The last thing they need is something bulky or heavy to deal with when they’re having to deal with possible enemy fire.  These tactical handset don’t get in their way and allow them easier access to back-up or support when they need it the most.  That means a lot.

One of the best parts is they now have tactical wireless headset.  If you have ever watched an old war movie with the box on the radio guys back and the wire that was attached to a hand held microphone they had to walk into.  Well thank goodness, those days are all over.

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

545 PEOPLE

By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.

The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party.

She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red .

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ, it’s because they want them in IRAQ

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way..

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess! Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

Did it make you think half as much as it made me think.  Maybe we do need a lot of new blood in Washington DC for a change.  Maybe it’s time that the life time politician is no more.  Maybe there should be term limits on each office just as there is in the presidency and limits for how long anyone can serve period.  I think it’s something to think about personally.

I sure hope that this stimulus money does something to help and help quick.  It’s not just here in the US unfortunately.  It seems to be a world wide recession.  God help us all!!!

SAN ANTONIO – An Air Force nurse has been charged with giving lethal amounts of medication to three terminally ill patients in his care, military officials said Tuesday.
Capt. Michael Fontana, 35, was formally charged in military court with deliberately giving three Wilford Hall Medical Center patients lethal amounts of medication, and with conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly changing a medical document.

The Air Force began investigating after another staff member at the San Antonio hospital discovered irregularities in Fontana’s administration of medications that may have resulted in the death of a terminally ill patient, Air Force spokesman David Smith said.

The investigation, which began in August, revealed that two other patients in Fontana’s care may have received lethal amounts of medication. Fontana was removed from duty as soon as the irregularity was reported, Smith said.

Wilford Hall, at Lackland Air Force Base, is the Air Force’s largest hospital. It primarily serves military personnel and retirees but provides emergency and trauma care to some civilians.

Relatives of Fontana’s patients were notified of the investigation, Smith said, but he declined to provide any details about them, citing federal privacy laws.

An Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent to a grand jury proceeding, will be conducted in the next few weeks, and the commander will decide whether the case goes to court martial.

When searching for bank deals online, always be sure you know your information on the bank. Make sure the online bank you’re looking at is FDIC insured. When looking at credit card, the best credit cards usually have lots of built in terms so make sure you know them all when you’re applying for one.

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.

Here is the exchange:

Family Member: ‘I am calling to tell you she died back in January.’

Citibank: ‘The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.’

Family Member: ‘Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.’

Citibank: ‘Since it is two months past due, it already has been.’

Family Member: ‘So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?’

Citibank: ‘Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!’

Family Member:‘Do you think God will be mad at her?’

Citibank:‘Excuse me?’

Family Member:‘Did you just get what I was telling you – the part about her being dead?’

Citibank: ‘Sir, you’ll have to speak to my supervisor.’

Supervisor gets on the phone:

Family Member: ‘I’m calling to tell you, she died back in January with a $0 balance.’

Citibank: ‘The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply.’

Family Member: ‘You mean you want to collect from her estate?’

Citibank: (Stammer) ‘Are you her lawyer?’

Family Member: ‘No, I’m her great nephew.’ (Lawyer info was given)

Citibank: ‘Could you fax us a certificate of death?’

Family Member: ‘Sure.’ (Fax number was given )

After they get the fax :

Citibank: ‘Our system just isn’t setup for death. I don’t know what more I can do to help.’

Family Member: ‘Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. She won’t care.’

Citibank: ‘Well, the late fees and charges will still apply.’

(What is wrong with these people?!?)

Family Member: ‘Would you like her new billing address?’

Citibank: ‘That might help…’

Family Member: ‘Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69.’

Citibank: ‘Sir, that’s a cemetery!’

Family Member: ‘And what do you do with dead people on your planet???’

Priceless!! You wondered why Citibank is going broke and need the feds to bail them out!!

Our country unfortunately is run by the haves and not the have nots.  The haves are keeping theirs and letting the rest of us suffer so they can keep what they have.  Am I looking at this wrong or what?  Where is the goodness in people today?  What has happened to our people helping each other instead of helping themselves to what ever they want?  We send all of this money to other countries to help them but what about us?  What about the extremely poor in our own country?  Is no one willing to give a hand up instead of a handout?  Maybe that’s the whole problem.  We have given our own people too many handouts instead of hand ups that as a nation, there are too many looking for that handout instead of that hand up.  But who am I to say?

Our country was built on people coming to this country and working hard for what they had.  They earned it, no one gave it to them.  Even if they were given land, they had to clear it to claim it.  We had to work the land for it to be given to us.  We had to work!!  There was no welfare, no one just handed anyone anything and that’s what has taken so much out of our people I think.  To many are willing to sit and accept what the government will hand them instead of asking for training or help to get a better job or a job period.  Maybe I’m looking at this wrong but I earn what I get.  I pay for what I buy with money I have worked for.  I’m still paying for my college so I could have a better chance at a decent life.  I have not asked anyone to give me anything but a chance and I worked hard for that chance.

Should they get any more help?  Heck no is what I think.  If they should get anything, the government should plain and simply take them over until they can buy it back from US and by US I mean us the American people!!!

Though Dr. Rogers said it in 1984, his words are so relevant to what we are facing in America today. In fact, it was even read and posted in the Congressional Record by Congressman Steve King from the state of Iowa on January 14, 2009.

Dr. Rogers is quoted:

“Friend, you cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. And what one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government can’t give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody. And when half of the people get the idea they don’t have to work because the other half’s going to take care of them, and when the other half get the idea it does no good to work because some body’s going to get what I work for. That, dear friend, is about the end of any nation.”