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How many zeros in a billion? 
This is too true to be funny. 

The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about 
whether you want the 'politicians' spending 
YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of 
putting that figure into some perspective in 
one of it's releases. 

A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959. 

B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. 

C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were 
living in the Stone Age. 

D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. 

E. 
A billion dollars ago was only 
8 hours and 20 minutes, 
at the rate our government
is spending it. 

While this thought is still fresh in our brain...
let's take a look at New Orleans ..
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D) 
is presently asking Congress for 
250 BILLION DOLLARS
to rebuild New Orleans Interesting number...
what does it mean? 

A.
Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans  
(every man, woman, and child) 
you each get $516,528.

B.
Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in 
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787. 

C.
Or... if you are a family of four...
your family gets $2,066,012. ! 
W ashington, D. C 

< HELLO! >
Are all your calculators broken??

Accounts Receivable Tax 
Building Permit Tax 
CDL License Tax 
Cigarette Tax 
Corporate Income Tax 
Dog License Tax 
Federal Income Tax,  Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) 
Fishing License Tax 
Food License Tax 
Fuel Permit Tax 
Gasoline Tax 
Hunting Lic en se Tax 
Inheritance Tax 
Inventory Tax 
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) 
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) 
Liquor Tax 
Luxury Tax 
Marriage License Tax 
Medicare Tax 
Property Tax 
Real Estate Tax 
Service charge taxes 
Social Security Tax 
Road Usage Tax (Truckers) 
Sales Taxes 
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax  
State Income Tax  
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) 
Telephone Federal Excise Tax 
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax 
Tel! ephon e Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax 
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax 
Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Tax 
Vehicle License Registration Tax 
Vehicle Sales Tax 
Watercraft Registration Tax 
Well Permit Tax 
Workers Compensation Tax 

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt... 
We had the largest middle class in the world... and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. 

What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!' 

And I still have to 
press '1' 
for English. 

I hope this goes around the 
USA 
at least 100 times

What the heck happened????

http://www.cagw.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id
=11684&JServSessionIdr001=kn77f2cfi1.app27a

Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating

Washington, D.C. - Once again, as All Hallow’s Eve approaches (and we don’t mean the election!), Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) dispatches its list of Taxpayer Tricks and Treats.  The horrifying spectacle of bloated, blob-like government spending continues to frighten all Americans.

Trick:  The Haunted Housing Bailout Bill gets marquis billing as the worst trick perpetrated on taxpayers this year, as it opened the way to a toxic brew of bills that have turned into a fiscal Nightmare on Main Street.  After dipping its toe in to salvage Bear Stearns ($30 billion), and AIG ($85 billion), as well as stepping in to stanch the flow of blood at Fannie Mae and “Freddie Kreuger” Mac in the housing bailout bill, the U.S. Treasury Department and Congress shoved the taxpayers completely underwater with a $700 billion bailout of the entire banking industry.  The specter of a nationalized banking and mortgage industry sucking the life’s blood of taxpayers will draw more socialist vampires to Washington for decades to come.

Treat:  Once again, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) gets the undying gratitude of the taxpayers for successfully blocking passage of a grotesquely wasteful collection of spending bills masquerading as serious legislation.  The bill, sarcastically dubbed the Senate “Tomnibus,” was a monster mash-up of bills which would have created 36 new spending programs worth about $10 billion, all of it unpaid for with spending reductions in other areas.  In late September, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried to jam the whole Frankenstein-like package through, but Dr. Coburn was able to block it, at least for now.  However, the undead do come back again and again.  Sen. Reid is threatening to use the upcoming congressional lame duck session to take another stab at the bill.  Keep the garlic handy.

Trick:  The federal budget deficit reached a record $455 billion in fiscal year 2008 and is likely to more than double to $1 trillion in fiscal year 2009.  Congress’s reaction to the bad news is to propose spending increases and a $300 billion “stimulus” bill instead of taking a Texas-sized chainsaw to the plethora of federal government programs that are outdated and wasteful.  Spending in fiscal year 2008 went up by 9.1 percent, the largest increase since a 9.6. jump in 1990.  Revenue dropped by 1.2 percent, the first time since 2003 that the government received less than the prior year.

