Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fix Your Facebook News Feed
Step 1: Install Firefox.
2: Install Greasemonkey Add-On.
3: Install this Greasemonkey script.
4: Reload/Refresh your Facebook page.
5: Enjoy a clutter free news feed!
6: Share this page with everyone.
*You'll know if it's installed properly and working if you see
(FB Purity hid: 0 app [ Show ] 0 extra [ Show ] )
in the upper-right corner just underneath the search box. You can show and hide blocked items with a single click.
Monday, October 12, 2009
HIGH SCHOOL -- 1959 vs. 2009
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1959 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2009 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school. This is so true, I had to pass it on!
1959 - Crowd gathers.. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1959 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2009 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1959 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1959 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.
2009 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations.. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1959 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die.
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2009 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Challenging Puzzle
Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"
The blonde says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster.."
Her boyfriend decides to go over and help with the puzzle.
She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table.
He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says,
"First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster."
He takes her hand and says, "Second, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then " he said with a deep sigh, . .. . ... . ..
"Let's put all the Corn Flakes back in the box."
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Bless me Father, for I have sinned.
“Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl”.
The priest asks, “Is that you, little Joey Pagano ?”
“Yes, Father, it is.”
“And who was the girl you were with?”
“I can’t tell you, Father, I don’t want to ruin her reputation”.
“Well, Joey, I’m sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?”
“I cannot say.”
“Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?”
“I’ll never tell.”
“Was it Nina Capelli?”
“I’m sorry, but I cannot name her.”
“Was it Cathy Piriano?”
“My lips are sealed.”
“Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?”
“Please, Father, I cannot tell you.”
The priest sighs in frustration.
“You’re very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you’ve sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself.”
Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, “What’d you get?”
“Four months vacation and five good leads.”
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Ultimate Cancer Conspiracy
Vitamin B17 and Laetrile by Joe Vialls
During 1950 after many years of research, a dedicated biochemist by the name of Dr. Ernst T. Krebs, Jr., isolated a new vitamin that he numbered B17 and called 'Laetrile'. As the years rolled by, thousands became convinced that Krebs had finally found the complete control for all cancers, a conviction that even more people share today. Back in 1950 Ernst Krebs could have had little idea of the hornet's nest he was about to stir up. The pharmaceutical multinationals, unable to patent or claim exclusive rights to the vitamin, launched a propaganda attack of unprecedented viciousness against B17, despite the fact that hard proof of its efficiency in controlling all forms of cancer surrounds us in overwhelming abundance.
In his brilliantly researched 1974 book "World Without Cancer", researcher and author G. Edward Griffin explains the trophoblastic theory of cancer proposed by Professor John Beard of Edinburgh University, which states that certain pre-embryonic cells in pregnancy differ in no discernible way from highly-malignant cancer cells. Edward Griffin continues:
"The trophoblast in pregnancy indeed does exhibit all the classical characteristics of cancer. It spreads and multiplies rapidly as it eats its way into the uterus wall preparing a place where the embryo can attach itself for maternal protection and nourishment."
The trophoblast is formed in a chain reaction by another cell that Griffin simplifies down to the 'total life' cell, which has the total capacity to evolve into any organ or tissue, or a complete embryo. When the total life cell is triggered into producing trophoblast by contact with the hormone estrogen, present in both males and females, one of two different things happens. In the case of pregnancy the result is conventional development of a placenta and umbilical cord. If the trophoblast is triggered as part of a healing process however, the result is cancer or, as Edward Griffin cautions: "To be more accurate, we should say it is cancer if the healing process is not terminated upon completion of its task."
Stunning proof of this claim is readily available. All trophoblast cells produce a unique hormone called the chorionic gonadotrophic (CGH) which is easily detected in urine. Thus if a person is either pregnant or has cancer, a simple CGH pregnancy test should confirm either or both. It does, with an accuracy of better than 92% in all cases. If the urine sample shows positive it means either normal pregnancy or abnormal malignant cancer. Griffin notes: "If the patient is a woman, she either is pregnant or has cancer. If he is a man, cancer can be the only cause." So why all of the expensive, dangerous biopsies carried to 'detect' cancerous growths? One can only assume that medicare pays doctors a larger fee for biopsies than pregnancy tests.
So how is it that any of us gets cancer in the first place. Is it exposure to cigarette smoking, intense sunlight or perhaps the effect of toxic food additives? Dr. Krebs thinks not. All of the hard iochemical evidence points to the fact that cancer is a simple deficiency disease of vitamin B17, long ago removed from our highly refined, western diets. Krebs postulates that the so-called 'carcinogens' are merely stress triggers that finally expose the B17 deficiency with devastating effect.
