Social Security Ponzi Scheme Needs a Remedy--Now!

• President Johnson opened my trust fund for his great society.
• Since then it has been tapped and tapped for food stamps and generous unemployment payments.
• Why is disability insurance being taken out of my SSI?
• Bush's plan would solve the problem, but Democrats nixed it. Private accounts in savings or prudent investment with a private insurance you pay for starting when you work to kick in if you live past 85 and will pay till you die.
• Chile has a working plan. Lets see if we can do the same!
• We need to clean house starting with Washington's bureaucrats.

 An excerpt from the editorial,

Encouraging more private savings would provide a safety net if Social Security benefits do have to be cut. Allowing more generous tax-free contributions to 401(k) and IRA accounts is a good place to start.
Finally, revisiting the idea of replacing a government-controlled retirement system with private accounts must be raised again and honestly debated.
When former President George W. Bush proposed private accounts, the outrage from Democrats and even some Republicans killed the plan before its merits were fully explored.

• Do we have any politicians who will work for us? No!

• We have had the problem getting worse and they have been saying not to worry, it is good for many years.

Read more from DETROIT NEWS Editorial.

Sunday Psalm and Prayer

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel
   of the ungodly,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and
   night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives
   away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the
   judgement.
Nor sinners in the congregation of the
   righteous.
For the Lord knows the way of the
   righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

New King James Version

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. 
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Chinese Defector Betrayed by Obama?

• U.S., once a safe asylum for those risking their lives to further freedoms cause.
• What will happen to him?
• He trusted the U.S.
• Shame on Obama!

An excerpt from the news report,

The Epoch Times has reported that Wang delivered a large batch of documents to the U.S. Consulate and has suggested that the documents may  provide evidence incriminating many top Chinese officials in the gruesome organ-harvesting trade.

• Shouldn't there have been some investigations before inviting the poor man to asylum and then closing the door?
• Our glorious State Department run by the hapless Mrs. Clinton.

Read more from NEW AMERICAN by William F. Jasper.

Organic Farming Not So Great.

• Hobby farming may favor organic, they are not in it to make a living.
• Safer? More study is needed.
• We have our government burning corn and soybeans for fuel, another government stupid idea.

From the article, this excerpt,

Crop yields from organic farming are as much as 34% lower than those from comparable conventional farming practices, the analysis finds. Organic agriculture performs particularly poorly for vegetables and some cereal crops such as wheat, which make up the lion’s share of the food consumed around the world.

• What farmer would go organic to be 34% less efficient?

Read more from NATURE.COM BY Natasha Gilbert.

Columbia Is Seeking a More Meaningful Apology From the White House Re. Sex Scandal.

• Why not Mr. President, you apologize for the U.S. all the time.
• Send Bill Clinton to apologize to the girls personally. Sarcasm off.

Read the rest of the report here on COLUMBIA REPORTS by Sarah Kinossian.

$1.6 Billion Missing MF Funds Found.

• From the article,

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Investigators probing the collapse of bankrupt brokerage MF Global said Tuesday that they have located the $1.6 billion in customer money that had gone missing from the firm.
But just how much of those funds can be returned to the firm's clients, and who will be held responsible for their misappropriation, remains to be seen.

• Why is Corzine raising money for Obama, when he should be facing charges?
• This compares to the Ponzi scheme master, Bernie Madoff. Corzine working for the American peoples money, he had better get ready for the Fed Penitentiary.
• Our diligent Attorney General Holder will get on this. Ha.
• This will have to wait for 2013, when the grinding of justice hopefully will pick up speed. 

Read more from CNN MONEY by James O' Toole. 

Assistant Attorney General Resigns Over Fast and Furious and Bribery Scandals.

• Resigns? Pull his passport and we should demand indictments for lying to Congress. 300 Mexicans and 2 U.S. Agents murdered.
• He lies to Congress and gets to be a dean of the Baltimore Law School!
• To take the fall for the his higher ups, he has to do more than resign and take a cushy job in the Baltimore Law School. He has to go and face indictment and possible jail, or will he sing for his escape?
• Chairman Issa, indicated yesterday, that this administration ranks the highest ever in corruption.
• It may be the strategy to hold indictment past the election, where Obama cannot pardon a non existent crime. He will be out of office, that is a safe bet.
• Then in 2013, let the wheels of justice start to grind.

