TSA is a bunch of BEMRs

Thanksgiving.

Once inside security, at the gate, TSA had THREE people walking up and down the line of people and checking water bottles. *IF* your water bottle was visible, they asked you to open it. The First Agent stuck a sampler in it (paper on a stick). The First Agent then turned to The Second Agent. The Second Agent held a bottle and opened it for The First Agent. The First Agent stuck the sampler into the bottle and removed it. Then, The First AND Second Agent checked the sampler.

What? The Third Agent? Supervisor.

TSA is a bunch of BEMRs

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TSA is BEMRs. Napolitano is a BEMRtano.

Part 1

Government and most large business have a wonderful mental defect: if they haven't blessed you (sometimes "certified"), you don't know what you're doing and you are neither credible nor trustworthy. No matter how much education, training, or experience you have, you are nothing unless you are really and truly blessed by the government.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/26/2009-12-26_father_of_umar_farouk_abdul_mutallab_nigerian_terror_suspect_in_flight_253_attac.html#ixzz0au4jC6QV

'The terror suspect who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane is the son of a Nigerian banker who alerted U.S. authorities to his "extreme religious views" months ago, it was reported Saturday.'

When a disturbed individual's father notifies authorities that his son has terrorist tendencies -- well, since the 'father' wasn't government-'blessed' to know these things, these things did not exist.

Out dear and glorious -- and obviously blessed -- government allowed a suspected and reported terrorist to board an airplane.

TSA and blessed company are BEMRs.

Part 2

TSA said that to prevent similar events, all passengers must remain seated for the last hour of flight.

But -- wait -- wha-- So, if you fly a regional for less than an hour are you allowed to board the airplane?

TSA and blessed company are BEMRs.

Part 3

Conveniently, the system that allowed a reported terrorist to board said this proves we need full body scans. 

TSA and blessed company are BEMRs.

Part 4

Janet Napolitano said the system worked! 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/27/AR2009122700593.html?sub=AR

So, our system -- the system that fears lawsuits for racial profiling, that harasses little old ladies in wheel chairs and six-year-olds with toys and blue-eyed red-blooded American males 'just in case', that misses over half the practice devices sent through scanners, that disavows reports of a terrorist by the terrorist's father, that allows this terrorist to board with a bomb, that blames the problem on the lack of sophisticated scanning equipment, and that blames the problem on not keeping peaceful, law-abiding, Caucasian Christians in their seats for the last hour of flight -- worked? 

Janet Napolitano is a BEMRtano. 

Addenda

The head of El Al security (you know, the unblessed Israeli dude whose airline thwarted all terrorist acts for 20-odd years) said we fail because we look for bombs and not terrorists. 

We are all BEMRs for not listening to the successful professionals instead of the failed semi-professionals.

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Chuck Schumer is a BEMR

Chuck Schumer wouldn't end his cell phone conversation, argued with the flight attendant, lied about turning off his cell phone, then called the flight attendant a bitch. 

Where're the FAA Sky Marshals? 

I'm a clean-cut, blue-eyed American. I look like a narc. I always comply with security and flight attendant instructions. Yet -- 

-- when I fly I get free TSA rectal probes, confiscated bottles of sealed water, random security checks after I get through security, rude and surly service, and delayed and damaged luggage with TSA stickers informing me that my bags were randomly searched. (I wonder what's missing? Why didn't they close it?)

Senator Schumer is belligerent, non-compliant passenger and he gets -- nothing? 

Then he calls the flight attendant a bitch? 

Where're the FAA Sky Marshals? They need to cap a taser in his rather large and oddly shaped 'bottom'. 

Hey, TSA. Schumer looks more Arabic than I do. 

I will begrudgingly give up my TSA rectal probes and donate them to him. 

It also seems someone needs to instruct the good senator what it means to 'turn off' a phone as opposed to 'end a conversation.' 

And he wants to ban my guns? 

What a hypocrite!

Chuck Schumer is a BEMR. And a bitch. 

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Ignorant PC Racists are BEMRs

An aboriginal ("Native American") wasn't paying attention to the conversation.

I said there are many Indians in London. "Indians" are people from "India" and "London" is a city in England.

The aboriginal turned hostile and said, "Native Americans."

Ignorant PC Racists are BEMRs.

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People who change their memories to conform to environmental hoaxes are BEMRs

Wistfully, some people recall the deposit on glass bottles in the 40s, 50s, and 60s and associate it with environmental recycling. (I collected glass cola bottles: 3¢ for the little Coke bottle, 5¢ for the normal, 12-ounce Coke bottle, 7¢ for the liter/quart. Back then a few dozen bottles at 5¢ each was a significant amount of money.)

You paid a deposit when you bought the cola from a retailer. When you returned the bottle, the retailer refunded your deposit. The soft drink bottling companies collected the bottles, washed the bottles, and reused them.

IT WAS COMMERCIAL!

IT WAS NOT "ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING"!

Further, it was not mandated by government or green nazis!

People who change their memories to conform to environmental hoaxes are BEMRs.

Politicians who advocate spending money on economically inviable projects are BEMRs

Dothan, AL, 0845, December 12, 2009

A City Commissioner states that there is trash all over Dothan, so, he wants a small recycling fee to encourage people to recycle. 

Wait a minute! WHO is putting the trash all over Dothan? (Aside from asking why he mixed "fee" and "tax" and "fine", and, "recycle" and "garbage" and "litter"?)

When a politician says that we need to add a tax because 'someone' is doing 'something', they actually say that they want to punish the majority for the sins of the minority. What they really mean is they want more tax monies to spend and they are willing to hide it behind something else.

The Commissar -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said that the commission had more important things to do than spend time on the "point one percent", but at the same time he wants to punish the 99.9% for the garbage sins of the "point one percent".

Wait a minute! WHY punish the 99.9% at all? WHY doesn't the Dothan City Commission increase the penalties for littering? WHY aren't the police issuing tickets based upon those harsh penalties and confiscating cars for non-payment of littering? WHY can't you buy a new-to-you confiscated-for-littering truck at a police auction?

He said "recycling has never worked in the city of Dothan. You have to have complete compliance." After that blatant, hostile, Eco-Nazi threat he continued to say that recycling requires an incentive. (Avoiding a $1,000 fine, keeping your car, and staying out of jail are great motivators for me.) "This is what I do know that works."

He said that if you go to Detroit, Michigan, you will never find a plastic bottle on the street. HORSEFEATHERS! Detroit is drowning under plastic and cans and glass and trash in general. ("Oh, look! An unbroken glass bottle! It must be really new!") I don't know when he went to Detroit, or, where in Detroit he visited, but it is one of the nastiest cities you'll ever see. I visit approximately every five years, and, it's still as dirty, now, as it was when I first visited in the early 70s. (In fairness, they did clean up the rich suburbs, but I don't know if that was city or private.)

Then the second Comrade -- I mean, "Commissioner" -- said they got a grant. NOOO!!! Grants normally mean that a local government has an opportunity for matching money. That means they need to spendspendspend or they cannot keep it. Matching funds mean Communists -- I mean, "Commissioners" -- have to cough up Dothan Citizens' money to match the grant! That means TAX!

