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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421</id><updated>2024-11-08T09:53:37.243-05:00</updated><category term="winter"/><category term="Christmas"/><category term="Jesus"/><category term="Lord"/><category term="Phil robertson"/><category term="alone"/><category term="anti"/><category term="bullets"/><category term="christian"/><category term="civil rights"/><category term="constitutional rights"/><category term="depression"/><category term="emergency"/><category term="faith"/><category term="family"/><category term="food"/><category term="friend"/><category term="gay"/><category term="god"/><category term="good deed"/><category term="homosexual rights"/><category term="laws"/><category term="olympics"/><category term="preppers"/><category term="prepping"/><category term="russia"/><category term="stores"/><category term="water"/><title type='text'>Nativerobin</title><subtitle type='html'>Fiscally conservative, outspoken, and a believer in the Constitution of the United States.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>81</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-7469363041946067060</id><published>2014-01-09T14:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-09T14:03:10.481-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bullets"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="emergency"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="preppers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prepping"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stores"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="water"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter"/><title type='text'>Are Preppers Really the Crazy Ones?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  2. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Having survived the&amp;nbsp;Arctic&amp;nbsp;Vortex of Winter 2014, and the behavior
  3. of the general public, I’m left&amp;nbsp;wondering, “Are Preppers really the crazy ones”?
  4. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  8. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Officially &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&amp;amp;web.pdf&quot;&gt;FEMA now suggest&lt;/a&gt; we
  9. all store at least two weeks of food and water. As soon as news hit of our impending
  10. bad weather our local grocery stores were besieged by people not only buying
  11. out the supply of milk, bread, and eggs, but all manner of snack foods up to
  12. and including selling out of broccoli. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  16. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Pretty much with modern weather reporting we knew that we were
  17. likely to be snowed in, or at least have travel restrictions, for only 2-3 days
  18. max. I could not help but wonder how people would react if suddenly their local
  19. grocery stores could not guarantee ANY new supply of food? What would you do to
  20. feed your children or yourself if suddenly the store shelves were bare tomorrow?
  21. Finally what are the real chances of this really ever happening?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  24. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;There seem to be many different types of
  25. Preppers. Some Preppers save for the recommended two weeks, some save for even
  26. longer, and some even save a few bullets to protect the supplies they keep. Say
  27. what you will about Preppers but they were not standing in line at the stores
  28. and braving subzero weather to buy milk, bread, eggs, or snacks for a weather
  29. event that was clearly only going to last a couple of days. So go ahead and
  30. sneer at them, watch the extreme ones on TV, but in the end are Preppers really
  31. the crazy ones?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  38. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What can be said about the “Phil Incident” that wasn&#39;t
  39. already been said? For those living in a bubble, the popular reality TV star
  40. Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty Fame, was quoted in a QG magazine interview as
  41. saying homosexuality was a sin, Nazi’s needed Jesus, and he never saw the
  42. mistreatment of any black person growing up in Louisiana before the civil
  43. rights era. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  47. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Granted this statement was BOUND to inflame emotions in
  48. today’s world of political correctness, but what happened as a result of his
  49. statement has inflamed even more emotions. In a world where we avoid uncomfortable
  50. conversation or topics maybe we should THANK Phil? Today we are discussing our
  51. constitutional rights being taken away, taking about the rights of homosexuals,
  52. talking about the actual mistreatment blacks did in fact suffer before the
  53. civil rights movement, and we’re even talking about Jesus in our personal lives.
  54. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  57. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The network sponsoring the Duck Dynasty show, A
  58. &amp;amp; E, hypocritically fired the man then ran a 36 hour duck dynasty marathon,
  59. cashing in on the controversy it itself created from his firing. Will Phil
  60. return after all the fuss has died down? Will Phil go on to bigger and better
  61. things? Will this whole story REALLY change anything? Who knows but instead of &amp;nbsp;being so overly sensitive maybe we should
  62. thank Phil for the conversation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  70. From time to time as a child my mother would make references
  71. to what she thought was in the bible, and of course her being my mother, I took what
  72. she said as the “gospel”. One phrase I often heard her say when she had heard
  73. someone had done an exceptionally selfless act of kindness or generosity that
  74. that person had won “another star in their crown of glory”. I asked her once
  75. what it meant and she said someday I’d stand before the Lord to be judged and
  76. if I had lived a good life the Lord would let me stay in heaven with him and
  77. wear a golden crown. She went on to say that that crown would be my crown of glory with stars
  78. showing how many good deeds I had done while on earth and how many people I had helped along the way. I took her for her word
  79. and for the most part I&#39;ve helped those in need in my life when I could. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  83. Many years ago I had just separated from my spouse of 25 years,
  84. most of them good, but the last few very turbulent for me. After such a split I
  85. think most folks go through various emotions ranging from guilt to even
  86. feelings of a lack of self-worth. Christmas has always been special to me and
  87. my large family always gathered on Christmas Eve at my parent’s home. I always
  88. loved being there on Christmas Eve, but this first Christmas Eve as a single
  89. person I was alone. I really didn&#39;t want to explain my personal decision to
  90. divorce to my family, and the kids went to my Ex’s family gathering leaving me
  91. alone on the one evening I dearly wanted to be home and not alone. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  95. I decided I’d go out and about and not sit at home with all
  96. the depressing thoughts running through my head, some of which I’m embarrassed
  97. to say could have been my last thoughts on this earth. I went to a local bar I
  98. sometimes stopped by for a quick drink and found that someone must had secretly
  99. placed a sign above my head saying, “All complete losers please sit next to me”,
  100. it didn&#39;t take long for me to figure out this was no place for me on Christmas
  101. Eve. I left the bar and just drove around determined not to sit at home alone
  102. and let these feelings of depression get the best of me. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  106. Before long I drove by one of the only restaurants open near
  107. my home on Christmas Eve and decided maybe a big fat steak would cheer me up. I pulled in to see how much longer they might be open and standing at the door
  108. was an old classmate from high school. She immediately smiled and greeted me a
  109. hearty “Merry Christmas” and a hug. I got to tell you that was the best hug I
  110. had had in a very long time, If not the best, the most needed for sure. She
  111. asked what I was doing out alone and I only told her I was newly single and didn&#39;t
  112. want to be home alone tonight. She smiled and said she hadn&#39;t had her dinner
  113. break yet and asked if I wanted company with my meal, boy did I ever!&lt;/div&gt;
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  117. It&#39;s funny how life works, I had not seen her in years and nor
  118. have I our paths crossed since, but on the one night I needed company more than anything, maybe the
  119. Lord sent me that angel. Her simple act of kindness to have a meal with me on
  120. that Christmas Eve renewed my faith in God, in myself, and in my belief that
  121. things would be alright in my new life. I still have no idea if my mother knew
  122. what she was talking about but I’d like to believe my old friend surely
  123. received “A star in her crown of glory” that night.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  139. Wow...I have to say for the longest time I felt a bit &#39;out
  140. of sorts&#39;. I love to blog and share my thoughts online and for the longest time
  141. I did just that. Awhile back I posted on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://nativerobin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16821233-when-is-a-fetus-a-child#discussions&quot;&gt;Newsvine&lt;/a&gt;
  142. blog a copy of my blog from this site , &lt;a href=&quot;http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/when-is-fetus-child.html&quot;&gt;http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/when-is-fetus-child.html&lt;/a&gt;
  143. , the content material was very divisive as it dealt with the question of
  144. abortion. &lt;/div&gt;
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  148. Logging on to make a post one day I noticed that my blog had
  149. been pulled with no explanation. I will admit this messed with my head a bit
  150. and after several emails with no satisfactory excuse given i came to the
  151. conclusion I had been censored by the site simply because they didn&#39;t agree
  152. with me? As much as I didn&#39;t want to think about it threw me into a writer&#39;s
  153. block that has taken quite awhile to shake off. I mean what&#39;s the sense in
  154. posting if it&#39;s removed by people that are mis-guided, I mean don&#39;t agree with
  155. me. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  159. Finally, today I got my blog entry re-instated to the site
  160. and this huge weight is off my chest. So I&#39;m posting now that I hope you visit this
  161. blog often as I&#39;m going to let the blogging begin again! I think the world
  162. would be a boring place if we all agreed on everything but let&#39;s at least agree
  163. to the conversation.&lt;/div&gt;
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  172. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Recently we heard the inspiring story of a 18 year old man named Jhaqueil
  173. Reagan. He was a young man that set out to walk 10 miles for a job interview for a cashier job that pays minimum wage. Along the way he stopped to ask directions
  174. from a local restaurant owner who pointed him in the right direction, later the
  175. restaurant owner spotted Mr. Reagan still walking and offered him&amp;nbsp;a ride. As they traveled he learned the young
  176. man was raising his younger siblings and trying to do the right thing all on
  177. his own. The restaurant owner admired the young man and offered him a job at
  178. his restaurant, saying, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;“It’s been a while
  179. since I’ve met someone so young with a work ethic like that!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  181. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  183. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Yesterday Sen. Rand Paul was given
  184. the floor of the senate and to prove a point he filibustered for nearly 13
  185. hours, blocking the confirmation vote for the president&#39;s CIA nominee John
  186. Brennan. Sen. Paul took issue that the
  187. president&#39;s current drone policy allowing him to be judge, jury, and executioner
  188. of not only people deemed foreign terrorist but Americans as well. I watched
  189. Sen. Paul on TV for awhile, he spoke passionately, mostly without notes, and &amp;nbsp;won the hearts of conservatives as well as
  190. many liberals. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  192. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  193. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Both of these men made worldwide news for what they did, both of these
  194. men were only doing what came naturally from their heart, but neither of these
  195. men did anything that was superhuman or really beyond the ability of the
  196. average person. What they both DID do was not accept the status quo or accept
  197. that making a difference in other people&#39;s lives was beyond their abilities.
  198. It&#39;s easy to admire these men and at the same time wonder, &quot;What would you be willing to do to make a difference&quot;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  199. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  202. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqasmyef8J6TrnK0do2bZjI6xEUC4TRNZ2zZur772lbMA7zh664e-_vIHY0Vwh2XQkHKix2DE7ADNXIlUSK20cvutC4whcPpvL16nCCdSmLdBf1G8V28__pRRrE0h0SEo-hTHBnmkq41U/s1600/Picture1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;123&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqasmyef8J6TrnK0do2bZjI6xEUC4TRNZ2zZur772lbMA7zh664e-_vIHY0Vwh2XQkHKix2DE7ADNXIlUSK20cvutC4whcPpvL16nCCdSmLdBf1G8V28__pRRrE0h0SEo-hTHBnmkq41U/s320/Picture1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  203. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/5572495355366582088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-would-i-be-willing-to-do-to-make.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5572495355366582088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5572495355366582088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-would-i-be-willing-to-do-to-make.html' title='What would you be willing to do to make a difference?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqasmyef8J6TrnK0do2bZjI6xEUC4TRNZ2zZur772lbMA7zh664e-_vIHY0Vwh2XQkHKix2DE7ADNXIlUSK20cvutC4whcPpvL16nCCdSmLdBf1G8V28__pRRrE0h0SEo-hTHBnmkq41U/s72-c/Picture1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-7906049521511004362</id><published>2013-03-05T11:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-03-05T11:19:36.712-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. President THE SKY IS NOT FALLING</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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  205. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Listening to
  206. our President&#39;s statements as of late concerning the sequestration and you&#39;d think
  207. the sky was about to fall, but by looking at a few FACTS we truly get a different
  208. picture. The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) announced that during the month
  209. of February alone the National Debt increased by $253,497,921.33. The
  210. Presidents &quot;Doom and Gloom&quot; predictions of massive government
  211. lay-offs, pay reductions, flight delays, un-safe food, etc. have not planned
  212. out nor will they likely anytime soon. The CBO states that $35 billion in discretionary
  213. outlays and $9 billion in mandatory spending only amount to $44 billion for
  214. 2013 with additional cut happening in later years. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  218. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m trying
  219. figure just how a reduction of $44 billion for the entire YEAR will hurt the
  220. funding efforts of a government that borrowed nearly $253.5billion in ONE
  221. MONTH. One needs to also keep in mind that the sequestration cuts were only cuts
  222. in additional spending, not actual cuts to current spending levels, and even
  223. though sequestration cuts were allowed to go in effect we still experience
  224. massive increases in government spending over last year. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  226. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  227. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;As we calm down and realize sequestration cuts didn&#39;t
  228. hurt us one bit we also find out from the CBO that for 2012 the federal
  229. government took in a record amount of tax dollars to the tune of $2.7 trillion.