The proof Krebs has presented over the years to support his claim is impressive. Centuries ago we used to eat millet bread, rich in B17, but now we chew our way through wheat which has none at all. For generations our grandmothers used to carefully crush the seeds of plums, green grapes, cherries, apples, apricots and other members of the botanical family Rosaceae, and diligently mix them with their home made jams and preserves. Grandma probably didn't know why she was doing it, but the seeds of all these fruits are the most potent source of B17 in the world. In the tropics, large quantities of B17 are found in cassava, also known as tapioca. When did you last eat some?
Independent research has also proved that a Himalayan tribe known as the 'Hunza' never contract cancer of any kind so long as they stick to their native diet which is exceptionally high in both apricots and millet. However, once exposed to western diets they become as vulnerable as the rest of us.
The implications of these findings are staggering of course. If we managed to control Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency) centuries ago, how is it we cannot do the same for cancer today? The fact of the matter is that we could if our respective governments would allow it. Unfortunately most governments have buckled under the pressure exerted by the pharmaceutical multinationals, the American Food & Drug Administration, and the American Medical Association. All three have mounted highly successful 'scare' campaigns based on the fact that vitamin B17 contains quantities of 'deadly' cyanide; conveniently forgetting that vitamin B12 also contains significant quantities of cyanide, and has long been available in health food shops world-wide.
Dr. Kreb's B17 Laetrile was derived from apricot seeds and then synthesized into crystalline form using his own unique process. Suddenly, the American FDA bombarded the media with a story about an unfortunate couple who had poisoned themselves by eating raw apricot seeds in San Francisco. The story made headline news across the U.S.A. although several suspicious journalists never managed to establish the identity of the unfortunate couple, despite many determined attempts. But the multinational pharmaceutical/FDA boot had been put in with a vengeance. From that point onwards eating apricot seeds or B17 Laetrile became synonymous with committing suicide.
Back in the fifties, Dr. Ernst Krebs proved beyond doubt that B17 was completely harmless to humans in the most convincing way possible. After testing the vitamin on animals, he filled a large hypodermic with a mega-dose which he then injected into his own arm! Drastic perhaps, but the adventurous Dr. Krebs is still alive and well today.
The vitamin is harmless to healthy tissue for a very simple reason: Each molecule of B17 contains one unit of cyanide, one unit of benzaldehyde and two of glucose (sugar) tightly locked together. In order for the cyanide to become dangerous it is first necessary to 'unlock' the molecule to release it, a trick that can only be performed by an enzyme called beta-glucosidase. This enzyme is present all over the body in minute quantities, but in huge quantities (up to 100 times as high) at cancerous tumour sites.
Thus the cyanide is released only at the cancer site with drastic results, which become utterly devastating to the cancer cells because the benzaldehyde unit also unlocks at the same time. Benzaldehyde is a deadly poison in its own right, which then acts synergistically with the cyanide to produce a poison 100 times more deadly than either in isolation. The combined effect on the cancer cells is best left to the imagination.
But what about danger to the rest of the body's cells? Another enzyme, rhodanese, always present in larger quantities than the unlocking enzyme beta-glucosidase in healthy tissues has the easy ability to completely break down both cyanide and benzaldehyde into beneficial body products. Predictably perhaps, malignant cancer cells contain no rhodanese at all, leaving them completely at the mercy of the cyanide and benzaldehyde.
Any physician reading this article will probably be shaking with self-righteous indignation at this stage, muttering to himself: 'Yes, but where is the PROOF???' Right here! Most people have heard of 'spontaneous remission', where the cancer simply goes away, hopefully never to reappear. Spontaneous remissions are exceedingly rare and vary from one form of cancer to another. One virulent variety known as testicular chorionepithelioma has never been known to produce a single spontaneous remission. Perhaps for that precise reason, Dr. Krebs singled it out for special attention when proving the effectiveness of B17 Laetrile in providing total control for cancers. As Edward Griffin recounts:
"In a banquet speech in San Francisco on November 19, 1967, Dr. Ernst T. Krebs, Jr., briefly reviewed six such cases. Then he added: Now there is an advantage in not having had prior radiation, because if you have not received prior radiation that has failed, then you cannot enjoy the imagined benefits of the delayed effects of prior radiation. So this boy falls into the category of the "spontaneous regression... "
And when we look at this scientifically, we know that spontaneous regression occurs in fewer than one in 150,000 cases of cancer. The statistical possibility of spontaneous regression accounting for the complete resolution of successive cases of testicular chorionepithelioma is far greater than the statistical improbability of the sun not rising tomorrow morning."
