JULY 4th IN WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON DC has a huge celebration every year..

Have some fun MCCAIN video singing Memories

Constitution on States versus Territories when voting

I am up late tonight and working on getting my new XP laptop up and running so I can actually work uninterupted by the mouse going haywire, flickering screens,, Vista Operating System deciding what I want to do instead of vice versa.

What peaked my curiousity is the latest email I got about Obama's birth certificate and he does need to show one and prove he was actually born in Hawaii. But that is not what I would like post I am going to post an issue that has been obliquely referred to that I wondered about during the primary when I saw Hillary in Puerto Rico--and I still am not sure I understand it what happened. I think based on the law journal that Americans living in Puerto Rico voted, American Citizens in Puerto Rico--not Puerto Ricans who are not citizens of the US because it is not a state, I will look into this further, but if anyone can answer that,, for sure, email me because after tonight, I will be geeking it up for at least two days

see below, this is an Excerpt full article is the link in title
The Constitution Is Clear: Only States Vote in Congress



John C. Fortier, May 19, 2007 [View as PDF]

José R. Coleman Tió argues that Congress, under its power to govern territories, may grant Puerto Rico congressional representation without making it a state. This argument and a parallel argument about representation for the District of Columbia are flawed because the Constitution, not Congress, determines which entities get congressional representation, and the Constitution is clear that only states are represented.
For years, advocates of congressional representation for the District of Columbia generally followed three avenues to reach their goal: (1) admit the District as a state; (2) amend the Constitution; or (3) retrocede the District to Maryland, which once gave the land that makes up the District. But recently, Congress has considered a new and constitutionally dubious alternative. Under this plan, Congress would pass a simple piece of legislation granting representation to the District. The legislation relies on Congress’s broad constitutional power to rule over the District and follows the precedent of treating the District as a state in other legislation.
Coleman wishes to extend this argument to Puerto Rico with the small difference that Congress would rely on its power to govern territories to pass legislation granting congressional representation for Puerto Rico.

(photo was taken at Buckroe Beach this april)

OBAMA CHANGES Presidential Seal

WOW, now that is Chutspah!!!

Obama Changes Presidential Seal
Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:53 PM

Sen. Barack Obama has promised "change," and his campaign has already been hard at work changing one of the basic symbols of the nation — the Presidential Seal.
On Friday, the press was abuzz over the new seal, which was unveiled on Obama's podium when he spoke to a group of Democratic governors.
While the Obama seal does include the American bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, the resemblance ends there.
The Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum," which translates to "Out of many, one," now says "Vero Possumus." Press reports translate the Latin words as "Truly, we are able" — a rough translation of the Obama campaign slogan, "Yes we can."
The deletion of "E Pluribus Unum," long considered the de-facto motto of the United States, is not accidental for multiculturalists, who have long denigrated the concept that immigrants must strip away their old culture in favor of the "oneness" of American civilization.
In the 1990s, such activists promoted the alternative concept of the nation's ethnic "mosaic," rather than a single, overarching metaphor to describe American society.

For example, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has pointedly criticized the "E Pluribus Unum" motto as not reflecting the nation's diversity.
Other Obama changes to the seal include the removal of the shield over the eagle's breast, representing the president's oath to defend the Constitution. The shield has been replaced with the letter "O" — presumably for Obama — and the image of a rising sun.
"This is too serious a contest about too serious of issues for a candidate to be playing make-believe on the trail," Brian Rogers, a spokesman for presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, told The Los Angeles Times.
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

Political Science for Dummies 101

Political Science for Dummies 101

DEMOCRAT You have two cows.Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful.

REPUBLICAN You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So?

SOCIALIST You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.

COMMUNIST
You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.

AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.You sell one, lease it back to yourself, and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses. Your stock goes up.

FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine. Life is good.

JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.Most are at the top of their class at cow school.

GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.

ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.Life is good.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You have some vodka. You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

TALIBAN CORPORATION

You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two. You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts. You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.

IRAQI CORPORATION You have two cows.They are both kidnapped and are in hiding. Insurgents send you radio tapes of their mooing.

BELGIAN CORPORATION

You have one cow. The cow is schizophrenic. Sometimes the cow thinks she's French, other times she's Flemish.The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow. The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.The cow asks permission to be cut in half. The cow dies happy.

FLORIDA CORPORATION

You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.

CALIFORNIA CORPORATION

You have millions of cows. They make real California cheese. Only five speak English. Most are illegal. Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.