WHY A&E CAVED TO THE DUCK DYNASTY CLAN….

Here’s the dirty little secret that has NOT been publicized during all the phony outrage over the GQ interview‼!

An A&E representative was with Robertson, 67, during his GQ chat and easily could have pulled the plug before his comments about gays became public.

http://nypost.com/2013/12/22/duck-dynasty-relatives-blame-ae-for-anti-gay-uproar/

The source also pointed out that the whole premise of the reality show — from the network’s perspective, at least — was mocking the conservative Southerners it depicted.

IGNORANT ASS LIBERALS!  The Robertson’s were multimillionaires BEFORE your condescending show…… and they are laughing at A&E all the way to the bank!

CRACKER BARREL RESTAURANTS BAIL ON DUCK DYNASTY SPONSORSHIP [UPDATE]

If you would like to contact them, here's the link...

http://www.crackerbarrel.com/contact-us/

I simply told them I loved their food and fast service when I travelled, but in the future I'd keep on driving....

UPDATE 12/22/2013:

Cracker Barrel Backtrack: Duck Back On Menu

"We made a mistake, we listened to you, and we apologize."

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/cracker-barrel-backtrack-duck-back-menu

Nationwide country restaurant Cracker Barrel has reversed its decision of Friday to stop selling some Duck Dynasty merchandise with Papa Phil's face prominently displayed. Thanks to fierce customer backlash and a strong anti-Cracker Barrel Twitter campaign, the restaurant tweeted on Sunday that Duck Dynasty products are back on the shelves.

YOUR TAX DOLLAR AT WORK - AGAIN! MEET 'PAJAMA BOY'

This whole thing makes me sick - so maybe I need to re-think Obamacare... actually it makes me laugh until my sides hurt!

The panelists of MSNBC’s Morning Joe had a good laugh Thursday at the expense of “Pajama Boy,” the bizarre Obamacare ad attempting to drive conversations toward Obamacare over the holidays.

Described as a “hipster-ish model” by co-host Mika Brzezinski, the appearance of the bespectacled, sideways-glancing, cocoa-drinking, onesie-wearing manchild drew guffaws from Joe Scarborough, and the rest could hardly get through their comments without laughing themselves.

So tell me - does the goober in the flannel onesie make YOU want to buy into Obamacare?

http://freebeacon.com/morning-joe-panel-cant-stop-laughing-at-obamacares-pajama-boy/

FEEDBACK TO A&E RE: DUCK DYNASTY

Who died and made A&E the thought police?

Huge mistake..... huge mistake suspending Robertson.  I'm not a regular viewer of DD, but I will watch once more to get a list of the show's sponsors so I can tell them I'm boycotting not only A&E but their products as well.

Why doesn't A&E air an OVERTLY GAY reality series and see how long it lasts.  I just hope their bottom line begins to bleed RED, if it's not already.

 A&E:  Have a very Merry Christmas….ummmm  Happy Holiday..... ummmmm Nevermind.  

http://www.aetv.com/

https://twitter.com/BoycottAETV/status/413492814581096448/photo/1

And as an aside, Robertson's comments were made in a GQ (magazine) interview THAT IS YET TO BE PUBLISHED!!!!  Has the gay community's angst been simmering for nearly a year?  Or is this merely another attack on Christians at our holiest time of the year?  Hmmmm?  Odd timing, no?

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/television/201401/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson?currentPage=1

Click the 'FEEDBACK' button at the bottom (if it's still working) if you want to share your thoughts with A&E.

OMG! SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE CONSTITUTION!

The Constitutional view:

GROWING LIST OF SHERIFFS, ASSOCIATIONS AND POLICE CHIEFS SAYING ‘NO’ TO OBAMA GUN CONTROL

http://cspoa.org/sheriffs-gun-rights/

And the liberal take on it:

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/us/sheriffs-refuse-to-enforce-laws-on-gun-control.html

LET’S HEAR IT FOR FREEDOM OF CHOICE! VOLT or 'VETTE???

By now, people who try to stay semi-informed about happenings in the news have heard about the new CEO selected to run General Motors.  HER name (yep – first woman to ever head up a U.S. auto company) is Mary Barra – a 33-year employee who started with GM when she was 18, and has literally worked her way to the top.

She definitely has the creds AND the experience for her new job.  But what I’m most impressed with is…… the gal has TASTE!

From the Raleigh N&O:

When Barra starts her new job Jan. 15, she will lead a company that's made nearly $20 billion since emerging from bankruptcy in 2010, much of it from the cars and trucks she helped develop.

The 51-year-old executive has been in charge of design, engineering and quality for all GM vehicles and has shepherded most of the company's recent new vehicle introductions. Under her command, GM rolled out brawny new full-size pickup trucks, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, and the Chevrolet Impala full-size car, which earned the highest score for a sedan in testing by Consumer Reports magazine.

She also led development of the new Chevy Corvette and several Cadillac models.  Her POV is a Cadillac….

NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF THE CHEVY VOLT!  

