<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455</id><updated>2012-02-16T20:49:53.745-08:00</updated><category term='AbacosPart1'/><title type='text'>BearBranchFarm</title><subtitle type='html'>Comments from the down home farm in the Blueberry Patch.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BearBranchFarm</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-7139733496691594920</id><published>2010-06-25T18:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T17:22:17.188-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lesson in Patriotism</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Keep this image in mind as we proceed in "Lesson in Patriotism".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVLhTJ2O9I/AAAAAAAAAC0/aNZeP_Szhc8/s1600/salute%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVLhTJ2O9I/AAAAAAAAAC0/aNZeP_Szhc8/s320/salute%5B1%5D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The Truth: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The picture is authentic. It was published in Time magazine and was taken 9/16/07 at an event in Indianola, Iowa where six Democratic presidential candidates appeared. It was Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual "meat and greet." The fourth person in the picture is Senator Harkin's wife, Ruth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen while the Star Spangled Banner is played.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU9iCANi02o"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU9iCANi02o&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALL AMERICA NEEDS TO SEE THIS.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;What you get from Obama every time the U.S. Flag is presented or the National Anthem is played.......an insulting "crotch salute"!! The stench from this image should singe the nostrils of every Red Blooded true American Patriot!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"&gt;TRUE PATRIOTISM DEMONSTRATED IN DEEDS AND ACTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Origin of our National Anthem, &lt;em&gt;“THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVPqcEcXpI/AAAAAAAAAC8/GmTtnjk0bQY/s1600/anthem_shelling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" ru="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVPqcEcXpI/AAAAAAAAAC8/GmTtnjk0bQY/s400/anthem_shelling.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The war of 1812....us and England at it again!! The siege of Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland; September 13th, 1814 the bombardment began. Once again, the infliction of arrogant power upon a 36 year old country, as only the British could do.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;August 24, 1814, the Battle of Bladensburg was a decisive victory for the British Army. Heady with victory now propelling their arrogance, and the sacking and destruction of Washington D.C. , the White house in flames along with many other government structures, Dolly Madison, wife of President James Madison barely had time to snatch the famous portrait of General George Washington from its frame and flee with her husband, wandering in exile, along with the entire U.S. Government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVRIXXK-2I/AAAAAAAAADE/TWs-WB-ALyc/s1600/749px-Burning_of_Washington_1814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/TCVRIXXK-2I/AAAAAAAAADE/TWs-WB-ALyc/s400/749px-Burning_of_Washington_1814.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;With easy victory in their grasp on September 13 at 6:00 A.M. and visions of a final subjugation of the once rebellious colonies within reach, the voracious and incessant British armada’s bombardment of Ft. McHenry, the bastion of protection at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor, shielding the city of Baltimore from the ferocity being poured out upon the defenders at Ft. McHenry began in all its fury! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;twenty five&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; continuous hours the latest ordnance of the mighty British Fleet rained upon Ft. McHenry; defended by 1000 American Militia under the command of Major George Armistead (an uncle of Confederate Army General Lewis Armistead who was later killed at Gettysburg during the American Civil War). &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;1800 cannon balls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and the new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Congreve Rockets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, launched at closer range from smaller craft from the armada of 19 heavy British Warships fresh from the defeat of Napoleon of the European theatre of war anchored just out of range of the 20 cannons arming Ft. McHenry, pounded, almost without cessation. Ft. Mchenry’s ordnance consisted of 18, 24 and 38 pound cannons with a range of 1.5 miles. The British had a range of 2.0 miles and their rockets a range of 1.75 miles. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In preparation of the pending battle that was expected, Major Armistead commissioned Mary Youngs Pickersgill, a local seamstress to make two flags for Ft. McHenry. A large one and a smaller one to fly in bad weather for the sum total of $405.90. The larger one being 30 x 42 feet, so it could be seen from a great distance, unmistakably, by the advancing British Admiralty. It was sewn with 15 stars and 15 stripes, representing the number of States, then in the Union.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;On September 3rd, 1814, prior to the siege, Colonel John Stuart and a young attorney by the name of Francis Scott Key set sail on the sloop HMS Minden, flying a flag of truce on a humanitarian mission, set sail in search of the British flag ship HMS Tonnant. Tonnant, the flag ship of the British fleet commander, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and field troop commander Major General Robert Ross. Their mission was to secure the release of an American medical doctor having been captured and held by the British, one Dr. William Beanes, the elderly and popular town physician of Upper Marlboro. Beanes was captured in his home and accused of aiding the arrest of British Soldiers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;On September 7th, the sloop Minden happened upon the gathering armada and was allowed aboard the HMS Tonnant for the negotiations. Negotiations proceeded over dinner. At first Admiral Chochrane refused to release Dr. Beanes. However, Francis Key produced letters from wounded British prisoners who praised Dr. Beanes for his kind and professional treatment during their captivity. Finally, the Admiral and the General relented and agreed to Dr. Beanes’s release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regrettably, Beanes negotiation was not the only discussion at that evening’s dinner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In the presence of the Americans, Ross and Cochrane began discussing their plans to take Baltimore and Ft. McHenry. They therefore could not allow their “guests” to leave until the siege was completed. They were retained aboard the HMS Minden for the duration of the upcoming siege.