Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coins

The 2009 Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coin will go on sale at the US Mint September 3, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET. This will be the fourth release this year for the 24 karat gold coin series crated to honor the First Spouses.

The obverse of the coin features a portrait of the First Lady. The reverse features a scene of Sarah Polk working side by side with her husband in the White House. She had devoted her married life to supporting her husband's political career. When James K. Polk became president, she served as his private secretary. Both the obverse and reverse were designed and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill.

The coins will be available in proof or uncirculated version, both produced at the West Point Mint. Each coin contains one-half ounce of 24 karat gold. A maximum mintage of 40,000 coins has been set across both versions. However, there have been no releases for the series that have managed to reach the maximum mintage since the 2007 release of the Thomas Jefferson's Liberty Gold Coin.

There will be an initial ordering limit of ten coins per version per household. This ordering limit has been typically lifted at a later date.

Pricing for the Sarah Polk First Spouse Gold Coin will be determined under the US Mint's pricing policy for gold and platinum numismatic products. Prices are based on the average London Fix price of gold over a one week period. If the average price from August 27 to September 2, falls within the $900 to $949.99 range, then the prices of the coins would be $629.00 for the proof version and $616.00 for the uncirculated version. If the price range falls within the $950 to $999.99 range, then the prices would be $654 and $641.

Provided that the US Mint keeps with its recent procedures, the Uncirculated version of the 2008-W Andrew Jackson's Liberty Gold Coin should go off-sale on the same date. Sales of the proof version of the coin had unexpectedly ended on August 17, 2009.

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FOX NEWS FAIR AND BALANCED? YEA SURE!

MORE RANTINGS FROM AN ANGRY OLD FART.

SO FOX NEWS IS FAIR AND BALANCED? YEA SURE!

After viewing the video I posted yesterday about the MSM and the Obama birth certificate issue, a couple more times, I became even more irate and disgusted to the point that I decided to pen a letter to the Fox News Network and let them know just what I think, and where they can put their "Fair and Balanced".

Just encase some of you may not have seen the video of which I speak, here it is:




Now for my letter to Fox:

Dear Sirs;

The attitudes of your on air personalities toward honest patriotic American citizens, who care deeply about the Constitution of the United States and their rights and freedoms, and would like to see the eligibility issue concerning Barack Obama solved to our satisfaction, shows just how despicable you all are. All we are asking, due to all of the controversy, is that Barack Hussein Obama prove in a court of law, in an open and above board manner, that he is constitutionally eligible to hold the Office of President, and this can readily be done by producing and making public a vault form birth certificate and opening up his school and college records. For your station to utterly dismiss us as being conspiracy theorist loons and attempting to discredit us by name calling, referring to us as "birthers", shows just what hypocritical liars you people are, saying you are "fair and balanced."

All of your 'on air' personalities and some of your so-called contributors have a hell of a lot of nerve calling themselves conservatives or even patriots, after some of their statements concerning this issue.

Bill O'Reilly (Mr. "I'm looking out for the folks", and self-proclaimed Libertarian) said: "That theory has been around for a while, and the 'FACTOR' investigated it and it is bogus." Just what exactly did the FACTOR investigate? Then as a guest on his show was trying to explain that none of the cable news networks were able to find out some information, O'Reilly cut him off saying; "I don't care, if I wanted to know, I could find out tomorrow." Well if O'Reilly was really looking out for the folks, he would insist on a real and complete investigation of this issue, because We the People care and we want to know the truth. This just proves that O'Reilly is only looking out for his own bottom line and not for the folks. We not only want to know, we have a RIGHT to know!

If the FACTOR really did an investigation into this issue, they would know that what Obama posted to his website, was NOT his birth certificate. Everybody knows that a vault form birth certificate contains the name of the hospital in which one was born, along with the name of the attending physician. What Obama posted did not contain any of that information. What he posted was a 'certificate of live birth' which is NOT the same as a birth certificate. At the time of Obama's supposed birth in Hawaii, the State of Hawaii permitted parents of children born out of state (even out of country) to apply for and obtain a certificate of live birth. Also, doesn't it seem rather odd, to you folks in the News media, that neither Barack nor his half sister even know exactly which hospital in Hawaii he was born in?

Glenn Beck, whom I had a lot of respect for, said that he doesn't even want to discuss the Obama birth certificate or eligibility issue, saying: "If it is true (that Obama is not constitutionally eligible to be president), and I don't think it is, can you imagine the harm it will do to the country?" Hey Glenn, if it is true, what difference would it make what harm it will do to the country? If it is true, then no matter what the harm would be, Obama should be REMOVED from office post-haste. Fear of harm is no reason to allow the violation of the Constitution. Either we have a Constitution or we don't, either we are a nation that operates under the "Rule of Law" or we are not. If we ignore this issue and sweep it under the proverbial rug, and allow a usurper to remain in office, the damage and harm to the United States and our Constitutional form of government will be far worse and long-lasting, if not permanent, because it would then set a precedent for a foreign national or someone with dual citizenship to occupy the Office of President, and this would be blatantly in opposition to what the founders of this Constitutional Republic intended, and it would be completely unacceptable to all true patriotic Americans.

