The United States government could be defeated by a group of kindergarten kids with slingshots, and that before breakfast. The United States government is little more than a group of political hacks pontificating and preening themselves for the adulation of the masses. The United States military, however, is another proposition altogether. But who makes up the military? The very same people who just might take exception to government overreach in the first place. Governments, developed nations or not, are only as strong as the people who support them. If their popular support is undermined, so is their inherent strength. Just as an aside, and an interesting hypothetical, imagine an army officer being told to order his troops to open fire on a group of Americans. What would be the reaction? Would it be a constitutionally legal order to follow? He would likely refuse such an order, and even if he actually gave the order, what would his troops on the line do? Would they blindly follow such an order? Would they take aim and fire on their own countrymen? I expect ( and hope) they would also refuse such an order, on the grounds of its questionable legality.

You assign way too much ability to a group of people who would run a mile at the very mention of the word 'combat'. If a group of patriotically-minded armed citizens were to overthrow the corrupt, overreaching cabal we currently tolerate on Capitol Hill, I don't imagine we would see too much trouble from the US military. At worst, they might sit back and twiddle their thumbs, at best, well, they might even join in and help with the proceedings.

As a believer in the 2nd amendment you must understand that the purpose of possessing weaponry is not for hunting, target shooting or any sport issue. Its purpose is to oppose and overthrow the government, when it becomes necessary, to preserve our God given rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. The second amendment states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.". The militia was defined in two subsequent laws as all able bodied men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five and required them to obtain and maintain the latest and best existing weaponry so as to be able to defend their states, counties and homes. It was initially designed as defense against foreign invaders but in recent history, the invasion is more likely to be from the Federal government infringing on our rights.

Since this is the purpose of this Amendment of the Constitution it then follows that the citizenry must have weapons of similar capability to those used by the government. You cannot oppose semi or full automatic weapons with muzzle loaders and blunderbusses. Any arguments about suitability of various weapons fails before the intended purpose of the Second Amendment.

Once again the argument is against the tool used and there is no inquiry as to why this individual went berserk and committed such a heinous act. He could just as easily have constructed a bomb with readily available household items and information from the internet. Would you then call for a ban on Drano, Phosphate fertilizers and blasting caps? I have seen no inquiry as to who owned the gun used and why it was available for a mentally unstable, anti-social, individual to use.

From the information coming out, this individual was identified by his classmates as being likely to commit such an act. He had a history of mental instability and anti-social behavior and the only action taken was throwing him out of school. Expulsion solved the school's problem temporarily, but it left a young man with mental problems, suffering from loss of his mother to fester and plot revenge. There is also a suggestion that psychotropic drugs may have been involved and the allegation has been made that they are a factor in every one of the other mass murders.

In chronic cases of malbehavior such as this individual's, something more than school discipline is needed. On the face of it this was an individual who exhibited mental instability over a long time frame and little to nothing was done to protect his classmates, the public, or the shooter himself. At the very least his access to weapons of all sorts should have been investigated.

This is a true story, so read it carefully.

I stopped at a BP gas station in GA. My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallons to fill When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped, I began to slow it down. Then, to my surprise, it went to 15, then 16. I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled It was not.

Then it showed 17 gallons on the pump. It stopped at 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18 gallon tank I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually got.

Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount:

Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 1 (one) GALLON in your tank, then look at the dollar amount. If the dollar amount is not EXACTLY the price of the fuel PRICE ADVERTISED, then the pumps are rigged.

In my case, as I said, the mid-grade was $3.71 per gallon; my dollar amount or 1 gallons should have been $3.71.

I wish I had checked the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas, please check the 1 gallon price. If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the state Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to the Commissioner, the info is on the gas pumps.

On Same Day Trump Releases Nunes’ Memo, Federal Judge Keeps Comey Memos Secret
http://republicbroadcasting.org/news/on-same-day-trump-releases-nunes-memo-federal-judge-keeps-comey-memos-secret/

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled in favor of the FBI’s request to keep the Comey memos secret, also sits on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The FISA Court is the same court that approved the surveillance on Trump associates.
On the same day the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the Nunes memo showing the FBI relied on the salacious and unverified Trump dossier to obtain a surveillance warrant on Carter Page, a federal judge ruled to withhold the Comey memos. The memos, authored by former FBI Director James Comey, are about his nine private conversations with President-elect and President Trump.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled in favor of the FBI’s request to keep the Comey memos secret, also sits on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The FISA Court is the same court that approved the surveillance on Trump associates.

Boasberg refused to release the documents on the basis they were still being used by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of the alleged Russian collusion with Trump associates.

The judge ruled, “the Comey Memos, at least for now, will remain in the hands of the Special Counsel and not the public.”

“It’s unfortunate, but not at all surprising, to see a FISA court judge side with secrecy over transparency on the very day the House Intelligence Committee released a very troubling example of abuse of trust within the FISA system,” said Christopher Bedford, the editor-in-chief of TheDCNF.

On March 16, one week after Trump fired Comey, the public first learned the former FBI director had penned a memo on a Feb. 14 Oval Office meetings with President Trump.

Comey told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in June 8 testimony that he authored secret memos of all his meetings and conversations with President-elect and President Trump.

He testified that after his first conversation with then-President-elect Trump, he “felt compelled to document.” He said he “began to type … on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower the moment [he] walked out of the meeting.”

Ever since news organizations and nonprofit watchdog groups filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the memos, the FBI has been steadfast in refusing to release them.

News organizations — including The Daily Caller News Foundation, CNN, and USA Today — sought the Comey memos under the Freedom of Information Act in June 2017. Judicial Watch, Freedom Watch, the James Madison Project and journalists Garrett Graf and Lachlan Markay also requested the documents.

