Topping the list is Senator Hillary Clinton, soon to be Secretary of State. According to judicial watch:
” . . . Hillary Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State in the Obama administration. According to the Ineligibility Clause of the United States Constitution, no member of Congress can be appointed to an office that has benefited from a salary increase during the time that Senator or Representative served in Congress.” And guess what, in 2008, the Secretary of State position received a salary increase while Clinton was serving as Senator.

Others on the list include Chris Dodd, Senator (CT) and Jerry Lewis, the Representative from California. Dishonorable mentions include Former Senator John Edwards who while pledging love to his sick wife was having an affair with a staffer. Money from his campaign was purportedly used to pay off his “girlfriend” in the amount of $15,000 per month. More than enough to buy designer clothes and Ju Ju Be diaper bags for the upcoming love child.

The whole list is a very interesting read.

Airman Melissa Pyle

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Melissa Pyle mans a jet blast deflector station on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Gulf Of Oman. Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look

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Chrysler Chief Executive Bob Nardelli stated that the money would “allow the company to continue an orderly restructuring, while pursuing our vision to build the fuel-efficient, high-quality cars and trucks people want to buy.” Nardelli is hoping that Congress will “loan” him an additional $3 billion.

If Chrysler hasn’t been able to compete and build fuel-efficient cars yet, what makes Congress think that they will be able to do this in the future?

Spc. Matthew T. Morris
23 years old from Cedar Park, Texas
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
April 06, 2008

“He was a very creative kid, and when he wasn’t in a challenging environment, he tried to make life interesting,” Glenn Morris, father of Spc. Morris, said. “He excelled in a military school structure and in a team environment.”

Before enlisting in the Army in 2005, Morris attended the Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia where he met a history teacher who inspired him to want to become an educator. “After his service, he wanted to go back to school and get a four-year degree to become a teacher,” said his mother, Lisa. “He wanted to make a difference and give back to the community.”

Spc. Morris was killed when his vehicle encountered an IED in Balad, Iraq. Also killed in the attack was Cpt. Ulises Burgos-Cruz.

All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com

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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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I am sure Governor Corzine has his own agenda in proposing this. You see, New Jersey is in its own financial crisis. Years of poor planning, overspending and fiscal mismanagement have put this state in a great big hole. I am sure that Corzine would love to see more money handed out by the Federal Government to fix New Jersey’s problems instead of doing it the old-fashioned way - cutting spending.

If Corzine does not get a hand out for New Jersey, you can expect that he will do the next best thing - raise taxes!

In 2006, Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante of California, offered weight loss advice on a website while running for State Insurance Commissioner. Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue threw his Snickers bar into a crowd at the state capitol to launch his Live Healthy Georgia campaign in 2003. He lost weight and told reporters: “I’m a hunk.”

Also losing weight was Bill Bolling, Virginia’s lieutenant Governor. He pledged to drop 30 pounds by the end of the year in 2006.

Does all this help? Any positive media attention is always good for politicians and there are those who vote based on looks alone, so it can’t hurt!

To the Men and Women of the United States military, and all the armed forces around the world, thank you for everything that you do. And to those who are laying their heads down tonight in a foreign land, away from your loved ones, thank you so very much. Stay safe, you’re in our thoughts and our hearts. Merry Christmas.

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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Governor Blogjevich from Illinois, looks like the perfect celebrity politician - full head of hair, perfect teeth, great looking family. But that didn’t stop him from being corrupt and trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat. Blogjevich has refused to resign and is probably facing impeachment. Three of the last eight governors of Illinois have gone to prison.

In the 1930s there was an economist by the name of John Maynard Keynes. Keynes held that the economy could be boosted if government borrowed money and spent it. The resulting theory was called Keynesianism. Supposedly, this spending would put money in peoples pockets and people would spend it. This theory held that people would help the economy recover by spending money. This could be done by that tax cuts and rebates which would get money back into the consumer’s hands who would spend it.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t work. Government can’t inject money into the economy without taking money out of the economy. The government borrows the money thus redistributing the money. New money is not made. Some people think that it will help the economy because it puts money into the hands of the consumers and is not sitting idle. However, the money is not sitting idle, it is in the banking system and is used to finance investments. Others claim that people will not lend and borrow in a weak economy, instead, in that type of environment, people will save more and the money ends up in banks anyway.

If the government prints money, this devalues the money and causes rampant inflation as seen in countries such as Zimbabwe and Argentina.

President Hoover increased tax rates from 25% to 63% for the top tier, added tariffs to goods and he boosted government spending by 47% in just four years. In 1929 there was a surplus and when he left four year later, there was a deficit. The results? Growth went down and unemployment went up.

Under Roosevelt, the top tax rate was boosted to 79% and government spending increased raising 106% from 1933 to 1940. This did not work either. Unemployment remained high through the 1930s and it took World War II to increase production levels.

Ford gave tax rebates in an economy stimulus package in the 1970s and the economy did not improve.

G.W. Bush gave out rebate checks in 2001 and 2008 and that had no effect. Government spending increased and this did not help the economy.

Japan tried to use stimulus packages recently to jump start the economy and this did nothing but raise their national debt.

Obama’s team need to think carefully before trying a Keynesianism approach to improving the economy.