The second Commissioner said they want to charge a small fee for recycling. A small fee?

He said they want to make recycling an option. An option?

WITH GOVERNMENT THERE ARE NO SMALL FEES AND THERE ARE NO OPTIONS!

He continued to imply that recycling makes a profit. So, he said he wants to raise the tax on Dothanians $8 per month to provide an unwanted, economically inviable service.

GOVERNMENT RECYCLING COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH AS TRASH! YOUR GUESTS MADE A VERY DUBIOUS STATEMENT!  (That's tactful for "they didn't exactly tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.")

If they say "my gut feeling is", punch them in the gut with your ledger then scoff, "My spreadsheet trumps your gut feeling!"

The Second Commissioner said that he received calls and letters about recycling. So? His response should be that he looks at recycling, constantly, but it is economically inviable. If there is money in it, private companies will provide the service.

If a commercial entity is not doing recycling in Dothan/Houston County, it may also mean the land fill is not set up for recycling. Did anyone on the Dothan Commission CALL any of the commercial recyclers? I did. [REDACTED]

If there is no money in it, government will step in an waste tax dollars in pursuit of an economically inviable program.


Offering a five cent bounty on a bottle AND an $8 monthly tax (which will rise when expenses exceed 'fees') is not sufficient motivation for the average American.

Offering a $1,000 fine with jail time and confiscation of your automobile will help make people at least think before they trash the planet.

Politicians who advocate spending money on economically inviable projects are BEMRs

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Anti-Military Racist, Sexist Congress are BEMRs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_military_academies_minorities/print;_ylt=AgTJoVuhIdnT.tC1Gn2ktjtH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBvajZzaTFyBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDdG9wBHNsawNwcmludA--


AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer
Fri Nov 20, 10:28 am ET

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, lawmakers from heavily minority areas rank at or near the bottom in the number of students they have nominated for appointment to West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy or the U.S. Air Force Academy, according to an Associated Press review of records from the past five years.
High school students applying to the academies must be nominated by a member of Congress or another high-ranking federal official. Congressional nominations account for about 75 percent of all students at the academies.
Academy records obtained by the AP through the Freedom of Information Act show that lawmakers in roughly half of the 435 House districts nominated more than 100 students each during the five-year period.
But Rep. Nydia Velazquez of New York City, chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, nominated only four students, the lowest among House members who served the entire five-year period. Rep. Charles Rangel, whose New York City district includes Harlem, was second-lowest, with eight nominations. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose San Francisco district is 29 percent Asian, was also near the bottom, with 19.
In fact, the bottom 20 House members were all from districts where whites make up less than a majority.
"It's beyond my imagination how someone that has the ability to nominate doesn't do it," Craig Duchossois said last December at his final meeting as chairman of the Naval Academy's Board of Visitors.
He noted what an academy appointment means: a free four-year education and a guaranteed job as an officer for at least five years after graduation.
Velazquez, Rangel and Pelosi would not comment or did not return calls.
Academy leaders and some on Capitol Hill do not put all the blame on the politicians, pointing out that some districts might have a shortage of qualified candidates, either because students have not gotten the necessary academic preparation from their struggling schools, they are unaware of the opportunity, or they are uninterested.
But while the burden is ultimately on students to apply, academy leaders and others said elected officials should be doing more to publicize the opportunity by doing such things as visiting schools.
The academies have approached dozens of members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss attracting more minority students.
Also, the military recently put together a how-to booklet on minority recruiting and sent it to all congressional offices, said Charles Garcia, chairman of the Air Force Academy's board of visitors.
In addition, the Air Force Academy has begun flying in congressional staff members from districts with few minority nominations for lessons on recruiting, Garcia said.
"We train them on 'Here are the things other districts have done that is successful,'" he said. "We are hopeful that will have a huge impact going forward."
Rangel, Velazquez and most of the rest of the lawmakers who have made the fewest nominations have been among the loudest critics of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whether that is a factor in their low number of nominations is unclear. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a member of the House Out of Iraq Caucus, nevertheless nominated 128 students over the past five years from his Baltimore district, which is 64 percent black.
With help from academy officials, Cummings' staff makes a presentation each spring to schools in his district about how to qualify and apply for an academy nomination. Cummings also designates staffers to respond to questions about the application process, the congressman said through a spokesman.
"There is an openness and a willingness to reach out and help in Cummings' staff that you don't see in the others," said Air Force Maj. Roger Gauret, an instructor in Baltimore Polytechnic Institute's junior ROTC program. "They work it and they make it happen."
While lawmakers can offer assistance, Cummings stressed that it is up to students to seek a nomination, just as they are responsible for taking the right math and science courses, participating in extracurricular activities and keeping in shape.
Rep. Maxine Waters, whose district includes heavily Hispanic and black south Los Angeles and who is among the 20 lowest in nominations, said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have made young people in her district question military service. She said her efforts to reach out to high school students have not been very successful.
"In the olden days, parents would even say to young African-Americans, `You aren't doing anything. You don't have a job. Why don't you join the service?'" said Waters, who has nominated 14 students in the past five years. "They don't quite do that anymore."
James Burk, a professor of sociology at Texas A&M University whose research focuses on the military's relationship to society, said many minorities have opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Opposition to this war stokes the memory of Vietnam — the memory of public debate about minority casualties in Vietnam," Burk said.
Academy leaders have struggled to make the racial makeup of the military's officer corps more closely resemble that of its enlisted ranks. The disparity is greatest in the Navy, with minorities making up about 48 percent of the enlisted ranks and just 21 percent of the officer corps.
The academies can cite some recent progress. The freshman class of 1,230 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., includes 435 students who are black, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American or part of another minority group. That is about 35 percent, up from 28 percent the year before.
At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., there are 330 minorities in the freshman class of about 1,300, or about 25 percent, up from 22 percent in 2008. The freshman class of 1,376 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., includes 312 minorities, or 23 percent, also a slight increase from the previous class.
House members are limited to nominating students in their districts. Lawmakers can have five students from their districts at each academy at a time, and they can nominate up to 10 students for each vacant seat. That makes it possible to nominate up to 150 students for 15 seats over four years, if all of the seats are vacant.
The bottom 20 members of Congress include Rep. Bobby Rush of Chicago, an Army veteran who has nominated just 12 students in five years. Sharon Jenkins, a spokeswoman for Rush, said that he wants to raise awareness in his inner-city district but that people rarely apply for nominations.
"He cares about this," Jenkins said. "He knows that those numbers are not what he'd like to see."
Ara Carmel Quinones, an 18-year-old senior at Baltimore Polytech, said she has had her eye on attending the Naval Academy since her freshman year, when she joined junior ROTC at the inner-city magnet school.
Quinones, who immigrated from the Phillipines, said the prospect of a prestigious education at no cost is a big enough draw that if she doesn't get in, she plans to enter the reserves and reapply.
"It's amazing what they can offer you for free," she said. "It's like maybe a Harvard or what one of the best colleges can offer you."
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Associated Press writer Susanne M. Schafer in Fort Jackson, S.C., contributed to this report.
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"In fact, the bottom 20 House members were all from districts where whites make up less than a majority." So, if Pelhoesi nominates a white male, doesn't that count as a "minority"?