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In order to inflict maximum humiliation and psychological defeat the Admiral ordered fusillade after fusillade directly at the huge American flag, clearly visible at Ft. McHenry. His arrogance would not allow him otherwise. As rockets continued to light the sky, to the Admiral’s profound astonishment, every time it seemed the flag had been stricken, he would see it flying again and again; fusillade after fusillade. The Admiral exclaiming,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“this is not possible. I have brought the entire might of the British fleet upon that emblem and yet it remains”.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;The following re-quoted excerpts from www.historycentral.com/Documents/StarSpangled.html:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;“Between two and three o’clock in the morning the British, with one or two rocket and several bomb vessels manned by 1,200 picked men, attempted, under cover of darkness, to slip past the fort and the Patapsco, hoping to effect a landing and attack the garrison in the rear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Succeeding in evading the guns of the fort, but unmindful of Fort Covington, under whose batteries they next came, their enthusiasm over the supposed success of the venture gave in a derisive cheer, which, borne by the damp night air to our small party of Americans on the Minden, must have chilled the blood in their veins and pierced their patriotic hearts like a dagger. ‘Fort Covington’, the lazaretto, and the American barges in the river now simultaneously poured a galling fire upon the unprotected enemy, raking them fore and aft, in horrible slaughter. Disappointed and disheartened, many wounded and dying, they endeavored to regain their ships, which came closer the fortifications in an endeavor to protect retreat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;A fierce battle ensued. Fort McHenry opened the full force of all her batteries upon them as they repassed, and the fleet responding with entire broadsides made an explosion so terrific that it seemed as tho Mother Earth had opened and was vomiting shot and shell in a sheet of fire and brimstone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The heavens aglow were a seething sea of flame, and the waters of the harbor, lasht into an angry sea by the vibrations, the Minden rode and tossed as tho in a tempest. It is recorded that the houses in the city of Baltimore, two miles distant, were shaken to their foundations. Above the tempestuous roar, intermingled with its hubbub and confusion, were heard the shrieks and groans of the dying and wounded. But alas ! they were from the direction of the fort. What did it mean? For over an hour the pandemonium reigned. Suddenly it ceased—all was quiet, not a shot fired or sound heard, a deathlike stillness prevailed, as the darkness of night resumed its sway. The awful stillness and suspense were unbearable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;With the first approach of dawn, "Mr. Key turned his weary and bloodshot eyes in the direction of the fort and its flag, but the darkness had given place to a heavy fog of smoke and mist which now enveloped the harbor and hung close down to the surface of the water." Reading on we learn from Mr. Key Smith:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;"Some time must yet elapse before anything definite might be ascertained, or the object of his aching heart's desire discerned. At last it came. A bright streak of gold mingled with crimson shot athwart the eastern sky, followed by another and still another, as the morning sun rose in the fullness of his glory, lifting 'the mists of the deep,' crowning a 'Heaven-blest land' with a new victory and grandeur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Through a vista in the smoke and vapor could now be dimly seen the flag of his country. As it caught 'The gleam of the morning's first beam,' and, 'in full glory reflected shone in the stream' his proud and patriotic heart knew no bounds; the wounds inflicted 'by the battle's confusion' were healed instantly as if by magic; a new life sprang into every fiber, and his pent-up emotions burst forth with an inspiration in a song of praise, victory, and thanksgiving as he exclaimed:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;" "Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long may it wave,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;"As the morning's sun arose, vanquishing the darkness and gloom; lifting the fog and smoke and disclosing his country's flag, victorious, bathed in the delicate hues of morn, only an inspiration caught from such a sight can conceive or describe, and so only in the words of his song can be found the description.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke, “Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FRANCIS SCOTT KEY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;As the morning awakened and the smog of battle lifted, the bodies of the dead souls who continued to raise the flag after being stricken by each fusillade lay collected at the base of our emblem of Freedom and a new Republic, yet to be tested again and again, defied the arrogance and fury of the mighty British Armada!! They gave their full measure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;What do we get from Barry Soetoro….a “CROTCH SALUTE” !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Not only does he not understand what it means to be an American Patriot, he is un-American in every respect. This man should not be tolerated. He must be removed from office.