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wvflyersfan@gmail.comJan. 22, 2010Editor's Note: You have to either be from West Virginia or a frequent visitor to the State to truly appreciate the following. I'm an adopted "native" which means both of my legs are the same lengthwrite and I'll explainjcr)
And God Created West Virginia "It's a planet," replied God. "And, I've put life on it. I'm going to call it Earth, and it's a place where I'm going to test balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael, "I'm still confused." God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth. "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor. Over here, I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things." God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered with ice." The Archangel, impressed with God's work, then pointed to a land area and said: "What's that one?" "That's West Virginia," God said, "the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills and plains. The people from West Virginia are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the world. They will be extremely sociable, hard working, high achieving, carriers of peace and producers of good things." Michael gasped in wonderment and admiration, but then asked: "But what about balance, God? You said there would be balance..." God smiled. "Right next to West Virginia is Washington, DC. Wait til you see the idiots I put there..."
robert_morningstar@yahoo.comJan. 18, 2010A German's view of Islam. This is one of the best explanations of the Muslim terrorist situation. His references to past history are accurate and clear.
The letter, which was purported in this email to be have been composed by Dr. Emanuel Tanay, MD may have actually been composed by Paul E. Marek, a second-generation Canadian whose grandparents fled Czechoslovakia just before the Nazi takeover of that country. I found the article under his byline dated in Feb., 2006. The first attribute to Dr. Tanay appears on April 7, 2008. Dr. Tanay is a respected clinical psychiatrist at Wayne State University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since the original version may have been written months or years earlier by either gentleman, I have no intention of debating authorship. For the purpose of my dissertation and its inclusion here, who actually wrote itMarek or Tanayis irrelevant. Because the comparison I wish to draw from it has nothing to do with either of them, or for that matter, fanatical, extremist Islam. Rather, it has everything to do with the logic of his argument as it applies to the interloper who kidnapped the United States on Nov. 4, 2008 and the lackadaisical attitude of the American people that an illegal alien who is equally as dangerous than Hitler, Stalin and Mao; and more dangerous than Castro and Chavez has, by fraud and deceit, been allowed to steal the reins of the government of the United States of America. Have 'we the people" become as stupid as the peoples of Europe who allowed their nations to be stolen by corrupt tyrants? Sadly, yes. And as the people of Europe and Asia tolerated the interlopers that only a minority of them wanted, they quickly learnedbut much too late to save themselvesthat these men had also seized the right to end their lives on a whimand did so without hesitation in order to strengthen their grip on power through political and economic terrorism. We have made the same life-threatening blunder by placing absolute power within the hands of a small cabal of hardcore communists posing as patriotic Americans. When Obamacareeven without the "public Option"is signed into law, the elderly of American will discover they have given their government the right to euthanize them if they have any terminal, chronic or catastrophic illness. Listed among the terminal illnesses that can trigger the denial of life saving surgeries or medications is a chronic condition all elderly people suffer from: old age. When the US Senate, without a single GOP vote, bribed their members to vote for the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Barack Obama announced, in his press conference that Social Security and Medicare had just been saved. How does passing Obamacare save Medicare and Social Security? Because when the old are euthanized for being "terminally ill," the government is spared the expense of sending them their monthly Social Security checks, and no longer has to bear the cost of their medical care. Kill enough old people and Social Security will be "saved" for another generation.
measter@innercite.comDec. 1, 2009Received this from a guy in Corpus who was diagnosed with cancer last year. See what his doctor is saying...
In England, anyone over 59 cannot receive heart repairs or stents or bypass because it is not covered as being too expensive and not needed. Obama wants to...[fashion his healthcare system after]...England's.
JezRell@aol.comNov. 25, 2009Outstanding letter! This venerable and much-honored WWII vet is well known in Hawaii for his 70-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it the (White House). His letter appears below (after the Editor's Note).
Dear (Resident)
Obama: I enlisted in the US Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WWII, retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. One of the benefits of my ageperhaps the only oneis to speak my mind, blunt and direct, even to the "head man." So, here goes. I'm amazed and angry and determined not to see my country die before I do. But you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable likes like: "We're no longer a Christian nation," [or] "America is arrogant." Your wife even announced to the world, "America is mean-spirited" Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to the 23 generations (should have been 230 years) of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason that o free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness. I'd say shame on both of you. But I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House. (Speaking about) 9-11, you said, "America hasn't lived up to her ideals." Which one did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal when 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around because we stand for freedom. I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one, that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. Take a little advise from an old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were elected to lead, not to bow, apologize, and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. And, just who do you think you are, telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more? You mean you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are: terrorists. One more thing: I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the commander-in-chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of...You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And, I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle. Sincerely,
SDFittal@aol.comNov. 25, 2009A very good article! You make the point well that there are too many Obamas, Soros and other useful idiots like Rebecca Peters that wish to destroy the rights we enjoy here in America for ludicrous reasons like "...we shouldn't have those rights because nobody else in the world has them..." Keep up the good writing. LavenderBlue39@aol.comNov. 21, 2009 This following is a copy of an article by Spanish writer Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez and published in a Spanish newspaper on 1-15-08. It doesn't take much imagination to extrapolate the message to the rest of Europeand possibly to the rest of the world. I walked down the street of Barcelona and suddenly discovered a terrible truthEurope died in Auschwitz. We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. The contribution of this people is felt in every area of life: science, art, international trade, and the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned. And, under the pretense of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we cured the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride. They have blown up our trains and turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime. Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, then the murder and destruction of their naive hosts. And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition. We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs. What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe. A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine America can suffer defeat without any consequences. So, to ensure that we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport screeners are not allowed to profile specific peoples. They must conduct random searches..( not on those who fit the geographic and demographic characteristics of those who have sworn Jihad against American but on)...80 year old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, an 85-year old Congressman with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40 alone lest they be accused of racial profiling.