Anti-Military Racist, Sexists Congress are BEMRs

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Why do academy officials care about quotas instead of the best and the brightest? Do you really want the crew of your rescue team to be perfectly racially and gender represented or the biggest, baddest, meanest, straight-shooting-est warriors that ever breathed, regardless or race, creed, color, or sexual orientation?

Racist, Sexist Military "Leadership" and Academy Recruiters are BEMRs

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Air Amerika is a bunch of BEMRs

http://airamerica.com/really/11-19-2009/how-debate-republican/

How To Debate A Conservative
Thursday November 19, 2009 1:54 a.m.

By Ken Kupchik

The political climate in America has become more contentious than ever. With the mother of all battles brewing in the Senate over health care reform and a liberal black president in office, our beloved Air Americans face the very real threat this holiday season of coming face to face with an angry mob. Forthwith, a few survival tips.

While you can't avoid speaking to anyone still willing to identify themselves as a Conservative altogether--whether at the Thanksgiving table or in the wider world--there are some precautions we can take to make it a more pleasurable experience. Here are some basic guidelines:

1) Keep your voice low and no sudden movements, either may cause your foe to strike and will be certain to elicit an unpleasant reaction from your Conservative counterpart, typically prefaced by the phrase, "they're ruining this country!"

2) Avoid facts, as they will play absolutely no role in the discussion and may cause your interlocutor to charge, gore (physically), etc. Examples: The mortgage meltdown is Jimmy Carter's fault. 9-11 was a Bill Clinton special. Do not engage.

3) Do not, under any circumstances attempt humor! This also applies to snark and sarcasm, which could easily be misunderstood by the loyal opposition, causing a paradox nearly impossible to escape.

4) Do not get rattled when your opponents declare their adoration for Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or Rush Limbaugh. They have been trained to do this. Do not fall for it.

5) Try your best to speak in platitudes, using words like "freedom," and "constitution." This should put you on the same wavelength as the person you're debating, confusing them, and draining their ammunition. Remember your civics class!

6) Always have an exit strategy in case things heat up. Keep one hand on your cell phone, ready to set the ringer off. Be polite and say "I'm sorry, but I need to take this call."

7) Never engage in a debate or political discussion on Facebook unless it is on your own page. Chances are your sparring partner has many friends willing to come to his defense, and you will be virtually overcome.

8) Be sure to know your topic well. It is dangerous to wade into territory that the other side typically has a better grasp on, such as religion, military prowess, and Larry the Cable Guy.

9) Enjoy yourself, and always be as kind as possible. Just because you disagree on politics doesn't mean that you can't find other areas of mutual interest. Puppies are usually a safe bet.

10) Stay home.

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11) Delete before posting.  

Air Amerika is a bunch of BEMRs.

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US Trade Reps are BEMRs

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/11/us/official-chagrined-by-beanie-babies.html

Official Chagrined by Beanie Babies

Published: Saturday, July 11, 1998

Traveling with President Clinton to China, Ms. Barshefsky bought several Beanie Babies -- her staff will not say how many -- to take home. She has two young daughters.

But the United States Customs Service, acting upon a request from the Beanie Baby manufacturer, Ty Inc., has placed a limit of one Beanie Baby per family for people re-entering the United States. Upon her return to work this week, Ms. Barshefsky asked her legal staff to determine whether she had violated any trade laws or regulations.

When told of the one-Beanie-per-family rule, she voluntarily turned over her purchases to Customs Service officials, said an aide who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The aide said Ms. Barshefsky was unaware of the limit or the details of a manufacturing agreement between Ty and the Chinese that prohibits the sale of the toys in China.

A version of this article appeared in print on Saturday, July 11, 1998, on 

Web Posted: 11/16/2009 5:35 CST Customs agents find woman in suitcase By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News BROWNSVILLE — Customs officers in Laredo found a 31-year-old Mexican woman hidden in the suitcase of a Milwaukee, Wis., woman crossing the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge, officials said Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the discovery occurred Thursday after an officer referred the 1998 Ford Explorer driven by Maria Candelaria Moreno, 29, to a secondary inspection lane and examined her luggage. Candelaria Moreno was arrested along with passenger Ricardo Moreno Esparza, a 30-year-old Mexican citizen, on federal charges of aiding and abetting the illegal entry of an undocumented alien into the United States. The woman in the suitcase was held for removal back to Mexico.

Find this article at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/70233077.html

* http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/biographies-key-officials/united-states-trade-representative-ron-kirk As United States Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Kirk is a member of President Obama's Cabinet ... http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/blog/2009/november/ambassador-kirk-joins-president-obama-beijing 11/17/2009 3:40pm Today USTR Ron Kirk continued his visit to Beijing, China as part of the US delegation to accompany President Barack Obama on his state visit to China. * Who gonna check Kirk's suitcase for illegal aliens and Beanie Babies? BEMR

Congress & DoD are BEMRs: Sarmatia falls! Amazons couldn't find a sitter

"Sarmatia falls! Amazons couldn't find a sitter!"

When is equality not equality? When Congress and DoD mandate that qualified equality of outcome will succeed.

The most recent example is the poor, single mother who chose to stay home with her baby rather than deploy to Afghanistan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33975789/ns/us_news-military/print/1/displaymode/1098/

Regardless of physical capabilities, she is 'equal'. She can do anything because she is a "w-o-m-a-n." She is better than males. She is military. She is a soldier. She is a warrior. She was forged in a crucible of fire. She made a commitment. She will deploy. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

She's a single mother. She has no baby's daddy. She can't deploy. She can't handle it!?!

Why is this "may face criminal charges"? Why isn's this "WILL face criminal charges"?

"[N]o one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas." From the day you enter the military you are told that you MUST have a guardian for your children. You are told annually that you MUST have a guardian for your children. In preparation for deployment, you are told that you MUST have a guardian for your children.

This soldier volunteered to join, signed the contract, completed basic training, completed skill training, received the paycheck, and filled a billet. OTHER SOLDIERS DEPEND ON HER. Now, she skips out because her lack of planning, lack of maturity, lack of a sitter.

WHERE'S THE SPERM DONOR?

The Army tells single parents that they will not be deployed if they don't have a guardian plan.

"Army wrong."

Once, again, a male soldier must carry the weight of his duties and an absent female soldier.

"Sarmatia falls! Amazons couldn't find a sitter!"

Congress and DoD are BEMRs for military double standards.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33975789/ns/us_news-military/print/1/displaymode/1098/

Soldier nixes deployment to care for baby

Army cook may face criminal charges after refusing to go to Afghanistan

The Associated Press

updated 3:09 p.m. PT, Tues., Nov . 17, 2009

SAVANNAH, Ga. - An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas.

Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, 21, claims she had no choice but to refuse deployment orders because the only family she had to care for her 10-month-old son — her mother — was overwhelmed by the task, already caring for three other relatives with health problems.

Her civilian attorney, Rai Sue Sussman, said Monday that one of Hutchinson's superiors told her she would have to deploy anyway and place the child in foster care.

"For her it was like, 'I couldn't abandon my child,'" Sussman said. "She was really afraid of what would happen, that if she showed up they would send her to Afghanistan anyway and put her son with child protective services."

