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The Lake Country Shopper
Volume 7, No. 3 March 2012
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Political Commentaries
Dr. Quack
Isabelles Gardening Tips
Its Your Life, Your Money,
Your Freedom
Its a Dogs Life
Wayne Greens Photo Tips
Aesop Fables
Puzzles
Real Estate & Classifieds
Are You A Bird As Free As These?
Or, Are You a Bird Being Stalked
By Feral Cats Behind the Scenes?
Photo By Wayne Green
From the Editor...
Upcoming
Events!
March 2012 The Lake & Country Shopper - 2
Church Directory
St. Michael's At The Lake -
Episcopal, Worship Sunday 3
pm, Healing Thursday 11-
11:30 am, Thrift Shop Thu 10-
2 & Sun 1-4
Faith Church United Church
of Christ, 106 Faith Dr., Or-
ange Grove, 384-2414. Sunday
School: 9:15, Worship Service:
10:30.
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church, FM 534, Mass: Sun-
day, 9:15. Call church for other
times.
West Shore Baptist Church,
FM 534. 547-6153, Sunday
School: Sunday 9:30 am. Serv-
ices: Sunday 10:50 am.
Women's Bible study Tues.
mornings from 10:00 to 12:00,
Men's Bible study Wednesday
mornings at 10:00 A.M.
Lighthouse Faith Fellowship
(charismatic, non-denomina-
tional), 331 FM 534, 547-6243.
Sunday School: 9:15am
Services: Sunday 10:00 am.
Grace Lutheran Church of
Mathis, 1205 E. San Patricio
Ave., Mathis, 547-2239
First United Methodist Church,
420 S. Duval, Mathis 547-
3381. Adult Bible Class 9:45 am,
Worship Service 10:50
Brush Country Cowboy
Church, Brush Country Cowboy
Church, 1417 S. Hwy 37 access
We are located 1 mile north of
FM 799. Sunday Services at
10:00am. 361-449-2400.
First Baptist Church, 404 S.
Bee, Mathis, Texas, 547-2139.
Services: Sunday Bible study:
9:45am. Worship 11:00am.
Evening Worship 6:00pm. Wednes-
day Evening Service: 7:00pm
St. John of the Cross Catholic
Church, 20 S. Metz St., Orange
Grove, Mass: Saturday 6:00 pm
Sunday 7:30 am . & 11:00am,
361-384-2795.
Church of Christ, Exit 40 @ I37
N./Hwy 888, one mile east. Sun.
Bible Study 9:45. Sunday Serv-
ice 11am & 6pm. Wed. 7:00pm
Lake View Baptist Church,
6 mi North of Mathis on Hwy
3024. Sunday Bible study
9:45am, Worship services at
11am and 6pm Wednesday night
at 6pm. 361-547-6325 leave mes-
sage.
Cross Trails Cowboy Church
2 miles East of Orange Grove on
Community
Organization News
Lagarto
Community
Club News
from DeOtta Meyer,
Club Reporter
Friends of
Swinney
Switch VFD
from Shirley Bradley
March 17
Rabies clinic by Dr. McCoy
at Swinney Switch VFD
Building. 8am to 12 noon.
April 14
Lagarto Community Club
Rummage Sale and Vendor
Sale. Lunch for $3. Call Lucy
at 384-1527 for vendor space.
The cost per vendor will be
$10.
April 14
SSVFD Spring Bazaar, 9am-
3pm. Vendors call Shirley
Brandleyat 547-9774 or Elaine
Doran at 547-9307. $10 per
table. Outdorr areas approx.
10x10 are also available.
Apr. 28
Third Annual Ranch House
Tour, Unify to Beautify in
George West. Tickets are $15.
Can be purchased at The Buck
West House (Chamber of
Commerce) located at 400 N.
Nueces St. in George West by
the end of March. (Open from
9:00am - 12:00)
Tickets will have a map on
them. You can call Grace Wil-
son for more Information.
361-449-3084
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FM 624, Sunday Morning Serv-
ices 8:45 and 10:30am,
227-9828.
Lagarto Community
Church
287 FM 3162
Lagarto, Texas 78383
Sunday: Bible School 9:45-
11am, Church 11am, Bible
Study Wed & Sunday 6pm
Mathis Church of Christ
407 E. Rockport, Mathis,
Texas 547-2016, Sunday
Bible Study 9:30am, Worship
10:30am, Sunday Evening
6PM, Wednesday Bible Study
7pm.
First Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 600 S. Dibrell St.,
Orange Grove TX, 361-384-
2712 Sunday School:
9:00 a.m. Worship Service:
10:30 a.m.
www.firstogtx.org
Safe Harbor - a Lutheran
mission (ELCA) meeting at
St. Michael's Episcopal
Church on FM 534. We meet
at 5 p.m. each Saturday
evening. Contact us at Safe-
HarborLC@gmail.com or
361-244-6045. All are wel-
come!
All of you who must use
FM 534 to get to gas stations,
grocery stores or to any other
place of business are probably
wondering why you are stalled
out waiting for road crews
nearly every day. I wondered
why FM 534 was being re-
done for what seems like the
4th time in the past 15 years. I
called and left a message with
someone named Robin, who
left no message other than my
name and phone number, so I
had to repeat my reason for
calling to the man who re-
turned my call, a man who only
identified himself as Tomas. It
sounded like DeMoss. (I dont
know whether that is his first
name or last name. Perhaps he
only has one name.) This was a
lot like visiting a doctor, where
the nurse asks you a bunch of
questions and then the doctor
asks you the same questions
because the doctor believes
you wont tell the truth to one
of them (probably the nurse)
and they can catch you in a lie.
Having worked for State of
Texas agencies and school dis-
tricts, heres what I have
learned about budgeting. When
an agency or any department of
any government-funded entity
prepares a budget for the fol-
lowing year, always asking for
ever-increasing amounts of
money of course, if that entity
of government has not spent
every single cent of the current
years budget, the future
budget will be reduced, defi-
nitely not increased. Therefore,
you find ways to spend every
dime, even if you do not actu-
ally need to do so. Then the en-
tity pads the new budget
request by at least ten percent,
hoping to get at least the cur-
rent budget amount. After all,
without money, your power is
reduced. With more money,
more power.
So when Tomas called I ex-
plained to him that it appeared
that TxDot was widening FM
534 but not widening the
bridges. I explained that I am
sick and tired of dealing with
this road work every two or
three years and asked just ex-
actly what the point is of
widening the road and leaving
the bridges just as they are. I
told him how scary it can be to
approach one of those bridges
when an 18-wheeler is ap-
proaching from the other side.
He said he had spoken with
Anthony Villareal who is in
charge of bridges in the area
and that Villareal said our
bridges were not eligible for
replacement. Apparently,
from what Tomas said, a
bridge is only eligible for re-
placement when it can no
longer support its load rating.
So, as long as no huge heavy
truck falls through a bridge ren-
dering it unusable, it is not el-
igible for replacement. (Thats
funny. I thought a large portion
of fees and taxes I pay were for
bridges.)
Then I asked Tomas what
was the point of widening the
road but not the bridges. He
replied that there were reports
of people going off the road
and that by widening it the
margin of error was im-
proved. The only people I per-
sonally know of who have
gone off the road in the area
where the work is being done
were under the influence of
drugs, alcohol or both. I know
of another man who almost
went off the road because of a
slick layer of mud on the road.
When I mentioned these issues
to Tomas and explained it was
driver error and not the fact that
the road was too narrow, he
didnt have the figures on the
causes for people going off the
road but agreed that most of
them were probably drunk
drivers. I asked him where the
margin of error was on the
bridges. He couldnt answer
that. So, finally I told him I un-
derstood. I understood he had
to find a place to spend avail-
able money so he could get
more of it next year. It really
has nothing to do with safety. It
has nothing to do with anything
but spending tax dollars to keep
the bureaucrats in business.
(After all, all government agen-
cies at every level are in busi-
ness to perpetuate themselves
and for each agencys employ-
ees to keep their highly over-
paid jobs.) I closed with telling
him that I did not know how a
man could in good conscience
work for such a non-sensical
bureaucracy. Of course, I know
the answer: He is being paid far
more than he could possibly get
paid using the same knowledge
or skill set in the private sector.
Yours truly,
Penny Peavy
Editor/Publisher
Mark Your Calendars!!!
SSVFD will be hosting a Ra-
bies clinic by Dr. McCoy on
March 17th from 8am to 12
noon. On April 14th we will
have a Spring Bazaar. The
hours will be from 9:00 AM to
3 PM. All those who wish sell
their crafts, please contact
Shirley Bradley at 547-9774 or
Elaine Doran at 547-9307.
Cost is $10.00 per table. Out-
side areas of approximately
10'X 10' are also available.
The last Bazaar in November
was a huge success so we are
expecting an even better one
this time. Bring your family
and friends.
Valentines Day
At Lagarto
Community Club
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The Presidential election of
2012 has the political world in
a battle between the GOP to
nominate someone who could
essentially beat Obama. The
mainstream-media-complex
has taken it upon themselves
to present you with only two
possible candidates: Mitt Rom-
ney and Newt Gingrich. What
the mainstream-media doesnt
tell you is that Gingrich and
Rick Santorum are not eligible
for 564 of the 2,286 delegates
awarded. 1,144 delegates will
secure a candidate the Republi-
can Nomination.
Every four years our country
focuses on the Presidential
election, its usually the high-
est voter turnout than any other
election, national or local.
Most folks pay no mind to who
represent them in Washington,
and it is mostly for those that I
write these words.
When I learned and could ac-
tually understand the purpose
of government, I saw how far
beyond our Constitution we
have gone. One under-looked
aspect of the decline of our Re-
public is the decay of the
United States Senates job to
preserve State Sovereignty.
One way to preserve our State
Sovereignty is through the
original intent of the Constitu-
tion as to how Senators are
elected; disregarding the 17th
Amendment.
Senators were originally ap-
pointed via State legislatures to
represent a State as a whole.
States lost that representation
with the ratification of the 17th
Amendment which allowed the
direct election of a U.S. Sena-
tor as opposed to an appoint-
ment by the State legislatures.
