Soda, candy out under USDA’s proposed school snack rules
By Elise Viebeck – 02/01/13 01:45 PM ET
The Obama administration proposed regulations Friday that would prohibit U.S. schools from selling unhealthy snacks.
The 160-page regulation from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) would enact nutrition standards for “competitive” foods not included in the official school meal.
In practice, the proposed rules would replace traditional potato chips with baked versions and candy with granola. Regular soda is out, though high-schoolers may have access to diet versions.
“Although nutrition standards for foods sold at school alone may not be a determining factor in children’s overall diets, they are critical to providing children with healthy food options throughout the entire school day,” the proposed rule states.
“Thus, these standards will help to ensure that the school nutrition environment does all that it can to promote healthy choice, and help to prevent diet-related health problems.”
The rules are a product of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which also overhauled the nutritional make-up of regular school meals. They would apply to any school, public or private, that participates in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.
Ridgewood Healthy Gourmet Lunch and Learn Series
Tue, January 08, 2013 – Tue, February 05, 2013
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Location: The Stable Community Center, 259 N. Maple Ave. Ridgewood, NJ
Cost: $95 per person
$95 for 5 sessions: January 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 5
(Includes: 2 course lunches, recipes and supporting handouts)
Each session is from 11:30-12:45
To register, call 201.670.5560
Join Natural Foods Chef and Certified Holistic Health Coach, Christine Okezie, for a 5 week series of delicious and health-promoting culinary demonstrations and learn how proper eating can give you amazing, disease-proof your body, and help you achieve your ideal weight without sacrificing pleasure.
Labor Unions Finally Read Obamacare Fine Print, Realize Costs Set To Spike, “Turn Sour” On Obamacare
Tyler Durden’s
01/31/2013 10:32 -0500
It is a well-known fact that nobody in Congress ever reads, or even skims, any law, and especially not the fine print, it passes until long after it has been enacted into law. It appears the same is just as true for the biggest pillar of support for the Obama administration: America’s labor unions, whose liberal vote every election is instrumental to preserving the outflow side of America’s welfare state. As it turns out, it was the same labor unions who enthusiastically supported the primary accomplishment of the Obama administration in the past 4 years, Obamacare, only to realize, long after it has become reality that, surprise, their healthcare plan costs are about to go up. And, as the WSJ colorfully summarizes, they are now “turning sour.”
From WSJ:
Union leaders say many of the law’s requirements will drive up the costs for their health-care plans and make unionized workers less competitive. Among other things, the law eliminates the caps on medical benefits and prescription drugs used as cost-containment measures in many health-care plans. It also allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26.
So what are the Unions’ demands to offset what they only now realize will push their overall costs higher? What else: Moar!
To offset that, the nation’s largest labor groups want their lower-paid members to be able to get federal insurance subsidies while remaining on their plans. In the law, these subsidies were designed only for low-income workers without employer coverage as a way to help them buy private insurance.
Top officers at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the AFL-CIO and other large labor groups plan to keep pressing the Obama administration to expand the federal subsidies to these jointly run plans, warning that unionized employers may otherwise drop coverage.
But, but, they can’t – that’s the whole point, or didn’t they read that part too? Doesn’t matter – to them it is now unfair, nay “unacceptable”:
“We are going back to the administration to say that this is not acceptable,” said Ken Hall, general secretary-treasurer for the Teamsters, which has 1.6 million members and dependents in health-care plans. Other unions involved in the push include the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Unite Here, which represents service and other workers.
Menendez swearing in Mayor Paul Aronsohn Photo by Boyd Loving
Chris Christie Would Choose Menendez’s Replacement
If the New Jersey senator is unable to finish his term.
1:59 PM, Jan 31, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
If Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey either steps down or is removed from office, Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, will get the chance to choose his replacement.
“If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding general election, unless the governor of this State shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do,” New Jersey law reads. “The governor of this State may make a temporary appointment of a senator of the United States from this State whenever a vacancy shall occur by reason of any cause other than the expiration of the term; and such appointee shall serve as such senator until a special election or general election shall have been held pursuant to law and the Board of State Canvassers can deliver to his successor a certificate of election.”