Hutchinson, who is from Oakland, Calif., remained confined Monday to the boundaries of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, 10 days after military police arrested her for skipping her unit's flight. No charges have been filed, but a spokesman for the Army post said commanders were investigating.

Army doesn't deploy single parents
Kevin Larson, a spokesman for Hunter Army Airfield, said he didn't know what Hutchinson was told by her commanders, but he said the Army would not deploy a single parent who had nobody to care for his or her child.

"I don't know what transpired and the investigation will get to the bottom of it," Larson said. "If she would have come to the deployment terminal with her child, there's no question she would not have been deployed."

Hutchinson's son, Kamani, was placed into custody of local child welfare officials for "less than two days" when she was arrested and jailed briefly, Larson said. Hutchinson's mother picked up the child a week ago and took him back to her home in California.

Hutchinson, who's assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, joined the Army in 2007 and had no previous deployments, Sussman said. She said Hutchinson is no longer in a relationship with the father.

The Army requires all single-parent soldiers to submit a care plan for dependent children before they can deploy to a combat zone.

Hutchinson had such a plan — her mother, Angelique Hughes, had agreed to care for the boy. Hughes said Monday she kept the boy for about two weeks in October before deciding she couldn't keep him for a full year.

‘They require 24-hour care’
Hughes said she's already having to care for her ailing mother and sister, as well as a daughter with special needs. She also runs a daycare center at her home, keeping about 14 children during the day.

"This is an infant, and they require 24-hour care," Hughes said. "It was very, very stressful, just too much for me to deal with."

Hughes said she returned Kamani to his mother in Georgia a few days before her scheduled deployment Nov. 5.

She said they told her daughter's commanders they needed more time to find another family member or close friend to help Hughes care for the boy, but Hutchinson was ordered to deploy on schedule.

Larson, the Army post spokesman, said officials planned to keep Hutchinson in Georgia as investigators gathered facts about the case.

"Spc. Hutchinson's deployment is halted," Larson said. "There will be no deployment while this situation is ongoing."

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Politicians who advocate breaking just laws are BEMRs

Politicians who advocate breaking just laws are BEMRs. 

Southern California: Border Patrol vehicle (white car with a green diagonal stripe and a light bar) sat on the side of the northbound interstate shoulder. People in the passing automobiles smiled, cheered, waved to the agents, and indicated "thumbs up!"

Politicians who advocate breaking just laws are BEMRs.

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Pelosi is a BEMR of atomic proportions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26502602/

We won. They lost.

Pelosi is a BEMR.

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Obama is going to be a BEMR: World Apology Tour: Hiroshima

Obama is going to be a BEMR. Obama continues his World Apology Tour. This time: Hiroshima.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33904318/ns/world_news-washington_post/

If Japan will print every textbook with apologies for the Japanese atrocities at Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Burma, Indochine, the Philippines, Australia, Borneo, Papua/New Guinea, Midway, Wake, Guam, Okinawa -- you get the idea.

If each and every Japanese will apologize for the atrocities.

Then and only then should we NOT apologize.

To quote Mr. O: We won. You lost.

Obama is going to be a BEMR.

Yaknow, if O doesn't apologize, it will prove that Muslims hold Japanese/Shintoists in disdain.

got Amaterasu, Mr O?


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Politicians are BEMRs for Their Implementation of Veteran's Day

In Australia and other members of the Empire, Remembrance Day is not a Federal holiday. Instead, at 11:00, the entire country stops for a minute to remember.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 11, 1999. I walked down the street on a personal errand. The bells peeled. I hadn't heard the bells peel before. People stopped. Cars stopped. Trams stopped. The street transformed from vibrant commerce to solemn, quiet peacefulness. I thought about their Veterans, our Veterans, the Veterans I read about, and the Veterans I personally know or knew. A minute later, the bells peeled. The street returned to vibrancy. I continued to think about the Vets. I thought about the Vets for the rest of the day and into the night.

Compare Empire Remembrance Day to the USA where a Federal holiday means a day off and no appreciable thoughts of our Veterans aside from the intermittent parades and poorly attended graveyard speeches.

Politicians are BEMRs for Their Implementation of Veteran's Day.

Press Agents and PR Flacks are BEMRs

Press Agents and PR Flacks are BEMRs

http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_navajo_code_talkers/2009/11/10/284056.html


Navajo Code Talkers to Be in NYC Veterans Parade

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:40 AM

NEW YORK -- More than a dozen of the famed Navajo Code Talkers are coming to New York City to take part for the first time in the nation's largest Veterans Day Parade. The American Indians, all Marines, devised an unbreakable code from their ancient language that stymied the Japanese during World War II.

Only about 50 of the 400 Code Talkers are believed to be still alive. Many are in their 80s and feel their time to tell the world about their wartime contribution is running out.

The Code Talkers were sworn to secrecy and didn't talk about their code even after it was declassified in 1968. Their efforts saved countless lives and brought a speedier end to the war in the Pacific.

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"...their time to tell the world about their wartime contribution is running out."

Please do not misunderstand: I appreciate and salute these valiant men. I realize they are aging. I want them to tell their stories.

I question the Press Agents' and PR flacks' phraseology.

Teachers taught about the Code Talkers when I lived in Oklahoma in 1955, in Texas in 1960, in Georgia in 1965, and in Florida in 1970. For being a secret, it seems that many people knew about them and many disparate teachers taught them.

The slimy advertising for the "Code Talkers" movie emphasized the unknown story. How can it be unknown if it is taught in school?

The story of the Code Talkers is rather like the story of the Civil War Battle of the Crater. For being a "never before told story," the Battle of the Crater makes the historical book circuit at least every ten years with a new, improved, politically correct, historically inaccurate interpretations but no new facts.

Do not misunderstand, I've respected and admired the Code Talkers since I first learned about them when was a wee pisher, and, I still do.

The Press Agents' and PR Flacks' dubious spin is regurgitable.

Press Agents and PR Flacks are BEMRs.

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Anti-Gunparts Nazis are BEMRs

Try to purchase a bolt for a 1903A3 over the internet. It's illegal to order gun parts over the internet in California. This is a World War I rifle. Modern day druggies have EVER used one in a crime.

But wait! There's less! Read the advertisement yourself:

The 1903A3 is an assault rifle? Over 100 years old, long, heavy -- the drug gang's Great World War Assault Rifle of preference? I don't think so.

Anti-Gunparts Nazis are BEMRs


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Napolitano is a BEMR: Warns against anti-Muslim backlash

Comment is unnecessary. al-NapoliBEMR is self-explanatory.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8GOiUlCCnhCsRp1Xvs94KDJh8owD9BR9GPG0

Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash

(AP) ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.

Janet Napolitano says her agency is working with groups across the United States to try to deflect any backlash against American Muslims following Thursday's rampage by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim who reportedly expressed growing dismay over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The shootings left 13 people dead and 29 wounded.

Napolitano was in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for talks with security officials and a meeting with women university students in Abu Dhabi.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

I changed my mind.