In the Texas U.S. Senate race
there is a candidate who has
fought tirelessly against the
World Court to uphold U.S.
Sovereignty and stop the pres-
ident from enforcing the World
Courts decision onto the State
of Texas.
In the Texas U.S. Senate race
there is a candidate who fought
for the State to have a Ten
Commandments monument.
In the Texas U.S. Senate race
there is one candidate who has
won in straw polls with an av-
erage margin of 42%. This can-
didate is Ted Cruz.
Cruzs interest with politics
began when he understood the
greatness of America that his
father worked hard to achieve.
During Cruzs high school
years, he was enrolled in a pro-
gram where the participants
had to write an abridged ver-
sion of the Constitution from
memory. Cruz was so intrigued
with the Constitution and the
original intent of the structure
of government that his Prince-
ton thesis was based on the 9th
and 10th Amendments.
Not only has Cruz fought for
U.S. and State Sovereignty, he
is an avid opponent to the
United Nations Agenda 21
whose goal is to strip land
from the population, housing
the people in sustainable de-
velopments where human ac-
tivity is strictly monitored and
restricted.
Cruz stands in opposition of
the 2011 NDAAs section
1021, where American citizens
can be detained indefinitely if
deemed a terrorist by the exe-
cute branch. However, Cruz
also supports some elements of
the PATRIOT Act. Mr. Cruz
feels that enemies and terrorist
of the United States must be
swiftly dealt with. During the
2000 Presidential bid for the
White House, Cruz served as
the domestic policy advisor to
the Bush campaign. Mr. Cruzs
thoughts on the PATRIOT Act
worry me a bit, although I will
say that his defiance of the
NDAA goes to show his ac-
knowledgment of the outra-
geous breach of our
Constitutionally protected
Rights.
In 2003 Cruz became Texas
State Solicitor General, during
which he defended States
Rights to nullify an attempt by
the executive branch to enforce
the verdict of the World Court.
It is quite impressive to say
that someone who advised the
Bush campaign on domestic
policy would end up fighting
the same administration on
States Rights and the power of
the executive branch.
We can only hope that if we
elect a candidate like Cruz that
he would fulfill all his prom-
ises, leading us to a more pros-
perous Nation. There are many
reservations to send another
lawyer to Washington and I
dont blame the reluctance;
however, here we have a
lawyer who doesnt lobby for
more control by the federal
government. I cannot say for
sure if Cruz will stick to his
campaign rhetoric if elected,
but judging by his record I can
give him the benefit of the
doubt that he will accomplish
many a great things if honored
with the senatorial seat.
The other major candidate in
the race for Hutchisons U.S.
Senate seat is Texas Lieutenant
Governor David Dewhurst. I
must say that Lt. Gov. De-
whursts infamous record of
killing bills in the State Senate
such as ending sanctuary cities
or stopping the Transportation
Security Administrations un-
constitutional searches (pat-
downs), does not sound like
the record I would appreciate
of my U.S. Senator.
Dewhursts campaign is
based on the idea that his
multi-million net worth will
assure him the Senate seat;
however, when a candidate
passes on many forums to
meet-and-greet the voters, then
the candidate loses credibility
in a race. Over 90% of the
straw polls taken for the Sen-
ate seat have graciously fa-
vored candidate Ted Cruz.
The Cruz campaign sings a
clear message of conservative
beliefs and the determination
to drive the conservative
movement back to the Consti-
tution. The Cruz Agenda has
denounced Obamas unconsti-
Dont Forget
the U.S. Senate
Election
Challenges are
opportunities to
find out who we
really are...
LAGARTO February 18
...The business part of our
meeting went quickly begin-
ning with our selecting blue for
the color change on the trim
outside our building. We also
discussed having lights put out-
side the building for our per-
sonal safety. From there we
moved on to a brief discussion
about the Rummage and Ven-
dor Sale scheduled for April
14th. Trish Arink will be pro-
viding lunch that day by serv-
ing Mostacholi with bread,
salad and soda for $3. Lucy
Cantu volunteered to take
charge of signing up the ven-
dors and the rest of us will be
working the rummage sale. If
you would like to reserve a
table with Lucy you can give
her a call at 384-1527. The
cost per vendor will be $10.
We decided to have a mid-
year raffle with the drawing to
be in May around Mothers
Day. Items to be raffled in-
clude makeup, dinner for two
and a necklace set. Our No-
vember raffle was also dis-
cussed and, as usual, we will
offer a quilt with Chole Trevino
taking the lead on getting this
made in time.
The Lagarto Community
Club has business meetings
monthly, nine months out of
the year. The members come
tutional recess appointments,
Obamacare, and actions to-
wards Libya. Any candidate
who campaigns with this sen-
timent, and has a record of
winning Constitutional battles,
is a candidate who I would
love to see as our Senator. It is
these types of actions why I
cast my vote for Ted Cruz for
Texas United States Senator
for 2012.
Armando Conde
Kingsville
together weekly on Thursdays
for crafting workshops; a few
members participate weekly in
soft aerobics; a few members
break out the cards weekly for
some friendly competition. All
this is done at the Old Lagarto
School on FM 534. BUT, you
can use the school too. You
can lease the building for that
graduation party, that birthday
party or even a wedding.
Come and check us out any
Thursday morning and one of
our members will be happy to
show you around.
There are many Texans out
there today who are very angry
about Obamacare, Cap and
Trade, NDAA, the Rural
Council the Patriot Act and a
whole host of other federal
government abuses. Every day
we hear about our rights being
stripped from us, and we do
not even know how many
rights are taken away that we
do not even hear about.
Additionally, the entire re-
districting battle on-going in
Texas which has caused us
unknown primary dates has
essentially been caused by the
federal government. Our re-
districting is really none of
their business!
As a result of our anger,
many have been talking of
state nullification of such
atrocities as the Obamacare
bill and other abuses, but noth-
ing has actually been done.
Others speak in hushed and no-
so-hushed tones about seces-
sion of the State of Texas from
the United States. People from
other states also talk about se-
cession.
Texas, along with most of the
south and much of the midwest
have apparently entirely differ-
ent concerns and beliefs about
the federal government than do
the west coast states and many
northern states. If several states
with common goals and inter-
ests seceded, forming a very
light union with minimal
central government, all those
Democrat states can have each
other and continue to head to-
wards bigger and bigger failed
government with no rich folks
left to pay out all the welfare to
the rest.
What might happen if Texas
and/or other states were to se-
cede? (First, realize that the se-
cession of the Confederate
States in the 19th century was
over states rights and the north-
ern states abuses of the south.
The conditions were much like
they are today.) More than
likely, since Obama has al-
ready stated that he thinks Lin-
coln was great president and he
likened himself to Lincoln,
Obama would probably de-
clare war on any state that se-
Secession and
Nullification
ceded. Whether he would win
or not is somewhat debatable.
It would depend largely on
whether Texas (and/or other
states) active duty military
would be willing to fight
against their own people or
would instead desert the U. S.
military establishment and
fight on behalf of their state(s).
It would also depend on
whether there enough real Tex-
ans left in Texas to support
such a move.
There are presently a few se-
cessionist organizations out
there who insist that secession
can be done entirely peace-
fully. Maybe it can be. I cer-
tainly would hope so. The
Obama administration is cer-
tainly afraid of Texas (except
maybe Austin, certain parts of
Dallas and certain parts of
Houston)
If it cannot be done peace-
fully, Texas and/or other states
might lose and face the same
awful fate the south faced after
the first War of Northern Ag-
gression --evil and relentless
martial law. Whatever might
be the consequences, I think
its time for Texans to draw a
line in the sand and stand up
against the thugs in Washing-
ton, fire all Texas elected offi-
cials and start over
Elizabeth Wallace
Houston
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You just have to have the
courage to be a man and
woman of integrity! It starts
with you standing up for your-
self, and your family. There is
no organization for this except
for your love of this God given
Country. Hopefully, I will be
talking to you this April 2012.
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Just how free are you today?
Guess you have noticed that
gas has zoomed up! So who
you gonna call? Ghost Busters,
Obama, Hinojosa? Oh! Yeah
they are going to help you.
Right!! So goes that fantasy.
Well, Cowboys and Cowgirls
the time is soon coming to
where we will have over $6.00
per gallon ($5.99 is still $6 to
me). Then what? Well, before
we have the elections for a new
president, those prices will
drop and we will be such
grateful to this Obama presi-
dent, that you are going to run
out and vote him in!
Does that sound like you.
Regardless of your party fa-
vorite, the money runs out! It
may not really run out cause
that President still has some,
your congressman still has
some but you will have almost
zero (even if you have $1000.
For one weeks groceries, what
are you going to buy?), be-
cause either you cannot afford
it, the food supply is so mini-
mal you cannot buy it or it is
rationed by the Federal Gov-
ernment. Yes, I am making this
statement, as I lived and re-
member the days of what is re-
ferred to as The Depression
from the 1920's, lived thru
WWII, and all the other crap
that this Federal Government
has had us go through, and it is
time for We The People to go
to that voting booth and vote
for Freedom, Liberty for all,
and for our government to get
back in line with what our
Constitution requires it to be!
You deserve more, and you can
have more. Just pick yourself
up by the bootstraps and create
yourself a job, and it can grow
into a business to be so very
proud of, and support your
family, have some kids who
can learn the business and keep
it going. Not all of us have to
go to college, just to a good
school that actually teaches the
basics of learning...example:
how to comprehend what you
have just read. Maybe that
should be a requirement for
voting. We have to do some-
thing that will give us the
ability to see that it is up to
each one to chose what we de-
termine to be for our life and
go far it.
You ask, What if I dont
make it. I say keep trying! I
know you are not a fool for try-
ing just an idiot for not keep-
ing on with your vision! None
of this comes quickly to you
and if it does, you may need to
look at your resources and
make sure you do not have
some type of loan shark hiding
amongst the dollars you have
acquired. Remember nothing
good comes easy, but then
again you get to keep what is
actually yours...so keep up the
hard work! Do not become the
fool!
Back to this voting in No-
vember 2012 for our officials.
Have you ever checked how
they have voted on any of the
issues that may concern you?