  230. Which begs the questions , &quot;If we are taking in record amounts of tax
  231. dollars why do we need higher taxes&quot; and&amp;nbsp;
  232. also, &quot;If we take in more in tax dollars now than ever before why
  233. are we still borrowing record amounts of money&quot;? It doesn&#39;t take a rocket
  234. scientist to figure out we do not have a &lt;b&gt;revenue&lt;/b&gt;
  235. problem as suggested by our President but truly we have a &lt;b&gt;spending&lt;/b&gt; problem, and yes Mr. President &lt;u&gt;THE SKY IS NOT FALLING&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  236. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  241. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  242. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Reported
  243. on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/02/no-murders-in-aurora-in-2012/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: lime; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;chicago.cbslocal.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  244. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  245. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.4pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  246. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  247. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.4pt;&quot;&gt;Good
  248. news on the crime front in Illinois’ second largest city.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  249. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  250. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There
  251. were zero murders in Aurora in 2012. That hasn’t happened since 1946.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  252. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  253. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The
  254. last murder in Aurora was in December of 2011. In the 1990s, Aurora averaged
  255. one murder per month.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  256. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  257. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Police
  258. Chief Greg Thomas acknowledged he’s surprised there were no murders in Aurora
  259. last year. He said it’s the culmination of a long team effort, and the results
  260. have been dramatic.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  261. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  262. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In
  263. 1996, Aurora had 357 shootings and 26 murders; last year, there were only 61
  264. shootings, and no murders.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  265. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  266. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thomas
  267. credited a crackdown on gangs, assisted by federal authorities.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  268. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  269. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;“If
  270. you look at about 2005 to 2007, we took about 150 high-ranking gang members,
  271. shooters off the streets in Aurora, with help from federal partnerships with
  272. the ATF and FBI. I think that was a big contributor,” Thomas said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  273. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  274. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thomas
  275. said there are no quick fixes for reducing the number of murders in any
  276. community.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  277. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  278. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He
  279. said, in addition to help from the community, and getting kids into
  280. after-school programs and the Junior ROTC, there was a lot of work over a long
  281. period of time from Aurora police and law enforcement from the state and
  282. federal governments.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  283. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  284. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thomas
  285. said Aurora started focusing in 2005 on the worst of the repeat criminals and
  286. getting them locked up in federal prisons. The police department also tried to
  287. keep young people from joining gangs through it’s “Knock and Talk” program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  288. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  289. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If
  290. the police caught wind that a certain young person was trying to become
  291. involved in a gang, police would talk to the young person’s parent and inform
  292. them of the signs to watch for from their son or daughter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  293. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  294. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Rev.
  295. Pat McManus, pastor at Kingdom Impact Center, is one of several aurora
  296. ministers who held prayer vigils at every murder scene in past years,
  297. encouraging neighbors to fight back.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  298. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  299. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;“We’re
  300. all working together, doing the same thing, having the same focus to truly see
  301. the city turn,” he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  302. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  303. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;East
  304. Aurora was once the center of much of the city’s gang and drug violence, but in
  305. the neighborhoods, and the lively businesses, residents feel the change.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  306. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  307. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;“I
  308. believe my kids are in less danger,” one woman said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  309. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  310. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;“I
  311. feel a lot safer,” one man said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  312. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  313. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;“I
  314. think it should get out, you know? Come live in aurora, It’s a safe place,”
  315. another man said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  316. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  317. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thomas
  318. also credited use of the CompStat system, which uses crime statistics to focus
  319. police resources on hot spots of activity. That same system is a key part of
  320. Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy’s fight against gangs in Chicago.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  321. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  322. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thomas
  323. said, in addition to a host of crime-fighting and crime-prevention strategies,
  324. luck also played a part in hitting that milestone.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  325. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  326. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  327. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  328. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;You&#39;d think with the success Aurora is having, the
  329. largest city in Illinois might take notice, not at all. Instead the &quot;Godfather&quot;
  330. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sees only the opportunity to further his own agenda
  331. of gun control. By examining the Chicago Police&#39;s own report on gun violence
  332. it&#39;s clear to see Chicago does NOT have a gun problem, but has a HUGE gang
  333. problem. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  334. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  335. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Aurora used the same type of data that Chicago uses to
  336. address the cause of the it&#39;s gun violence and has gotten results that can&#39;t be
  337. denied. Let&#39;s take a look at Chicago&#39;s data: &lt;a href=&quot;https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Murder%20Reports/MA11.pdf&quot;&gt;Chicago
  338. police portal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  339. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  340. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  341. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  342. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  343. &lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormalTable&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 686px;&quot;&gt;
  344. &lt;tbody&gt;
  345. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;&quot;&gt;
  346.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.15pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;319&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  347. Murder victims by race/ethnicity
  348.  2011&lt;/div&gt;
  349. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 275.55pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;367&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  350. Murder offenders by race/ethnicity
  351.  2011&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  352. &lt;/td&gt;
  353. &lt;/tr&gt;
  354. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;&quot;&gt;
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  356. white&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  357. &lt;/td&gt;
  358.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  359. 20&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  360. &lt;/td&gt;
  361.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  364. white&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  365. &lt;/td&gt;
  366.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  367. 6&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  368. &lt;/td&gt;
  369.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  371.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  373. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;&quot;&gt;
  374.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  375. black&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  376. &lt;/td&gt;
  377.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  378. 326&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  379. &lt;/td&gt;
  380.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  381.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  382.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  383. black&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  384. &lt;/td&gt;
  385.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  386. 122&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  387. &lt;/td&gt;
  388.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  389.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  390.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  391. &lt;/tr&gt;
  392. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;&quot;&gt;
  393.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  394. hispanic&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  395. &lt;/td&gt;
  396.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  397. 82&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  398. &lt;/td&gt;
  399.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  400.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  401.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  402. hispanic&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  403. &lt;/td&gt;
  404.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  405. 42&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  406. &lt;/td&gt;
  407.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  408.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  409.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  410. &lt;/tr&gt;
  411. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;&quot;&gt;
  412.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  413. other&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  414. &lt;/td&gt;
  415.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  416. 5&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  417. &lt;/td&gt;
  418.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  419.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  420.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  421. other&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  422. &lt;/td&gt;
  423.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  424. 1&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  425. &lt;/td&gt;
  426.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  427.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  428.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  429. &lt;/tr&gt;
  430. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;&quot;&gt;
  431.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  432.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  433.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  434.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  435.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  436.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  437.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  438.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  439.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  440. &lt;/tr&gt;
  441. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;&quot;&gt;
  442.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.15pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;319&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  443. Murder victims by age
  444.  group 2011&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  445. &lt;/td&gt;
  446.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  447.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  448.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  449.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  450.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  451. &lt;/tr&gt;
  452. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;&quot;&gt;
  453.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  454. under 10yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  455. &lt;/td&gt;
  456.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  457. 10-13yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  458. &lt;/td&gt;
  459.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  460. 14-16yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  461. &lt;/td&gt;
  462.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  463. 17-25yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  464. &lt;/td&gt;
  465.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  466. 26-35yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  467. &lt;/td&gt;
  468.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  469. 36-45yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  470. &lt;/td&gt;
  471.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  472. 46-55yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  473. &lt;/td&gt;
  474.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.05pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;101&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  475. over 55yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  476. &lt;/td&gt;
  477. &lt;/tr&gt;
  478. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;&quot;&gt;
  479.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  480. 10&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  481. &lt;/td&gt;
  482.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  483. 2&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  484. &lt;/td&gt;
  485.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  486. 21&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  487. &lt;/td&gt;
  488.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  489. 196&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  490. &lt;/td&gt;
  491.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  492. 114&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  493. &lt;/td&gt;
  494.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  495. 42&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  496. &lt;/td&gt;
  497.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  498. 32&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  499. &lt;/td&gt;
  500.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  501. 14&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  502. &lt;/td&gt;
  503.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  504. &lt;/tr&gt;
  505. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;&quot;&gt;
  506.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  507.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  508.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  509.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  510.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  511.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  512.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  513.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  514.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  515. &lt;/tr&gt;
  516. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;&quot;&gt;
  517.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 305.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;408&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  518. Murder offenders by age
  519.  group 2011&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  520. &lt;/td&gt;
  521.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  522.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  523.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  524.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  525. &lt;/tr&gt;
  526. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;&quot;&gt;
  527.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  528. under 10yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  529. &lt;/td&gt;
  530.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  531. 10-13yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  532. &lt;/td&gt;
  533.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  534. 14-16yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  535. &lt;/td&gt;
  536.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  537. 17-25yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  538. &lt;/td&gt;
  539.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  540. 26-35yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  541. &lt;/td&gt;
  542.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  543. 36-45yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  544. &lt;/td&gt;
  545.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  546. 46-55yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  547. &lt;/td&gt;
  548.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.05pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;101&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  549. over 55yrs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  550. &lt;/td&gt;
  551. &lt;/tr&gt;
  552. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;&quot;&gt;
  553.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  554. 0&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  555. &lt;/td&gt;
  556.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  557. 0&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  558. &lt;/td&gt;
  559.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  560. 7&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  561. &lt;/td&gt;
  562.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  563. 91&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  564. &lt;/td&gt;
  565.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  566. 45&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  567. &lt;/td&gt;
  568.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  569. 14&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  570. &lt;/td&gt;
  571.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  572. 10&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  573. &lt;/td&gt;
  574.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  575. 4&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  576. &lt;/td&gt;
  577.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  578. &lt;/tr&gt;
  579. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;&quot;&gt;
  580.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  581.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  582.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  583.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  584.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  585.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  586.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  587.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  588.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  589. &lt;/tr&gt;
  590. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;&quot;&gt;
  591.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 162.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;217&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  592. Murder offers by sex&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  593. &lt;/td&gt;
  594.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 352.2pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;470&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  595. Murders caused by common
  596.  motives 2011&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  597. &lt;/td&gt;
  598. &lt;/tr&gt;
  599. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;&quot;&gt;
  600.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  601. female&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  602. &lt;/td&gt;
  603.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  604. 18&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  605. &lt;/td&gt;
  606.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  607.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 209.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;280&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  608. street gang altercation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  609. &lt;/td&gt;
  610.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  611. 118&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  612. &lt;/td&gt;
  613.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  614.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  615. &lt;/tr&gt;
  616. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;&quot;&gt;
  617.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  618. male&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  619. &lt;/td&gt;
  620.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  621. 153&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  622. &lt;/td&gt;
  623.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  624.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 209.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;280&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  625. gangland narcotics&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  626. &lt;/td&gt;
  627.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  628. 26&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  629. &lt;/td&gt;
  630.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  631.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  632. &lt;/tr&gt;
  633. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;&quot;&gt;
  634.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  635.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  636.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  637.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 143.15pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;191&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  638. armed robbery&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  639. &lt;/td&gt;
  640.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  641.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  642. 32&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  643. &lt;/td&gt;
  644.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  645.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  646. &lt;/tr&gt;
  647. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;&quot;&gt;
  648.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  649.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  650.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  651.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 209.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;280&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  652. domestic altercation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  653. &lt;/td&gt;
  654.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  655. 17&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  656. &lt;/td&gt;
  657.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  658.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  659. &lt;/tr&gt;
  660. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19;&quot;&gt;
  661.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  662.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  663.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  664.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  665.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  666.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  667.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  668.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  669.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  670. &lt;/tr&gt;
  671. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;&quot;&gt;
  672.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 305.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;408&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  673. Murder victims with prior
  674.  arrest history&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  675. &lt;/td&gt;
  676.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  677.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  678.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  679.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  680. &lt;/tr&gt;
  681. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;&quot;&gt;
  682.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  683. No&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  684. &lt;/td&gt;
  685.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  686. 100&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  687. &lt;/td&gt;
  688.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  689.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  690.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  691.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  692.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  693.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  694.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  695. &lt;/tr&gt;
  696. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 22;&quot;&gt;
  697.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  698. Yes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  699. &lt;/td&gt;
  700.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  701. 333&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  702. &lt;/td&gt;
  703.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  704.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  705.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  706.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  707.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  708.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  709.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  710. &lt;/tr&gt;
  711. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 23;&quot;&gt;
  712.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  713.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  714.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  715.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  716.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  717.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  718.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  719.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  720.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  721. &lt;/tr&gt;
  722. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;&quot;&gt;
  723.  &lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 305.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;408&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  724. Murder offenders with
  725.  prior arrest history&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  726. &lt;/td&gt;
  727.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  728.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  729.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  730.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  731. &lt;/tr&gt;
  732. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 25;&quot;&gt;
  733.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  734. No&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  735. &lt;/td&gt;
  736.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  737. 22&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  738. &lt;/td&gt;
  739.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  740.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  741.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  742.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  743.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  744.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  745.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  746. &lt;/tr&gt;
  747. &lt;tr style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 26; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;&quot;&gt;
  748.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.3pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  749. Yes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  750. &lt;/td&gt;
  751.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  752. 151&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  753. &lt;/td&gt;
  754.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.6pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;65&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  755.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.65pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;102&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  756.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  757.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  758.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 66.5pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  759.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.35pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;70&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  760.  &lt;td nowrap=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;height: 18.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.7pt;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; width=&quot;32&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  761. &lt;/tr&gt;
  762. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  763. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  764. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  765. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  766. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Looking at these numbers it&#39;s easy to see real patterns.