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Full lyrics to our National Anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Star Spangled Banner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;by Francis Scott Key&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Gave proof thro' the night, that our flag was still there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O say! does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mist of the deep,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;In full glory reflected now shines in the stream.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;'Tis the Star-Spangled Banner. O long may it wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;A home and a country should leave us no more?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;No refuge could save the hireling and slave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Between their lov'd home and war's desolation,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n-rescued land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Praise the pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;And this be our motto, "In God is our Trust."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sung to the tune "To Anacreon in Heaven"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For an amazing rendition click on the following link:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksw7LVB3CoA"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksw7LVB3CoA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Marine Patriot:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1484522723020824455-7139733496691594920?l=bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/7139733496691594920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-7206371706874651448</id><published>2010-03-13T18:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T18:19:07.693-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AbacosPart1'/><title type='text'>ABACOS in Dee Bahamas, Mon.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While the blueberry fields are demanding my attention, starting about now , through harvest and into fall, my mind wanders a bit in reminiscing about the "good old days" in the Abacos, in dee Bahamas, mon.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Some may have an interest in my recalling events and places along the way to the Abacos.&amp;nbsp; My children and grand children recall with the same fondness, these reminiscings.&amp;nbsp; I am glad&amp;nbsp;that they&amp;nbsp;had the opportunity of&amp;nbsp;those "once in a life experiences"&amp;nbsp;to recall and hold in their hearts....those times that we shared.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Therefore, I have decided to share with those who "care to dare", even vicariously so, and travel back in time to dee Abacos, mon where a little part of our hearts still reside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;So, hang on, we will take a series of adventures into the Archipelagoes , lying just East of us, across the Straits of Florida and the mysterious Gulf Stream....never to be taken for granted!&amp;nbsp; Its unscheduled furry has claimed many an uwary sailor and taken them down into the briny deeps of the unfathomable Gulf Trench, never to be seen or heard from again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w3_RSz6gI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wHNm89r8O_4/s1600-h/Image002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w3_RSz6gI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wHNm89r8O_4/s320/Image002.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well somebody's gotta do the dirty work.....Huh, Sarah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cleaning dee boot, mon, dat got us to dee Abacos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My grandaughter, Sarah, swabbing the decks of the "&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;NO MO TOYS"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; in which we made several trips across the Florida Straights to West End Grand Bahama Island and thence across the Little Bahama Bank to Marsh Harbor on the Great Abaco Island where we owned a house in the Great Abaco Club and&amp;nbsp;spent much of our time from April 2001 until December 2004.&amp;nbsp; The voyage across the, usually placid Little Bahama Bank, was about 140 miles of indescribable beauty across the shallow waters of the bank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w9eRi3KBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/U-xSvZ4iyXk/s1600-h/VILLASOUTHEXPOSURE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w9eRi3KBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/U-xSvZ4iyXk/s320/VILLASOUTHEXPOSURE.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;The "Douglas Villa" seen on its South side of the house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w-KZ0-rOI/AAAAAAAAABM/T7Hh8Z6hF8o/s1600-h/VILLAWESTEXPSOSURE3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w-KZ0-rOI/AAAAAAAAABM/T7Hh8Z6hF8o/s320/VILLAWESTEXPSOSURE3.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Villa's West side of the house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w_e2fwfQI/AAAAAAAAABU/HMpRSZmDaZ8/s1600-h/villaeastexposure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w_e2fwfQI/AAAAAAAAABU/HMpRSZmDaZ8/s320/villaeastexposure.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Villa East side and street side entrace to the house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xDr2MyHXI/AAAAAAAAABc/ZJoD5zrg4dg/s1600-h/VILLALIVINGROOM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xDr2MyHXI/AAAAAAAAABc/ZJoD5zrg4dg/s320/VILLALIVINGROOM.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The villa living room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xGfoqdsEI/AAAAAAAAABs/gonrpSkbE8I/s1600-h/masbedrm2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xGfoqdsEI/AAAAAAAAABs/gonrpSkbE8I/s320/masbedrm2.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The master bedroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xGz4U5pLI/AAAAAAAAAB0/V6fVO7kTkig/s1600-h/masbedrm3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xGz4U5pLI/AAAAAAAAAB0/V6fVO7kTkig/s320/masbedrm3.