Wisely perhaps, Griffin notes that because of the adverse publicity against B17 Laetrile, and because of the difficulties in obtaining the 'banned' substance, most cancer sufferers turn to the vitamin as a last resort, long after they have been burned by radiation therapy, and/or poisoned by chemotherapy. He points out that once the body organs have been savagely damaged in this way, there is little if any chance of B17 Laetrile being able to effect a cure. The body is simply too far gone.
When "World Without Cancer" was written back in 1974, B17 Laetrile was freely available in Australia. It is not now. A recent check with the Australian Cancer Foundation and health authorities revealed that nowadays Canberra considers each individual case on its merits, then decides whether the patient should be allowed to import sufficient of the material for his or her own personal use. If he or she manages to jump that hurdle, it is then his or her own responsibility to find a doctor prepared to inject it. Seemingly the multinational pharmaceutical lobbyists managed to get to our politicians before Dr. Krebs could get to the Australian public. Radiation and chemotherapy are highly profitable, and oncologists have to make a decent living...
Only a few months ago Australian nationwide television carried the delightful information that two out of every three Australians can expect to suffer skin cancer at least once during their lifetimes. On the massive evidence provided by Dr. Ernst Krebs, Jr. and G. Edward Griffin, that figure could be crushed to a tiny percentage of the anticipated numbers if Australians were allowed freedom of choice where B17 Laetrile is concerned. It is time for Australians to take a stand on this lethal issue.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in the coming elections.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Windows 7 RC Review From An Average Joe
Full details coming soon with my system specs and some of the hair-raising moments I endured during installation. Oh, but what a joy it was.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Do you agree? Are you American?
Paul Harvey said:
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin , but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire Book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.
But it's a Christian prayer, some will argue.
Yes, and this is the United States of America , a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna?
If I went to a football game in Jerusalem , I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer...
If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad , I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.
If I went to a ping pong match in China , I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.
And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit.
When in Rome .....
But what about the atheists? Is another argument.
What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!
Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do.. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.
Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.
God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me.
The silent majority has been silent too long. It's time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority doesn't care what they want. It is time that the majority
Rules! It's time we tell them, You don't have to pray; you don't have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!
God bless us one and all .. Especially those who denounce Him ,God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.
Let's make 2009 the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions .. And our military forces come home from all the wars.
Keep looking up.
Friday, August 14, 2009
New Presidential Stamp
The stamp is in perfect order. There is nothing wrong with the adhesive. People are spitting on the wrong side.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
RETIREMENT BONUS
retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered for Retirement a
bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any Two
points in his body.. The officer got to choose what those two points would be.
The first officer who accepted asked that he be measured from the top of His
head to the tip of his toes. He was measured at six feet and walked out with a
bonus of $72,000.
The second officer who accepted was a little smarter and asked to be measured
from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. He walked Out with
$96,000.
The third one was a non-commissioned officer, a grizzly old Chief who, when
asked where he would like to be measured replied, 'From the tip of my weenie
to my testicles.'
It was suggested by the pension man that he might want to reconsider,
explaining about the nice big checks the previous two Officers had received.
But the old Chief insisted and they decided to go along with him providing the
measurement was taken by a Medical Officer.
The Medical Officer arrived and instructed the Chief to 'drop 'em,' which He
did. The medical officer placed the tape measure on the tip of the Chief's
weenie and began to work back. Dear Lord!' he suddenly exclaimed, 'Where Are
your testicles?'
The old Chief calmly replied, ' Vietnam'.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Ed Freeman: American Hero
You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway..
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.
And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul.
Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman!
Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, share this with everyone you know.
THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
RIP
Monday, June 29, 2009
$7.00 Sex
The doctor asks, 'What can I do for you?'
The man says, 'Will you watch us have sexual intercourse?'
The doctor raises both eyebrows, but he is so amazed that such an elderly couple is asking for sexual advice that he agrees.
When the couple finishes, the doctor says, 'There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way you have intercourse..'
He thanks them for coming, he wishes them good luck, he charges them $50 and he says good bye.
The next week, the same couple returns and asks the sex therapist to watch again. The sex therapist is a bit puzzled, but agrees.
This happens several weeks in a row.
The couple makes an appointment, has intercourse with no problems, pays the doctor, then leave.
