What Your Government Has Done For You Today

[Sassy]

Woops   good thing the plane made it safely!

Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52, landing at Barksdale AFB
By Michael Hoffman
Military Times

A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.

The B-52 was loaded with Advanced Cruise Missiles, part of a Defense Department effort to decommission 400 of the ACMs. But the nuclear warheads should have been removed at Minot before being transported to Barksdale, the officers said. The missiles were mounted onto the pylons of the bomber's wings.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040

[glenn-k]

Martial law implementation practice coming up in 9 days.  Perfect time for a false flag event.

http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/140290

[glenn-k]

Doesn't need my comments.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle

[glenn kangiser]

Our missing nuke.

http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/141050

[Sassy]

Here is a wonderful website to better understand our gov't's regulations - how to comment/petition/research etc.

http://www.ombwatch.org/regresources

http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/250

Our Mission

OMB Watch exists to increase government transparency and accountability; to ensure sound, equitable regulatory and budgetary processes and policies; and to protect and promote active citizen participation in our democracy.

Our History

OMB Watch, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, was formed in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB oversees federal regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and much more. While OMB's actions were having an enormous impact on agency operations and the pursuit of social justice, it remained largely behind the scenes — unaccountable and little understood by the public and public interest groups. By explaining governmental processes and monitoring OMB, OMB Watch helped bring sunshine to this powerful and secretive agency.

[MountainDon]

Good links, especially the one about how to search/use the federal register. (regresources)

[Sassy]

House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill  HR 1955

http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=4682

[Sassy]

Boom in biodefense labs sparks security debate

Biodefense facilities' dangers cited; backers call breaches isolated

11:55 PM CDT on Friday, October 26, 2007

By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News
eramshaw@dallasnews.com

WASHINGTON – Since Sept. 11, the federal government has spent billions of dollars on research to protect the public from an invisible but devastating threat: biological attack.

But a lack of supervision over the hundreds of labs and thousands of scientists now handling deadly germs – as demonstrated by recent problems at Texas A&M University – has put the country at higher risk for dangerous disease outbreaks than before 2001, federal investigators say.

"The labs are pretty much overseeing themselves at this point," Keith Rhodes, an investigator with the U.S. Government Accountability Office, said this month. "I would have to say we are at greater risk today" of an infectious disease epidemic.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/102707dntexbioterrorism.366092c.html

[Sassy]

Do you ever wonder why so many hazardous toys & faulty appliances etc are in the marketplace?  Read this...

Industries Paid for Top Regulators' Travel
Two Heads of Product Safety Agency Accepted Trips From Manufacturer Groups

By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 2, 2007; Page A01

The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by lobbying groups and lawyers representing the makers of products linked to consumer hazards.

The records document nearly 30 trips since 2002 by the agency's acting chairman, Nancy Nord, and the previous chairman, Hal Stratton, that were paid for in full or in part by trade associations or manufacturers of products ranging from space heaters to disinfectants. The airfares, hotels and meals totaled nearly $60,000, and the destinations included China, Spain, San Francisco, New Orleans and a golf resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/01/AR2007110102732.html

[Sassy]

Coed locker rooms given green light
Statute allows people to 'choose a gender'
Posted: November 14, 2007
8:21 p.m. Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


The Montgomery County Council, left to right, bottom row: George L. Leventhal, Marilyn J. Praisner (president), Phil Andrews. Top row: Marc Elrich, Valerie Ervin, Roger Berliner, Duchy Trachtenberg, Nancy Floreen, and Mike Knapp (vice president)

Coed locker rooms could be a reality now that a new statute to allow people to "choose a gender" has been approved in Maryland.

But the measure, given the green light by elected officials in Montgomery County, will soon be the subject of a court challenge, according to a non-profit public-interest law firm.

"The definition for 'gender identity' is so vague that no individual of ordinary intelligence can possibly know when they are violating Chapter 27," Robert Tyler, general counsel for the Advocates for Faith & Freedom, told county officials in a letter.

"Pursuant to the definition of 'gender identity,' an individual can choose a gender without limitation whatsoever," he said.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58695

[williet]

All in all, our government is doing what the people in control desire. I hear now we're (our government_ is looking at making it illegal for Santa to say HO HO HO ....seems it not diversified for some folks. The ultra conservatives say it sounds too much like an old man calling for a "rent a date".....YEP....we're gettin what we deserve. The country has reared a generation of idiots and now they are in charge!

