THE DAILY CALLER

“Barack Obama was greeted with fleeting applause and extended periods of silence as he offered profuse praise to soldiers and their families during an Aug. 31 speech in Fort Bliss, Texas.

His praise for the soldiers — and for his own national-security policies — won cheers from only a small proportion of the soldiers and families in the cavernous aircraft-hanger.

The audience remains quiet even when the commander-in-chief thanked the soldiers’ families, and cited the 198 deaths of their comrades in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The audience’s reaction was so flat that the president tried twice to elicit a reaction from the crowd.

‘Hey, I hear you,’ he said amid silence.

The selected soldiers who were arrayed behind the president sat quietly throughout the speech.

CNN and MSNBC ended their coverage of the speech before it was half-over….”

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“…Hey, I hear you…”  No Barack, you do…

                       Do You Know How To “Barter?”
   In ‘preparedness’ circles, (aka “Preppers”) the term “barter,” is used, when describing a post Shit-Hit-The-Fan Scenario, (aka; “SHTF”) when goods and services are no longer be available, (through normal channels).  According to Wikipedia; “bartering is a method of exchange, by which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services, without using a medium of exchange, such as money.” A lot of people think of bartering, as something to do, when they’re down an out, perhaps unemployed, or low on cash, (or BOTH!).  But nothing could be further from the truth. “Bartering” has been around for eons and, is a smart way, to acquire goods and services, — beneath the ‘radar’ screen. (Grab “The Rest of The Story,” HERE!)

Marilyn Campiz
SMSgt, USAFR (Ret)

Congressman Paul,

You made me realize I was not alone. I also served in the Air Force (at times the Air Force has felt like the mafia, pulling me back in when I wanted to walk away, 9 years AD, a few months IRR, TR, ART, and then finally 7 years AGR at HQ USSOUTHCOM…20 years). The USAF has three principles they adopted while I was in service to sum up who we are; Integrity First, Service before SELF and Excellence in all that WE do. There were many times that I had the opportunity to excel in leadership positions without regard to my rank. We were TAUGHT to challenge unlawful orders, to question authority and to know that the law, not rank, was our guiding light. I heard rumblings about a Dr. Paul when I was serving, and one of the Marines said…

Top 10 Cannabis Studies the Government Wished it Had Never Funded

10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY: A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 87 No. 4, April 1997. p. 585-590. Sept. 2002.

9) HEAVY MARIJUANA USE AS A YOUNG ADULT WON’T RUIN YOUR LIFE: Veterans Affairs scientists looked at whether heavy marijuana use as a young adult caused long-term problems later, studying identical twins in which one twin had been a heavy marijuana user for a year or longer but had stopped at least one month before the study, while the second twin had used marijuana no more than five times ever. Marijuana use had…