Did they vote for more money
for food stamps, or any other
TANEF benefits? Well, if, for
example, you are on food
stamps and they did vote for
that and you had a big increase
is your benefit. Guess you are
really happy? But now look a
little further down the street.
What happens when all the
people who pay into this fund
(other taxpayers) also land on
bad times and they go to get
food stamps and they do and
everyone is happy, right! Wait,
it is now a year later and now
who is putting money in cof-
fers for your food stamps since
the one who was doing it is
also now on food stamps?
Soon no one will be putting
anything into food stamps or
TANEF, and where does the
money come from now?
Great question! Since the
governments only get funding
from you and me and we are
not putting any money back
into the system where does the
government get the money?
(Meaning we do not pay any
taxes). Right the government
just prints up some more
money. (That means here
comes price hikes) and the
cost of food is so high that
even the increased amount the
government has given you
now buys much less food than
before you got the food stamp
increase, right! So, another
year comes around and this
country is in shambles, cause
everyone is in need of food
stamps, and the government
can print more money but
what does that mean?
Well, just as any good com-
munist infiltrator knows...It is
time to take over this country,
because the people are hungry,
afraid of whatever, willing to
lick the shoes of the invaders
(also know as kiss the rear-end
of the new Master) and will
not even desire any FREE-
DOM, or Liberty. They know
that the masses of people will
allow this horrible take over of
your country. Do not stand by
and allow that to happen to
you, your family, neighbors, or
Its Your Life,
Your Money,
Your Freedom
by V. J. Alford
"People who get
through life dependent
on other people's
possessions are always
the first to lecture you
on how little
possessions count."
--Ben Elton, Enlish Comedian
March 2012 The Lake & Country Shopper - 4
You Decide
by Armando Conde
See Devils Advocate
Continued on Page 11
Devils Advocate or
Objective Observer?
Regardless of the events
that do unfold after the immi-
nent Mayan apocalypse, the
year 2012 will be one for
world history books, if they do
still exist. The calamity that is
the Euro, our own fiat cur-
rency being constantly devalu-
ated by the feds setting interest
rates leaving the economy in
shambles, and of course, the
purported threat of Iran acquir-
ing a nuclear weapon. Much
focus has been concentrated on
a threat of a nuclear Iran;
however, Iran has denied its
research and uranium enrich-
ment program as a move to-
wards nuclear weaponry. Iran
adamantly claims that their en-
richment program is for the ad-
vancement in cancer regiments
and is in accordance with the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT). The NPT is a
United Nations treaty signed
by nuclear member countries
to promote cooperation of
peaceful nuclear purposes;
with a further goal of complete
disbarment of nuclear
weapons.
Three of the four Republi-
can Presidential Candidates
subscribe to the idea that
America must not remove
from the table military action
towards Iran in an attempt to
stop the Islamic Republic from
acquiring nuclear weapons.
From the social conservative
Rick Santorum to the Massa-
chusettss moderate Mitt Rom-
ney, and who can forget about
Mr. I-want- a-moon-base Newt
Gingrich; all three have called
for more than economic sanc-
tions on Iran. They seek more
aggressive covert actions and
the possibility of backing Is-
raeli-led preemptive attacks on
Iran.
Now-a-days it has become
quite convenient to join the
ranks of the Republican estab-
lishments idea of American
Exceptionalism. It is now
much easier to wrap ourselves
in the Flag and simply de-
clare our actions appropriate
regardless of the conse-
quences. The pride of any na-
tion is held by the People;
however, the sad truth is that
governments no longer repre-
sent the People. Today, most
elected servants serve those
that make major contributions
to their cause. I point this out
because it is imperative to re-
member that the actions of a
country do not always reflect
the voice of the People. Also,
that when I speak of a country,
I am specifically referring to
the government of the country
and not the People.
The main reason why the
Republican establishment re-
fuses to accept Ron Pauls for-
eign policy is all due to the fact
that, as Americans, we cannot
bring ourselves to admit that
our Great Country is capable
of such horrendous acts. The
strength that is the U.S. mili-
tary has, over the past decades,
been the means to overtake a
country and secure its re-
sources. Military action on a
country, whether overt or
covert, has led to many civil-
ian deaths abroad. Your local
news does not tell you that the
U.S. is constantly bombing
terrorist sanctuaries which
have turned out to be every-
thing from funerals to resident
dwellings. They dont tell you
this for the same reason why
nobody likes to know how a
steak gets to your plate. All we
want is the bloody-sweet-and-
savory taste of victory.
I love my country as much as
any other patriot, however, a
True Patriot, a humble soul can
decisively stand for liberty re-
gardless of the establishment
rhetoric. In the beginning of a
change, the Patriot is a scarce
man, brave, hated, and
scorned. When his cause suc-
ceeds however, the timid join
him, for then it costs nothing to
be a Patriot, said Mark Twain.
When you understand liberty
and God-given rights, then you
will understand that we, as a
country, do not have the right
to infringe on another coun-
trys sovereignty. America and
Israel have executed numerous
covert missions against Mus-
lim countries in the Middle
From the Far West Side
by Farris West
Whats Wrong
With this Picture
by Gwen Guyser
If I were ten years old today
rather than in the 1950's, my
mother would have been im-
prisoned for child abuse, and
my brothers and sisters and I
would all have been sent off to
foster homes. Why do I say
that? Because my mother made
our lunches each and every
day, and those lunches did not
have enough vegetables (ac-
cording to the federal govern-
ment), included mayonnaise
and sugary homemade choco-
late chip cookies and did not
include USDA-approved Big
Agra processed foods such as
chicken nuggets. My lunch
was exactly the same every
day: one tuna fish sandwich,
one salami sandwich, one
boiled egg, two homemade
cookies and a half an apple or
grapefruit. Despite the fact that
we were poor by todays fed-
eral government standards,
Mother gave us each 7 cents
each day to purchase a half pint
of milk and a 4 oz. cup of ice
cream. There were no free
lunches at school, no free
breakfast. Why did she get up
at 5:30 every morning to fix us
breakfast and make our
lunches? The food served at
school by the cafeteria was 1)
considered by my mother as
being unhealthy, and 2) consid-
ered by my siblings and me as
some sort of strange and un-
palatable food, nothing like
what we ate at home, and 3) at
35 cents per lunch, it was far
more than our family could af-
ford when the total family in-
come was about $250 per
month before taxes, and there
were five children. I would
probably have been kicked out
of school for trading my noto-
riously good chocolate cookies
for an extra ice cream cup.
Other reasons the above sce-
nario might have happened?
We were allowed to play
around the neighborhood, go to
the park by ourselves, and ex-
pected to respect all the bound-
aries set out for us, such as Go
to the park only with a brother
or sister, or Call me if you
get hurt. For about an hour
and a half each day after
school, we were HOME
ALONE, with no adult super-
vision and with me, at age nine
and ten being the oldest child
at home. Whats worse, we
walked or rode our bikes to
school because we hated riding
the bus with all the hooligans.
Even then, awful things hap-
pened on school buses. School
was a mile and half from
home.
Sometimes, while home
alone, we injured ourselves,
but we knew what to do. If it
was serious, such as in a bro-
ken bone, we knew to go to the
mom next door and knew she
would take care of us until our
mother came home. If it was
just a scrape or minor cut, we
knew all about cleaning the
wound, applying Campho
Phenique and a bandage, usu-
ally made from old clean rags
and a piece of adhesive tape
because ready-made bandages
were too expensive.
In todays world, the school
would deem our lunches as not
meeting federal standards.
When my sister broke her arm
jumping off a sawhorse and
pretending to fly like Super-
man, the school would proba-
bly call CPS to investigate as to
why my sister was unsuper-
vised and hurt herself as an
eight-year-old while our
mother was not home.
Now it gets worse: On school
holidays, Mother gave us a dol-
lar to buy hotdogs or ham-
burger meat and gave us
matches so we could go out to
the woods behind the house,
build a fire and cook out. She
also gave each of us, both boys
and girls, a pocket knife at
about age seven or eight. We
rode our bikes all over the
place, playing cops and rob-
bers and cowboys and Indi-
ans on bicycles, with no
helmets, yet we have all lived
to tell about it. Sure we had our
accidents, and I still have the
scars, but the freedom we all
had led to our becoming re-
sponsible, creative, competi-
tive and productive citizens.
We were responsible. We were
taught what the boundaries of
behavior were and respected
them. We were not allowed to
play with children whose par-
ents did not enforce or respect
boundaries of behavior.
In todays schools, there are
no choices for truly healthy
lunches. Who knows better?
The federal government? or a
childs own parents? The gov-
ernment is simply pushing
phoney food produced by Big
Agra, leading eventually to
poor health and subsequent in-
tervention by drug-prescribing
doctors and Big Pharma. What
business is it of the government
to tell you your child should be
in a special car seat? What
business is if for the govern-
ment to force you buy a bicy-
cle helmet for your child?
What business is it of the gov-
ernment to intervene in child-
raising? What business is it of
the government to order vac-
cines for children? These are
the decisions that should be
made by parents alone. Sure,
there are always going to be ir-
responsible parents raising ir-
responsible and damaged
children, but government inter-
vention simply makes these is-
sues worse, not better.
School
Lunches
Sense
Why is it that people who
call themselves "Christian"
confuse marriage sanctified by
their church and civil mar-
riage? Why do they honor
"Justice of the Peace" mar-
riages of a man and a woman
the same as they do "church
weddings." Why do they seem
to think the civil rights that
come with marriage in this
country are "ordained by
God." Why does civil law give
all sorts of rights to married
couples (one man and one
woman) to the exclusion of
gays living in a committed,
"marriage-like" relationship or
to any same-sex life relation-
ship? Lets see, a man and a
woman living together seem to
have more rights than any two
same-sex pair living together,
as the man and woman (in
Texas, at least) may simply
agree that they are married, tell
others that they are married
and receive at least one bill to
Mr. and Mrs. and be com-
mon-law married. Also,
felons in prison, pedophiles,
murderers and sociopaths can
marry and receive the civil
law benefits of marriage, but
law-abiding gays cannot. Why
do these folks think that what
they perceive as sinful should
be legislated?
