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Hi Peter and Friends,

Just received this from my Friends at The Patriotic Resistance ( http://resistnet.com ). It's kinda long, but well worth watching. Gives you something to think about.

What if the U.S. government released an "educational video" to teach today's Americans how to be good citizens?

And Willing To Die To Stay That Way!

Phil

America, Canada ,all Europe ..... needs a President like this.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radical sin a bid to head off potential terror attacks.

Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.

Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge inpatriotism by the majority of Australians.'

'This culture has been developed over two centuries ofstruggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese,Japanese, Russian, or any other language.

Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, Learn the Language!'

'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented.

It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools.

If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'

'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why.All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'

'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.'

'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force youto come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'

Maybe if we circulate this , American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.

If you agree, please SEND THIS ON.

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Morning Bell: Behind Closed Doors, Unions Win, You Lose

Posted January 14th, 2010 at 9:33am in Health Care with 13 comments Print This Post

Yesterday,President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Majority LeaderHarry Reid (D-NV) and nine other lawmakers met face-to-face for seven hoursto resolve differences between the House and Senate health care bills.At the same time these talks were going on, AFL-CIO President RichardTrumka, Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern andUnited Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger met with other Obama administration officials in a separate room in the White House. This all comes after these same labor leaders met personally with Speaker Pelosi yesterday, and after they met face-to-face with President Obama in the White House on Monday. Despite then-candidate Barack Obama’s explicit promises to the American people, absolutely none of these meetings were open to the public or televised on C-SPAN. In fact, Politico reports: “Those involved in the talks sought to keep details of their progress under wraps.”

And just what deals were Big Labor, the leftist majorities inCongress and the Obama administration making behind closed doors? Howto pay for President Obama’s likely $1 trillion health care plan without raising taxes on one of the President’s mostloyal constituencies: labor unions. Specifically, Big Labor reportedly has struck a deal with health care negotiators to exempt union members from the 40% excise tax on high-priced health insurance premiums. By some estimates, the tax would hit one in four union members.Now Big Labor will get all of the big government health care spending they always wanted, but they will not have to pay for it.

And Obamacare’s Big Labor handouts don’t end there. The legislation also sets aside $5 billion to subsidize the costs of employer health benefits for early retirees. As Heritage fellow James Sherk notes,few nonunion employers, of course, pay pension and health benefits for workers to retire at 55. And then there’s the small business exemption from the employer mandate for businesses with less than 50 employees.At first this applied to all small businesses, but after aggressive lobbying by Big Labor, non-unionized construction businesses were exempted. Big Labor lobbyists explicitly admitted they wanted to use Obamacare’s job-killing employer mandates as a competitive advantage to drive non-unionized firms out of business.

So where does the White House and Congress propose to regain the revenue lost from exempting unions from the health care excise tax? The people who fund job creation: investors. The Obama administration wantsto apply the Medicare payroll tax not just to wages but to capital gains, andfor the first time ever, to dividends and other forms of investment income. This tax will hit seniors the hardest since many of them live off their dividend and interest income, inaddition to their pension and Social Security checks. But it also hurtsus all since high taxes on capital gains, dividends, interest and business income increase the cost of capital, thus depressing investment at the very time the economy needs new investment to grow and create jobs.

Big Labor’s high wages and inflexible work rules have already bankrupted our nation’s once proud automobile industry. Across the country, their early retirement and exorbitant pensions are bankrupting states. The health insurance excise tax was once the signature health care spending cost cutter of Obama’s entire health care plan. Now it has been gutted at the altar of Big Labor power. The big loser in all of these cases is you, the American taxpayer.

Quick Hits:

• Like the White House, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti. The State Department recommends that Americans who want to help immediately simply text “HAITI” to“90999″ and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts. Online donations to the Red Cross and Mercy Corps are also recommended.
• Criticizing the trial judge for attempting “to change its rules at the eleventh hour,” the Supreme Court issued a permanent stay blocking any television broadcast to the general public of the trial ina San Francisco federal court of the challenge to California’s refusalto honor same-sex marriages.
• Today, Vice President Joe Biden will meet with the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board chairman behind closed doors.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue warned that the U.S. faces a double-dip recession because of the taxes and regulations under consideration by the Congress and President Barack Obama.
• During an interview on C-SPAN this Sunday, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman admitted he uses a tax preparer for his own returns because, “I find the tax code complex so I use a preparer.”

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