Apparently Ms. Barra likes muscle and luxury cars, and apparently there is still a market for both.

I find her rise to the very top of General Motors beyond interesting, especially since the government just sold the taxpayers’ stock in the company for a $10 BILLION dollar loss.  Somehow I don’t see a Chairman Obama selecting this lady! 

YOU GO GIRL!

On a personal note - just a darn shame that the Vette has so little trunk space!

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHERE YOUR HEALTH CARE IS HEADED, THANK A DEMOCRAT!

One of the goals of Obamacare is to make the cost of healthcare less expensive.  

There are two ways to do this.  One way is to make medical care more competitive.  The other way is to make medical unavailable.  Obamacare will make medical care unavailable, by eliminating facilities such as children’s hospitals, and research and teaching institutions from insurance coverage.

The unspoken Obama lie is….. if you like your HOSPITAL, you can keep it – period. 

One of Obama’s scare tactics in selling Obamacare was his repeated comment that ‘most people are only one illness away from bankruptcy.'  Well, guess what...

PricewaterhouseCoopers released a study that said "the use of narrow networks may also lead to higher out-of-pocket expenses, especially if a patient has a complex medical problem that's being treated at a hospital that has been excluded from their health plan."

Just out this weekend - health-care exchanges in New York, Texas and California will not offer patients’ access to Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan or MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston or Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.  Blue Cross Blue Shield in Tennessee created a new network that would not pay for treatment at several hospitals in the state, including world-renowned Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  

The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota had earlier been cut out of most health plans sold on the exchanges.

The network for the Anthem BlueCross BlueShield plans, which will be sold through Missouri’s “Obamacare” marketplace, does not include BJC HealthCare and its 13 hospitals - among them Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the area’s premier academic medical center, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.  The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio is already being limited as to who they can serve.

So it seems, if you need a hospital that might CURE you, you'll be paying out of pocket..... how's THAT for bankruptcy WITH INSURANCE!

And this is only the tip of the iceberg.  [Update 12/10/13..... your Obamacare may not carry your specialty medication, such as those for rheumatoid arthritis, or Parkinson's or MS.  There is also a mention of a 'try/fail' method for providing meds.... they try you on cheaper/generics to see if THEY will work, and when they fail, they will try something else..... anything to save a dime, yet the government has pisses away $700,000,000 on an antiquated, non-secure, non-OPERATING website!  Yeah, baby - THANK A DEMOCRAT!]

The government’s efforts to reduce medical care costs will mean the vast majority of healthcare consumers will be receiving medical care from doctors that graduated from foreign medical schools, or graduated in the bottom of their medical school class.  The quality doctors will be in the research centers…. and will be unavailable to the average citizen.

Except for our elected officials and government staffers…. but then, they are NOT average citizens, are they?

Obamacare is like an onion…. you have to peel away the layers (pass the law so you can learn what’s in it) to find that it is truly rotten to the core.

Another update:  12/13/13
Latest sign at your doctor's check-in window:

ALL CLEAR NOW ABOUT HOW OBAMA VIEWS AMERICA AND OUR ALLIES?

The U.S. delegation to Margaret Thatcher's funeral included no current Democratic officeholders or major cabinet members.  

The American flag was NOT flown at half staff at all when this long-time ally died.

“Instead of sending a high-ranking member of his own administration to lead the official delegation, President Obama has dispatched two former Republican secretaries of state, George Shultz and Jim Baker. Nothing against these men, but we can forgive the British for regarding Obama’s choice as yet another snub.”  The New York Post

President Obama and Lady Michelle Obama will go to Sud Afrika to pay their respects to the late president Nelson Mandela.  

The American flag will be at half staff for 10 days to honor Mandela, a man the United States once called a terrorist.

FREE STUFF...........

George Carlin once talked about collecting ‘stuff’ and then needing a bigger place for his ‘stuff’ as he got MORE ‘stuff’.  Wonder what he would say today……

THIS IS FUNNY......

BUT THIS IS NOT FUNNY......

Our government is not only giving away FREE STUFF, it often gives the people who are getting the FREE STUFF a PLACE to KEEP THEIR FREE STUFF.

Do you realize that, in the last few years, the folks who are getting FREE STUFF from the government don't like the taxpayers who are paying for this FREE STUFF, because the taxpayers who are paying for the FREE STUFF can no longer afford to pay for both the FREE STUFF and their own stuff.

Because of this, the taxpayers who are paying for the FREE STUFF want the FREE STUFF to stop.

But the folks who are getting the FREE STUFF want even more FREE STUFF on top of the FREE STUFF they are already getting!

Now... The government leaders who are forcing the taxpayers to pay for the FREE STUFF have told the people who are RECEIVING the FREE STUFF that the taxpayers who are PAYING for the FREE STUFF are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

And now, the government leaders have convinced the people who are GETTING the FREE STUFF that they should hate these taxpayers who are paying for the FREE STUFF because the taxpayers want the government to stop using their money to buy FREE STUFF to give away.

We have let the FREE STUFF- giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting FREE STUFF than paying for the FREE STUFF.