The FBI quickly declined to release all nine memos, stating on June 16, “The records responsive to your request are law enforcement records. There is a pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding relevant to these responsive records, and the release of the information could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”

The District Court accepted followup lawsuits by the news organizations and nonprofit groups in July. On July 31, the suits were consolidated into a single lawsuit.

The FBI privately entered affidavits and other evidence before Boasberg to convince the judge to withhold the memos. None of the plaintiffs were able to review the FBI documents.

Boasberg said the FBI affidavits would be shared with the plaintiffs if they appealed the case.

“It’s unfortunate, but not at all surprising, to see a FISA court judge side with secrecy over transparency on the very day the House Intelligence Committee released a very troubling example of abuse of trust within the FISA system. We are considering our options to appeal now,” Bedford said.

The Nunes memo, which was declassified on Friday, concluded the FBI withheld from the FISA Court the origins and the financiers of Trump dossier when it was presented before the court.

The FBI’s used the dossier as evidence submitted before the court in order to obtain wiretap warrants on Trump associate Carter Page, the memo charges.

“Furthermore,” the Nunes memo reads, “Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information.”

Fusion GPS commissioned the dossier, which the Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee financed. The dossier’s partisan origins were not conveyed to the court when the FBI filed its application for a surveillance warrant against Trump associates, the Nunes memo reads.

“Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele’s efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior and FBI officials,” according to the Nunes memo.

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February 5, 2018

Quote of the Week

“Serenity is paying attention to what I’m doing right now."

I have a mind that races ahead of where I am, plans outcomes, anticipates obstacles, and prepares for the worst. It’s a busy mind. If it’s not in the future, then its reviewing the past coming up with woulda’s, shoulda’s, coulda’s. Drinking offered a respite from this obsessiveness, and for a few hours I was thoroughly grounded in what was happening in the present. But then my bottom forced me to get sober, and my mind was off to the races again.

My restless mind wouldn’t let me alone during early sobriety. I woke up in fear, worried most of the day, and at night I’d lie awake imagining dark futures fueled by what if’s. Thank for my sponsor and the fellowship. They had many suggestions, like when they told me to keep the Big Book at my bedside because reading a few pages would definitely put me to sleep. It worked! They also taught me about being of service, about prayer, and about building my spiritual toolkit. That all worked – when I worked it.

Many years have passed, and while I’m recovered from the obsession to drink, my mind still likes to get into the future and look for danger. This is the path to insanity for me. Thankfully, I’m much better at reigning it back in and focusing it on what I’m doing, what I have, and how fortunate I am right now. I have more than I need to be happy, joyous, and free. And most of all, I have a God of my own understanding, and I have serenity in the here and now.

How’s that for the future I used to worry about?

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Know what the #1 and #2 killer of American women is? It isn't terrorists or crazy illegal immigrants - it's heart disease and cancer. Even though these are the greatest threats to the lives of American women, we spend next to nothing on them. We spend more on theoretical threats, then we do on real threats, at the ratio of 1000:1.

Know what the #1 cause of death is for armed services personnel? It isn't IED's - it's suicide. We spend next to nothing on this as well, but we do spend a fortune on new hardware.

Why do we spend a fortune protecting Americans from POTENTIAL threats, but refuse to spend anything on real time, verifiable and persistent threats here at home? It just seems silly to spend that kind of money keeping Americans safe from foreign threats, then letting them die from preventable/treatable conditions here at home. How much research would 20 billion dollars pay for? A whole hell of a lot, potentially leading to cures and/or much more effective treatments for the things that are ACTUALLY killing us.

If we're going to celebrate "America first" and "Americans first", let's put Americans at the TOP of the food chain, not a thousands steps down. Don't we deserve that? We're letting politicians and political hacks convince us that spending money on ourselves and our families is wasted money, and that spending money everywhere else and on theoretical threats is a better use for our treasure. I find that premise offensive, stupid..............................and treasonous.

Let's get serious, and spend 5 billion on enhanced border security to prevent the occasional rape or murder, and spend 20 billion on finding a cure for juvenile leukemia and other child cancers and genetic disorders, more effective screenings and treatments for heart disease..............and save the lives of the Americans we're keeping safe from foreign threats.

A 'leftist' with moral certitude who loves his country and cherishes the Constitution. That, my friend, is an impossibility. Let me explain:

You may be a 'leftist' who loves his country. That would make sense.

You may be a moral person who cherishes the Constitution. That too, is within the bounds of reason.

You may even be a moral person who loves his country and cherishes the Constitution. Trifecta (trinity?).

That's as far as it goes. Throwing 'leftist' in with a love for the Constitution creates an oxymoron that cannot be resolved, in as much as the 'leftist' agenda spits in the face of that same constitutional government. You cannot 'cherish' a legal system that you support the abrogation of, and that is the ultimate goal of the 'leftist' movement.

I strongly suspect that you have been falsely led to a serious misunderstanding of the political spectrum in terms of what is 'leftist' as compared to other doctrines. Try this quick quiz (just ten easy questions) and see what it spits out:

https://www.nolanchart.com/survey-php

Then take a look at this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGL8CiUtXF0

Making more sense now?

90% of the media reports on President Trump are negative, 5% are neutral and only 5% are favorable. Have you not seen that the leftist are continually bashing anything conservative and moral? The media, the NFL, universities, magazines, hollywood, most talk shows, espn, all bashing conservatives 24/7/365. Do you understand why it is imperative that you stand up and fight back. Compromise is not understood by the left. You must fight back or you will end up 6 feet under with this constant propaganda. Leftism wants to destroy our constitution our liberties, our American ideals. Wake up and get in the fight.