More to read at the DAILY CALLER by Mathew Boyle. 

Beating of White Man by Black Mob,Not Hate Crime Even When 'Trayvon' Was Spoken..

• It seems hate crime is only for white on blacks.
• Now the media is bringing out the arrest record of the victim.
• Is that why this black mob went after him? No, it was hate and envy.
• This is the Change in America Obama promised!
• The Alabama Governor, should immediately offer a $100,000 reward to cover his butt. Because that's all that is going to happen.
• You can be sure the 12 gauge shot gun sales are picking up.
• Mobile police better do this right, or it is possible they will be dealing with vigilante type action.

More from FOX NEWS by Joshua Rhett Miller.

The U.S. Government Is the Most Corrupt In History. Says Rep. Issa.

• Darrell Issa is House Oversight Committee Chairman.
• We would expect that soon we will have special prosecutors, indictments and imprisonment.
• So far, nothing has happened, such as indictments.
• It has been 3 years, and nothing has happened in regards to Attorney General Holder's Mexican Gun Deals. Murders in U.S. and Mexico.

More to read and view from THE HILL by Adele Hampton. 

White Man Beaten By Black Mob In Critical Condition.

• Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the like, have Mr. Owens blood on their hands.
• Will we see justice?
• There better be, or many will seek it for the victim.
• There should be a substantial reward for these black beasts.
• Could not his neighbors pick up the phone for 911?
• Self defense when living in Obama's wild kingdom seems the only remedy.

Read more from WKRG -MOBILE

Low Cost Fracked Gas Saves Truckers $2.0 A Gallon.

• Filling stations being planned for coast to coast and border to border as the article reports.
• Clean burning the big plus factor to please EPA.
• Already popular for short haul trucking.
• Engineers may be hard at work to modify existing passenger car engines and gas storage.

An excerpt from the article,

Trucks that you're making here at this plant run on natural gas, and that makes them quieter, it makes them better for the environment, it makes them cheaper to fill up," President Barack Obama said during a March 7 speech to announce his administration's expanded alternative vehicle efforts at a Daimler truck factory in North Carolina. "But, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how much natural gas or flex-fuel or electric vehicles you have if there's no place to charge them up or fill them up."

Seems it might competitive for electric cars, where electricity might not be so cheap and available.


More from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BY David Biello.

Cost of Jailing: Average Is $50,000 a Year.

• Should be a punishment, not a place to rest up for the next crime gig.
• Prison should be a place you never ever want to revisit.
• Sheriff Joe of Arizona and his tent city, should be the model for incarceration.

More from CBSNEWS by Martha Teichner. Special Report, take time to read it all.

Los Angeles On the Way to Bankruptcy, Former Mayor Says.

• Pension costs to be 15.4% of expenditures.
• Unions pay off the politicians, who agree to these unrealistic pensions.
• Unions will control, because they help with the elections of Democrats.
• The whole state of California is destined to the same debt solution, bankruptcy.
• There are good leaders who could solve this, but to deal with the corruption, day in and day out with the media supporting the unions.
• A hopeless situation.

More from THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER by Brian Calle.

Sunday Psalm and Prayer

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel
   of the ungodly,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and
   night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives
   away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the
   judgement.
Nor sinners in the congregation of the
   righteous.
For the Lord knows the way of the
   righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

New King James Version

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. 
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Former Democrat Senator Corzine Raising Money for Obama. He Should Be Indicted.

• He is working hard for Obama- needs his pardon.
• Cannot pardon when he is not charged.
• Indict when Romney takes over.
• Hold his passport.

More from Weekly Standard by Daniel Halper.

150 Million Desire Immigration to U.S. We Have 20 Million Illegals & 16 Million Out of Work.

• Work vigorously on deportation and cease ALL immigration until our people are back to work.
• Many will do stoop labor when the unemployment checks stop. It is good honest and honorable labor.
• Many of those seeking immigration have no skills or education.
• 22 million want to leave China, does this speak well of it's leadership of a humane and free nation?

