<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Selected News For May 2 &#8211; May 8</title>
	<atom:link href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:57:10 -0500</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: Steve</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145976</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 04:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145976</guid>
		<description>&quot;Is this for real?&quot;

We posted about it last Tuesday:

Gov’t To Go Into The Used Car Business &#124; Sweetness &amp; Light
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/govt-to-go-into-the-used-car-business</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Is this for real?&#8221;</p>
<p>We posted about it last Tuesday:</p>
<p>Gov’t To Go Into The Used Car Business | Sweetness &#038; Light<br />
<a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/govt-to-go-into-the-used-car-business" rel="nofollow">http://sweetness-light.com/arc.....r-business</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: caligirl9</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145975</link>
		<dc:creator>caligirl9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145975</guid>
		<description>Is this for real? From Time.com.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;My $4,500 Lemon: Taking the Feds Up on Cash For Clunkers&lt;/b&gt;

…The news flash is &quot;asset.&quot; Thanks to the cash-for-clunkers program cooked up in Congress, our 2001 Honda Odyssey may actually be worth something — up to $4,500 if we trade it in on a new, more efficient vehicle. That works out to nearly a dollar per dent, scratch, stain and tear…

…However, prodded by crafty old John Dingell of Michigan, dean of the House of Representatives, Uncle Sam has selected me to stimulate the economy by buying a new car. This program will pay me to do it…

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1896663,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Is this just a delusional feature story or is this an actual way to give away money? (Still isn’t enough to help me buy something better than a 1998 Mustang with 163K miles … unless a job comes with the $4500 …</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this for real? From Time.com.</p>
<blockquote><p><b>My $4,500 Lemon: Taking the Feds Up on Cash For Clunkers</b></p>
<p>…The news flash is &#8220;asset.&#8221; Thanks to the cash-for-clunkers program cooked up in Congress, our 2001 Honda Odyssey may actually be worth something — up to $4,500 if we trade it in on a new, more efficient vehicle. That works out to nearly a dollar per dent, scratch, stain and tear…</p>
<p>…However, prodded by crafty old John Dingell of Michigan, dean of the House of Representatives, Uncle Sam has selected me to stimulate the economy by buying a new car. This program will pay me to do it…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1896663,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/natio.....cnnpartner</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>Is this just a delusional feature story or is this an actual way to give away money? (Still isn’t enough to help me buy something better than a 1998 Mustang with 163K miles … unless a job comes with the $4500 …</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: 12 Gauge Rage</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145973</link>
		<dc:creator>12 Gauge Rage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145973</guid>
		<description>Why mark out where we live with a GPS unit? Wouldn&#039;t a mark on our foreheads or right hand be more efficient? I swear, every day I see my country becoming more Orwellian in nature. Will we soon have Thought Police or be forced to attend a session of Two Minutes of Hate?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why mark out where we live with a GPS unit? Wouldn&#8217;t a mark on our foreheads or right hand be more efficient? I swear, every day I see my country becoming more Orwellian in nature. Will we soon have Thought Police or be forced to attend a session of Two Minutes of Hate?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: 12 Gauge Rage</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145971</link>
		<dc:creator>12 Gauge Rage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145971</guid>
		<description>People wouldn&#039;t be stockpiling ammo if Obama didn&#039;t have such a poor Second Amendment track record. Many believe that he hasn&#039;t given up his gun grabbing ways but is only putting that agenda on hold until a more opportune time. So I can certainly understand the mass suspicion gun owners have. Buy it when you can because yes, ammo is getting harder to find unless you special order it and then there still is a wait.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People wouldn&#8217;t be stockpiling ammo if Obama didn&#8217;t have such a poor Second Amendment track record. Many believe that he hasn&#8217;t given up his gun grabbing ways but is only putting that agenda on hold until a more opportune time. So I can certainly understand the mass suspicion gun owners have. Buy it when you can because yes, ammo is getting harder to find unless you special order it and then there still is a wait.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: MinnesotaRush</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145964</link>
		<dc:creator>MinnesotaRush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145964</guid>
		<description>Timing is everything. Make sure ya&#039; catch the AP piece below. It clangs the bell (for the how-many-ith time?) on some of the points Kyle-Anne Shiver&#039;s speaking of in this piece. 

And the beat (will) goes on ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Timing is everything. Make sure ya&#8217; catch the AP piece below. It clangs the bell (for the how-many-ith time?) on some of the points Kyle-Anne Shiver&#8217;s speaking of in this piece. </p>
<p>And the beat (will) goes on &#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: MinnesotaRush</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145963</link>
		<dc:creator>MinnesotaRush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145963</guid>
		<description>Oh, oh! Somebodys gonna be in trouble over at the AP!