JezRell@aol.comNov. 11, 2009 This was written by a Metro Denver physician: I was driving home from a meeting this even about 5 .m., stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and sputter and die. I barely managed to coast into a gas station, glad that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turn over. Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the Quickie Mart. It looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay. When I reached her, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen. She was a young woman who looked really haggard, with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up. I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a nickel. At that moment, everything came into focus for me. The crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (one in a car seat) and the gas pump reading $4.95.. I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help. She just kept saying, "I don't want my kids to see me crying." So we moved to the other side of the gas pump out of their direct line of sight. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now. So, I asked: "And you were praying?" That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said: "He heard you. And He sent me." I took out my credit card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely. And, while it was filling, I walked next door to McDonald's and bought 3 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the car who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little. She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City. Her boyfriend left two months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have money to pay the rent on January 1, and finally, in desperation, called her parents with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years. They lived in California and said she could come and live with them, and try to get on her feet there. She said she packed everything she owned in the car. She told her kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there. I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said: "So, are you like an angel or something?" Her words made me cry. I said, "Sweetie, at this time of the year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people." It was incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And, of course, you guessed it. When I got into my car, it started right away and got me home with no problems. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong. Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings.
etalbott@qroidaho.netNov.
7, 2009Your
latest article on the euthanasia plans imbedded in the so-called
health care bill is outstanding. Not only have you done your research,
but you provide insights and discernment which most articles on the subject
are missing. I continue to read each article you post with great interest
and forward to my list and save them for future reference. Heaven knows
the current health care industry suffers multiple deficiencies in all
areas. Now the government wishes to make the failure total, a minus quantity
in our lives. This is why I never go to hospitals, clinics or doctors.
I use natural supplements, the best diet I can acquire in my circumstances
and pray for health. Thanks for writing such a great article that I can
share with my list. syman@jamadots.comOct. 16, 2009A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would to know what Heaven and Hell are like." The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked inside the room.. In the middle of the room was a large, round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished even though each held eating utensils. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms. And while each found it easy to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, the handles of the utensils attached to their arms were simply so long they could not get the spoons anywhere near their mouths. As a result, none of them could eat. The holy man shuddered at the sight of the misery and suffering of the starving people who, even with an ample supply of food, were nevertheless starving to death. The Lord said: "You have now seen Hell." They went to the next room and opened the door. The scene was the same as the first onealmost. There was the same large round table. There was that large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well-nourished, plump, laughing and talking friendly amongst themselves.. The holy man said, "I don't understand." "It's simple," said the Lord. "It requires but one skill. You see, in Heaven, they have learned to feed each other. The greedy think only of themselves. When Jesus died on the cross, He was thinking of you." The lesson of Philadelphia is that a man who helps his brother and the woman who helps her sister will find the love of God among them. And, when man shares this love with his fellow man, all men prosper in the eyes of God. Jezrell@aol.comSept. 24, 2009Asparaguswho knew? My Mom had been taking the full-stalk canned style asparagus that she pureed and took 4 tablespoons in the morning and 4 tablespoons later in the day. She did that for over a month. She is on chemo pills for Stage 3 lung cancer in the pleural area, and her cancer cell count (her CA-125) went from 386 to 125 as of this past week. Her oncologist told her she does not need to see him for 3 months.
Editor's note. There were a couple of additional examples given and the type of canned asparagus the patients theoretically used. I stopped short of using all of that email because the much forwarded email suggests the article is a reprint from an article in the CANCER NEWS JOURNAL If you have ever read a medical journal, you know you pretty much have to be a Ph.D to understand it. The language in that email did not come a from a medical journal. That is not to say the Journal did not write an article in 1979 and that the content of this email is paraphrased from those case studies. I opted to cite the email for two reasons. First, there are scores of home remedies that are as curative and, perhaps, more curative (and safer) than some of the pharmaceuticals used today. Just remember, God would not put us on this planet and then unleash a horde of vicious diseases to wipe us out without providing natural cures to eliminate every scourge that can take our lives. Second, I honestly believe the cure to every disease known to man will be found in natural ingredients we use every day in every walk of life. If you recall, in 1535 when Jacques Cartier was exploring the St. Lawrence seaway, his ship got locked in ice for the entire winter of 1534. His crew began dying of scurvy. Unlike previous sailing masters who many times lost their entire crews to scurvy, a friendly Indian (probably a Chippewa since the Iroquois were at war with the white-eyes) taught them how to make a tea out of white cedar (Anneda) bark and pine needles. The brew saved the lives of those members of Cartier's crew who had not already succumbed to scurvy. Cartier brought samples of the bark and cuttings back to Europe. His botanist isolated a compound in the bioflavonoid and patented it as "pycnogenol." How did that save Cartier and his crew? Because it was 50 times stronger than Vitamin E and 20 times more powerful that Vitamin C. Vitamin E is an element that acts as a transporter to carrying other nutrients to their needed destinations in the body. Do I think asparagus cures cancer? I'm not a doctor. I have no idea. Do I think asparagus may retard cancer growth by retarding cancer cell development? There seems to be a growing concensus in the medical community that it might. I suspect that various researchers around the world would not be spending vast amounts of money analyzing asparagus if they thought asparagus had no potential curative benefits. One India government report cites a study done by Dabur Research who is working on a peptid-based anticancer drug for the treatment of colorectal cancer includes a patent application for a "...oligospirostanoside from Asparagus racemosus." Their research convinced them that asparagus contains ellagic acid, and that the vegetable is a potential anticancer agent that is a potential immuno-dulatory agent. Oh, and by the wayfor you drinkers out thereeating asparagus the "morning after," may get rid of your hangover. gknapp@tx.rr.comSept. 12, 2009Note the comments made by Michael Connelly, a retired attorney and constitutional law instructor from Carrollton, TexasWell, I've done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis on my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned with parts of the proposed law that were being discussed (that) might be unconstitutional. When I found was far worse than what I have heard or expected. To begin with, much of
what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true
despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The
law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where
senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health
care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced
participation in abortions by members of the medical profession. The bill
will eventually force private insurance companies out of business and
put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal
health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucratsand most
of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments
to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devises will be strictly
controlled. As scary as all of that is, it just scratches the
surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no
intention of providing affordable healthcare choices. Instead, it is a
convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive
Branch of government that has ever occurred, or ever been contemplated.