Finally, after 3 months of this routine, the doctor says, 'I'm sorry, but I have to ask. Just what are you trying to find out?'
The man says, 'We're not trying to find out anything.
She's married; so we can't go to her house.
I'm married; and we can't go to my house.
The Holiday Inn charges $98.
The Hilton charges $139.
We do it here for $50, and
Medicare pays $43 of it, leaving my net cost of $7.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Uncle Sam's Plantation
*Back on Uncle Sam's plantation *
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called /Uncle Sam's Plantation/. I
wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside
the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor
America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with
Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all
initially set into motion in the 1960s by Democrats, that were
going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto
the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation
switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What
do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare
socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the
kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn
responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities,
dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I
understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996 which
was passed by a Republican controlled Congress.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our
poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing
American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are now going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich
American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming
like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they
have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be
done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have
to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our
first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday
of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young
president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate
executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-Ed on the opinion page of the /Washington Post/, Mr.
Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending
plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending
-- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and
opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and
education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government
taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in
government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and
accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the
Department of Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the
Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on
Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely
expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It
charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the
consequences of poverty."/
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black
families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent
homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's
invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose
personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
*"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of
other people's money."
Thursday, May 28, 2009
April 15th, 2009 5:03 pm
Barack Obama, through his spokesman, claimed today that he was unaware of the tax day tea parties. Granted, the MSM has done a good job in suppressing any sort of coverage ahead of time (and the little coverage they did provide was derisive at best) but how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really?
This much.
- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America.
- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.
- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.
- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.
- He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya
.- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.
-He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 milion in EPA grants.
- He was unaware that his own private plane (Air Force One) flew over New York "very low" just to take pictures along with the Statue of Liberty, which cost the tax payers $328,000.
For the love of God, there are people in comas that are more aware of world affairs than this guy.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Pirates! Rule The Caribbean - Current Info as of 05/04/09
Using a "Script" like grease monkey to add pirates to yer crew may be against the Pirates Terms of Service. Which means that it's cheating and can get you banned from the game.
http://apps.facebook.com/p
“except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage,
NEW DISCUSSION THREADS:
"Add me!" and "Need Crew!" ''where can I get cannons ?'' posts:
Higher level pirates are very protective of this discussion board. If you start a new thread, especially one requesting to be added to crew, expect to be keelhauled. A LOT!!
If you start a new thread that asks a question that is answered in a "FAQ" thread, expect to be keelhauled. A LOT!!!
THIS IS A GAME.You are going to get attacked. You are going to get keeled. It is inevitable that there will always be someone as powerful or more powerful than you. That's the game. It's probably a good idea not to give folks an easier choice that it's you they want to keel.
PIRATE TYPES AND STAT REGENERATION
Swashbuckler
Health- 3:00
Energy- 2:00
Strength- 5:00
Income paid every 60 minutes
Buccaneer
Health- 2.00
Energy- 5.00
Strength- 5.00
Income paid every 60 minutes
Scallywag
Health- 3.00
Energy- 3.00
Strength- 5.00
Income paid every 54 minutes
POSEIDON'S CHEST
3 Locks - Jolly Roger Flag 18/18 Item
4 Locks - Octopus 18/18 Item
5 Locks - Boatswain's pipe - 20/20 Item
6 Locks - Exploding Cannonballs 22/22 Item
7 Locks - Wolfs Head Cannon 24/24 Item
There appears to be no further items after completing the 7th lock.
OFFENSIVE NAMES:
Please remember that Facebook is open to both adults and minors. Zynga’s policy is that offensive, vulgar, etc names are not allowed. There is a thread on the discussion board that contains a list of offensive names and have a tendency to request that those who have offensive names change them (for obvious reasons). It is likely you will be reported to Zynga / Facebook – who may take such action as banning you from the game, closing your account, etc. If you choose to use an offensive name, expect to be keelhauled. A LOT!!!
FOUL OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD
The discussion board is for everyone’s use and as such, it can be abused. Please do not post foul, abusive, vulgar, etc language on the discussion board. It is likely you will be reported to Zynga / Facebook – who may take such action as banning you from the game, closing your account, etc. If you choose to use offensive language on the discussion board, expect to be keelhauled. A LOT!!!
