IVRPA Amateur ATA Shoot: Sa.7Apr12

The Imperial Valley Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. (IVRPA) is hosting an Amateur Trap Association (ATA) registered target shoot on next Saturday, April 7, 2012.  Practice rounds at 08:30 A.M.  First squad at 10:00 A.M.

visit:  http://ivrpa.net

For additional information, contact:  Larry Ternes (760) 996-4449

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satire - video: NewsBusted Tu.27Mar12

NewsBusted 3/27/12

video source: http://youtu.be/qpDxJwS1R5g

Uploaded to Youtube by newsbusted on Mar 26, 2012

--Mitt Romney, President Obama, South Korea, U.S. Debt Bush vs. Obama, Rick Santorum, Eric Holder, Robert DeNiro, Tim Tebow to the Jets, Dick Morris, Bill Clinton

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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings baptized, married by Mormon church

By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow

article source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thomas-jefferson-sally-hemmings-baptized-married-mormon-church-154735300.html

(AP)The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken a lot of flack over the years regarding the practice of baptizing deceased individuals who were never Mormon. A fascinating new article from Max Perry Mueller in Slate breaks down some of the misconceptions about this practice, while also confirming some of its more controversial details.

     But the most interesting bit of news to emerge here is that not only was American Founding Father and third president of the United States President Thomas Jefferson given a posthumous Mormon baptism, but he was also sealed to former house servant and lover Sally Hemmings. The Mormon ritual of sealing is meant to connect spouses and their families in the afterlife.

     "The Mormon People" author Matt Bowman explains to Slate, "Mormons believe that heaven consists of a great network of families bound together through a particular sacramental ritual called sealing. Parents are sealed to children, spouses to each other, ancestors to descendants."

     Mormons did not perform the baptism of the dead on Hemmings until April 1991—13 years after the church lifted its membership ban on African-Americans.

     A number of famous individuals, and millions of ordinary people, have been given posthumous Mormon baptisms without the permission of their surviving relatives. Some of the more famous recipients include Elvis Presley, Adolf Hitler, Anne Frank and Pope John Paul II. Shortly after Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, his own deceased mother, Ann Dunham, received a Mormon baptism, according to Business Insider. However, the church did denounce Dunham's baptism, as it was performed by an individual not directly connected to her family line. The church as stipulated that only direct descendants may perform the baptism.

     Mueller notes that this ritual does not technically make the deceased person a Mormon. Rather, it gives Hemmings and other deceased individuals, "the opportunity to obtain salvation." In Mormon belief, those who receive the posthumous baptism are then allowed to choose whether they accept the invitation. Mueller also goes into further detail about the politics surrounding the process of proxy baptisms and how the LDS church has attempted to crack down on individuals performing this ritual on people not directly connected to their own family's ancestry.

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o'suffrage - humor: "Heaven and Hell"

From: rapa Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 Subject: Heaven and Hell

      While walking down the street one day a corrupt senator (that may be redundant) is tragically hit by a car and dies.
      His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
      "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter.  "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem.  We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
      "No problem, just let me in," says the senator.
      "Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups.  What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven.  Then you can choose where to spend eternity."
      "Really?  I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.
      "I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
      And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
      The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course.
      In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
      Everyone is very happy and in evening dress.  They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
      They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.
      Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.
      They are all having such a good time that before the senator realizes it, it is time to go.
      Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.
      The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven."
      So, 24 hours passed with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing.  They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
      "Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven.  Now choose your eternity."
      The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers, "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."
      So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
      Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.
      He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls to the ground.
      The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.
     "I don't understand," stammers the senator.  "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time.  Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
     The devil smiles at him and says,"Yesterday we were campaigning.
     Today, you voted."
     Vote wisely on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

"Elections Are Not Won by Who Voted, They are Lost by Who Did Not" ~ rfh

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o'vacations - 13-Year-Old Spring Breaker: Malia Obama

Who pays for your vacations? ...Do you even get one? -- rfh

From: rapa Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012Subject: The 13-Year-Old Spring Breaker Malia Obama

article source: National Review Online, The Homefront
at: http://www.nationalreview.com/home-front/294154/13-year-old-spring-breaker/julie-gunlock

     This isn't the first time the president and first lady have shown themselves to be out of touch with, and even a little insensitive to, the lives of average Americans.