Worse, why is it that there
are voters out there who seem
to think that all our countrys
woes are because of abor-
tion/contraception issues and
gay marriage issues, rather
than the real problems of Pro-
gressivism, the Federal Re-
serve and excessive
government spending? These
are the people who vote for
Rick Santorum in the primar-
ies. These are people who can-
not reason and perhaps cannot
read or write and do not under-
stand the huge problems this
country faces in terms of eco-
nomic issues, foreign policy,
gargantuan government con-
trol and rampant socialism and
fascism.
I am beginning to think that
only people who can read and
write English should be al-
lowed to vote. In fact, I am
thinking a reading comprehen-
sion test should be required of
everyone when first applying
for voter registration. Why do
we allow people who cannot
read or write in English (and
often not in any language
whatsoever) the right to vote?
How do they decide on which
candidate to choose? The per-
son who they think will give
them the most government
freebies? The person some guy
who takes them to the polls
tells them to vote for? The
person some guy who buys
them a BBQ dinner and beer
tells them to vote for? The guy
the mainstream media televi-
sion tells them to vote for?
Why is it that the 51% of
Americans who pay no taxes
can vote for how the rest of us
have to allocate our money?
Why does our government
(and insurance companies, as a
result) consider pregnancy an
illness? Why do I pay, via
taxes and high insurance rates,
for pregnancy benefits? If you
don't have the money to have a
baby, do what is needed not to
have one. Why do they want to
use my tax dollar to provide
birth control and abortion to
women who live uncontrolled
lives? "No" is supposed to
mean "no," and I cannot be-
lieve that all these women
seeking birth control and/or
abortions don't know how ba-
bies are born. "If you are going
to play, you gotta pay."
Why do people who want the
federal government to outlaw
abortion and keep Catholic
agencies from requirements of
providing contraception con-
sider this an infringement on
their faith? After all, many
Muslims in American want
"honor killings" to be legal.
What's the difference? Both
are religious zealots wanting
the government to pass laws
that support their religious be-
liefs or to be relieved of fol-
lowing the law.
Why does the government
seem to believe it knows what
is best for childrens lunches at
school? Why do parents even
allow their children to eat
lunch served up by the notori-
ously dreadful school cafete-
rias, mandated by the USDA,
heavily in bed with the huge
conglomerate food production
corporations.
Why does the Obama Admin-
istration say the economy is
improving? Its cost-of-living
indicators do not include food
and gasoline, the two items
that affect us most. The fig-
ures do include such non-ne-
cessities as electronics,
washing machines and cell
phones.
Why does the Obama Ad-
minstration say that unemploy-
ment figures are going down,
when they only count the peo-
ple who have applied for un-
employment benefits? They
dont count people who have
quit looking for a job, become
self-employed or people
whose unemployment benefits
have run out, or people who
are living on the streets? Of
course, they are scamming the
stupid among us into believing
Obamas Good, Obamas
Great, Let us thank him for our
food. We should reword that:
Obamas Bad, Obama thinks
hes Great. Lets detest him for
our FATE.
Why did both mainstream
and not-so-mainstream media
not report that Ron Paul was in
a statistical tie in the Maine
primary? Could it be because
the powers who want Neo-
Con, RINO, Romney-Gin-
grich-Santorum in office just
in case Obama loses? The stu-
pidest candidate is Santorum.
The career candidate who has
nearly no actual productive
work experience is Romney.
The candidate who could do
better than both of them, but
not much, is Gingrich. The
only candidate who can some
close to saving America is the
unmentionable Ron Paul. The
mainstream Republicans, the
Democrats, the Socialists, the
Progressive and Communists
are terrified of Ron Paul.
Why is health care called
health care, when it is obvi-
ously disease/symptom care
or Big Pharma promoted by
its drug pushers (doctors)?
Why is it that the disease-ori-
ented organizations, such as
the AHA, ADA, ACS and Big
Pharma spend so much money
to keep true health-care
providers, such as natur-
opaths, from legitimately prac-
ticing health care?
Why do rich people get huge
tax-payer funded rebates for
buying a Chevy Volt when I
cannot even afford to drive my
pickup truck to the gas station
and back?
Why, when I go to the gas
station in Orange Grove, do
they limit my purchase to $75?
Valero says its the fault of my
bank. My bank says its the
fault of Valero. So, who is re-
ally behind this? It sort of
smells like gas rationing.
Why, when I make too
much money to be on Medi-
caid yet cannot afford
Medicare Part B or Advantage,
am I paying more for Medicare
Part B, Medicare Advantage
and co-pays than I have ever
paid for any kind of insurance
in my life? Nearly 25% of my
Social Security income goes to
pay for Medicare Part B. What
am supposed to use for gro-
ceries or my house payment?
Somehow I had always be-
lieved I was going to get better
and cheaper medical care
when I became 65 years old.
"Whenever destroyers appear among
men, they start by destroying money, for
money is men's protection and the base of
a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold
and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile
of paper. This kills all objective standards
and delivers men into the arbitrary power
of an arbitrary setter of values. Gold was
an objective value, an equivalent of wealth
produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth
that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed
at those who are expected to produce it.
Paper is a check drawn by legal looters
upon an account which is not theirs: upon
the virtue of the victims. Watch for the
day when it bounces, marked, 'Account
overdrawn.'"
---Ayn Rand, 1905 - 1982
East, yet when we hear that
these countries have retaliated,
the news is usually labeled as
an attack rather than retribu-
tion.
Pauls foreign policy is not
based on isolationism; it is
based on the belief of diplo-
macy and free trade. Perhaps if
we were not constantly occu-
pying other countries, then
maybe, our country, and our
name will not be spited. Paul
and many like-minded libertar-
ians endorse this view because
non-aggression is paramount to
diplomacy. Pakistan has nu-
clear weapons and is accused
by the U.S. as abetting Amer-
icas number one enemy:
Osama bin Laden. If the threat
of terrorists is the reason why
we must give up privacy and
due process, then why has
America not threatened mili-
tary action on Pakistan? Could
it be that Pakistan has nuclear
weapons, and America is re-
luctant to overtly attack Pak-
istan? Paul has said that he
does not want to see Iran get a
nuclear weapon, but if they do,
maybe they would get more re-
spect.
The act of aggression and
taking the role of the worlds
policemen has become the
main cause of much hatred
from Middle Eastern Muslims.
How would we feel if the ISI
was bombing an apartment
complex on a corner block to
eliminate Al-Qaeda members
or if the Mossad were linked to
the assassination of a U.S. nu-
clear scientist? What would
we think if we found ourselves
under hostile occupation while
being told that they are here to
help?
When Paul got booed by
South Carolinians after he ad-
dressed the old proverb: do
unto others as you would want
to be done to you; my heart
sank for my country. The idea
that any American agenda can
be justified based solely on the
fact that America is the most
prosperous country in history,
brings disappoint when the
agenda does not advance lib-
erty.
Republican Presidential
Candidate Rick Santorum
claims that Iran has aggres-
sively acted towards America
ever since the 79 hostage cri-
sis. Well the truth is that the
U.S. has been involved ever
since the overthrow of Mo-
hammad Mossadegh in 1953.
Dr. Mossadegh backed legisla-
tion that would nationalize the
Iranian oil industry, with the
hopes of Iranians netting more
than the 16% of the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company agree-
ment. The British werent too
keen on allowing Iranians
more profits for oil production;
this led to the British convinc-
ing then Secretary of State
John Dulles, that Irans coop-
eration with the Soviets would
lead to the expansion of com-
munism in the region. With the
threat of communism, Eisen-
hower allowed for the ousting
of Mossadegh.
So, to rebut the former Sen-
ators notions that Iran has
caused the aggression seems a
bit nave when you factor in
every covert operation exe-
cuted by our CIA, military, and
proxy militant groups. The as-
sassination of many Iranian nu-
clear scientists can be traced
backed to CIA and Mossad
agents. As a matter of fact, the
latest assassination (January
11, 2012) of a nuclear scientist
can be linked to Mossad agents
posing as CIA. A passing mo-
torcyclist stuck a magnetic
bomb to the car that the Iranian
scientist occupied.
February 13, 2012 Israel has
blamed Iran for the attempted
assassination of Israeli diplo-
mats in India and Georgia. The
attempt in Tsilibi, in the former
Soviet Republic of Georgia,
was unsuccessful when the
driver noticed a black bag on
the cars undercarriage which
turned out to be a bomb. The
very same day, over 2000
miles southeast of Tsibili in
New Delhi, India a magnetic
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A paper published by the
American Medical Associa-
tion's Virtual Mentor is con-
cerned that current enrollment
in vaccine trials is extremely
low.
The proposed solution?
Creating a federal law that
would force each individual to
make a "mandated choice" to
participate in vaccine trials.
Such a law would give drug
companies a more or less guar-
anteed supply of human guinea
pigs.
According to the featured
paper:
"... The lack of animal
models that can reliably pre-
dict vaccine efficacy means
that development still unavoid-
ably relies on testing of novel
vaccines in healthy individu-
als...
In recent decades there
has been a distressing decline
in the numbers of healthy vol-
unteers who participate in
clinical trials, a decline that
has the potential to become a
key rate-limiting factor in vac-
cine development.
... The modest financial
remuneration commonly pro-
vided often means that students
and the unemployed make up
the bulk of volunteers.
As a result, the risks of de-
veloping a health intervention
that would benefit the whole
population are carried dispro-
portionately by some of soci-
ety's most poor and
vulnerable.
This is a situation few
would judge to be fair or ethi-
cal. Compulsory involvement
in vaccine studies is one alter-
native solution that is not as
outlandish as it might seem on
first consideration.
Many societies already
mandate that citizens under-
take activities for the good of
society; in several European
countries registration for
organ-donation has switched
from "opt-in" (the current U.S.
system) to "opt-out" systems...
and most societies expect citi-
zens to undertake jury service
when called upon...
Mandatory involvement in
vaccine trials is... perhaps
more akin to military conscrip-
tion... In both conscription and
obligatory trial participation,
individuals have little or no
choice regarding involvement
and face inherent risks over
which they have no control, all
for the greater good of soci-
ety."
