OBOF TYMHM & MORE PART 51

WELCOME TO OPINIONS  BASED  ON FACTS (OBOF)

&

THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (TYMHM)

YEAR THREE

 

	Published
OVERVIEW
OBOF & TYMHM PART 14	Dec  18, 2012
OBOF & TYMHM PART 15	Jan.  02, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 16	Jan.  08, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 16 EXTRA	Jan.  11, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 17	Jan.  15, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 18	Jan.  22, 2013
Gbtre  OBOF & TYMHM PART 19	Jan.  29, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 20	Feb.  05, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 21	Feb.  14, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 22	Feb.  20, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 23	Feb.  27, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 23 SPECIAL	Mar.  06, 2013
saOBOF & TYMHM PART 24	`
OBOF & TYMHM PART 25	Mar.  12, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 25-EXTRA	Mar.  14, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 26	Mar.  19, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 27	Mar.  26, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 28	Apr.  02, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 29	Apr.  08, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 30	Apr.  17, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 31	Apr.  23, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 32	Apr.  30, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 33	May  07, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 34	May  18, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 35	May  21, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 36	May  30, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 37	June 05, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 38	June 11, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 39	June 18, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 40	June 25, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 41	July  02, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 42	July  09, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 43	July  16, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 44	July  23, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 45	July  30, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 46	Aug.  06, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 47	Aug.  14, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 48	Aug.  20, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 49	Aug.  27, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 50	Sept. 05, 2013
OBOF & TYMHM PART 51	Sept. 11, 2013

I have no idea what has caused the index mess.  It isn't to important anyway.

 

IN THIS ISSUE

 

1.  Few days in the hospital. 

2.  From the President.

3.  New books on Social Security - Free.

4.  Equal opportunity - not equal income.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE FROM FLOYD:

 

This posting is very important and because of a few days I had to spend, again, in the hospital, I am two days late.  That should not dimension the importance of the info in this issue.  Unfortunately, there may be more times when there can be delays that are unavoidable, but I will try hard to keep them to a minimum.  Thanks for your understanding.