     From the family's multiple vacations in expensive locations to the extravagant dinners at Washington D.C.'s most exclusive restaurants; from the president's ubiquitous golf games to the first lady's high-priced fashion preferences (no, I don't consider J. Crew to be an everyman clothing label) and her need to employ a high-priced makeup artist among her entourage (the future queen of England does her own makeup, for goodness sake!), the Obamas have spared no expense when it comes to their own personal pleasure and entertainment.

     The Obama's latest example broke earlier this week (then later un-broke as media types dutifully accept White House marching orders to scrub all stories on the matter) that 13-year-old Malia Obama and twelve of her friends trotted off to Mexico on their very own teenage spring-break vacation.  The shocking thing: There are no parents on this trip.

     To quote a 12-year-old neighbor: "How super awesome is that!?"

     But parental supervision isn't needed on Malia's vacation because 25 Secret Service agents have accompanied the young girls to Mexico.  So, that averages out to two agents per child.  Huh, where have I heard that two-to-one ratio before?

     Thinking . . . thinking . . .

     Oh yeah, it has a family unit ring to it, as in normally 13-year-olds are accompanied by two other people - their mothers and fathers - on vacations (especially vacations to Mexican beach resorts that cater to spring-breakers.)  The White House must have realized this when they settled on attaching two responsible (gun-wielding, highly trained) adults to each child - at taxpayer expense, of course.  But more confusing to the average American is why in the world is 13-year-old Malia getting her very own vacation - complete with staff?

     To say I'm appalled by this strange lapse in the Obama's formerly pretty spotless parenting record (save for that unfortunate incident when the first lady talked about her daughters' heft on national television), is an understatement.

     I'm not at all shocked that the Obamas fail to see their daughter's spring-break vacation as a massive waste of taxpayer dollars, Secret Service resources, and military personnel.  But I am shocked that they don't recognize Malia's time-out in Mexico as a fundamentally inappropriate activity for a 13-year-old, and a terrible message to send American families about what young teens are supposed to expect and the role of parents in looking after them.

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Do it for Trayvon! (video: students trash & steal w/Vice Principal in tow?)

And it continues, again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_riots

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WSVN Local 10  reported:  Do it for Trayvon!
     High school students in Miami decided to ransack the local Walgreens on the way to a Trayvon Martin rally.  The students left the store when the vice principal ordered them out.
WSVN has video at: http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007056287333/student-walk-out-for-trayvon-gets-out-of-control/

Youtube video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4Hpvow2lY

     North Miami Beach police said surveillance video shows dozens of high school students demonstrating in the Trayvon Martin case Friday ransacking and shoplifting from a Walgreens store.

     The incident occurred during a walkout from North Miami Beach Senior High School in support of Martin, 17, who was fatally shot in Sanford. Protesters have been calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, 28, who has not been charged because he claimed self-defense in the shooting, according to police.

     Minutes after walking out of their school Friday at about 11 a.m., a large group of students walked through the streets of North Miami Beach. Along the way, they stopped at a Walgreens at 163rd Street and 15th Avenue.

     Surveillance video shows dozens of teenagers running through the store.  Police said about 50 to 60 students stormed in, ransacking the shelves, before the school's vice principal ordered everyone outside.

      North Miami Beach police said students stole about $1,100 worth of merchandise and damaged some items, including a DVD player, in the store.

     Some of the students dropped their IDs on the way out of the store, police said, so investigators have an idea of who was inside.

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o'leftists - Al Sharpton (and others) need to go.

I'm still waiting for o'pologist to pick up his apology phone and address these folks!!!  - rfh

From: drude Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Subject:  Al Sharpton needs to go - Stand with Me!

From the Desk of:
David Martin, Executive Vice President
Media Research Center

March 19, 2012

Dear chuck,

     On Friday, I sent you a copy of my letter to Comcast Chairmain Brian Roberts on the complete lack of civility and balance on MSNBC.

     That letter marked the beginning of a campaign that we've launched to compel NBC News to clean up their act with regard to the nightly barrage of hate that makes up their cable lineup.

     I released the letter below today. It details Al Sharpton's history of hate speech and the completely hypocritical act of providing a man like Sharpton a platform to accuse conservatives of incivility.

     Please read the letter and join our fight at www.cleanhouseatNBC.org.

Thank you for standing with us,

Brent

March 19, 2012

Mr. Phil Griffin
President
MSNBC

Dear Mr. Griffin,

     Last week, in my open letter to you I called for Ed Schultz's termination.  I also called for you to resign as President of MSNBC because you hired Ed Schultz.  Today, I have yet another reason you should step down - one which some might argue is even more compelling than Schultz. His name is Al Sharpton.

     I have already provided you with ample, documented evidence of Schultz's repeated, over the top attacks against women, the elderly, tea party activists, and anyone else who happened to be in his crosshairs.  

     I have also made known the fact that your network is the mouthpiece for the George Soros funded Media Matters, a radical group whose mission is to slander everyone who disagrees with its fringe leftwing ideology.

     I also pointed out these assaults by MSNBC have nothing to do with what Rush Limbaugh said about Sandra Fluke, and everything to do with censoring prominent voices on the right. Instead of reporting on the woeful state of our economy and the catastrophic debt crisis, MSNBC goes after Limbaugh with entirely unmerited and phony moral righteousness.

     The Media Research Center repeatedly discussed, promoted, and circulated these letters in a variety of very public venues last week. 

     As the President of MSNBC, you are personally responsible for hiring and promoting Ed Schultz.

     You have had every opportunity to respond and take responsibility for this situation.  Yet, neither you, nor Ed Schultz, nor the Chairman and CEO of Comcast have responded.

     Therefore, I now offer you (and everyone reading this) another reason to take responsibility - Al Sharpton.

     Al Sharpton - a man who made a name for himself by orchestrating the Tawana Brawley hoax that destroyed innocent lives and also incited race riots that led to the death of an innocent child.

In addition, some of his greatest hits include:

• Al Sharpton spewing the n-word over and over and over (Listen here)
  
• Al Sharpton discussing "Chinamen," Koreans, and watermelons (Listen here)
  
• Al Sharpton denigrating homosexuals-his "Greek homo" routine(Listen here)
  
• Al Sharpton's "apology" for inflaming a Harlem racial situation by going on about a "white interloper". That incident, by the way, resulted in a death (Listen here)
  
• Al Sharpton falsely accusing Rush Limbaugh of racism

     You fired Pat Buchanan because you didn't think his book "should be a part of the national diaogue, much less the dialogue on MSNBC."  But you retain Sharpton.

     By giving a platform to Al Sharpton on the one hand, and by promoting his campaign to suppress free speech on the other, you're engaging in mind-boggling hypocrisy - hypocrisy unbecoming of a "news" network executive.

     While your network continues to attack Limbaugh, you continue to employ Al Sharpton and Ed Schultz. Take responsibility and clean house.  If you don't, we will continue to further expose MSNBC for what it is - a platform for racist, misogynistic, homophobic hate mongers.  And we will continue to ratchet up public pressure for your resignation.

     I have already contacted Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast (your boss and MSNBC's parent company). On March 14, we sent him a letter calling on him to demand Schultz's termination.  As I noted in my letter, we intend to take this message directly to the shareholders of Comcast and its board of directors. 

     I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

L. Brent Bozell III Founder and President Media Research Center

CC: Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast

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o'commiczar - Czars' pictures & descriptions

From: baja Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012  Subject: OBAMA'S CZARS With PICTURES

Look at Obama's herd of self-appointed helpers. OBAMA'S CZARS       There are very few of us who know just what all of Obama's Czars do, as they quietly go about their "work" in the nation's capital.This listing of their names and job descriptions should be educational to all Americans, no matter what your political leaning. See who they are and realize what they want to do: Richard Holbrooke - Afghanistan Czar Ultra liberal anti-gun former Governor Of  New Mexico.  Pro-Abortion and pro-drug legalization.  Wants to dissolve the 2nd Amendment Ed Montgomery - Auto recovery Czar Radical anti-business black activist.  Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks.   University of  Maryland Business School Dean; teaches that US business has caused world poverty.  ACORN board member.  Communist DuBois Club member. Jeffrey Crowley - AIDS Czar Radical Homosexual.  Gay Rights activist.  Believes in Gay Marriage and a Special Status for homosexuals only, including complete free health care for gays. Alan Bersin - Border Czar The former failed superintendent of San Diego.  Ultra-Liberal friend of Hillary Clinton.  Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno - to keep borders open to illegals without interference from the Federal government. David J. Hayes - California Water Czar Senior Fellow of radical environmentalist group "Progress Policy."   No training or experience in water management whatsoever. Ron Bloom - Car Czar Auto Union worker.  Anti-business & anti-nuclear.  Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business.  Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Union-owned.  How did this happen? Dennis Ross - Central Region Czar Believes US policy is the cause of war in the Middle East.  Obama apologist to the world.  Anti-gun and completely Pro-Abortion. Lynn Rosenthal - Domestic Violence Czar Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.  Vicious anti-male feminist.  Supports male castration - imagine? Gil Kerlikowske - Drug Czar Devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, former Chief of Police in liberal Seattle, WA.  Believes no American should own a firearm.  Supports legalization of all drugs. Paul Volcker - Economic Czar Former head of the Federal Reserve under Jimmy Carter when US  economy nearly failed.  Obama-appointed head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board which engineered the Obama economic disaster to US  economy.  Member of anti-business "Progressive Policy" organization. Carol Browner - Energy and Environment Czar Political Radical.  Former head of the EPA - known for anti-business activism.  Strong anti-gun ownership.. Joshua DuBois - Faith-Based Czar Political Black activist.  Degree in Black Nationalism.  Anti-gun ownership lobbyist.  WHAT DOES A FAITH BASED CZAR DO ? ? ? Cameron Davis - Great Lakes Czar Chicago radical anti-business environmentalist.  Blames George Bush for "Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink." No experience or training in water management whatsoever.  Former ACORN Board member (what does that tell us?) Van Jones - Green Jobs Czar (since resigned.)  Black activist with strong anti-white views.  Member of American Communist Party and  San Francisco  Communist Party.  Said George Bush caused the 9-11 attacks and wanted Bush investigated by the World Court  for war crimes. Daniel Fried - Guantanamo Closure Czar Human Rights activist for Foreign Terrorists.  Believes  America has caused the Global War on Terrorism.  Believes terrorists have rights above and beyond Americans. Nancy-Ann DeParle - Health Czar Former head of Medicare / Medicaid.  Strong proponent of Healthcare Rationing (i.e. "Death Panels").  She is married to a reporter for The New York Times. Vivek Kundra - Information Czar Born in New Delhi, India.  Controls all public information, including labels and news releases.  Monitors all private Internet emails. (HELLO?) Todd Stern - International Climate Czar Anti-business former White House Chief of Staff.  Strong supporter of the Kyoto Accord; pushing hard for Cap and Trade. Blames US business for Global warming.   Anti-US business prosperity. Dennis Blair - Intelligence Czar Retired US Navy.  Stopped US guided missile program he described as "provocative".  Chair of ultra-Liberal "Council on Foreign Relations" which blames American organizations for regional wars. George Mitchell - Mideast Peace Czar Former Senator from Maine.   Left wing radical.  Has said Israel should be split up into "2 or 3 " smaller more manageable plots."  (God forbid.)  A true Anti-nuclear, anti-gun & pro-homosexual "special rights" advocate. Kenneth Feinberg - Pay Czar Chief of Staff to Ted Kennedy.  Lawyer who got rich off the 9-11 victims payoffs. (Horribly true.) Cass Sunstein - Regulatory Czar Liberal activist judge who believes free speech needs to be limited for the "common good"; essentially against the 1st Amendment.  Has ruled against personal freedoms many times on private gun ownership and right to free speech cases.  This guy has to be run out of Washington  ! ! ! John Holdren - Science Czar Fierce ideological environmentalist, Sierra Club anti-business activist.  Claims US business has caused world poverty.  No Science training. Earl Devaney - Stimulus Accountability Czar Spent career trying to take guns away from American citizens.  Believes in Open Borders to Mexico.  Author of statement blaming US gun stores for drug war in Mexico. J. Scott Gration - Sudan Czar Native of Democratic Republic of Congo.   Believes US does little to help Third World countries.  Council of foreign relations, asking for higher US taxes to support United Nations. Herb Allison - TARP Czar Fannie Mae CEO responsible for the US recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market.  Caused millions of people to lose their life savings. John Brennan - Terrorism Czar Anti-CIA activist.   No training in diplomatic or governmental affairs.  Believes Open Borders to Mexico and a dialog with terrorists and has suggested Obama disband US military.   A TOTAL MORON !!!!! Aneesh Chopra - Technology Czar No Technology training.  Worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals.  Anti-doctor activist. Supports Obama Healthcare Rationing (i.e. Death Panels) and salaried doctors working exclusively for the Government Healthcare plan. Adolfo Carrion Jr. - Urban Affairs Czar Puerto Rico-born Anti-American activist and leftist group member in Latin America.  Millionaire "slum lord" of Bronx, NY. Owns many lavish homes and condos which he got from "sweetheart" deals with labor unions.  Wants higher taxes on middle class to pay for minority housing and healthcare. Ashton Carter - Weapons Czar Leftist.  Wants all private weapons in US destroyed.  Supports UN ban on firearms ownership in  America.  No Other "policy". Gary Samore - WMD Policy Czar Former US Communist.  Wants US to destroy all WMD unilaterally as a show of good faith.  Has no other "policy". These are the people who are helping President Obama run our country. Czars = $8,100,000 in salary and benefits Travel= $4,000,000 Private Office for Czars=$2,400,000 Staff = $18,900,000 for salaries and benefits Office space for staff=$2,400,000 Office supplies=$960,000 Travel for (2) staff=$4,000,000 Here's the total bill all you nice folks who pay taxes are footing for King Barack the Mild's Czars: $40,760,000 and in case you need help reading that, it's 40 million 760 thousand dollars and it doesn't include limo services, gym memberships and so on... Now, fellow business owners, tear the above apart.  Find the flaws, the missing pieces, and let's start spreading the news about what the King's Courtiers are costing us.

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o'tax'n spend - Raises 27% of Households' taxes

from: Moneynews, Thursday, March 22, 2012

Obama Budget Raises Taxes for 27% of Households, Report Says

article source: http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/Obama-Budget-Taxes-Households/2012/03/22/id/433477

     President Barack Obama's 2013 budget plan would raise taxes for 27 percent of U.S. households, far more than the administration estimates, according to a nonpartisan study.

     The study comes from the Tax Policy Center, a research group in Washington that analyzes proposals from presidential candidates in both parties.

     Obama focuses the tax increases in his 2013 budget on corporations and the top 2 percent of individual taxpayers. The result in the center's study stems from the fact that taxpayers in all income brackets own parts of corporations.

     "There are enough corporate tax increases in the president's plan to have a measurable impact on the distribution," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the center.

     Most of the additional tax burden imposed by Obama's budget plan would fall upon the highest-earning taxpayers.

     Compared with current tax policy, under Obama's budget proposal 98.4 percent of people earning more than $1 million would see their taxes increase next year by an average of $184,504.

     In contrast, 31.6 percent of U.S. households earning between $50,000 and $75,000 a year would see an average tax increase of $92. In that same income group, 16.8 percent of households would have a tax cut averaging $382.
     The report reflects a modeling assumption about corporate taxes, and the administration's budget doesn't raise taxes on any family making less than $250,000, said Amy Brundage, a White House spokeswoman.
     "What it does do is close a series of wasteful and unaffordable corporate tax subsidies, which include, for example, ending the expensive tax subsidies for oil and gas production and incentives to companies to ship jobs overseas," she said in an e-mail.

     Obama's budget would raise marginal tax rates to a maximum of 39.6 percent, up from 35 percent. High-income taxpayers would also face higher rates on investment income and limits on deductions. 
     The budget would impose restrictions on multinational corporations' ability to defer U.S. taxes on income earned outside the country. Oil and gas companies would lose several breaks.

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