Medical Tyranny of the
Worst Kind!
From my perspective, the
idea of compulsory involve-
ment in vaccine trials "for the
greater good of society" is not
only outlandish, it's a complete
abomination. It's tyranny of the
worst kind, and the epitome of
a heartless system based on
broken ethics. Sadly, there are
signs that we're already sliding
in that direction. For example,
consider the fact that the US
government has already ok'd
the testing of the incredibly
controversial and dangerous
anthrax vaccine on infants.
And the fact that when 14 ba-
bies died in an Argentinean
vaccine trial, the drug com-
pany, GlaxoSmithKline, was
fined a measly $250,000.
Again and again, we see that
life is not valued as highly as
the prospects or promises of fi-
nancial profits... Human ex-
perimentation -- the practice of
subjecting live human beings
to science experiments that are
sometimes cruel, painful, or
deadly -- is a shameful part of
U.S. history that you won't
find in most history or science
books. But it is a practice that
is still continuing to this day,
and if Susanne Sheehy and
Joel Meyer, the authors of the
featured paper, have anything
to say about it, medical exper-
imentation on ALL infants
would not only be possible, it
would be mandatory! Folks,
this is an absolute nightmare;
one that I hope will never ac-
tually come to fruition.
Know Your Rights!
While you may one day
have to opt out of vaccine trials
for your child, we're not quite
there yet. However, you do
need to educate yourself about
your rights when it comes to
vaccinating your child. There
are currently three different
types of exemptions you can
use to avoid vaccinations of all
kinds: Religious exemption,
Medical exemption,Philosoph-
ical/conscientious exemption
Unfortunately, the religious
exemption is being targeted for
elimination by lobbyists work-
ing for pharmaceutical corpo-
rations and medical trade
associations funded by
Pharma. In some states, like
New York, parents are being
grilled about the sincerity of
their religious beliefs by state
officials and denied religious
exemptions to vaccination for
the purpose of barring their
partially vaccinated or unvac-
cinated children from attend-
ing public schools.
All 50 states allow a medical
exemption to vaccination if
you or your child has a verifi-
able medical reason to defer or
avoid use of one or more vac-
cines. However, the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and Ameri-
can Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) have eliminated most
of the officially recognized
contraindications for vaccina-
tion, to the point that almost no
medical condition qualifies for
a medical exemption to vacci-
nation...
Still, depending on where
you live, you may have the op-
tion of using a philosophical or
conscientious belief exemp-
tion. This exemption, like the
religious exemption, is under
attack by forced vaccination
proponents. Only 18 states
(listed below) still allow con-
scientious, personal or philo-
sophical belief exemption to
vaccination. These states come
the closest to protecting a citi-
zen's right to exercise volun-
tary, informed consent to
vaccination in America:
Arizona, California , Colorado
Idaho, Louisiana, M a i n e ,
Michigan, Minnesota, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wash-
ington, Wisconsin.
What You Can Do to Make a
Difference
While it seems "old-fash-
ioned," the only truly effective
actions you can take to protect
the right to informed consent
to vaccination and expand vac-
cine exemptions, is to get per-
sonally involved with your
state legislators and the leaders
in your community.
Think Globally, Act Locally.
Mass vaccination policies
are made at the federal level
but vaccine laws are made at
the state level, and it is at the
state level where your action to
protect your vaccine choice
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back to Washington.
Jane Cross, also known
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day citizen who wants to serve
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is running for Congress under
Get Out Of Our House, or
GOOOH, a national program
that encourages grassroots
Americans to seek elected of-
fice.
Im not afraid to get my
hands dirty Ill roll up my
sleeves and show up for
work, Jane says.
Fred Mann, a UTPA profes-
sor, said of Jane: Its about
time we get somebody not
there to make a buck: Clean up
the place, Jane! Best wishes.
This is a humbling experi-
ence for me and I am proud to
represent my district, however
the court decides to define the
districts boundaries, Jane
added. I am not a lifelong or
career politician. I care about
the people and will listen to
what they want. I care about
managing our money. I care
about taking back America for
the working peoplethe tax-
paying middle class. I believe
that Congress must set an ex-
ample of the highest standards.
I will not take advantage of the
office as so many have done in
the past. I will pay my taxes
and my bills. I am not an elit-
ist.
Jane added, I am just like
you and will not accept special
treatment. I certainly will not
demand it like so many in
Congress do. I do not believe
someone is special because
they are a member of Con-
gress. I believe a Congressman
is a servant Of the people.
Congressmen do not deserve
special-interest treatment or
preferential programs that We
the People do not have access
to. I know there are others in
this country, like me, who care
about We the People. And
we can do something about it
now.
I ask you to vote for me,
Jane Cross for Congress, in the
Democratic Primary on, so we
can take back America, For the
people.
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27. Mayday
28. One more than a
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A DOG used to run up quietly
to the heels of everyone he
met, and to bite them without
notice. His master suspended
a bell about his neck so that the
Dog might give notice of his
presence wherever he went.
Thinking it a mark of distinc-
tion, the Dog grew proud of his
bell and went tinkling it all
over the marketplace. One day
an old hound said to him: Why
do you make such an exhibi-
tion of yourself? That bell that
you carry is not, believe me,
any order of merit, but on the
contrary a mark of
disgrace, a public notice to all
men to avoid you as an ill
mannered dog."
Moral: Notoriety is often
mistaken for fame.
A VERY LARGE OAK was
uprooted by the wind and
thrown across a stream. It fell
among some Reeds, which it
thus addressed: "I wonder
how you, who are so light and
weak, are not entirely crushed
by these strong winds." They
replied, "You fight and contend
with the wind, and conse-
quently you are destroyed;
while we on the contrary bend
before the least breath of air,
and therefore remain unbro-
ken, and escape."
Moral: Stoop to conquer.
Once upon a time, there were
two families living in the same
neighborhood, the Smiths and
the Joneses. The Smiths had
started their own business
when they were first married.
They worked hard every day
and honored their commit-
ments. They were honest in all
their business dealings. After
about ten years of struggling to
make ends meet, they had all
debts paid off, a nice home,
two cars, a savings account and
several luxuries such as a big
screen TV, a spa, cell phones
and computers. They contin-
ued to prosper.
The Joneses, on the other
hand, held jobs, spent what
they had on good times, beer
and trying to keep the rent
paid. Their rented property was
always full of junk in the yard
and overgrown weeds. They
often had to ride the bus be-
cause they didnt have enough
money to get their rattle-trap
old car fixed. The Joneses en-
vied the Smiths and felt they
should have their fair share of
the wealth the Smiths seemed
to have. So, when Mrs. Jones
found herself pregnant, Mr.
Jones went to Mr. Smith and
asked for money to pay for her
see doctors. Mr. Smith said,
No, you go get an extra job or
start a side business, and then
you will have enough money.
Jones had a brainstorm. He
went back to Mr. Smith and
announced that he had started
his own business doing yard
work. He asked Mr. Smith for
work. Mr. Smith, proud of his
neighbor for wanting to better
himself, offered him a few
hours work in his yard, mow-
ing and weed-whacking. Mr.
Jones showed up an hour late
for the job, thinking it didnt
matter since he didnt have a
boss. Mr. Smith was miffed
but decided to let it ride.
Mr. Jones went right to work,
beginning with the mowing.
When he finished mowing, he
went to work with the weed
whacker. After a few minutes,
he fell to the ground, writhing
with apparent pain. Mr. Smith
heard his cries and went to see
what was the matter. Jones
cried out that he had hurt his
back. Mr. Smith suggested he
go home and rest, paying him
for the work he already com-
pleted.
Smith did not hear from
Jones for quite a while. When
he did, it was through a lawyer.
Jones had filed a multi-million
dollar law suit against Smith
for his (bogus) back injury.
Smith, who did not have lia-
bility insurance, liquidated his
life savings to pay lawyers to
counter the suit. Meanwhile,
Jones filed for and received
food stamps, Medicaid, TANF
benefits and many other gov-
ernment benefits paid for by
taxpayers like Smith. Soon the
Smiths had to get a second
mortage on their home to pay
for mounting legal fees. When
it was time to pay the IRS, the
Smiths had no money left to
pay. The Smiths lost their busi-
ness, lost their home and had
to lay off their ten employees,
each of whom was eligible to
draw unemployment benefits
and many other government
freebies.
Since the Smiths could no
longer afford lawyer fees, they
settled with Jones for a few
thousand dollars. Jones
quickly squandered the money,
and soon the Smiths, the Jone-
ses and all the former employ-
ees of the Smiths were on the
government dole.
When you take from the rich
to pay the poor, everyone
ends up on welfare. Who is
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"Be quiet now," said an old
Nurse to a child sitting on her
lap. "If you make that noise
again I will throw you to the
Wolf."
Now it chanced that a Wolf
was passing close under the
window as this was said. So he
crouched down by the side of
the house and waited. "I am in
good luck to-day," thought he.
"It is sure to cry soon, and a
daintier morsel I haven't had
for many a long day." So he
waited, and he waited, and he
waited, till at last the child
began to cry, and the Wolf
came forward before the win-
dow, and looked up to the
Nurse, wagging his tail. But all
the Nurse did was to shut down
the window and call for help,
and the dogs of the house came
rushing out. "Ah," said the
Wolf as he galloped away,
"Enemies promises were
made to be broken."
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Its a Dogs Life
by Miss Daisy Duke
I am telling you right now:
My Mom has eyes in the back
of her head and can see in the
dark. My peeps were on to me
about sneaking up on the sofas
after they went to bed at night
and sneaking back down when
I heard one of them get up, so
they started placing stuff on
the sofas at night where I
couldnt get up there. I havent
the slightest idea how they
knew Id been on a sofa, but
somehow they knew. Boo-hoo!
But one night I thought I
was going to outsmart em. I
got up to Moms easy chair in
the middle of the night. I had
no sooner gotten situated when
I hear a booming voice shout,
Daisy! Down! Believe you
me, I was down out of that
chair in a heartbeat!
