How To Fake An Economic Recovery

Don’t Count The Unemployed, Discount Them: .........you simply change the definition of “normal unemployment”. Thus, the debilitating jobless rate which was originally thought of as “bad”, is now thought of as “natural”. You must then publish long-winded white papers using more subjective statistics devoid of common sense while feigning a logical pretense:

As Long As Stocks Are Green, The World Is Golden:........ Could it be that without constant liquidity injections from the Fed, the stock market would once again collapse like a wet paper sack? We know that in 2009, it was revealed that bailout funds which were supposed to go towards muting the effects of toxic bank assets were actually being pumped into the equities of healthy banks instead, meaning,the money has not been allocated to the areas promised:

Inflation? What Inflation?: .........our government and private central bank calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) without counting food or energy. Most grains and crude oil have doubled in price over the past year alone, and this does not reflect well on the safety of the dollar, or the effectiveness of liquidity measures by the Fed. China, whose inflation is but a prequel to our own, is also distancing food and energy price surges from its CPI numbers, giving the false impression of leveling markets:

Create Debt To Pay Off Debt: ........print even more fiat and use it to purchase your own Treasury bonds! This serves two purposes; first, it props up the federal bureaucracy which gives the impression of stability (at least for a time), and, it furthers your goal of squeezing the dollar like a grape.

Remove All Checks And Balances:.........Now that ratings agencies are finally doing their job and downgrading the creditworthiness of banks and countries that possess extreme liabilities, the SEC is moving to marginalize them:

The Creeping Terror:.........My suggestion to them was to start looking for another job, because their company was about to declare bankruptcy. They, of course, denied this was remotely likely:

To Wisconsin's Unions: Sit And Spin

"Public unions in Wisconsin are protesting having to pay some of their insurance and pension costs out of their own pockets, like the rest of America does.

That's fine. They're entitled to protest.

The Governor is entitled to fire them all. And he should do so.

Right now.

There are millions of unemployed Americans. There is no shortage of people looking for work. Many of them are qualified to teach."

Via Western Rifle Shooters Association

Razor Wire & Military Vehicles

Couple of goodies from Survival below.
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RAZOR WIRE ROLLS - $20

Military Vehicles $7/$9 K.

Where To Be When Black Swans Appear

"Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Congress wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but not that they are citizens."
-- Ben Stein
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..........when Americans finally got their freedom from Britain they almost immediately began shackling one another. Tax rates had been only about 3% when the English ran the colonies. Now, the federal rate is 11 times as much. And for every injustice done to Americans by the English there must be 100 they have done to themselves.

There are no subsistence farmers living in cities. Nor do urban populations “live off the land.” Instead, they depend on complex networks of commerce. The typical city dweller produces neither food nor energy. He sits all day in an office – completely dependent on others to provide power and food. Then, he goes home – still completely dependent on the division of labor for his most important needs.

Generally, when the black swans come out you are better off in the country – with country-boy skills and old-time farms supplies.

We once met a fellow who had a keen appreciation for apocalypse. He was sure it was coming. So, he moved to Arkansas where, he said, “I’m protected by 300 miles of armed hillbillies.”

That’s something else to think about. Not only do you have to worry about food and energy, you also have to worry about your neighbors. If you have a nice little vegetable garden next to a large apartment complex, for example, you might have a hard time protecting your crops. And don’t count on fattening a calf in Central Park during a famine.

You need to be somewhere else. Where?

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Speaks

An articulate man. I guess that's why the thugs don't understand him.
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Via Weasel Zippers

"The President, The Democrats, Public Employee Unions & Their Thugs"

They are all thugs.
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Statement About Wisconsin Official statement from Tea Party Patriot founders Jenny Beth Martin and Mark Meckler "In the current situation in Wisconsin, we see Democratic politicians and their constituency standing against democracy. Instead of responding to the will of the people, Democratic legislators are in hiding, and refusing to show for a vote which they are certain to lose. Teachers have closed down the schools. Union thugs have overrun the capitol and are damaging property, and carrying signs with crude abuse and threats. Meanwhile, instead of acting "Presidential" and calling for a restoration of the democratic process, civility and decency, the President and his Organizing for America are actually standing against democracy in Wisconsin. In summary, here is what we see in Wisconsin ; Democratic legislators in hiding and not legislating, teachers on sick-out and not teaching, and students out of school and not learning. Most importantly, we see our President, who is supposed to be a leader, not "leading." Is it any wonder that public opinion has turned against the President, the Democrats, public employee unions and their thugs?" Information About Wisconsin Rally We would like to thank American Majority for spearheading the rally in Madison tomorrow. They have done an excellent job leading the effort organizing the rally. We have received emails from tea party organizers in Wisconsin thanking us for our show of support for this effort by sending out an email about the rally. Tea Party Patriots will always be there to support local tea party organizers and some of our National Coordinators will be there with you tomorrow. Saturday, February 19 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm Wisconsin State Capitol, East Side of the Building http://biggovernment.com/mikeflynn/2011/02/18/winning-the-future-means-winning-in-madison/ Your Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Team, Jenny Beth Martin, Mark Meckler, Sally Oljar, Diana Reimer,Debbie Dooley, and Dawn Wildman TPP Support email: support@teapartypatriots.org TPP Support phone number: 404-593-0877 Jenny Beth Martin (jennybethm@gmail.com, on Twitter @jenuinejen, on Facebook) Dawn Wildman (dmwlaw1@cox.net) Mark Meckler (mark@teapartypatriots.org) Debbie Dooley (debbie@teapartypatriots.org) Tea Party Patriots, Inc. operates as a social welfare organization organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to Tea Party Patriots, Inc. are not deductible as charitable contributions for income tax purposes. 1025 Rose Creek Dr, 620-322, Woodstock, GA 30189 http://teapartypatriots.org/