 

~~~

 

FROM  THE  PRESIDENT

of

THE  UNITED  STATES

of

AMERICA

 

From the WHITE HOUSE.

September 10, 2013.

 

NOTE FROM FLOYD:

 

Seldom will you ever read anything more important than this message from the President.

 

 

 

 

Good evening --   I just addressed the nation about the use of chemical weapons in Syria.   Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad has turned into a brutal civil war in Syria.  Over 100,000 people have been killed.   In that time, we have worked with friends and allies to provide humanitarian support for the Syrian people, to help the moderate opposition within Syria, and to shape a political settlement.  But we have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force.   The situation profoundly changed in the early hours of August 21, when more than 1,000 Syrians -- including hundreds of children -- were killed by chemical weapons launched by the Assad government.   What happened to those people -- to those children -- is not only a violation of international law -- it's also a danger to our security.  Here's why:   If we fail to act, the Assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons.  As the ban against these deadly weapons erodes, other tyrants and authoritarian regimes will have no reason to think twice about acquiring poison gases and using them. Over time, our troops could face the prospect of chemical warfare on the battlefield.  It could be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and use them to attack civilians.  If fighting spills beyond Syria's borders, these weapons could threaten our allies in the region.   So after careful deliberation, I determined that it is in the national security interests of the United States to respond to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons through a targeted military strike.  The purpose of this strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime's ability to use them, and make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use.   Though I possess the authority to order these strikes, in the absence of a direct threat to our security I believe that Congress should consider my decision to act.  Our democracy is stronger when the President acts with the support of Congress -- and when Americans stand together as one people.   Over the last few days, as this debate unfolds, we've already begun to see signs that the credible threat of U.S. military action may produce a diplomatic breakthrough.  The Russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing Assad to give up his chemical weapons and the Assad regime has now admitted that it has these weapons, and even said they'd join the Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits their use.   It's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed, and any agreement must verify that the Assad regime keeps its commitments.  But this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force.   That's why I've asked the leaders of Congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while we pursue this diplomatic path.  I'm sending Secretary of State John Kerry to meet his Russian counterpart on Thursday, and I will continue my own discussions with President Putin.  At the same time, we'll work with two of our closest allies -- France and the United Kingdom -- to put forward a resolution at the U.N. Security Council requiring Assad to give up his chemical weapons, and to ultimately destroy them under international control.   Meanwhile, I've ordered our military to maintain their current posture to keep the pressure on Assad, and to be in a position to respond if diplomacy fails.  And tonight, I give thanks again to our military and their families for their incredible strength and sacrifices.   As we continue this debate -- in Washington, and across the country -- I need your help to make sure that everyone understands the factors at play.   Please share this message with others to make sure they know where I stand, and how they can stay up to date on this situation.  Anyone can find the latest information about the situation in Syria, including video of tonight's address, here:   http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/Syria   Thank you, President Barack Obama   This email was sent to fab_80@cox.net. Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

 

FROM FLOYD:

 

In recent days, there have been many polls taken with regard to the Syrian situation.  I would like to point out that polls on almost any subject, need to be taken with a grain of salt.  The reason is, we are not privileged to the information that has to be considered in making these decisions, particularly decisions as important and explosive as this one.  We can't make a good judgement for this very reason.  Therefore, it is quite unfair to almost ever, criticize the President.  There can always be factors that he cannot reveal that causes him to make the decisions he does. 

 

I would also like to point out, that if you click on the link listed at the end of his message, you will see proof positive of what is happening in Syria.  It is very graphic, but worth looking at if, you have doubts.

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THE LOOTING OF SOCIAL SECURITY:

 

The Book “They” Didn’t Want You to Read

 

FREE at Amazon.com-- 09/07/2013 TO 09/11/2013

 

NOTE FROM FLOYD:

 

Take note regarding the word "FREE" and the date.  I had planned to get this out soon enough this week so that you could have obtained this great book free.  Because of a few days in the hospital this past week, I didn't get it done.  However, I have received a very enlightening e-mail from my dear Friend Dr. Allen W. Smith, that tells us there will be more books coming that he has written. 

 

I am going to print his e-mail here as it will be self-explanatory.   I am also printing the promotional piece for "The Looting of Social Security."  Keep in mind the free period has expired on it, but there is more coming on the same subject.

 

Floyd 

 

 With regard to the free e-book promotions, Amazon.com sets the rules for it.  They allow you to price your books at zero price for five days during each 90-day period.  It's a great program which I just learned about recently.  A total of 730 copies of "The Looting of Social Security were downloaded during the five-day free promotional period.  I consider that astounding.  730 people now have a copy of my book.  It didn't cost them anything, it didn't cost me anything and it didn't cost Amazon.com anything.  That is a win, win, win situation made possible by technological revolution.  Their is no paper, no printing, and no shipping costs.  They just send out electronic signals.

 

I wish I had known about this program sooner. I began a week ago, by making the new book "The Impending Social Security Crisis"  available free from Amazon.com  It didn't do quite as well as the "looting."  A little more than 300 free copies  were downloaded.  This Saturday, " Did the government "Borrow" or "Steal" The Social Security Money?"  will be free.  The promotion will begin Saturday, September 14 and end on Tuesday September 17.  Below is a link to that book on Amazon.com.

 

http://www.amazon.com/GOVERNMENT-BORROW-SOCIAL-SECURITY-ebook/dp/B0084K0EYK/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379016481&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=Was+the+social+security+money+borrowed+or+stolen

 

I will promote another book next week, and probably will promote a title every Saturday for the next several weeks.

 

Friend Allen

 

 

The following is the promotional piece for the book "The Looting of Social Security."

 

 

Dr. Allen W. Smith, while doing research for another book in 2000, discovered that the surplus payroll tax revenue, that was supposed to be going into the Social Security trust fund, was being diverted to the general fund where it was being used to finance wars, tax cuts for the rich and other government programs.  For the past 13 years, Allen has been struggling to expose the great Social Security theft.  Today, the trust fund is empty.  It holds only non-marketable government IOUs which are nothing more than an accounting record of how much Social Security money has been spent on other programs.  The IOUs are worthless.  They cannot be sold, and they cannot be used to pay benefits.  Social Security began running permanent annual deficits in 2010, and is unable to pay full benefits without borrowing money each year. 

 

This big dirty government secret is being kept from the public.  The Social Security Administration, the AARP, and the NCPSSM, are all participating in the cover-up of the truth.  They repeatedly say “Social Security is able to pay full benefits until 2033 with no government action.”  That is a deliberate lie, and they know it is a lie! Social Security does not even have enough money to pay this years benefits.  They are counting the $2.7 trillion in IOUs as assets.  That money is all gone!  It was all spent for non-Social Security purposes, and the government has made no provisions to repay it.  That is why there are so many calls for cutting Social Security benefits.  Benefits will have to be cut unless the government repays the stolen money.   The government has been able to keep the truth suppressed for the past 30 years, primarily because the news media avoids reporting anything the government does not want reported.  Journalists know all too well what happened to Dan Rather when he reported a story that the White House did not want reported. 

 

Dr. Smith thought the whole scam would come tumbling down when New York publisher, Carroll and Graf published the first release of  “The Looting of Social Security” in 2004.  It received powerful pre-publication reviews from the Boston Globe and ALA Booklist, and it sold so well, at the start, that the publisher had decided to go back to press for another printing.  But the building momentum came to a screeching halt when the book was pulled from the market by an unknown assassin.   Within just a few days, the book disappeared from bookstores throughout the nation, and Amazon.com listed the book as “unavailable.” It is not known for sure who pulled the trigger in the killing of the book, but there are organizations, agencies of government, and many individuals who would have considered the death of the book cause for celebration. Allen asked the publisher to revert the publishing rights back to him so he could publish it elsewhere, but the publisher refused to relinquish the rights.  This pretty much silenced Allen at the very time that George W. Bush was about to launch his privatization campaign.  The book was released at the time Bush’s privatization crusade was still in the planning stages.  The book posed a major threat to the success of that campaign, and there is no way the Bush advisers would have allowed the book to remain available.

 

After the positive pre-publication reviews, the Washington Times published a lengthy article bashing both the author and the book.  This appeared to be a red flag to the conservative community, warning them that a troubling book was about to be published.  As if that were not enough, Dr. Smith, himself, may have provoked the attack on his book.  On February 26, 2004, Allen appeared on CNBC morning news  as one of two invited guests to respond to Alan Greenspan’s assault on Social Security on the previous day.  Not wanting the moment of opportunity to be wasted, Allen held his book in front of the camera and said, “Alan Greenspan should be ashamed of himself for what he is not telling the American public.”  That appearance probably sealed the book’s fate. 

 

