UPDATED: After skipping the popular Conservative Political Action Conference for the past three years, Sarah Palin has once again turned down the invitation of CPAC officials to address the conference this year.
CPAC organizers invited Palin to deliver the closing-night keynote speech on Saturday Feb. 12, immediately following the announcement of the results of CPAC’s annual presidential straw poll, but after several days of negotiations, she declined.
“We’re disappointed that she wasn’t able to make it this year,” American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene said through a spokesman on Thursday. He noted that Palin “expressed interest in wanting to come this year,” but said that it came down to “a scheduling issue
Gold and silver prices rose Thursday after the chairman of the Federal Reserve said the economy won’t recover fully until more jobs are created.
The economy likely will grow more quickly this year as companies and consumers spend more, but it will take several years for unemployment to fall to more normal levels, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said in prepared remarks to the National Press Club.
His speech suggested the Fed will continue its $600 billion Treasury bond-buying program aimed at bolstering the economy.
Earlier Thursday, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said inflationary pressures in the 17 nations that use the euro are in check despite rising prices due to higher energy and commodity costs. The bank’s governing council decided unanimously to leave the main interest rate unchanged at 1 percent.
CPM Group analyst Carlos Sanchez said the combination of Bernanke and Trichet comments prompted more investors to buy gold and silver, which often are seen as safer assets to hold during uncertain economic times.
Sanchez said he expects gold prices to continue to rise in the next several months as global economic issues are addressed.
You can expect prices on Gold and Silver to rise, as long as this Government continues to buy it’s own debit. As I have said before, this is a good time to get into Gold.
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In this issue of the reality report:The Egyptian Revolution triggered a government shutdown of the web. Could it happen here? Is the internet kill switch back on the congressional table? If the Feds shut down the web in the United States how could “We the People” get around the internet blackout? Gary Franchi reveals what tools you need to bypass a Government sponsored internet blockade. In this edition, Ron Paul explains the how the Federal Reserve works outside of congress’ constitutional framework. We also look at Senator Chuck Schumer failing miserably while explaining the three branches of government. Beautiful words are uttered from the lips of the Florida attorney general about Obamacare. President and founder of Freedom Law School, Peymon Montehedeh, gives us the details on this years’ Freedom Conference, and we announce a new action taking place in March. We’ll take a dip into the mailbag, deliver the results of last week’s poll, a viewer brands a new Enemy of the State… and Nina returns to deliver the Headlines from the new Reality Report News Room.
After some thoughtful and prayerful consideration; I felt it best to pull the posting. Mainly, because it is not fair to peace-loving Muslim and non-Muslim Arabs here and abroad. Not every Arab is rioting in the streets everywhere; just in a select few nations.
I apologize to my readers who may have been offended. It was not my intent to take a racist tone, it was my intent to spur a discussion and I failed at that.
GOODWATER, AL (WSFA) – WSFA 12 News has a crew en route to the small city of Goodwater in Coosa County were numerous reports are indicating someone has been shot inside a courtroom.
A person inside Goodwater City Hall, which is connected to the municipal courthouse, said they heard two gunshots and saw a man being taken away on a stretcher. The person said people came from next door for paper towels to wipe up blood.
The worker, who did not wish to be identified, said authorities are making everyone who was inside the courtroom at the time of the shooting to stay.
The Coosa County Sheriff’s office and Alabama State Troopers are not saying much at this time. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation would only say it was responding to Coosa County by request of local officials.
Goodwater, a city of approximately 5,000 people, is just a short distance from Alexander City.
I will be scanning twitter and the wires for more info as it becomes available.
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation says a defendant attacked a Municipal Court judge and tried to grab a gun from a spectator. He was shot by a Goodwater police officer who was providing courtroom security.
State Trooper Chad Joiner says the wounded man was in court on a domestic violence charge. He was taken by helicopter to UAB Hospital in Birmingham. There’s no immediate word on his condition.
I could say many things about Ed Morrissey. I have not always agreed with him; his brand of Conservatism tends to be a bit more Neo-Conservative as opposed to my Paleo-Conservative leanings. I do not agree with him, when it comes to the subject of unions. I also do not agree with him, when it comes to Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan.