If this law, or one similar, is adopted, major
portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have
been destroyed...The first thing to go will be the masterfully-crafted
balance of power between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches
of government. Congress will transfer to the Obama Administration authority
in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people and
the businesses they own. The irony is that Congress
doesn't have the authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin
with. If you decide not to enroll in Obama's healthcare plan,
or you keep insurance deemed not "acceptable" to the "Health
Choices Administrator," there will be a tax imposed on you. (They
can't call it a fine since that would violate the 5th Amendment's due
process clause. etalbott@groidaho.netI want to let you know that I went to your website, read your testimony, and was blown away. It was marvelous. I have some pretty awesome experiences with that same Jewish Rabbi, Yeshua (Jesus), and I am always thrilled to hear or read something as powerful as your testimony. Thank you for all the great articles you post on NWV. Blessings, Erlene Talbott. (Note: if you want more understanding of the Jewishness of the Holy Bible, or if you simply want to visit a very unique website, you need to spend a little time here: http://www.navigatingthroughprophecy.com.) mmahoney@60plus.org (From Jim Martin: 60 Plus Association)SUGGESTION FOR HEALTHCARE DEBATE: (...) OBAMA SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVISE OF CANDIDATE OBAMA. Presidential candidate Barack Obama repeatedly stated on the campaign trail that any overhaul of healthcare should be negiotiated publicly and televised for all to see. In his stump speech he would say it should be televised with a big table and seats filled with doctors, nurses, insurers, and other interested parties. Then he would joke...he would get the biggest chair. Not behind closed doors, candidate Obama said, but he would bring all parties together and broadcast those negotiations on CSPAN. We suggest the President keep his pledge. Mr. Obama, deep six this unread, misunderstood piece of gobbledegook that scares seniors, and start over. Send a message that you are going to live up to (your) oft-repeated campaign promise. teresa_tickner@yahoo.comSept.
6, 2009 mayers4004@yahoo.comAug. 26, 2009As a proud member of the Lakota tribe, I can hardly begin to describe how angry it makes me to have any native peopled used to bolster your arguments. (http://www.jonchristianryter.com/Video/090820.html) The truth about Indian health care has nothing to do with socialism; it is all about genocide and an uncaring non-Indian population. You sir, are as full of bull-sh*t rhetoric and opinions as any politician I know. You are just another liar, just another undesirable in what was once a free countrybefore 1637. Go back to the land of your ancestors, who couldn't even get along with each other; and take your superstitious, poisonous religious views with you. My reply:
Since I made no unsubstantiaed claims, and used two government reports
and two videos made by a native American to show what happened to the
promise of health care for the Six Tribes, I'm puzzlede by your anger.
Must be you think the "Great White Father" in Washington really
is all things to all people. If you want a preview of what Obamacare will
be like, ask an Indian...that is..except you, apparently. kathy@***.comAug.
22, 2009 Whatever you decide to do with the information is up to you. On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the [Resident] would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his healthcare and huge spending. Those groups began talking and deciding on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY details other than the date. On about Tuesday Bill found out that they would be holding the "Town Hall" at the airport. (This is only because Bill knows EVERYONE at the airport.) Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade(tiny town) in a very remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that is the most remotely llocated hanger. You could not pick a more remote location, and you cannot get to it easily. It is totally secluded from the public. FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a large amount of folks with sufficient parkinggymnasiums/auditoriums. All of which have chairs and tables that would not have to be SHIPPED IN!! $$$$$ During the week, cargo by the TONS was being constantly shipped in. Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it was our [Resident] coming several expressed how excessive it was, especially during a recession. $$$$$ Late Tuesday/early Wednesday the 12th, they said that tickets would be handed out on Thursday 9 am at two locations and the [Resident] would be arriving around 12:30 Friday. Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were printed at a local printing shop per the White House request Hmm...900 tickets just DISAPPEARED. This same morning someone called into the radio station from the local UPS branch and said that thousands of dollars worth of Lobster were shipped in for Obama. Montana has some of the best beef in the nation! And it would have been really smart to help out the local economy. Has Obama or his people heard of the Recession? Just thinkwith all of the traveling the White House is doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we're paying for. On Friday, Bill and I got out to the airport about 10:45 am The groups that wanted to protest Obama's spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up onto the area (illegal)and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man. But they said they did not have the Êmanpower to remove the SEIU crowd. The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age of 30. And, they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY mad signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and some Planned Parenthood folks were with themprofessing abortion rights with their T-shirts and preprinted signs. (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to protest in ANOTHER area) Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man. So we had Montana folks from all over the state with their homemade signs and their dogs with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctorsyou name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. He found out about the event, went to the store, made a sign, and came to protest. If you are wondering abou the press...Well, all of the major networks were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowd were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about the crowds. We did have some local news media around us from this stateand Idaho. Speaking of the local media, they were invited. However, all questions were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn't want anyone to have to think off the top of their head. It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government healthcare. Even those people that talked about their insurance woes. The White House called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee) and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come. Smoke and mirrors. EVERYTHING was staged! I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House. The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not living in the United States of Americamore like the USSR. I was physically nauseous. Bill and I have been around when other Presidents have visited. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened for our country. America needs your prayers
and your voices. If you care about our country please get involved.