&quot;Son says US has ordered Demjanjuk to surrender&quot;
 
By M.R. KROPKO, AP
Fri May 8, 9:26 PM EDT
 
&quot;Immigration agents served suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk on Friday with a notice to surrender to an immigration office in Cleveland, his son said — the latest volley in a more than 30-year legal battle over Demjanjuk&#039;s citizenship.

Demjanjuk, of Seven Hills in suburban Cleveland, faces deportation to Germany.

Anyone subject to a deportation order would be considered a fugitive by federal authorities if he or she failed to surrender by the stated time, according to Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the latter part of the Bush administration.&quot;

So o-blah-blah had a &quot;federal fugitive&quot; at his coronation. The auntie whose been ordered to leave twice .. two court orders!

Gosh .. and not weeks later, the phony Holder said, &quot;This is an administration that takes the law seriously&quot;. Yeah righhhhht! Unless it pertains to you or yours.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, oh! Somebodys gonna be in trouble over at the AP!</p>
<p>&#8220;Son says US has ordered Demjanjuk to surrender&#8221;</p>
<p>By M.R. KROPKO, AP<br />
Fri May 8, 9:26 PM EDT</p>
<p>&#8220;Immigration agents served suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk on Friday with a notice to surrender to an immigration office in Cleveland, his son said — the latest volley in a more than 30-year legal battle over Demjanjuk&#8217;s citizenship.</p>
<p>Demjanjuk, of Seven Hills in suburban Cleveland, faces deportation to Germany.</p>
<p>Anyone subject to a deportation order would be considered a fugitive by federal authorities if he or she failed to surrender by the stated time, according to Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the latter part of the Bush administration.&#8221;</p>
<p>So o-blah-blah had a &#8220;federal fugitive&#8221; at his coronation. The auntie whose been ordered to leave twice .. two court orders!</p>
<p>Gosh .. and not weeks later, the phony Holder said, &#8220;This is an administration that takes the law seriously&#8221;. Yeah righhhhht! Unless it pertains to you or yours.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: pdsand</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145921</link>
		<dc:creator>pdsand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145921</guid>
		<description>That&#039;s the whole reason I thought the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was a great idea.  Because right now I know women who&#039;ve considered donating eggs and such things to research because it pays so fantastically well.  I just know that once the federal government starts funding embryonic stem cell research, some of that federal money will find its way into the pockets of the &quot;donors&quot;.  Basically, the government will be paying women, and probably handsomely, to have abortions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s the whole reason I thought the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was a great idea.  Because right now I know women who&#8217;ve considered donating eggs and such things to research because it pays so fantastically well.  I just know that once the federal government starts funding embryonic stem cell research, some of that federal money will find its way into the pockets of the &#8220;donors&#8221;.  Basically, the government will be paying women, and probably handsomely, to have abortions.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145915</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145915</guid>
		<description>Kyle-Anne Shiver says it as good as Anne Coulter says it.  No punches pulled:

&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;b&gt; Suckers United for Change
&lt;/b&gt;

Now that we&#039;re more than 100 days into the Obama presidency, the handwriting is on the wall regarding our new leader&#039;s game plan for America.  &lt;b&gt;Spend other people&#039;s money like a drunken sailor.  Let every enemy on the planet know there&#039;s a wimp in the White House. Let every ally know the wimp in the White House will do nothing to help them when push comes to shove.  Let the 50 states know there&#039;s a power coup in play that strips them of constitutionally guaranteed liberties.  Let every company know that neither they nor their non-union employees are safe from Chicago-Way thugs and their mouthpieces in the media.  Let the 300 million American citizens know that the rule of law, applied equally to all, is about to be replaced by special favoritism in the form of &quot;empathy.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;


All in all, &lt;b&gt;one would need to be a numbskull not to see banana republic written all over the current administration and its intent.&lt;/b&gt;


If asked for a word to describe an Obama voter, there is only one that any sentient person could offer:  &lt;b&gt;SUCKER&lt;/b&gt;.
…

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/suckers_united_for_change.html &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Wow.  Just wow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kyle-Anne Shiver says it as good as Anne Coulter says it.  No punches pulled:</p>
<blockquote><p> <b> Suckers United for Change<br />
</b></p>
<p>Now that we&#8217;re more than 100 days into the Obama presidency, the handwriting is on the wall regarding our new leader&#8217;s game plan for America.  <b>Spend other people&#8217;s money like a drunken sailor.  Let every enemy on the planet know there&#8217;s a wimp in the White House. Let every ally know the wimp in the White House will do nothing to help them when push comes to shove.  Let the 50 states know there&#8217;s a power coup in play that strips them of constitutionally guaranteed liberties.  Let every company know that neither they nor their non-union employees are safe from Chicago-Way thugs and their mouthpieces in the media.  Let the 300 million American citizens know that the rule of law, applied equally to all, is about to be replaced by special favoritism in the form of &#8220;empathy.&#8221;</b></p>
<p>All in all, <b>one would need to be a numbskull not to see banana republic written all over the current administration and its intent.</b></p>
<p>If asked for a word to describe an Obama voter, there is only one that any sentient person could offer:  <b>SUCKER</b>.<br />
…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/suckers_united_for_change.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americanthinker.com.....hange.html</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>Wow.  Just wow.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: caligirl9</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145880</link>
		<dc:creator>caligirl9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145880</guid>
		<description>An Associated Press story by way of LA’s NBC station. Yeppers, this will stop ‘em.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;California-Mexico Border to Get Virtual Fence&lt;/b&gt;
 
Federal officials say they&#039;re ready to begin building a new &quot;virtual fence&quot; along the U.S.-Mexico border. The first towers holding sensors, cameras and communications gear to detect drug smugglers and illegal immigrants will be built along 53 miles of Arizona&#039;s border with Mexico. Towers on the remaining 320 miles of the state&#039;s southern border will follow…

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Mexico-Border-to-Get-Virtual-Fence.html &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yeah sure. I’ll believe it when I see it. And how are those sensors going to stop illegals from entering? They will probably just smile as they run past the cameras … the article doesn’t say anything about increasing Border Control agents …Now if there was some sort of electric current involved… ZAP!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An Associated Press story by way of LA’s NBC station. Yeppers, this will stop ‘em.</p>
<blockquote><p><b>California-Mexico Border to Get Virtual Fence</b></p>
<p>Federal officials say they&#8217;re ready to begin building a new &#8220;virtual fence&#8221; along the U.S.-Mexico border. The first towers holding sensors, cameras and communications gear to detect drug smugglers and illegal immigrants will be built along 53 miles of Arizona&#8217;s border with Mexico. Towers on the remaining 320 miles of the state&#8217;s southern border will follow…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Mexico-Border-to-Get-Virtual-Fence.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbclosangeles.com/n.....Fence.html</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>Yeah sure. I’ll believe it when I see it. And how are those sensors going to stop illegals from entering? They will probably just smile as they run past the cameras … the article doesn’t say anything about increasing Border Control agents …Now if there was some sort of electric current involved… ZAP!!!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: bullforever</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145855</link>
		<dc:creator>bullforever</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 02:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145855</guid>
		<description>Montana passes Gun Rights Law
http://lornakismet.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/subject-hb246-montana-firearms-freedom-act/ 

Governor just signed.  This ought to play out quite interestingly.  Way too much info even to excerpt.  I am interested to see how the Fed reacts, particularly, as described in the article, this puts Dear Leader between a rock and a hard place where action could result in succession, and inaction paves the way for other States to take back what is rightfully thiers under the 9th and 10th amendments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Montana passes Gun Rights Law<br />
<a href="http://lornakismet.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/subject-hb246-montana-firearms-freedom-act/" rel="nofollow">http://lornakismet.wordpress.c.....eedom-act/</a> </p>
<p>Governor just signed.  This ought to play out quite interestingly.  Way too much info even to excerpt.  I am interested to see how the Fed reacts, particularly, as described in the article, this puts Dear Leader between a rock and a hard place where action could result in succession, and inaction paves the way for other States to take back what is rightfully thiers under the 9th and 10th amendments.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145841</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145841</guid>
		<description>It can&#039;t get any more explicitly criminal than this.  From Larry Kudlows interview with the lawyer who represents the Chrysler Bondholders in the National Review Online:

&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;b&gt; Gangster Government: An Interview with Tom Lauria   &lt;/b&gt;

...KUDLOW: All right, let me go on. Regarding the issue of the bondholders themselves, has this Team Obama — Rattner and Bloom and so forth — &lt;b&gt;have they violated constitutional principles by trampling on contract rights of the bondholders?&lt;/b&gt;

LAURIA: &lt;b&gt;Well I think they’ve done so flagrantly. &lt;/b&gt;I don’t think that there’s any question about it. They have cooked up a scheme to try to end run contractual and statutory priority.

And you know I got to tell you, I wouldn’t be dismayed about this — so much of it was a private party and private parties try things in deals and negotiations and litigations all the time. &lt;b&gt;But I think when a branch of the government that is charged with enforcing the Constitution, I think intentionally and knowingly tries to get around the law in order to advance what I think are political interests over clear contractual and legal interests, I think that’s a real problem. And I do think it calls into question the Constitution&lt;/b&gt;....


http://kudlow.nationalreview.com/ &lt;/blockquote&gt;



Chicago mobsters, running our country.

If they can ignore contract law, they can and will ignore any laws they choose.

So now we are a nation with laws, but the laws are ignored willy nilly at the whim of the TMCC (The Moron&#039;s Criminal Cabal).

Like Venezuala.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It can&#8217;t get any more explicitly criminal than this.  From Larry Kudlows interview with the lawyer who represents the Chrysler Bondholders in the National Review Online:</p>
<blockquote><p> <b> Gangster Government: An Interview with Tom Lauria   </b></p>
<p>&#8230;KUDLOW: All right, let me go on. Regarding the issue of the bondholders themselves, has this Team Obama — Rattner and Bloom and so forth — <b>have they violated constitutional principles by trampling on contract rights of the bondholders?</b></p>
<p>LAURIA: <b>Well I think they’ve done so flagrantly. </b>I don’t think that there’s any question about it. They have cooked up a scheme to try to end run contractual and statutory priority.</p>
<p>And you know I got to tell you, I wouldn’t be dismayed about this — so much of it was a private party and private parties try things in deals and negotiations and litigations all the time. <b>But I think when a branch of the government that is charged with enforcing the Constitution, I think intentionally and knowingly tries to get around the law in order to advance what I think are political interests over clear contractual and legal interests, I think that’s a real problem. And I do think it calls into question the Constitution</b>&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://kudlow.nationalreview.com/" rel="nofollow">http://kudlow.nationalreview.com/</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>Chicago mobsters, running our country.</p>
<p>If they can ignore contract law, they can and will ignore any laws they choose.</p>
<p>So now we are a nation with laws, but the laws are ignored willy nilly at the whim of the TMCC (The Moron&#8217;s Criminal Cabal).</p>
<p>Like Venezuala.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Al Morone</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145839</link>
		<dc:creator>Al Morone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145839</guid>
		<description>1984 is here.  California Democrat Sanchez wants to imprison bloggers who offend her:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/lawmaker-defends-imprisoning-hostile-bloggers/
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1966:
So long, freedom of speech.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1984 is here.  California Democrat Sanchez wants to imprison bloggers who offend her:<br />
<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/lawmaker-defends-imprisoning-hostile-bloggers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/threatlev.....-bloggers/</a><br />
<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1966" rel="nofollow">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/.....1:H.R.1966</a>:<br />
So long, freedom of speech.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: caligirl9</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145788</link>
		<dc:creator>caligirl9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145788</guid>
		<description>Bravo!! From today’s local liberal puppy puddle pad target, the SJ &lt;i&gt;Merc&lt;/i&gt;. If you have time, check out the comments on the &lt;i&gt;Merc’s&lt;/i&gt; website. Even though this area is infected with raging liberals, the comments thus far have been “Right on!!” No pun intended, this is not a right or left issue. It’s about responsibility and accountability.

Oh wait maybe that is a “right or left” issue … silly me! Off to work now, when I have work I take it!

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt; Americans want it all, provided somebody else pays for it&lt;/b&gt;
By Victor Davis Hanson
Posted: 05/06/2009 04:54:58 PM PDT

Today&#039;s Americans inherited the wealthiest nation in history — but only because earlier generations learned how to feed, fuel, finance and defend themselves in ways unrivaled elsewhere.

Lately we have forgotten that and instead seem to expect others to do for us what we used to do ourselves.

Take our plentiful, cheap and safe food supply. Long ago, Americans struggled to create farmland out of swamp, forests and deserts, and built dams and canals for irrigation to make possible the world&#039;s most diverse and inexpensive agriculture.

Now in California — the nation&#039;s richest farm state — the population is skyrocketing toward 40 million. Yet hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland this year are going out of production, and with them thousands of jobs.

