- siouxcityranch's Blog - Bakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch en-us Live sessions via satellite http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/33105 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/33105 <p align="left" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In less than 24 hours, AARP CEO Bill Novelli hosts separate, live sessions via satellite with Senators Barack Obama and John McCain at the AARP Life@50+ National Event!</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can <strong>WATCH BOTH EVENTS LIVE</strong> on AARP&rsquo;s special streaming webcast.</p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14pt; color: #d52b1e; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Saturday, September 6</strong></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Watch Senator Barack Obama at 8:30 a.m. ET</strong><br /> <a title="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0lfB0El" href="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0lfB0El" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">www.aarp.org/obamawebcast</a></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Watch Senator John McCain at 12:30 p.m. ET</strong><br /> <a title="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0lfC0Em" href="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0lfC0Em" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">www.aarp.org/mccainwebcast</a></p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since this morning, we have <strong>received more than 10,000 questions from AARP supporters</strong> asking how the senators will tackle the health care and financial security challenges facing the nation.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll be asking some of those questions directly to them &ndash; but <strong><em>every</em> question not asked will be personally delivered to Senators Obama and McCain</strong>.</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don&rsquo;t miss this exclusive opportunity tomorrow to hear their positions on the issues that matter most to you.</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can&rsquo;t catch the live streaming broadcast?&nbsp; Watch a replay of the talks anytime at <a title="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0VRu0Eu" href="http://aarp.graction.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/nci60UUDHb0ENC0VRu0Eu" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">www.aarp.org</a></p> Puerto Rico 51st state? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/33071 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/33071 <p>Big government ultra-liberal politicians in Washington D.C. such as Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi are pushing to make Puerto Rico the 51st state even though Puerto Rico have repeatedly voted against statehood.&nbsp; The real aim of liberal lawmakers and their allies is to grab more power on Capitol Hill.&nbsp; If Puerto Rico is granted statehood, left-wing politicians could gain up to 10 new Congressional seats - Two in the Senate and 6-8 in the House.&nbsp; As a result, American taxpayers in six to eight states in the mainland U.S. will lose fair representation on Capitol Hill in order to give Puerto Rico its new lawmakers.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> If left-wing, tax and spend politicians gain 6-8 more seats in the House and 2 more seats in the Senate, they'll use their power to advance a Big Government agenda, including higher taxes and even more spending of your hard-earned money on unconstitutional Federal programs .</p> <p><br /> They would also support the planned illegal merger of the U.S. with Mexico and Canada.&nbsp; And two Senators from Puerto Rico would most likely vote for the U.N. &quot;Law of the Sea Treaty&quot; (LOST) and amnesty for illegal aleins.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Spanish is the main language of Puerto Rico.&nbsp; Only a quarter of the population of 3.95 Million people speaks English.&nbsp; Puerto Ricans won't have to learn English to get statehood.&nbsp; Left-wing Hispanic groups - such as La Raza and others which demand amnesty for the 12=20 million plus illegal aliens in our country - would use Puerto Rico's new status to tear down English and force wider official acceptance of Spanish.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> I got this from<br /> The Conservative Caucus<br /> P.O. Box 1890 <br /> Merrifield, VA&nbsp; 22116-8090<br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<a href="http://commonsenselogic.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-bill-could-make-puerto-rico-51st.html">http://commonsenselogic.