Did you know…….

All the great democracies of the world have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded.  The reason?

The voters figured out that they could vote themselves FREE STUFF from the government leaders by electing government leaders who promised to give them FREE STUFF in exchange for electing them.

The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, which was 236 years ago.  Do the math.

Today the number of people getting FREE STUFF is larger than number of people paying for the FREE STUFF.  And every day, MORE people are getting FREE STUFF and fewer people are working to PAY FOR THE FREE STUFF for the people who do not work and are getting the FREE STUFF.

Anyone see a problem down the road because of this?  

(From an email – edited and revised by me.  Original source unknown)

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they worked for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation!

ABC IS A MONTH LATE! GAG-GAG

ABC (does anyone really WATCH ABC?) has a holiday special tonight with the Muppets and Lady Gaga.

First of all - would any responsible parent let their child/children watch this woman?  Maybe she will wear her penis shoes!

Secondly, someone needs to tell ABC that Halloween was LAST month!

[Ed. update:  Apparently this show was a Thanksgiving TURKEY,  and ABC is surprised??]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/29/lady-gaga-muppet-special/

POOR, DUMB SARAH PALIN

Below is the narrative posted on YouTube along with the video, also below, entitled:  Palin: 'Of Course There Are Death Panels' In Obamacare!

"Sarah Palin returned to Fox News' "business block" today to lend her special brand of acumen to a discussion about Obamacare and death panels. Despite the fact that her "death panels" accusation was rated "Lie of the Year" by PolitiFact, host Eric Bolling joined her in throwing truth out the window as she took what was laughably called "The Hot Seat" for softball questions and a pretense that she has been proven correct... " [Kyle Kulinski… left wing nut and apparently a talk show host - at least in his own mind] 

This another video about poor, dumb Sarah Palin, that was posted this past August....

  

 And this one, posted a year ago….

   

Plenty of documentation of poor, dumb Sarah Palin - right?

Hmmmmmm…… what have we HERE???

Mark Halperin, writing today for NEWSMAX:

The Affordable Care Act contains provisions for "death panels," which decide which critically-ill patients receive care and which won't, according to Mark Halperin, senior political analyst for Time magazine.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/11/25/mark_halperin_obamacare_contains_death_panels.html

OH WAIT! POOR DUMB OBAMA VOTERS! 

FUNNIEST FOOTBALL FAKE EVER!

OBAMAPHONE LADY - BEFORE AND AFTER

OBAMA'S LIES..... WITH 3-4 TRUTHS THROWN IN.....

THIS SHOULD SEND A CHILL UP YOUR SPINE...

Nine senior commanding generals have been fired by the Obama administration this year, leading to speculation by active and retired members of the military that a purge of its commanders is underway.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/23/military-sources-obama-administration-purging-commanders/

Then consider this.....

July, 2008... Obama said:

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) recently (11/12/2013) repeated a (debunked by factcheck.org) conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was deploying a “secret security force” as part of the health care reform law, but he wasn’t sure if they were being trained with weapons or syringes.

In a Friday interview, Christian radio host Janet Mefferd told the Texas congressman that the evidence of President Barack Obama creating a civilian security force and hoarding ammunition was adding up.

 Gohmert agreed that “Obamacare wasn’t just about health care” and pointed to a section of the Affordable Care Act that created the Ready Reserve Corps to “assist full-time Commissioned Corps personnel to meet both routine public health and emergency response missions.”

Remember all those firearms and AMMUNITION HHS was stockpiling a couple of years ago?  Is anyone still having trouble buying ammo?

Read the full article at the link below..... and then go read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/12/gohmert-isnt-sure-if-obamacares-secret-security-force-will-use-weapons-or-syringes/

VOLVO TRUCKS AD - ENYA

This Volvo ad is all over the news - questioning whether it's real or 'photoshopped'.

My guess is it's totally real.... and Van Damme started out in the split position and as the TRUCKS ROLLED FORWARD THEN  HE CLOSED HIS LEGS RATHER THAN SPREAD THEM!   Then the film was run in reverse, which made the split appear to be happening!  GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY!

Watch carefully - the trucks are going backwards.............the film is running in reverse

THE OBAMACARE MEGA-LIE!

In 2010, the Democrats in the House and the Senate passed the PP&ACA (a/k/a Obamacare) WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE.  That was bad enough but three months AFTER passage and the signing of the law by Obama, the Democrats in the House and the Senate had a second vote that was not covered by the news media……….. GET A LOAD OF THIS‼‼‼!

Fast forward to mid-November, 2013:  As Obamacare crumbles, and as the president’s poll numbers collapse, elected Democrats who are running for re-election NEXT November started running around like chickens with their heads cut off, squawking about how many people are having their health insurance cancelled under Obamacare.  

THEY ACT SURPRISED‼!

The leader of the pack is Sen. Mary Landrieu (D, LA), running in a red state.  For three years she echoed Obama’s lie:  If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it…. If you like your doctors you can keep them.