Shepherd Smith, who seems to enjoy making snarky remarks when some of his guests are talking, made the statement that those who are insisting on investigating the Obama birth certificate issue, are "taking us to a dark and scary place." Yo, Shepherd, having a man occupy the office of president, who very well may not be constitutionally eligible, especially one who surrounds himself with liars, tax cheats, shoplifters and avowed socialist/communists as part of his inner circle and close advisers is far more darker and scarier for America.

Then you have Geraldo Rivera who had the unmitigated gall to say on air: "Everyone knows that Lou Dobbs is a dope." This coming from a bigot who supports 'Sanctuary Cities' for illegal immigrants and who supports La Raza. Geraldo also likes to bad mouth American citizens who advocate for secure borders and who are against amnesty for illegals. Just what exactly makes Lou Dobbs a dope? Is it because he is the only one in the MSM who has the gonads to speak up on the Obama birth certificate/constitutional eligibility issue. Geraldo should take a long hard look in the mirror before he goes around calling other people dopes.

Ann Coulter, one of your "contributers" who likes to portray herself as a paragon of conservatism, also has demeaned patriotic Americans who demand that Obama produce a valid vault form (long form) birth certificate. Hey Ann, that is our RIGHT to know. Why is it that the Senate held a hearing to investigate if Sen. John McCain was eligible to be president, when questions arose about his being born in the Panama Canal Zone, but Obama was never properly vetted, not by the Senate, not by the courts, and especially not by the media, including Fox News?

Why is it that none of the MSM, including Fox, have NEVER looked into the fact that even the courts, including the Supreme Court, keep refusing to hear any of the cases brought before them, concerning Obama's eligibility to hold the Office of President, claiming that those who are bringing the cases "do not have standing?" If American citizens don't have "standing" in a court of law concerning possible violations of the Constitution of the United States, then just who the hell does?

If you folks at Fox are so "fair and balanced", then start proving it by properly investigating the Obama birth certificate issue and let the chips fall where they may. If it turns out that Obama is not eligible, then he should and must be removed from office, no matter what the consequences. America will overcome whatever problems that may arise from it. We will NOT be able to overcome the damage that is being done to our nation if he is allowed to remain in office if he is not constitutionally eligible.

You folks should be asking yourselves; "If Barack Obama has nothing to hide, then why is he refusing to make his birth certificate, school and college records open to the public?" "If Obama has nothing to hide, then why is he spending millions of dollars for a team of lawyers across the country to make sure his birth certificate and academic records never see the light of day?"

STOP treating us like fools on this issue. Some 400,000 people who signed the petition demanding that the courts hear these cases and to have Obama produce his birth certificate and other records, cannot all be wrong or crazy.

The Fox News Networks' refusal to do a proper investigation of this issue can only lead one to believe that you are either just as much "in bed" with Obama and his administration as are CBS, NBC, ABC, CBN, and the rest, or you are under threat by this administration to keep your mouths shut. So, which is it?

I will be posting a copy of this letter to my blog site, which gets a great number of viewers, and you can bet that if you don't start acting like the "fair and balanced" network you claim to be, your ratings just might start to take a nose dive, and you will only have yourselves to blame.

Remember, we are American citizens who are deeply concerned about our country. we are NOT "birthers", "tea baggers" or any other derogatory name those in the media like to call us. We are PATRIOTS who love our country, and who demand that our elected officials uphold their oaths of office and the Constitution of the United States, and we are getting fed up with the lies, deceits and cover-ups. America is fast becoming a powder keg on the verge of exploding, and Fox News is becoming part of the problem rather then the solution. Think about it.

Sincerely,

Most Rev. Archbishop +Gregori
Webster, New York



I urge each of my visitors to compose and send similar letters to Fox News, so that they get the point.


NOW FOR THIS; ARE YOU READY TO HAVE YOUR KIDS AND/OR YOURSELVES TO BECOME MEDICAL GUINEA PIGS?

Check out this Video:

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A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FROM AN IRATE CLERGYMAN:

Isn't it nice to know that even in the face of personal tragedy and grief, we can always count on the Kennedy family to maintain a decorum of propriety?

Caroline Kennedy's daughter, for instance, shows real class when she 'saluted' the people of Massachusetts during the funeral motorcade of her deceased uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy. We can all learn a lot from this young lady, who perhaps, may someday run for public office herself. Check the following video and see how she shows real, genuine liberal civility:

Here is the new symbol for the Obama National Health Care

The following video could be some good news. In this video, I would like you to pay close attention to what Bill O'Reilly says, when he is talking about the Obama birth certificate issue. First, he says: "I investigated the issue and there is nothing to it, it is bogus." Then a short time later he tells a guest, "I don't care about this issue. If I wanted to I could find out the truth in five minutes." So which is it, did he investigate (which I highly doubt) and find the whole thing to be a bogus conspiracy, or he just doesn't care. Yet he says he is watching out for us. B.S., he is only interested in his ratings and paycheck:

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The Palin Precept: Type quietly, but speak volumes

Madame and I have done quite a bit of work since she stepped away from the Governor's desk. We've written a whole slew of Facebook notes over the past month or so. Oh boy, have they had a huge impact: altering a Senate health care reform bill, encouraging millions to watch Glenn Beck giving him sky high ratings, and causing the Great Opologizer to get all wee-weed up.