  767. Most gun violence is black on black, is most likely gang related, and both the
  768. victim and offender most likely have an arrest history, of course this is not
  769. the case every time. If Chicago could address the most common causes of murders
  770. in its city it could possibly see the same kind of results Aurora has achieved.
  771. Aurora&#39;s results are not speculation but are real and measurable. My message to
  772. Mayor Emanuel would be simply, &quot;The definition of insanity is to repeat
  773. the same actions over and over expecting a different result&quot; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  774. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  775. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  776. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  778. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  779. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  781. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  782. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Today is Fat
  783. Tuesday or Mardi Gras which is French for Fat Tuesday. Today we feast before
  784. the fasting of lent, which starts tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. Although these are
  785. traditionally considered Catholic holidays many people will be celebrating this
  786. holiday in popular places like New Orleans. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  787. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  788. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  789. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  790. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;With lent
  791. coming Wednesday let&#39;s look at how we celebrate the season of lent...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  792. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  793. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  794. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  795. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Reported on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Lent&quot;&gt;wikihow.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  796. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  797. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  798. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  799. &lt;b class=&quot;whb&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f7f1; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Make a Lenten calendar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f9f7f1; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;. Such a calendar will help you to focus on the progression of the Lenten season. Lent is 40 days long and doesn&#39;t include Sundays. It ends the Friday before Easter; count backwards from there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  800. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  801.  
  802. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  803. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  804. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  805. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X7qDX3jUWDq4cMHv1LIrvADxYAapEvKVSwN-QJSRrK8tsmEmnEwS0kUUjSOzc8hee3kDJVR248rk5kJNSJ3J8K5w0W2Fm98ptHyvgAjyUVCe3WrZBcD7_i0rVbA-oH8DSLzhoKYGH4s/s1600/181px-Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X7qDX3jUWDq4cMHv1LIrvADxYAapEvKVSwN-QJSRrK8tsmEmnEwS0kUUjSOzc8hee3kDJVR248rk5kJNSJ3J8K5w0W2Fm98ptHyvgAjyUVCe3WrZBcD7_i0rVbA-oH8DSLzhoKYGH4s/s1600/181px-Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  806. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  807. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  808. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  809. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Decide-What-to-Give-up-for-Lent&quot; title=&quot;Decide What to Give up for Lent&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #336633;&quot;&gt;Decide
  810. on your Lenten sacrifice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Your sacrifice is a reminder of the
  811. sacrifice of self Jesus made to save us from our sins. Think about all the
  812. trivial things in your life that shift your focus away from God. Do you find
  813. that you dedicate more time to sending text messages and posting status updates
  814. than to prayer and time with God? Do you have a habit of eating junk food
  815. excessively?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  816. &lt;/div&gt;
  817. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -49.3pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
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  820. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy6kJeqPZvumIepHGLwvehkTcrFYayyn9BpMn-mv4JtnYRtUA444m3Nil-OrmvpB0wFBWlrhVRXeSvJ5W6tml2yqwqi2TY4qYHlQdAmgE69uaxDOsxJmxcW0guVWksodggcnoh3zNF8w/s1600/184px-Feeding-the-people.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy6kJeqPZvumIepHGLwvehkTcrFYayyn9BpMn-mv4JtnYRtUA444m3Nil-OrmvpB0wFBWlrhVRXeSvJ5W6tml2yqwqi2TY4qYHlQdAmgE69uaxDOsxJmxcW0guVWksodggcnoh3zNF8w/s1600/184px-Feeding-the-people.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  821. &lt;/div&gt;
  822. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
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  824. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  825. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  826. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  827. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  828. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Take something on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;. While many people choose to give harmful things up for Lent,
  829. you could use the season to help you build&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;good&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;habits. You
  830. could promise to be more patient and kind toward your neighbor, or you could
  831. vow to help the needy. Whether you choose to sacrifice or to adopt new,
  832. strengthening habits, you should allow your Lenten promises to help you grow in
  833. faith and virtue.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  834. &lt;/div&gt;
  835. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -49.3pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  836.  
  837. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; line-height: 19.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; padding: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;
  838. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACvvKUTWlntcKKei7H4puWcubVluzpNyhROJfpekVDfZYCD9gPLwHuaO4-DoDjocHYDINn57MNRqUhHFXV3mRdQlw2NWCCu0L2RE_UTcFMeNsDaS0OSwODIQAvO3WA_kpO3KSGYiMvNQ/s1600/184px-IMG_6047.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACvvKUTWlntcKKei7H4puWcubVluzpNyhROJfpekVDfZYCD9gPLwHuaO4-DoDjocHYDINn57MNRqUhHFXV3mRdQlw2NWCCu0L2RE_UTcFMeNsDaS0OSwODIQAvO3WA_kpO3KSGYiMvNQ/s1600/184px-IMG_6047.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  839. &lt;/div&gt;
  840. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  841. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 9.6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  842. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  843. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  844. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Attend Mass as often as possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;. In addition to weekly Sunday service, it&#39;s good to go to
  845. church frequently, especially during the Lent. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday
  846. when we remember that we come from dust and to dust we shall return. Many
  847. traditions often have an additional worship service in mid-week, and attendance
  848. at these services is a good way to participate in Lent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  849. &lt;/div&gt;
  850. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -49.3pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  851.  
  852. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; line-height: 19.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; padding: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;
  853. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_OfehwNWtdQgl3z0H46M7qqJDGFxCWen9I3ClcIUzELIweozvgISQNQTG7KfMx8N3157YjXo-sPLC42jB-dTLe7vdYQ6IR6koZAVkC1NeIt4x5W15m_3Owryq_eddED7gvaq2K4GNQM/s1600/178px-Confessional-2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_OfehwNWtdQgl3z0H46M7qqJDGFxCWen9I3ClcIUzELIweozvgISQNQTG7KfMx8N3157YjXo-sPLC42jB-dTLe7vdYQ6IR6koZAVkC1NeIt4x5W15m_3Owryq_eddED7gvaq2K4GNQM/s1600/178px-Confessional-2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  854. &lt;/div&gt;
  855. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  856. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  857. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  858. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  859. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Go to Reconciliation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;. Reconciliation, or Confession, is a wonderful way to turn away
  860. from sin and reunite yourself with Christ. If you don&#39;t already, try getting
  861. into the habit of going to Confession on a regular basis. The Catholic Church
  862. has made it obligatory that all the faithful receive the sacrament of Penance
  863. at least once a year and once during the season of Lent, though it&#39;s
  864. recommended that you attend Confession at least once a month if possible.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  865. &lt;/div&gt;
  866. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -49.3pt; margin-right: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  867.  
  868. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; line-height: 19.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; padding: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;
  869. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1dSXUT2UVoibnDSw_8CgeYke-ugC9K2n7c7xRD-_apyIs44jml5gk-VkrxW2NIOCMn6yR_WAJJwt2QNZW9kqMWpaUZ9mAwePwI_H4115tuqhROEQ2IeZ2kFRij32Hz5-xriDd0_uH54/s1600/183px-B&amp;amp;W-Rosary.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1dSXUT2UVoibnDSw_8CgeYke-ugC9K2n7c7xRD-_apyIs44jml5gk-VkrxW2NIOCMn6yR_WAJJwt2QNZW9kqMWpaUZ9mAwePwI_H4115tuqhROEQ2IeZ2kFRij32Hz5-xriDd0_uH54/s1600/183px-B&amp;amp;W-Rosary.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  870. &lt;/div&gt;
  871. &lt;div style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 13.0pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  872. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 9.6pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  873. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Spend time on devotions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;. Though not required, devotions are a great way to put yourself
  874. in the right mindset for Lent. The Church highly encourages Adoration of God or
  875. the veneration of the Blessed Virgin and the saints. Your local parish probably
  876. has regular Eucharistic Adoration, where you can go to sit and engage in deep
  877. prayer, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. To practice veneration, you
  878. could say a decade of the Rosary daily, or pray to your patron saint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  879. &lt;/div&gt;
  880. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: #F9F7F1; line-height: 19.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -31.3pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  881. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;5.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  882. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;7&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  883. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f7f1; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;
  884. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Fast and abstain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #414141; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;. All Catholics aged fourteen and older are asked to
  885. abstain from meat on Lenten Fridays, though fish is allowed to be eaten.
  886. Additionally, Catholics aged 18-59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday, Good
  887. Friday, and all Lenten Fridays, meaning that only one full meal may be eaten in
  888. the day.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  889. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  890. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  891. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  892. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Whether or
  893. not you are Catholic, if you are a Christian, using Lent is a great way to appreciate
  894. the Easter season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  895. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/5583380706857271834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/using-lent-is-great-way-to-appreciate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5583380706857271834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5583380706857271834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/using-lent-is-great-way-to-appreciate.html' title='Using Lent is a Great Way to Appreciate the Easter Season'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X7qDX3jUWDq4cMHv1LIrvADxYAapEvKVSwN-QJSRrK8tsmEmnEwS0kUUjSOzc8hee3kDJVR248rk5kJNSJ3J8K5w0W2Fm98ptHyvgAjyUVCe3WrZBcD7_i0rVbA-oH8DSLzhoKYGH4s/s72-c/181px-Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-2587441341193757520</id><published>2013-02-11T11:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-11T23:24:36.658-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What the modern Catholic church needs is a younger more vibrant leader at its helm.  </title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  896. &lt;div class=&quot;cnnstorypgraphtxt&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  897. &lt;/div&gt;
  898. &lt;div class=&quot;cnnstorypgraphtxt&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  899. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today we got the surprise announcement&amp;nbsp; from the Vatican that on Feb. 28th Pope Benedict
  900. XVI will resign, the first Pope to do so in nearly 600 years. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  901. &lt;div class=&quot;cnnstorypgraphtxt&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
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  903. &lt;div class=&quot;cnnstorypgraphtxt&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  904. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/pope-benedict-declaration/index.html?hpt=hp_t1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;In his statement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,
  905. Pope Benedict -- who turns 86 in April -- said he had come to the certainty &quot;that
  906. my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate
  907. exercise of the Petrine ministry.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  910. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  911. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Benedict was known for his die hard position on the old Catholic beliefs
  912. that were against &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;the ordination of women and marriage for
  913. priests. He opposed homosexuality and communism and was never afraid of
  914. upsetting political sensibilities. His beliefs often made him look out of touch
  915. with many Catholics and the steady decline in church membership reflected that.