Howa M-1 Carbine .30 Caliber $529.99 Delivered

Loved my M-2 which is now at the bottom of a well in Vietnam.
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Limited Availability.

Wisconsin Hall Of Shame: Names & Numbers

Sock it to the Marxists.
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"Here are the names, phone numbers, and emails of the fourteen (14) Wisconsin state senators bent on defying the citizens of the Wisconsin."

Weasel Zippers

House Votes To Strip Planned Parenthood Of All Federal Funding

HEAR! HEAR!
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"The Republican-led House on Friday approved an amendment to a massive spending bill that would prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

The measure offered by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) was approved 240-185, with several Democrats joining Republicans in support. The organization would be prohibited from receiving federal funds for any of its activities. It is already banned from using federal funds to perform most abortions."

Indians Sue. ATF Raids. (Par For The Course)

I guess they're trying to forget their up and coming troubles thanks to "Gunwalker."
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".......the raid came a day after lawyers for King Mountain sued the state of Washington and Attorney General Rob McKenna, alleging violations of the Yakama Nation's 1855 treaty rights."

Via Cousin John

Jim Limber Davis

By: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., Speaker, Writer, author of book “When American Stood for God, Family and Country and member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
1064 West Mill Drive
Kennesaw, Georgia 30152
Phone: 770 330 9792

The following true story should be part of Black History Month tributes in February.
In 1989, a magazine article caught my eye which I had to read from beginning to end. This was not an ordinary story but about a black child, a Confederate President's First Lady and the Southern Presidential Family. The story was written by Gulfport, Mississippi freelance writer Mrs. Peggy Robbin's and is entitled, "Jim Limber Davis." (I have the original article at Dixieland. BT)

While Black History Month mostly focuses on black adults in history, this story is about a black child. This is a summary, in my own words, of Mrs. Robbin's splendid story.

On the morning of February 15, 1864, Mrs. Varina Davis, wife of Southern President Jefferson Davis, had concluded her errands and was driving her carriage down the streets of Richmond, Virginia on her way home. She heard screams from a distance and quickly went to the scene to see what was happening.

Varina saw a young black child being abused by an older man. She demanded that he stop striking the child and when this failed she shocked the man by forcibly taking the child away. She took the child to her carriage and with her to the Confederate White House.

Arriving home Mrs. Davis and maid 'Ellen' gave the young boy a bath, attended to his cuts and bruises and feed him. The only thing he would tell them is that his name was Jim Limber. He was happy to be rescued and was given some clothes of the Davis' son Joe who was the same size and age.

The Davis family were visited the following evening by a friend of Varina's, noted Southern Diarist-Mary Boykin Chesnut, who saw Jim Limber and wrote later that she had seen the boy and that he was eager to show me his cuts and bruises. She also said, "the child is an orphan rescued yesterday from a brutal Negro Guardian." and "there are things in life that are too sickening, and such cruelty is one of them."

There were some children who addressed Jim as Jim Limber Davis for fun. This was fine with him because he felt he was indeed a member of the family. The Davis letters to friends are indication of his acceptance and they said he was a member of their gang of children.

The Christmas of 1864, would be memorable for the Davis family and probably the best Christmas Jim Limber would ever have. A Christmas tree was set up in Saint Paul's Church, decorated and gifts placed beneath it. On Christmas evening orphans were brought to the church and were delighted with the presents they got. Jim was happy that he helped decorate the tree.

Mrs. Robbin's wrote, in her story, that Mrs. Jefferson Davis was a very good story teller who was able to make sounds of different animals in the stories about the critters. Jim was always eager to help.

The end of the War Between the States was coming and Richmond was being evacuated. Varina and the children left ahead of Jefferson Davis. The president and his staff left just hours before the occupation of Union troops.

Varina and the children were by the side of Jefferson Davis at his capture near Irwinville, Georgia and again the family was separated. Jefferson Davis was taken to Virginia to spend two years in prison.