Having said all of that, I like Ed Morrissey as a person. I used to read Captain’s Quarters, when I was on the left — first mainly with a big dose of skepticism. As in, “What’s this right wing weirdo going say about this?” sort of a thing. As time went on, I found Ed Morrissey to be one of the more levelheaded, reasonable Conservatives out there — more so than his former boss. I can honestly attest to the fact that Ed Morrissey at one point or another has expressed doubts about Iraq and Afghanistan both. This was a gob smacking, jaw dropping experience for this writer. I mean, when you have lost Ed Morrissey, you have lost Middle America.
Okay, the last bit of that last paragraph was a bit of a stretch, but hey, I am trying to say nice things about the damned baldheaded Neo-Con — cut me some slack eh? 😉 😛 😀 😆 🙂
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Join silver expert David Morgan of Silver-Investor.Com and Michael Maloney in Las Vegas, where the famous Luxor Casino pyramid provides the perfect backdrop for a discussion of the latest gold and silver investment pyramid schemes.
Gold and silver are “honest money,” David says, but “like any financial instrument there’s good and bad in it.” Among the bad: pyramid schemes luring unwary investors with promises of rich profits on silver coins and numismatics.
The basic premise is this, Mike explains: the new investor comes in on the bottom of the pyramid, agreeing to purchase one or two or 10 coins each month at a certain price, which is considerably higher than retail price of the bullion or the collectable premium of the coin. The new investor also brings in two new buyers to join the club. When the two new buyers purchase their coins at the same ridiculously high price, the original investor who recruited them receives a small cut of the profit, and the bulk of the profit gets passed up the line to the top of the pyramid. The idea is that as the investor works his way up the pyramid, his take grows larger and larger, eventually covering the cost of his own monthly coin purchase.
There are several problems with this model, Mike explains. For one thing, “what happens is, there comes an end to every bull market. And 82% of the people that have come in don’t end up breaking even. They end up transferring some of their wealth to the top 18%.”
The “entrepreneurs” who started the pyramid sit at the top, skimming the majority of the profit. “They’re the ones that are really getting wealthy off of this,” Mike says. “Everybody is paying them, and they never go out of the top of this pyramid. They are sitting at the top permanently.”
Bottom line—know what you’re doing, David says. “Keep it simple, know what you’re buying, pay a fair price to the dealer, start small until you’re comfortable, and go on from there. These types of schemes, to my knowledge, never work out for you. After all, Mike and I are looking out for you.”
What is a Pyramid Scheme?
Pyramid schemes now come in so many forms it makes spotting them difficult though they share in one overriding characteristic. They promise investors huge profits from recruiting others to join their program, rather than proceeds from real investments or sales of goods. Some pyramids claim to sell products, but they often simply use the merchandise to hide their pyramid structure.
There are two telltale signs for these schemes: inventory front-loading plus a lack of retail sales.
Inventory front-loading is when a firm’s incentive program forces a recruit to buy loads of products, often at inflated prices. If this occurs in the company’s distribution system, the people at the top of the pyramid reap substantial profits, regardless of the fact that little or no product is sold to the market. While folks at the bottom make excessive payments for inventory which simply accumulates.
Lackluster retail selling is also a red flag that a pyramid exists. Pyramid schemes typically claim their product is selling in huge volume but upon close examination, the sales either occur between people who are inside the pyramid or to new recruits who are joining the pyramid con, not to consumers out in the general public.
In a pyramid scheme, the pitch can be quite seductive as delivery on a high rate of return to a few early investors over a short period of time can produce temporary credibility and testimonials. Yet, pyramid schemes are illegal for a reason… they inevitably must fall apart. When the scheme collapses, most investors find themselves at the bottom, unable to recoup their losses.
How to Spot a Pyramid Scheme?
1. Beware of plans with exaggerated earnings claims, especially when there are no underlying product sales or investment profits.
2. Be careful of any plan that offers commissions for recruiting new sellers, particularly when there is no product involved or when there is a distinct, up-front membership fee. Also don’t assume that a presence of products or services, removes all danger. The Federal Trade Commission has caught pyramids offering investment opportunities, charity benefits, off-shore credit cards, jewelry, women’s underclothing, makeups, cleaning supplies, and even energy.