Read more from CNS NEWS by Terence P. Jeffery.

Obama's 'Silver Spoon' Coment Directed to Romney,He Says His Father Was Poor. Obama's Silver Spoon Was Affirmative Action.

• Obama keeps criticizing and even insults them, showing his true character.
• We already know Obama is a liar. He utters one or more every day.

An excerpt from the article,

George Romney rose to become president of American Motors Corporation and the 43rd governor of Michigan before running for the presidency in 1968. After losing the primary to Richard Nixon, he served in the Nixon White House as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Mitt Romney has said that he donated all the money he inherited from his father's death to charity.

• Obama and Michelle, can you match that?

More from NY POST BY Newscore.

Did You Know That Ford's Electric Battery Pak Costs $12,000.

• Next question is, how long does the battery last?
• Some say four years. That's $250 a month for electric power!
• How to dispose of a 600 lb. battery?
• A better idea would be a compressed air powered car, no 600 lb. battery to lug around. Sarcasm over.

 Read more from FOX NEWS by NEWS CORE

Junk Mail Favored by Seniors, Says Sen. Reid. It's True, He Said It!

• He says they can communicate from the junk mail!
• Speak for yourself, Senator.
• A poor way to defend the U.S. Post Office.
• They do a good job, in spite of government's free mail and allowing junk mail to flourish cheaply costing the taxpayer more to support the Post Office.
• Charge more for junk mail and look into the retirement program, retire at 65 like the rest of us, and at comparable retirement rates like the rest of us. It is not hazardous duty!
• U.S. Mail is our one constitutional job mandated to the federals, so lets take care of it, so that it is managed well.

More from Mediaite by Noah Rothman.

Average Tax Bill Will Increase $3000 if Bush Tax Cuts Expire.

• Congress always believes it is their money.
• Revamp the the taxing method. Will do wonders to our economic system.
• Americans spend billions just preparing for the April 15th. Insanity!

Read more from the report which explains a lot from the FORBES MAGAZINE by Howard Gleckman.

Bad Sign for U.S. and the World When Peoria Bishop Compares Obama to Hitler & Stalin.

From the article,

In a homily delivered Saturday, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois challenged President Obama's HHS mandate, suggesting that the president was following the same path as Hitler and Stalin.

"Hitler and Stalin, at their better moments, would just barely tolerate some churches remaining open, but would not tolerate any competition with the state in education, social services, and health care," Jenky said. "In clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama – with his radical, pro abortion and extreme secularist agenda, now seems intent on following a similar path." Jenky added.

• Brave Bishop is fighting evil.
• It is right there in our faces.
• Can we all get in the fight. Yes!

Read the rest of the article in the WASHINGTON POST by Charlie Spiering.

Paying Your Taxes Today,Remember 36 Obama Aids Are $833K Behind In Paying.

• inare

• I would like to know who they are.

Is it any of these in the picture?

Read more and enjoy the picture from INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY by Andrew Malcom.

L.A. Schools Plan to Make Ds a Passing Grade.It's True!

• The writer, Steve Lopez gives the idea a F.
• The schools should be raising the bar, not lowering it.
• They can't have them flunking and staying in school forever.
• What about those that pass with an A, will that be reclassified as A++?
• The more they try to push them through, and can get into Jr. College, they will have to take special classes to actually get started into Jr. College.
• At least, if you can get two years of Jr. College, you should be able read and write and fill out your own employment application. Sarcasm complete.

Read more from the LA TIMES- LOCAL by Steve Lopez.

U.S. Congressman West, Says There Are 78 Members Who Are Communists.

• Would like to see the list.
• Any of those Democrats speaking out and denying?
• Not a peep yet.
• I wonder how many commies in the Senate?

Read more from the Townhall by Reuters.

White Tourists, Stay Away From Baltimore.

• It has come to this for all to see, but it will not be shown in ABC,CBS,NBC and the rest of the media!
• No comment from Holder, the Dept. of Justice Deputy Attorney.
• Always a problem, but with Obama, it has accelerated. 
• Here are some more places that are dangerous for whites, Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis, Trenton, Newark, L.A. Oakland, to name a few.
• Who will hire such people? Most business are white operated.