Know the issues. And let Congress hear your voices again and again!
If the Obama White House is willing to put forth so much effort to BULLY
a small town, one can only imagine what's going on in Washington, DC
. Scary! woodrowcox@hotmail.comAug.
6, 2009 A few days later, the client and his wife got a bill from the medical service provider which included a charge for a chest X-ray. The medical service provider's representative insisted that a chest X-ray was ordered and done, and that the couple owed for it. The couple asked which doctor ordered the chest X-ray. They got no response. The couple refused to pay for the chest X-ray. The medical service provider's (billing) representative threatened to sue the couple to force payment. A few weeks later, the couple got a MEDICARE SUMMARY NOTICE which shows that the medical service provider submitted the chest X-ray charge to Medicare, and Medicare paid the false charge. Because I write a column about Medicare and VA claim billing problems, I get tips from around the country. One tip came from a computer expert in California who worked for a company that did billing services for a medical service provider who bills California's medical system. He noticed a pattern of questionable or clearly fraudulent charges. He developed a program to spot such charges. In one seven month period that he tested, he found over TWO MILLION DOLLARS in questionable, if not fraudulent, charges. There are probably a few thousand billing services in California like the one where the computer expert works. If California is paying about TWO MILLION per year times 3,000 such billing services, that's about SIX BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IN FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. You can visit Woody at www.woodrowwilcox.com jdarnall@social.rr.comJuly
11, 2009 Dearest Redneck Son:
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4, 2009 Grnjllybn@aol.comJune
30 , 2009 Looks like Obama is keeping his wordCHANGE. We better have our funerals paid up. We may be needing them sooner rather than later with no doctors on our side to keep us healthy. What will this world be like in another 20 years when our kids are ready for retirement? Sad. Although with such a miserly healthcare system, they may never reach retirement age. Please...do not let Obama, this enemy of America, sign senior death warrants. Everyone on this mailing list is either a senior citizen, is getting close, or know someone who is. Most of you know that the Senate version of the stimulus bill includes...extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. The author of that part of the bill, former Senator and tax evader Tom Daschle is credited by Bloomberg with the following statement: "Healthcare reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt." That's really of a lot of gall since his "conditions" will be treated as though he were royalty no matter how old he gets. I think he means we should drop dead and get out of Obama's way. Editor's Note: The seniors in States like Florida, New Mexico, Arizona and California that vote for Democrats because the AARP (which receives about $85 million per year in taxpayer dollars to lobby on behalf of the US government's position on aging) has been brainwashed to believe that Democrats advocate on behalf of the elderly. They advocate for senior votes and legislate against the seniors they profess to help. If America's seniors actually took the time to read the legislation that will affect what's left of their lives instead of believing the Democrats who are voting to end their lives in order to save Social Security and Medicare by eliminating the drain caused by those seniors, they would never vote for another Democrat. frank.netti@gmail.comMay
25, 2009 bobjen3@optimum.netApr.
22, 2009
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19, 2009
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18, 2009
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7, 2009 Phone number: (202) 456-1111 Thanks champ908@aol.comApr.
1, 2009 tmohr13@comcast.netMar.
13, 2009 tasgardson@yahoo.comMar.
13, 2009 From
the MailbagMar. 3, 2009 well...never. leonhr1@gmail.comNov.
21, 2008
Subject: Noise Complaint at Luke AFB, AZ Noise Complaint at Luke AFB, AZ Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the baseand its planesforgetting that the air base was there long before they were. A certain
Lieutenant Colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently,
an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper
complaining about a group of F-16's that disturbed his/her day at the
mall. When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer,
it must have stung quite a bit.
The complaint:
"Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for
the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 A.M, a tight formation
of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west
over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do
the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying
to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special? Any response would
be appreciated."
The response:
"Regarding 'A wake-up call from Luke's jets' on 15 June 2005, precisely
09:12, a perfectly-timed four-ship fly by of F-16's from the 63rd Fighter
Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques.
Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at
Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on 30 May 2005, Memorial Day.
"At 0900,
his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to
mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend. Based on the letter writer's
recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't
hear the rifle salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and
parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of
the President of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen
and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured.
"A four-ship fly-by
is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their
lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our
jobs seriously. On 15 June what the letter writer witnessed was four
officers lining up to pay their respects. The letter writer asks, 'Whom
do we thank for the morning air show?' The 56th Fighter Wing will make
the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of
Capt Fresques. And we will thank them for you, for it was in their honor
that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives. Only
2 defining forces have ever offered to die for youJesus Christ
and the American soldier. One died for your soul; the other for your
freedom.' dennis@psalm23camp.comNov.
14 , 2008 victor_easley@hotmail.comJune
27, 2008
Humor"Honestly Officer, this is how the fight started. I rear-ended the car in front of me. I admit that. It was my fault. So, we both pull over to the side of the road. And slowly, the driver of the car I hit gets out of his car. "And
you know how you just get sooo-stressed. And life...well, you know. Sometimes
life's like...suddenly so funny?
"Well,
the driver of the car I hit is a DWARF! He gets out of his car. And I
get out of my car. He's frowning and scowling and he storms over to me.
Right up close at me he looks up into my face and says, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!'
"And I don't know what possessed me, officer, but I look down at him and said, 'Well, if you're not Happywhich one are you?' And that's when the fight started " Jezrell@aol.comJune
8, 2008
I use foil under the rack, I wonder, that must be bad too? (This piece of mail came across Jezrell's mailbox. Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002) Not being
much of a chef, I generally eat baked chicken breast and vegetables almost
every night for dinner. Sometimes I'll go a little nuts and include a
side of brown rice. Watch out, Emeril!! Generally speaking, everything
eventually ends up in the oven, and because I'm also not much of a maid,
I try to make clean-up as easy as possible by cooking my meal in aluminum
foil.