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Master bedroom sitting area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xHQ565tPI/AAAAAAAAAB8/NgtDxnwgUXM/s1600-h/masbathrmshower.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xHQ565tPI/AAAAAAAAAB8/NgtDxnwgUXM/s320/masbathrmshower.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xJQeoWfPI/AAAAAAAAACE/un1N3KpllvM/s1600-h/OURVILLALOUNGING.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5xJQeoWfPI/AAAAAAAAACE/un1N3KpllvM/s320/OURVILLALOUNGING.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Captain &amp;amp; 1st mate taking a break in the heat of the day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z0Tv0LvTI/AAAAAAAAACM/DIoYChtcH0I/s320/VILLASOUTHVERANDA2.JPG" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Downstairs veranda looking south into the Sea of Abaco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z1HS-h4_I/AAAAAAAAACU/aDiCZuOHonY/s1600-h/Copy+of+snooze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z1HS-h4_I/AAAAAAAAACU/aDiCZuOHonY/s320/Copy+of+snooze.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Snoozing on the downstairs veranda ain't bad either...I sure ain't hurting none, here!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z1mkmzhrI/AAAAAAAAACc/JGywxi_t4dY/s1600-h/Image003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z1mkmzhrI/AAAAAAAAACc/JGywxi_t4dY/s320/Image003.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Dee coconut tree, upstairs veranda, looking south, again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z18Eyav5I/AAAAAAAAACk/SheYCnSWj5M/s1600-h/Image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z18Eyav5I/AAAAAAAAACk/SheYCnSWj5M/s320/Image001.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Looking south from upstairs veranda out into the sea of Abaco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z2TiyXNQI/AAAAAAAAACs/bxV3DoTdOaU/s1600-h/Image011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5z2TiyXNQI/AAAAAAAAACs/bxV3DoTdOaU/s320/Image011.jpg" vt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;As the sun goes down, another beautiful day in "paradise found".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Dis ain't all, mon, we're just getting started....more later, may the Good Lord Bless and Keep&amp;nbsp; you until we meet again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div 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url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e39by2mxgvc/S5w3_RSz6gI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wHNm89r8O_4/s72-c/Image002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-2146083720964189331</id><published>2010-01-17T12:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T13:00:28.852-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Barry Soetoro AKA Barrack Hussien Obama is a Muslim until he dies</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shep Smith, Fox News. If you check Obama's last trip over seas. His wife left just after their visit to France as stated below. She has yet to accompany him to any Arab country. Think about it. This was sent to me from a very good and reliable friend. The pieces of the puzzle just keep on coming together! Interesting...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: blue; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The views expressed in this posting are a mixture of my own as well as others who have contributed their observations, as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: blue;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The great usurper, Barry Soetoro, is a Muslim until he dies, regardless of what he says or the LEFTIST who choose to ignore all and any real facts of any situation that doesn't suit their agenda.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: blue;"&gt;It's what the Muslims know because of mandates from Sahria Law derived from the tenets and Islamic doctrine as dictated by the Islamic Quran that really matter.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: blue;"&gt;FACT:&amp;nbsp; Obama was born as the son of a Sunni Muslim who was a British citizen&amp;nbsp;from the African country of Kenya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: blue;"&gt;FACT:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;By birthright and the dictates of Islam he was born a Sunni Muslim, because his father was a Sunni Muslim.&amp;nbsp; Therefore&amp;nbsp;he will be Muslim until he dies.&amp;nbsp; Why?&amp;nbsp; Because the Islamic religion does not allow a Muslim to&amp;nbsp;"suddenly" become a "non-Muslim" no matter what he declares.....even to get elected President of the U.S.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: blue;"&gt;FACT:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;Muslim who disclaims his religion committs the unforgivable act of heresy that is dealt with under Islamic tennets.&amp;nbsp; He then becomes an "APOSTATE" Muslim.&amp;nbsp; Islam commands the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;DEVOUT&lt;/span&gt; to shed the blood of the "APOSTATE".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;These facts can lead to some interesting specualtions and musings.&amp;nbsp; I do not claim to be expert on Islam and their religion.&amp;nbsp; However, from bits and pieces I have been exposed to, I don't think the &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;DEVOUT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; are allowed to behead the APOSTATE, as they would any common INFINDEL.&amp;nbsp; An APOSTATE can be hung, stabbed, shot, strangled or any other "non disfiguring" manner of death......but not beheading!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Do not missunderstand my presentment, herein.&amp;nbsp; I do not advocate nor wish any personal harm come to Barry Soetoro or any member of his family.&amp;nbsp; We have a legal process to remove him from his abuses of power.&amp;nbsp; It is called "FREE ELECTIONS" and the PEOPLE shall speak to those abuses and that is my advocacy.&amp;nbsp; It's called the American Way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;However, to say that Obama is not Muslim is in direct contradiction of Islam itself.&amp;nbsp; By birthright he is a Muslim.&amp;nbsp; Is he APOSTATE?&amp;nbsp; Islam shall be the judge of that.&amp;nbsp; Not you or I or Pelosi or any of the other of the LEFTIST hoodlums.