It's amazing to me how much 11 letters (or two words) and a pair of quotation marks have altered the health care reform discussion. I haven't done a word or character count check on our Word document for Madame's book recently, but it will be very interesting to see just what kind of an impact her book will be when it comes out next Spring. I'll betcha that with thousands of words and hundreds of pages, it'll speak volumes! I have a feeling that when it comes out, the Great Opologizer's response may be very much like this:



Now, Madame likes to post her Facebook notes pretty late, so I imagine that this is the response from the Great Opologizer every time she submits a post:


Credit to Seth Adam Smith at C4P

Teddy Roosevelt once said, "speak softly and carry a big stick". Some people refer to this as "Big Stick Diplomacy".

Well, Madame and I say, "Type quietly, but speak volumes". We call it the Palin Precept.

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THE NIGHTMARE AMERICA THAT WE ARE HEADED TOWARD

In the words of Obama himself; "If you want to know how I will govern you only have to look at the people I surround my self with." Well, lets do just that. Almost his entire cabinet is made up of liars, tax cheats, shop-lifters and other assorted flotsome and jetsome of human society, most if not all right out of the Clinton administration.

His "Czars" or special advisers are all leftist communist terrorist scumbags left over from the 1960's and 70's now operating in various groups under the umbrella of ACORN, a real fine, upstanding organization, whose members were trained by Barack Obama back in his 'community organizing' days in Chicago, and which has been indicted on voter registration fraud and is under investigation for other assorted crimes and shady dealings.

ACORN is being given millions in taxpayer money and a huge role in the Obama administration, in roles in the 2010 census, the Obama Health Care Plan, in Americorp, especially in the 'Citizens National Security Force', which according to Obama, is to be; "Just as big and just as well funded as the Military." Why? For what reason?

Ones this 'security force' is put into place, is this kind of crap we will be seeing played out on the streets of America? I think so. Check this video out:


This is the nightmare and worse that we will be seeing if this present administration is allowed to continue. Oh yes, it gets worse! There is this from NaturalNews.com:

"The United States of America is devolving into medical fascism and Massachusetts (the home state of the recently deceased Apostle of Obama, Ted Kennedy, and the home of their celebrated homo representative, Barney Frank) is leading the way with the passage of a new bill, "The Pandemic Response Bill" 2028, reportedly just passed by the MA state senate and now awaiting approval in the House. This bill suspends virtually all Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens and forces anyone, "suspected" of being infected to submit to interrogations, 'decontaminations' and forced vaccinations.

It also sets fines up to $1,000 a day for anyone who refuses to submit to quarantines, vaccinations and decontamination efforts or to follow any other verbal order by virtually any state-licensed law enforcement or medical personnel. You can read it for yourself at mass.gov

Here is just some of the language contained in the bill:

VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: (Illegal search and seizure)

During either type of declared emergency, a local public health authority. . . may exercise authority. . . to require the owner or occupier of premises to permit entry into and investigation of the premises. To close, direct and compel the evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any building or facility; to destroy any material; to restrict or prohibit assemblages of persons.

VIOLATION OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT: (illegal arrest without warrant)

An officer authorized to serve criminal process may arrest without a warrant any person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has violated an order given to effectuate the purposes of this subsection and shall use reasonable diligence to enforce such order. [Gunpoint]

And it goes on. Massachusetts, it seems, has never met a vaccine it didn't like. This is the same state that rounded up the parents of schoolchildren who hadn't been vaccinated, then corralled them into a courtroom (with attack dogs standing guard outside) and forced vaccine injections onto all the schoolchildren under threat of jail time for parents who refused.....

Massachusetts, it seems, has done what terrorists could not: It has turned "free" Americans into medical slave subjects who no longer have any freedom to decide the details of their own medical care.

But Massachusetts is just the beginning. It turns out that the whole nation could soon find itself under a similar forced vaccination policy."

I am tired of hearing some weak-willed so-called conservatives who say that we all should "calm down and let cooler heads prevail." Why should we? every time we have done that in the past, and negotiated with liberals, we have always ended up losing in the end. I say that we put and end to negotiating and compromising with liberals and begin to stand firm. Compromise and negotiating is the reason why we are losing our country. NO MORE!

Now there are those on both sides of the aisle who are talking about compromising on the Obama Heath Care Bill by having the left accept less of what they want now, such as single payer and public option, then they get it later after the bill is passed. I say screw them and continue to fight for NO Government Health Care EVER.

Thanks to John Rockefeller and Olympia Snow, Obama now has the "authority" to shut down all private access to the internet during a perceived crisis. Be sure to watch Glenn Beck on Monday, he will talk about it.

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2010 AND BEYOND;

2010 AND BEYOND:

This evening, on his show, Glenn Beck laid out a plan of action for We the People to take to fight back against those who seem dead set on transforming our beloved nation into a socialistic/communistic nightmare, and his plan does not require the use of guns. I am all for giving Beck's plan a try. Watch the two videos below and make up your own minds.


Beck 8/28/09 – Part I




Beck 8/28/09 – Part II






Here they are, the Five Pledges. Send these to your state's Representatives and Senators, no matter what party they belong to, along with the various questions that Glenn Beck posted all week. Let our elected officials know, in no uncertain terms, that if they are NOT part of the solution then they are part of the problem and We the People will NOT put up with it any longer.

Let them know that if they insist on violating their oaths of office and the Constitution of the United States, and if they insist on passing unconstitutional laws, then We the People WILL consider them to be TRAITORS to the United States of America and they will be treated accordingly.