How in the heck did she
know I was there? It was dark
in the house! Now, I have
heard Mom call that chair her
Archy Bunker chair and no
one but her can sit in it, but I
thought she just meant people,
not sweet little doggies like
me. I dont know who the heck
Archie Bunker is, but appar-
ently he meant bidness about
no one sitting in his favorite
chair, cuz Mom was MAD! I
tell you she was mad! But,
why? After all, Im Queen of
the World!
Little Mom has started call-
ing her chickens The Dixie
Chicks. When Mom asked
her why, she said they went for
four or five days not laying
enough eggs and that was
downright Un-American! I
wish I could lay eggs. Little
Mom sure prizes those eggs.
Mom says I dont have eggs
anymore cuz Ive been
fixed. Somehow that does-
nt seem fair, I guess.
One night Mom and Little
Mom turned on that brightly
lighted window-like thing they
call a TV and seemed to pay-
ing great attention to it. They
both fell asleep in front it,
though, so I guess it must have
been really boring. Mean-
while, I was outside, so when
Mom got up to go to bed, she
forgot all about me and left me
outside all night without any
water. Boo-hoo. Whine,
whine! The next morning,
though, she let me in and I got
all the water and food I
wanted, curled up on my day
bed (nevermind the forbidden
furniture) and slept and slept
and slept. I guess I should be
grateful for small favors. (Sigh)
While I was out that night I
barked and barked when a cat
headed for chicken coop. No
one is going to mess with my
Dixie Chicks! They are mine, I
tell you, all mine, even if Little
Mom collects the eggs. At least
Little Mom thanked me the
next morning for doing my job
by giving me one of her fantas-
tic cookies. Yum!
A little human boy visitor
came over one day, along with
his moms mom and dad. He
was not much taller than me. I
liked him right away cuz he
smelled like dogs and he
seemed happy and cheery.
Him and me were out in my
yard, and my peeps went
through the people door to go
out to the garage. That little
boy followed me right through
my doggy door to get to the
garage, giggling as he went. I
wasnt sure if I liked him using
my door, but when all the
grown-up humans started
laughing I decided it best to
go along to get along.
I sure am glad all the rain has
quit for now. I like playing out-
side without all those water
drops raining on my head. I get
to play and play and then come
in and sleep and then go out
and roll in the dirt, chase cats.
Whew! Its a great dogs life.
Woof, woof to all my pals out
there. Talk at ya next month!
Isabelles Garden Tips
Well, we actually had a little
bit of rain. Amazing! Now we
get to watch all those weeds
start growing. I sure have had
my fair share. Pulling those
weeds is quite easy right after a
rain. Have you checked on
your seedlings? Mine for the
most part seem to have made
great plants. We will know
more about 6 weeks from now.
I have great salad greens grow-
ing and will sometime this
week (February 24) start re-
planting so that I will have lots
of great greens all summer.
Hope it all comes out as
planned. How are you doing? I
have not heard from many of
you this month, so I do not
know what is going on. Are
you making any new gardens
around your place?
I am thinking of planting a
grapefruit tree, since I had to
have my Orange tree cut down.
Also my olive trees either have
died or went into some type of
hibernation for a few weeks.
Still the bark is really in good
condition with green limbs, so
I just do not know what is
going on but will let you know
in April. Those trees were so
beautiful but not all things go
as I planned for them to. Guess
it is up to the good Lord. I also
want to plant a couple of avo-
cado trees.
I have great compost from
the hay in my chicken coop.
Those chicken play with one
egg each day. Seems like they
attempt to play keep-a-way.
And another likes to play the
drum which is a plastic red
Folgers coffee can turned up-
side down in the feeder. It ac-
tually keeps those chickens
from messing up their food
server. Works well. Then I dis-
covered that a piece of alu-
minum screen wire cut with a
hole in the middle makes a
great barrier to keep them from
messing up their water dis-
penser. They are picking up in
the egg laying department.
Using the same food as al-
ways. I do have a brooder light
on them so that they should not
molt to much (I guess that is
what it is called.), I am really
new to these chicken cycles.
If you havent started your
seedlings I would just buy
plants from the nursery. But
keep in mind here in this part
of Texas you can grow just
about year round. That means
you can start seedlings for the
fall that can carry you over the
winter with all the fresh food
you like. If we get a freeze, just
have on hand some snow blan-
kets they sell at the local nurs-
erys. Also you can get a large
piece of plastic that you can
see thru and make a makeshift
greenhouse if necessary should
a freeze come up. The freeze
shouldnt last more that a few
hours but sometimes 2-3 days
in a row.
If you have been growing for
a few years maybe it is time for
you to buy two or three differ-
ent vegetable plants to see if
you like them. If youre just
starting, stay with the plants
you know you and your family
will enjoy. Then work into new
varieties and know what you
are eating. Know what you use
to keep the plants healthy, and
in doing so you know what
you are putting inside your
body. That is very important!
Try sending me some pic-
tures of what you are doing. I
am very interested in what you
do in the gardening realm. Es-
pecially the organic side of
things.
How do you keep pests from
eating your food. I have heard
of some very unusual ways.
And will print any that even
sound strange...so many of
those do work. Like pouring
beer in a lid and letting the
slugs slide in and have a drink
and then go bye, bye!
Hope we get more rain as it
is desperately needed in this
area, well most of Texas even
those places who have been
having a lot of rain. Remember
Texas is in drought.
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Tips to Better
Photos
by Wayne Green
In the past I have written
about evaluating your image
and how to decide whether it is
composed of mostly dark areas
or light areas or if it's balanced
evenly between areas of light
and dark. Throughout most of
my career selling photos for
use in magazines and other
publications, transparency film
always had to be used and ex-
posure of the film had to be ex-
actly right for any photo to be
accepted and purchased. Now
with digital cameras your ex-
posure of the image can be
quite a bit under or over ex-
posed and still produce a usable
image, however carefully ad-
justing your camera for the
most accurate exposure possi-
ble will even with digital cam-
eras achieve much better
results and also cut down on
any extra work in post expo-
sure software attempting to im-
prove your image after it's been
shot.
Your first step in learning
how to achieve better exposure
is to find out what kind of me-
tering system your camera
uses and to learn how your
meter can be adapted to
change the way it measures
light coming into the camera.
Some cameras have meters
that can't be changed, so light
is measured in one way only.
Most of these cameras meas-
ure the amount of light coming
mostly from the central area of
your composition. Finding out
the exact area of the center that
is being measured will go a
long way to helping you create
better exposed photos.
For more sophisticated me-
ters, you'll need to find out the
system's different modes, how
to switch to each mode and the
area of the image that each
mode measures. Often you'll
have a spot mode, this mode
only measures the light com-
ing from a circle of a few de-
grees of the image. As you
look through your camera
there will be a circle marked
on the viewfinder to show you
exactly what small area of the
scene is being measured. The
spot mode can be extremely
useful because you can pick
out any area of your scene that
is a medium tone ( half way be-
tween white and black ) set
your exposure from the
medium tone and you're very
likely to obtain a well exposed
image that includes some detail
in the darker areas of your
scene as well details in the
lighter areas of your scene.
If you set your meter at one
of the modes that reads a large
area of the scene, you will need
to analyze the composition. If
the image contains almost all
medium toned areas or if it's
composed of just about equal
light and dark areas you can
usually get by with exposing
the shot according to what your
meter reads( auto exposure )
However if the composition
consists of primarily dark
areas, you'll have to override
what the meter indicates and
set the camera to allow less
light than the meter recom-
mends so that the abundance of
dark areas will look naturally
dark and the few light areas
will not be blown out with too
much exposure. Just do the op-
posite for a scene that has al-
most all light areas and only a
few areas of darkness. The
meter in a general automatic
mode will measure the light re-
flected from all the light, al-
most white areas and try to
create a medium toned scene,
making the light areas into
greyish medium toned areas.
If your camera doesn't have
a spot mode, another way to get
very accurate exposures is to
buy an 18% Grey Card. These
are sold at most places that sell
photo equipment and are very
inexpensive. To use them is as
simple as placing the card in
front of your camera to set ex-
posure. Just make sure that the
same amount of light is falling
evenly across the grey side of
the card as is falling on the
scene you are about to photo-
graph.
Please remember that I wel-
come questions, comments,
and ideas, just send to Wayne
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361-547-6898.
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ready to have some-
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another 5.5 acres available for $37500. Make an offer! Only
$249,900. Owner finance possible!
Beautiful 3/2, 1322 sq ft home right across the street from
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Gorgeous 32 Acres off FM624 overlooking a valley. This 32
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404 Hidalgo St, Mathis- Beautiful home, great location, corner
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An onion can make peo-
ple cry but there has
never been a vegetable in-
vented to make them
laugh. ~ Will Rogers
When I come to one of
the forks in the road of
life, I dont waste time
and energy wishing it was
a spoon. ~ Miss Piggy
All reports are in. Life is
now officially unfair.
If all is not lost, where is
it?
The first rule of holes: If
you are in one, stop dig-
ging.
I went to school to be-
come a wit, only got
halfway through.
It was all so different be-
fore everything changed.
Some days you're the
dog, some days you're the
hydrant.
I wish the buck stopped
here. I could use a few ...
It's hard to make a come-
back when you haven't
been anywhere.
The only time the world
beats a path to your door
is if you're in the bath-
room.
Humor
Lots in Carmel Hills. Dont Miss These!
Lot 25, Skyview Drive Circle, near boatlauch and park, only $8000.
Lot 1, Block 7, Carmel Hills Dr., across the street from waterfront park, $24,900
Lot 15, Laurel Dr., 1/2 acre, $18,000
Lot 2, Block 10, Carmel Dr., 3/4 acre, near boatlaunch and park, $24,900
March 17th & 18th, 2012
in Old San Patricio
Gates open 11 AM - 7 PM
Live Music
Great Food
Arts & Crafts booths
Free Arena Games
Rattlesnake Races
Souvenirs
Cold Beer
Rattlesnake Handling
The Rattlesnake Races begin @ 1:00 pm and contestants
not wishing to bring their own rattler will be furnished one.
Snake races cost $20.00 to enter. Winners of each heat will
be awarded a plaque. World Champion in the finals (Sun-
day) will take the Trophy.