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OPEN WATERS OR HITTING LEVEL 70-- a primer:
When you hit level 70, you appear on the fight list for any and all pirates above your level (no longer have the range limit). There are suggestions on how to prepare your crew and items for this event. (Note: YOU WILL GET HIT AND KEELED BY HIGH LEVEL PIRATES)
Open Waters or Hitting Level 70-- a primerhttp://www.facebook.com/to
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PLUNDERS
PLUNDER LEVELS:
Scallywag (Levels 1 - 4) – 6 plunders total, Boss Fight
-“Count yer ill-gotten treasure”
-“Show around yer crew's wenches”
-“Steal booty from merchants”
-“Break yer Mate out of jail” (Drops loot item)
-“ Beat down another Pirate and pick his pockets” (Drops loot item)
-“Defend your grog from drunken pirates”
-Boss Fight – “Showdown with Smitty Pete”
Swashbuckler (Levels 5 - 8) – 6 plunders total, Boss Fight
-Storm the town merchants (Drops loot item)
-Recover treasure from a sunken vessel
-Sneak onto the local town rowboats and take what you can! (Drops loot item)
-Ambush a band of sleeping scallywags
-Travel the seas in search of loot (Drops loot item)
-Bury an unruly crew member in a chest
-Boss Fight - Showdown with Captain Josephine Rackham
Scurvy Dog (Levels 9 - 14) – 7 plunder total, Boss Fight
-Go into town and party with yer wenches then take their gold (Drops loot item)
-Disguise yer crew as merchants and plunder (Drops loot item)
-Cause chaos on the High Seas
-Plunder the Wine & Brandy vessels (Drops loot item)
-Rifle through the wreckage of the Black Vessel (Drops loot item)
-Plunder the Sea Nymph & take their loot (Drops loot item)
-Raid the port town
-Boss Fight - Showdown with Captain Blackbeard
Deck Hand (Levels 15 - 25) – 6 plunders total, Boss Fight
-Find the crew member stealing loot and teach them a lesson! (Drops loot item)
-Drink and Sing, Yo Ho Ho, a Pirate's life for me (Drops loot item)
-Battle Blackbeard and claim his treasure
-Fight the Black Vessel & take prisoners (Drops loot item)
-Steal from yer crew's booty while they are sleeping (Drops loot item)
-Fight the one-legged Captain Jim (Drops loot item)
-Boss Fight - Showdown with Kraken
Pirate (Levels 26 - 38) – 6 plunders total
-Gamble yer gold against Captain Snake Eyes at the local tavern (Drops loot item)
-Ambush the town's local Red Soldiers (Drops loot item)
-Follow the Phantom Vessel quietly and sneak attack from afar (Drops loot item)
-Travel to the Phantom Islands in search of the Phantom Treasure (Drops loot item)
-Pistol duel with Captain Black Beard (Drops loot item - Blackbeard Hook)
-Get into the duel of the Ages with Davey Jones (Drops loot item)
First Mate (Levels 39 - 53) – 7 plunders total
-Roll the bones
-Shave Moustache Moe while he sleeps
-Defend your honor against a rival crew
-Sink a privateer vessel
-Seek a nearby volcano
-Hail the beacon of the Flying Dutchman
-Fight the Plague Crew of the Flying Dutchman
When the First Mate level plunders first become available to you, only the first three plunders are available. As you progress to higher levels, more will appear. At level 45 or 46 “Sink a privateer vessel” becomes available. By level 47, five plunders are available (you see the trend??). You CAN NOT complete the mastery for these plunders until they ALL appear.
Captain (Levels 54+) – 7 plunders total
-Swing Aboard an Enemy Ship
-Sword fight in the rigging
-Run a warship through a reef
-Make the prisoners walk the plank
-Give an approaching ship a 'real' 21 gun salute
-Sail through rocky, shark infested waters
-Avoid Charybdis
When the Captain level plunders first become available to you, only the first three plunders are available. As you progress to higher levels, more will appear. You CAN NOT complete the mastery for these plunders until they ALL appear.
OLD PLUNDER MASTERY BONUSES: ..need more info from lower level pirates to know if the bonuses have changed.
Scallywag.................
Swashbuckler..............
Scurvy Dog.......................
Deckhand………………………unknown at this time (likely replaces old First mate bonus)
Pirate....................
First Mate......................
Captain…………………………….unknown
You must complete all the plunder tasks to level three mastery in order to obtain the bonus for the plunder level.
PLUNDER REQUIREMENTS:
In general, as you increase in levels in the game, plunders require you to have an increasing number of members in your crew and / or specific quantities of certain items, in addition to the required energy. For example, “Steal booty from merchants” (Scallywag level plunder) requires you to have a PET. “Go into town and party with yer wenches then take their gold” requires you to have 5 crew members, a parrot, and a schooner.