We MUST also inform Barack Obama that we will NOT allow him to usurp powers that do not belong to the Office of President, nor will we continue to allow him to be having known communists and leftist terrorists as Czars or presidential advisers, nor will we allow ACORN or any other questionable organization to write the bills that Congress votes on.

In the future, We the People must demand changes in our election laws and how campaigns are financed. We must demand that special interest groups and political action committees (PACS) no longer have the right to pour huge sums of money into the campaigns and to buy influence with presidents, senators or representatives. We the People demand to have OUR voice back and heard in our government.

We must demand and take back State's Rights and bring back our Constitutional Republic. We must DEMAND a smaller centralized federal government. I don't care what the late Ted Kennedy or other leftist senators and representatives pushed for (a larger and stronger central government).

If the above demands don't work, if our elected officials continue on their path of ignoring the will of the people, and if they insist on marching toward socialism/communism, then We shall have no choice but to engage in open revolution and or secession from a federal government that has broken faith and union with We the People and provokes us into rebellion. That is our God given right and duty.

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O Happy Day!

Credit to Anne from C4P for making this video.

I have so much posted on my Outlook calendar for today!

First, my favorite website declared today Sarah Palin Day, as today marks the anniversary of Madame being introduced as John McAnonymous's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election! I must clarify, I call Senator McCain, John McAnonymous. Madame is a lot more gracious than I am. She calls him Senator. When I was out on the campaign trail with Madame, there were all of these people working for the Senator who seemed to want to be referred to as "Anonymous". I don't know how the Senator kept track of them all. Did he number them? But, I digress. I was backstage when Madame gave her speech in Ohio. I was a bit jetlagged--that four hour time difference always seems to get to me--but it was a great speech. I shouldn't be surprised though; I've gotten to be the first one to read most of her speeches as she types them up, but it isn't quite the same as hearing them from her! Here is John McAnonymous introducing Madame and Madame introducing herself to America



Second, it is Madame's and First Dude 45's 21st anniversary today! I have been worried all week about what to get them for their anniversary. Thankfully, Madame had bookmarked Ebay from when she put the state jet on there while she was governor. I began processing some ideas: his and her snow machines, his and her fishing waders. No, those were all too expensive. Madame and First Dude are very frugal, so I thought that I should probably be frugal with the gift that I get for them. I decided to team up with the BOTUSes, and we went in on a gift together--his and her cell phone ringtones! We put "Hail to the Chief" on the First Dude's phone so that whenever Madame calls, that song plays. Hmm, I wonder if Madame becomes president some day if they will have to change the name of that song to "Hail to the Chiefess"? Then, we put "I Just Call You Mine" by Martina McBride on Madame's phone for when the First Dude.






Credit to Uffda at C4P.

The third thing on my Outlook calendar is John McAnonymous's birthday! I must not forget him. He presented Madame to the world, and he is an American hero. Happy 73rd birthday, Senator!



Whew! This day is going to make me want to go into hibernation mode for a while. There is so much going on! Happy Sarah Palin Day or what I like to call the "Re-birth of Conservatism" Day! Happy Anniversary, First Dude and Madame! Happy birthday, Senator McAnonymous!

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James K. Polk Dollar Roll Sales Figures

The US Mint's initial sales of the James K. Polk Dollar Rolls have very been strong. The first report since the rolls went on sale August 20, 2009 show levels already approaching the full production for the prior two Presidential Dollar roll releases for this year.

According to the latest stats published by Numismaster, the US Mint has sold 27,949 Philadelphia Mint rolls and 27,238 Denver rolls.

Earlier this year, the US Mint offered rolls for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler and sold only 30,000 rolls from each Mint. This may or may not be an indication of the number of Polk Rolls available, as the Mint has kept collectors guessing with sometimes different product runs for similar offerings. Products taken off sale have also had a tendency to make a reappearance after presumably selling out.

There is still no confirmation about whether the James K. Polk Dollars will be offered under the Direct Ship Program. Several months ago the US Mint had indicated that the Polk Dollars would be included in the program, which allows individuals to purchase $250 boxes of the dollar coins at face value. As of the writing of this post, the Polk Dollars have not been added to the available ordering options for Direct Ship Rolls and I have not received a response to my inquiries.

The US Mint's collector roll offerings have been an area of speculation this year, with some sold out rolls now selling for big premiums while others are selling for close to the original offering prices. So far, the 2009 Presidential Dollar Roll offerings have had split results, despite the identical production runs.

The William Henry Harrison Rolls (WH2 & WH4) have recently sold for prices ranging from $160 to $180 per roll on eBay. These rolls are seldom offered for sale. In fact, there appears to be only one WH2 currently listed that has been bid above $200.

The John Tyler Rolls (JK2 & JK4) have sold for a wider range of prices from a low of $27 to a high of $55, but with most around the $35 to $40 range. There are a much greater number available for sale on eBay. With this offering, I think that more people began to recognize the US Mint's roll offerings as collectibles. More were kept unopened in the original US Mint packaging and more were purchased for resale. This larger supply on the secondary market has kept prices in check.

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American Samoa Quarter Launch Ceremony
US Mint Seeks New Coin and Medal Artists

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AMERICAN CRISIS; WHO IS THE REAL THREAT, GLENN BECK, RUSH LIMBAUGH, OR PATRIOTIC CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENS?

AMERICAN CRISIS; WHO IS THE REAL THREAT, GLENN BECK, RUSH LIMBAUGH, OR THE PATRIOTIC CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENS?

