en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/358685 Comments by gwashingtonkin http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/15/the-science-behind-the-acorn-sting/#IDComment34622428 This was a reply I posted on a 912 site.Basically it was either we wait until 2010 for a vote and meanwhile call,write,email,etc..I've done all and living in L.A. I've gotten nothing but generated pat answers.One member said short of legal action what can we do?Below is an idea I had. Well you are absolutely right.But I've got an idea to toss out...whether it's feasible I don't know...but hey can't hurt. First off, the first head of the corrupt hydra we have is ACORN. Now, back bEFORE Obama was elected and way back in Glenn's days at CNN...October '08....you know 2008 B.B.(Before Beck at FOX) he released footage and a story about Obama's days as not ONLY an attorney for ACORN but was a volunteer teacher for ACORN on how to "community organize" and how ACORN's agenda should be implemented. I saw them,I put them on a myspace blog and my point of this is: The libs are screaming Obama has NEVER been directly connected to ACORN. LIE! Funny thing though....try and find it on the internet...please if you do forward it to the group because it's MIA now. That being said I want to get back to the legal avenue you suggested and i think it was brilliant you raised this point. What if we the taxpayers who have been sucked dry as it is and our tax $$$ has gone to this corrupt machine file a class action lawsuit against ACORN? Seriously...I don't know if we'd need attorneys state by state or if one brave law firm would stand at the helm..but seriously...SUE ACORN ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS! Sue for the 400,000 fraudulent voter registrations where these people were being paid to register Mickey mouse and Tony Romo on our tax dollars. Sue for the 30+ convictions...you know those trials cost us money. They have no problem floating whorehouses with illegal underage girls as human traffic! SUE THEM! SUE THEM UNTIL THEY'RE DEAD! They all turn on each other like the pit vipers they are and these canaries will sing all the way to the head tumor of the hydra. If some brave citizens and some brave and honest attorneys step forward and demand our money that has been squandered illegally be repaid to the taxpayers (WITH INTEREST!!!!) they'll melt like butter on hot tar in Georgia in july! Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:55:35 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/15/the-science-behind-the-acorn-sting/#IDComment34622428 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27336192 TO NAYSAYERS: Like I said..you're right! It doesn't do ANY good. Like ALL the petitions Calpers gets pushed through and actually do make it into legislation...you know Calpers...ACORN zombies,community activists that can get people to outlaw tuna. That's the kind of insanity we deal with here but i surmise if they can do it so can we. I really don't think people get how difficult it is to live here. You really don't. And PLEASE don't tell me "Then you should move". WISH WE COULD! AND WE'RE PLANNING ON IT! Everyone laughs,shuns,and ridicules Ca. and rightly so but you don't get what it's like living here right now and I know I'm doing everything i can for our rights.So are alot of Californians. But it seems we're the whipping boy of the country and (rightly so) we are TRYING! It's not easy!It's like living on Bizarro land. I know Ca. is effed up but please support us trying to fight it.We are not Dallas or Atlanta or West Palm Beach. And sorry about a petition that would prove it to you.I know petitions are how things get done here so why not give it a chance for Christ's sake? Honestly? If the rest of the country thinks we're a pointless p.o.s. go right ahead... but Pelosi,Feinstein,Waxman,Boxer ALL come from Ca. and they seem to be running things so shouldn't we be working here to stop the insanity. Guess not. There's no point. Alot of you seem to lump us in with the morons in D.C. repping the state. "Can you show me a case where one worked?" I can't believe you even asked that question. Seeds of dissension. Seeds of dissension. Why don't you produce hard evidential info on what our Founding Fathers did to procure our liberty?I'm dying to see it!Did the guys in the tavern have a few focus groups when the brits were sailing in?Did the doctor that helped facilitate the moonlit voyage between british ships by two relatively unknown patriots mean nada?You know the ones who were delivering info to Paul Revere? Please,enlighten me on the case studies,grid charts and village inquiry of supportance in 1769..