At the present time, the First Mate and Captain plunder levels do not have minimum crew member quantity requirements to perform them – only item requirements.
With the changes as they currently are with Plunders up to the Captain level, here are the minimum amounts of each item you should own to be able to do each task.
-Stick O' Wood 15
- Dagger 2
-Twin Daggers 2
-Sabre 24
-Matchlock Pistol 6
-Muzzle Loading Cannon 14
-Matchlock Rifle 12
-Long Cannon 12
-Wheellock Pistol 12
-Pistol Dagger 2
-Wheellock Rifle 50
-Hand Cannon 5
-Rapier 70
-Falchion 40
-Falconet 10
-Breech-Loading Cannon 21
-Eyepatch 8
-Shoulder Parrot 1
-Net 6
-Spiked Anchor 5
-Grappling Anchor 50
-Sea Mine 21
-Hand Grenade 12
-Rowboat 12
-Sloop 2
-Schooner 4
-Merchant Carrier 8
-Dutch Fleut 12
-Cog 6
-Spanish Galleon 6
-Pirate Cruiser 2
-Ghost Destroyer N/A
-Brig 14
-Galley 10
-Frigate 10
-Warship 15
-Hulk Ship 10
MUZZLE LOADING CANNONS:
They are required for the “Cause chaos on the High Seas” Plunder on the Scurvy Dog plunder level (Levels 9-14). These appear to still become available for purchase after level 20.
SHOULDER PARROT:
The shoulder Parrot required for the “Go into town and party with yer wenches then take their gold” plunder on the Scurvy Dog plunder level (Levels 9-14). These appear to still become available for purchase after level 10. Once you reach level 10 you will be able to buy this item in the Armory page.
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BOUNTIES AND FIGHTING
BOUNTIES:
You can claim the bounties you set. You can also claim a bounty set on a crew mate (whereas you normally are unable to attack a crew mate – only sword duel or bounty them)
For most higher level pirates this is standard practice. This is done usually in an effort to gain more keels and make the Infamous List, or because you've upset them and they want you dead! Most pirates don't mind this. Some do.
Some pirates prefer that crew collect an un-friendly bounty that is placed on them - *someone* is going to collect it, and those pirates prefer that the gold stay in the crew. Other pirates will be offended if you collect a bounty on a crew member. Best to figure out who is which before collecting the bounty set on a crew mate! :)
BOUNTY LISTS:
There are several bounty boards, they are rotated every now and then.There is no way of knowing if you have a bounty on your head unless a crewmate sees it and tells you or it is posted on the bounty board you can see.
DO YOU EVER APPEAR ON OWN BOUNTY BOARD
Yes, if whoever put you on it can see the same bounty server as you.
WHY CAN'T I BOUNTY ?
The pirate you are trying to bounty is either dead, or already on the bounty list. If a pirate logs off with zero health, or is keeled after logging out of Facebook, they will be "dead" until they log back on.
WHY BOUNTY ME AND CLAIM IT YOURSELF
Most pirates will do this for various reasons, you attacked them, you sword dueled them ( usually gets you more than one keel ), you set a bounty on them, you posted a new ' ADD ME ' thread just for you instead of using the Official add me thread, they are trying to get on the Infamous list for most keelhauls/most deadly/ best fighter
RULES ON COLLECTING BOUNTIES:
There are none! Some players prefer to collect their own bounties, and will retaliate if you "steal" it from them. Some players are offended if crew collects, other prefer it. In addition, if you are trying to collect on a higher level player, you will show in their newsfeed and should expect a keel from them!
GETTING HIT BY HIGHER PLAYERS:
Yes this is possible - and extremely likely if you make yourself known to them by doing things such as hitting them on bounty lists, attacking them in a sword duel or attacking their pet. If you get hit by a higher level pirate, the best course of action is to remain calm and lay low (without retaliating) until they get bored. If you are a vengeful pirate (and what pirate isn't), bookmark their page and come back at them when you are stronger than they are.
SWORD DUEL
A sword duel is a waste of a strength point, neither you nor the victim get experience points (XP) and it does not count in your wins/loss stats. It also irritates the victim to the point that many now keel all duelers that show up in their feed up to 10 times per poke with sword.
HOW TO KEEL:
When you attack, the damage on both sides is between 0 and 25. If your opponent's health is between 20 and 25, and you inflict greater damage than their health, they're keelhauled. If your opponent's health goes below 20, but doesn't hit 0, you can no longer attack, and you will get the message that they are dead/too weak to fight. To properly finish the job and get the keelhaul you have to set a bounty on that person and attack from the bounty board to get the keelhaul. It's called finishing what you start.