The more I delve into the Obama administration, and the more I restudy the things said by Barack Obama during the campaign, the more frightened I become, not for myself, but for the future of my beloved America and the future of my grandchildren.

What I am discovering aligns perfectly with what Glenn Beck hints at and it is a rather scary future, yet none of the MSM is even reporting on it, so I have to ask; "Just who are the real enemies of America?"

It is understandable that the MSM remains silent, after all, they are in bed with Obama and at least one of their reporters, Chris Matthews gets a tingle down his leg whenever Obama speaks, but what really bothers the hell out of me is the fact that Bill O'Reilly (Mr. "I'm looking out for you") treats everything that Glenn Beck says, concerning Obama and his administration, like a joke every time he has Glenn on as a guest. O'Reilly, who calls himself a libertarian, seems to find it necessary to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, always claiming that it is possible that Obama doesn't really know what his appointees are doing. Hogwash! Obama knows exactly what his appointees are doing and what their pasts are. He was part of their past.

As Glenn Beck says, "WE MUST QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS". Here are some of the questions we should start asking:

1. Why do we need a civilian defense force?

2. Who is posing a threat to us?

3. Who will this force be made up of?

4. Who is the real enemy?

5. Does the president know of a coming event? If not, who builds an army against an unrecognized enemy?

6. Why don't the media get off their butts and look into these radicals in the White House? And into this civilian army?

Watch and listen to the following and see if you don't agree. As I have said many times, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT UNTIL 2012!

Glenn Beck Radio Show; Obama declares 9/11 a National Day of Service:



Rush Limbaugh on Glenn Beck Yesterday - 8/26/09:



Stifling Conservative Talk Radio & Television - 8/26/09:




Glenn Beck's The One Thing; Obama's Civilian Defense Force - Today - 8/27/09:

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Meet my best friends, the BOTUSes!

If there is one thing (and I think there only may be one thing) that Madame and the Great Opologizer agree on, it is their love of Blackberries. Not the fruit, but the smart phone. I have been deemed the LOTUS, as Madame and I have done quite a bit of work together lately, but when Madame was governor, the BOTUSes (or is it BOTUSI, I don't know the plural form) did a lot of the work. The BOTUSes (the Blackberries of the United States) are my best friends. We spent a lot of time together. It's great because we are all multilingual (HTML, Javascript etc), so we can communicate with each other very well. I would call them my BFFs, but I don't want to sound like Meghan McCain. The BOTUSes were responsible for a lot of Madame's tweets as governor. They were even in a photo with her for her Runner's World interview. The BOTUSes and I agree that working for Madame is a lot of hard work, but it is good work. We love it. We are also quite impressed by Madame's multitasking ability. She has the ability to hold onto to both BOTUSes, Trig, and Trig's bottle all while talking to constituents with a smile on her face. Can you do that, Mr. President?

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Grow marijuana, save a life!

The Problem

In this war on drugs, it has become apparent to me that stupidity and greed have always been at the forefront. The smart guys are the drug dealers. They make billions yearly while entire police departments and federal authorities pat themselves on the back because they found a ton of marijuana or raided a marijuana grow op(eration).

It's sad because they pose in these photos with huge smiles on their faces not realizing their "contribution" to the drug war amounts to absolutely nothing. That ton doesn't even scratch the surface. That indoor grow op or large field of cannabis means nothing. Those millions of plants, hundred thousand users, thousands of dealers, and hundreds of homes adds up to only 5-10% of the total drugs that get into the hands of waiting consumers.

That's barely enough to put a dent in the pricing of marijuana and other drugs. And, believe it or not, that's less than the expected loss for drug dealers. The drug dealers have more faith in the police catching them than they deserve. Anyone who's invested 10 minutes in the debate already knows the absolute lack of usefulness of local police and federal authorities. It's pitiful.

Truthfully, there are some truly dangerous people on both sides of this war from overzealous cops that murder old ladies in their own home (Kathryn Johnston or Alberta Spruill) to drug cartels that are responsible for mass graves. The typical marijuana user is truly caught between a government-issued assault rifle and drug cartels' mad men.

Talk about being stuck between a rock and hard place! Incredible.

The Solution

While the best option at this point in time is to legalize and regulate drugs, especially marijuana, it doesn't seem as though that will happen anytime soon. Very few politicians have the guts or the brains to make the right or smart decision. And, most are being paid off anyway. $50,000 to a senator's "campaign" is more important than saving the lives of innocent people, so it seems.

(only marijuana is important to me at this point)

While we wait for hard working organizations to fight for common sense drug policy, the solution, albeit temporary, is for the users to grow their own marijuana. The reasons for growing your own marijuana are numerous but I am interested in saving lives. If you grow your own marijuana, you save your own life as well as the lives of friends and family by:.

• maintaining quality control over the substances you may use or distribute (ie. lacing - roach spray, cocaine)
• running a small grow op that will fly under the radar of overzealous, violent police/feds who want the big busts
• not supporting violent drug cartels

Just a bit of advice

Growing marijuana is not hard to do. All you need are the seeds. From that point, any garden shop and tomato growing instructions will help you grow marijuana. There are books available along with DVD's and online guides and forums with so many supportive growers that are willing to help you. You don't need a college course in botany even though some schools in California offer that kind of education.