Read more and view the video from the WASHINTON EXAMINER by Gregory Kane.

'War On Coal' Obama's Campaign Slogan May Turn West Virginia to GOP.

• West Virginia the Democrat strong State.
• Strong coal miner unions, true to the Democrats since FDR.
• The younger miners, are not so taken in by the Democrats anymore.
• There is a greater number of coal affiliated industries that are not unionized, and that may be a majority.

Read more about this change in the HUMAN EVENTS by John Gizzi.

Wind Power Out of Favor In UK, Energy Minister Says Boom Is Over.

• When the government starts to back off, meaning no more subsidizing, this was a very bad energy strategy.
• Private money will not buy into this boondoggle.
• In the U.S.,  Investor T. Boon Pickens, has already spoke against this investment.
• When they finally wise up, then the task will be to tear down and dispose of these unsightly poles, the bankrupt developers will be long gone. 

Read more from the REGISTER (UK) by Andrew Orlowski.

U.S. Rep. Issa's 'Fast and Furious' Investigations Are Not Ending.

• Continuous foot dragging and any kind of delay is what the House Committee is always facing.
• There is no justice from the Obama Justice Department.
• Rep Issa was speaking before NRA convention and promised there will no end to his investigations.
• I am surprised that Mexico, with it's drug lords using the weapons against their citizens, has not pushed for justice for the hundreds of deaths involved in Holder's fast and furious.

Read more from the TOWNHALL by Katie Pavlich.

Unions Get 'Take It Or Leave It' Offer of Hostess Brands Or Bankruptcy.

• Pensions is the major target of cost cutting.
• The article does not state what the pension plan pays.
• This is a big time supplier of Twinkies, and other goodies, hard to believe that that market has declined.
• Look for their products to come from Mexico is my thought.

More about Twinkies' ABC NEWS by David Koenig AP Business Writer. 

Illness. Will be Back Monday the 23rd.

Pirate King Captured by Iranian Sailors.

• Will another King step up in his place?
• What kind of punishment does Muslims have for their own?
• Iran doing the work Obama will not do.

More from WIRED NEWS by Spencer Ackerman.

Killer Charles Manson Denied Parole. California Sentenced Him to Death.

• Parole hearing for a life sentence. What a laugh.
• Manson likes the prison life. 
• No real justice in California.
• People of California passed the death sentence, but they are not getting the punishment they voted for.

More from CNN by Michael Martinez.

European Human Rights Court Surprised By U.S. Penal Superior Conditions.

• That's why they are overflowing and we need to build more in California.
• They are so crowded, that they have to release.
• Governor Brown's new twist on the sportsman's catch and release rule.  
• A good place to rest up and get ready for the next crime gig.
• I would prefer that we have more tent cities like Sheriff Joe in Arizona. 

Read more from the Telegraph (UK) by David Hughes

California's Gov. Brown's High Speed Rail Stalled. Funding Investigation.

• Good news.!
• U.S. House Rep. Issa is investigating. Good.
• Subpoena Governor Brown to explain this train to nowhere. 
• How many stops will it make?
• It will be cheaper to fly when all is finished.
• All estimates of these projects always double when the project is finished.
• Now if it was freight hauling, that would make sense. We need to get more trucks off our highways and onto trains.
• Why would anyone want to be in a hurry to get to San Francisco or Los Angeles?
• They are planning to shorten the route to reduce costs, can't help but laugh. 
• Can this be derailed?
• Just a thought.

Read more from the Christian Science Monitor by Daniel B. Wood.

N. Korea Told by U.S. to Stop Nuke Tests. Obama's Speak Softly, Carry a Wet Noodle

• Teddy Roosevelt would be appalled.
• Surly there must be in that nation some brave souls who can take out that hierarchy.
• Maybe South Korea prefers the present stalemate situation, considering the mess they would be in if a coup was ever carried out.
• It would seem China would prefer, leaving well enough alone, having enough brewing insurgencies of their own.
• United Nations Human Rights knows all about the inhumanity. 
• It was in 1950's when the UN was engaged in the Korean War. 
• How ideals change over time and leadership.

Read more from SWISSINFO by Arshad Mohammed - Reuters.