Comment: According to Napolitano and the rest of the Demofascists, it's okay for Muslims, Islamists, Arabs, Mexicans, Guatemalans, MS-13, illegal aliens, and the rest to slaughter us, but don't you dare consider thinking, saying, advocating, or doing something politically incorrect that would be adjudicated as anti-Muslim sentiment.

al-Napolitano is a BEMR and she should be forced to wear a burka.

BEMR

For our Israeli allies: I don't mind purchasing cheap gasoline made with oil extracted from glass-covered, radioactive oil fields.

Obama is a BEMR: Where's his apology to the Indians for what Democrats did to them?

Where's Obama's apology to the Indians -- on behalf of Democrats and what they did to the Indians?

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Background

http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_obama_american_indians/2009/11/05/282113.html (Follows after Legislation)

Obama says we must reverse course with Indians. Well, he's correct, but Obama lies about history. Specifically, he didn't apologize for what the Democrats did to the Indians.

Summary

Who oppressed the Indians/Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples? (Democrats)

Who brought Indian rights up to "white man's" standards? (Republicans)

Narrative

http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=sr-108-2-283

Eighty years ago, with the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, 6 Native Americans were first granted U.S. citizenship and the corollary right to vote-54 years after African-American men were formally enfranchised with the 15th amendment (1870), and four years after women received the same right with the 19th Amendment (1920). 7

#6 Snyder Act, June 2, 1924.
#7 Up until then, Indian citizenship was granted only when an Indian was deemed "competent and capable of managing his or her own affairs." (Burke Act, 1906)

Comment

Well, lookee here --

The Burke Act. Charles Burke was -- a Republican. (Qualified citizenship.)

The Snyder Act. Representative Homer Peter Snyder was -- a Republican. (Citizenship.)

President Calvin Coolidge, The President who signed The Snyder Act into law, was -- a Republican.

The Dawes Act of 1887 ended collectivism of Indian lands (the individual owned land instead of the 'tribe'). Heads of families received 160 acres, adults received 80 acres, and children received 40 acres. (Private property.)

The Dawes Act. Henry Laurens Dawes was -- a Republican.

The Wheeler-Howard Act of 1928 took the land from the individuals and gave it back to the collective. (Socialism.)

Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat-Montana.

Representative Edgar Howard, Democrat-Nebraska.

FDR used the Meriam Report as a foundation for his Indian socialism. (Does that make FDR an "Indian giver"?) FDR's John Collier and Harold Ickes, socialists, also appeared prominently in re-confining Indians to the reservations called "The Indian New Deal." They advocating maintaining Indian lands in block form and governing them by governmental quasi-corporate boards.

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Obama is a BEMR.

Okay. I gotta get back to being an unruly mob.

BEMR

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Chapter 2348
   May 8, 1906. [H. R. 11946.] | [Public, No. 149.] 34 Stat., 182.
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An act to amend section six of an act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eight-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of an act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” be amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 6
That at the expiration of the trust period and when the lands have been conveyed to the Indians by patent in fee, as provided in section five of this act, then each and every allottee shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside; and no Territory shall pass or enforce any law denying any such Indian within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law. And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments shall have been made and who has received a patent in fee simple under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States who has voluntarily taken up within said limits his residence, separate and apart from any tribe of Indians therein, and has adopted the habits of civilized life, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States, and is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, whether said Indian has been or not, by birth or otherwise, a member of any tribe of Indians within the territorial limits of the United States without in

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any manner impairing or otherwise affecting the right of any such Indian to tribal or other property: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he shall be satisfied that any Indian allottee is competent and capable of managing his or her affairs, at any time to cause to be issued to such allottee a patent in fee simple, and thereafter all restrictions as to sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said land shall be removed and said land shall not be liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the issuing of such patent:1 Provided further, That until the issuance of fee-simple patents all allottees to whom trust patents shall hereafter be issued shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States: And provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not extend to any Indians in the Indian Territory.”

1  Chase v. Doxtater, 132 N. W., 904.
That hereafter, when an allotment of land is made to any Indian and any such Indian dies before the expiration of the trust period, said allotment shall be cancelled and the land shall revert to the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain the legal heirs of such Indian, and shall cause to be issued to said heirs and in their names, a patent in fee simple for said land, or he may cause the land to be sold as provided by law and issue a patent therefor to the purchaser or purchasers, and pay the net proceeds to the heirs, or their legal representatives, of such deceased Indian. The action of the Secretary of the Interior in determining the legal heirs of any deceased Indian, as provided herein, shall in all respects be conclusive and final.2

2  In re Albert Heff, 197 U. S., 488; U. S. v. Garden, 189 Fed., 690; Bond v. U. S., 181 Fed., 613; U. S. v. Sutton, 165 Fed., 253; In re Heirs Grace Cox, 42 Land Office Dec., 493; 38 L. D., 427, 559.
Approved; May 8, 1906.

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Newsmax.com

Obama: U.S. Must Reverse Course With Indians

Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:10 AM
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is telling Native American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of Indian nations.

Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on Thursday, the president said he understood that it took an "extraordinary leap of faith" for the tribal representatives to come to Washington, given the U.S. government's history of reneging on agreements with the Indian population.

Noting extreme poverty and unemployment rates of 80 percent on some Indian reservations, Obama said he was determined to address Native American problems, along with those of the larger U.S. population hit hard in the recession.

President Barack Obama is making good on a campaign promise to have a yearly summit with American Indians to hear their concerns.

Obama is to deliver opening and closing remarks Thursday for the meeting of members of his Cabinet and tribal leaders, the first such event since 1994. Officials planned to discuss problems facing American Indians, including economic development, education, health care, public safety and housing.

"This is an opportunity for tribal leaders to interact directly with the president, and we all know working in this area that there are so many difficult and monumental issues which face Indian nations throughout our country. And frankly, the last administration did not pay any attention to these issues," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.

During the Democratic primary, Obama traveled to Indian reservations and promised health care improvements.

"I'll appoint an American Indian policy adviser to my senior White House staff to work with tribes and host an annual summit at the White House with tribal leaders to come up with an agenda that works for tribal communities," Obama said in a video address to the National Congress of American Indians' convention in Phoenix during the final days of last year's campaign. "That's how we'll make sure you have a seat at the table when important decisions are being made about your lives, about your nations and about your people."

He made good on that pledge, creating a new post within the White House. He appointed Kimberly Teehee to serve as senior policy adviser for Native American affairs within the Domestic Policy Council. Teehee, a member of the Cherokee Nation, previously served as an aide to Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Mich., and worked for the Democratic National Committee.

He also tapped Dr. Yevette Roubideaux to serve as director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services, making her the first American Indian to head the federal agency since its founding in 1955. Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, worked for IHS on the San Carlos Indian Reservation and in the Gila River Indian community.

Thursday's event is an opportunity for the administration to tout its $787 billion economic stimulus bill. Some $3 billion of the economic stimulus funding was directed to tribal communities and Obama has sought budget increases for Indian health care and programs run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, officials said. They hope to develop a list of steps the administration and tribes can take to improve the quality of life on reservations.

"We won't be able to wave a magic wand and resolve all of the issues," Salazar said, "but it is a great foundation for the work that lies ahead."

© 2009 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Commune-ity Organizer University Students are BEMRs

Welcome to Community Organizer University! We put "U" in "commune"!