Now she is authoring a bill that WILL ALLOW YOU TO KEEP YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOUR DOCTORS.  Yaaaay – she’s gonna fix this mess. 

What everyone needs to know is – this woman is as much of a liar as Obama is!

RAND PAUL QUOTE:  11/11/2013  Rand Paul speaking at The Charleston Meeting: 

“I’m still learning about it [the ACA].  It’s 20,000 pages of regulations.

The Bill was 2,000 pages and I didn’t realize this until this week, the whole idea of you losing or getting your insurance cancelled wasn’t in the original Obamacare. It was a regulation WRITTEN BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, three months later.

So we had a vote, this is before I got up there. [Ed. note:  Rand Paul was elected in 2010 but did not take office until Jan. 3, 2011]

The Republicans had a vote to try to cancel that regulation so you COULDN’T [have your insurance] CANCELLED, to grandfather everybody in.

You know what the vote was? Straight party line.

“EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTED TO KEEP THE RULE THAT CANCELS YOUR INSURANCE.”

Go to minute  05:00 and listen to this man!

This needs to be broadcast far and wide!  Any Democrat who said they were in favor of you keeping your insurance if you liked it is a liar! 

EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED SEPARATELY ON THIS ONE ISSUE THREE MONTHS AFTER OBAMA SIGNED THE ACA!  AND THEY VOTED FOR YOU TO LOSE YOUR INSURANCE‼‼

Send this to everyone you know!  Feel free to cross-post this.  Tell everyone you know!  We have less than a year to rebut these lies!

UPDATE:  if you are unable to view the Rand Paul video, please google:

Rand Paul The Charleston Meeting..... and watch the video there.... seems I have an FBI virus on my computer!  HAHAHAHA!

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THE REPUBLICANS.....

When your enemy is drowning in a mess of his own making - DO NOT THROW HIM/THEM A LIFELINE.  Just get out of the way and STFU.

Obamacare is a DISASTER!  Not a single Republican voted for it!  The Democrats OWN IT!  The president LIED REPEATEDLY about it and he has been caught lying.

The ACA is the LAW!  People are losing their health insurance because THE LAW WAS DESIGNED SO THAT THEY WOULD!  

Why on earth would the Republicans, after being excoriated for shutting down the government trying to DELAY this mess, EVER join with a single Democrat to STOP THE DISASTER.  They will never get credit for trying to help.  Any credit for fixes or delays will go to Obama and the Democrats.  And any chance the Republicans HAD to regain the Senate next November will go right down the krapper.  

This is NOT a Republican mess.  BACK AWAY OR YOU WILL BE BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION!

The Democrats OWN THIS.... LOCK, STOCK AND BARACK!

JOE BIDEN: THIS IS A BIG F***ING DEAL!

YA THINK???!!!

Joe Biden to Barack Obama on the day Obama signed the PP&ACA:  "This is a big fucking deal" [open mic]

TIME TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE!

BARACK OBAMA IS A LIAR.  PERIOD.  A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.

It’s time to stop beating around the bush and call his dishonesty exactly what it is – LYING.

I’m so tired of the press saying ‘he misspoke’….. or he was ‘less than genuous’, or he was disingenuous.  He is not ‘less than forthright.  He did NOT ‘mislead’. 

He is a liar!  He doesn’t ‘equivocate’…… or prevaricate.  He outright LIES!  He looks into the camera (or teleprompter) and he LIES to suit his situation.  All of these kinder and gentler synonyms are meant to confuse and subvert the truth about this man, but the fact remains .... he is a common everyday variety liar.

And he lied to the American people about Obamacare. PERIOD.  The American people did not misunderstand what Obama said.  We were NOT misinformed.  We were lied to.

Accept it…. He lied, and he will do it again when the need arises.  It’s time to cut to the chase….. no whining apology will ever undo the damage his lies have done to this country.

Barack Obama is a liar.  THAT should be added to the list below......

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.... BEST COMMERCIAL IN FOREVER!

OBAMACARE..... THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

For three years Obama has travelled the country proclaiming ‘IF YOU LIKE YOUR CURRENT DOCTOR – YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DOCTOR – PERIOD.’

Or ‘IF YOU LIKE YOUR CURRENT HEALTH INSURANCE – YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE – PERIOD.’

Then on Monday, READING FROM NOTES ON HIS PODIUM, [which tells me this man has no frigging idea what is in his own law] Obama said "Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn’t changed since the law passed…” – A BLATANT LIE.  Even the AP reporter who has covered Obama for five years, Julie Pace, said:

“I’ve covered this president for five years now. That wasn’t said. That wasn’t said by officials. That wasn’t said by the president. That maybe what was written into the law… But no one said that.”

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/11/new-tactic-obama-adds-clause-to-you-can-keep-it-lie-video/ 

Yesterday, I passed an old strip mall on the highway that had a muffler shop and a check cashing store in it, among other things.  The end space was an office, and out front was a plastic banner by the road, hanging from a pair of wooden stakes that said:

OBAMACARE NAVIGATOR INSIDE

Seriously?  I wouldn’t have gone in a single ONE of those businesses for ANYTHING.  But that’s just me.