In fact, I'll help you. Start here: Anthony's Marijuana Growing Advice

Don't be afraid to start your own small, personal marijuana grow op. Here are some risks of growing marijuana and why you won't be at risk with a small op:

• Snitching: the #1 rule of marijuana growing is not to let others know.
  
  • However, so many people grow, use, support marijuana that telling people what you do becomes a non-issue. In fact, many of my friends know that I grow. It's a recipe for disaster but even the ones I've mad angry over the years haven't turned on me or turned me in. I can even count a New York City police officer as one of the people that knows I grow. He smokes marijuana as well so he can't wait to try out my next crop. It's amazing. He smokes every where and every day and whips out his badge like a get out of jail free card. This is because most NYC cops smoke marijuana as well.
  • Then again, shit happens. So, keep your mouth shut. The only person who can snitch on you is YOU!
• Electricity: a dead giveaway is your electric bills sky rocketing overnight.
  
  • However, a small marijuana grow op naturally uses a small amount of electricity - a bump that always goes unnoticed. Remember police are looking for big busts. So, a 200-400-watt per day bump is not going to alarm anyone. It's the 1000-watt per day bumps coming from small apartments that raises eyebrows. Even homes can get away with a 1000-watt bump because homes take up considerably more electricity on average. The bigger the house, the more you can get away with.
• Smell: we all know marijuana has a strong odor.
  
  • However, with a small grow op, all you need is a typical room air purifier. This won't raise the kind of suspicions a large carbon scrubber (activated carbon air purifier, usually custom made) would raise.
• Noise: a dead giveaway for a large grow op is the noise from humming fans to whirring electrical ballasts to water and air pumps.
  
  • While a small grow op will need all of these items to function properly, they would be considerably smaller, causing considerably less noise. A simple air conditioner can cover any "unusual" sounds coming from a small marijuana grow op.
• Heat: A tactic used by police/feds to find marijuana grow ops is the use of infrared sensors. They look for the high heat signatures that come from high intensity discharge (HID) lights.
  
  • By nature, a small marijuana grow op will either not use HID lights or use smaller versions of them. They do not generate the type of heat that would alarm a police department that uses that kind of technology (search: FLIR). For example, a 125-watt compact fluorescent light (CFL), while inferior to HID lights, is nearly cool or mostly warm to the touch while a similar HID may burn your finger.
• Paper Trail: Police may look for purchases in your financial records that may lead them to clues you're growing. Imagine spending $10,000 at a garden shop and not purchasing any seeds. However, a small marijuana grow op can cost as little as $300 and lower depending on how small you want to grow.
  
  • You can also NOT leave a paper trail by paying cash for everything. It's a small grow op so carrying upwards of $500 isn't going to attract attention.
  • Another idea is to spread your risk. Instead of buying all items from one place, purchase from different places and have friends purchase items for you. You can also spread your purchases over time.
  • Create a list of all the items you think you need. Find a different store that may carry specific items. For example, Home Depot carries light timers. Pathmark carries plant fertilizer. Kmart carries flowerpots. Pet stores carry air stones and air pumps as well as tubing.

I don't want to say that a small marijuana grow op is completely secure. Nothing is ever completely secure. However, you're much better off with a small marijuana grow op. Besides that, you learn how to grow marijuana.When it's legal, you can definitely opt to grow on a larger scale.

Last word

Small grow ops can be small in height or number. For example, we could grow quite a few plants in small space using 100 watts of CFLs or we can grow maybe 4 to 6 plants up to 5 feet high in a closet using only 250-400 watts of HID light. Other methods exist for maintaining small marijuana grow ops as so many people do it this way to stay under the radar. And, they do it because it works.

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GLENN BECK: QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS

People, it is about time that we all wake up and realize that things are going from bad to worse in this country and we are truly being set up for a type of government that will bring horrors that most people in America have only read about in history books, and things are moving extremely fast, almost at breakneck speed.

There are a lot of people who don't like Glenn Beck for whatever reasons, but the man raises some damn good points and knows what he is talking about. His shows, all this week, are really digging in deep to what is going on behind the scenes and who Obama has as his personal and closest advisers, and what their real agenda for America is.

Checkout the following video from today's show, then write down the questions that follow and present those questions to your members of Congress and send them to Obama himself.




QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS:

You need to start asking the following questions and demand answers;

1. Why does the FCC have a diversity "czar"?

2. Who is Mark Lloyd and how does he plan to "balance" the airwaves?

3. Will he bring back the Fairness Doctrine or worse?

4. Cass Sunstein once said he wants to balance the internet; is that next?

5. Will broadcasters who leave the airwaves be allowed to go to satellite or internet without government regulations?

6. Is there any place (that has a mass audience) where the government won't regulate free speech?

7. Why does it seem that every member of the Obama advisory hates capitalism, unless those companies (like G.E.) are in bed with the administration.

If Lloyd has his way, stations who don't comply to the governments definition of the "public interest" will have to pay a massive fine--that helps support public broadcasting:

8. What will be the definition of "public interest"?

9. Who defines "public interest"?

10 Why should it be balanced? Because it is public airwaves? (Well there are public roads that go by my house and I don't count how many Republicans and Democrats are driving on them).

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THINGS THAT STICK IN MY CRAW:

There are some things that just stick in my craw and it is now time to empty it:

First, there is the phenomenon of Ted Kennedy, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY until he is planted.

