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20February2012

Virtual Town Criers

Posted by Bryon under: Uncategorized.

A new twist on the concept of paid town criers has been employed. Only on the internet it is a lot harder to identify them.

Found at: http://xkcd.com/

18February2012

Mitt Still Coming Strong

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2012.

For those who are supporting Mitt Romney for president, you may be interested in the following minutes from a recent meeting. Mitt continues to move forward in a calm, hopeful manner. He is not panicking because the press is

MITT MTG this morning:  112 on call NATIONWIDE w Spencer Zwick and Neal Newhouse

No candidate can WIN every state

McCain (4 yrs ago) won FL and then went on to lose 19 states and still won the GOP

Santorum time to vet….rise….but will likely fall like all the others.

Santorum not the fiscal conservative he wants all to believe, social conservative, yes, not fiscal.

Without fiscal conservatism, this country is BANKRUPT

None of the candidates have targeted Santorum, yet.

AZ/MICH BIG STATES coming up….should do well in AZ, but MICH is 50/50 with Santorum

NEWT/Santorum both professional politicians…once they got to Washington, they never left.

You don’t ever get to be POTUS w/out getting humiliated along the way.

400 DELEGATES on SUPER TUESDAY/10 states.

Ebon flow ?

While Mitt and Newt were battling it out in FL/NV Santorum left the war and took off, didn’t spend any time in these two states and went to COLO, MINN and Missouri….21 visits compared to Mitts a few visits.

Mormon candidate against the Catholic candidate are real issues right now with NEWT/RICK

MICH is GROUND ZERO next two weeks. IMPORTANCE to gain momentum for SUPER TUES.

MICH slightly behind or even.

3 weeks before the election things may settle down for RICK…hopefully he stumbles

RICK is a SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE….MITT IS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE

RICK has no executive experience

Business and political leadership experience

Can’t beat OBAMA

Mitt will contrast these above points.

CSPAN: SPEECH minutes after COMMITTEE MTG

Mitt say, ‘I am not ashamed to say I was successful in being a fiscal conservative.

MASS: $3B deficit in the most liberal state in the union to a $2B rainy day fund in 4 yrs.

I served in GOVNT but I didn’t inhale, I’m still a business guy and I want to get my hands on Washington DC.

25 yrs in Business starting from the bottom

Turned around the Olympics scandal and a state that was crying for leadership.

Leadership is overcoming adversity

Going to tie GOV Workers compensation and benefits of workers with those in the private sector.

CPAC:  Conservative Political Action Conference….Conservatives BIGGEST MTG.

The office of the Presidency is not just to be President but a sacred trust.

WE have an opportunity for GREATNESS but with that greatness comes responsibility.

We believe in Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness.

18February2012

Pat Buchanan not allowed his First Amendment rights

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril; Judaeo-Christian Values Under Attack; Rejecting Herd Mentality.

Having been a staunch opponent of racism since I was a young child, I want to make it clear that I do not believe Pat Buchanan is a racist. I have personally visited with him and know this to be true. Although I hate racism, I have learned how deeply reverse racism runs and it is dangerous to the stability of our nation. I have shared selections from an article below that I hope you will read and think about. Hopefully, this kind of crisis and courage from Pat Buchanan will give us more courage to refuse to be silenced in the national debate.

The New Blacklist

My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end.
After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC would be an outrage against decency, and dangerous.

The calls for my firing began almost immediately with the Oct. 18 publication of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”…

Let error be tolerated, said Thomas Jefferson, “so long as reason is left free to combat it.” What Foxman and ADL are about in demanding that my voice be silenced is, in the Jeffersonian sense, intrinsically un-American.
Consider what it is these people are saying.

They are saying that a respected publisher, St. Martin’s, colluded with me to produce a racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic book, and CNN, Fox News, C-SPAN, Fox Business News and the 150 radio shows on which I appeared failed to detect its evil and helped to promote a moral atrocity…

In a 2009 cover story in the Atlantic, “The End of White America?” from which my chapter title was taken, professor Hua Hsu revels in the passing of America’s white majority.