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-bill-could-make-puerto-rico-51st.html</a><br /> &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p> From a friend in Alaska on Sarah Palin http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32930 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32930 <p>&nbsp;</p> <div><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="3">For those of you who might like a little more information about our Republican Candidate for VP - Sarah Palin</font></span></div> <div style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; rem_border-left: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div> <div> <div><span style="font-size: x-small">&nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div style="border-right: medium none; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; margin-top: 5pt; padding-left: 4pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.75pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: medium none; rem_border-left: #1010ff 1.5pt solid"> <div><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;<br /> Feel free to agree or disagree, but here is an Alaskan's view point on our <br /> new VP candidate (and it is an opinion shared by the vast majority of <br /> Alaskan residents). :-) <br /> <br /> Sarah Palin is the US's answer to Margaret Thatcher! <br /> <br /> Anyone who thinks she cannot handle the job or deal briskly and efficiently with ANY issue, including foreign governments ... well, they haven't met our Sarah </span></font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><grin></grin><span style="font-size: x-small">. She is not &quot;just a woman&quot;, she is not &quot;just a way to get votes&quot; and if anyone expects her to smile, simper and be sweet - they don't know Sarah. She is *more than* qualified for the job and the best possible choice McCain could have made. <br /> <br /> As an Alaskan resident as well as a resident of Wasilla, AK, where Sarah Palin was at one time Mayor ... I can speak with conf idence. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is exactly what she portrayed during her introduction this <br /> morning and exactly what our US Government needs. She is ethical to a fault (if there is such a thing), a refreshing change to the status-quo and as smart and determined a PERSON (gender really isn't an issue here as far as I'm concerned) as anyone could ask for at the head of government. <br /> <br /> Sarah is no na&iuml;ve &quot;small town mayor&quot; - she just *started out* there. Btw, as Mayor of Wasilla, she brought this &quot;small town&quot; through a lot of GOOD changes and left it at the end of her term having grown to the 4th largest CITY in Alaska - a lot of growth and a stronger economic base than ever before. <br /> <br /> She has EXECTUTIVE experience *running a government* (something NONE of the other candidates can actually boast, even John McCain </span><g></g><span style="font-size: x-small">) as Governor of Alaska and got there by defeating the *incumbent* Republican Governor, who was definitely pa rt of the &quot;old school&quot; and who WAS very much in the pocket of the big oil companies. We in Alaska wanted change - and we got it in the person of Sarah Palin! <br /> <br /> Sarah Palin is everything she looks to be and more. Her approval rating as Governor of Alaska has been as high as 95% and is currently leveled out consistently in the upper 80 percentile throughout the state (and in both parties) - the HIGHEST approval rating of ANY sitting Governor. <br /> <br /> Sarah has been turning around corruption in the Legislature of Alaska - turning things on their ear for that matter; cutting spending in spite of the increased income the state is currently receiving due to the high oil prices - she has insisted on putting a huge amount of the &quot;windfall&quot; into savings for the future rather than spending, spending, spending - and has insisted from the get-go on what she refers to as &quot;honest, ethical and transparent governing&quot; - no more closed door meetings and dealings - the big oil companies thought she would be a pushover and have learned better to their chagrin. <br /> <br /> She understands the &quot;real people&quot; and the economic issues we all face (Alaskans along with the rest of the country) - she was one of &quot;us&quot; not long ago. Rather than passing useless &quot;laws&quot; or throwing money at pet projects, she (most recently) temporarily suspended the state gas tax (on gasoline at the pumps, fuel oil and natural gas for homes, etc.) and has ordered checks issued to ALL residents of Alaska this fall in an attempt to assist with the burden of high fuel costs for the upcoming winter. I could go on and on, but that's enough for now </span><smile></smile><span style="font-size: x-small">. She isn't doing these things to be popular - she is doing it because her constituents are HURTING financially and she is in a position to help. <br /> <br /> She became Governor of Alaska by defeating the Incumbent Republican Governor and doing it *without* the money or the support of the Republican Party, which was amazing in itself - and she won by a landslide. The &quot;powers that be&quot; at that time totally underestimated Sarah and learned better the hard way. Let's hope Obama does the same. Sarah has done exactly what she claimed she was going to do when elected and is just as popular today as the day she was elected - perhaps more so since even the Democrats up here seem to like her - she works well with both sides in the Legislature here. <br /> <br /> Sarah &quot;belongs&quot; to