[glenn-k]

Ho, Ho, Ho is the call of the slimy haired congress critter --- the ones who aren't tapping their toes or waving their hands under the stall dividers in the park, or the ones who aren't in the pedophile ring in DC, that is.  Why should they allow a Santa to use it?

[peternap]

The title of this thread is :What Your Government Has Done For You Today

Not one thing!
To me, paying taxes of any kind is the same as buying a ticket I am not going to watch....Just a plain waste of money.

This country is in serious trouble. Stock market's tanking again, Bush has spent us into debt for the next 5 generations and the dollars slipped even further. Oil's almost 98.00 again and headed to 100.00 and above.

One of the nice things about this site is that there are independent people that can and do, fend for themselves here. Even the new ones that don't know it yet

The state of our nation is one of the reasons I'm determined to be 100% off grid. I'm not sure there will be a grid to connect to in 10 years and if there is...Who will own it.
It's also the reason I'm getting diesel engines in everything now. I can make my own fuel if I need to.

[glenn kangiser]

Good rant, Peter, and you think like me, so there is not much I can say to improve on that.  Power to the people! Off grid and love it

I'll start a topic with that theme.

[Sassy]

Supreme Court to rule on right to keep handguns at home  

By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 21, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for a historic ruling on whether the fiercely debated 2nd Amendment protects the rights of Americans to keep handguns at home.

The justices said they would review an appeals court decision that struck down a 31-year-old ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. The case will be heard early next year and decided by next summer.

[Sassy]

Boston Police Go Door to Door to Search for Guns

[John Raabe]

Good idea on that thread Glenn. We have lots of helpful information scattered around the site on off-grid and independent living and it would be good to get it corraled into one thread.

Methinks there may be even more interest in such topics in the coming months when it looks like we will enjoy BOTH inflation and recession.  hmm

[glenn kangiser]

Seemed like it may gather some interested members.

I find there are still a few people around who think things are just peachy keen.hmm

[MountainDon]

Supreme Court to rule on right to keep handguns at home

Sassy, you knew that would get my dander up!

Let's hope the justices get this right! Yes, this case specifically addresses D.C., but it is vitally important. The second amendment clearly states "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Too many anti-gun zealots get hung up on the "militia" thing, stating that has no bearing in today's world. That aside, the right of the people is quite clear to me.

Legal gun owners tend to be among the most law abiding citizens, especially those owners who submit themselves to scrutiny when applying for concealed carry permits. Studies have shown, BTW, that these folks are unusually law-abiding, better/safer even than off-duty cops.

Studies have also shown that legally owning a gun makes a person less likely to be hurt by a criminal. EG. In the 90's assault victims who used a gun for self protection were injured 3.6% of the time. 5.4% of those who ran away were injured, 12.6% who screamed were injured, 13.6% who threatened their attackers without having a weapon were injured. And those who took no defensive action were injured; 55.2%!

Criminals move out of areas where concealed carry laws exist. (Shown in studies of adjacent counties on either side of state lines; one side allows and the other doesn't.)

Pardon my passion.

[peternap]

Here's a piece from VCDL that I put on my news Blog a couple of days ago Don.
This is a VERY important case and I'm with you. I hope they don't screw it up.

[glenn kangiser]

 hmm

[idea]

Could you post the link, Peter? [ouch]

[peternap]

Sorry....I seem to have a lot of senior moments lately. [sad1]

http://news.oldva.org/?p=53

[glenn kangiser]

No problem.  I'm working on forgetting names and places [smile]

[StinkerBell]

OH! I know! I Know the Answer to the subject question here..............

What Your Governement has done for you today is......

Spend my money wrecklessly.

[glenn kangiser]

Very close, Stink. [sad1]

In actuality, your money and my money cannot even pay the interest on what they are spending.  The presses keep printing more and more money that is worth less and less.  Our criminals in congress do not work for us.  Nearly all of them have one method or another of getting a piece of the pie, either now or when they leave office or for family and friends.

There is no way our children will even be able to pay off the debt they are creating through unlimited spending to feather their own nests.  As you can see from when the dems took over -- their goals are all the same.  They are all participating in the gang rape of America and very few will lift a finger to try stop it or even voice their disapproval, because it is our own team that is doing it.

Yea, team. dontlook