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Now, because of his birthright and Islamic training and indoctrination, especially in Indonesia the question arises.....what&amp;nbsp;is his alleigance and sympathies to Islam?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;There is an old saying, "actions speak louder than words".&amp;nbsp; None-the-less here are some of his own words, prior to his election, from his own book entitled the &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Audacity of Hope:&amp;nbsp; "Should the situation with the Muslims turn ugly, I shall side with the Muslims".&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Some observations from others are included below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;, Courier, monospace;"&gt;Travel for Obama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;was at a Blockbusters renting videos, and as I was going along the wall, there was a video called "Obama". There were two men next to me. We talked about Obama. These guys were Arabs and I asked them why they thought Michele Obama headed home following her visit in France instead of traveling on to Saudi Arabia and Turkey with her husband. They told me she couldn't go to Saudi Arabia, Turkey or Iraq. I said "Laura Bush went to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Dubai." They said that Obama is a Muslim, and by Muslim law he would not be allowed to bring his wife into countries that accept Sharia Law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just thought it was interesting that two Arabs at Blockbusters accept the idea that we're being led by a Muslim who follows the Islamic creed. They also said that's the reason he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. It was a signal to the Muslim world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just thought you would like to know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*************** ***************** *******************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I received this it made sense to me, but there were also a couple blank spots.. Thus, I sent it to a friend who is a Middle Eastern Scholar and expert, Dr. Jim Murk. Here is his explanation that states a little clearer what the Arabs at Blockbuster were saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"An orthodox Muslim man would never take his wife on a politically oriented trip to any nation which practices shari'ah law, which includes Saudi Arabia,. This is true and it is why Obama left Michelle in Europe or at home when he went to especially Arab countries.. He knows Muslim protocol; this included his bowing to the Saudi king. Obama is regarded as a Muslim in these countries simply because he was born to a Muslim father. Note that he has downplayed his Christianity--even spoke of his Muslim faith with George Stephanopoulus --by not publicly joining a Christian church in D.C., but simply attending the chapel or services at Camp David. He also played down the fact that the USA was a Christian country and said, unbelievably, that it was one of the largest Muslim nations in the world, which is nonsense.. He has also publicly taken the part of the Palestinians in the conflict with Israel Finally he ignored the National Day of Prayer. He is bad newsl He is God's judgment on America." Jim Murk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bear: Thus once again ACTIONS speak louder than words. Check out Obama's. Do they appear treasonous to you or is it just millions of us who think so? God help us!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1484522723020824455-2146083720964189331?l=bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/2146083720964189331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-barry-soetoro-aka-barrack-hussien.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/2146083720964189331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/2146083720964189331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-barry-soetoro-aka-barrack-hussien.html' title='Why Barry Soetoro AKA Barrack Hussien Obama is a Muslim until he dies'/><author><name>BearBranchFarm</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-4392817464911725828</id><published>2010-01-09T10:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T16:24:15.555-08:00</updated><title type='text'>WHERE IS THE INDIGNATION AND OUTRAGE</title><content type='html'>.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Martin &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Niemoller's&lt;/span&gt; actual address to the U.S. Congress along with the page in the Congressional Record where it appears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exact text of what Martin &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Niemoller&lt;/span&gt; said, and which appears in the Congressional Record, October 14, 1968, page 31636 is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church -- and there was nobody left to be concerned."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the indignation? Where is the outrage? Call him OUTRAGEOUS. Call him PREPOSTEROUS. Call him A RAVING MANIAC. Call him a A NUT CASE. But whatever you call him, he deserves the same God given "AMERICAN" 1ST AMENDMENT right as you, when you call him that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask yourself, WHY and WHEN was the so called "HOMELAND SECURITY" created?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seems to me it was created after 9/11 to help protect American from foreign and domestic virulent forms terrorist attacks, especially from "radical Islam".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to the link I have provided below and then ask yourself a few honest questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Nov. 15, 2009 a task force composed of NY City Police, U.S. Secret Service Agents combined with Janet &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Napolitano's&lt;/span&gt; so called "HOMELAND SECURITY" agents surrounded and invaded the &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;ATLAH&lt;/span&gt; Church of the Reverend David Manning in Harlem, NY for the explicit purpose of detaining and interrogating Reverend Manning for statements made from his Church pulpit and the many tapes he has published with his public disdain for our so called "President", Barrack &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Hussien&lt;/span&gt; Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questions to ponder:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Has the usurping BARRY &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;SOTERO&lt;/span&gt;, alias Barrack &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Hussien&lt;/span&gt; Obama, turned &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Napalitono&lt;/span&gt; and her HOMELAND security agents into his private Gestapo investigative arm to harass law abiding American Citizens for his political uses, means and ends?