Councilwoman Hauck and Community Center Advisory Board to Meet with Residents
Ridgewood residents are invited to join Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck for an opportunity to meet, exchange ideas, share a provided light lunch, and engage in a different activity each month.
As a newly elected governing official and liaison to the Community Center, Mrs. Hauck welcomes this chance to meet and socialize with residents of the Village. It is her desire to personally become familiar with them and learn of their experiences living in the community and what their present issues are.
This new special event will take place on the first Thursday of each month: February 7th, March 7th, April 4th, May 2nd, and June 6th. Each gathering will be held in the Patrick M. Mancuso Senior Lounge of the Community Center, 131 North Maple Avenue, beginning at 12:00 noon. Lunches are offered through provided donation. Entertaining activities will include brain teasers, pet therapy, memoirs and shared memories, expert technology advice and a creative baking presentation from the one and only “Cake Boss”.
Click Here for flyer: https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2013Gwennlunch.pdf
Those in need of transportation are encouraged to make arrangements with the senior bus by calling Village Hall reception at 201-670-5500, ext 200. The bus will pick up and return Village seniors to their homes. Information on taxi coupons is also available at this number.
There is no fee to attend but registration is necessary. Those interested are asked to contact the Recreation Office at The Stable, 201-670-5560, to reserve their space each month. You may also contact Gwenn Hauck directly at [email protected].
Consumer confidence socked by payroll tax hike
By Patrice Hill
The Washington Times
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
U.S. consumer confidence took a dive this month, wiping out all the gains of 2012, a drop fueled by the expiration of the 2 percentage point cut in payroll taxes, the Conference Board reported Tuesday.
The tax increase took effect on Jan. 1, and though long expected in Washington, it appeared to take consumers by surprise. It was included in the $650 billion “fiscal cliff” tax package passed by Congress in the early morning hours on New Year’s Day. The bill was dubbed by the media as a “tax hike on the rich,” but the payroll tax provision hit the paychecks of primarily middle- and low-income consumers.
“The increase in the payroll tax has undoubtedly dampened consumers’ spirits and it may take a while for confidence to rebound and consumers to recover from their initial paycheck shock,” said Lynn Franco, economist at the Conference Board.
The index fell to 58.6 from 66.7 in December. Confidence also slumped in December as Congress and the White House battled over the tax package, spoiling what started out to be a strong Christmas spending season.
In the end, as the din from Washington over the budget and taxes crescendoed in the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s Day, consumers withdrew from the malls and the shopping season had a weak finish.
Bob Menendez Underage Prostitution Scandal Barely Being Reported By Mainstream Media
Kristin Dross
Last month it was revealed that Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) hired a registered sex offender turned illegal alien sex offender as an intern. It was also revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security delayed the arrest of the intern until after election day Another scandal is materializing for the former private practice attorney who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women’s Issues: The Daily Caller alleges that Menendez had sex with underage prostitutes on several visits to the Dominican Republic from 2009 to 2012.
The research director at the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) in Washington, Carrie Levine, is said to have received information from an unnamed source regarding the senator’s alleged dalliances with prostitutes as young as 16. Levine apparently shared this information with ABC News senior investigative producer Rhonda Schwartz in May 2012, but ABC News did not break the story, and, as of January 28, 2013, I was unable to find any article about the allegations on abcnews.com. Instead the Daily Caller broke the initial version of the story on November 1, 2012. The story is gaining greater headway of late because Daily Caller published a follow-up on January 25, 2013 asserting that the FBI is investigating the allegations against Menendez with a slew of FBI emails published as pictorial evidence.
According to the Daily Caller, CREW asked the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate the allegations on July 17, 2012. Additionally, the original source, a “Mr. Williams,” apparently shared the information with an FBI Special Agent in Miami on September 11, 2012.
