 444 days and us for almost 30 years.

We will not surrender until final and total victory. Today, Moussavi asked the people not to rally. Moussavi can go to hell. This is not his fight, this is not about him - this is our fight and is about our future and we will finish the job. This regime is going down no matter the cost.

As President Bush once said: "Democracy is on the March."; certainly in Iran that is the case today.

We are taking our country back from Islamo-fascists. And we are not asking for your kids to come here and fight our fight for us and die for our cause. But, we are asking to report the brutality of the regime and we call on all Human Rights organizations to break their silence."

This blog is about an article that I had read morning. I am still so livid about this resolution crap. Exactly when enough is is enough? There is NO one alive that perpetuated this heinous crime and where does it say that I have pay for something that MY family had nothing to do with? I will TELL you exactly what this is, WHITE guilt. Let me tell you something, Reparations have been paid. 1000's DIED fighting for freedom of the African Americans. I am sick and tired of race hustlers like Jackson and Sharpton.

I am tired of the ACLU and affirmative action which have long past been needed and do nothing but create quotas for businesses where they are FORCED to hire people that are not qualified or admit people into colleges or school again because of quotas! What does this do? It makes those that are hired feel like they are hired or taken into school not by their deeds but by color, which in turn creates a another sort of segregation. What happened to achieving greatness out of personal achievement and not by the color of your skin?

This is yet another liberal lie that racists groups like the ACLU and La Raza are there for the people. No they are not. They are there to "protect" a voting demographic. They have hemmed and hawed for 40 years that they are the party of the people. What a bunch of crock, they look at your color, they look at your gender and they look at your sexual preference as a voting bloc. You think they look at you as an individual? Think again. Why do you think that the upcoming census is so invasive? They want to know EVERYTHING about you so they can pander to you. In an excellent article written by Frances Rice, she explains that Democrats are quick to falsely accuse Republicans of being racist, while pontificating about why black Americans vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party?a party whose failed socialist policies have turned black communities into economic and social wastelands.

Republicans have started meandering to the mush middle and have taken up bad Democratic habits i.e. big spending. They want to be the big tent party and look at what it got us, McCain. For twenty years it's all I've heard that Republicans were racists pounded in my head time and time again. For forty years they have perpetuated this lie and for what? These failed socialist policies have turned black communities into economic and social wastelands

Obama has pandered so much to so many special interest groups that he has threatened the very fabric of our society in order to make sure that everyone is happy. Abuse like this spurs me to write, to post to constantly watch and listen to the news. But hope is on the way, these tea parties are a great sign and it scares liberals. For liberals it's easy for them to assemble because they tend to flock together like lemmings over the cliff. They listen to media matters or main stream media that they don't even bother to look to real actual news outlets. These tea parties led by regular American citizens are flocked by conservatives. Conservatives tend to be individual free thinkers. We work, we go on with our lives and we just want government to get the hell out of the way. But now with the ever increasing nanny government impacting our lives in such an intrusive manner, has made us take notice and get involved.

We have a black president. Instead of being the nation that we actually are where anyone who works hard can be anything you want to be, we have instead become more divided as liberals constantly force racism down our throats at every bend to shore up votes. Nothing as noble as doing the right thing, because doing the right thing would be not to put us into TRILLIONS into debt. When will enough be enough? How long before the American people just say NO?

You know you can be anything you want to be. You can achieve greatness if you strive for it. Failure happens, but the great thing about American is that you can try and try again. It's Ok to fail. Meet Katrina Pierson she didn't wait for welfare or handouts to help her. What an inspiration.

I've watched the Glen Beck program about the Civilest War. Now most of the segment is on line. What was missing which was too bad because to me it was to me one of the most prominent examples of the absolute abuse of power. Glen spoke to a man who owned one of the dealerships that were told by Obama to shut down. His family owned this dealership for 59 Years and 7 months. He had a thriving business. He PAID for the cars on his lot. He was TOLD by this abomination of a president that he had to GIVE his family business to another dealership in another town. The look on this man's face...just had me bawling. He did nothing wrong. He could have converted his dealership to a used lot, or converted to another dealership. There were other options! But NO.