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Has the usurper sent his Gestapo forces to investigate the "Reverend Jackson" who publicly stated he like to cut &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Obamas&lt;/span&gt; "You know whats" off.  NO!  WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Has the usurper sent his Gestapo forces to investigate the "Reverend Al &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Sharpton&lt;/span&gt;".  NO!&lt;br /&gt; WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Has the usurper sent his Gestapo forces to investigate the really radical Imams and Clerics, who daily in their Mosques around the Unite States spew their dangerous &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;WAHHABISM&lt;/span&gt; and death to all the infidels. These are true subversives biding their time and awaiting an event or signal to release death and destruction on the &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;infidels&lt;/span&gt; throughout the United States.  NO!  WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Did the usurper send his Gestapo forces to investigate the publicly disturbing statements of radical Islam coming from the mouth of Major &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Hassan&lt;/span&gt; turned murderer and terrorist at Fort Hood.  NO!  WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am addressing this epistle most directly to the so called Conservative Talking Pundits, who, supposedly are &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;guardians&lt;/span&gt; of our "free speech", which without it they will also cease to exits. If the public hears nothing about this from them, then who will arouse the OUTRAGE that at this moment should be boiling within the hearts and minds of DECENT, GOD LOVING and SUPPORTERS OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS U.S. CONSTITUTION!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;STENCH&lt;/span&gt; arising from this event should sear the nostrils of all the Patriots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will we see it in the NY TIMES? Will we see it in the WASHINGTON POST? Will we see it in the LA TIMES?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church -- and there was nobody left to be concerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://atlah.org/atlahworldwide/?p=1286" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://atlah.org/atlahworldwide/?p=1286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Alma, Ga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Anyone wishing to be removed from my Email Blast list just click on the link below and copy the following into your text message block, "Please remove me from your Email Blast List":&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:rddougl@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:rddougl@yahoo.com"&gt;rddougl@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1484522723020824455-4392817464911725828?l=bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/4392817464911725828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-is-indignation-and-outrage.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/4392817464911725828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/4392817464911725828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-is-indignation-and-outrage.html' title='WHERE IS THE INDIGNATION AND OUTRAGE'/><author><name>BearBranchFarm</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-8888192574843176903</id><published>2010-01-09T08:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T08:27:13.171-08:00</updated><title type='text'>THIS IS TYRANNY PLAIN AND SIMPLE...Email from Franklin Cloud</title><content type='html'>.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;----- Original Message ----- From: "Liberty Counsel" &lt;a href="mailto:alert@libertyaction.org"&gt;alert@libertyaction.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To: &lt;a href="mailto:Blackbeerd@bellsouth.net"&gt;Blackbeerd@bellsouth.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:25 PM&lt;br /&gt;Subject: This is tyranny, plain and simple&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman&gt; Liberty Counsel&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; What do you call it when a radical minority forces its will&gt; on the law-abiding majority? The Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis&gt; would have us call it "progressive leadership." The Founders&gt; called it "tyranny."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read below - Mat.&gt; &gt; Roger,&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not surprised that socialist leaders Reid, Pelosi and Obama&gt; are once again meeting behind closed doors. It is now obvious&gt; they have no intention of appointing a Conference Committee to&gt; openly reconcile the House and Senate versions of ObamaCare.&gt; &gt; That would give the American people, the majority of&gt; whom now reject Obama's vision of healthcare reform,&gt; too much of an opportunity to demand accountability!&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; While campaigning for President, Obama promised that "we'll&gt; have negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can&gt; see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents."&gt; &gt; Yet Brian Lamb, CEO of C-SPAN, is now bitterly complaining that&gt; his service has been denied ANY access to the crucial meetings&gt; taking place to determine ObamaCare's final form.&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\ ++Americans are losing confidence in the legislative process&gt; &gt; At every step of the way in ObamaCare's long march through Congress,&gt; the liberal Democrat leaders have used trickery and overt&gt; manipulation to thwart the American people's legitimate concerns&gt; about the socialist takeover of our medical system.