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From: "Daily Motivations"
The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. -- Anne Frank
From: "The Patriot Post"
"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason." -- Benjamin Franklin
"[W]e must choose from among our guardians those men who, upon examination, seem most of all to believe throughout their lives that they must eagerly pursue what is advantageous to the city and be wholly unwilling to do the opposite." -- Socrates
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
From: "The Web"
"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is." -- Will Rogers
"The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success." -- B.C. Forbes
From: "Rick Santorum"
Security Should Be The Deciding Issue
It’s election day, at long, long last. The outcome will be evident by tomorrow’s dawn, but perhaps of greater significance than the victor himself will be the story of why Americans voted the way they did. Before you head to the booth today, I’d like to bring your attention to a very important piece written by Frederick Kagan on why “Security Should Be the Deciding Issue.” And then, I will let you have at it. May the best man win.
Security Should Be the Deciding Issue
By Frederick W. Kagan
Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2008
As the scale of the economic crisis becomes clear and comparisons to the Great Depression of the 1930s are tossed around, there is a very real danger that America could succumb to the feeling that we no longer have the luxury of worrying about distant lands, now that we are confronted with a "real" problem that actually affects the lives of all Americans. As we consider whether various bailout plans help Main Street as well as Wall Street, the subtext is that both are much more important to Americans than Haifa Street.
One problem with this emotion is that it ignores the sequel to the Great Depression -- the rise of militaristic Japan marked by the 1931 invasion of Manchuria, and Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1933, both of which resulted in part from economic dislocations spreading outward from the U.S. The inward-focus of the U.S. and the leading Western powers (Great Britain and France) throughout the 1930s allowed these problems to metastasize, ultimately leading to World War II.
Is it possible that American inattention to the world in the coming years could lead to a similarly devastating result? You betcha.
For the entire article by Frederick Kagan, please click here.
From: "The American Conservative Union"
Have you read the news reports?
On Friday, the American Conservative Union, filed a formal Ethics Complaint with the United States Senate against Senator Barack Obama.
The complaint pointed out accurately that just months after Senator Obama purchased what is known as the “Greenwood Mansion” and the land surrounding it along with the wife of now-convicted felon Tony Rezko. That’s right. The Rezkos toured the property with the Obamas before the purchase. They helped Obama with the purchase through buying the land right next to the house, the House’s lawn. He bought it from the same seller on the same day. The Obamas used the side yard as if it were theirs and eventually returned the Rezko's favor by buying back a strip of the side yard.
Yes, it is bad enough that in addition to other characters from his past, Senator Barack Obama has associated himself with a convicted felon.
What is worse is that the U.S. Senate requires all gifts to be disclosed. However, Senator Obama not only did not disclose the use of this property as a gift on his required financial disclosure reports, he has continued to fail to do so even after this story came out. Now the question remains, did he violate the same Gift Rules and bans that recently caused another Senator to be convicted? The ACU believes so.
What was Obama’s reply? His staff said, “he didn't get special treatment.” However press reports have stated Obama paid about $1.6 million for the home – $300,000 below the original price with the land included.
Now, as these facts have come to light, the Senate Ethics Committee, a committee led in part by liberal Senator Barbara Boxer of California, is stalling. The Senate Ethics Committee stated it would not discuss its deliberations and that it was under no obligation to look into the matter.
WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW.
We cannot allow the Senate ethics committee to sweep this under the rug.
Senator Obama should be held to the same standards as other Senators recently investigated.
Your signature on ACU’S OBAMA ETHICS PETITION will help us call on the committee to fully investigate this complaint and get to the bottom of Obama’s land deal.
We cannot allow the election to get in the way of the truth. They need to act, and they need to act now. That is why we need you to sign this PETITION, HERE, NOW.
The Ethics Committee needs to act, and if they fail to do so or find the facts, we will continue to call on the FBI for a full, and fair, investigation.
With your help, here, now on our ACU’S OBAMA ETHICS PETITION we will force all of the facts to come out.
You help with this effort will allow us to make our voice heard and allow the American people to get the truth.
Please don’t delay, help support this effort through our ACU’S OBAMA ETHICS PETITION page now.
Thank you,
Dennis Whitfield
Executive Vice President
American Conservative Union
P.S. Please don’t delay. We cannot allow the Election to distract the Ethics Committee from their duties. Help us, here, now on our ACU’S OBAMA ETHICS PETITION page.
From: "The email Bag"
“Through the Window”
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.
The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
"That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap"
Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Everytime her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?"
The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows."
And so it is with life. What we see when watching others, depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
Redistributing the Wealth
Yesterday on my way to lunch at a local restaurant, I passed one of the homeless guys in the area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."
Once in restaurant my waiter had on an "Obama 08" tee shirt.
When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
As I got into my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not
earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.
Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to
catch on, with those doing the work.
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