"Birther" Controversy Is Still Brewing In New Jersey Tea Party Circles.

• Americans have the right to know all about their president.
• This withholding of personal information is very disturbing.
• This secretive and blocking all sources of information, this alone would be cause for a huge shout for what are you trying to hide. But all quite in MSM and congress enclaves.
• Let the cat out of the bag now, pandemonium will erupt.
• Congress knows, but afraid to act is my thought. 

Read more from Observer-Tribune by Phil Garber.

Obama Has a Problem With Catholic Leaders.

• It's not only Catholic leaders.
• What has the Black Caucus have to do with morals?
• Major battle is that Obama wants to intrude into American moral thought.
• Scary!

More to read from the WASHINGTON POST by Krissah Thomposn.

L.A. Times Reports Gas Prices, Less Public Anger This Time.

• L.A. Times, one interview with someone filling up a Lincoln Towncar and getting a ho hum, we will adapt type of response, is lazy reporting or propaganda for the Obama Democrat Kingdom.
• We are all upset, worried, and feel helpless with this regime.
• No hope, just wait for November!
• At 2008, when the hope Obama got in, gas was at $1.85, it is now at $4.50 and summer is not here yet.
• Fuel prices also affects any product that has to be shipped from food products, to manufacturing operations. Inflation will soon hit hard.

From the LA TIMES by Jerry Hirsch.

He Is Risen!

Luke 24:1-12

Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2   But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3   Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4   And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
5   Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "why do you seek the living among the dead?
6   He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee.
7  "saying, "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."
8   An they remembered His words.
9   Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
11 And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
12 But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed,marveling to himself at what had happened.

The New King James Version

Sen. Durbin Says Tornados Caused by Unregulated Carbon. Buy Hybrids He Says.

• How do we get these loonies in office?
• He is not joking, said it with a straight face.
• Unbelievable!
• We were stupid enough to elect Obama, so that explains how we got the senator.

More from REAL CLEAR POLITICS

15,000 Illegal Aliens In Detention Get First Class Health Care.

• Much better than living in Mexico.
• Put them to work building our border security wall.
• Deport them as is with no medical treatment.
• Put them on a bus and dump them with a bottle of water over our border fence.

More from Cybercast News Service (CNS) by Susan Jones.

Detroit, the Vast Waste Land, 25% Vacant Lots.

• The popular slogan, look for the union label, fits.
• Abandoned factories, huge office buildings, what's the cost to just tear it down and haul it away?
• Lyndon Johnson's great society, is showing its shameful legacy.

Read more from this excellent report at Orgonian Magazine by Larry Leonard.

Record Gun Sales In U.S.

• Wish I had bought stock in gun manufacturers.
• This to, will pass.
• In ten more months, sanity will then return to Washington.

Read more from  ABC NEWS by Alan Farnham.

Pope Says No Regarding Female Priests.

• Political correctness people want to change church policy.
• If one does not agree with the Pope's and the church policy, there are many other christian churches that allow women priests.

Read more from NEWS 24- Agence France-Presse.

Another Solar Bankruptcy.

From the article,

“Solar Trust of America LLC, which holds the development rights for the world's largest solar power project,” reports Reuters, “on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection after its majority owner began insolvency proceedings in Germany.”

• Smart investors shun solar.
• Greedy politicians support these firms with tax breaks ans subsidies with our tax money.
• Coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power and oil, the United States surpasses Arabia in energy sources.
• U.S. could be the worlds energy supplier.
• EPA needs to be brought under common sense type leadership.

Read more from FINANCE-TOWNHALL by John Ransom.

White House Easter Prayer Breakfast, Rev. Sharpton Invited.

• Sharpton preaches hate and is a poor example for our youth, especially the blacks.
• Turning a prayer breakfast into a political meeting is disgusting.
• Mocking God, not a good idea Mr. President.
• Good Christians should shun the meeting, or speak out at the breakfast.

 More from FOXNEWS by Todd Starnes.

Police Cannot Use Pepper Spray to Thwart 'Unlawful' Mob.