&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, on the brink of a bill being presented to President Obama&gt; for signature, we still have NO resolution on:&gt; &gt; * Abortion coverage Americans don't want&gt; * Exorbitant costs Americans don't want&gt; * Mandatory participation Americans don't want&gt; * New federal bureaucracies Americans don't want&gt; * Inequities between states Americans don't want&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++Our Constitution is being subverted right before our eyes&gt; &gt; Roger, the "checks and balances" our Founders gave&gt; us are being overpowered and dismantled by the Obama/Pelosi/Reid&gt; power axis. Never before has the clear will of the people&gt; been so completely ignored and marginalized.&gt; &gt; ObamaCare is unconstitutional! If Congress has the&gt; power to FORCE each person to have health insurance,&gt; then individual liberty is totally meaningless.&gt; &gt; That's why if a final bill passes that mandates individual&gt; coverage or requires private employers to provide coverage,&gt; Liberty Counsel WILL file suit in federal court challenging&gt; the bill's constitutionality!&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that's also why I need tens of thousands of Americans to sign&gt; our Statement of Support for this litigation. We must win this&gt; battle in the courtroom and the court of public opinion in order&gt; to stop this overt socialist power grab!&gt; &gt; Please go here to sign your official Statement of Support:&gt; &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=23993&amp;amp;RID=22632970" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=23993&amp;amp;RID=22632970&lt;/a&gt;&gt; &gt; ++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ObamaCare is being kept out of the light because it is unlawful&gt; &gt; There are MANY reasons why Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will allow&gt; no one but their closest insiders - and the White House arm twisters,&gt; of course - to see the final bill until they can force a final vote.&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For one thing, its "Tooth Fairy" accounting can't stand up to even&gt; mild scrutiny.&gt; &gt; But the biggest reason is that Congress has NO AUTHORITY to force&gt; its socialist healthcare agenda on citizens and businesses in the&gt; first place!&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every version of ObamaCare we've seen so far is unconstitutional&gt; because:&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Congress has NO authority to force every American to&gt; carry insurance coverage, and,&gt; 2) Congress has NO authority to fine employers whose&gt; policies do not have the mandated coverage.&gt; &gt; No matter the desires of certain elected officials, there are some&gt; things Congress just cannot do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The threat to our liberty posed&gt; by ObamaCare goes FAR beyond healthcare. If Congress can get away&gt; with this expansive power grab, then individual liberty and state&gt; sovereignty will vanish.&gt; &gt; BOTH the Senate and House versions of "healthcare reform" are&gt; patently unconstitutional!&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roger, if this monstrous, anti-life, anti-family&gt; healthcare bill passes, it must be strongly challenged in the federal&gt; judiciary from the moment of its birth. With your help, Liberty&gt; Counsel will do exactly that!&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++ObamaCare deserves the "Mother of All Protests"&gt; &gt; Pro-life and conservative organizations are going all out in the&gt; days before Congress officially re-convenes to express the greatest&gt; protest Congress has ever seen over Harry Reid's, Nancy Pelosi's&gt; and Barack Obama's dirty tricks.&gt; &gt; Americans nationwide are expressing OUTRAGE at this overt&gt; manipulation and total lack of integrity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reid, Pelosi and&gt; Obama have proven they will do anything to get this government&gt; takeover of our medical industry.&gt; &gt; Now more than ever, the socialists and abortion advocates need to&gt; understand that WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP and will resist passage of&gt; ObamaCare to the very end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, if it does finally pass, we'll&gt; SEE THEM IN COURT!&gt; &gt; Here's what I'm asking you to do...&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1 - Sign the Statement of Support for our lawsuit.&gt; &gt; We want to deliver hundreds of thousands of these Statements to all&gt; the key plotters behind ObamaCare. Reid, Pelosi, Obama and all their&gt; confederates need to know they're not going to get away with this&gt; travesty! Go here right now:&gt; &gt; http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=23993&amp;amp;RID=22632970&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#2 - Call your Representative's and your Senators' offices.&gt; &gt; Please... take a moment to call your representative and your two&gt; Senators - at either their local or Washington offices, or both -&gt; and let them know you are OUTRAGED by the way ObamaCare has been&gt; handled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let them know you will be supporting litigation if this&gt; unconstitutional bill eventually passes.&gt; &gt; Sen. Chambliss 202-224-3521 (DC Office)&gt; &gt; Sen. Chambliss (770) 763-9090 (District Office)&gt; &gt; Sen. Isakson 202-224-3643 (DC Office)&gt; &gt; Sen. Isakson (770) 661-0999 (District Office)&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your Representative's phone number, go to:&gt; &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=23991&amp;amp;RID=22632970" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=23991&amp;amp;RID=22632970&lt;/a&gt;&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#3 - Pray that this bill will be derailed. Pray for God's deliverance&gt; from being forced to pay for abortions and from the overt deceit and&gt; trickery that has become the norm from the Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis.&gt; PLEASE keep the heat on, especially now that the socialists have&gt; finally played their hand.&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, of course, this litigation is going to be very expensive. Please&gt; prayerfully consider a significant gift to help offset Liberty Counsel's&gt; expenses to mount a major constitutional challenge to ObamaCare.