Does political propaganda work?

Well, after a few days of reading all this political propaganda garbage about the shooting of Congresswoman Gifford and several others, I have came to the conclusion that we are still on the path for a civil war within the next 25 years.

As politicians continue their brutal bad mouthing propaganda during & between elections it is clear the US is headed down a path of The Split. Former Alaska Governor Palin stands out the most at this time as she has been quoted as suggesting violence to resolve government issues between the parties, clearly blaming Democrats & that Democrats should pay......dearly for the status of our country. After this tragedy in Arizona, Palin now claims that this rhetoric should not be taken seriously & that no one should ever be influenced, especially to this extent. What a really stupid statement by Palin, I mean, why do politicians campaign? Isn't it for the sole purpose of influencing Americans to vote for their respective party? The brutal use of words & rhetoric is to make the voter believe the opponent is criminal, immoral, useless, an idiot, unworthy, incompetent, unintelligent, etc, etc.

Countless research shows it does work or why would candidates spend millions for these idiotic ad campaigns that do nothing but unnecessarily bash opponents about senseless issues? Are we surprised that all of a sudden one mentally unstable individual bought into this a bit too far? I mean, last year we had one candidate's helper drag a candidate out of a car and stomp on her head.

And as we speak......the blame game continues.

The Blame Game Continues!!!

45% Say Politics Influenced Loughner!!!

And to the people that want to use the funerals as a political backdrop for protesting their own political agenda, get a freaking life. Let these people mourn their losses without a political stand being made by idiots!!!

Girls BB game/Cage work

Headed out to school with Nick today to do some cage work. First we had to watch the girls varsity basketball game, CC wins big over Rossville.

Nick got in about 200 good swings with the bat. I got in a really sore n stiff arm. Season still 3 months away.

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GO KNIGHTS!!!

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More troops to Afghanistan

We will never ever leave Afghanistan for good. There will always be permanent military bases there.

Official: More Marines headed to Afghanistan!!!

By the CNN Wire Staff

January 6, 2011 10:04 a.m. EST

Washington (CNN) -- The United States plans to send more than 1,000 Marines to Afghanistan soon, a U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday.

The Marines will support the expansion of security efforts in southern Afghanistan, and they will be on the ground for only a few months, the official said.

"We intend to keep the pressure on the Taliban throughout the winter and take advantage of the security gains already achieved," the official said.

The Marines are headed to the Kandahar and Helmand provinces in the south, which have long been major fronts in the war against the Taliban.

A Pentagon spokeswoman told CNN there are about 97,000 U.S. service members deployed to Afghanistan. There are about 21,500 Marines in the country at present, the Marines told CNN.

CNN's Barbara Starr and Joe Sterling contributed to this report.

New Bee Laws...Almost

In a land where law after law continues to be passed, here's an area I had no idea our government would exercise it's communistic views. I can certainly understand that controls should be exercised in any business, some even in a person's hobby. But, just what & how many laws need to be passed concerning the hobby of bee collection???

It seems it's all about the loss of freedoms, I mean, c'mon, wanting to limit the amount of hives, gosh, when will it end???

Indiana beekeepers derail proposed bee restrictions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 6, 2011
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Western Indiana beekeepers who swarmed county officials with complaints about proposed limits on their honey-making hobby have forced them to drop the proposed restrictions.

Vigo County’s beekeepers began buzzing early this week over the ordinance’s proposal to limit each person to one hive for every 10 acres of land owned unless the land is zoned for agricultural purposes. The Tribune-Star reports the ordinance also would have limited beekeeping to land parcels greater than 2 acres.

But county beekeepers complained that the rules would have put them out of business. Some said the restrictions were a particularly bad idea at a time when the nation’s honeybees are experiencing large, mysterious die-offs.

The head of the county’s planning department announced Wednesday that the provisions were being dropped from the proposed ordinance.

Let athletes run the governments!!!

Below is a post I made late last year about athletes of their respective countries running their government if we want peace. Here is another example that supports my belief on world peace, skateboarders have peace with Cuban teens.

American brings skateboarding diplomacy to Cuba

Ok, one only need to look at athletes at the Olympics & how each country superbly gets along. There's no hostile behavior instilled at each other at the games like there is between governments. My idea, let athletes run the governments. Our government & main stream media claims all these foreign countries want to do is kill Americans. I don't quite agree with that.

I mean, there are Americans playing pro basketball in Iran. The Iranians eat it up including the president 0IJDASFOADHF whatever his name is. He's been seen at games & even cheering on the American players and has been quoted as loving it.

Now this article in which Americans playing pro basketball in China. They are eating this up, hence let's allow athletes to run all governments. Seems they know how to get along regardless of ethnicity.

Chinese fans eating up American pro athletes!!!

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