"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Another victory for W, or the man who used to be accused of raping the Constitution and make us so unpopular with "the sophisticated" class of Europe. Yesterday, the US Senate voted 73-23 to continue the policies of Pres Bush: "Congress approved a measure Friday that would renew expansive U.S. surveillance authority for five more years, rejecting objections from senators who are concerned the legislation does not adequately protect Americans’ privacy.
The bill passed the Senate 73 to 23…
The lopsided Senate vote authorized a continuation of the government’s ability to eavesdrop on communications inside the United States involving foreign citizens without obtaining a specific warrant for each case." By the way, the House passed a similar bill and Pres BO is expected to sign it Monday. My reaction is a combination of joy and anger. First, thank God that there is sanity in the Dem Senate. The Dems are certainly a lot less concerned about the "rights" of terrorists now that they run the government. Remember closing GITMO or having "unconditional meetings" with "the low life" of the world? Second, aren't the Dems a bunch of hypocritical jerks? Who is going to apologize to Pres Bush or VP Cheney. Third, where are the marches? Were are the "Pink Ladies"? Where is the international left now that Obama is Bush? Fourth, will the "intelligent" people at The Nobel Peace Prize committee ask Pres BO to return it? He has betrayed all of those promises to reverse the Bush policies that the "intellegent" and "sophisticated" Europeans hated so much. God bless George W Bush and he had the political toughness to do the right thing and not listen to people like Senator Barrack Obama! Tags:It's Bush's fault: Pres BO & Dem Senate will continue his wiretapping policies To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the My View by Silvio Canto, Jr. Thanks!
Good news from France and Europe: "France's Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income
tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois
Hollande's push to make the rich contribute more to cutting the public deficit." WOW! Somebody in France woke up on the right of the bed this morning. Or maybe common sense is finally starting to prevail over there. There are probably constitutional reasons for overturning a law that targets the rich in France. After all, this is no longer Marie Antoinette's France! There are also sound economic reasons for stopping this "class warfare" and madness of going after the rich. It makes no sense to go after those who work and create jobs. They may decide to leave the country, as so many already have. A few days ago, our Justice Sotomayor".....rejected an emergency request for an injunction to prevent HHS from enforcing the contraception mandate on Hobby Lobby’s Catholic owner..." Let's send Sotomayor to Paris and bring that French judge here!
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In recent years, we've had a perfect sports year for DFW fans.
From the Rangers to the Cowboys to college football to the Mavericks to college basketball and to the Stars.
We've something to watch or follow just about every night.
Unfortunately, the "circle was broken" again this year with another NHL labor dispute.
Frankly, I get what both sides are angry about. The owners need some concessions because the NHL does not have the big TV contract that other sports have. Also, the owners "overexpanded" and there are simply too many teams in too many places without a hockey heritage.
On the other hand the players are the stars. Fans pay to watch them not the owners. I can't blame players for seeking the best deal that they can get.
Sadly, the fans are just watching this 'labor fight' rather than our heroes with hockey sticks and "punching" for real.
It's a bummer, a mess and I hope that someone breaks the deadlock.
P.S. Enjoy a little history:
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