I Have Been Invited to Participate in Survival

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 28 –
We went to eat at our usual place last Friday. The owner sat down with us, and told us that he had been over to our place the previous week almost every day. Our car was there, but we didn’t make contact. So, he knew we were at home, and he was concerned.
He is intelligent, and he knows what is going on in the world, but he isn’t real sophisticated in his knowledge. He told us about a plan: He thinks that there may be a need for survival in, or about, 2013. He mentioned a catastrophe such as an electromagnetic pulse bombing. He said that he would have plenty of food in such an event. He would plan to use generators to power refrigeration, and he has a drilled well available for a water supply. He mentioned putting up plywood over the windows.
He invited us to come to his restaurant to live, in such an event.
He also mentioned a conversation with eight Pennsylvania State Policemen. They said that they are being trained to handle a survival situation right now. The topic discussed was, what to do, in case of marshal law. Six of the eight policemen said that they would take the side of the people, in case of an attempted government takeover, according to the restaurant owner.

Anthony Says: The Socialist President in the Making!

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This article is being posted as a duplicate of the article posted by Anthony on Newsvine:

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By Anthony-1802249
From the beginning as I’ve made a linear progression from my readings and investigating on my own and some assistance of a friend* in finding a few salient informational points.
In 1846, Hegel, a Belgian professor/philosopher wrote a thesis on the injustices of all monarchy rule as it affected the peasantry. Their unjust treatment and the disparity of wealth derived from them.
In 1848, Karl Marx, who attributed Hegel, wrote his Communist Manifesto, which Friedrich Engels edited and published in 1849. It is a book to read for an understanding of current events.
This “Manifesto” was instrumental to Nikolai Lenin to form the Bolsheviks and create the Russian Revolution as founder and first leader of the Communists.
Joseph Stalin revised the “Manifesto” to create a totalitarian state and purged all opposition.

By now, you are asking how that affects the United States.
In 1912, John L. Lewis, who proclaimed himself as an avowed communist, had organized the coal miners into a union and later formed the prestigious CIO, that later merged with the AFL for a consolidation of Union power.
In 1949, Saul Alinsky wrote a biography of Lewis and venerated him for his skills in organization. Alinsky was the organizer of the Chicago stockyards area and a professed socialist. He went on to write the book “Rules for Radicals” (1971) among other writings less known.
A familiar rule is:

• “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” Rule #5 in his rules.

He also explained, “That by putting your opponent on the defensive you will defeat their argument”
Both of these are familiar on Newsvine. As well as, “unjust treatment and disparity of wealth derived from them,” (1846) is rephrased today.
Now to the current situation,
Obama taught workshops on the Alinski method for several years teaching and organizing in Chicago in the '80s.
For over twenty years, he worked at organizing ethnic groups in protests of injustices, real or imagined. Joining a Black Church and at first mentioned his friendship with Rev. Wright, an exposed racist by investigative reporters. When that came out in the media Obama disavowed they ever discussed racism or politics at the many dinners at his home over 20 years. Obama never mentioned Rev. Wright again and the media switched the spotlight onto rev. Wright until the incident was largely forgotten.
When the Senate seat was to be vacated by the democratic incumbent, the Party selected Obama to run. In interviews on TV, he praised the "Progressive Senator" for her service and spoke of his similar progressive views.
Voted in by the largely ethic minorities of his District he did little more than vote the Party line. With only one year in the Senate, he started running for President. It is absurd not to think of his chance of a Presidency as training since College. Taught, and mentored since College to be the figurehead of a new Socialist-Democratic government. A “Poster Child”, made for/by the Unions and the Democrats. Which contributed 10s of million$ to his campaigns of “Change” and “Fixing” a broken system.
Repaying, with an $800,000 payment to ACORN from his Presidential campaign fund for voter registrations in ethnic neighborhoods, TARP to save Union jobs and their pension/insurance funds invested on Wall Street, and the takeover of GM to save the union assembly plants while eliminating the non-union ones.
Fixing Medicare to where no one is happy with it so it can be “changed” to a government healthcare mandate. Challenging "States rights" in Federal courts to enact their own legislation regarding illegal immigration and enforcements. Suing the Boeing Corporation for opening an assembly plant in a “Right-to-work” State of So. Carolina, for the strong unions in Washington State, to mandate the unions’ right to organize those workers. Directed through the democratically appointed NLRB Federal agency.
All of these things are on the internet or in books for anyone willing to look and read. These are not fabrications of any political spectrum or any media repeats. None is hearsay. It is my own analysis from many hours of reading.

* My friend “wolf wolfman” also did much research and contributed encouragements and some of the things corrected/added I missed along the way to write this summation.
Written/submitted the day before Thanksgiving in thanks to the Founders who in their time stood up to an absent Monarchy and wrote eloquently, documents giving us freedoms unlike most of the World.

[Rev. 1.]

Updated: Chevy Volt

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 25 –
My son has a Chevy Volt. The retail price is $41,430. The Federal government maximum rebate is $7,500. $41,430 minus $7500 equals $33,930. The advertised price is: As Low As $31, 645, which I don't understand. There is a $1000 rebate on a charger, so that's probably part of the explanation.
Frequently asked questions FAQ link is on the bottom right
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Jay Leno has a Volt with over 111,000 miles on it. I don't understand:

For starters, as of September, he had yet to fill his gas tank since December 2010, even after 10,000 miles.