Games and Contests for all ages with Prizes for Winners in
each event. Games include egg-catching, human wheelbar-
row races, men & women boot race, etc.
Daily admission$7.00 for ages 6 an up.
Children under 6 free
Vendors interested in acquiring booth
space, call Debbie @ (361) 255-0729
The Rattlesnake Races benefit the San Patricio Restoration Society to help
raise funds to improve and maintain museum and local historical sites.
For more information log on to
www.wcrattlesnakeraces.com
Concert
Saturday 6pm
featuring
Five Card Draw
Band
If God wanted me to
touch my toes, He would
have put them on my
knees.
When you're finally hold-
ing all the cards, why
does everyone else decide
to play chess?
Health is merely the
slowest possible rate at
which one can die.
It's not hard to meet ex-
penses. They're every-
where.
March 2012 The Lake & Country Shopper -10
After all, I paid into that sys-
tem for many, many years. In-
stead, it is expensive and
burdensome and consists
mostly of treatment of govern-
ment-approved disease, not of
human health considerations.
Why is it that one must qual-
ify for Food Stamps before
qualifying for any other gov-
ernment benefits? And why is
it that children seem to need a
far higher dollar amount in
food stamps than old women?
If I had a couple of children
under age 18 at home, I could
pay my entire grocery bill with
food stamps. An elderly un-
married woman I know re-
ceives about $55 per month in
food stamps, up from $16 a
couple of months ago. That is
supposed to be enough to buy
groceries for an entire month?
Well, I guess it will buy Cokes,
corn chips, bean dip, dried
beans and perhaps rice.
Why is it that FM 534 is
being widened but the narrow
ancient bridges are not? Is that
not why we pay taxes? To im-
prove the bridges? Every time I
renew my registration on my
pickup truck that I cannot af-
ford to drive, there is a
bridge fee. What is this all
about? Why does TxDot hold
up traffic for a vehicle of their
own that is smaller than an 18-
wheeler to cross a bridge in
the name of public safety
when 18-wheelers routinely
cross those bridges while driv-
ers of cars and regular pickup
trucks simply have to pray that
the driver of the 18-wheeler is
both a skillful driver and
sober?
Why is Obama suggesting a
budget that exceeds by more
trillion dollars the amount of
taxes that will be brought in?
Why does the media ignore
Ron Paul? Clear Channel
Communications owns most of
the media. Guess who owns
Clear Channel:. Bain Capital,
Mitt Romneys company. The
Rush Limbaugh Show is
owned by Clear Channel no
wonder he is not allowed to
support Ron Paul.
Why does wall street guy
Mitt Romney have so much
campaign money? Mitt Rom-
neys investment background,
criticized by some of his Re-
publican presidential rivals, is
helping him build a financial
advantage over them. Rom-
neys support from Wall Street
goes beyond donations to his
campaign. Paul Singer, presi-
dent and founder of the New
York-based hedge fund Elliott
Management Corp., donated
$1 million to the pro-Romney
Restore Our Future, one of the
largest individual donations in
the last six months to the super-
PAC. Elliott employees also
contributed $106,025 to Rom-
ney in the last three months.
AND Three hedge fund man-
agers pitched in $1 million to
the pro-Romney PAC: Tiger
Managements Julian Robert-
son, Elliot Managements Paul
Singer and Renaissance Tech-
nologys Robert Mercer.
Why are there so many peo-
ple living in America who do
not want to adopt our language
and culture? If they dont like
it, why dont they just go back
where they came from?
Why has Fox News Channel
moved gradually to the left
over the past year? Aside from
pressure by Van Jones and
George Soros (Media Matters),
is Rupert Murdoch forced to
fight for survival by pandering
to the left? Besides booting er-
satz libertarian Glen Beck, Fox
has now booted libertarian/con-
stitutionalist Andrew Napoli-
tano and seems to conveniently
forget that Ron Paul is a can-
didate for Republican nomina-
tion.
The idea that America is in
trouble and needs saving is
nothing new. Liberals have
thought this for sometime and
have continuously sought sal-
vation by growing govern-
ment. Conservatives have
argued that what America
needs saving from is liberals
and their destructive policies.
Yet the Republican Party has
been equally as complicit in
expanding government as the
Democratic Party. This is what
Rick Santorum says about Mitt
Romneys big government
policies. Its what Romney
says about Santorums big gov-
ernment policies. And both
men are right. The difference
between both men and Obama
is one of margin, not method.
Romney and Santorum simply
think they can do a better job
of managing big government
than Obama. Only Paul actu-
ally wants to dismantle big
government.
This is of particular impor-
tance because the rising gener-
ation now demands that the
politics of old be challenged.
As the media continues to con-
centrate on the GOP horse race
amongst candidates who rep-
resent the same establishment
consensus, it is Paul who is
playing to packed houses at
every stop and who continues
to attract the masses based
purely on the power of his
ideas rooted in the American
founding. Jack Hunter
Why Paul is the Most
Electable Against
Obama
from various sources around
the Internet.
That one must build coali-
tions to win elections is poli-
tics 101. The Republican
presidential nominee must ap-
peal to independents and dis-
affected Democrats to be
successful. Ronald Reagan did
this handily. Barack Obama
also did well with independ-
ents and disaffected Republi-
cans.
For Reagan in 1980, much
of his success was backlash
against Jimmy Carter and Rea-
gan capitalized on it. For
Obama in 2008, much of his
success was backlash against
George W. Bush and Obama
capitalized on it.
Iowa was a perfect exam-
ple of Obama benefiting from
anti-Bush sentiment. In 2004,
Bush barely bested John
Kerry, 50% to 49%. Bush was
not exactly Mr. Popular in
2004, but Kerry was also a
weak candidate. By 2008,
America was pretty fed up
with Bush and the Republi-
cans and Iowa was a micro-
cosm of this, giving Obama a
decisive 54% to 44% victory
over John McCain.
In an election where Amer-
icans are now just as fed up
with Obama as they were with
Bush in 2008, where do
Iowans stand? Reports The
Washington Post:
A new Des Moines Register
poll shows Rep. Ron Paul (R-
Texas) would best President
Obama in the Hawkeye State if
the general election were held
today.
In the Iowa Poll, which sur-
veyed 611 likely Iowa voters
over Feb. 12-15 and had a mar-
gin of error of 4 percentage
points, Paul would take 49 per-
cent to Obamas 42 percent.
He is the only one of the
GOP White House hopefuls
who would defeat Obama in
Iowa if the election were held
today, according to the survey.
Former senator Rick Santo-
rum (R-Pa.) would be in a dead
heat with Obama, taking 48
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percent to Obamas 44 percent,
as would former Massachu-
setts governor Mitt Romney
(R), who would take 46 per-
cent to 44 percent for Obama.
Both candidates are within the
margin of error in a potential
matchup with Obama.
The poll shows Obama with
a wide lead over former House
speaker Newt Gingrich (R-
Ga.). Obama would take 51
percent to Gingrichs 37 per-
cent in Iowa if the election
were held today
Obama is going to campaign
against the Republican nomi-
nee as a George W. Bush redo.
Few if any Americans want to
return to the big spending and
endless wars of the Bush era.
The problem for Obama is,
few if any Americans want to
remain in the current era of big
spending and endless wars.
Only Paul represents a re-
jection of the bipartisan status
quo. Only Ron Paul can
change our government and
politics in a substantive way
that majorities of voters hun-
gered for in the last election
and continue to crave in 2012.
Americans still want the
change they were promised.
This recent Iowa poll is but a
small glimpse of this.
All tyranny needs
to gain a foothold
is for people of
good conscience to
remain silent.
--Thomas Jefferson
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Linda Sue Barnes
REALTOR
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WATERVIEW RESIDENTIAL LOTS - CARMEL HILLS SUBDIVISION - 14 Interior lots available
ranging in size and prices. Call 361-343-7400 for more information!
SOLD
237 Lakeshore Dr - WATERFRONT - Enjoy a panoramic view of the
lake and awesome sunsets from a covered patio at this 3 BD/2.5 BA
home in Lakeshore Subd! Spacious master suite with lake view. Granite in
kitchen, bathrooms and utility room! Lots of storage in home and attic.
Lighted pier makes fishing or boating a breeze!..........$365,000. $389,900.
Commercial
128 3rd St, Lake City - 2008 custom Palm Harbor home with 12' x 12'
shop w/electricity situated on two lots with hurricane fence. Live near Lake
CC with access to boat ramp at a fraction of the cost of waterfront.$65,000.
1525 FM 534 - Dinero Country Store Great location very close to
IH 37 and not too far from HWY 281.Sell anything from deer corn,fish
bait, libations, barbeque, hardware, gasoline, etc. Sits on 1 acre corner
on well traveled roads. Custom BBQ pit out back! Offered at $79,900.
SOLD
1200 E. Wilson, Mathis-5.05 Ac - Very close to IH 37 and great
location for a commercial yard! 3/2 Rustic ranch home complete with
horse barns, pens, arena, workshop, stable & support structure. Updated
bathrooms. Located close to town. REDUCED $179,000. $189,000.
560 CR 372 - NEW LISTING -Original Barbon Subd 3 BD/2 BA home
with 2 car garage situated on 2 spacious waterfront lots (over 1/2
acre). 2 open patios and deck make it nice to sit ouside and watch the
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fenced, with the house, covered carport, barn and workshop being fenced separately. $90,000.
24894 Lakeshore Dr (CR 350) - Enjoy the lake life just across the water located on nearly
half an acre. Unique home features 2 large living areas, 2 septic systems, 2 bedrooms away
from the main living space and the master suite near the living space. $69,900.
Vista Dr - Unique1 acre lot sports a large (52' across), clover leaf shaped pool, 2 bath, conces-
sion & a large covered area. Nice RV sites. Adjacent lot available. REDUCED $37,500.
24535 La Ponderosa Dr - WATERFRONT - Immaculate, updated,
freshly painted, beautifully landscaped, move in ready! Kitchen sports
granite counter tops and dual fuel range. Yard sprinkler system. Big
covered patio/carport plus 3 car garage. Launch your boat from
private launch or fish from lighted pier! Offered at $299,900.