  916. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  917. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  918. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;What&#39;s
  919. next for the Catholic Church? Do they take this opportunity to elect possibly a
  920. younger more &quot;In touch&quot; Pope, maybe one that people can relate to and
  921. feel more compelled to attend Mass once again? Or stay just follow their most
  922. recent selection with another just like him? One thing is for sure the process
  923. may be hundreds of years old but what the modern Catholic church needs is a younger
  924. more vibrant leader at its helm. &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  925. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  926. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinylrQBqXgPqAAtakWj60ZXygxLTMEZQf4LRqvm98w_mcxUw3EHiXEto-wFMwT4cySWVRbRWioKPyN0Il0yeKpOPTgoDKahljAAyA1DQVIGM4p4dkVaxctid8zQSHdQ7tn_Pmo91Cn5-M/s1600/130211064637-01-pope-benedict-horizontal-gallery.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinylrQBqXgPqAAtakWj60ZXygxLTMEZQf4LRqvm98w_mcxUw3EHiXEto-wFMwT4cySWVRbRWioKPyN0Il0yeKpOPTgoDKahljAAyA1DQVIGM4p4dkVaxctid8zQSHdQ7tn_Pmo91Cn5-M/s320/130211064637-01-pope-benedict-horizontal-gallery.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  928. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  930. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  931. reported on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsmax.com/US/Arkansas-Legislature-Abortion/2013/01/31/id/488371&quot;&gt;newsmax.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  933. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  934. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  935. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;The Arkansas Senate
  936. voted Thursday to prohibit most abortions if a heartbeat is detected, ignoring
  937. warnings from opponents that banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a
  938. pregnancy would invite lawsuits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;If
  939. enacted, the ban would be the most stringent in the nation. The Ohio House
  940. passed a similar ban in 2011, but it was sidelined in the Senate last year over
  941. concerns that it might be found unconstitutional. Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe
  942. told reporters Thursday that&#39;s the same concern that he&#39;s researching.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  943. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  944. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  945. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  946. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;m
  947. waiting on lawyers. I think that&#39;s the big concern right now — does it run
  948. afoul of the Supreme Court or constitutional restrictions?&quot; Beebe said.
  949. &quot;That&#39;s the first thing we&#39;re looking at.&quot;....&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  950. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  951. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  952. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  953. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;&quot;&gt; The Senate approved the proposed
  954. &quot;Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act&quot; by a 26-8 vote. The
  955. measure, which now heads to a House committee, requires a test to detect a
  956. fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed. If one is detected, a woman
  957. could not have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest and if a mother&#39;s
  958. life is in danger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  959. &lt;br /&gt;
  960. I, like the President, have personally &quot;evolved&quot; on a few
  961. issues were I previously did not have much of an opinion but now have very
  962. strong feelings. Never would we have even considered abortion during my married
  963. years so I pretty much stayed focused on the issues I felt more directly
  964. pertained to my life, which I think many people tend to do as well. &lt;/div&gt;
  965. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  966. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  967. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  968. The growth of the internet during my adult life has
  969. opened my mind to more information, more details, stories of how things like
  970. abortion effect EVERYONE. &amp;nbsp;A simple
  971. &quot;Google&quot; search can open hundreds if not thousands of horrible
  972. pictures of the whole abortion process and the dead &quot;infants&quot; laying
  973. in pieces in a crash can like common garbage. Black pastors across the nation
  974. decry abortion as killing off a generation of blacks making them now a minority
  975. to both the White and Latino populations of&amp;nbsp;
  976. this country.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
  977. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  978. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  979. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  980. The&amp;nbsp; abortion
  981. process has eliminated of 54 million potential working class Americans in a
  982. time when America is in economic crisis, denying all Americans of the potential
  983. revenue of the taxes they would have generated had they been alive and working.
  984. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  985. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  986. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  987. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  988. Ask virtually anyone the simple question,
  989. &quot;Would you support the right to kill a living healthy baby if a mother
  990. didn&#39;t want to raise the child&quot;, and I&#39;m sure you&#39;d hear an over
  991. whelming, &quot;NO of course not&quot;! &amp;nbsp;I mean we do have laws against the killing of
  992. anyone, it&#39;s called murder.&amp;nbsp; So I&#39;m
  993. thinking&amp;nbsp; laws like they are proposing in
  994. Arkansas are starting a now bigger conversation, asking now a different
  995. question, &quot;When is a fetus a child&quot;? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  996. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  997. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  998. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  999. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpNiEX-26jNkvUX_PHYgB_I00JtcTMNgggMLj2IxA5Qa3BVO9XNz2CqEj2UVs4TzC_aEuGgjYtelYP9K1DLLaXwE1bmWtqAg5QCUmC3YpS_U2QH12azZj_d-ovYPoE5fGP2Uz7MUidso/s1600/babies.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;113&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpNiEX-26jNkvUX_PHYgB_I00JtcTMNgggMLj2IxA5Qa3BVO9XNz2CqEj2UVs4TzC_aEuGgjYtelYP9K1DLLaXwE1bmWtqAg5QCUmC3YpS_U2QH12azZj_d-ovYPoE5fGP2Uz7MUidso/s320/babies.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1002. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/2208963980229744121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/when-is-fetus-child.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2208963980229744121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2208963980229744121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/when-is-fetus-child.html' title='When is a fetus a child? '/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpNiEX-26jNkvUX_PHYgB_I00JtcTMNgggMLj2IxA5Qa3BVO9XNz2CqEj2UVs4TzC_aEuGgjYtelYP9K1DLLaXwE1bmWtqAg5QCUmC3YpS_U2QH12azZj_d-ovYPoE5fGP2Uz7MUidso/s72-c/babies.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-512466726847687727</id><published>2013-02-01T15:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-01T15:33:34.764-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The desire of this white house and the democratic party is to further dis-arm law abiding citizens plain and simple.</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1003. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1004. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Reported on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/01/Newtown-Votes-To-Put-Armed-Guards-In-Schools&quot;&gt;Breitbart.com&lt;/a&gt;
  1005. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1006. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
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  1009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1010. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1011. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;When the rubber hits the
  1012. road, when the stark and very real choice is either empty political posturing
  1013. with useless gun control laws or doing something practical to protect your
  1014. children, the only people laughing at the NRA are a media determined to protect
  1015. anything and everything involving Barack Obama. Today the Newtown Board of
  1016. Education made the only choice any parent can: &amp;nbsp;It&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/newtown-votes-armed-guards-elementary-schools-152326609.html&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0088bb;&quot;&gt;voted to put armed guards in its schools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1017. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1018. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The
  1019. vote, for now, only represents a request — it still needs to clear budget and
  1020. logistical boundaries since the guards would come from the town&#39;s police
  1021. resources as opposed to the school board itself. But the plan &#39;would put two
  1022. eyes and ears -- one armed, one unarmed -- at each Newtown school,&#39; reports
  1023. Bronxville Patch&#39;s Davis Dunavin. The guards, officially called school resource
  1024. officers (SROs), were already a fixture at all Newtown schools in the wake of
  1025. the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, but until this vote they were budgeted
  1026. only to be a presence at middle and high Schools, according to NBC
  1027. Connecticut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1028. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1029. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The
  1030. current push for gun controls by The State and its media is nothing more than
  1031. another front in the relentless culture wars against Red State Americans and
  1032. Bitter Clingers. None of the proposed laws would have stopped the Sandy Hook
  1033. murderer, which should tell you everything you need to know.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1034. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1035. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Meanwhile,
  1036. in Democrat-run Chicago, there&#39;s a Newtown every month. But the only solution
  1037. to that problem would be admitting harsh gun control laws and liberalism run
  1038. amok have failed. So the media would rather Chicago&#39;s monthly Sandy Hook goes
  1039. on than ever admit to such an inconvenient truth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1040. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1041. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The
  1042. NRA proposed putting armed guns in schools, and now the school board closest to
  1043. this tragedy agrees.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1044. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1045. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Keep
  1046. laughing and ignoring Chicago, media. You’re only fooling your corrupt selves.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1047. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1048. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;It really is telling when you consider that
  1049. because of the spin of the lame-stream media virtually no one I have talked to
  1050. realizes that, in fact,&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;NO ASSAULT
  1051. RIFLES WERE USED AT SANDY HOOK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; If our politicians were so concerned about
  1052. preventing another such attack wouldn&#39;t it make more since to at least address the
  1053. actual facts of Sandy Hook? Even a simpleton with half a brain would think to
  1054. look at what caused it in the first place if you were truly looking to prevent
  1055. it from happening again. CLEARLY Sandy hook is just another of the exploited tragic
  1056. events that the left has chosen as Rahm Emanuel has so famously been quoted as
  1057. saying, &quot;Never let a good tragedy go to waste&quot;. The desire of this
  1058. white house and the democratic party is to further dis-arm law abiding citizens
  1059. plain and simple.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1061. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1065. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1066. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/512466726847687727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-desire-of-this-white-house-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/512466726847687727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/512466726847687727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-desire-of-this-white-house-and.html' title='The desire of this white house and the democratic party is to further dis-arm law abiding citizens plain and simple.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8e2EbkG1QCbqGKqAZy-9u7YQBdnAuM4KVPY62H1cPE6cJCawC9P2L3IntEGXc7PEVKHw0el3zi78vg3x_vZVB2gOlVwepsH9odmMvfbl1biKedgCW7jJrvDxbtGn7cbXGBTadoFB0yBw/s72-c/images.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-2578387749955755938</id><published>2013-01-29T10:04:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-29T14:26:33.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The new &quot;pathway to citizenship&quot; is profoundly unfair!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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  1070. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;“Profoundly
  1071. unfair,” was the description Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz offered for the
  1072. pathway to&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;itxtrst&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;itxthook1w&quot; style=&quot;border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); bottom: auto; float: none; right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;itxthook1p&quot; style=&quot;bottom: auto; float: none; font-size: inherit; right: auto;&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype
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  1098. their immigration reform proposal.&lt;/span&gt; I was struck by his words knowing he is of Latin decent and his family
  1099. were, at one time, immigrates to this country. I thought, &quot;Why wouldn&#39;t he
  1100. above all appreciate helping so many obtain legal status&quot;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1104. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;So
  1105. with that question in mind I let Google do the searching and found &amp;nbsp;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_169199203&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;gov&#39;t.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Resources/B3en.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; document M-565&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_169199204&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &quot;How Do I Apply
  1106. for U.S. Citizenship?&quot; Seems the requirements for folks
  1107. &quot;legally&quot; living in the United States and seeking to become citizens
  1108. are pretty tough.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1109. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1110. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1111. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1112. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;Generally, to be eligible for
  1113. naturalization you must: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1114. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1115. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be age 18 or older;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1116. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1117. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be a permanent resident for a certain amount of time (usually
  1118. 5 years but less&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; for some individuals)
  1119. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1120. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1121. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be a person of good moral character;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1122. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1123. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Have a basic knowledge
  1124. of U.S. history and government;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1125. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1126. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Have a period of continuous residence and physical presence
  1127. in the United States&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1128. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1129. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be able to read, write, and speak&amp;nbsp; basic English. There are exceptions to this rule &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1130. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1131. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; for someone who: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1132. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1133. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;- Is 55 years old and has been
  1134. a permanent resident for at least 15&amp;nbsp; years; or&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1135. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1136. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;- Is 50 years old and has been
  1137. a permanent resident for at least 20&amp;nbsp; years; or&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1138. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1139. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;-Has a permanent&amp;nbsp; physical
  1140. or mental impairment that makes the
  1141. individual unable to &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1142. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1143. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; fulfill these requirements.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1144. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1145. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1146. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  1147. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;After reading what Sen. Cruz&#39;s
  1148. family went through to LEGALLY come to our country and become LEGAL citizens I
  1149. can completely understand his statement now. I myself wonder how you could give
  1150. a person a pass on the requirement &quot;Be a good person of moral
  1151. character&quot; after they ILLEGALLY crossed our boarder, ILLEGALLY worked
  1152. here, and ILLEGALLY lived here? The fact they have done it for a number of
  1153. years doesn&#39;t suddenly change the fact that it&#39;s ILLEGAL.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1154. &lt;br /&gt;
  1155. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1156. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1157. Easy
  1158. for me to agree the new &quot;pathway to citizenship&quot; is profoundly
  1159. unfair!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1161. &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1170. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/2578387749955755938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-new-pathway-to-citizenship-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2578387749955755938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2578387749955755938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-new-pathway-to-citizenship-is.html' title='The new &quot;pathway to citizenship&quot; is profoundly unfair!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3FaUjkk4hUMbF0S-saMMlrD4M49BqZw4XARVStXdzD8jazkxUkHgN-FAfihJWsofQ6zsm4chnKc9AYcQpb_LXB8i2Evu_TRe6GuZEQRbjtBDLEkOAciEzzPzD_JoBfzlvIXEgFvH3cc/s72-c/Ted-Cruz-2012-Elections-e1359417638545.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-5558774695095529501</id><published>2013-01-28T08:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-28T08:17:23.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;You are to do as I say not as I do&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1171. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 18.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.15pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1172. &lt;/h1&gt;
  1173. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 18.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 3.15pt;&quot;&gt;
  1174. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;I remember very vividly when I was young my
  1175. mother slapping me upside the head for repeating something I had heard her say,
  1176. often I wasn&#39;t quite sure what is was it meant, but it made me feel more grown
  1177. up repeating her. More times than not she&#39;d give me a surprised look followed
  1178. closely by &quot;the slap&quot; and say, &quot;You are to do as I say not as I
  1179. do&quot;. My response was more like why did she do that, rather worrying about being
  1180. slapped.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1181. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 18.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 3.15pt;&quot;&gt;
  1182. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1183. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 18.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 3.15pt;&quot;&gt;
  1184. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Now as an adult the familiar experience of
  1185. being told, &quot;You are to do as I say not as I do&quot;, but this time it&#39;s
  1186. not my mother, it&#39;s congress. Recently Sen. Feinstein proposed&amp;nbsp; sweeping new gun restrictions limiting more
  1187. of my 2nd amendment rights. Reading through the proposal it I started to get
  1188. that familiar feeling as I read that all these new restrictions would not apply
  1189. to any former or current law enforcement officers, nor any federal officials,
  1190. including of course Sen. Feinstein. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1191. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 18.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 3.15pt;&quot;&gt;
  1192. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1193. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Clear as day I could
  1194. hear my mother saying, &quot;You are to do as I say not as I do&quot;, and half