You will receive college credits for maintaining smoke-free workplaces!

Earn your degree the pro-active way: an hour's credit for every smoker's head you turn-in!

Extra points for Krylon-ing billboard tobacco advertisements! Ripping tobacco advertisements from magazines on newsstands!

Hijack a tobacco tractor-trailer and get a double major!

Advance a year for burning down a tobacco field!

Free degree to anyone who blows up a cigarette factory!

Commune-ity Organizer University Students are BEMRs

BEMR

Apologies and a salute to Mike Adams, http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2009/10/21/coo_coo_cachoo_mr_robinson

People who think Liberals or Democrats 'surrender' are BEMRs

People who think Liberals or Democrats 'surrender' are BEMRs.

Someone (Vince Lombardi, maybe) once said that "Defeat is temporary, but surrender is permanent."

Liberals and Democrats may be defeated, but they never surrender. They'll be back.

For example, during the brief Republican Revolution, 'conservative' Republicans defeated the Liberals and Democrats and briefly advanced a semi-conservative agenda. The Liberals and Democrats were defeated. Some Liberals and Democrats even admitted they were defeated. But, if you paid even minimal attention, you would have noticed that they never said they surrendered.

For example, every time a Liberals and Democrats speaks of gun control, they never speak of surrender. Sometimes they even use the phrase "first step" even though the "first steps" started over 200 years ago. They never abandon the goal of a no-gun populace. Gun control may be delayed, but it never goes away.

The Republicans thought they had a brilliant idea when they added a sunset clause to the Brady Bill. The Liberals and Democrats admitted defeat, but they never surrendered, and, they set their sights on renewing the Brady Bill when the sunset came.

Simultaneously, every year, Liberals and Democrats introduce multiple copies of almost identical gun ban legislation. The legislation may not make it out of committee; however, it was introduced. The more you chip at the wall, the more likely you are to bring down the wall. Gun control legislation may be delayed, but it never goes away. Liberals and Democrats may be defeated, but they never surrender. They'll be back.

Conservative and Republican Constituents with half-a-brain contact their allegedly Conservative and allegedly Republican congressmen and demand that if a bill is introduced and soundly defeated that it not be allowed to be reintroduced for a certain period of time. The allegedly Conservative and allegedly Republican congressmen pat their constituents on the head and tell them to go home, sit down, and shut up. The allegedly Conservative and allegedly Republican congressmen are BEMRs. Gun control may be delayed, but it never goes away.

The Conservatives and Republicans and allegedly Conservatives and allegedly Republicans who think that Liberals and Democrats surrender are BEMRs.

Liberals and Democrats may be defeated, but they never surrender. They'll be back.

BEMR

Happy 10/22!

Fold-out of a really hot, young model

Ambassador Kanamit is a BEMR for endorsing Obamacare

Ambassador Kanamit endorsed Obamacare. Ambassador Kanamit said, through a translator, "Obamacare is a great way to serve man." Ambassador Kanamit is a BEMR. Kanamit, go home!

Bank of America is a Bunch of BEMRs! And deserves to go under

Order business ATM/credit cards from BoA call center. They will gladly issue you one to five cards, but they refuse to put anyone's name on it except yours and your business.

Issue one of these cards to your employee. The employee will attempt to use the card.

BoA will freeze the card, and, relatively politely, ask your employee to come to the bank to reset the PIN. Upon arrival at the bank, BoA will confiscate the card, treat your employee like a criminal, and threaten your employee. Then, BoA will tell the employee that if you, the business owner, want your employee to have a card, you must go to the bank and they will issue one.

The BoA call center and the BoA branches are completely contradictory, but at least they make your employee feel like a piece of dirt.

BoA call centers are BEMRs.

BoA branches are manned by BEMRs.

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Michelle is a BEMR: Teachers Are NOT the Key to a Successful Economy

In economics, mere mortals cannot spend more than they earn without dire consequences.

In economics, there is a customer-supplier alignment. The supplier offers a product for a price at a specified time and place. The customer agrees that the supplier will provide a product for a price at a specified time and place.

In education (no, it's not "teaching" anymore), there is a customer-supplier derangement. Educators execute a one-sided dominance and violate the contract. The supplier offers a product (customized education of the children) for a price at a specified time and place. The customer agrees that the supplier will provide a product (customized education that the customer wants for the children) for a price at a specified time and place. The supplier ignores the customer's side of the contract and educates the children with whatever propaganda and lies the educator wants or the educator's union and political party dictates. Then, the supplier demands more money for product not delivered.

Further, monies for customized education are siphoned off to political parties, unions, lobbyists, pension funds, and other dubious endeavors BEFORE paying for the customized education. Then, the educrats say they need more money to educate the children.

Educators and educrats never have to make a payroll, never have to worry about overhead, and never have to conform to basic economics (don't spend more than you earn).

First, No, Michelle, they are not teachers.

Second, No, Michelle, teachers are NOT the key to a successful economy because they do not conform to basic economic principles.

BEMR

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http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/10/15/michelle-obama-teachers-are-key-to-a-successful-economy_print.htm

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Michelle Obama: Teachers Are Key to a Successful Economy

By Michelle Obama

Posted October 15, 2009

Michelle Obama is the first lady of the United States.

This is a busy time of year in the Obama household. Like so many parents all across this country, I watch with a mixture of pride and anxiety as my daughters stuff their backpacks, kiss me goodbye, and move ahead in another school year without so much as a backwards glance. [See photos of the Obama family.]

My girls are now making new friends, tackling challenging new subjects, and moving closer to becoming the strong, confident women I know they can be. But when I see them come home, bursting with excitement about something they have learned or someone they have met, I can't help but think that some of the most influential people in my daughters' lives won't be the ones they socialize with on the playground or read about in the pages of a book—they will be the people who stand up every day in front of their classrooms.

We all remember the impact a special teacher had on us—a teacher who refused to let us fall through the cracks; who pushed us and believed in us when we doubted ourselves; who sparked in us a lifelong curiosity and passion for learning. Decades later, we remember the way they made us feel and the things they inspired us to do—how they challenged us and changed our lives. So it's not surprising that studies show that the single most important factor affecting students' achievement is the caliber of their teachers. And when we think about the qualities that make an outstanding teacher—boundless energy and endless patience; vision and a sense of purpose; the creativity to help us see the world in a different way; commitment to helping us discover and fulfill our potential—we realize: These are also the qualities of a great leader.

Today, more than ever before, we need precisely this kind of leadership in our classrooms. As the president has frequently said, in a 21st-century global economy where jobs can be shipped to any place with an Internet connection and children here in America will be competing with children around the world for the same jobs, a good education is no longer just one road to opportunity—it is the only road. And good teachers aren't just critical for the success of our students. They are the key to the success of our economy.

But the reality is that with each passing year, we are losing more and more of our most experienced teachers. More than half of our nation's teachers and principals are baby boomers. And in the next four years, as many as one third of America's 3.2 million teachers could retire. The U.S. Department of Education projects that by 2014, just five short years from now, our nation's schools will hire as many as 1 million new teachers. And the challenge to our schools is not just an overall teacher shortage but a shortage of good teachers in the schools where they are most essential: high-need schools that face some of the most daunting obstacles but have students with so much potential. We also have a shortage of teachers in subjects like math and science that we know will be critical to our children's future.

Today, we need a new generation of leaders to take their place in our nation's schools. We need passionate, talented, committed men and women to step up and devote themselves to preparing our students to succeed in this new century.

We need universities to double down on their efforts to prepare teachers and to improve and expand effective alternative routes to certify teachers. We need to encourage more experienced professionals to consider teaching as the next chapter in their careers. And we need to treat teachers like the professionals they are by providing good salaries and high-quality professional development opportunities. We need parents to do their part as well to match that leadership in the classroom with leadership at home. We need to set limits and turn off the TV. We need to put away those video games and make sure that homework gets done. We need to reinforce the example that's being set and the lessons being taught at school and make sure that learning continues at home.

And we need government to support significant efforts to recruit and retain teachers and to reward high-performing teachers. Along those lines, President Obama is already investing more than $3 billion to turn around struggling schools. And he has proposed a nationwide Teacher Recruitment Program to attract more people to the profession, especially in high-need schools. I look forward to being involved with this program and encouraging people across America to put their leadership skills to work in our nation's schools.

Much work lies ahead, and it won't be easy. But I am confident that with a new generation of outstanding leaders in our classrooms, we can make a lasting difference in the lives of our young people and a lasting impact on the life of this nation.

Obama is a BEMR: loosens missile technology controls to China

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116//print/

"Obama loosens missile technology controls to China"

Clinton did the same thing: shift authority for critical missile control technology transfer to Commerce.

Will Obama 'cry' at Gary Locke's funeral the way Clinton cried at Ron Brown's?

BEMR

Military Leadership are BEMRs: You wanna talk discrimination?

As Caucasian, Christian, conservative, capitalist, constitutionalist, heterosexual, veteran male, I've been on the receiving end of real discrimination since day one.  

Caucasians are moved to the back of the photo.  

Caucasians in the military get to do extra duty for every other race for their race month. (Where is Caucasian month?) (For some reason, other races can't perform duty during other races' months.)  

Christians are moved to the back of the photo.  

Christians in the military get to do extra duty for every other religion for their religious holidays. (For some reason, other religions can't perform duty during Christian or other religions' holidays.)  

Males are moved to the back of the photo.  

Males in the military get to do extra duty for every other sex for their sex month.  

Singles are moved to the back of the photo.  

Singles in the military get to do extra duty so married people can have time with their spouses. (For some reason, married can't perform duty.)  

Childless are moved to the back of the photo.  

Childless in the military get to do extra duty so parents can have time with their children. (For some reason, parents can't perform duty.)  

And the dirty rotten secret about the military is that it is fundamentally communist: if you have a spouse, you get extra money; if you have children, you get extra money...  

No wonder most generals are socialist liberal democrats.  

Reverend Jeremiah Wright was a Marine.  

BEMR

Kalifornia Government is BEMRs -- and Nazi Nutz: Ban the 50-Year-Old Winter Trigger

A friend served in World War II. He served in the snows of Europe. He spoke little except to say that it was cold. He passed. His widow wanted a good home for his M-1 Garand. I adopted.

A catalog advertised a winter trigger for the Garand. I thought that would be a nice addition to the family. I ordered. The company was very nice, but they said it was against the law, and, cancelled the order.

Against the law!?! Against the law to purchase a 50-year-old surplus piece of metal for a 60-year-old rifle!?!

Yes.

The Kalifornia Socialist Democrat banned its subjects from the purchase of any out-of-state of firearms parts.

The winter trigger is the piece of metal in the image. All the winter trigger does is make the trigger surface wider so you can use it when your hands are frozen from lack of equipment or your hands are wrapped in bulky fabric to keep them warm. (You REALLY need a winter trigger when you're cruising the streets of LA.)

I realize that Kalifornia attempts to keep drug dealers, gangbangers, republicans, Christians, conservatives, heterosexuals, and males from arming themselves. I also realize that the M-1 Garand is cheap ($1,500), small (43.6 inches), and light (9.8 pounds). I also realize that the Garand has a high capacity magazine (8-round clip), and, it is capable of rapid fire (850-900 rounds per minute). But, I don't think the Garand is the drug dealers' and gangbangers' firearm of choice.

I am glad my friend didn't live to see the rot of what he fought to preserve.

BEMR

BEMRs are coming for you: Schwarzenegger signs ammo-regulation bill

"Utilized properly, this type of information is invaluable for keeping communities safe," Schwarzenegger said.

Let me see if I can remember any governments in history misusing invaluable information? Nazi Germany. Soviet Union. Peoples Republic of China. Chicago Department of Motor Vehicles.

Let me see if I can remember any governments in history keeping communities 'safe' by regulating firearms and ammunition? Nazi Germany. Soviet Union. Peoples Republic of China. Chicago.

They're coming for you.

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Schwarzenegger signs ammo-regulation bill
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, October 12, 2009
(10-12) 18:28 PDT SACRAMENTO -- People buying ammunition in California will soon have to be thumb-printed and dealers will have to keep records of sales, under legislation that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law.

After vetoing similar bills three times since 2004, Schwarzenegger signed AB962 by Assemblyman Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, on Sunday, saying he now believes it will promote public safety.

The measure is California's first statewide regulation of ammunition sales. It survived close votes in both the Assembly and state Senate and strong opposition from gun-rights organizations, which succeeded in stripping a provision that would have required sellers of more than 50 rounds of ammunition a month to be licensed by the state.

Starting in July 2010, the new law will require dealers to keep records of handgun ammunition sales for at least five years, and store the bullets securely out of customers' reach.

Like gun transactions, all ammunition sales will have to be face-to-face, a requirement that will force online buyers to arrange delivery of ammunition to a seller in California. Another provision makes it a crime to knowingly sell or give ammunition to someone who cannot possess it legally, including felons, gang members and the mentally ill.

As of February 2011, all ammunition-buyers will have to provide a driver's license or other state identification and a thumbprint.

De León said Monday that the bill gives police "a valuable tool to crack down on armed, dangerous criminals and gang-bangers in our communities."

Opponents said the restrictions would burden gun owners and dealers without impeding criminals.

"Ammunition or ammunition purchaser registration, in any form, serves only to infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens," Gun Owners of California said while the bill was before the Legislature.

In signing the bill, Schwarzenegger said local governments that require record-keeping for ammunition sales have enabled police to arrest many illegal purchasers. Local governments that regulate ammunition sales include San Francisco, Oakland, Tiburon and Contra Costa and Marin counties.

"Utilized properly, this type of information is invaluable for keeping communities safe," Schwarzenegger said.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko@sfchronicle.com.

DoD/USN are BEMRs: Remember the -- whatever the politically correct, forgettably named ship is!

The politically correct US Navy in the politically correct Department of Defense named a supply ship after a politically correct martyr.

Why name a Navy ship after murdered civil rights worker Medgar Evers? Was he in the Navy? Did he develop something for the Navy? Was he instrumental in any Navy? No.

Is the message for the citizens of the United States? Nothing is more important than wallowing in a civil rights struggle that effectively ended 30 years ago? Military warriors will be ignored while self-absorbed pacifists glorify themselves by naming ships of the line after anti-war civilians?