• College President defends the use, a common sense, effective and safe approach. It did the job.
• What is the option? Clubs to beat them back?
• Pepper spray, leaves no lasting discomfort.
• My choice would be water spray, these kids would back off and go home.
• Another deterrent suggestion, is to use 'wasp spray' when you are accosted  by a very aggressive and violent person or group. It shoots a strong spray for 20 feet. Keep a can in the glove compartment. Just a thought.

Read more from the LA TIMES

Bankruptcy May Be the Only Relief for Detriot & State.

• The city is already being razed into farmland.
• Will Obama bail out his people?
• Not a wise move during election year, when earlier bailouts were scandalous.
• The bankruptcy trustee would be fair and ruthless. The only solution.
• If the city cannot pay its obligations, services will demand cash before delivery, meaning shut down all services, such as water, electricity, gas, and other vendors who make the city operate.
• California's Los Angeles and Oakland are cities facing similar financial problems. 

 Find out more from Mlive by Jonathan Ousting.

Earthquakes Caused by Fracking, Says V.P. Biden.

• I blame it on global climate change.
• I presume that Vice President Biden was trying to be funny, but he utters funny remarks everyday, hard to tell.
• Just a thought.

From the Washington Times by Ben Wolfgang.

Did You Know That U.S. Governments Own 40% of Public Lands?

• Governments out of control. he cities, states and federal.
• Like the columnists writes, the land could be sold to generate revenue.
• The land really belongs to the people.
• Encroachment of all governments has to cease.

Here is an excerpt from the column,

Nothing represents the American Dream more than ownership of a piece of land.  While significant areas of the country are legitimate public treasures, it seems yet another great paradox that in a nation of supposedly free people committed to private property rights and individual liberty, vast amount of this country is deeded to the government's Central Planners instead of to individual citizens. 

• The upkeep and maintenance costs must be a huge expense for us taxpayers to bear. 
• Governments seeking new ways to find revenue, strange that they have not sold this cost burden.

Read more from this informative column at the Townhall-Finance by Bob Beauprez.

Public Unions Threatened, Face Trends of City Bankruptcies.

• Cities have no funds, they must take another look at the huge retirement payout.
• Bankruptcy is the only fair solution.
• De certify public unions. 
• Blame California's Governor Brown for allowing public unions.
• FDR was opposed to public unions.
• 2012 nationwide ban on forced union membership. It is undemocratic to force you to join unions and pay dues.

Read more from the Townhall-Finance by Mike Shedlock.

U.S. 9th Circuit Court Rules for Affirmative Action Ban.

• What a surprise from the 9th Circuit.
• Common sense sometimes prevails in our courts.
• University is not a place to practice diversity. Education is the primary function.

Read an excerpt from the report,

Ralph Kasarda, attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation who had argued in favor of the ban, said the court’s decision was not surprising since the issue had already been decided. This case was redundant and baseless, he said.
“The bottom line from both decisions by the 9th Circuit — today’s and the ruling 15 years ago — is that California voters have every right to prohibit government from color-coding people and playing favorites based on individuals’ sex or skin color,” Kasarda said in a statement.
At least six states have adopted bans on using affirmative action in state college admissions. Besides California and Michigan, they include Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Washington.

• What about the workplace regarding hiring procedures?

Read more from the WASHINGTON POST -AP

Study Reveals U.C. Has Produced a Leftist, Weak and Unbalanced Education.

• California universities and colleges all funded by government, they advocate only.
• The professors, many are placed by affirmative action.

An excerpt from the report,

The study urges the UC regents to restore balance to the faculty and to insist on a full airing of ideas. University leaders should "proclaim that the campus ought to be a rigorous marketplace of ideas, and that this essential idea is betrayed when the campus becomes a sanctuary for a narrow ideological segment of the spectrum of political and social ideas," the study says. "They can insist that the students' need for a well rounded education may no longer be sacrificed to the faculty's drive for the comfort of ideological conformity and uniformity."

• U.C. Provost denies this accusation.

Read more from the LA TIMES by Larry Gordon.

Sunday Psalm and Prayer

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel
   of the ungodly,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and
   night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives
   away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the
   judgement.
Nor sinners in the congregation of the
   righteous.
For the Lord knows the way of the
   righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

New King James Version

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. 
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen