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4/25/10 – For those who know me well as a trade journalist, usually I make every effort to separate my writing on GKO from that of the magazines I write for. The only time I politicize my technical content (which is usually on my own websites) is when lawmakers are hard at work to derail some aspect of what we do as professionals in the security and life safety markets.

Today I’m going to politicize the issue of Congress’, by way of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), efforts to push everyone–both businesses and residents–off of common ordinary phone lines (called Plain Old Telephone Service, or POTS) and on to an IP-switched national infrastructure.

What I’m going to write today will be short, allowing what I have already written yesterday and many days and weeks before that to tell most of the tale. You will find a complete accounting of this issue, as complete as is possible to date, on Al Colombo’s Safety & Security Blog.

Go to: POTS, the FCC, and AT&T.

What I will say here that I did not say there is this: the fact that the Congress wants everyone on IP is significant. It says that there’s a technological reason for their madness, not just the stated intent, which is to see that everyone has access to affordable broadband Internet.

When you look at the overwhelming Leftish slant to almost everything this specific Congress is doing, you must know instinctively that this effort to rid society of one of the most solid communication systems on record must also have a Leftish slant.

The hard fact of the matter is this, the likelihood of greater mass track-ability among the populous via a hard-drive-stored audit trail is far more easily done using digital IP than it is analog circuit-switched technology. Read my work as well as the documents presented in my Safety & Security Blog post so you can gain a better understanding of what’s at stake here.

Of course, the security and life safety industry is on this like bees on honey. The general public, however, is largely unaware of what is transpiring in the hollow halls of the capital building. But frankly, I am willing to wager that the folks who really control the big man in the big house are calling the shots here.

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How much more will the American people take until they throw the bums out of power? Can we actually afford to wait? Impeachment would be a good beginning.

Here’s a good example of the kind of thing that Communists do as they seek to assume total control of a nation. They bring minorities together as a majority, giving something to everyone, bribing all if it were possible. Read the story of the Chinese takeover of Tibet and you will see similar tactics in use throughout.

Census Bureau Violates the Defense of Marriage Act; Urges Reporting of False Data FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2010 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Darin Miller, (866) FRC-NEWS Census Bureau Violates the Defense of Marriage Act; Urges Reporting of False Data WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2010) - Ignoring federal and state laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, the U.S. Census Bureau released videos on Monday encouraging homosexual couples who consider themselves “married” to list themselves as such on this year’s census forms. The videos also urge cross-dressers to identify themselves with whatever sex they prefer. *Family Research Council President Tony Perkins* responded with the following comments: “The law should count for something when the Census Bureau counts America’s population, but apparently it doesn’t on President Obama’s watch. The President’s Commerce Department is actively encouraging people to ignore U.S. marriage law and invent new definitions for their relationships. What kind of government actively lobbies citizens to lie on their forms? “When it comes to advancing the extreme homosexual agenda, this White House has no limits, not even the facts. The Defense of Marriage Act forbids the federal government from recognizing same-sex relationships as ‘marriages.’ If this video were honest, it would state, ‘If you are a same-sex couple, you should mark the box that says ‘unmarried partner,’ even if you are legally married according to the laws of the state in which you reside.’ “Homosexuals should fill out the census form and be counted, the same as any other Americans. But only Congress - not homosexual activists, not the Census Bureau, and not President Obama and his appointees acting unilaterally - can change federal law.” -30-

Various states talk of suing the Federal Gov’t with regards to unconstitutional mandates contained within the Obama(non)Care legislation, but with a largely leftist judicial element, how can we be sure that legal recourse will actually work?

For those who believe guns are the answer at this juncture, there are still legal ways to deal with this. One of the most compelling to Congressmen is an upcoming election. Another way to deal with this is to communicate your disdain for what the federal gov’t is doing to your Congressmen.

The thugs among gov’t have a keen eye on your firearms. Those of you who do not own a gun, you should recognize the benefit of others’ right to do this. Be sure to tell your Congressmen to support the Second Amendment as it was written. Remind them that firearms is crucial to the preservation of any free nation, and Lord knows there are not many left. American values and culture are under attack and you need to support it by voicing these ideas to your Congressmen.