Is the message for the citizens of the United States or the World? If you're going to name a Navy ship after civil rights worker Medgar Evers, why give his name to a supply ship? What purpose does that serve? "Fight for civil rights in peace, but supply the sodas and condoms in war"? "Fight for civil rights in peace, but act as a large, slow, defenseless target in war"?

Or is the message to her crewmen: "We want black Afro-Americans to serve on the Medgar Evers because they can't handle combat"? Os it the message: "We want black Afro-Americans to serve on the Medgar Evers so they can be slaughtered when the first anti-ship missile or torpedo is launched"?

The Secretary of the Navy obviously views black Afro-American sailors as designated mortalities.

And the black Afro-American sailors will taunt the Caucasian sailors: "You're on OUR ship now!" Or, "You'd better be careful or YOU'LL end up like Medgar Evers!" When the Caucasians retort, "Watch your back!", the race-riots will begin. This was a bloody stupid decision!

The exceptional insult to the black Afro Americans AND Medgar Evers is that almost no one knows the names of supply ships. Besides the new USS Medgar Evers, Name one!

It seems to me that if the US Military and its politically correct mishandlers wanted to do something correctly, they would name something US Army for Medgar Evers. Evers dropped out of school to join the Army and served in Europe during World War II. Then he went to college. Perhaps the Department of Defense should name the GI Bill after Medgar Evers. Perhaps the Department of Defense should name a special GI Bill for soldiers who earn their GED AND a college degree after Medgar Evers.  Perhaps the Department of the Army should name the next European-specific piece of individual equipment after Medgar Evers.

If the Obama Administration and the Department of Defense want all Caucasians to carry the shame of civil rights, and, they want the black Afro-Americans to carry the fighting spirit of a martyr, they should name the new combat knife after Medgar Evers. "He cut through racism as you will cut through America's enemies!"

But that would require an administration unafraid of making an enemy bleed, and, that is not the Obama administration.

BEMR

UN is BEMRs: No! No! No! No! No! - Guns kill and maim thousands

http://www.newsmax.com/us/un_un_arms_trade_treaty/2009/10/10/270798.html 

"UNITED NATIONS -- Seven countries have launched a campaign for the U.N. to start negotiations on a new treaty regulating the global arms trade to help prevent the illegal transfer of guns that kill and maim thousands every day."

Stoopid me! Here I thought firearms were inanimate objects -- like Lindsey Graham's brain.

"Why, just t'other day, my gun awoke, leapt up, looked around, killed a few thousand people, then went back to sleep. Then, a couple days later, my other gun awoke, maimed a few thousand more people, then went back to sleep. Gotta watch them Winchesters!"

Would it make the United Nations happier if my knife or saw or hammer developed the same antisocial habits as my guns? Then they could ban them, too. 

"Sure nuff, not two days later, my tack hammer awoke, bashed in a few thousand skulls, then went back to sleep. Gotta watch them Stanleys!"

Or how about my truck developing Teddy Kennedy Rental Car Syndrome?

"Then, nigh onto week later, my truck awoke, drowned a couple of thousand female campaign workers, then went back to sleep. Gotta watch them Toyotas!"

Remind me, again. During the Rwandan Genocide, the Darfur Genocide, and almost all genocides throughout history, how many victims were shot compared to how many were buried alive, or hacked, stabbed, or beaten to death? 

"Kill and maim thousands every day"? You really wanna unkill and unmaim thousands!?! BAN THE U.N.! ARM CIVILIANS! (See also Executive Outcomes and UN in Sierra Leone.)

"Hey, UN! Flavor-Aid killed more people at Jonestown than all my firearms combined. Mebbe you should ban Flavor-Aid instead of french fries and meat cows."

The sad thing is that the poor editor at Newsmax will be royally cussed out and threatened for merely posting the article.  And he's a really great guy! 

BEMR


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Campaign Begins to Start Gun Treaty Negotiations


Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:09 PM




UNITED NATIONS -- Seven countries have launched a campaign for the U.N. to start negotiations on a new treaty regulating the global arms trade to help prevent the illegal transfer of guns that kill and maim thousands every day.


John Duncan, Britain's ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, said the four-week meeting of the General Assembly's disarmament committee, which started Monday, will be "pivotal" in deciding whether to launch formal negotiations on a new Arms Trade Treaty.


According to a report published this week by the British relief agency Oxfam and 11 other non-governmental organizations, some 2.1 million people _ overwhelmingly civilians _ have died either directly or indirectly as a result of armed violence since the General Assembly first voted in December 2006 to work toward a treaty regulating the growing, multibillion dollar arms trade.


This is the equivalent of more than 2,000 people dying every day _ worse than one person killed each minute, the report said.


"There is an overflow of government sponsored and private illegal armies, ethnic militias and non-state guerrilla forces," former U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland, who now heads the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, said in a forward to the report.


"And they are supplied as never before with lethal weapons by reckless states," Egeland said. "Only a forceful, unambiguous and verifiable convention can control transfers and do away with the networks of illegal arms brokers that supply our generation's weapons of mass killings and mass misery."


Duncan said that after three years of discussions, Britain, Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan and Kenya have proposed a resolution establishing negotiations to draft and agree on a treaty.


The idea of a treaty "is still contentious," Duncan said. But supporters are hoping the disarmament committee will support the resolution and the 192-member General Assembly will approve the measure later this year. That would pave the way for negotiations leading up to an international conference in 2012 that would hopefully adopt the new treaty.


Last year, the assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a working group to move toward negotiations by a vote of 147-2, with the U.S. and Zimbabwe casting "no" votes. Others were either absent or abstained.


Whether President Barack Obama's administration will now back negotiations remains to be seen.


Gun control is a hotly contentious issue in the United States, where the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens the right to "keep and bear arms," and powerful lobby groups routinely oppose almost every effort to restrict gun sales and ownership _ and usually win.


Supporters of a new treaty stress that it will not interfere with legal arms sales but will target illegal weapons transfers.


The U.S. statement to the disarmament committee, delivered Tuesday by Ellen Tauscher, the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, focused on Obama's proposals to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and move toward disarmament. It made no mention of conventional weapons or an Arms Trade Treaty.


A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the administration was still reviewing its position on a treaty.


Many countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America are backing the campaign to launch negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty.


Nigeria's deputy U.N. ambassador warned that the circulation of illicit weapons in west Africa "is fast turning the region into a major transit point for illicit trafficking in arms and drugs" and facilitating the growth of criminal syndicates.


Paul van den Ijssel, the Netherlands ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, told a forum that a strong international treaty is needed to straighten out "patchwork arrangements" in different countries and regions.


Brig. Gen. Mujahid Alam, a retired Pakistani officer with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, said "free and unabated trafficking of weapons, in particular small arms," in the Great Lakes region of central Africa is one of the major causes fueling the war in Congo, which has claimed 5 million lives since 1998.


He predicted that agreement on an Arms Trade Treaty will not happen quickly and suggested that the U.N. and the international community consider a pilot project in the Great Lakes region to test possible treaty provisions to curb illegal weapons transfers.


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