Mrs. Davis and her children were taken to Macon, Georgia and later to Port Royal outside of Savannah. At Port Royal their Union escort, Captain Charles T. Hudson, made good at his earlier threats to take Jim Limber away.

As the Union soldiers came to forcibly take young Jim, he put up a great struggle and tried to hold onto his family as they to him. Jim and his family cried uncontrollably as the child was taken. His family would never again see him or know what happened to him. The Davis' tried in later years to locate Jim but were unsuccessful.

The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia is home to a portrait of Jim Limber Davis in the Eleanor S. Brookenbrough Library. I thank Mrs. Peggy Robbin's who wrote the Jim Limber Davis story in 1989 and the Southern Partisan Magazine for publishing her story in the second quarter Issue-Volume IX of 1989.
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Black History Month’s Forgotten Story

Canada: Baby Sentenced To Die

Sickening.
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"The parents have accepted the inevitable death of Joseph, and asked the hospital to perform a tracheotomy "which would open up a direct airway through an incision in Joseph's trachea and make it possible to bring the baby home" to die.

The hospital refused because that might lead to an infection, which could kill him."

Lieberman's New Cybersecurity Bill Forbids A 'Kill Switch'

It's a step.
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"Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) is introducing a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that would revamp the Federal Information Security Management Act and establish executive oversight of critical infrastructure but would prohibit shutting down the Internet."

Fire Them All

Absolutely.
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"........ decertify the teachers union and fire every public school teacher who belongs to it.......One of the defining lessons of the Thatcher and Reagan eras is that the people love a politician who crushes unions."

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Demonstrating in the Capitol, with the American flag hung upside down.

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Fridays with Erick Erickson

02.18.11

DAILY EVENTS

There's war in Wisconsin. Voters, disgusted with big spending Democrats and out of control unions, handled the whole state over to Republicans. Seizing the voter mandate, Republican Governor Scott Walker is intent on pushing through legislation to end the ability of public sector unions to have collective bargaining rights on behalf of public employees.

Democrat lawmakers in the State Senate have fled Wisconsin for Illinois to ensure there is no quorum in the Senate. While only 17 votes are needed, 20 of the 33 senators must be present for the body to conduct business.

Public sector union members have stormed the state capitol. Teachers have staged a ‘sick in' putting their union privileges ahead of educating children — bolstering Gov. Walker's point that union abuse needs to be reined in.

Naturally, Barack Obama has sided with the union goons. His Organizing for America is sending protestors to astroturf Wisconsin in favor of more bloat and corruption. This is as much about saving him politically in 2012 as it is actually defending unionization.

Democrats and unions are comparing what is happening to Wisconsin to the Alamo. It puts me in the unusual position of backing the Mexicans.

— Erick Erickson

Red Jacket Firearms: AR-15 Mounted Saiga-12 Shotgun

I have no idea what they are thinking. I'll keep my Saiga 12 as is, thank you.

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Red Jacket Firearms: AR-15 Mounted Saiga-12 Shotgun

Red Jacket Firearms, the company featured in the Discovery reality TV series Sons of Guns , manufacture a Saiga-12 shotgun that can be mounted on an AR-15's full length picatinny rail. They are selling it for $ 1889.

Presumably this gun is classified as an AOW. Link

The Art Of Turning

Via rich, Belle Grove
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Man, is this guy good!
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Roundabout via Cousin Bill

Stunner! Supremes To Give Eligibility Case Another Look

"The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes, for which those powers were conferred. By a reasonable interpretation, we mean, that in case the words are susceptible of two different senses, the one strict, the other more enlarged, that should be adopted, which is most consonant with the apparent objects and intent of the Constitution."
--Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833
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Well, you just never know, not that I'm holding my breath, but there definitely does seem to be a lot of proactive liberals bringing it up now.
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"In a stunning move, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled another "conference" on a legal challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to occupy the Oval Office, but officials there are not answering questions about whether two justices given their jobs by Obama will participate.

The court has confirmed that it has distributed a petition for rehearing in the case brought by attorney John Hemenway on behalf of retired Col. Gregory Hollister and it will be the subject of a conference on March 4."

Via Cousin John

Denninger: If You Read One Article This Month.........

Absolutely.
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"As a good guy, I was raised to respect the law (whatever it was), work hard, follow the rules, and keep my own nose clean. Doing so, taught my parents and the culture of first-half Sixties America, would ensure my success and that of the community in which I lived.

But the cataclysm that struck America in the second half of the Sixties and continues today tore away those social rule-set foundations.

That country and that culture are gone, almost certainly never to return absent a Renaissance presently unforeseeable in the coming decades.

I have fought in the nearly 30 years since my own personal resurrection from drug and alcohol addiction not just to believe in those rules, but to live by them."