However, the latest pearl from the ACA has to do with these ‘navigators’ – people in ‘brick and mortar’ locations where people can go and work face to face to get assistance on signing up for Obamacare.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CHECK ON THESE PEOPLE!  HELLOOOOOOOOO!

And now it’s been discovered that…… some of these navigators…. are felons!  OMG!  Say it ain’t so!  Clueless Americans are walking into the equivalent of a loan shark’s office and voluntarily giving a COMPLETE STRANGER all of their personal information.  [My apologies to all loan sharks].

I knew America was being dumbed down, but this is genuine insanity.

P.S. - joke of the week:  How do you know when you're on a FAKE 'healthcare.gov' website???

Answer:  IT WORKS!

NAVIGATOR UPDATE [11/12/2013] - proceed with caution!

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/363699/truth-about-navigators-john-fund

BE AFRAID...... BE VERY AFRAID - FORMER OBAMA SECRET SERVICE AGENT PLANS CONGRESSIONAL RUN

This former Obama bodyguard warns of the nation getting lost in the 'scandal fog' of this administration.

Dan Bongino has protected numerous Presidents over his career, including President Obama. He has been within ear-shot of many a discussion in the Oval Office, but up until this administration has stayed out of the lime light. Apparently, however, the activities of this administration are so abhorrent that he could no longer keep quiet.

http://www.infowars.com/obama-secret-service-agent-its-worse-than-people-know-and-im-not-trying-to-scare-you-either/

http://www.bongino.com/splash/index.html

SOLDIER LOSES MEDICAL BENEFITS

PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG.....

GREAT COVER - SAYS IT ALL!

https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/issues/362040

A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

The left screams about 'a woman's right to choose' and hammers Republicans as hating women.

Consider this.... A 50-year old woman who has had a hysterectomy cannot keep her current health insurance because under Obamacare, her policy is considered substandard because is does not cover abortions, maternity care or methods of birth control. (I forgot to mention she can now has REQUIRED prostate exam coverage)

There ya go, ladies.  Obamacare is terminating our right to choose.... just follow the money... and remember - Obamacare was passed without a single Republican vote, and it has been the Republicans who have been excoriated by the president and the media for trying to stop what a DEMOCRAT AUTHOR OF THE ACA PUBLICALLY CALLED A 'TRAIN WRECK'.  (That would be Max Baucus, D-MT)

Now who loves ya?

BTW - women will also be covered for gender reassignment surgery, if you think you've lost your right to choose - ya may wanna become a guy!

THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTANG RANCH

In 1971, the Mustang Ranch (originally named the Mustang Bridge Ranch) became Nevada's first licensed brothel, and eventually let to the legalization of prostitution.

In 1990 the federal government seized the Mustang Ranch from it's owner, who was apparently guilty of tax evasion.  As required by law, the government took it over and and attempted to run it.  They failed, and three months later it closed.

Now, we are trusting our ENTIRE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM to these same people -who couldn’t make money running a whore house and selling liquor‼! 

W…T…F…‼!

HALLOWEEN WARNING! GUMMY BEAR ALERT!

AMAZON sells sugarfree Gummy Bears in a 5 lb. bag for about $25.  There is a TINY disclaimer on the bag that says

“Consumption of some sugar-free candies may cause stomach discomfort and/or a laxative effect.  Individual tolerance may vary.  If this is the first time you’ve tried those candies, we recommend beginning with one-fourth of a serving size or less.”  [NOTE:  A serving is 17 pieces]

Apparently this should be written in big, red letters!

Here is one (critical) review of this product – there are many others in the same vein.  I have never laughed so hard at ANYTHING since I can remember…… I love that Amazon has these reviews!  And there are more just like this one!

Oh man...words cannot express what happened to me after eating these. The Gummi Bear "Cleanse". If you are someone that can tolerate the sugar substitute, enjoy. If you are like the dozens of people that tried my order, RUN!

First of all, for taste I would rate these a 5. So good. Soft, true-to-taste fruit flavors like the sugar variety...I was a happy camper.

BUT (or should I say BUTT), not long after eating about 20 of these all hell broke loose. I had a gastrointestinal experience like nothing I've ever imagined. Cramps, sweating, bloating beyond my worst nightmare. I've had food poisoning from some bad shellfish and that was almost like a skip in the park compared to what was going on inside me.

Then came the, uh, flatulence. Heavens to Murgatroyd, the sounds, like trumpets calling the demons back to Hell...the stench, like 1,000 rotten corpses vomited. I couldn't stand to stay in one room for fear of succumbing to my own odors.

But wait; there's more. What came out of me felt like someone tried to funnel Niagara Falls through a coffee straw. I swear my sphincters were screaming. It felt like my delicate starfish was a gaping maw projectile vomiting a torrential flood of toxic waste. 100% liquid. Flammable liquid. NAPALM. It was actually a bit humorous (for a nanosecond)as it was just beyond anything I could imagine possible.