~~~

 

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

NOT

EQUAL INCOME

Dr. Allen W. Smith

August 27, 2013

 

Hi Floyd,

 

I certainly agree that the Koch brothers' wall needs to come tumbling down.  I don't believe that the super rich should be allowed to use their money in a way that is detrimental to the majority of Americans.  It's like giving the Koch brothers' a million votes when the rest of us have only one vote each.  When large sums of money are passed on from generation to generation, it builds up to such a level that the money can buy a lot of influence for a very few people.  I think that is morally wrong.  

 

I have always advocated a system based on equality of opportunity.  This means that the race of life should be based on the same principles as other kinds of racing such as auto racing, marathons, and horse racing.  With most races, we insist that everyone start out on the starting line.  Nobody should be allowed to have a head start, and nobody should be forced to start behind the starting line.     Also, everybody has to follow the same rules of fairness throughout the race.  The principle of fairness in racing is as American as apple pie, except for a single race.  The one exception to fairness in racing is the race of life, which starts the day we are born and ends on the day that we die.  Ideally, opportunity to succeed should be the same for every American baby born.   A newborn baby has not yet had the opportunity to affect his or her future in any way at the time of birth. 

 

I believe that the primary determinant of how successful a newborn baby can become is the circumstances of birth.  Those born to wealthy families will have the best education that money can buy, plus all the other perks that come with being born into wealth.  Those born into poverty will be dependent on the quality of the public schools in their communities which are usually inadequate in poverty-stricken areas.  The children of the wealthy will usually receive a substantial inheritance to help them get a head start in life.  One well-known wealthy American family, who produced several very successful children, allegedly gave each child a one million dollar gift on their 21st birthday as a "starting out in life gift."  

 

I don't believe in equality of income or wealth.  Some people work harder than others and that will be reflected in their financial wellbeing.  But I very much believe in equality of opportunity.  There are, of course, differences in the innate talents, physical abilities and intelligence levels of newborn babies.  Some will have the potential to become great athletes and entertainers while others will be limited in both their physical and intellectual abilities.  We cannot adjust for that, and I don't think we should even try.  But two babies born with average intelligence and physical traits should have an equal opportunity to succeed in America.  The primary reason they don't have equal opportunity is the circumstances of their birth.  Wealthy parents can provide all the advantages in life that can be bought with money.  Poor parents can barely put food on the table. 

 

A potential way for reducing the inequality of opportunity that exists in this country would be to  implement a hefty inheritance tax and use the revenue from this tax for programs that are designed to help the disadvantaged children catch up with the others.  Scholarships could increase the educational opportunities of the disadvantaged.  The goal would be to give all children as much of an equal opportunity to succeed as possible.  Even if we had total equality of opportunity, some individuals would become a lot more successful than others because of their talents and hard work.  That is as it should be.   I don't believe in taxing success, but I do believe in taxing inheritance. 

 

Well, Floyd, I sort of got carried away.  This is a topic that is very dear to my heart.  For decades I have considered trying to write a book entitled, "The Race of Life: Why Does Opportunity Have to Be So Unequal?"  Perhaps someday I will write such a book.

 

I hope you are feeling better, and I hope your son is also improving.  

 

Friend Allen

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If the good Lord and the creek don't rise, I'll talk with you again on Tuesday, August 17, 2013.

 

God Bless You All

&

God Bless the United States of America.

Floyd