Tiger Team Recommendations : Evaluate Outsourcing Services of the Central Garage
The Village Council is expected to discuss the future of the Central Garage in December 2012. The Central Garage is located on over 1.3 acres in a commercial zone on Chestnut Street north of Franklin Ave, below and along the rail line that bisects the Village. As a Village owned property, the large lot is tax-exempt. The facility is responsible for maintaining Ridgewood’s fleet of Village vehicles. The 2012 budget for the Central Garage was $802,763.
In our discussions with Village representatives, we learned that the Central garage has high costs from Workman’s Comp and the facility is highly capital intensive. It was clear from our conversations that the Central Garage is widely viewed as operationally and financially inefficient.
The Ridgewood News reported on November 4, 2012 that the “Village Council unanimously approved the appropriation of $40,000 from the municipal capital account for (a project to purchase and install a new hydraulic lift), which has a total sum in excess of $76,000.” In the article, the Village Manager defended the purchase and answered a question about why we could not use a neighboring municipality’s lift, by explaining, “for us to take our vehicles to another municipality when our full fleet staff is here, that would be difficult…every single opportunity, we explore shared services.”
We understand that “borrowing” another municipality’s lift is not a practical solution. However, the right questions do not appear to have been asked. We do not believe that the Village has scratched the surface of exploring “every single opportunity” for shared services. As Village management acknowledged, they do not account for the cost savings and/or benefits that may be realized through shared service arrangements. Nor, according to Village management, are shared services usually entered into for economic efficiency. This should be the primary reason for entering into shared services.
This is an example of how the lack of a metrics-based management process in Ridgewood results in inefficient expenditures. The failure beyond repair of a major piece of essential equipment and the prospect of a capital expenditure that will add almost 9.5% to the Central Garage budget in 2012 provides an appropriate opportunity to evaluate long-term alternatives for the Central Garage. If a long-term Strategic Financial Plan was in place, we expect that two questions would have been posed; 1) Can we afford to replace this piece of equipment? And, 2) Is replacement the most appropriate or cost effective solution? When considering the alleged inefficiency of the Central Garage and its long-term impact on the budget, our view is that the answer to both questions is probably “no”.
Ridgewood has an existing fleet maintenance contract with Paramus at a labor rate of $65/hr. Under the Paramus contract, Ridgewood is billed for parts at the state contract rate (40% discount), which is the same as Ridgewood’s cost. According to the Village Manager, the Village has a high level of satisfaction with the quality of work and responsiveness provided by Paramus. Since an external service provider would bill the Village only for time actually spent repairing Village vehicles (eliminating non-productive hours), we believe the services provided by the Central Garage could be delivered more cost effectively by outside providers at a substantial savings, which would offset any perceived convenience offered by the Central Garage. Thus, we recommend that the Village Council evaluate outsourcing the services to at least two (2) neighboring municipal garage facilities by expanding Ridgewood’s fleet maintenance contracts with Paramus and/or establishing new ones.
If a thorough cost/benefit analysis, endorsed by the FOB, supports our view and these services are outsourced, we recommend that the land be leased (not sold) for commercial redevelopment in a way that thoughtfully addresses needs within the Village while generating a sustainable source of revenue. Given the zoning of the area, proximity to the rail line and numerous proposals for housing developments currently in-process in the Village, we are not convinced that this is a suitable site for an additional multi-family housing development.
Laptops, smartphones, iPads, minis. Gone are the days of black and white composition notebooks and three-ring binders
The Ridgewood News Superintendent’s Corner January 2013 by Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D. BYO…Device!
The following column appeared in The Ridgewood News on January 25, 2013.
Laptops, smartphones, iPads, minis. Gone are the days of black and white composition notebooks and three-ring binders. Say hello to a new world where kids routinely read, write and do arithmetic with the aid of their computers both at home and at school, where on any given day talk about the galaxy in science class might refer as much to a new electronic device as to the stars.