Maybe it's a typo, maybe the author intended 100,000 miles. In any case, Leno could travel back and forth to work without buying gasoline.
A battery costs $8,000:

Each Chevy Volt battery pack will have about 220 cells and cost about $8,000, as previously announced by GM.

So, $8,000 divided by 100,000 miles equals $.08 per mile.
Here's some information about electricity costs
One more thing. The country can't be passing out $7,500 gifts. 2000 Volts times $7500 equals $15 million.
Any good accountant would frown on such spending in a private company. This country has bad management.

Be Careful On The Internet!

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 22 –

I was doing a routine search on Bing last night, and one of my recent posts came up in one of the results. I’m a member of Google, and lot of my work appears in Google results. I’m not a member of Bing, but I am a Facebook member, and a lot of my work shows up all over the Internet. I am a member of MSN, so, I guess that would make me a Bing member too. I can’t put my finger on specific examples, but I was surprised to see my avatar displayed and a “like” for something.

I belong to a secret group on Facebook, and make some very explicit statements there. Thank God that they don’t show up on the Internet.

I have published some email lately, and I removed my real name and my email addresses. I also removed the email addresses of others.

I published a picture of a “rock” with my real name on it, but I erased the real name from the rock in the picture.

LittleFawn created the image of Obama, which is in the screen shot. This should provide some publicity for her work, which I attributed to her. She sent an email, after it was published. I plan to use some more of her work in the future.

"This government is the worst, everything it touches it destroys. I want a change, I'm fed up with this," she said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/19/spain-election-idUSL5E7MJ07320111119

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 20 –
I feel the same way, that the lady quoted does, about the United States. The first article is good. The second article is better.
From update:

In Barcelona, Spaniard Juan Sanchez said he had voted for Rajoy's party because when it was last in power from 1996 to 2004 unemployment had fallen, whereas under the Socialists that figure had risen to five million.
"Hundreds of small and big businesses have closed down," Sanchez said.
In Madrid, civil servant Diana Bachiller said: "I voted for the Socialists because I am sure that if the Popular Party comes to power it is going to begin to cut everything."

Do the above quotes sound familiar?
The civil servant is still for Socialism in the midst of the failure of Socialism in Spain. Socialists are in denial. Socialists are for destruction of countries. First we had the Bolsheviks and Lenin, now, we have Socialists touting Marxism in Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, et cetera. If the Socialists succeed, misery and decline will ensue, if history repeats itself.

Make Obama Happy | Make Michelle Happy | Vote Obama Out

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Matthews: Obamas don’t like being in White House

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 20 –
This is a complete turn about by Chris Matthews. The thrill is gone. Not only does President Obama no longer thrill Chris Matthews; Michelle doesn’t either. Who knows how deep Chris Matthew’s mind runs? This is very hard to believe.
It is entirely possible that Chris Matthews has other derogatory thoughts about President Obama, which he does not openly state. When Chris Matthews makes the statements in the video above, I’m assured that President Obama is inferior in the eyes of Chris Matthews.
Are my words the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I report, you decide.

Surplus of pessimism may cost Spain’s ruling Socialists at polls

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 19 –
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I read in this article that the socialist government in Spain is expected to fall this Sunday. This does not mean that President Obama’s government will fall in November of 2012, but it sure is a good omen. Socialism and hence Marxism is a bad idea. This is just one more example of the failure of Marxism. The Bolsheviks, Lenin, Stalin, and the Soviet Union are classic examples of Marxist failure, but there are current examples on display. Spain is just one of them.

Mr. Zapatero’s Socialist party (PSOE), which has been in power for eight years, has borne the brunt of public blame for Spain’s increasingly perilous economic situation, which has tainted the party’s leadership candidate, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.

Meanwhile, Mr. Rajoy has been coasting toward an expected landslide victory without saying much about how he plans to reverse Spain’s economic course.

The situation is bleak for the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Spain’s growth this year is projected at less than 1 percent, and the unemployment rate hovers near 23 percent, meaning 5 million people are out of work.
Spain’s economy has suffered in the global credit crunch like other countries, but it bears problems that have pushed the country into more trouble: The housing and construction bubble, which had accounted for 18 percent of GDP, burst in 2008, and the savings bank sector has collapsed as well.
What’s more, the savings bank sector - run by private banks and politicians - heavily financed the real estate sector and made risky investments. Spanish authorities are investigating several of the failed savings banks on corruption charges.

So, were Barney Frank and the Democrats wise to cause risky mortgages to be made? Should banking be government controlled, or is government impotent, when it comes to common sense and management principles?
We are in a terrible economic situation, and Marxism has only made the economy worse, not better.
First, we saw what happened in the Soviet Union, now we see socialist economies falling like dominoes:

A PP victory on Sunday will mark the fifth time this year that Europe’s financial crisis has prompted the ousting of a government:
• In February, the Irish evicted the governing Fianna Fail party, the first time the party has not dominated the parliament since 1927.
• This summer, Portugal voted out its socialist party amid severe austerity measures.
• Last week, the Greek and Italian governments collapsed under pressure from the EU and the financial markets.