  1195. expecting the feel of the follow up slap upside my head by Sen. Feinstein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;
  1196. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1198. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1199. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  1205. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;I have been in a bit of a funk the last few days as the
  1206. pending start President Obama&#39;s second term drew close, and now in fact has
  1207. begun. During the first inauguration it was hard to not be proud as the most
  1208. powerful nation in the world peacefully and happily changed leadership. In many
  1209. countries this is only after violence and bloodshed. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1211. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1213. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Swearing in our first black president promising
  1214. &quot;Hope and Change&quot;, although I personally could not bring myself to
  1215. vote for a total unknown inexperienced man myself, I at least admired his accomplishment
  1216. in being elected.T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;his week the feeling in the pit of my stomach only
  1217. increased as his swearing in drew nearer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1219. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1221. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/article/top-ten-signs-something-is-wrong-with-the-2012-election-results&quot;&gt;Examiner.com&lt;/a&gt;
  1222. reported 10 major problems with this past presidential election. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1224. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1225. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1226. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;10) In a brief &quot;follow-the-paper trail&quot; experiment by
  1227. a local news team in Florida, at least 94 non-citizens were immediately and
  1228. effortlessly&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJDudUpct0&amp;amp;feature=share&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;caught&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;illegally
  1229. voting.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1230. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1231. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;9)&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/topic/barack-obama&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;Barack
  1232. Obama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://american3rdposition.com/?p=8416&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;lost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;every single state that requires voter
  1233. ID.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1234. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1235. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;8)
  1236. Numerous reports of Romney voters being turned away at the polls due to someone
  1237. already having voted with their name, and of Democrats publicly bragging about
  1238. voting multiple times and about criminally&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/11/18/Anonymous-Claims-They-Hacked-GOP-On-Election-Day&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;sabotaging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;electronic GOP get-out-the-vote
  1239. systems...and an overwhelming number of poll watchers&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/11/17/Virgina-Poll-Watcher-Claims-She-Saw-Mass-Voter-Fraud&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;reporting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;widespread fraud.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1240. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt;&quot;&gt;
  1241. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Palm Beach County
  1242. Supervisor of Elections Office under scrutiny for handling of Allen West
  1243. ballots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/video/palm-beach-county-supervisor-of-elections-office-under-scrutiny-for-handling-of-allen-west-ballots&quot; style=&quot;float: left; z-index: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1244. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1245. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;7)
  1246. Philadelphia polling stations where Republican inspectors were kicked out (like
  1247. the one with the giant tyrant-worshiping mural to Obama on the wall and Black
  1248. Panthers&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2012/11/06/black-panther-philadelphia-polling-place-201/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;out
  1249. front)&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://weaselzippers.us/2012/11/08/philly-polling-stations-where-gop-inspectors-were-kicked-out-had-90-voter-turnout-99-voted-for-obama/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;had&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ridiculous
  1250. Third World dictatorship-type results: 90% voter turnout, 99% of which went for
  1251. the president.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1252. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1253. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;6)
  1254. At least 70,000 voters, almost entirely in swing states,&lt;a href=&quot;http://goo.gl/jjCSX&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;reported&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;significant problems casting their
  1255. ballot correctly (imagine how many&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;didn&#39;t&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;file a complaint) and voting machines
  1256. in Pennsylvania were&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/poll-watcher-sees-romney-ballots-changed/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;found&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;consistently
  1257. switching votes from Romney to Obama.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1258. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1259. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;5)
  1260. At least 52 Democrats were&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsnet14.com/?p=92957&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;caught&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;committing voter fraud, and one poll
  1261. worker in New York was even&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://goo.gl/nn5CN&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;caught&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;telling people they had to vote for
  1262. Obama.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1263. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1264. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;4)
  1265. In Ohio, where at least hundreds of fraudulent voter registration cards have
  1266. already been&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ohio-voter-registration-fraud/2012/11/03/id/462674&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;identified&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and one out of every five voters&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanevents.com/2012/09/17/vote-fraud-alert-one-out-of-five-registered-ohio-voters-is-bogus/#.UJrnpl7Imc0.facebook&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;turned&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;out
  1267. to be bogus, Democrats were&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/26/is-voter-fraud-being-committed-in-ohio/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;caught&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;shipping in bus loads of Somalian
  1268. voters who couldn&#39;t speak English and &quot;helping&quot; them vote.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1269. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1270. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;3)
  1271. In scores of precincts all across Pennsylvania and Ohio, Mitt Romney&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/11/12/odd-romney-got-zero-votes-in-59-precincts-in-philly-9-in-ohio/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;got&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;literally
  1272. zero votes--a virtual statistical impossibility for a major party candidate in&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;precinct, let alone over sixty of
  1273. them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1274. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1275. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;2)
  1276. Ten counties in Colorado&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redstate.com/2012/09/04/colorado-counties-have-more-voters-than-people/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;went&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from
  1277. around 50-60% voter turnout in 2008 (about average) to 104-140% in 2012.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1278. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;&quot;&gt;
  1279. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;1)
  1280. The numbers just don&#39;t add up. Extensive surveys from mainstream, reputable
  1281. organizations like Gallup, Pew and Rasmussen all&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2012/11/05/Why-the-Polls-are-Wrong-Poll-Shows-Electorate-is-R-6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;demonstrated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a huge party identification advantage
  1282. for Republicans, and the only polls that suggested an Obama win (the only ones
  1283. the news media would talk about) were ones that wildly&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/09/26/BREAKING-Democrat-Voters-Turnout-Advantage-Over-Republicans-Will-Break-All-Time-Records&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3e72a7;&quot;&gt;over-sampled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;registered Democrats.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1284. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1285. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The inner sickness I was feeling was fueled by the memories or
  1286. all of these occurrences, as well as many others reported by other sites. Questions
  1287. like how can this be without anyone in the Republican party questioning them.
  1288. How is it our own government allowed them to happen, and why isn&#39;t the media
  1289. exposing them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1290. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Was
  1291. this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;inauguration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt; a celebration of our
  1292. republic in action, or was it the dying quiver of a republics last stand?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1293. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1294. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1295. &lt;br /&gt;
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  1299. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  1301. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1302. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1303. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1304. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/603462868971546560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-republics-last-stand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/603462868971546560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/603462868971546560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-republics-last-stand.html' title='A Republics Last Stand?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTL8PZ33UL7aMjW2gYfPAAQRGdIGxwo_d0jSiOIR0Wm01S0AmDF4U_pIUJouoCLUdUd1d_6JoOf8CLzqj5bXoQHmbwfARXnzcdrm6KAkk90ptk3_b5qbRAkg7Z7IqWdiDd2NpwZUK9zU/s72-c/obama_shush_lg.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-8026779957148872713</id><published>2013-01-17T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-18T01:01:01.020-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What isn&#39;t politically charged in our news these days?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1305. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 3pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1306. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 15pt;&quot;&gt;A friend recently commented to me that I had become so political these days
  1307. that it seemed I had changed so much over the past few months. I asked, “How so”?
  1308. He told me that I seemed to have a political spin on virtually any story on the
  1309. news, that I&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;wasn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;so much focused say on being anti- abortion or anti-anything
  1310. specific, but seemed to have an opinion on everything. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1311. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1312. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1313. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 3pt; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1314. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 15pt;&quot;&gt;My response was simple, “What news worthy story in the news&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;doesn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal; line-height: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;have
  1315. a political spin”? Are we talking about our loss of rights to not be arrested
  1316. and detained without do cause or process through the NDAA, the controversies over
  1317. just what is in our vaccinations, our massive government over spending, the loss
  1318. of our constitutional rights to like legal gun ownership or privacy issues, voting
  1319. fraud at unprecedented levels, a president that goes around congress and the constitution,
  1320. not have a federal budget in over 4 years, our foreign diplomats being kills by
  1321. terrorist with the weapons we gave them, heck hundreds of Mexicans and Americans
  1322. being killed by weapon our country gave the drug cartels. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1323. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  1324. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  1325. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I really could go on and on this line of
  1326. thought as there really&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;doesn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;seem to be an end to what our government&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;isn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;trying to manipulate, transform, alter, and CHANGE. I ask you what&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;isn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;politically charged in our news these days?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1328. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1332. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1334. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Clicking through
  1335. the net we are bombarded by endless commentaries concerning “gun rights”, both
  1336. in support and against. The bigger issue I see in the argument is not whether
  1337. we “should” pass gun laws but more “can” we, legally? The second amendment is
  1338. part of the Bill of Rights, just what is the Bill of Rights and how did they
  1339. come to be?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1341. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1343. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;During the
  1344. debates in congress in writing a final draft of the Constitution many felt that
  1345. there multiple loops holes were the government they were creating could someday
  1346. grow to be so powerful as to be as bad, or worse, than the very government they
  1347. were attempting to over throw. To appease these concerns and get the
  1348. Constitution signed by all it was agreed that they would amend it to address everyone’s
  1349. concerns at a later date. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1350. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1351. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1352. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1353. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;They set
  1354. about to close these loop holes and finalized twelve amendments to the
  1355. Constitution that were to be sent out and ratified at the state level before
  1356. being added to the Constitution. &amp;nbsp;After
  1357. going through each states ratifying procedures ten of the twelve were agreed to
  1358. by all and made part of the final draft. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1359. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1360. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1361. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1362. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So this
  1363. brings us to present day, the very part of our greatest document, possibly the
  1364. greatest government document ever written, is now being threaten by the very government
  1365. it sought to limit. How is it that we can put into place a document to limit
  1366. the power of government and then turn around and feel it is acceptable for that
  1367. government to demand we weaken that document, and in a sense, gain it more
  1368. power over us? How does that even make sense?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1370. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1372. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;If that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;doesn&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;mess with your head enough wrap your brain around this one. If we make
  1373. it ok to change the laws restricting the power of government at its request
  1374. because it “makes us safer”, then what would stop them from going after ANY
  1375. part of the Constitution in the future using the same argument?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1377. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1378. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You may personally have never owned a gun, nor
  1379. intend to, but at some point if we allow this to happen they WILL seek to limit
  1380. something you do care about, it’s virtually a certainty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1382. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1384. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1393. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/5271787815279345213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/its-virtually-certainty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5271787815279345213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/5271787815279345213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/its-virtually-certainty.html' title='It&#39;s Virtually A Certainty'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd_9k2VIx6n5TnCeBlqf2JTsUMPwX9PYfhjpwENwcEN8Dd7F511aN_4wNF6Q_ghiCI7ap6os577_HlMAyGDqfCtdG2rkJQTykLFR_TBq0f1AxFdWyuudp77BH5cCsgI3zl8ELdYpWPPA/s72-c/images+(1).jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-7850644114859868803</id><published>2013-01-12T05:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-12T07:59:42.708-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If it works for Louisiana why not have it work for all of us?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1394. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 12.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;
  1395. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;reported in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/jindal-our-goal-eliminate-all-personal-income-tax-and-all-corporate-income-tax_695111.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;theweeklyStandard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1396. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 12.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;
  1397. &lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #676767; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #676767; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;BY&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.weeklystandard.com/author/daniel-halper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #dc281e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;DANIEL HALPER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1400. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 12.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;
  1401. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican, wants to
  1402. reform his state&#39;s tax code. Jindal announced today that his &quot;goal is to
  1403. eliminate all personal income tax and all corporate income tax.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1405. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;We are meeting with every legislator over the coming
  1406. weeks to discuss the details of the tax reform plan. Our goal is to eliminate
  1407. all personal income tax and all corporate income tax in a revenue neutral
  1408. manner. We want to keep the sales tax as low and flat as possible,&quot; says
  1409. Jindal in a statement provided by the Louisiana governor&#39;s office.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1411. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;Eliminating personal income taxes will put more money
  1412. back into the pockets of Louisiana families and will change a complex tax code
  1413. into a more simple system that will make Louisiana more attractive to companies
  1414. who want to invest here and create jobs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1416. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;Tax reform will remove administrative burdens from
  1417. families and small businesses and improve Louisiana’s business prospects;
  1418. create more business investment opportunities with increased job growth; and
  1419. raise the state’s profile in national business rankings.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1421. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;The bottom line is that for too long, Louisiana’s
  1422. workers and small businesses have suffered from having a state tax structure
  1423. that is too complex and that holds back economic prosperity.&amp;nbsp; It’s time to
  1424. change that so people can keep more of their own money and foster an
  1425. environment where businesses want to invest and create good-paying jobs.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1426. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1427. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1428. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1430. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Currently seven states have no state income tax Alaska,