What's going on is very clear. The bailout should have never happened. They should have gone through bankruptcy court. They were given time to create cafe standards for cars. Cars that no one in America will buy. The government told them that the cuts were not GOOD enough. They fired the president. Again let me point out that this is illegal under the constitution.

Next they say they are going through bankruptcy court. But again no it's "controlled" bankruptcy. IE: The government is controlling. The outcome: They hand over 49 cents on the dollar to the UAW. They give the Hedge fund owners again NOT given TARP money, who had a LEGAL contract to get paid first only 10 cents on the dollar then THREATENED by this administration to shut up or the media will come after them.

This entire debacle was nothing more than pandering to the United Auto Workers. Paying them back for supporting his presidency. If you had read Atlas Shrugged, you will know about the Looters. The union workers are the looters. Taking what was not there's out of greed and power. The creativity, the intelligence will leave and then guess what? I predict in 3 months we will have to bail them out again because no one will buy their cars. This is beginning to be a vicious cycle that won't stop until we are all broke.

There was a home foreclosure auction event today in Sacramento. Guess who showed up? None other than left-wing extremist group ACORN, and they ended up sending an auctioneer to the hospital with chest pains! More from the Sacramento Bee:

A large crowd of protesters disrupted several foreclosure auctions today on the Sacramento County Courthouse steps, winning temporary cancellation of one Sacramento foreclosure and sending an auctioneer to the hospital with chest pains.

Bidders on the homes, all declining to provide their names, called the ACORN protest the first major disruption of an established auction schedule that plays out every weekday at the courthouse following 37,000 foreclosures in the capital region since Jan. 2007.

About 75 statewide members of the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now, in the capital for a lobbying day on housing issues, delayed at least three auctioneers from selling foreclosed homes today.

“Many of the sales that are happening now are around houses that could be saved by the (loan modification and refinance) plans starting to be implemented,” said Amy Schur, California director of ACORN.

Yup and we are the extremists. When will the public see ACORN for what it is. A democratic mob created to do the bidding of the democratic party. These people are vile, viscious people who are led to believe that if you behave badly, you get what you want. Typical liberal mentality. The same with that vile Perez Hilton. It's such a double standard. If you come out as a gay person you are celebrated and I have no problem with that. But if you say that you have a belief in God and you express it or love this country and want to express it, you're a pariah. Americans better wake up soon or we will be overrun by the hatred of this kind of mentality.

Read the whole article here: For Obama, hipness is what it is

During his first 100 days as president of the United States, Barack Obama revealed how different he is from all the white men who preceded him in the Oval Office, and the differences run deeper — in substance and style — than the color of his skin. Barack Hussein Obama is the nation’s first hip president. This, of course, is subject to debate. But watch him walk. Listen to him talk. See the body language, the expressions, the clothes. He’s got attitude, rhythm, a sense of humor, contemporary tastes.

This much is clear: Whether dealing with the Wall Street mess, shifting troops from Iraq to Afghanistan or fumbling to fill his Cabinet, Obama leans heavily on personal panache to push political policies. Truth be told, his style is rooted in something elusive and hard to define. Pure and simple, it’s hip. “Being hip is being able to navigate your environment and others’ environments,” like the way Obama traverses racial boundaries, said John Leland, author of the definitive book “Hip: The History.” “Obama has this awareness that other presidents haven’t had. He’s white, and he’s black. He’s an elitist, and he’s regular folk. He’s not pinned down to a perspective.”