I'm sorry, but I just cannot shed any tears or offer false platitudes over his passing. All I have been hearing all day long is how wonderful Teddy was and how great the Kennedy Family is. The Kennedy family is a prime example of all that is wrong in America today. Wonderful, so they came from a family of privilege, but people forget that the Kennedy family and the Fitzgerald family, made their money and got their "privilege" through bootlegging and political strong-arming and other questionable practices.

It is often mentioned how the Kennedy's are long time devote Catholics. Well, WHOOP-DI-DOO! If being a devote Catholic means that you support homosexuality, abortion, changing wives more often then you change your underwear, being a womanizer and drunken sot, drive your car off a bridge killing an innocent woman and not reporting it until the next day, then getting away with it, and soothing your conscience by giving huge sums of money to the Church, well if that is what being a devote Catholic is all about, then you can have it.

I find nothing honorable about Kennedy. So many of the legislation that he pushed and voted on has led to the shoving of the United States toward socialism and a loss of many of our freedoms and the utter disgrace of our education system. But in today's America, if you have tons of money or you are a good athlete or entertainer, then that excuses a multitude of sins and no matter what you do, you are held in high esteem.

To add insult to injury, Chris Matthews (of "Obama sends a thrill down my leg" fame) now claims Obama is the "Last Kennedy brother" (could be with all the womanizing that was going on).



SECOND: I don't know how many of you saw McCain's town hall yesterday, but once again, McCain's inner RINO surfaced. When one woman questioned McCain about the constitutionality of Obama's actions, rather then answer the question, McCain repeated a couple of times how he honestly believes that Obama is sincere in his beliefs as to where he wants to take this country and how Obama believes in the Constitution. Hey McRINO, sincerety in one's beliefs does not give them the right to violate the Constitution of the United States, even if they are the president. I also believe that Obama is a sincere socialist/communist, but that does not make it right or legal to turn this nation communist against the will of the people. That is NOT what he was elected for.


THIRD: I am getting sick and tired of listening to our elected representatives and senators complaining about how rude their constituents are at town hall meetings because they keep shouting them down.

Well, you thick headed morons, did it ever dawn on your pea sized brains that you were elceted to work for us? The town hall meetings are supposed to be a venue where you listen to us, your employers. You get shouted down because you refuse to listen to us. We the People keep telling you; "WE DO NOT WANT ANY HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT CONTAINS A 'PUBLIC OPTION', 'PUBLIC CO-OP', or any other kind of loop hole that will allow the government a foot-hold toward eventual government take-over of the health care system." But you refuse to listen, instead you want to keep telling us how you support a 'Public Option'. We keep telling you that we do not want a national health care plan that extends health care benefits to illegals or that uses taxpayer money to fund abortions, or that has government mandated "end of life" counseling and we dam sure as hell do not want a national health care that puts bureaucrats between us and our medical care decesions. You continuously lie to us telling us that those things aren't in the bill, but they ARE. Besides, how the hell would you know when you folks not only don't read the bill, you don't even write it.

So, if you refuse to listen to us, then what else can we do but shout you down?

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2009 UHR Double Eagle Order Limit Raised to 25

The US Mint has indicated that the ordering limit for the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin will be raised once again- this time to 25 coins per household. The increased limit will go into effect on August 31, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET.

When the UHR initially went on sale, the US Mint had set the ordering limit at only one coin per household. The purpose of the limit was to "ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products." A secondary, unstated purpose of the limit was the limited availability of the specialized 24 karat gold blanks needed to produce the coins.

The limit was finally raised to 10 coins per household starting on July 27, 2009. This set off an increased pace of sales throughout the month of August. In the most recent week of sales reported, the US Mint sold 2,901 coins. Some of the recent rise was attributable to heavy buying at the US Mint sales booth at the World's Fair of Money. The new 25 coin limit may serve to support or even increase the the rapid pace of sales.

Many readers have already raised the question: If the US Mint can produce and sell mass quantities of the UHR, why can't they produce and sell their other collectible gold, silver, and platinum coins?

There have been on and off reports about whether certain coins will be produced such as the 2009 Proof Gold Buffalo, and a few reports about the US Mint starting to receive the necessary precious blanks. However, there has been nothing definitive about when the coins will be available for collectors. The US Mint's website offers the same explanation about the temporary suspension of the products due to the "unprecedented demand" for bullion coins. This message has appeared without an update since March.

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2009 Formative Years Two Roll Sets Back on Sale

The US Mint has put the Two Roll Set for the second redesigned 2009 Lincoln Cent back on sale. The set had been taken off sale on August 12, 2009 after selling 300,000 units.

This is one of several times this year when the US Mint has taken a product off sale, marked the product page as "Sold Out", moved it to the "No Longer Available" section of their website, and then quietly put the product back on sale. This had occurred with sales of the William Henry Harrison Dollar Rolls and John Tyler Dollar Rolls.

In past similar situations, the re-offering period has only lasted a few days to a week before the products were once again "sold out."

Presumably this situation occurs when the US Mint sells their predetermined inventory of a product, but then order cancellations or invalid credit card information reduces the actual number of sales. The product is then put back on sale until the remaining final inventory is sold.

You can find the 2009 Lincoln Cent Formative Years Two Roll Sets for sale on the US Mint's website here.

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Susan, Sarah, and Suffrage! Say that Five Times Fast!

