Are you sick of ObamaCare yet?

From the time I first read the proposed and then final bill, I knew we were in for a disaster. This legislation dreamed up behind closed doors, birthed of a Democrat controlled government and implemented by FAR LEFT/Socialist appointees. Sebelius was handed a $2B slush fund without controls and a blank sheet of paper when it comes to regulations. What else would you expect from this administration? Ramming through sweetheart deals for his bundlers and donors, he has created a nation of unemployed, discouraged and dependent citizens. If you think this legislation is about getting insurance for the uninsured, you are smoking something. This is all about control. Control of you, your money, your rights, your life, your future. The next step will be what they really were trying to get, that is single payer healthcare. Cradle to grave, they will control it all. Time to de-fund this train wreck!
VOTE the bastards out.
Keep your head down, the shit is about to fly.

Sun reversing polarity

I don't know what rock I have been under but am I the only one that didn't know that the Sun reverses its magnetic poles about every 11 years???? I didn't sleep through science class and I pay pretty close attention to current events. This is the first time that I recall NASA telling us that this routine "flip" of the solar poles is a good thing. If it happens on the Sun, why wouldn't it happen on the Earth? We know that would create cataclysmic change on our planet. They also released that there is a huge hole in the Sun. No wonder so many people are prepping for various disasters.
If you haven't started prepping, you need to seriously consider what would happen if our food, water, energy supplies were disrupted for even a few weeks. Are you going to survive without Big Brother taking care of you? Will you survive or be a statistic?
Think about it, the Sun is flipping soon.
Stay Safe.  Stockpile some supplies and wear sunglasses....

Lost Jobs

I'm not big on reposting the works of others, but this was just too good not to quote.
According to author James Pethokoukis on AEI Ideas, here are some job facts you won't find Washington or the mainstream media talking about.

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1. Over 69 percent of the jobs created in Q2 2013 and over 57 percent of all the jobs created in the first half of 2013 were created in the three lowest wage sub-sectors of the economy, Retail Trade, Administrative and Waste Services, and Leisure and Hospitality, that otherwise account for an aggregate of only 33 percent of all private sector jobs.

2. These jobs, in the aggregate, pay an average of only $15.80 per hour, compared with the other two-thirds of private sector jobs, which pay $27.16 per hour. Relative to unemployment benefits and other assistance, jobs at $15.80 per hour put less than $3.00/hour more in the pockets of a newly working consumer.

3. About half of the jobs created during the first half of 2013, and a large majority of the jobs created in Q2 2013, appear to have been part-time jobsthat offer employees as little as one hour of work per week, and up to 35 hours of work.

4. After falling from a recession high of 9.2 million to a post-recession low of 7.6 million at the end of Q1 2013, the number of people saying they are working part time because they can’t find full time work (part time for economic reasons) crept back up to 8.2 million, double pre-recession levels.
5. Nearly 100 percent of the decline in the U-3 unemployment rate has been the result of there being fewer workers in the labor force as a percentage of the employable population. If the Labor Force Participation Rate had not fallen from October 2009, when unemployment hit its Great Recession peak of 10 percent, unemployment would today still be around 10 percent. Moreover, if the LFPR were held constant from its highest pre-recession level of 66.40 percent in January 2007 (when unemployment was 4.6 percent), the U-3 unemployment rate would be nearly 12 percent today.  "

http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/07/5-horrible-job-stats-obama-failed-to-mention-during-his-knox-college-speech/

As you can see in #1, the jobs created are McJobs. Not the machining, production, steel work, construction or financial jobs. Ones that used to pay a decent wage are being replaced with part time, low wage jobs. Funny that the mainstream keeps talking about the lower unemployment rates but not the fact that there are far fewer people actually working, millions more on food stamps, and the jobs that were created are at a much lower wage.
I can tell you from experience, jobs in my industry are paying 30-40% less IF you can get one. They laid off the older, higher paid workers and hired at a much lower wage or outsourced the products to other countries.
THIS administration is all about lies, deflection and cover up.
I was asked the question, "Do you think we can turn it around?".  I fear that would be wishful thinking. The elite have built their power base and the jobs are permanently lost.

Stay safe, prep and vote this bunch of UnAmerican liars out of office.

Off to the Gun Show!

The monthly Crossroads of the West is in town this week. The crowds flock to browse, shop and cart off loads of goodies. For me it's not so much the merchandise that is at the show, rather the crowd watching. Toddlers in strollers, pregnant moms, grandma and grandpa, old, young, doctors, lawyers, construction workers, the young couples, all there to find something.
Last time I was in line for bulk ammo, two elderly ladies were in line behind me and they struck up a conversation. They chatted about the particular firearms they owned and which were their favorites. We chatted about reloading, ammo types, politics (yes they were conservative) and the times in general. (Did I mention this was a pretty long line?)
I don't know what the crowds will be like in the heat of the summer, but I expect it won't deter everyone. We'll see what goodies they have....Off to the show.
Stay safe, point the muzzle downrange and prep.

Helen Thomas-Passing of a Legend

I found it odd that Helen Thomas passing at age 92 didn't make the "Trending Now" list. Now don't count me as a Helen Thomas fan for her politics or soothing vocal manner. However, the lady had guts, determination and tenacity. In her later years, sitting front and center with the White House Press Corp, she would ask some off the wall questions and occasionally get away with addressing the elephant in the room. She continued to hold that seat until the end. I think she did that to stay mentally alive. 

It was her anti-sematic rants and pro-Palestinian stance that cause the most grief for all.  She was not one for forgiveness.  Though I am skeptical, I pray that she found redemption. 

Stay safe, keep off the radar and for Heaven's sake...don't shoot at Drones.

Now Big Brother can track you on the highway

You know those common place cameras on the highway? The one's that look like highway webcams? Well now Big Brother has implemented a new set of tools to track millions of drivers. It's called Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR). They can mount them under freeway underpasses, on cop cars, at intersections and they work day and night. With their infrared cameras, they digest and report thousands of cars per hour and feed it to massive databases. The database knows here you were and when. It may not seem like much, but coupled with the Feds collecting all your calls, emails and soon to be texts and tweets. (They may be doing that too but we have no confirmation).
So now on the way to the grocery, you are tracked by your cell, your license plate, facial recognition, your credit card, in-store security feeds and every time you used the internet. Makes you want to run from the grid.... Well, you can run but you can't hide, unless you are of a certain protected religious class. Then they just can't seem to find you. Hmmm
Stay safe, stockpile food and smile. (The facial recognition systems can't read you then)

Okay, just one more thing...

I thought I had vented for the day until I read multiple articles about a cow falling through the roof in Brazil, sadly killing a man and just missing his wife. Now that might be a great topic for Saturday Night Live, but really...main stream media? With all the topics they could have researched and reported on, a COW?
And then one that had some traction was the many ways you can get across the border from Mexico. One of my favorites comes courtesy of Homeland Security....

You have to give them an A for effort.

Tell me there aren't more important things our government should be working on..