At Portland State, President Clinton got a huge ovation when he told students that white Americans will be a minority in 2050.
Is this writer alone forbidden to broach the subject?
That homosexual acts are unnatural and immoral has been doctrine in the Catholic Church for 2,000 years.
Is it now hate speech to restate traditional Catholic beliefs?
Documented in the 488 pages and 1,500 footnotes of “Suicide of a Superpower” is my thesis that America is Balkanizing, breaking down along the lines of religion, race, ethnicity, culture and ideology, and that Western peoples are facing demographic death by century’s end.
Are such subjects taboo? Are they unfit for national debate?
So it would seem. MSNBC President Phil Griffin told reporters, “I don’t think the ideas that (Buchanan) put forth (in his book) are appropriate for the national dialogue, much less on MSNBC.”…

Buchanan explains that specific groups like “Color of Change” have attacked him and tried to silence his voice:

The modus operandi of these thought police at Color of Change and ADL is to brand as racists and anti-Semites any writer who dares to venture outside the narrow corral in which they seek to confine debate.
All the while prattling about their love of dissent and devotion to the First Amendment, they seek systematically to silence and censor dissent.
Without a hearing, they smear and stigmatize as racist, homophobic or anti-Semitic any who contradict what George Orwell once called their “smelly little orthodoxies.” They then demand that the heretic recant, grovel, apologize, and pledge to go forth and sin no more.

Defy them, and they will go after the network where you work, the newspapers that carry your column, the conventions that invite you to speak. If all else fails, they go after the advertisers.
I know these blacklisters. They operate behind closed doors, with phone calls, mailed threats and off-the-record meetings. They work in the dark because, as Al Smith said, nothing un-American can live in the sunlight.
http://www.creators.com/conservative/pat-buchanan.html

So many of the sentiments we have written about here on “In God We Trust” were eloquently shared by Pat Buchanan in this article. We wish him luck and success with his writing and in continuing to find a voice to try and help save our great country.

16February2012

The Tragedy of Whitney Houston

Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Health.

When I first heard the news of Whitney’s death, I felt the shock zap I always feel when anyone dies. In subsequent conversations I noticed a trend for the immediate response to be “‘I’m not surprised” or “who didn’t see that coming?”

I received this email from Bill O’Reilly today that talks about the seriousness of substance abuse in our society. I hope that people will pay more attention and do what they can to speak up and hopefully make a difference.

Why Whitney Died

…the Whitney Houston story should be covered as a cautionary tale—another life vanquished by substance abuse.

The media has no bleepin’ clue how to cover the death of Whitney Houston. That’s because she was slowly dying for years, and many in the press simply averted their eyes. It was ultra-disturbing that a beautiful woman blessed with an extraordinary singing voice chose a self-destructive path in full view of the world. I mean, here is a person who signed a $100 million recording contract, actually sold 170 million albums, and commanded high six figures to deliver a 90-minute concert. Ms. Houston was a genuine worldwide star, yet was often seen in public disheveled and confused, her substance addiction apparent. The media simply did not know what to say.

We live in a time where addiction is categorized as a disease, and to do what Nancy Reagan once did, urge people to reject narcotics, is considered uncool. How many young performers do we see doing public service announcements warning children to avoid intoxication? Right now, I can’t think of one.

The national media prides itself on being non-judgmental unless you are against abortion. Then you are dismissed as “anti-woman” or a religious zealot. But in the arena of personal behavior, there’s an excuse for just about every non-violent activity or bad decision.

There is no question that some of us have a history of addiction in our families. There are folks who can use drugs casually and avoid dependence. But they are the exception. Once a person decides to dabble in cocaine, or opiates like heroin and Oxycontin, they are putting themselves at grave risk. And they know it. There are legends of famous people who wound up dead just like Whitney Houston. From Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson, the signposts are impossible to miss. No matter how rich and powerful you are, drugs can and will destroy you.

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16February2012

The Vote Rick Campaign

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2012.

I have been wanting to blog about how obvious it is to me that the Democratic party is a major force behind the recent unprecedented attacks on Romney, using the liberal media. The many subtle clues may have been too obscure to convince my readers, but the following article is proof, although only one example that this is happening.

Daily Kos To Make Mischief In Republican Primary

“Operation Hilarity” encourages Democrats to vote for Santorum in open primary and caucus states.It’s what Limbaugh did for Hillary Clinton in 2008

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas has launched a campaign to make life difficult for Mitt Romney, by encouraging Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum in open primary and caucus states.

Moulitsas argues that the longer the primary drags on, the better it’s getting for Democrats — noting that Rick Santorum will inevitably follow the path of Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich and see his poll numbers fall.