As today marks the 89th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, I thought I would recount a trip that I got to take with Madame 45 to New York earlier this summer. Meg "the Enforcer" Stapleton is originally from Auburn, NY, the same town that William Seward, the purchaser of Alaska, is from. We made a trip to Auburn to celebrate Alaska's big 5-0. Prior to that event, we had the chance to visit Seneca Falls, where a lot of the early events of the Women's Rights movement occurred. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see all of these amazing sites. Although I'm portable, I'm not very mobile. One of the women from the area that Madame visited was Susan B. Anthony, of whom Madame is a very big fan. In Susan's day, she didn't have a great sidekick, such as yours truly. (As a side note, I'm sorry; I need to work on my humility. I don't have a servant's heart like Madame. In fact, I have no heart at all. I'm just metal and plastic. It makes it very hard!) Susan got out her message by writing letters and giving speeches, and she really made an impact. I went surfing again and found some of Susan's quotes that remind me a lot of what Madame has to say:

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences."
-Susan B. Anthony

"I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion — I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people."
-Sarah Palin

"Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them."
-Susan B. Anthony

"I'm pro-life. I'll do all I can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life. "
-Sarah Palin

Unfortunately, Susan didn't get to see women's suffrage passed in her lifetime. I know, though, that Madame feels very blessed by all the work that she did. Susan's work not only paved the way for women to vote, but paved the way for women in the working world, the athletic arena, and politics. Sarah spoke about to these rights on the campaign trail:



Credit to Seth Adam Smith at C4P for creating this video.


I think that Susan would be proud to see what has transpired due to her work, and Sarah is very thankful for Susan's work in giving women the opportunity to vote.

Now, who's ready for the 28th amendment? I want to vote too!

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DAY #2-GLENN BECK'S EXPOSE OF OBAMA'S CZARS:

There are three videos that make up tonight's show. To learn what is happening to America today, please watch all three parts. This will shock you, but it will also enlighten you:

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

"This is probably the hardest week of broadcast in my life. I have been trying to figure out what is going on with my country since President Bush argued -- with a straight face -- that he could protect America while keeping our borders wide open. You and I both knew at the time that was a lie. You were angry, but you also had a life (family, job) and probably didn't start watching things closely. Because of my job, I did."

Glenn Beck Show: 8/25/09 - Part I




Glenn Beck Show: 8/25/09 - Part II




Glenn Beck Show: 8/25/09 - Part III

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United States Park Police Officer Injured in Crash on the Baltimore Washington Parkway

On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at approximately 7:37 a.m., a United States Park Police officer with nineteen years of service was injured while on a traffic stop in the safety shoulder of the Baltimore Washington Parkway southbound lanes, south of Route 197.

The officer was standing outside the violator’s vehicle speaking to the operator when his cruiser was struck by a truck that had left the southbound roadway, traveled onto the safety shoulder, and rear ended the Force cruiser pushing it into the violator’s vehicle.

At the time of impact, the officer was pulled under his cruiser and dragged for approximately 40 feet along the road surface before the vehicle finally came to a stop. The officer was pinned under his cruiser until rescuers could remove him. He was transported by the United States Park Police Helicopter to the Washington Hospital Center with non life threatening injuries.

This case is being investigated by the United States Park Police Criminal Investigations Branch.

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Update: Converting BongSpirit to BongMarijuana

Hey folks. I finally got the glass pieces I needed to complete the conversion of the Bong Spirit vodka bottle to fully functioning bong.

Link: Converting BongSpirit to BongMarijuana

Actually, it's 99.9% complete. I still need a grommet to place in the hole for a more secure fitting. It's tight but it still moves around just a tiny bit. Anyway, it's working perfectly now. Here are some pictures:

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Did the LOTGOs get the swine flu?

Over the weekend, while the Great Opologizer and his family went off on vacation, some distressing news came across my Twitter from Drudge. Reuters reported that the White House's 10 year deficit projection was off by $2 trillion and was actually a whopping 9 trillion dollars, rather than $7.108 trillion!

Madame does not like the dizzying debt that our nation is accruing! She feels that Washington spends too much and that the American people can spend their own money better than the government can. She spoke about this in her farewell speech:

"We can resist enslavement to big central government that crushes hope and opportunity. We must be wary of government largesse. It doesn’t come free and often accepting it takes away everything that is free. Melting into Washington’s powerful and caretaking arms will only lead to suck away the incentive to work hard and chart our own course. This will only contribute to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, and it will make us less free."

You see, Madame actually did the amazing thing called cutting a budget, rather than creating a deficit or growing a deficit, while she was governor (TOTUS, listen up here, you may have to explain this concept to big guy). In her first year in office, she cut her budget by more than $2 billion over her predecessor!



Perhaps we will write a Facebook post or an op-ed about this in the near future, but I have to ask my colleagues, the LOTGOs (laptops of the Great Opologizers), did you catch a computerized version of the swine flu? I have an updated version of McAfee virus scan, but maybe the LOTGOs don't. I don't know any other way, other than a virus,that they could be $2 trillion off in their deficit numbers. At least my version of Microsoft Excel doesn't make those kinds of errors! One of my friends, Madame's scientific calculator, can't even fit $9,000,000,000,000 on her screen without switching it into scientific notation!!

For some perspective, you could purchase almost 182 Alaskas (inflation adjusted) with the amount of money they were OFF with the deficit! You could also buy 1,740,644,038 teleprompters. If this keeps happening, President Obama may need them!

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