And so it went in this fashion for quite some time; that is, until I just yesterday came across a study from Ondokuz Mayis University in Turkey, highlighting the danger involved with cooking food in aluminum foil. Researchers found that baking meat in foil increases its aluminum content by 378 percent. What's more, when other, more acidic foods are also cooked -- such as certain types of vegetables -- causes an even greater degree of corrosion. Suddenly I don't feel like chicken tonight angel70631@hotmail.comMay
13, 2008
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY?? PLEASE SEND THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN! Obama Explains national anthem stance hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin. Presidential
candidate Sen. Barack Obama was forced to explain why he doesn't
follow protocol when the National Anthem is played. According to the United
States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, during the rendition of the
national anthem, when the flag is displayed all present except those in
uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right
hand over the heart.
"As
I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,"
Obama said. "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the
American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys
a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should
be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the
song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then
I might salute it."
This man does not respect our symbols of pride and freedom and respect. This man proposes to be the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces who fight for our flag and our veterans who have fought, died, been maimed, over the last 200+ years? I suspect that he also does not believe in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, but yet when you see him making a speech on television (like the recent Philadelphia race speech) he is surrounded by a backdrop of 10 or more American flags! He likes those props! You can assume from all this that he is a fake and a hypocrite. Something is wrong and frightening here. AND SOME PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY STILL THINK HE IS THE GREATEST... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR HEADS? fdewaay@msn.comJanuary
23, 2008
The latest edition of "Who Said It" in Rush Limbaugh's monthly newsletter is a withering assault on the Democrats' handling of the war against Al Qaeda. In Limbaugh's characteristically poignant way, he prints a series of quotes, some from Al Qaeda and some from defeatist Democrats, challenging readers to determine who said what. Using their own words (which may be paraphrased), Limbaugh
illustrates exactly how in synch Democrat leaders are with Osama bin
Laden and his thugs. Take a look:
(1)This is George Bush's war. He is
responsible for this war. He started the war. He mismanaged the war. He
escalated the war. And he refuses to end the war.
(2)George W. Bush will go down in history as the President who embroiled his nation in a series of unwinnable and bloody conflicts. (3)After several years of the tragedies of this war, the vast majority of Americans want it stopped. Thus, they elected the Democratic Party. (4)The public spoke at the last election, very overwhelmingly, and they said they want the US out of Iraq. (5)President Johnson did not want a war loss on his watch. And so he surged in Vietnam. After the surge was over it added to 34,000 more dead Americans to the 24,000 already killed. (6)The Soviet Union was overtaken by pride and arrogance and refused to look at the facts on the ground in Afghanistan. The mistakes of Brezhnev are being repeated by Bush. (7)We know the cost of the war is going to exceed $2 trillion. We know that the US military is almost at its breaking point. (8)The spending of tens of billions to continue the killing and war in Iraq has led to the vast majority of [Americans disappointment. (9)Victory is elusive. Victory is subjective. What does President Bush mean by "victory?" (10)Today, nearly four years after Bush hastily declared victory in Iraq, things aren't going too well for the coalition. In fact, things are going really bad. (11)The image of President Bush standing in front of the "Mission Accomplished" banner is a metaphor for the Bush White House's misleading and dangerous incompetence. Now, here are the answers:
1Democrat: Hillary Clinton, 6/3/07 2Al Qaeda: Azzam al-Amriki, 5/29/07 3Al Qaeda: Osama bin Laden, 9/07 4Democrat: Jack Murtha, 11/20/07 5Democrat: Harry Reid, 4/19/07 6Al Qaeda: Osama bin Laden, 9/07 7Democrat: Harry Reid, 12/3/07 8Al Qaeda: Osama bin Laden, 9/07 9Democrat: Nancy Pelosi, 11/8/06 10Al Qaeda: Azzam al-Amriki, 5/29/07 11Democrat: Harry Reid, 5/1/06 Think about this. If the Democrat leaders are this in synch with our enemies, do we really want them running our country and "protecting" America from thm? kd_mcguffey@sbcglobal.netDecember
13 , 2007
This is the most reassuring message I've received all year. Read and moan all ye bleeding heart liberals. If more illegal as well as home-grown criminals were given the same treatment....maybe there will be less break-ins and assaults in the good old U S of Aand maybe those illegals might just migrate back to their country of origin. Butte, Montana November 5, 2006Two illegal aliens,
Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed
they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington.
The two crooks learned two things that day. One, they were in Montana.
And, two, Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she
was nine.
Patricia was in her upstairs bedroom when the two
men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her
father's room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez
was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch
a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee crouch
aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza
ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and
staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help
could arrive.
It was later discovered that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news. Thought for the daycalling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist." lamacher@comcast.netNov.
29 , 2006 curtgomes@comcast.netJuly
7, 2006 KmaMedPR@aol.comApr.
3 , 2006 ribec@comic.comNov.
22 , 2005
Get out if you want Sharia law, Australia tells Muslims...CANBERRAMuslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after
a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a
special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers
made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter
Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some
radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept
that Australia was a secular state and its laws were made by parliament.
"If those are not your values, if you want a country which has
Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you,"
he said on national television. "I'd be saying to clerics
who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia,
one the Australian law and another the Islamic law, then that is false.