us (Alaskans) ... and although we are going to be terribly sorry to see her leave before she finishes the job she started here (two years ago) straightening out OUR State </span><grin></grin><span style="font-size: x-small">... we understand she is needed for a bigger purpose and hopefully her Lt. Governor will be able to fill her shoes here and continue the job. <br /> <br /> As for worrying about what would happen if McCain were to die or step down or whatever ... here in AK we've only been wondering how long we would be able to KEEP Sarah in Alaska and have seen her as our first woman President <br /> of the USA from the start. It's always been a matter of whether she would wait until the end of her TWO terms as Governor (no doubt at ALL that she would be re-elected if she ran for a second term at the end of her current term) ... or end up in Washington sooner. She could do the job TODAY. <br /> <br /> Personally, I feel a lot better about McCain now that I know he has someone as savvy, as strong, as ethical and as steady as Sarah at his back. She will be an excellent Vice President ... and my guess is will be our US Republican Presidential candidate in four years - AND by then the country will KNOW here - will love and respect her as we do here - and she'll win by as much of a landslide as she did here in Alaska. I only wonder if McCain has a clue what he is unleashing on the US of A </span><grin></grin></span><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="">. She is going to be a fresh wind , but also a strong wind. <br /> <br /> Is that enough of an endorsement? If not, I'll add this ... Jerry and I have for many years felt the best &quot;vote&quot; was to vote for the lesser of two &quot;evils&quot; and hope they didn't do too much damage. Two years ago during our State Governor's race was the first time EVER that we actually asked for not just a little sign to put in our yard showing our support of our candidate (something we've never felt the desire to do at all before) - we asked for a full 4' x 8' &quot;SARAH PALIN FOR GOVERNOR!&quot; sign and were proud to have it. She hasn't let us or Alaska down. She will do the same for the USA if given the opportunity. <br /> <br /> &nbsp;-Deb in Alaska </span></span></font></div> </div> </div> </div>


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 13webpalin_t575.jpg siouxcityranch To all ye VOTERS.. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32871 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32871 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font size="4">Its a video </font></p> <p><a title="http://www.peteyandpetunia.com/VoteHere/VoteHere.htm" href="http://www.peteyandpetunia.com/VoteHere/VoteHere.htm"><font size="4">http://www.peteyandpetunia.com/VoteHere/VoteHere.htm</font></a></p> Train Wreck north of Wasco http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32727 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32727 <p>This weekend we are getting a new stallion. A friend of ours was taking the train to northern Ca to pickup some things she had in storage&nbsp;and then going to ride back with the lady hauling the horse down here.</p> <p>&nbsp;Her husband just called and said the train hit a semi north of Pond Road..Schuster Ave I&nbsp;think he said.. He had just dropped her at the depot in Wasco ..ran a couple errands and by the time he got home there was a message&nbsp;that said the ambulances were arriving..We dont know if she was&nbsp;hurt or not.,,any info appreciated as to how bad the wreck was..people injured etc..</p> Protecting the rights of Pets and their Owners http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32645 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32645 <p>Last Friday, AB 1634 was defeated in the California State Senate. 27 courageous Senators voted to protect the rights of pets and their owners by voting against this legislation.</p> <p>Today, PetPAC is announcing a <a title="http://petpac.net/r/3522/40652/" href="http://petpac.net/r/3522/40652/">petition drive named &ldquo;10,000 Thank You&rsquo;s.&rdquo;</a> Our goal is to have 10,000 of our supporters sign the Thank You to the Senators who voted against AB 1634. PetPAC will personally deliver these Thank You&rsquo;s to the State Capitol.</p> <p>By defeating AB 1634 in California, pet owners sent a strong message across this nation; we will fight to protect our dogs and cats from irresponsible mandatory sterilization laws which will result in more dogs and cats being sent to animal shelters and euthanized.</p>


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 lilmann.jpg siouxcityranch George Carlin - Voting http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32630 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32630 <p><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: small">WARNING&nbsp;FOUL&nbsp;LANGUAGE</span></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6lCBnRoHQ&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6lCBnRoHQ&amp;feature=related</a></p>