A survey last fall revealed that nearly 99 percent of our high school students and almost 97 percent of our middle school students use a home computer for school projects or homework. The survey also showed that nearly 54 percent of our high school students and almost 44 percent of our middle school students routinely bring a smartphone or other Personal Electronic Device (PED) to school. To address this new reality, that our children are permitted to be plugged in at home but were unplugged at school, late last fall the administration asked the Board of Education to approve a policy making the district’s wireless Internet access available to students when in our buildings. This policy, dubbed BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), enables students to now use their PEDs as accessory tools in their academic studies. BYOD was implemented at our high school in November and will soon be introduced at the middle schools.
With BYOD, kids used to having the electronic world at their fingertips for research and report-writing at home now can have it available to them at school, too, and not just in the computer lab. BYOD turns the whole school building into an all-learning environment, allowing students to do online research, reading, writing, and even getting a jump start on homework virtually anywhere — while eating lunch in the cafeteria, for example, or during a free period or study hall.
Understandably, there have been some questions about BYOD. The following points attempt to clarify concerns and answer questions.
How does BYOD work? BYOD allows students to access the district’s wireless Internet guest network, so that they can use their PEDs throughout the school building as accessory tools for note-taking, report-writing or Internet research. In the future, teachers will have the potential
to develop lesson plans incorporating the further use of technology in their classes.
Does BYOD become a disruption in the classroom? Teachers are responsible for supervising and monitoring the use of PEDs in the classroom. They reserve the right to have students shut down or close their devices for any reason at any time.
Who’s monitoring the kids on the Internet? Student Internet access is fully monitored by the district’s filtering software so that only approved sites can be entered. Students are only permitted on the guest network, so that social media sites are not accessible, nor are school systems and records. Students are also subject to the district’s pre-existing acceptable use policy governing the use of district technology. If a parent or guardian has not approved the annual consent to this policy, the child is not permitted to use the district’s Internet access.
Are students at a disadvantage if they don’t own a PED or bring one to school? There is no impact on students who choose not to participate. If a teacher requires the Internet for any assignment, the school and public library computers are available to students who do not have
a computer or Internet access.
Won’t BYOD lead to numerous lost or stolen devices? The BYOD policy was developed with the knowledge that the majority of middle school and high school students routinely bring cellphones and other handheld “smart” devices to school. While that number may increase
because of the new BYOD policy, any additional risk factor is most likely minimal, if any.
Does the district recommend a specific PED brand? The district does not require that students own a PED, nor does it make any recommendations. Any electronic device with Internet access capability can be used. In the future, the district plans to set up a virtual desktop environment, which will provide students and staff the capability of remotely accessing their personalized district desktops on demand. Their icons, folders, toolbars, even their wallpapers will be available to them from any place at any time. Virtual desktops will help students more efficiently manage their work between home and school. This enhancement will also help reduce the support and provisioning costs of maintaining the district’s computer equipment, as
well as extending the useful life of the equipment.
Will the BYOD policy lead to the phase-out of printed textbooks? The BYOD policy opens up the Internet so students may download readings or assignments. It does not replace textbooks but it does position the district to respond to the future of the textbook publishing industry, which will be largely electronic.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any further questions or concerns. Daniel Fishbein. Ed.D., is Superintendent of the Ridgewood Public Schools. Dr. Fishbein can be reached at 201-670-2700, ext. 10530, or via e-mail at [email protected]. For more information on the Ridgewood Public Schools visit the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us or visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RidgewoodPublicSchools.
Uncle Sam Wants You, Young Lady
January 28, 2013
Vostra Guida
In one of his last acts as Defense Secretary for the Obama Administration, Leon Panetta formally lifted the ban on women serving in combat positions. Does that mean that our daughters must register for the draft when they turn 18 years old just like our sons must do? In other words, does this mean that women will be subject to the draft? It seems like the law will now have to change so as to require our daughters to register for the draft.
In a 1981 case called Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the argument that the draft is unconstitutional because only men are required by law to register. In so holding, the Court ruled that the Selective Service process is designed to enable the federal government to assemble “combat-ready” people. Because women were excluded from combat in 1981, there was no basis for requiring them to participate in the draft. As a result, the law was permissible as written.
With the recent lifting of the ban on women in combat, the Supreme Court’s rationale in Rostker v. Goldberg may no longer hold up. As a result, the law may have to be changed to require women to register for the draft in order for the law to pass constitutional muster.