I WON THE FIGHT BUT GOT KEELHAULED, WHY?
You need to pay close attention to your own health level during all fights. This is easier, now, with the meter on the fight page, but if you didn’t, this can still occur. It happens when you manage to hit the other pirate hard enough to knock them down to zero, but as a result of the final fight the damage you sustained was sufficient to put you down to zero as well.
PIRATE WITH NO ATTACK OPTION ON PAGE
The pirate whose page you are checking is a member of your crew, you only have the sword duel and bounty options on your own crew.
ABOUT FIGHTS:
You can be attacked until dead (0 health) / too weak to fight (under 25 health, but not bountied). If you are giving out gold the attacker may leave you alone and come back to hit you again for more gold. You can be keelhauled only once after you log out and after you are keelhauled no one can attack or keel you again until you log back in. You can and will show up on the fight list any time of day, logged in or not. If you are attacked while logged out and are knocked down to the point where you “are too weak to fight”, you will eventually heal back up to the point where you will, again, appear on the fight list.
FIGHT LISTS:
Fight lists are level specific, with the range of levels expanding above and below you within a few levels. That changes when you hit level 70 (commonly referred to as ”open waters”). Once you hit level 70, you are visible to all pirates above that level. If you show up on a higher level players newsfeed or fight list before (or after) you hit level 70, expect to be hit. If you whine about it, expect to be hit even more.
USING ITEMS WHEN FIGHTING:
The amount of items/abilities you can use in a fight is limited to the amount of people in your Crew. You can only use 1 offensive, 1 defensive, and 1 Ship ability per Crew member. Until you reach the maximum crew requirement at 501 crew members. There is no limit to the number of crew you can have, but you can only fight with 501 of your crew. Adding crew after 501 is valuable, if you want to obtain more 18/18 items or islands (the weekly specialty items).
HOW DOES FIGHTING WORK?:
There are three factors that determine who wins a fight: Crew size, weaponry (attack weapons when attacking, defense weapons when defending), and personal Attack/Defense stats that you've allocated with your skill points.
Lance Manion posted the following:-if the system applies my offense and defense stats to each of my crew as a base stat, then does a total based on:
-total offense = (my offense stat + offense for offense item + offense for defense item + offense for movement item) * number of crew
-total defense = (my defense stat + offense for defense item + defense for defense item + defense for movement item) * number of crewThe game will automatically choose the best items to use.
Other players have speculated that the total value for the items used it added together and that value multiplied by your stats and number of crew is the fight value. Other players have also speculated that your personal attack and defense stats are added together and the total value is your personal "strength." All these arguments seem to have merit, but no one outside of Zynga knows exactly how it works - and they're not telling! :)
DAMAGE:
Is random between 1-25
Winner appears to get the lesser and the loser gets the higher damage, but in some cases the winner of a fight has taken more damage than the loser and still won.
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LAND:
LOTS:
Lots are the first revenue generation items that can be purchase. When purchased, the cost to purchase a Lot does not increase. Your "lots" (captured islands, bays, hidden coves and secret caves) are CONSUMED when you upgrade them to "operations" which have a higher income. This is like buying a plot of land and then building something on it - the building is now what you own and the land is gone. You don't ever get the "lots" back even if you sell operations.
You start off with a few Lots being available for purchase. As you progress through the game, more Lot types become available, with a higher cost to purchase them and an equally higher revenue from them.
OPERATIONS:
You start off with several basic Operations that can earn you revenue. As you progress in levels, more operations become available.
Unlike Lots, when you purchase an operation, the cost to purchase the next of that type of operation increases. Thus, it may be better (if you have the money) to purchase multiple operations at one time (getting a volume savings).
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SPECIAL ITEMS AND SPECIAL LAND LOTS:
These two items change on a regular basis. They require you to add 1 more crew members to buy one and each time you buy one, the crew requirement for both items will jump by 1. You can buy one special item or one special land lot each time you add a crew member.
It appears that, even if you add multiple crew members, your requirement for the special items / lots still increments by 1.
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MISSING TREASURE / UPKEEP:
Most items require upkeep. That means that it costs money to get them and to keep them. You need to make sure that your income (from islands) is more than your upkeep. If your finances are in the negative you are losing Gold every hour. The game can take your upkeep out of your Buried Treasure.
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BONUS LOOT AND DAVEY JONES POINTS:
You can get bonus loot and other items on the Davey Jones page by using favor points.