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April 4, 2010 – For a long, long time, the Democrat Party has touted itself as representing the “common man.” There was a day for sure when this was the case, but over the last half century, I’ve seen our beloved party go from a “champion among men” to an extremely radical, manipulative, left-leaning political force, one that almost seems under the control of Moscow or Beijing. I suspect that the truth here is that it’s under the control of the International bankers for it was Wall Street that funded the revolutions that brought Communism to Russia by 1917. It was Wall Street that, in the late 1800s, gave Trotsky and Lenin $21 Million.

It was in the early 60s or late 50s when I built my first shortwave radio that I began listening to Radio Moscow and Radio Havana Cuba, plus radio stations in other socialist nations. At first I was fearful of the communist rhetoric, but in due time I became accustom to it. The message quietly, subtly sank into the depths of my young mind to the point where I adopted its ideology.

It was in 1992, while living in Chicago–working for a magazine as a trade journalist–that I heard Comrade Clinton talk about eliminating the U.S. Constitution. If he and Gore were elected, he would get rid of this terrible document. He said, “It was a radical experiment that outlived its time.”

This caused me to later read the Constitution, cover to cover, including the Declaration of Independence. When I did this, I decided that this Constitution of ours is actually very good, as it has protected us for more than 200 years. The mere fact that presidential hopeful Clinton was willing to go on record opposing it was alarming and telling. It was the event that changed the political direction of my life, forever.

In a word, because of Comrade Clinton’s public admission, I switched sides from socialism/communism to that of capitalism. I will never switch back, either. Simply put, there can be no Utopia on Earth, so forget all the promises. Stop visualizing the perfect world that our Comrades want to create on the backs of the people.

The following article examines the reason why today’s Democrats are moving away from the party. If it’s any consolation, I applaud you for doing so. Those contemplating the move, I encourage you to do the same. In a word, “This is not our grandparent’s traditional Democratic Party.” Instead it looks like the European Social Democratic Party, which is a highly socialistic, left-leaning political force in Europe.

Disgruntled Democrats join the Tea Party
Grand Junction, Colorado (CNN) — They are not typical Tea Party activists: A woman who voted for President Obama and believes he’s a “phenomenal speaker.” Another who said she was a “knee-jerk, bleeding heart liberal.”

These two women are not alone. Some Americans who say they have been sympathetic to Democratic causes in the past — some even voted for Democratic candidates — are angry with President Obama and his party. They say they are now supporting the Tea Party — a movement that champions less government, lower taxes and the defeat of Democrats even though it’s not formally aligned with the Republican Party.

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When you link a commodity or service to the markets (AKA: Wall Street), you open things up to unethical behavior on the part of unscrupulous, unfeeling people who rationalize what they do by the all-too-common phrase, “It’s just business.” Somehow this doesn’t seem to work well for me, so I don’t get involved in this kind of thing, but there are many who do.

According to Kevin G. Hall with McClatchy Newspapers, Wall Street speculators are largely responsible for the price of a barrel of oil going up. In other words, by manipulating the system they’re able to force us to pay more.

Is there a better way? Is there a more fair way to base the price of a barrel of oil?

Of course: “What it cost to produce it!” When real costs go up, so will the price. When real costs go down, so will the price. To make this happen would require… REGULATION, which would take “price control” away from those who have found a way to cash in on such markets.

What’s driving up oil prices again? Wall Street, of course WASHINGTON — Oil consumption has fallen, demand from U.S. motorists for gasoline is flat at best and refiners that turn crude into fuel are operating well below capacity. Yet oil prices keep marching toward $90 a barrel, pushing gasoline toward $3 a gallon in many markets, and prompting American drivers to ask, “What gives?” Blame it on the same folks who brought you $140 oil and $4 gasoline in 2008: Wall Street speculators. Experts attribute much of the recent rise in prices to flows of speculative money into oil markets. These bets are fueled by investor expectations that the U.S. and global economies are poised to return to growth and thus spark increased use of oil. Strong growth in China supports the narrative of rising oil consumption and tightening supplies.

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