Young is to hip as old is to fogey — an essential characteristic. Obama has modern instincts and attitudes that appeal to younger people, and more than any other president in recent memory, that makes him a role model. He is green, open, athletic, tech-savvy, healthy. And his hip image certainly isn’t hurt by his wife, who is so obviously cool — setting trends (Sleeveless! Tending her own garden!), confidently mingling with superstars, gracing magazine covers coast to coast.Consider how, during the campaign, Obama used his personality — the smile, the jaunty stride and the hip-hop verbiage — to disarm critics, charm supporters and persuade fence sitters to elect him president. In an against-the-odds campaign, Obama never lost his poise as he forged a rapport with a new generation of voters while keeping old heads on his team. He could go professorial on the need for health care reform or describe the minutiae of Middle East politics. Still, he begged to bring his BlackBerry into the Oval Office, a signal that he intends to remain in touch with the 21st century. Very hip! Once he settled into the White House, the hip parade didn’t subside. Early guests included pop artists Stevie Wonder (a campaign supporter), Alicia Keys, Will.i.am and Sheryl Crow — but also Sweet Honey in the Rock, a group of socially and politically active a capella singers with an indie, underground vibe.

Obama strutted onto Jay Leno’s stage and plopped down on the couch, making him the first sitting president to do that. He unveiled his March Madness basketball bracket from the Oval Office. And speaking of basketball, who missed the sight of POTUS dressed in all black, sitting courtside at a Bulls-Wizards game with a cup of beer and high-fiving a trash-talking fan? How hip was that?! It’s so hip that school kids in Albany, N.Y., coined a term for it: “Baracking.” And it doesn’t stop there. Those in the know at Albany High greet each other by saying: “What’s up, my Obama?” and they respond to a sneeze with “Barack you.” Misbehavior is peer-corrected with the admonition, “Barack’s in the White House,” which translates, “Show some respect.” Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, said it was “just really stunning” that kids were co-opting the president’s name as a term of endearment and identification.

Obamabots actually fall for this drivel. I don't want a "hip" president. I want one to actually do the job and protect this country, be fiscally responsible, be strong enough to not stand in the same room with Daniel Ortega a child molester while he's hating on America.

On that note, actually believe in the greatness of America instead of apologizing for it. Not try to endanger this country by letting go of top secret papers and endanger military lives just to satisfy his radical agenda and yet again pander to the left.

Not one who will let a born alive infant DIE because it’s inconvenient for the woman and doctor.

He’s dividing this country up like no other president has and is well on his way to push a environmental tax agenda on people that will cripple this country. The media is so complicit in the deception that this man was qualified that they can’t even call themselves journalists anymore.

This man is doing all that he said he would do and even more. And people just aren’t paying attention.

'I'm having a very good crisis,' says Soros as hedge fund managers make billions off recession

A hedge fund manager who predicted the global credit crunch has said the financial crisis has been 'stimulating' and the culmination of his life's work.George Soros, who predicted the global financial crisis twice before, was one of the few people to anticipate and prepare for the current economic collapse.Mr Soros said his prediction meant he was better able to brace his Quantum investment fund against the gloabal storm.  But other investors failed to take notice of his prediction and his decision to come out of retirement in 2007 to manage the fund made him $US2.9 billion. And while the financial crisis continued to deepen across the globe, the 78-year-old still managed to make $1.1 billion last year.'It is, in a way, the culminating point of my life?s work,' he told national newspaper The Australian.  Soros is one of 25, top hedge fund managers from across Wall Street who have defied the credit crunch crisis to reap a total of $11.6billion (£7.9bn) last year.

There are rumors that Soros actually created the mess we are in.  Pray that he didn't and if he did, he had best cover his tracks. I wouldn't put it pass this jerk. A person who creates radical media to try to destroy people who don't agree with their agenda has no scruples at all. Left wing media has become vapid in the way they deal with dissenters. It's disgusting but yet again goes with the mentality of liberals that the thug like antics of the Obama administration are OK.

The hiding of news clips from the media about Obama's party with Rashid Kalidi and the teleprompter mistake where he thanks himself are just indicitive what is going on. The paper bailout where they want to control political content. My God if Bush ever thought of that? Where is the outrage by the media? Oh yeah, that's right the media has basically forgotten all ethical standards and is nothing more than puppets to Soros. The way they screw with the public. We've had Tea parties with thousands of people and nearly next to no coverage, yet 20 paid people from ACORN go and whine about the rich from AIG and that gets tremendous coverage. Disgusting and worse, the morally depraved who think that it's OK.

We have a real problem with this country and many of the "thinkers" , "movers" and "shakers" of this country are slowely going Galt.