So what does the Ridgewood community think? Do you support the move as a pro-equality, positive for women, or do you believe that the consequence of requiring women to register for possible involuntary combat roles is a mistake?
Editors : the Record put together some lower-cost alternatives to alleviate area flooding , focusing a many new technologies and some old fashion common sense ideas , oddly omitting any discussion about all the run off from turf fields
Could low-cost options reduce flooding from Passaic, Hackensack rivers?
Sunday January 27, 2013, 11:20 PM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER
The Record
In the decades-old debate over how to reduce chronic flooding along the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, proposals have often involved huge, expensive infrastructure projects, such as a larger sewers or a $2.7 billion tunnel to carry the water out to sea. Now, there is a growing push for radically different, lower-cost alternatives — planting gardens on rooftops, installing grassy swales or depressions in highway medians and parking lots, adding rain gardens on front lawns and attaching rain barrels to residential gutters.
These varying strategies, collectively called green infrastructure, are all designed to do the same thing — capture rainwater before it ever reaches the storm drains, reducing the risk of flooding.
While many environmental initiatives are inherently controversial because they look to prohibit development or limit growth, there are generally few vocal opponents of green infrastructure. The principal obstacle remains the upfront cost to individual homeowners or developers who might consider embracing the strategy.
Proponents say those costs often cause people to overlook real long-term savings, since green roofs can better insulate a building, making it more energy-efficient, and the captured water can be used to irrigate lawns and run toilets, cutting operational costs. Green infrastructure can also increase property values and lower the huge costs many communities face to upgrade or replace aging sewer and water infrastructure.
Graydon Pool concession stand to stay privatized
Monday January 28, 2013, 9:36 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood will privatize the concession stand at Graydon Pool for the 2013 swimming season, marking the second consecutive year that an outside vendor was retained to operate the Water’s Edge Café.
Vending to Please was awarded this year’s contract, which also guarantees the village $18,000 of revenue through lease fees. The Mountainside-based company ran the stand in 2012, paying Ridgewood $15,000 in guaranteed fees.
The Village Council unanimously approved the bid award this year, noting the success of last season. The only caveat that some council members brought forward was hours of operation.
Former CEO of American International Group Inc., Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
Former CEO of AIG, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg Goldman, gov ‘rolled AIG’ Conspiracy to pay Sachs: Greenberg
By PAUL THARP
Last Updated: 9:12 AM, January 27, 2013
Payback’s a bitch. Just ask veteran insurance titan Hank Greenberg.
In his new book, “The AIG Story” (co-written with Lawrence A. Cunningham and coming out this week), Greenberg says that in the summer of 2008, the company was in contentious talks with Goldman Sachs and other investment banks to settle trillions in claims on questionable derivatives linked to debt obligations that Wall Street banks were writing.
Before any deal could be brokered between Chief Executive Robert Willumstad and the banks, Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy, and AIG, along with hundreds of other firms, were no longer able to fund day-to-day operations.
Willumstad was talking with NY Fed chief Tim Geithner and Treasury officials the weekend prior to Lehman’s filing, to get a temporary loan.
Greenberg points out, “The Fed opened its discount window to nearly any applicant, dispensing hundreds of billions in loans to nearly any applicant. Dexia of Belgium, Depfa Bank of Ireland, the Bank of Scotland, and the Arab Banking Corp., then 29 percent owned by the Libyan central bank.”
But on that Monday, Willumstad was told by Treasury chief Hank Paulson and Geithner that the window was slammed for AIG.
“Had the Fed opened the discount window to AIG . . . the liquidity crisis would have been nipped in the bud.”
Cornerstone retreats at Ridgewood church help attendees ‘strengthen faith’
Monday January 21, 2013, 11:15 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood resident Frank Del Vecchio got word of his brother’s death from emphysema while attending the overnight Men’s Cornerstone retreat at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church last year. He left the retreat, helped his family settle some things, then came back to the church in the middle of the night.
The retreat, he said, “was a good place to be at that time.”