  1431. Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
  1432. Apparently it works just fine for them and honestly seems the most fair to me.
  1433. By relying on a state sales tax for revenue you are , in a sense, taxing the
  1434. rich at a higher level since they typically buy more &quot;things&quot;. While
  1435. people that make less money spend less money, and would pay less yearly in taxes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1437. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;With 47% of the people in the country paying no federal
  1438. taxes at all, and many of those people receiving checks for more than they paid
  1439. in, doing something on a national level like what Gov. Jindal is proposing
  1440. makes all the sense in the world to me. For one thing we&#39;d ALL have &quot;skin
  1441. in the game&quot; everyone pays something. When you have 47% of the people that
  1442. don&#39;t pay taxes government spending just doesn&#39;t hit home for many, and they
  1443. seem to not see the dangers of out of control government debt. Anyway it&#39;s nice
  1444. to see someone out there in government trying something new and if it works for
  1445. Louisiana why not have it work for all of us?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1446. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1447. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ErHH6tMN435ANGN0yinoWdmdWn14eVWXKmKLTlrKJYqIWdaRfm4usVQtUjaUVM5Sje_QjTta4T4V23sVZeL_Q8xf_vg-LwwmFXL60DgSBFuOrPKelJDXjCB2KWO5qz-WxMf8vqN-WsQ/s1600/800px-BobbyJindalKennerMcCain2008.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ErHH6tMN435ANGN0yinoWdmdWn14eVWXKmKLTlrKJYqIWdaRfm4usVQtUjaUVM5Sje_QjTta4T4V23sVZeL_Q8xf_vg-LwwmFXL60DgSBFuOrPKelJDXjCB2KWO5qz-WxMf8vqN-WsQ/s1600/800px-BobbyJindalKennerMcCain2008.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1455. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1456. &lt;/div&gt;
  1457. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1458. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;I watched
  1459. the interview, if you can call it that, of Alex Jones by Piers Morgan on CNN. I
  1460. respect the effort that Jones puts in to defend our constitutional rights and
  1461. the fight against the big banks, but I was a bit disappointed that he lost his cool, and the
  1462. opportunity, to make some really strong points.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1463. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1464. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1465. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1466. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;When Jones
  1467. pushed the issue of the sky rocketing violent crime rate in the UK since their
  1468. gun band versus the steady decline of violent crime in the US Morgan wanted to
  1469. talk numbers. He asked, &quot;how many murders with guns were committed in the UK
  1470. last year&quot;? Jones not knowing the answer off hand was informed by Piers
  1471. that only 34 people had been killed by gun in the UK last year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1472. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1473. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1474. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1475. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Jones then
  1476. went off on a rant about manipulating numbers and such and it was kind of hard
  1477. to follow at times. A better response have been to point out that violent
  1478. crime in the UK, including murders, were up and have been climbing every since their gun
  1479. ban. Taking the guns from law abiding citizens only empowered the criminals to
  1480. commit MORE crimes since no one could defend themselves, they simply switched
  1481. away from guns to more convenient weapons. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1482. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1483. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1484. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1485. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A recent
  1486. story from the UK noted that emergency room doctors were seeing a sharp rise in
  1487. stabbings with a particular size of kitchen knife. what was their suggestion, ban
  1488. that size of kitchen knife, like someone bent on violence won&#39;t simply grab the
  1489. next available weapon or knife. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1490. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1491. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1492. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1493. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
  1494. frustration over mast killings is understandable and looking for an answer is
  1495. certainly appropriate. Anyone with trouble shooting skills knows when
  1496. addressing a problem you don&#39;t so much address the result of the problem but
  1497. look one step in front of it and look into what caused the issue. Some people,
  1498. with more level heads, are trying this approach to this problem by looking into
  1499. the mental health issues involved, violent video games and movies, &amp;nbsp;and other things possibly &quot;outside the
  1500. box&quot; of our usual approaches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1502. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1503. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;The approach that troubles me most, and should
  1504. everyone, is the approach that has failed in every case. That is to simply look
  1505. past the causes and try to take away as many options as possible from the
  1506. criminal mind. This simply denies law abiding, and mentally stable, people
  1507. their rights to these items. I&#39;m not prepared to give one single constitutional
  1508. right to appease these irrational people that I believe are simply exploiting
  1509. these tragedies the promote their own agenda, especially since it won&#39;t make a
  1510. bit of deference to the criminals anyway.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  1512. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1516. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0qrCMd2YCZ56jqduEOY6zN-5vH0ew6HitadgQOP_9M73xqQd4GQ3YgYYN_OdH_Ka1UlTwGlF1E1YZ1OsV62hF-22bVXhapxSluzA7-X4zs2ZxQJKdg-cAHaBii7XOgmis2xRULcCsLA/s1600/1155968404_2081618224001_901868133-175-1357674257480.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0qrCMd2YCZ56jqduEOY6zN-5vH0ew6HitadgQOP_9M73xqQd4GQ3YgYYN_OdH_Ka1UlTwGlF1E1YZ1OsV62hF-22bVXhapxSluzA7-X4zs2ZxQJKdg-cAHaBii7XOgmis2xRULcCsLA/s320/1155968404_2081618224001_901868133-175-1357674257480.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1519. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/6318426373897982059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/it-wont-make-bit-of-difference-to.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/6318426373897982059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/6318426373897982059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/it-wont-make-bit-of-difference-to.html' title='It won&#39;t make a bit of difference to the criminals anyway'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0qrCMd2YCZ56jqduEOY6zN-5vH0ew6HitadgQOP_9M73xqQd4GQ3YgYYN_OdH_Ka1UlTwGlF1E1YZ1OsV62hF-22bVXhapxSluzA7-X4zs2ZxQJKdg-cAHaBii7XOgmis2xRULcCsLA/s72-c/1155968404_2081618224001_901868133-175-1357674257480.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-7600696143375794147</id><published>2013-01-09T05:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-09T05:00:05.475-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No where to go but up?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  1520. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1521. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;ANYONE that has known me, for oh say 15 minutes, knows exactly how I feel
  1522. about our current &quot;failure in chief&quot; president. If you need a few
  1523. more FACTS to kind of help you make up your mind here are 24 . &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1525. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1526. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1527. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Under Bill Clinton, the average unemployment rate
  1528. was 5.2 percent.&amp;nbsp; Under George W. Bush, the average unemployment rate was
  1529. 5.3 percent.&amp;nbsp; Under Barack Obama, things have been much worse. The month
  1530. after he took office the unemployment rate rose above 8 percent and it has
  1531. stayed there ever since.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1533. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1535. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Under Barack Obama, the velocity of money (a very
  1536. important indicator of economic health) has plunged to a post-World War II low.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1538. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1540. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Real median household income has decreased by more
  1541. than 4000 dollars since Barack Obama entered the White House.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1543. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1545. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The United States has plenty of oil and we should
  1546. not have to import it from the Middle East.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, Barack Obama
  1547. has an absolutely nightmarish energy policy.&amp;nbsp; Under Bill Clinton, the
  1548. number of drilling permits approved rose by 58 percent.&amp;nbsp; Under George W.
  1549. Bush, the number of drilling permits approved rose by 116 percent.&amp;nbsp; Under
  1550. Barack Obama, the number of drilling permits approved&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;decreased&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;by
  1551. 36 percent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1555. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;When Barack Obama took office, the average price
  1556. of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85.&amp;nbsp; Today, the average price of a gallon
  1557. of gasoline is $3.71.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1558. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1559. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1560. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1561. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Under Barack Obama, the United States has lost
  1562. more than 300,000 education jobs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1563. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1564. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1565. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1566. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since Barack Obama became president, the number of
  1567. long-term unemployed Americans has risen from 2.7 million to 5.2 million.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1568. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1569. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1570. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1571. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;For the first time in the post-World War II era,
  1572. the employment-population ratio has not bounced back after a recession.&amp;nbsp;
  1573. The percentage of working age Americans with a job has been below 59 percent
  1574. for 35 months in a row.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1575. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1576. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1577. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1578. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;While Barack Obama has been president, U.S. home
  1579. values have fallen by another 12 percent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1580. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1581. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1582. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1583. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;More than three times as many new homes were sold
  1584. in the United States in 2005 as will be sold in 2012.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1585. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1586. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1587. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1588. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Electricity bills in the United States have risen
  1589. faster than the overall rate of inflation for five years in a row.&amp;nbsp; Thanks
  1590. Obama.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1591. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1592. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1593. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1594. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;When Barack Obama first entered the White House,
  1595. an ounce of gold was going for about $850.&amp;nbsp; Today, the price of gold is
  1596. over $1630 an ounce.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1597. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1598. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1599. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1600. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since 2008, our economy has lost 1.3 million jobs
  1601. while at the same time 3.6 million more Americans have been added to Social
  1602. Security’s disability insurance program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1603. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1604. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1605. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1606. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The number of Americans on food stamps has grown
  1607. from 31.9 million when Barack Obama took office to 46.4 million today.&amp;nbsp;
  1608. How much more “hope and change” are we going to be able to endure?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1609. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1610. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1611. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1612. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;As I wrote about the other day, it is being
  1613. projected that Obamacare will add 16 million more Americans to the Medicaid
  1614. rolls.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1615. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1616. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1617. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1618. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you can believe it (and this really is hard to
  1619. believe), more than half of all Americans are now at least partially
  1620. financially dependent on the government.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1621. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1622. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1623. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1624. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The total amount of money that the federal
  1625. government gives directly to the American people has grown by 32 percent since
  1626. Barack Obama became president.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1627. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1628. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1629. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1630. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Under Barack Obama, federal spending as a
  1631. percentage of GDP (25 percent) is the highest that it has been since World War
  1632. II.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1633. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1634. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1635. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1636. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Obama administration has been spending money
  1637. on some of the most insane things imaginable.&amp;nbsp; For example, in 2011 the
  1638. Obama administration spent $592,527 on a study that sought to figure out once
  1639. and for all why chimpanzees throw poop.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1640. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1641. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1642. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1643. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The U.S. government has run a budget deficit of
  1644. well over a trillion dollars every single year under Barack Obama.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1645. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1646. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1647. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1648. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Under Barack Obama, U.S. debt was downgraded from
  1649. AAA status for the first time ever.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1650. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1651. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1652. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1653. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since Barack Obama took office, the U.S. national
  1654. debt has increased by 50 percent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1655. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1656. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1657. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1658. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since Barack Obama became president, the U.S.