AND IT WENT ON FOR HOURS.

I felt violated when it was over, which I think might have been sometime in the early morning of the next day. There was stuff coming out of me that I ate at my wedding in 2005.

I had FIVE POUNDS of these innocent-looking delicious-tasting HELLBEARS so I told a friend about what happened to me, thinking it HAD to be some type of sensitivity I had to the sugar substitute, and in spite of my warnings and graphic descriptions, she decided to take her chances and take them off my hands.

Silly woman. All of the same for her, and a phone call from her while on the toilet (because you kinda end up living in the bathroom for a spell) telling me she really wished she would have listened. I think she was crying.

Her sister was skeptical and suspected that we were exaggerating. She took them to work, since there was still 99% of a 5 pound bag left. She works for a construction company, where there are builders, roofers, house painters, landscapers, etc. Lots of people who generally have limited access to toilets on a given day. I can't imagine where all of those poor men (and women) pooped that day. I keep envisioning men on roofs, crossing their legs and trying to decide if they can make it down the ladder, or if they should just jump.

If you order these, best of luck to you. And please, don't post a video review during the aftershocks.

http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/product-reviews/B000EVQWKC/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Right side – ‘critical reviews’……… ENJOY

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AMENDMENT

Congress needs to pass an amendment making ENGLISH the official language of this country.

I'm listening to Ms. Sebelius explain the disaster that is just the Obamacare WEBSITE.... A WEBSITE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER HAS ALREADY PAID OVER $600,000,000 FOR.... and she said something that I had not thought about.

EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OBAMACARE, including the CF that is the website...... is also being produced in SPANISH!  WTF!

For YEARS government at all levels has been producing documents in multi-language formats.  For years, all of society has been having to 'PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH'.  Anyone have any idea how much this is costing the public and private sector?  What about school systems nationwide TEACHING non-English speaking kids in their native language - any idea what that is costing us?

I have no problem with legal immigration.  I DO have a problem with this country spending resources we don't have on krap that ultimately keeps this country divided.  No where else in the world will you find countries that do NOT have an official language and who operate, as we do, in a plethora of non-official languages.  Learning English should be a requirement for citizenship AND for the benefits we so generously give to immigrants.  We have operated 'outside' the English language long enough.

We need to make English the national language, and we need to start spending resources on teaching English to our immigrants.

I LOVE OBAMACARE!

OMG!  This has been THE most fantastic month in YEARS!  Partly because eastern North Carolina has so far dodged a major hurricane….. but……..

If you like your doctor – too fucking bad!  You can’t keep him/her!

If you like your health insurance plan – too fucking bad!  Get ready to pay more dollars for less coverage!

If you believed the bullshit Obama spewed for the last three years – BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  I hope you dumbasses who voted for this lying piece of SHIT are the first ones to get nailed with higher premiums and less comprehensive coverage!  ROFLMAO!

Remember the name (Senator) Ted Cruz….. he tried to tell you this was pure bullshit!  Remember the name (Rep) Mike Lee – he’s the Congressman who tried to tell all you dumb fucks that this was NOT a workable plan.

I hope every Obama voter has jumped on obamacare.gov and put in their person and PRIVATE information!  Because that website is about as secure as painting your SSN and credit card numbers on your car windows and riding through the hood at high noon!

AND THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS IS……… THE DEMOCRATS OWN IT!  NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR OBAMACARE!!!!  Hope all you lefties have ‘read the bill to find out what’s in it’.  BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

OMG!  LIFE IS GOOD!

APPLE..... APPLE ANYONE?

My computer, Windows based like so many people have, is dying a slow and painful death, and I'm seriously thinking of going MAC with my next purchase.

But I have SO MUCH krap on my laptop that I don't want to lose, so I'm looking for info about Apple machines.  Specifically....

• What happens to everything on this machine that's DOS-based, like my Word documents, my Excel spreadsheets, etc.
• Will all my pictures transfer?
• Same for all my music?
• Can I still get to Blogger to do my blogs?  (I'm assuming that's a YES)
• What's the story on viruses?  Do I need my current virus protection software (which has two more years to run)
• I use Carbonite for my back-up.... will that work on a Mac?

What do I need to know before I switch?  I'm NOT a techie so I don't even have sense enough to ask the right questions.

Anyone with answers, please give me a yell..... and please - share any additional info that I was too dumb to ask about!

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

A VILLAGE IN NEVADA IS MISSING IT'S IDIOT!

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/harry-reid-everybody-willing-pay-more-taxes_764666.html

You people in NEVADA should be embarrassed!  This man is ready for a rubber room!

This man is senile and should be put out to pasture, ASAP!!!

OBAMACARE - TRYING TO PASS THE BUCK(S) ON THE ACA

As I sit here, gritting my teeth and watching the House committee questioning the heads of the various sub-contractors involved in the debacle that is healthcare.gov I'm totally amazed there are problems with the government's much-ballyhooed web site.

Background:

CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is an operating division within HHS overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  It’s been much mentioned in the early testimony, inferring that this group was the aggregator for the technical ‘product’ provided by the aforementioned contractors. 