Treat:  Justice has been dispensed in the case of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).  On October 27, the 40-year veteran of the Senate was found guilty of seven counts of failing to report gifts.  The senator has been a ravenous porker for his entire career and has been CAGW’s top porker for 10 of the last 12 years.  No date has been set for sentencing, but on behalf of taxpayers, who deserve retribution for the loss of tens of billions of dollars in wasteful pork-barrel spending in Alaska, we suggest an eternity walled up in the catacombs beneath Washington, D.C. with a nice cask of Amontillado.

Trick:  CAGW’s October Porker of the Month, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, squandered $355,000 of the taxpayers’ money to sponsor a NASCAR driver from his home state of North Carolina.  This may be part of a diabolical plot to run for Senate or governor after the next president pulls the plug on his tenure.  The ill-fated car, which crashed in its first race, was supposed to draw attention to the switch to digital television in February, 2009.

Treat:  The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste’s 2007 Congressional Ratings highlighted the stellar voting records of the three Taxpayer Super Heroes with a score of 100 percent:  Reps. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), and F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).  Taxpayer Heroes are members who scored between 80 and 99 percent.  The total number of Heroes in the House increased from 39 in 2006 to 59 in 2007.

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse in government. 

I recieved an email regarding Obama take a look at the video on the link below;

If the republican caucus was being held in a church like the democratic party 

is doing then the ACLU would be up in arms screaming for the separation of Church & State.

However the ALCU is not complaining? Does this then not show favoritism?

Does this not show lack of fair judgement? 

Let alone the democrats campaign from the pulpit of church's is this fair?

What is your feelings?

TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND READ THIS LETTER.  THESE ARE STRONG, POWERFUL AND COURAGEOUS WORDS COMING FROM A RETIRED COLONEL.  AND READ WHAT LINCOLN HAD TO SAY AT THE END. 


WOW! 

33 Senators Voted Against English as America's Official Language on June 6, 2007. On Wed. 6 June 2007 23:35:23 - 0500  Colonel Harry Riley, USA, Ret. wrote: 

Senators: 

Your vote against an amendment to the immigration Bill 1348.....to make English America's official language is astounding. On D-Day, no less, when we honor those that sacrificed in order to secure the bedrock, character and principles of America, I can only surmise your vote reflects a loyalty to illegal aliens.  I don't much care where you come from.  What your religion is  Wh ether you're black, white, or some other color......male or female......Democrat, Republican or Independent...... But I do care when you are a United States Senator representing Citizens of America.......and vote against English as the official language of the United States. 

Your vote reflects Betrayal.  Political Surrender.  Violates Your Pledge of Allegiance.  Dishonors historical principle. Rejects Patriotism  Borders on traitorous action and, in my opinion, makes you unfit to serve as a United States Senator........ Impeachment.......Recall........Or other appropriate action is warranted or worse.   

Four of you voting against English as America's Official Language are Presidential  Candidates:  Senator Biden, Senator Clinton, Senator Dodd, and Senator Obama.  Four Senators vying to lead America, but won't or don't have the courage to cast a vote in favor of "English"  as America's Official Language when 91% of American Citizens want English  officially designated as our lang uage.  This is the second time in the last several months this list of Senators have disgraced themselves as "policital hacks"..... Unworthy as Senators and certainly unqualified to serve as President of the United States.  If America is as angry as I am, you will realize a backlash so stunning it will literally "rock you out of your panties"......... and preferably totally out of the  United States Senate.  The entire immigration bill is a farce.... your action only confirms this really isn't about America.....it is about self-serving politics......despicable at best.  It has been said: 

"Never Argue with an Idiot.... 
They'll drag you down to their level!"  The following Senators voted against making English  the official language of America: 
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE) Wants to be President? 
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwe ll (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY) Wants to be President? (GOD FORBID!  ) 
dayton (d-mn) 
dodd (d- MN) wants to be president 
domenici ( R-nm) coward. protecting his senate seat 
durbin (d-IL) 
feingold (d-win) - not unusual for him 
feinstein (d-ca) 
Harkin (d-ia) 
inouye (d-hi) 
jeffords (I-vt)