&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go here to sign your Statement of Support for litigation against&gt; ObamaCare:&gt; &gt; http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=23993&amp;amp;RID=22632970&gt; &gt; Now is NOT the time to be silent! Join like-minded Americans&gt; who will be putting the plotters on notice that if they pass a final&gt; version of this unconstitutional bill, we will immediately file a&gt; federal lawsuit to stop this power grab once and for all.&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless you,&gt; &gt; Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman&gt; Liberty Counsel&gt; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. This battle is not over, no matter how much the Pelosi/Reid/Obama&gt; power axis wants us to think that it is. 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Done behind the cloak of darkness in the administration that promised "transparency" to the American people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;You will not find this in the main stream media.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Click on the link below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/01/04/when-habeas-corpus-means-your-liberty/"&gt;http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/01/04/when-habeas-corpus-means-your-liberty/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1484522723020824455-2146118892140029419?l=bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/2146118892140029419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/obamas-subversion-of-your-habeas-corpus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/2146118892140029419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/2146118892140029419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/obamas-subversion-of-your-habeas-corpus.html' title='OBAMA&apos;S SUBVERSION OF YOUR HABEAS-CORPUS'/><author><name>BearBranchFarm</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484522723020824455.post-4821094209345430657</id><published>2010-01-08T18:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T18:24:11.066-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OBAMA AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425</title><content type='html'>Executive Order 12425&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IS THE U.S. NOW SUBSERVIENT TO A GLOBAL POLICE ORGANIZATION?&lt;br /&gt;News Analysis by Sharon Rondeau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/01/04/executive-order-12425/interpol-logo/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Jan. 3, 2009) — On December 17, 2009, an amendment to Executive Order #12425 was issued by the White House. The original version, signed on June 16, 1983 by President Ronald Reagan, reads:&lt;br /&gt;Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983International Criminal Police Organizations&lt;br /&gt;By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including Section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669, 22 U.S.C. 288), it is hereby ordered that the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), in which the United States participates pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 263a, is hereby designated as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities Act; except those provided by Section 2(c), the portions of Section 2(d) and Section 3 relating to customs duties and federal internal-revenue importation taxes, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act. This designation is not intended to abridge in any respect the privileges, exemptions or immunities which such organization may have acquired or may acquire by international agreement or by Congressional action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ronald ReaganThe White House,June 16, 1983.&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1983.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1983.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The EO was amended by President William Jefferson Clinton in 1995. Clinton’s amendment, Executive Order #12971, signed September 15, 1995, reads:&lt;br /&gt;By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities upon the International Criminal Police Organization (“INTERPOL”) it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12425 be amended by deleting, in the first sentence, the words “the portions of Section 2(d) and” and the words “relating to customs duties and federal internal-revenue importation taxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1995.html#12971" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1995.html#12971&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama’s amendment appearing on the White House website (&lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425&lt;/a&gt;), dated December 17, 2009, reads as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EXECUTIVE ORDER- – - – - – -AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOLAS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES&lt;br /&gt;By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words “except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act” and the semicolon that immediately precedes them.BARACK OBAMA&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-30413.pdf"&gt;http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-30413.pdf&lt;/a&gt;, Obama’s Executive Order has been renumbered to 13524.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;This article taken from the "post&amp;amp;email" webb site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1484522723020824455-4821094209345430657?l=bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/feeds/4821094209345430657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/obama-amendment-of-executive-order.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/4821094209345430657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1484522723020824455/posts/default/4821094209345430657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bearbranchfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/obama-amendment-of-executive-order.html' title='OBAMA AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425'/><author><name>BearBranchFarm</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