Why? In times of chronic water shortages, environmentalists have sued to stop irrigation deliveries in order to save threatened two-inch-long delta fish that need infusions of fresh water diverted from agricultural use. And for both environmental and financial reasons, we long ago stopped building dams in the Sierra Nevada and canals to find sources of replacement irrigation water...

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12310363 &lt;/blockquote&gt;

For those unfamiliar with the Hoover Institution, it’s a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.

[PLEASE remember to excerpt. -- SG]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bravo!! From today’s local liberal puppy puddle pad target, the SJ <i>Merc</i>. If you have time, check out the comments on the <i>Merc’s</i> website. Even though this area is infected with raging liberals, the comments thus far have been “Right on!!” No pun intended, this is not a right or left issue. It’s about responsibility and accountability.</p>
<p>Oh wait maybe that is a “right or left” issue … silly me! Off to work now, when I have work I take it!</p>
<blockquote><p><b> Americans want it all, provided somebody else pays for it</b><br />
By Victor Davis Hanson<br />
Posted: 05/06/2009 04:54:58 PM PDT</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s Americans inherited the wealthiest nation in history — but only because earlier generations learned how to feed, fuel, finance and defend themselves in ways unrivaled elsewhere.</p>
<p>Lately we have forgotten that and instead seem to expect others to do for us what we used to do ourselves.</p>
<p>Take our plentiful, cheap and safe food supply. Long ago, Americans struggled to create farmland out of swamp, forests and deserts, and built dams and canals for irrigation to make possible the world&#8217;s most diverse and inexpensive agriculture.</p>
<p>Now in California — the nation&#8217;s richest farm state — the population is skyrocketing toward 40 million. Yet hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland this year are going out of production, and with them thousands of jobs.</p>
<p>Why? In times of chronic water shortages, environmentalists have sued to stop irrigation deliveries in order to save threatened two-inch-long delta fish that need infusions of fresh water diverted from agricultural use. And for both environmental and financial reasons, we long ago stopped building dams in the Sierra Nevada and canals to find sources of replacement irrigation water&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12310363" rel="nofollow">http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12310363</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>For those unfamiliar with the Hoover Institution, it’s a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.</p>
<p>[PLEASE remember to excerpt. -- SG]</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: wardmama4</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145785</link>
		<dc:creator>wardmama4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145785</guid>
		<description>HR45 is stalled in committee just like last year - Rep Rush&#039;s homage to a murdered kid - does nothing toward increasing the sentences of criminals, most especially repeat offenders who use illegally obtained guns to murder - but does &lt;b&gt;infringe&lt;/b&gt; on the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens - has no co-sponsors this year.

With the National attitude and polling having done a big change in regards to guns and most especially gun-control laws - I don&#039;t think it is going any where.

Canary you might be interested in the new Montana bill just passed and signed - (summary) what is made in MT, bought in MT and stays in MT is not subject to Federal Laws.
 
http://tinyurl.com/d5atsa

and we are still looking for ammo - just might have to go to a gun show to &lt;del&gt;stock up&lt;/del&gt; &lt;del&gt;hoard&lt;/del&gt; purchase some ammo to go target shooting - I am so glad that this &lt;b&gt;particular&lt;/b&gt; sport gets almost no mention at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HR45 is stalled in committee just like last year &#8211; Rep Rush&#8217;s homage to a murdered kid &#8211; does nothing toward increasing the sentences of criminals, most especially repeat offenders who use illegally obtained guns to murder &#8211; but does <b>infringe</b> on the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens &#8211; has no co-sponsors this year.</p>
<p>With the National attitude and polling having done a big change in regards to guns and most especially gun-control laws &#8211; I don&#8217;t think it is going any where.</p>
<p>Canary you might be interested in the new Montana bill just passed and signed &#8211; (summary) what is made in MT, bought in MT and stays in MT is not subject to Federal Laws.</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/d5atsa" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/d5atsa</a></p>
<p>and we are still looking for ammo &#8211; just might have to go to a gun show to <del>stock up</del> <del>hoard</del> purchase some ammo to go target shooting &#8211; I am so glad that this <b>particular</b> sport gets almost no mention at all.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Icarus</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145784</link>
		<dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/selected-news-for-the-week-may-2-may-8#comment-145784</guid>
		<description>  &lt;b&gt; Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail? &lt;/b&gt;
Proposal &#039;comes close to making it federal offense to log onto Internet&#039;

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=97257 </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b> Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail? </b><br />
Proposal &#8216;comes close to making it federal offense to log onto Internet&#8217;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=97257" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/i.....geId=97257</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