If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy,
and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another
country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option,"
Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear out." "Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off," he said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spies monitoring the nation's mosques. Editor's note: Finallya nation which understands that Islam in the hands of Wahabbists poses a threat to every man, woman and child in the worldincluding moderate Muslims. The people of the United States should follow Australia's lead and let the Islamists know that America is a diverse nation built on a Christian foundation. If Jesus irritates them, they need to go back to the nation of their roots where everyone points their prayer rugs to Mecca at noon each day. KmaMedPR@aol.comOct.
18 , 2005
I must discipline
myself to never read any of your articles prior to bedtime. Part I (of
the above article on News With Views) was enough to keep me up past my
bedtime; Part II accounted for a restless night's sleep!
I directed Dom Giordano, a talk show host on 1210AM (also features Limbaugh and Hannity) and included the question as to why this administration's (and previous) globalization quest is kept secret from the public. With the exception of die-hard John Birch Society members and those who read your articles, the majority of people are unaware of the ulterior motives of elected officials. Kathleen M. Appell Medical PR Consultancy tpeck49@cableone.netOct.
16 , 2005 Most importantly, I knew John Kerry and what I knew about him was unsavory at best. In November 1968 I was transferred, along with my boat (PCF 57) and crew, to Cam Ranh Bay (CRB). The riverine war was starting up and boats from I Corp and II Corp were being sent south to replace boats that were being sent down to the Delta from CRB. Kerry arrived on 17 November without a crew, and subsequently began conducting indoctrination patrols with other officers in order to qualify for patrol status. You mention that Kerry did in fact volunteer for action in the Mekong Delta. This is not true. Prior to late October 1968 Swift Boats were assigned inshore patrol areas along the coast of Viet Nam. The Navy implemented a three tier barricade around Viet Nam consisting of USN destroyers seaward, Coast Guard WP's (80 foot patrol boats) closer to shore and Swift Boats inshore. While I tried to penetrate rivers in the summer of 1968 I was forbidden to do so by my superiors. The reason being that Swifts were not designed for river warfare. Officers requesting duty to Swift duty prior to November 1968 knew this and had high expectations of serving in country with out the fear of loss of life or limb. In fact only two officers had died up to that time. One death was caused by a gunnery accident in October 1968 and the other was the result of a booby trapped mine detonation. Kerry must have volunteered prior to August 1968 with this assurance of safety. Swift Boat training was three months long, therefore he was in training during August, September and October 1968. The Swift Boat mission had changed just weeks prior to his successful completion of training and subsequent arrival in CRB. Kerry was shocked when he heard the news. I met Kerry
the day he arrived and found him aloof and introverted. Traits common
to most rookies. On the night of 25 November Kerry (still under
training status) went on a special operation under the guidance of
Lt. William Schachte. This operation consisted of taking a Boston
Whaler manned by three volunteers under the leadership of one qualified
patrol officer. I refer you back to his training status. The whaler was
carried to the op-area by a Swift Boat that also served as a rescue craft
if the whaler came into stressful situations.
That night Schachte, Kerry and one unknown enlisted man crewed the boat into Nha Trang Bay. Lt. Schachte thought he saw some movement on the breach and opened fire with a machine gun followed by salvos form Kerry's M16. Both guns jammed and Kerry turned and picked up the M79 grenade launcher. He fired the weapon and the shell detonated close aboard. Schachte realizing that there was no enemy present returned to the awaiting Swift a few miles away. Kerry had indeed felt the burn of a shrapnel in his arm but to all accounts did not seek medical treatment. The next morning Kerry approaches LCDR Hibbard the division commander in CRB and requests the Purple Heart citation. Schachte had already informed Hibbard about the mistaken sighting and recommended that there was no need of a "after action report" since there was no enemy present. Hibbard rejected Kerry's request out of hand and all was silent for a day or so. I actually asked to see the scar since it was not in a private part of his body but Kerry turned down my request. I immediately smelled a rat because, as I told Lisa Myers in an interview last year, when a young combatant receives his first "red badge of courage" he tells everyone and proudly displays the wound, when in good taste, to all concerned. Kerry, aside from requesting the citation, refused to brandish his wound. Some people
may ask why he conducted himself in such a manner. Your article answers
this question. However, a few days later Kerry petitions Hibbard
for the citation with a renewed intensity. On the 27 November Kerry
threatens to write his Congressman if his request is turned down. My distain
for this man intensified because I knew what he was up to. 28 November
was Thanksgiving and a few of the other officers were grousing about his
antics and I heard the infamous words that he was the "next JFK".