372 Carmel Dr - Beautiful water view home with separate apartment above your 3 car
garage! Main home features 2 BD/2 BA. Open kitchen, living and dining. Covered porches.
Panoramic view of the lake from the inside and outside deck of apartment! WOW! $143,500.
102 Trail Cir - Pernitas Point Waterview - 2 BD/1 BA home on two lots with beautiful view of
Lake CC! Detached oversized garage with half bath and additional storage building on slab.
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139 Cenesia Dr - Carmel Hills WATERVIEW - Perfect weekend
getaway or home that has been remodeled inside & out! Spacious 2
BD/1 BA with living open to dining & kitchen. Enjoy the lake view from
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Lots, near Lagarto Store,
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Complete high tech scuba
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dollars only used on 5 easy
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perfect condition. Need to sell
soon so am asking 1,200.00
or best offer!
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LANDRIDER BICYCLE -
easy automatic gear shift-
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680.00 . Need to sell fast so
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129 Zenna - REDUCED! in
Point Loma 2BR/2BA w/bonus
loft room on .377 acres. Huge
kitchen, lots of cabinets, open
living room w/fp.
MLS 172809 $109,500
Lot 4 Zenna, Waterfront lot
for $50,000. Additional 1/2
acre lots for $10,000.
335 Hwy. 359 Commercial
lot, 2.9 acres, 313 ft. Hwy
frontage, $89,500
167 Carmel Dr.
Waterfront- 4/4.5/2 on 1
acre. 3 lr, fp, updated
kitchen. Bunk house w/ac.
MLS 168493 $405,500
Donna Shambo-Voyles
Associate Broker
Keller Williams Realty Rockport
Cell: 361-816-7346
Office: 361-790-9494
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Tammy Good, Broker
Cabin For Sale on Lagarto
Creek, 1 Bd, 1 Bath, Screened
Porch, Fireplace, Large Main
Room, Pier, Boat-ramp, Well,
Washer/Dryer Hookups, Elec-
tric stove, Ceiling Fans, A/C
Window Units, Shop, Green-
house. $10,000. Lease Lot
547-9848
House for sale on beautiful
Lagarto Creek. Washer,
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2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Pier, Well,
Walk-In Closet, Boat Ramp.
Lease Lot Available Februrary
2012. $7500.
Call now! 361-547-9848
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the first
chapter of
the book of
wisdom.
~Thomas Jefferson
Your life
works to
the degree you
keep your
agreements.
--Werner Erhard
Losers make
promises they
often break.
Winners make
commitments
they always
keep.
--Denis Waitley
bomb was attached to the
diplomats minivan by a pass-
ing motorcyclist. I find it a lit-
tle bit suspicious that this
attack in India was executed in
the exact same manner as the
killing of the Iranian scientist
in January.
Put these facts together and,
please, share them with your
friends and loved ones. The
group who killed the Iranian
scientist is a group known as
the Mujahedeen e-Khala
(MEK). The U.S. State De-
partment has the MEK listed
as known terrorists to be re-
sponsible for American deaths.
As of this moment, there are
lobbyists whose main goal is to
remove the MEK from the
State Departments list of ter-
rorists. If terrorism runs ram-
pant, then why have an advisor
who lobbies for friends to be
removed from the enemies
list? Mitchell Reiss is currently
listed as Romneys senior ad-
visor, yet lobbies for the MEK
to be delisted from the State
Departments terrorist list.
Of course, Iran has denied
any involvement in the two
bombings, and has accused Is-
rael of attacking its own peo-
ple. Does the statement
coming from Tehran hold
water? Is it possible that Israel
would attack its own people?
Is it possible that any revered
country would cause harm, or
plan to harm its own people?
The answer, if observed from
an honest unprejudiced per-
spective, is regretfully yes.
In early February 1933 Ger-
manys parliament, the Reich-
stag, was set ablaze catapulting
Hitler into power. Hitler
blamed the inferno on the
communists and this helped to
further his goal of his fascist
regime ruling the world with
an iron fist. The threat of com-
munism, through propaganda,
worried the German people;
and through this fear Hitler
was able to orchestrate and ex-
ecute a false flag against his
own country.
Wikipedia defines a false
flag as covert operations de-
signed to deceive the public in
such a way that the operations
appear as though they are
being carried out by other enti-
ties. The name is derived from
the military concept of flying
false colors; that is flying the
flag of a country other than
one's own.
June 5, 1967, the Six-Day
War began when Israel
launched attacks on Arab
countries. The conflict did not
involve U.S. interest; however,
then, President Lyndon B.
Johnson and Israel devised a
plan that would draw the U.S.
into the conflict. On June 8,
1967 the USS Liberty was at-
tacked in the Mediterranean
Sea by unmarked aircraft and
torpedoes. When Johnson got
the call about the attack he re-
sponded by refusing aid to the
wounded ship stating that he
wanted that ship to be at the
bottom of the sea. Why would
a U.S. president want one of
his own naval ships to be
sunk? Well it turns out that the
attack was perpetrated by Is-
raeli forces for the U.S. to
blame Egypt for the attacks to
enter into the war. Of course
this is just a conspiracy the-
ory. The attack killed 34
members of the USS Liberty
and wounded 170 others.
It has also been declassified
that Operation Northwoods
was intended to kill Americans
and blame Cuba to justify a
war with the communist coun-
try. False flag attacks have
been used many times to draw
support from the people to at-
tack another country. In late
2007, Vice President Dick Ch-
eney called for America to
build speedboats, slap on Iran-
ian flags, and assign Navy
Seals to the boats to attack and
kill U.S. personnel to substan-
tiate a war with Iran. The plan
was not highly regarded and
was not utilized.
The latest false flag attempt
to sale the Iranian threat is
the thwarted assassination of a
Saudi Ambassador on Ameri-
can soil. The accused, an Iran-
ian-American, Manssor
Arbabsiar from Corpus Christi,
Texas; has an arrest record in
Corpus Christi. Former Police
Chief Troy Riggs, along with
Nueces County Sheriff Jim
Kaelin have both appeared on
the local talk show Lago in the
Morning. The FBI failed to
make inquiries with the Chief
or Sheriff. Both the Chief and
the Sheriff expressed their ef-
forts to contact the FBI with
their records of Arbabsiar; only
to get a voice mail that was al-
ways full. Riggs and Kaelin
cannot explain nor comprehend
why, with the severity of the al-
leged offense, the FBI did not
attempt to contact them for in-
formation on Arbabsiar.
An attack on Iran has been
forthcoming for years and Is-
rael and America know that
Iran will not strike first. Iran
knows that the combined forces
of the U.S and Israel are more
than likely to defeat Iran; how-
ever, China has announced that
it would support the country
that provides much of its en-
ergy resources. Can America
really afford a war with a grow-
ing superpower?
There are many reasons as to
why the elimination of Iran
would better the world, yet
none have been credible
enough to overthrow a Sover-
eign nation. Many conserva-
tives rely on the notion that Iran
has vowed to wipe Israel of the
map, conversely, there are
many critics as to the actual
translation of Irans President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejads
words. Some unbiased linguists
have translated the speech to
define Israel as merely a refer-
ence to the regime rather than
the Jewish people.
Iran may be linked to ter-
rorist organizations such as
Hezbollah and Hamas, which
have been the culprit of many
attacks against U.S. and Israeli
personnel, but one must hon-
estly ask themselves if these
supposed attacks are actual ter-
rorists attacks, retribution for
previous covert attacks, or the
worst of all: a false flag attacks
to justify military action. Prop-
aganda has been building to-
wards Iran and it is only a
matter of time before the U.S.
has a base in Iran and the Iran-
ian central bank is under the
control of the banking elite.
I could go on for pages and
pages about how the banking
elite view the world as a chess-
board and countries as chess
pieces, but it would take a book
version to describe what coun-
try represents which piece on
the board. It seems as if the
Obama administration is
preparing to follow through on
Cheneys idea of Iranian
boats attacking U.S. ships. U.S.
Naval Commander in the Per-
sian Gulf Mark Fox has stated
that Iran is preparing suicide
boats to attack U.S. ships in
the gulf.
When I hear Commander
Fox blueprinting the reason for
U.S. involvement, I cannot help
but wonder if those supposed
Iranian suicide boats are the
end result of Cheneys plan to
wage war on Iran. An attack of
a suicide boat and the sinking
of the evidence in the Arabian
Sea [maximum depth at 15,262
feet], is the most assured ap-
proach to both, disguise and
deny a false flag.
For most Americans, the
words you have waded
through may have been diffi-
cult to digest. I would hope
that my empathy resonates
throughout the article and how
taking a minute to evaluate the
situation from every possible
perspective can result in the
prevention of another unjusti-
fied war. World War III per-
haps?
While writing this article,
the thought has not escaped
me that I may be labeled as an
anti-Semite, nonetheless, I will
not let my criticism of a gov-
ernment label me as a bigot.
One thing I do not understand
is how conservatives can re-
fute the fact that if you oppose
Obamas policies, Obamanites
label you as a racist; although
your criticism is based solely
on the presidents actions and
not on his race. I know as well
as you do that anti-Obama
does not mean anti-black.
Well the same goes for criti-
cizing U.S. and Israel policies
and actions. Denouncing these
policies should not label us as
anti-Semite or worse, anti-
American.
Many people fear a Ron
Paul administration as being
the most vulnerable because
Paul would take the diplomatic
approach; which, in many of
the republican establishments
view, this act could and would
be construed as a sign of
weakness. A Paul administra-
tion would eventually lead to,
if strictly adhered to, a more
prosperous nation where the
common has the ability to cre-
ate wealth for his/her family. A
true free-market at work is
what we strive for.
Pauls campaign has col-
lected more donations from in-
dividuals serving in the U.S.
military than all three Republi-
can Presidential Candidates
and Obama combined. If you
really want to support the
troops then you would be sup-
porting the only candidate who
receives more monetary con-
tributions from enlisted and re-
served U.S. military personnel
than any other candidate com-
bined. The troops just want to
come home and there is a vet-
eran vying for the Presidential
ticket to bring all our troops
home and help put an end to
American Imperialism.
Devils Advocate
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