It’s a no-brainer! The following states have completely open contests coming up:

2/28: Michigan (Primary)
3/6: North Dakota (caucus)
3/6: Tennessee (primary)
3/6: Vermont (primary)

If you live in one of those states, pledge to participate in Operation Hilarity by voting or caucusing for Rick Santorum.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/daily-kos-to-make-mischief-in-republican-primary

15February2012

Institutionalism Strikes Again

Posted by Bryon under: Health; Nanny State.

This invasion into parenting by the government makes me cringe. Parents no longer have the right to decide on their child’s nutritional needs. We must take a stand against this type of thing before the government decides to be even more invasive.

After determining that a preschooler’s homemade lunch was not healthy enough, a state worker required her to purchase a meal from the school cafeteria. The result was that instead of eating a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice, the student ate three chicken nuggets for lunch. According to the Carolina Journal, the state employee (who inspects each students lunch box) determined that the meal packed from home did not meet USDA nutrition standards.

It turns out that the meal the mother packed did meet the standard. Also the mother sent what her daughter would like versus the school lunch which her daughter only ate  three chicken nuggets and threw the rest out. The bottom line is the mother knew what her daughter would eat and should eat and the institution failed. We need to show more respect for parents and less for government involvement.

15February2012

The Only Hope

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2012.

It has been a week since I have blogged. Besides being very busy, I have been trying to catch my breath from the shock of watching the most unprecedented media attack (to my knowledge) on a presidential candidate that has ever happened. And I thought it was bad last week. Things have escalated to the point that I am wondering why people aren’t talking about it through social media. I used to feel badly for Ron Paul because of the negative press, but it pales in comparison to what is being done to Romney. All the articles, all the TV coverage including comedians, and Obama have all come out of the woodwork to take Romney out.

How can anyone overcome this kind of attack? How could anyone continue to be blind to the fact that the powers that be have determined that Romney cannot be the nominee at any cost? If the media and Obama thought that Ron Paul had a serious chance to win, the same thing would be happening to him. Why Paul and Romney? Because the insiders know that they are the only two who cannot be fully controlled.

I just listened to Obama talking about how he saved Detroit. He said in a very dramatic way, that someone (Romney) wanted to let the car industry die, but Obama saved it. Romney wanted structured bankruptcy and tax breaks for the industry but the media is not only letting Obama get away with this lie, they refuse to tell the truth themselves. The smears are so constant and so across the board that I am certain that the only way to get around this is by the American people themselves getting involved and getting the truth out. I have blogged on this subject a few times, but I do not know what else to do. We MUST wake up and stop the control because the end game is something we do not want to contemplate if we fail. It is our only political hope.

8February2012

Can Americans Detect Media Manipulation?

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril; Presidential Election 2012; Rejecting Herd Mentality.

Tuesday morning, I woke early and thought about the 3 elections to be held that day. A dark feeling came over me to the point that I barely let myself think about the race that day. When people would bring the election up to me during the day, I would caution that things may not go so well. Even for Colorado, where polls suggested it would be a shoe-in for Romney, I was wary. In the evening, I glanced through a few articles and noticed the same tricks of wording by the press that was used right before the South Carolina vote, so I busied myself with work and tried to ignore the outcome. I asked my son at 11:00pm, while I was still working, to check the results for me. I wish I could say I was surprised but I have learned to trust those impressions when they are strong. Although I normally keep my blogs short because the modern world is trained to only pay attention to sound-bites, we need to take a few moments and ask a question…each one of us…

Can we detect manipulative rhetoric when it is smoothly and ‘innocently’ delivered to us by the media? Does subtle, shaded negativity give us a distaste for a candidate? Think about that as you read on.

Mitt Romney has no chance of becoming president of the United States if the public does not improve their truth detecting skills. I blogged about the across the board media push the week before South Carolina to subtly manipulate their listeners to turn against Romney. A shockingly dramatic turn around in the polls happened, not only in South Carolina but also in national polls.

Why is the media doing this? I believe there are two reasons and I want to ask you to spread this message so citizens can arm themselves against this kind of control. First, I heard a couple of reporters at different times the week of the South Carolina vote admit, in effect, that it would be better for the press if Romney lost that election so that their networks continued to have great ratings. Now if Gingrich had won Florida, it could have been over for Romney and the press did not want that either. So their coverage became a little less negative after South Carolina.

After the Nevada vote, I blogged again that the media would probably turn negative again to recapture interest and influence the voting states against Romney to again even out the election. It happened. Multiple articles and news interviews used those oh-so-subtle means to slip in negative words to influence the reader/listener. One specific tactic was to constantly repeat how badly Romney was attacking Santorum (without specifics) and then airing direct attacks on Romney by Santorum. They would conveniently forget to point out that Santorum was attacking Romney. And the listeners fail to note the uneven treatment.