3. If a plan purports to sell a product or service, check to see whether its price is inflated, if new members must buy costly inventory, or whether members make most “sales” to other members instead of the public. If these conditions exist, the purported “sale” of the product or service may simply mask a pyramid scheme that promotes an endless chain of recruiting and inventory loading.
4. Beware of programs that claim to have secret plans, foreign connections or special relationships that are difficult to verify.
5. Beware of any plans that delay meeting its commitments while asking members to hang in there. Many pyramid schemes advertise that they are in the preliminary launch phase, yet they never can nor do launch for by definition a pyramid scheme can never fulfill its obligations to all its participants. To survive, pyramids need to keep and attract as many members as possible. Thus, promoters try to appeal to a sense of community or solidarity keeping its marketing arm intact, while rebuking outsiders or doubters.
6. Finally, beware of programs that attempt to capitalize on the public’s interest in newly deregulated markets or high technology.
Bottom Line: Every investor fantasizes about becoming wealthy overnight, but in fact, getting rich is usually the result of enterprising ideas and hard intelligent work. If it sounds too good to be true, chances are high that a con is going on.
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That’s George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara, legitimizing the Sodomite lifestyle.
Not only this, there is this quotable quote from President George W. Bush — Sodomite lifestyle enabler — himself from Associated Baptist News:
In discussing a meeting he had with Texas evangelist and one-time Southern Baptist leader James Robison, for example, Bush reportedly confided in Wead, “I think he wants me to attack homosexuals.” But, the future president said, he told Robison: “‘Look, James, I got to tell you two things right off the bat. One, I’m not going to kick gays, because I’m a sinner. How can I differentiate sin?’”
Bush also expresses concern over an aide’s report from a Christian Coalition meeting, according to the Times article. Reading from the report, he told Wead, “‘This crowd uses gays as the enemy. It’s hard to distinguish between fear of the homosexual political agenda and fear of homosexuality, however.’”
“This is an issue I have been trying to downplay,” Bush continued. “I think it is bad for Republicans to be kicking gays.”
That quote alone; proves to this Fundamentalist Baptist Christian, who is also a Paleo-Conservative — that George W. Bush was never a true-blue Conservative. But rather a liberal in G.O.P. clothing.
The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations.
Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue.
Barbara Bush, one of the twin daughters of George W. Bush, will endorse same-sex marriage on Tuesday, publicly breaking ranks with a father who, as president, pushed for a constitutional amendment banning such unions.
Ms. Bush, 29, has taped a video calling on New York to legalize gay marriage. A bill to do that was defeated in the state in 2009. She describes the issue as a matter of conscience and equality.
“I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality,” she says in the brief message, sponsored by an advocacy group. “New York is about fairness and equality. And everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love.”
The video ends with Ms. Bush, who lives in Manhattan, imploring the state’s residents to “join us.”
Ms. Bush is the latest child of a prominent Republican leader to embrace same-sex marriage, long considered anathema to the conservative movement. Gay rights advocates have been quick to seize on the generational split as evidence that the acceptance of same-sex marriage is blind to party affiliation and family values.
I think it would be wise for the Conservative Christian movement to rise as one and say, “Never Again!” to electing a man based upon family pedigree and to elected someone who does not pass muster or a good vetting by the Conservative Christian movement.
Further more, let me say this; this movement of the Conservative Republicans away from traditional family values is troubling. I say this without shame at all; I am a Conservative Christian, in the sense that I do support traditional family values. However, I do not believe in the use of any sort of Government of imposing my beliefs on anyone else. That is what Muslims do with Sharia Law — and I do not support that at all. However, for the daughter of a so-called “Conservative Republican” to come out and support a law such as this, is totally repugnant and should show all parties concerned, just what sort of a Conservative that the Bush dynasty really was. In this sense; and only in this sense, Pastor Chuck Baldwin was absolutely correct.
I believe that all Conservative Christians in the 2012 elections should really prayerfully consider the persons running in the Republican primaries and if the persons running for President do not pass muster; do not vote for them, at all.
We as Conservative Christians must decide what our allegiances are to; to the Republican Party or to the the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. There is no middle ground, choose your side today.
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