CMS has also assured Congress, in hearings back in 2011 during the start-up for healthcare.gov that …’CGI did not receive any sole source awards. They competed for the work on our multiple award contract….’  CMS explained that there were 16 pre-qualified bidders, and that CGI was one of four bidders.  ‘On September 30, 2011, CMS conducted a competitive procurement and selected CGI Federal to design and develop the FFM.’  [FFM = Federally Facilitated Marketplace - the technical term for the Obamacare exchange.]

Apparently the 9/30/2011 testimony before Congress wasn't quite true.  CGI was 'selected' as the primary contractor without the required competitive procurement process being used in contractor selection.  CGI Federal (which by the way is a frigging CANADIAN company - please tell me why the F**K we are NOT hiring techs from OUR OWN COUNTRY!  It's not like our unemployment rate is 2%) 

On October 13, 2013, The Washington Examiner reported:

Rather than open the contracting process to a competitive public solicitation with multiple bidders, officials in the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid accepted a sole bidder, CGI Federal, the U.S. subsidiary of a Canadian company with an uneven record of IT pricing and contract performance. [1]

As an aside, by using an apparent loophole in the federal procurement system, CGI received ‘multiple awards’ for small contracts, and since 2009, have been awarded 185 separate ‘task orders’, which COULD give CGI up to $4 BILLION taxpayer bucks.

Additionally... on October 22, 2013, a Canadian report has documented how the primary company given hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars – CGI -  for the still-inoperable website had built a reputation for failure, cost overruns and calamity for years before being hired by the Obama administration.

CGI’s ‘one qualification’…. ‘according to Sun News’ Brian Lilley, is that the company, CGI, seems “to do computers for all the right progressive causes such as government healthcare and gun control.”…..” Lilley reported the company had been fired because it failed to build a much smaller health care database in Ontario.” [2]

Anyone ever heard of ‘due diligence’?

Cheryl Campbell, the senior vice president of CGI testified today that THEIR part of the program worked fine.  She also said she was aware of 'glitches' in other parts of the program, but they were not in her scope, so CGI didn't notify CMS.  Again - WTF!?  How was this company selected?  I report, you decide....

This is Ms. Campbell....

The other three witnesses included officials from contractors associated with the launch, including Optum/QSSI, Equifax Workforce Solutions and Serco.  As each representative gave their opening remarks, it was totally clear that EACH CONTRACTOR HAD DONE THEIR PART AS NECESSARY, AND ‘THEIR’ PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS WORKING PERFECTLY.  It’s as if these four representatives have never met one another, never discussed how their technical work was to interact.  But clearly, EACH company represented in the hearing did their work, and did it perfectly.

Over $600,000,000 (that's half a BILLION) tax dollars have already gone down this black hole.  This week, Obama said he was calling in the 'best and brightest' to fix this problem.... and he calls VERIZON!  Confidence is NOT high.

This hearing is a total waste of time.  I have three questions for each of these people.  

• TO WHOM in the Obama administration did you report the last three years, if not the CMS?
• WITH WHOM did you coordinate laterally to make sure your 'product' could interface with theirs?
• WHERE DOES THE BUCK FOR THIS DEBACLE STOP!!?

[1]  http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-reviewed-only-one-bid-for-obamacare-website-design/article/2537194

[2]  http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/obamacare-programmer-history-of-failure-emerges/#kmhzrhEhBOA2Wz7K.99

Here's a fun read.... wonder how it feels (as a nationally acclaimed news outlet) at that moment when you realize you were completely WRONG about something....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us/politics/contractors-assign-blame-but-admit-no-faults-of-their-own-in-health-site.html

SO MUCH FOR TRANSPARENCY....

FEDS ASK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NOT TO RELEASE EXCHANGE NUMBERS

FARGO (ND)  – The Obama administration asked North Dakota’s largest health insurer not to publicize how many people have signed up for health insurance through a new online exchange, a company official says.

I'm guessing this is to protect the names and identities of the two people who were able to sign up!

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/416090/

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

WHAT A HEADLINE! MAKES ME SO HAPPY!

Delaware Celebrates: First Person Finally Enrolls in Obamacare

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/delaware-celebrates-first-person-finally-enrolls-obamacare_763603.html

IN CASE ANYONE MISSED THIS ONE......

and they vote!

http://nypost.com/2013/10/08/us-adults-are-dumber-than-the-average-human/

HEARTLESS BASTARD!

Obama sent out the word to make the government shut-down as bad as possible for as many people as possible. (This from a member of the National Park Service)

Federal properties throughout the nation are closed to the people that OWN THEM….  

He closed the WWII monument (which is a SIDEWALK MONUMENT) to WWII vets IN WHEEL CHAIRS…. They simply moved the barricades and rolled in.  Since that day, the barricades have been reinforced.

Not only is the memorial at the base of Mt. Rushmore closed to the public – the scenic overlooks along the highway (those parking places where you can pull off the road and take in the view) are closed.  The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument.