The second reason I believe the media has been far more negative toward Romney compared with the other candidates is that the media moguls who are in positions of power do not believe Romney will be as easily controlled as some other candidates. One of the methods the media is using is to accuse Romney of being the establishment candidate. George Soros does not want Romney as president and he helps slant opinion against Mitt by saying there is no difference between Obama and Romney. Then the press and other candidates keep saying that Soros backs Romney, which turns millions against Mitt by association. It is all smoke and mirrors and most people fall for this kind of rhetoric.

My whole life, I have been able to identify patterns. Those who know me well have seen this many times. My abstract brain finds it easy to strip away bias or window dressing that regularly shapes people’s mind set and piece together the real story. Most of you do not know me, so I am asking you to trust that I am skilled in this area and believe that I am seeing a clear pattern in the presidential race. The plan of the media is to ignore Ron Paul to ruin his chances, and to pretend that Romney is being shoved down our throat by the establishment so we will rebel against his candidacy. Will it work? That remains to be seen.

I neither have the time nor desire right now to pull together the number of articles it would take to convince a skeptical reader to believe my assertions. It would take a lot, because most people would feel I was paranoid with only a few subtle examples. It would take a large body to show a definitive pattern, and frankly most people would not read such a long list. Instead, I challenge each of you to begin studying the art of rhetoric and then use those skills to identify the game plan of the press. Notice how often the different networks seem to spontaneously bring up the same ideas.

I will give only one small example right now since I just heard this on Fox News, Weds. Feb. 8th. Charles Hurt, a columnist from the Washington Times said, in an interview that was pretending to be nonpartisan and fair, spoke in a matter-of-fact voice that Mitt Romney has the best campaign you could possibly buy.  The Fox reporter agreed. This is extremely subtle but an effective media campaign against Romney.

In thousands of comments I have read, people say that they don’t know why but there is something creepy about Mitt and they don’t trust him. These people have been influenced by media tactics. There is no way to reason with those who are prejudiced against someone. Few people are able to catch the brilliant rhetorical tactics used by reporters to manipulate the public. Can you?

4February2012

Congratulations, Mitt!

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2012.

First, I want to predict that Ron Paul will do better in the west than the east. Having lived back east, I noticed that there is a little different mind-set than out west where, as a general rule, people tend to value independence a little more intensely. Dr. Paul did well tonight in Nevada and we want to also congratulate him.

Right now, with 43% of the return in, Romney is up 44%, then Gingrich 25%, Paul has 18%, and finally Santorum at 12%. The media has been saying that Nevada is a given for Mitt because of the heavy LDS there, but 7% is not that huge.  Romney  has broader appeal than the press would have us believe. Congratulations to him.

4February2012

Reprehensible and Dishonest?

Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2012; Uncategorized.

Really, Newt?

Today when Wolf Blitzer asked Gingrich why he did not call Romney after the Florida primary to congratulate him, the answer was disturbing. He said that after the South Carolina primary was over, Romney’s campaign said they were going to destroy Gingrich. Then he told how Romney’s campaign outspent his 5 to 1, which by the way, isn’t true. It was less than 4 to 1. Gingrich said this was reprehensible and dishonest. Really? It is dishonest to spend money? It is dishonest to plan to aggressively go after Newt?

If we went back and found all of the negative comments from Newt toward Romney, some quite shocking, attacks from Newt starting in November before he supposedly went negative, it could fill a book. The constant charge of lying has been address by many groups and it turns out that it is Gingrich who is lying. We saw Newt have a meltdown in Iowa where he said he would be going after Mitt:

The increasingly caustic comments against Mr. Romney — Mr. Gingrich promised to go after him “every day” in another interview.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/politics/iowa-caucus-votes.html

I am beginning to feel sorry for Newt. I believe he is a very frustrated, unhappy man.  I do not enjoy exposing him but I have read enough to honestly believe Newt is very dedicated to a New World Order at the expense of our Constitution. Many of the books and authors he studied the most during the 70s were dedicated to global governance. This is a subject we have discussed in my history courses. Many historians believe it is the natural order of things to progress to a single world power so it is not surprising that Newt supports this ideal. I do not agree because top down is dangerous and removes checks and balances as well as many personal freedoms.