On 2 December I conduct a patrol south of CRB. Aside form the rough seas and heavy rain all was quiet about the deck. No radio transmissions or any other sign that trouble was brewing for JFK. I notice this day because it was on this day that, the non-qualified, JFK claims to be hit by shrapnel according to his medical records and reports from the medical officer LCDR Lew Letson. Kerry could not have been in Nha Trang Bay that night because the seas were heavy and foul weather. He did indeed go to sick bay and report his wound, however, the incident occurred one week earlier while on the patrol with Schachte. John F. Kerry did not go on his secret mission on 2 December for three obvious reasons. First, JFK was not qualified to take a Swift Boat on patrol let along requisition two enlisted men and a covering Swift Boat for his acts of daring. Second, JFK would have been required to write an "after action report" describing the action and giving finite details of the time and location. There was no such report ever written. Third, I conducted the identical spec-op on the night of 4 December in the same location that is stated in the second paragraph. Not one word of caution was ever given to me regarding hostile fire in Nha Trang Bay. There was no mention due to the fact that there was no action. Kerry must have kept the shrapnel from the 25/26 November and stuck it in his arm prior to seeing Dr. Letson. Yes, I am speculating but how else could he have maneuvered a medical report substantiating his would? In addition if you read his "Tour of Duty" you will read about his mission but there are no details such as the names of his crew, the date or location of the action and mention of the cover boat officer. This contrasts with what Kerry said to Tim Russert on Meet the Press on 18 April 2004. He says that it was the "scariest night of his life". He must have been so scared that he suffered amnesia. I remember all of this information as if it happened yesterday. Then again I had a higher GPA than he did in college. On 5 December the division skipper calls a special briefing at 1600 hrs. All patrol officers are present except two. Ltjg. Don Droz is still returning from patrol and Kerry is visiting the Navy Exchange. In fact this is where Kerry purchased the infamous 8mm Kodak camera that he used to film his combat footage seen in his campaign commercials. Hibbard and Schachte inform us that there is order that calls for two boats and crews to transfer to An Thoi for further duty in the Mekong, U Minh forest and Ca Mau peninsula. Dangerous place to be working in and a far cry from the safety of Cam Rhan Bay. Not one officer volunteered for this assignment, including me because my Mother did not raise a fool, leaving Hibbard with no alternative but to pick the two officers who were absent. Kerry found out and complained to all of those who would listen but there were few interested parties. He did not volunteer for the Delta, he was ordered to go and he groused about his fate. Later that evening Don Droz came to me and begged me to take his place. See the award winning documentary "Be Good, Smile Pretty". This is story about Don's plight and why he asked me to volunteer in his place. In the short haul I did agree to take his place on 6 December for three bottles of Johnny Walker Black scotch. I packed my bags and Droz and I consumed a third of a bottle "neat". He drove me down to the pier at approx 1730 in time for the 1800 departure. I walked up to Kerry, on the 44 boat, and warned him not to come within 1000 yards of me while we transited to An Thoi. This vignette is defined in "Unfit for Command" but in a PG rating. Being a sailor I gave the wimp a good piece of my mind in the saltiest of language. Kerry and I left CRB on that day and arrived in An Thoi at 0800 on 8 December. He stayed the mandatory 1000 yard behind me throughout the journey. If you care to waste your time reading Kerry's autobio by Doug Brinkley you will see an entirely different version describing a midnight departure and arriving in An Thoi on 7 December. This error in his written memoirs demonstrates how loose Kerry played with truth. In closing I want to assure you that Kerry was not in possession the Purple Heart when we left CRB. It wasn't until after Hibbard and Schachte left Viet Nam in late December and I was wounded on 29 January 1969 while in charge of the 94 boat did Kerry submit his medical record and request for the PH to someone other than Hibbard or his current division C.O. George Elliott. The award materialized without recommendation from anyone in his chain of command. That's why Hibbard was so confused when questioned by the press. I have since talked to Hibbard and he totally agrees with my explanation of how Kerry manipulated the system for his own glory. I was medivaced to St Albans Naval Hospital the first week in February by way of Saigon, Yokohama, and Andrews AFB. I spent 89 days in a hospital recovering from my wounds and Kerry spent approximately 89 minutes in sick bay which consisted of 80 minutes in the waiting room. By the way,
Kerry was placed in charge of the 94 boat when I departed. I know
my tome is not timely but I do hope you find in interesting. In April
69 I run into Kerry in a passageway at St Albans.
When he approached me I bellowed "What the hell are you doing here?" Mr. Kerry dressed in his summer dress khaki uniform informs me that he received his third Purple Heart and the Navy sent him home. I recoiled at him and asked "Did they count the first one, John?" My question went unanswered. He did not end up in Washington, DC as you article asserts. He was assigned to an Admiral who at the time was Commander US Naval Service Atlantic located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was the equivalent of today's Military Sealift Command. Kerry came to the Hospital twice a day bringing the Admiral his messages and occasionally pop into my room located next door to the Admiral's room. He was insistent on talking to me but I always told him I was busy. Recovering from wounds is a full time job. Finally, I agreed to meet him in an upper eastside tavern in Manhattan on 4 May 1969. It was here that he informed me of the status of my crew (the stiffs standing with Kerry during the campaign). He followed up with a dissertation regarding the war and an invitation for me to join the Veterans Against the Viet Nam War. I looked him the eye and asked him about the men (supposedly his friends) who were still in country fighting. Kerry showed no concern for these men as he told me he was a leader in the VAVW. Mind you, we were on active duty and he is propositioning me to side with the enemy. The distinction I want to make is that Kerry was involved with miscreants long before he was discharged or resigned from the Naval Service. Thank you for your time and I hope I have enlighten you about some to details in Kerry's ruse. Tedd Peck Capt. USNR-R KmaMedPR@aol.comJuly
12, 2005
I've replaced reading the daily horoscopes with reading your Website. Much more accurate prediction of what the future holds!