“Sometimes you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders,” said Del Vecchio, this year’s lay director of the men’s annual retreat, which will be held in the church from 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 through 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26. “The retreat offers a number of things. The central theme of the retreat is perspective, clarity and understanding your faith.”
Registration is still open to anyone age 18 and up for both the Men’s and Women’s Cornerstone retreat. The women’s retreat is being held from Feb. 8 to 9. The retreats, which tend to attract up to 50 participants each year, are planned for several months, and have grown in participation over the past decade, attendees said.
Several participants said the decision to sign up was one of the best choices they ever made.
Both Men’s and Women’s Cornerstone, a name referencing Scripture calling Jesus the “cornerstone” of the church, help people reflect on their faith, said Linda English, pastoral associate for Faith Formation and Women’s Cornerstone organizer.
“I think it’s one of the most effective ways of helping people who seek more in their life or are seeking God to help them,” she said.
Our country is being attacked by our own citizens
Jan 21 ,2013
Ron DuBois
It is of great importance to watch this. It took place in a relatively small part of the country, and was successful. But to protect and defend our Constitution, if illegal and corrupt offices of our Government go much farther than they already have, in compromising our liberty and freedom, it may require a similar effort on a nation-wide scale, to restore what our Founding Fathers warned that tyrants would attempt to usurp. Before creating our Constitution, the Founders had spent many years studying every form of Government known to man. They learned the strengths and weaknesses of empires that rose and fell, and why.They gave us a new form of Government, a Constitutional Republic, that was unlike any other. Instead of the Government being all-powerful, and ruling the people, they recognized that the people, every one of us, are born with unalienable rights. They recognized, and declared, that these rights were bestowed upon us at birth, by God, and therefore could never be taken away – especially by any Government. Therefore, the power of our Constitutional Government was mostly retained by the people, and the individual States, with the only powers ceded to Government being few and specifically defined.
The Founders also pointed out that a Constitutional Republic, as per John Adams, “was only meant for a moral and religious people. It is totally inadequate for any other.” The flaws were also pointed out by Alexis de Toqueville, who wrote, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” , and James Madison, who wrote, “We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
Today, after about 100 years of pecking away at the foundations of our Republic, the tyrants who would replace the concept of Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with a totalitarian state, are close to achieving their goal. They have used their principles of Socialism, Marxism and Communism, to destroy religion in this country and in our schools, to destroy the family unit that was the core of our society, breach the ethics and morality that this country was built on, through the denegration of the Judeo-Christian principles embodied in the Bible and the Ten Comandments, and indeed have bribed the public with the public’s money – to the point where, as the Congress bribes so many people with other people’s money, the economy and citizens can no longer afford to pay the debts incurred. This is intentional, as the tyrants know that to bankrupt the country will force the people to give up their freedoms in exchange for the government’s help. The Goverment, aided by a Supreme Court acting in an unconstitutional manner, has further damaged the protections of the Constitution by falsely declaring it a “living document” to be changed when they think it no longer suits their purpose; they call it outdated and meaningless. George Washington foresaw this scheme of tyranny, writing,”Toward the preservation of your government…it is requisite…that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles.”
Our country is being attacked by our own citizens – those in Government, from the Congress to the White House, to the Socialist Professors who control our schools and universities, to the Socialist-controlled Mainstream Media that censors reports of corruption in our Government and slants Left-Wing propaganda to deceive the populace, to the Unions that contribute money and manpower in prodigous amounts, so they can influence the lawmakers to legislate in favor of their corrupt control of the labor force, and the Banking Industry that influences Congress with contributions so they receive permission to legally rob the citizens blind.
Wake up, citizens, and educate yourselves. You have already lost much of your freedom and don’t even know it. Most of the Media feed you lies; the only place to find the truth is on the internet, where so many individuals and groups make extreme efforts to bring the truth out into the open. The most important thing I can say to you is: Do not believe me. Challenge me. Find out the truth for yourself – google topics. I can only sound the alarm, give you fair warning; I cannot make you see. You must open your eyes and do that yourselves.