Favor points can be bought with real world cash, or you can get them for giving up personal information and completing offers from the "Davey Jones" page. In addition, you are awarded one favor point for each odd number level you reach.
Players can "Loot" from other players. What this means is when you are fighting, you can "steal" loot (handcuffs, snake eyes dice, skull pendants, etc.) from other pirates.
The other pirate, however, does not actually seem to lose this loot.
Some of these looted items are very desirable as they have the highest attack or defense values, but can only be obtained through fighting or plundering and con *not* be bought in the armory....so go FIGHT!
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501 CREW:
The game says you can ' fight ' with 501 crew, but you can have many more than 501 crew on your pirates friends list, this enables you to keep buying special items and islands.
UNABLE TO SEE ENTIRE CREW
At a guess that like many of us you're using Internet Explorer, which currently doesn't show all your crew. The following will let you see all your crew or you could simply download another browser (i.e., Firefox works well).
You highlight any part of Davy Jones name
(or actually any name, but it's easier with Davy because his name is not a link)
and hold down the tab key
The highlighted link will scroll across the crew, then down, then across, until it gets to the bottom of the page, then six more crew will scroll up, then 6 more, and 6 more, until you get to the one you want.
It's not the display of your crew that's broken in IE, it's the silly scroll bar.While the "Show all crew" page was loading, I was watching, down in the status bar, all the thumbnail images being loaded... so they're THERE, you just can't get to them using the mouse or cursor keys.
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PETS:
Sometimes when there is an update your pet will lose all happiness and energy. Feeding the pet costs two energy points. "Petting" your pet is free. You can also pet all of your crew mate's pets, or feed them individually.
ATTACKING PETS:
Many pirates consider attacking another pirate's pet to be the same or worse than engaging in a sword duel (you can't suffer any damage and automatically win). They tend to keel haul you multiple times for each time you attack their pet. Surest way to start a long term fight is to attack a pet.
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PIRATE CREW AND FRIENDS LIST:
It is possible to keep people on your crew, but delete them from your facebook friends list.
Once a person is on yer crew/family (they actually show up on the official crew page), and you don't need them anymore as "Friends" (that isn't as bad as it sounds ;) - Go to the (blue) menu strip at the top of your Facebook page.
Click on "Friends" (and you should be able to also choose "Recently Added" to make it easier).
At the far right of the "Friends" name is an "x". If you click on it it will remove the person from your Facebook homepage account, but the person will still be listed as a member of your crew.
It might be a good idea to send out a stock message to everyone who wants to add you to their game, but who you don't really know - that way they know that it's not personal and they don't get offended when they stop being "friends".
USING FRIEND CATEGORIES TO LIMIT ACCESS TO YOUR PROFILE
Many of us have lots of people on our friend list that we don’t really know. Did you know that you can customize what they can and cannot see? Here’s how:
1. Make a category specifically for your “Game” friends (if you don’t know how to do this, go here: http://www.facebook.com/he
2. Click on “Settings” --> “Privacy Settings” --> “Profile”
3. For each section there is a drop down that will allow you to select from several options. Choose the one that says “Customize”
4. In the box that opens, at the bottom there is an option for “Except These People” Enter the name of the friend list that you created in step 1. Then click OK.
That’s all there is to it! Just repeat for each section that you want to restrict people in that group from seeing.
To test how your changes appear to them, go back to Click on “Setting” --> “Privacy Settings” --> “Profile” and look at the top of the page. There you’ll see the text "See how a friend sees your profile" next to a search field where you can enter the name of any of your friends. Enter the name of someone from the friend list you created and you’ll be sent to a special view of your profile that will allow you to see what will be visible to them.
And don’t forget; you can add them to a list right when you send/accept the friend request!
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FACEBOOK IN PIRATE ENGLISH
Arrrr, fer all ye pirates out there wantin ter give a little extra pirate touch to Facebook. Easiest way to do this is the following:1- go back to [home]2- scroll down to the bottom3- in the bar at the bottom next to [Facebook © 2009] you will find your current language in blue with two little triangles next to it4- click on the language and a box with all languages will appear5- click on [English (pirate) - BETA] and that's it!
From Zynga: Reporting problems
"If you are using our apps on Facebook, please refrain from using the “contact” button at the bottom of the page, as it will significantly increase our response time.Instead, please go to www.zynga.com/support, register an account, and do a search for articles on your issue. Be sure to click on one. Then click the Ask a Question button at the top of that page. We will respond soon."