to: snyman@jamadots.netJuly
3, 2005 The question you raised when we spoke yesterday was why Acts 8:37 was missing from the New International Version of the Bible, but not from the "standard" traditional versions. More aptly, the question should have been framed as "...why are Matthew 17:21, 18:11, 23:14; Mark 7:16, 9:44. 9:46; 11:26, 15:28; Luke 17:36, 23:17; John 5:4; Acts 8:37. 15:34, 24:7, 28:28, Romans 16:24 and 1 John 5:7 missing from the NIV text? My first point of reference for an answer to this puzzling question was the Greek-English New Testament which was based on the Literal English Translation © 1958. (It should be noted that Zondervan purchased the text in 1975 and published their first version of the Greek-English New Testament in 1978.) The Greek-English New Testament is missing the same scriptures as the NIV. THE REASON: Some of the deleted verses in the NIV were omitted because they were not found in the ancient Alexandrian codices, and did not appear in most of the texts used up until the 7th century AD. However, those verses were all found in what is known as Codex E (in the 8th century AD). Some of them are found as early as the Vulgate of Jerome (4th century). Some of the passages deleted from the NIV were found in texts cited by Iranaeus (202 AD) and Cyprian (258 AD). Keep in mind that the Bible was not divided into verses until 1448 AD. The first Bible to use the chapter and verse format was the Geneva Bible, printed in 1560. The question remains unsettled today which verses, chapters and/or books of the Bible are "canon," and which are construed by church leaders throughout the world today as apocryphal. Because the most popular bible in the world is the King James Version, it is viewed as proper canon, and all other versions are judged by it. It should be noted that, of the Old Testament, 4% of the KJV Old Testament text comes from the Wycliffe Bible; 18% from the Tyndale Bible; 13% from the Coverdale Bible; 19% from the Geneva Bible; 4% from the Bishop's Bible; and 3% from lesser known translations. Only 35% of the King James Old Testament came from copies of the Hebrew manuscripts. In the New Testament, 85% of the King James Version of 1611 was taken, word for word, from the Tyndale Bible. The remaining 15% came from the other versions listed above. None of it came from the original Greek text (which did not arrive in England until 162817 years after the KJV was printed. The original 1611 text contained some 4,765 marginal notes and references concerning the literal meanings of many of the Greek and Hebrew words used in the text. By 1760, an additional 30,000 marginal references were added. Most of the more recent Biblesthe NIV includedwere transcribed from the original Greek and Hebrew texts. While I personally prefer the KJV, I would be in error if I did not acknowledge that few of the ancient texts contain the verses excluded from the NIV. it is interesting that when the New King James Version was published in 1982, it used footnotes to point out that the above referenced verses did not appear in the earliest texts. seeerrorclub@npgcable.comJune
27, 2005
My husband and I are great admirers of your writing. I just read your excellent piece on identity theft, and thought you might be interested in the letter I recently sent to the Arizona Republic regarding an article they had published on the same subject. The article was written by Andrew Thomas, who is the Maricopa County attorney. I
found it interesting that you referred to the banks' treating us like
"human capital." I have been saying for several years that when
the term "human resource" (instead of "citizen" or
"person" or "human being" or "individual"
or - my personal favorite - "child of God") came into common
usage, there was a corresponding shift in the way government and business
treated us. You are right - to our "masters" we are now mere
"human capital"... i.e. "human chattel."
Keep up the great work, and God bless you, sir! MikeyRVP@aol.comJune
25, 2005 df44az@cox.netJune
9, 2005 jbramlett@earthlink.netJune
7, 2005 GotyouinitsSway@aol.comMay
23, 2005
Sir: I see that on your home page you express a strident policy of only promoting the truth. In light of that, you need to update the following paragraph which is devoted to the death of Pat Tillman: Twenty-seven year old Corporal
Pat Tillman was killed in a firefight around 7:30 p.m. local time
on April 22, 2004. He died on a dusty road near Sperah, Afghanistan, about
40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of a U.S. military base at Khost. Tillman's
patrol came under heavy fire. The Rangers got out of their vehicles and
gave chase. A firefight with Muslim extremists, lasting 15 to 20 minutes,
ensued. Tillman was killed. Two other coalition soldiers were wounded.
Tillman has been awarded the Silver Star for his actions that day.
We now know that he died from
friendly fire. The Army lied about the incident in order to make him seem
even more heroic than he already was. CPL Tillman's parents are
both very upset at the administration for spreading these lies. You can
read a good article about their reaction to this on WashingtonPost.com
or Yahoo news.com
Thank you, Frank Paul Venis;
Virginia Beach, VA
Author'S NOTE: A one sentence correction was added to the article at the time it was revealed that that Tillman was killed by friendly fire. A more noticeable correction has been made to the article. c.e.lovell@worldnet.att.netApril
22, 2005 robert_morningstar@yahoo.comMar.
21, 2005 DarylIFS@aol.comMar.
1, 2005
RE: The Thrift Savings Plan...Great article, very informative. I've sent it on to my other senior friends. Some of them need a hard look in the mirror. One factoid you didn't mention, I'll share with you in case you didn't happen to know this already: The majority of the Board of Directors of AARP are former union bosses of the NEA or the AFT (American Federation of Teachers). You said: "illegal
immigrants by granting them work visas that legalize their status in the
United States, doing so will move the incomes they receive from under
the table and into the light of day." I agree wholeheartedly
with this.
The key concept for a viable immigration reform is to incentivize voluntary compliance. Any immigration and undocumented worker policy based on punitive or coercive means requires curtailing everyone'scitizens and non-citizen resident alikecivil liberties and privacy, and giving the INS more powers. In the real world, this will lead inevitably to abuse, corruption, and capricious enforcement. An idea I have is to make residency permits automatically renewable on an annual basis, for a $500 fee and presentation of the past years state and Federal tax returns. A second idea is to create a system of tax-free Federal savings accounts parallel to Social Security for them (requiring more documents). The key is to give immigrants an incentive to be in documentary compliance with our laws, which will help the INS and Homeland Security to keep track of them. The coercion comes from instituting a confiscation penalty for non-compliance. If we can get 95% of the non-citizen population to register voluntarily, it will make it possible for the INS and the Border Patrol to actually accomplish their missions. Anyone who remains non-compliant in this system should have their motives for being in this country scrutinized carefully before expulsion/imprisonment. Daryl segroves@hotmail.comFeb.
22, 2005 jfw31@wowway.comJan. 10,
2005
I have just finished reading your report of the demise of the American Labor force and while I agree with most of what you imply, I think you are misguided by blaming the American consumer for this problem. Put the blame where it belongs. Do not deride the hapless consumer for buying a product from abroad when he can't get it from America. My job was lost to Mexico when my employer decided that it was in his best interest to pay slave wages to Mexican nationals rather than an honest wage for the high tech job that was (Note from JCR: Don't reward your former employer by purchasing the stuff your former job is now producing in Mexico. If there is no penalty to US manufacturers for sending US jobs to Mexico...or China...what reason do they have to stop?)
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