The Obama administration allowed a massive rally for comprehensive immigration reform on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, even though it is supposed to be closed due to the federal government shutdown.

Even the fricking Grand Canyon has been closed!

The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suspended its dog therapy program because of the government shutdown.  The dogs are provided by Therapy Dogs International and visited sick kids, including kids with cancer.  Program shut down by Obama.

In the North Carolina mountains, an innkeeper is trying to defy orders to close his facility along the Blue Ridge Parkway.  He receives NO federal money.

The website for the National Amber Alert was shut down.  Only after a huge national outrage was the website restored.  Note that Michelle Obama’s ‘Lets Move’ website remained up and running.

Ralph and Joyce Spencer, 77 and 80 years of age, respectively, were evicted from their home on Lake Mead in Nevada by an officious park ranger who told them they had 24 hours to vacate the premises. The Spencers own their home outright, but it sits on land leased from the federal government.  They have been living in the back of their store since this eviction.

AFN (Armed Forces Network), which brings delayed and LIVE broadcasts to military members and their families serving overseas has been switched off – except for the news.  This means no live sporting events.

And today we learn that death benefits for five fallen warriors are NOT being paid by the Pentagon.  This is an outrage!  And it underscores Obama’s complete disdain for the American military.

Everything listed above could be reversed with the stroke of that 'Executive Order' pen Obama so loves to use when it suits his agenda.  And I guarantee you that entitlement checks will not be late.

It is an absolute joke for a president, who picks and chooses which LAWS he wants to follow NOW says he's following the law regarding the government shutdown.

It's also an absolute LIE for Obama to insist that the debt limit be raised on the one hand, and to say the DEBT/DEFICIT will NOT increase on the other.

87% of the government is still up and running.

Over 800,000 NON-ESSENTIAL employees have been sent home, altho Congress voted last week to pay them for the time they've been furloughed - a nice vacation at taxpayers' expense.  I guess my definition for non-essential is obviously not the same as that of the government.  I think they should be sent home permanently - without pay, as in 'laid-off'.

I personally wouldn't care if they shut the thing down PERMANENTLY.  Maybe Americans would start taking responsibility for THEMSELVES again....

See more of the outrage at this link:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/list-obama-closures-for-shutdown

DIXON DIAZ 'TEN FOR TUESDAY'!!!

My new hero!  Thanks for the work you do, Mr. Diaz!

CARTOON OF THE WEEK

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? OH, THE MISERY!

Does it bother anyone (besides me) that Obama is closing national monuments that are owned by the people of this country......and posting guards.....

And even closing the D-Day cemetery IN FRANCE.....

But our southern border remains 'open' and unguarded?

Also..... here's your chance to cry on Obama's shoulder..... go to this WHITE HOUSE WEB SITE and tell them how this shutdown is making you miserable.... you might make it to the ABC Evening News!

“How has the government shutdown affected you?” 

That's the question posted Thursday at 7:50 p.m. on the White House blog by Nathaniel Lubin, acting director of digital strategy for the Obama administration.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/10/03/how-has-government-shutdown-affected-you

Here's another fun 'reid'

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-obama-reid-shutdown-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-obama-reid-shutdown-strategy

REPUBLICANS UNITED? MAYBE THERE'S HOPE FOR CHANGE AFTER ALL!

This is a great article.... actually gives me a little hope for my side.

Two things happened [in the 2012 election].  Republicans had lost only eight House seats in the 2012 election, but with Obama’s victory the national mood seemed to have swerved in a liberal direction. Boehner and the House leadership, however, took the party in the opposite direction. It was a startling change, an unexpected but near-total victory for House conservatives.  And along with that, opposition to Obama’s agenda was significantly stiffened.

Did I mention that I'm GLAD the Republicans were unable to pass the delay for the individual obamacare mandate?  I say - let the pain begin!  I want the Dems to OWN THIS LAW twelve months from now!  And I hope they choke on it!

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/boehner-charge_759169.html

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT - WHO KNEW!

And who CARES!


Over 800,000 non-essential federal employees have been sent home.  If they ARE non-essential, they should STAY home!  Think of the savings!

A Reuters video shows five ‘shockers’ of the government shutdown:

• FDA inspections of vegetables/fruits will stop; inspections of meat continues
• No panda-cam
• D.C. will not have street sweeping or trash collection (this ALONE could solve the problem with ‘government waste’ – bury the government in its own krap!)
• Websites of the SEC, NASA, USDA and others will go dark  (is this a PROBLEM?)
• The White House staff for the residence area – THE RESIDENCE AREA – will be cut from 90 to only 15‼!  (Awwwwwwww…. What EVER will Michelle do!?)

The great thing about this shutdown..... and it really isn't a RESULT of the shutdown, is that the Republicans failed to get the Personal Mandate for Obamacare delayed for a year.  This means individuals will NOW have to start purchasing GOVERNMENT MANDATED HEALTH INSURANCE. (Thank you, John Roberts)

I say LET THE PAIN BEGIN!  I want the Democrats to OWN this disaster next November.