  1659. national debt has increased by an average of more than $64,000 per taxpayer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1660. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1661. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1662. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  1663. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;#24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;During the Obama administration, the U.S. national
  1664. debt has grown more than it did from the time that George Washington became
  1665. president to the beginning of Bill Clinton’s second term as president.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1666. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  1667. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1668. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;As Barry begins his
  1669. second term on January 21st, 2013 let&#39;s just hope that there is no where to go
  1670. but up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1671. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1672. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1678. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1679. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;reported &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257715/Study-shows-college-students-think-theyre-special--read-write-barely-study.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;by
  1680. TheDailyMail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1681. &lt;br /&gt;
  1682. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1683. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  1684. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1685. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Books aside, if you asked a college freshman
  1686. today who the Greatest Generation is, they might respond by pointing in a
  1687. mirror. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1688. &lt;br /&gt;
  1689. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1690. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Young people&#39;s unprecedented level of
  1691. self-infatuation was revealed in a new analysis of the American Freshman
  1692. Survey, which has been asking students to rate themselves compared to their
  1693. peers since 1966.&amp;nbsp;Roughly 9 million young people have taken the survey
  1694. over the last 47 years&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1695. &lt;br /&gt;
  1696. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1697. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Psychologist Jean Twenge and her colleagues
  1698. compiled the data and found that over the last four decades there&#39;s been a dramatic
  1699. rise in the number of students who describe themselves as being &#39;above average&#39;
  1700. in the areas of academic ability, drive to achieve, mathematical ability, and
  1701. self-confidence. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1702. &lt;br /&gt;
  1703. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1704. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;But in appraising the traits that are
  1705. considered less invidualistic - co-operativeness, understanding others, and
  1706. spirituality - the numbers either stayed at slightly decreased over the same
  1707. period. Researchers also found a disconnect between the student&#39;s opinions of
  1708. themselves and actual ability. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1709. &lt;br /&gt;
  1710. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1711. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;While students are much more likely to call
  1712. themselves gifted in writing abilities, objective test scores actually show
  1713. that their writing abilities are far less than those of their 1960s
  1714. counterparts. Also on the decline is the amount of time spent studying, with
  1715. little more than a third of students saying they study for six or more hours a
  1716. week compared to almost half of all students claiming the same in the late
  1717. 1980s. Though they may work less, the number that said they had a drive to
  1718. succeed rose sharply.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1719. &lt;br /&gt;
  1720. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1721. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;These young egotists can grow up to be
  1722. depressed adults. A 2006 study found that students suffer from &#39;ambition
  1723. inflation&#39; as their increased ambitions accompany increasingly unrealistic
  1724. expectations. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1725. &lt;br /&gt;
  1726. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1727. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;Since the 1960s and 1970s, when those
  1728. expectations started to grow, there&#39;s been an increase in anxiety and
  1729. depression,&quot; Twenge said. &quot;There&#39;s going to be a lot more people who
  1730. don&#39;t reach their goals.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1731. &lt;br /&gt;
  1732. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1733. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Twenge is the author of a separate study
  1734. showing a 30 per cent increase towards narcissism in students since 1979. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;Our culture used to encourage modesty
  1735. and humility and not bragging about yourself,&quot; Twenge told&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20756247&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;
  1736. &quot;It was considered a bad thing to be seen as conceited or full of
  1737. yourself.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1738. &lt;br /&gt;
  1739. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1740. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Just because someone has high self-esteem
  1741. doesn&#39;t mean they&#39;re a narcissist. Positive self-assessments can not only be
  1742. harmless but completely true. However, one in four recent students responded to
  1743. a questionnaire called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory with results
  1744. pointing towards narcissistic self-assessments. Narcissism is defined as
  1745. excessive self-love or vanity; self-admiration, or being self-centered.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1746. &lt;br /&gt;
  1747. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1748. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Twenge said that&#39;s a trait that is often
  1749. negative and destructive, and blames its boom on several trends - including
  1750. parenting styles, celebrity culture, social media, and easy credit - for
  1751. allowing people to seem more successful than they really are. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1752. &lt;br /&gt;
  1753. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1754. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;What&#39;s really become prevalent over the
  1755. last two decades is the idea that being highly self-confident - loving
  1756. yourself, believing in yourself - is the key to success,&quot; Twenge said. &quot;Now
  1757. the interesting thing about that belief is it&#39;s widely held, it&#39;s very deeply
  1758. held, and it&#39;s also untrue.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1759. &lt;br /&gt;
  1760. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1761. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Despite a library&#39;s worth of self-help books
  1762. promoting the idea we can achieve anything if we believe we can, there&#39;s very
  1763. little evidence that raising self-esteem produces positive, real-world
  1764. outcomes. &quot;If there is any effect at all, it is quite small,&quot; said
  1765. Roy Baumeister of Florida State University, who authored a 2003 paper on
  1766. self-esteem studies. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1767. &lt;br /&gt;
  1768. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1769. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Baumeister found that while successful people
  1770. did have high-self esteem in many cases, it was unclear what actual caused
  1771. their success if the first place. Both self-esteem and success were often
  1772. influenced by another factor. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1773. &lt;br /&gt;
  1774. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1775. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;Coming from a good family might lead to
  1776. both high self-esteem and personal success.&quot; Baumeister said. &quot;Self-control
  1777. is much more powerful and well-supported as a cause of personal success. Despite
  1778. my years invested in research on self-esteem, I reluctantly advise people to
  1779. forget about it.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1780. &lt;br /&gt;
  1781. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1782. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Twenge compared it to a swimmer trying to
  1783. learn a turn who needs to believe that learning the skill is possible but who
  1784. won&#39;t actually be aided in&amp;nbsp; acquiring that skill by their belief.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1785. &lt;br /&gt;
  1786. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1787. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;You need to believe that you can go out
  1788. and do something but that&#39;s not the same as thinking that you&#39;re great,&quot;
  1789. Twenge said. Studies suggest weaker students actually perform worse if given
  1790. encouragement at boosting their self-esteem. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1791. &lt;br /&gt;
  1792. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1793. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;An intervention that encourages
  1794. [students] to feel good about themselves, regardless of work, may remove the
  1795. reason to work hard,&quot; Baumeister found. But if you found yourself bothered
  1796. by a person always talking about how wonderful they are, remember that their
  1797. future may not be bright. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1798. &lt;br /&gt;
  1799. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1800. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;In the long-term, what tends to happen
  1801. is that narcissistic people mess up their relationships, at home and at work,&quot;
  1802. Twenge said. Though narcissists may be charming at first, their selfish actions
  1803. eventually damage relationships. It&#39;s not until middle-age they may realize
  1804. their lives have had a number of failed relationships. And even if they
  1805. recognize something is wrong they may have a hard time changing. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1806. &lt;br /&gt;
  1807. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1808. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a personality trait,&quot; says
  1809. Twenge. &quot;It&#39;s by definition very difficult to change. It&#39;s rooted in
  1810. genetics and early environment and culture and things that aren&#39;t all that
  1811. malleable.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1812. &lt;br /&gt;
  1813. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1814. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s hard to blame today&#39;s generation for
  1815. such an attitude when the parents raised them in an environment where we don&#39;t
  1816. keep score in games so that &quot;everyone is a winner&quot; and &quot;no one
  1817. feels badly because they lost&quot;. Where some schools, including colleges,
  1818. have quit giving good students high grades and poor students low grades and
  1819. have simply went to&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;a pass/fail system
  1820. so that no one self esteem is injured. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1821. &lt;br /&gt;
  1822. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1823. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;This generation has been coddled and told
  1824. they are special from the cradle, not that its bad to express your love for
  1825. your child but you have denied them the drive you get from loosing and having
  1826. to try harder, or getting a bad grade and having to push hard to get that grade
  1827. back up. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1828. &lt;br /&gt;
  1829. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1830. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;They come into the real world unprepared for
  1831. failure at any level and frankly they are unequipped to deal with real life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1841. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1842. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;reported by&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  1843. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/05/91-of-pregnant-women-planned-parenthood-sees-get-abortions/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;LifeNews
  1844. :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1845. &lt;br /&gt;
  1846. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1847. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;As LifeNews reported last week, a new annual report the
  1848. Planned Parenthood abortion business released&amp;nbsp;shows it helped fewer
  1849. pregnant women with prenatal care and the number of pregnant women it referred
  1850. for adoptions declined as well.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1851. &lt;br /&gt;
  1852. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1853. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;The report also breaks down the “services” Planned
  1854. Parenthood offers in addition to abortions. Planned Parenthood has always come
  1855. under fire from pro-life groups for doing hundreds of thousands of abortions by
  1856. providing little in the way of help for pregnant woman wanting to keep their
  1857. baby or considering adoption. The new report shows that hasn’t changed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1858. &lt;br /&gt;
  1859. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1860. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;The new document the abortion organization posted shows
  1861. Planned Parenthood did 329,445 abortions in 2010 while it provided prenatal
  1862. care to only 31,098 women and referred only 841 women to adoption agencies.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1863. &lt;br /&gt;
  1864. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1865. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;The number of women receiving prenatal care dropped
  1866. significantly from 2009 to 2010, as the abortion business helped 40,489 women
  1867. in 2009 — meaning almost 10,000 fewer women received prenatal support from
  1868. Planned Parenthood last year than the year prior, or a drop of almost 25
  1869. percent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1870. &lt;br /&gt;
  1871. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1872. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;The number of women getting adoption referrals also declined
  1873. — from a low 977 in 2009 to 841 last year, or a decline of 14 percent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1874. &lt;br /&gt;
  1875. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 12.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;&quot;&gt;
  1876. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Examined another way Planned Parenthood does 391 abortions
  1877. for every adoption referral it makes and almost 11 abortions for every woman it
  1878. helps with prenatal care.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1879. &lt;br /&gt;
  1880. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1881. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;A new analysis from the National Right
  1882. to Life Committee’s (NCLC) education department estimates that since the
  1883. infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, over 54.5 million American
  1884. babies have died through abortion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1885. &lt;br /&gt;
  1886. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1887. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;With the growing numbers of &quot;Baby Boomers&quot;
  1888. retiring out of the work force daily and going on social security and Medicare,
  1889. benefits they have EARNED, what will be the economic impact of losing nearly
  1890. 54.5 million potential tax payers? Adding insult to injury the current tax
  1891. payers are paying for most of these abortions! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1892. &lt;br /&gt;
  1893. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1894. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;We live in a world were liberals don&#39;t want to see or
  1895. hear anything in public that has to do with religion, especially when sponsored
  1896. by tax dollars, but isn&#39;t it ironic that majority of the tax payers do in fact
  1897. belong to a religion that doesn&#39;t support their liberal agenda? I thought we
  1898. lived in a republic where publically elected officials were beholden to the
  1899. majority who elected them and to represent them?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1900. &lt;br /&gt;
  1901. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1902. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I think it&#39;s time
  1903. we let our lawmakers know just how the majority of the&amp;nbsp;people feel about the
  1904. slaughter of our innocent children, before we lose another generation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1905. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1906. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftxEPjrfkIe353QpxUX-m59R98jYv3nKPfz4BBLHG-GOS9zaYiJkv-gEJibsFMYgatT2WY5Q3oTDWwujP-Nc5WWijzzzvqMfRYH04BE7pqQr8jUowAOi48aL7yPnRRBabsRcrHQO2NAg/s1600/plannedparenthood49.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;332&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftxEPjrfkIe353QpxUX-m59R98jYv3nKPfz4BBLHG-GOS9zaYiJkv-gEJibsFMYgatT2WY5Q3oTDWwujP-Nc5WWijzzzvqMfRYH04BE7pqQr8jUowAOi48aL7yPnRRBabsRcrHQO2NAg/s400/plannedparenthood49.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  1910.  