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 George_Carlin.jpg siouxcityranch What does Barack's running mate Biden say about Yobama?? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32622 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32622 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/videolanding/biden1.htm?sid=google&amp;t=obama-biden">http://www.johnmccain.com/videolanding/biden1.htm?sid=google&amp;t=obama-biden</a></p>


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 BidenObama.jpg siouxcityranch "COLUMBO" Ah . . . Sorry to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32618 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32618 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span id="IncrediImageAttachPreview"> <table id="INCREDIMAINTABLE" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td id="INCREDITEXTREGION" dir="ltr" width="100%" style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr"> <div><br /> Excuse me Mr. Obama, I&nbsp; mean Senator Obama, sir. Um . . . Know you are busy and important&nbsp; and stuff. I mean running for president is very important and .</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>.&nbsp; . Ah . . . I hate to bother you. I will only take a minute ok,&nbsp; sir?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>See, I have these&nbsp; missing pieces that are holding me up, and I was wondering sir, if&nbsp; you could! Take time out of your busy schedule and help me out.&nbsp; You know, no big deal, just some loose ends and&nbsp; things.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Hey, you have a nice&nbsp; place here! The wife sees houses like this on TV all the time and&nbsp; says boy she wishes she had digs like this you know? Is that painting real? Really? Wow. I saw something like that in a museum&nbsp; once!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Oh, sorry sir. I&nbsp; didn't mean to get off the track. So if you could just help me out&nbsp; a minute and give me some details, I will get right out of your&nbsp; way. I want to close this case and maybe take the wife to&nbsp; Coney&nbsp; Island or something. Ever&nbsp; been to Coney&nbsp; Island ? No, I didn't think&nbsp; so. . . !Well,&nbsp; listen, anyways, I can't seem to get some information I need to&nbsp; wrap this up. These things seem to either be &quot;locked&quot; or &quot;not&nbsp; available'. I'm sure it's just some oversight or glitch or&nbsp; something, so if you could you tell me where these things are . .&nbsp; I . . . I . . . Have them written down here somewhere . . . Oh&nbsp; wait. Sorry about the smears. It was raining out. I'll just read&nbsp; it to you.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Could&nbsp; you help me please find these things, sir?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Occidental College records &bull;</div> <div>&nbsp;Your&nbsp; Columbia College records &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Columbia Thesis paper &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Harvard College records &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Selective Service Registration &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; medical records &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Illinois State Senate records &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Illinois State Senate schedule &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Law practice client list &bull;&nbsp;</div> <div>A&nbsp; Certified Copy of your original Birth certificate &bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth &bull;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Harvard Law Review articles that were published &bull;&nbsp;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; University of Chicago scholarly articles &bull;&nbsp;</div> <div>Your&nbsp; Record of baptism</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Oh&nbsp; hey . . Listen! I know you are busy! Is this too much for you now?&nbsp; I mean tell you what. I will come back tomorrow. Give you some&nbsp; time to get these things together, you know? I mean, I know you&nbsp; are busy, so I will just let myself out. I will be back tomorrow.&nbsp; And the day after. .</div> <div><a href="http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/08/senator_obama_w.php">http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/08/senator_obama_w.php</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="INCREDIFOOTER" width="100%"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span id="IncrediImageAttachPreview"><br /> </span></span></p>


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 image00111.jpg siouxcityranch Chico Esquela for President http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32374 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/32374 <p>We may be finally witnessing a tangible threat to both Republican and Democrats in the contest for our next President. Clik link for campaign advertisment</p> <p><a href="http://www.thelopezfamilyonline.com/play.php?first=Chico&amp;last=Esquela">http://www.thelopezfamilyonline.com/play.php?first=Chico&amp;last=Esquela</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


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