  1911. &lt;br /&gt;
  1912. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;
  1913. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;reported by &lt;a href=&quot;http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/david-gregory-gets-pass-on-violating-dc-gun-laws-iraq-vet-gets-jailed/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Freedom
  1914. Outpost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1915. &lt;br /&gt;
  1916. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;
  1917. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #bbbbbb; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bbbbbb; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freedomoutpost.com/author/tim/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #005fa1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Tim Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bbbbbb; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1918. &lt;br /&gt;
  1919. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1920. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;It’s been nearly two weeks since NBC’s David
  1921. Gregory &lt;a href=&quot;http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/david-gregory-makes-conservative-point-about-gun-control-laws-then-gets-investigated/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #005fa1;&quot;&gt;violated Washington, D.C. law on
  1922. national television&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by waving around a high capacity magazine for an
  1923. AR-15 in the face of National Rifle Association vice president Wayne LaPierre
  1924. to &lt;a href=&quot;http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/meet-the-press-anchor-breaks-law-to-embarrass-nra-with-high-capacity-clip/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #005fa1;&quot;&gt;embarrass him&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. While DC
  1925. police have said they are &lt;a href=&quot;http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/david-gregory-makes-conservative-point-about-gun-control-laws-then-gets-investigated/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #005fa1;&quot;&gt;investigating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Gregory
  1926. walks free. DC police chief Cathy L. Lanier’s spokesman refused Monday to
  1927. respond to whether Mr. Gregory had even been interviewed yet. However, former
  1928. Army Spc. Adam Meckler &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/2012/jul/1/miller-dc-arrests-vet-arrested-unregistered-ammuni/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #005fa1;&quot;&gt;was arrested and jailed for having
  1929. a few long-forgotten rounds of ordinary ammunition — but no gun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; — in
  1930. his backpack in Washington.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1931. &lt;br /&gt;
  1932. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1933. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Mr. Meckler, a veteran of the wars in
  1934. Afghanistan and Iraq, says that he had no idea it was illegal to have the
  1935. rounds in his backpack. Yet he faced the same possible sentence as Gregory:
  1936. $1000 fine and / or 1 year in jail.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1937. &lt;br /&gt;
  1938. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1939. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Spc. Meckler was only 15 days out of active duty
  1940. and still living at Fort Belvoir when he had to go into the District to turn in
  1941. his medical records. On Sept. 18, he went to the VFW, which is located inside
  1942. the Veterans Affairs D.C. regional office, four blocks from the White House.
  1943. The Army medic carried these paper loosely and created a mess going through the
  1944. scanner conveyer belt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1945. &lt;br /&gt;
  1946. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1947. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The next day, the Kentucky native had to return
  1948. with more documents so he took his first-aid backpack to keep the papers from
  1949. flying around again at security. He had used this same bag to do medical
  1950. coverage at the shooting range for his job and when he shot recreationally. Spc.
  1951. Meckler owned his military-issued sidearm, the Beretta M9 and a Springfield
  1952. XDM, also in 9mm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1953. &lt;br /&gt;
  1954. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1955. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;He took the Metro into the city. At the entrance
  1956. of the Eye Street building, he got in line to go through the magnetometers
  1957. again. When it got to his turn, he put the backpack on the conveyer belt.
  1958. Expecting to be waved through the checkpoint, he was shocked that the security
  1959. guard held him in place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1960. &lt;br /&gt;
  1961. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1962. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;“The guard looking at the monitor screen had
  1963. this crazy look on his face,” Spc. Meckler recalled, when I interviewed him
  1964. recently. The head security guy walked over to look at the screen. Unbeknownst
  1965. to Spc. Mecker, the guard saw some rounds of 9mm ammunition in the bag. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1966. &lt;br /&gt;
  1967. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;
  1968. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;He yelled out, ‘Cuff him!’” A guard told Spc.
  1969. Meckler to put his hands behind him, then slapped steel cuffs tightly on his
  1970. wrists. Instead of confiscating the ammo or taking him to Metropolitan Police
  1971. Department headquarters for arrest, they created a huge, unnecessary scene in
  1972. the federal government building. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1973. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  1974.  
  1975.  
  1976.  
  1977. &lt;/div&gt;
  1978. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1979. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;&quot;&gt;Mr. Meckler was charged with the
  1980. crime and was forced to accept a plea deal to avoid the cost and time of a
  1981. protracted legal fight. Don&#39;t you just love the way that the lame-steam media
  1982. is allowed to thumb its nose at the law? How is it David Gregory wasn&#39;t
  1983. &quot;cuffed&quot; and brought it as well? He broke the law on national TV in
  1984. front of possibly millions or people, what REALY needs to be
  1985. &quot;investigated&quot;? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1986. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  1987. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1NmRKB7uGoR7wELwgnGUvaBWjpNl6AeNc9Vw9V8QGkC5hS6ikd_ZyQ79wbdyh1RGN-gP51QHwILksFLcS6PQX5LebGLKOHOpjY8FxYYKUmppWY6F5D7eRI2GMXoh5trpOCx3dl9Lz-w/s1600/Picture1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1NmRKB7uGoR7wELwgnGUvaBWjpNl6AeNc9Vw9V8QGkC5hS6ikd_ZyQ79wbdyh1RGN-gP51QHwILksFLcS6PQX5LebGLKOHOpjY8FxYYKUmppWY6F5D7eRI2GMXoh5trpOCx3dl9Lz-w/s320/Picture1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1988. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1989. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  1990. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/feeds/2052830312994815442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-realy-needs-to-be-investigated.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2052830312994815442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8434556754177029421/posts/default/2052830312994815442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nativerobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-realy-needs-to-be-investigated.html' title='What REALY needs to be &quot;investigated&quot;? '/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00093508084432834347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1NmRKB7uGoR7wELwgnGUvaBWjpNl6AeNc9Vw9V8QGkC5hS6ikd_ZyQ79wbdyh1RGN-gP51QHwILksFLcS6PQX5LebGLKOHOpjY8FxYYKUmppWY6F5D7eRI2GMXoh5trpOCx3dl9Lz-w/s72-c/Picture1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434556754177029421.post-865094597101769004</id><published>2013-01-05T22:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-05T22:11:10.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You know you live in a Country run by idiots if... </title><content type='html'>
  1991.  
  1992. &lt;br /&gt;
  1993. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1994. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  1995. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1996. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  1997. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  1998. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  1999.  
  2000. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2001. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2002. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A
  2003. friend shared this with me and It was too good &lt;u&gt;NOT &lt;/u&gt;to share.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2004. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2005. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  2006.  
  2007. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2008. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2009. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;You know you live in a Country
  2010. run by idiots if...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2011. &lt;b id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5470&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5469&quot;&gt;You
  2012. can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country
  2013. illegally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2014. &lt;b id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5440&quot;&gt;&lt;i id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5439&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5438&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2015. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2016. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2017. Your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of
  2018. debt is to spend trillions more of our money.&lt;br /&gt;
  2019. &lt;br /&gt;
  2020. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2021. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2022. A seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for calling his teacher
  2023. &quot;cute&quot; but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade
  2024. school is perfectly acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;
  2025. &lt;br /&gt;
  2026. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2027. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2028. The Supreme Court of the United States can rule that lower courts cannot
  2029. display the 10 Commandments in their courtroom, while sitting in front of a
  2030. display of the 10 Commandments.&lt;br /&gt;
  2031. &lt;br /&gt;
  2032. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2033. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2034. Children are forcibly removed from parents who appropriately discipline them
  2035. while children of &quot;underprivileged&quot; drug addicts are left to rot in
  2036. filth infested cesspools of a crack house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2037. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2038. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  2039. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2040. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;
  2041. &lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5452&quot;&gt;====================================&lt;i id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5451&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2042. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2043. Hard work and success are rewarded with higher taxes and government intrusion,
  2044. while some slothful, lazy behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks,
  2045. Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2046. &lt;b id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5464&quot;&gt;&lt;i id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5463&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5462&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2047. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2048. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2049. The government&#39;s plan for getting people back to work is to provide 99 weeks of
  2050. unemployment checks (to not work).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2051. &lt;b id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5461&quot;&gt;&lt;i id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5460&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5459&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2052. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2053. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2054. Being self-sufficient is considered a threat to the government.&lt;br /&gt;
  2055. &lt;br /&gt;
  2056. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2057. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2058. Politicians think that stripping away the amendments to the constitution is
  2059. really protecting the rights of the people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2060. &lt;b id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5458&quot;&gt;&lt;i id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5457&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;yui_3_7_2_1_1357436678229_5456&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2061. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2062. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2063. The rights of the Government come before the rights of the individual.&lt;br /&gt;
  2064. &lt;br /&gt;
  2065. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2066. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2067. You can write a post like this just by reading the news headlines.&lt;br /&gt;
  2068. &lt;br /&gt;
  2069. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2070. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2071. You pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV
  2072. while your neighbor defaults on his mortgage (while buying iPhones, TV&#39;s and
  2073. new cars) and the government forgives his debt and reduces his mortgage (with
  2074. your tax dollars).&lt;br /&gt;
  2075. &lt;br /&gt;
  2076. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2077. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2078. Being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you &quot;safe&quot;.&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2079. &lt;br /&gt;
  2080. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2081. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2082. You have to have your parents signature to go on a school field trip but not to
  2083. get an abortion.&lt;br /&gt;
  2084. &lt;br /&gt;
  2085. ====================================&lt;br /&gt;
  2086. You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2087. An 80 year old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a Muslim woman in
  2088. a burka is only subject to having her neck and head searched.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yiv300659331apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2089. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2090. ====================================&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  2094.  
  2095. &lt;br /&gt;
  2096. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2097. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;report by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/03/virginia-judge-rules-epa-overstepped-authority-trying-to-regulate-water-as/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;foxnews.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;
  2098. :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2099. &lt;br /&gt;
  2100. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  2101. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;&quot;&gt;
  2102. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Virginia officials scored a key victory
  2103. Thursday in their battle with the Environmental Protection Agency over what EPA
  2104. critics describe as a land takeover.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2105. &lt;br /&gt;
  2106. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2107. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;U.S. District Judge Liam O&#39;Grady in
  2108. Alexandria ruled late Thursday that the EPA exceeded its authority by
  2109. attempting to regulate stormwater runoff into a Fairfax County creek as a
  2110. pollutant. O&#39;Grady sided with the Virginia Department of Transportation and the
  2111. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, which challenged EPA&#39;s stormwater
  2112. restrictions&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2113. &lt;br /&gt;
  2114. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2115. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&quot;Stormwater runoff is not a
  2116. pollutant, so EPA is not authorized to regulate it,&quot; O&#39;Grady said.Attorney
  2117. General Ken Cuccinelli says the ruling could ultimately save Virginia taxpayers
  2118. more than $300 million. An EPA spokesman could not be reached for comment after
  2119. business hours.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2120. &lt;br /&gt;
  2121. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2122. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;The EPA, citing an abundance of
  2123. stormwater runoff, had proposed a plan that Virginia officials said could cost
  2124. homeowners and businesses their private property. The EPA contended that water
  2125. itself can be regulated as a pollutant if there&#39;s too much of it. The agency
  2126. says heavy runoff is having a negative impact on Accotink Creek and that it has
  2127. the regulatory authority to remedy the situation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2128. &lt;br /&gt;
  2129. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2130. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Cuccinelli, a Republican, argued what
  2131. the EPA has proposed is &quot;illegal,&quot; and he&#39;s not alone in the fight.
  2132. He was joined in the lawsuit against the federal agency by the Democratic-controlled
  2133. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2134. &lt;br /&gt;
  2135. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2136. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;In legal filings, the EPA says that its
  2137. plan is &quot;in harmony with the broader purposes&quot; of the Clean Water
  2138. Act, including &quot;reducing the water quality impacts of stormwater.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2139. &lt;br /&gt;
  2140. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2141. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&quot;There is no possibility of homes
  2142. being removed in this process,&quot; Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New
  2143. Democrat Network, said. He called the claim by Cuccinelli an
  2144. &quot;overstatement.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  2145. &lt;br /&gt;
  2146. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;
  2147. &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;In nearly every industry in our nation
  2148. they report yearly significant job losses due to new EPA regulations and higher
  2149. standards. The energy industry has closed coal fired electric plants, moved
  2150. drilling to dangerous deep waters, and has warned of pending energy storages as
  2151. a result. When will this country learn to rein in on the power hungy EPA, and
  2152. thank goodness there are people winning the fight against the EPA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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