(the REAL birth of what became the Boston Tea Party). They didn't need petitions,grids,focus groups or anything else.They knew what was right and they knew what was wrong. But like I said before maybe I'm just too stupid or simple for this site. I don't and won't waste my time proving what's already been proven..it works...the libs have been doing it for 40 years and here we are. But screw it! California's only the 8th largest economy on the planet...SCREW IT!LET IT BURN! And when you want to rent a dvd from netflix it'll cost you 20 bucks..that also means ALL video stores.Want some wine?85% comes from Ca.Fruit and vegetables?Like it or not Ca. accounts for 72% of the agriculture in this country.Want to go to the movies?Get ready to pay even MORE to sit in a seat!And when you don't because it's too expensive job layoffs abound in areas you've never thought about. So yes I think I'm done. I will post a friendly goodbye soon and yall can have at it. Bitching about everything but accomplishing nothing. I honestly mean no disrespect but I don't think ripping folks apart for sharing news and trying to help the effort is what was meant for this site. It only out of respect for this site and what it stands for i even voiced all this. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:49:58 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27336192 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27334040 Yes...and we KNOW how illegals tell the truth! Get off your lucky charms cloud and get educated. Idiot. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:10:57 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27334040 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27216989 wow guys...just give up...yep that's the answer. I don't even know why this site exists. Not just in my post but several on here I see people suggest something,share something and then it's "what good will it do?" "It won't matter". "Why bother?" Yeah...guess naysaying really gets things done. Thank God our Founding Fathers were naysayers and poo-pooers! That's exactly how this country was founded. Bravo! Why bother? Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:12:01 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27216989 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27216366 Wow..considering my family lives there and my friends and I've been there plenty you may not be accurate friend. It's NOTHING like California. Incidentally...most hispanics on the eastern seaboard are legally here from Puerto Rico and the main vein of illegals are Cuban..not that there aren't illegals from other areas but I was born and bred there.I also lived in NYC for almost a decade and live in Los Angeles now so I think i've seen what illegal immigration in this country is doing in at least 3 of the 4 corners of the country. Unless you live in this cesspit you really don't get it. They may pass through Georgia to drop a litter but they're not taking OVER. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:00:59 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27216366 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27215447 Yeah they claimed it was "unconstitutional".....ummm....like miranda rights to terrorists: THEY ARE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS SO OUR CONSTITUTION DOESN'T APPLY!!" This time though the folks of Ca. have had it with the Court bulldozing our vote. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:45:12 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27215447 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27214285 Smart! Believe me My husband and i are looking to move back to my homestate Georgia...... Georgia on my mind!!!! SC MOUNTAINS??? OOOO that must be just awful compared to San Jose Commiefornia! Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:27:35 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27214285 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27214031 I agree.It's going to get dirtier than prop 8 ever thought about getting. Opponents of this initiative are laughing saying"..it'll fail..latino voters will show up and shut it down..blah-blah-blah..." Yeah,well this isn't prop 187 and this isn't 1988....it's 2009 and WE ARE ON FIRE!!! If the libs don't think we'll show up en masse next June in support let them think back to May 18th! People are fed up out here. I was amazed on the L.A. Times comment section on this article it was overwhelmingly in favor of this initiative. But I think this is going to get huge and unfortunately nasty. Neither myself or my friends would ever instigate violence but we'll definitely defend ourselves. On the 4th we were attending a Tea Party in Santa Monica and giving an interview. In the middle of it a very drunk hispanic with VERY limited english skills put his hands on my husband's American Flag and slurred "Let a REAL man hold that flag." My husband is 6'4,220 pounds.This muppet was MAYBE 5'3. i informed him THREE times to take his hands off the flag.On the 4th I injected the f-bomb and said "Get your bleeping hands off my flag!!!!" He lunged at me and screamed Bleep you and stood there flipping me off. The other tea partiers formed an arc behind us and laughed in his face. When he opened his mouth i let out a long,loud "BAAAAAAHHHHH!" (like a sheep) Everytime he'd try and get one syllable out I'd "BAAAHHHH!" and he quickly got frustrated and ran away. But I'm very proud of how my husband,myself and the others behaved. i was just floored because here we are on the 4th of July exercising our rights and this drunk p.o.s. who was most likely illegal had the gall to walk up to total strangers and try to rip the American Flag out of my husband's hand! (Symbolic don't you think?) So if they want to protest, whatever...we'll counterprotest. I've had it and they don't scare me. Like my sign read : "I find this truth to beself evident: Keep your hands off my money!" and... MY FLAG! MY CONSTITUTION! MY COUNTRY! Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:23:29 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27214031 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27212108 YES! YES! YES!!!!!!!! There will hopefully be a ballot next June here in Ca. to cut off all public assistance to illegals!!!!! As one of the constituents of this initiative says in the L.A. Times article: "This is invasion by birth canal." We just need 400,000 signatures. No more free daycare. No more free medical. No in state tuition. No food stamps,welfare and social security checks! NO MORE! NO MORE! NO MORE! You can't see but I'm doing the happy dance right now! (I normally do not double post in forums but this is really important) Here are some Facts: Illegal alien births: Approximately half of all births in Los Angeles County, 65% at Los Angeles County General Hospital, and 70% of all births at San Joaquin General Hospital. Now 10% of all births in the U.S. are to illegal aliens, about 385,000 annually. In California, 25% of all births are to illegal aliens, or about 300 births per day, one anchor baby born every five minutes in California. 84 hospitals, 65 emergency rooms and more than 70 acute care hospitals have closed in CA. in the last 10 years. $8.6 billion unreimbursed emergency care costs in 2007. Most Californians do not know this, and the Democrat controlled Legislature is not going to tell them: Illegal aliens are paid 18 years of welfare checks for the anchor child in a child-only Cal-WORKS case, while federal regulation allows a five year maximum for citizens. (The initiative will prohibit the issuance of this welfare program to illegal aliens.) From a NY Times Editorial referencing information from the Center for Disease Control: Hispanic girls have the highest teen birth rate, twice the national average, one-quarter of the girls are mothers by age 20, 50% of those births are illegitimate, for El Salvadorans 73% illegitimacy, Jamaican 86%. The Latin teenage birthrate is the fastest growing segment of the United States population, three times more than white, 1.5 more than black. Unmarried Hispanic birthrate increasing faster than any other. Unmarried teenage births: Mexican, 93 births per 1,000, white 27 per 1K, Asian, 17, black, 65, Italy 6.9, Japan 3.9. Statistics show that teenage pregnancy produces high school dropouts, increases the chances of the offspring dropping out, earning less, using welfare, belonging to a gang, and these children are eight times more likely to be incarcerated. This Third World birth rate puts us on the fast track to unstoppable family breakdown and an exploding, expanding permanent underclass in the United States. Koreans fly expectant mothers to give birth in the U.S. Hundreds of thousands around the world are waiting with their birth certificates to return for permanent residency when the child turns 21. Women from nations all around the world, even terrorist sympathizers, can take advantage of the "birth tourism industry" at taxpayer expense and the refusal of Congress to correctly define the jurisdiction clause. Estimates: 32% of illegals collect welfare. Women Infants and Children program increased 25% from ‘96-‘02. Govt. Social Services have latched on to this new client base which promotes welfare workers' job security. "California’s Undocumented Latino Immigrants: A report on Access to Health Care Services” pg 38: 90% of illegal migrants lack non-government medical insurance. One third of the estimated 10 million uninsured children are Latino. (You the taxpayer pay their medical bills while billions in remittances annually are sent to Mexico alone.) 61% of Latino surnamed students do NOT graduate from the Los Angeles Unified School District. California schools have gone from being in the top five in the nation in the 1980's to the bottom five today. The result of low education skills: Estimated 40,000 gang members in Los Angeles. Mayor Villaraigosa said on KTLA there are four times as many gang members as police; 44.8% of homicides in LA County are gang related, Latino gangs caused 25% of all homicides in 2000, gang related deaths for ages 15-19 increased 30%. Estimated 60% of gangs are illegal aliens. Over 10% of Latin males 20-29 are in the criminal justice system. CA Dept. of Corrections states illegal aliens are over represented in prison, 25% are illegal in LA County system costing $1bil. annually. KTLA recently reported an estimated 400,000 gang members statewide. It is time to stop the proliferation of the Third World in the United States. Above info is from taxpayerrevolution.org Please if you know of anyone living in Ca. please forward that website and have them download,sign and send in the petition to get this initiative on the ballot for 2010! Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:53:35 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment27212108 http://theglennbeck912project.com/news-from-you/#IDComment27205628 YES! YES! YES!!!!!!!! There will hopefully be a ballot next June here in Ca. to cut off all public assistance to illegals!!!!! As one of the constituents of this initiative says in the L.A. Times article: "This is invasion by birth canal." We just need 400,000 signatures. No more free daycare. No more free medical. No in state tuition. No food stamps,welfare and social security checks! NO MORE! NO MORE! NO MORE! You can't see but I'm doing the happy dance right now! Here are some Facts: Illegal alien births: Approximately half of all births in Los Angeles County, 65% at Los Angeles County General Hospital, and 70% of all births at San Joaquin General Hospital. Now 10% of all births in the U.S. are to illegal aliens, about 385,000 annually. In California, 25% of all births are to illegal aliens, or about 300 births per day, one anchor baby born every five minutes in California. 84 hospitals, 65 emergency rooms and more than 70 acute care hospitals have closed in CA. in the last 10 years. $8.6 billion unreimbursed emergency care costs in 2007. Most Californians do not know this, and the Democrat controlled Legislature is not going to tell them: Illegal aliens are paid 18 years of welfare checks for the anchor child in a child-only Cal-WORKS case, while federal regulation allows a five year maximum for citizens. (The initiative will prohibit the issuance of this welfare program to illegal aliens.) From a NY Times Editorial referencing information from the Center for Disease Control: Hispanic girls have the highest teen birth rate, twice the national average, one-quarter of the girls are mothers by age 20, 50% of those births are illegitimate, for El Salvadorans 73% illegitimacy, Jamaican 86%. The Latin teenage birthrate is the fastest growing segment of the United States population, three times more than white, 1.5 more than black. Unmarried Hispanic birthrate increasing faster than any other. Unmarried teenage births: Mexican, 93 births per 1,000, white 27 per 1K, Asian, 17, black, 65, Italy 6.9, Japan 3.9. Statistics show that teenage pregnancy produces high school dropouts, increases the chances of the offspring dropping out, earning less, using welfare, belonging to a gang, and these children are eight times more likely to be incarcerated. This Third World birth rate puts us on the fast track to unstoppable family breakdown and an exploding, expanding permanent underclass in the United States. Koreans fly expectant mothers to give birth in the U.S. Hundreds of thousands around the world are waiting with their birth certificates to return for permanent residency when the child turns 21. Women from nations all around the world, even terrorist sympathizers, can take advantage of the "birth tourism industry" at taxpayer expense and the refusal of Congress to correctly define the jurisdiction clause. Estimates: 32% of illegals collect welfare. Women Infants and Children program increased 25% from ‘96-‘02. Govt. Social Services have latched on to this new client base which promotes welfare workers' job security. "California’s Undocumented Latino Immigrants: A report on Access to Health Care Services” pg 38: 90% of illegal migrants lack non-government medical insurance. One third of the estimated 10 million uninsured children are Latino. (You the taxpayer pay their medical bills while billions in remittances annually are sent to Mexico alone.) 61% of Latino surnamed students do NOT graduate from the Los Angeles Unified School District. California schools have gone from being in the top five in the nation in the 1980's to the bottom five today. The result of low education skills: Estimated 40,000 gang members in Los Angeles. Mayor Villaraigosa said on KTLA there are four times as many gang members as police; 44.8% of homicides in LA County are gang related, Latino gangs caused 25% of all homicides in 2000, gang related deaths for ages 15-19 increased 30%. Estimated 60% of gangs are illegal aliens. Over 10% of Latin males 20-29 are in the criminal justice system. CA Dept. of Corrections states illegal aliens are over represented in prison, 25% are illegal in LA County system costing $1bil. annually. KTLA recently reported an estimated 400,000 gang members statewide. It is time to stop the proliferation of the Third World in the United States. Above info is from taxpayerrevolution.org Please if you know of anyone living in Ca. please forward that website and have them download,sign and send in the petition to get this initiative on the ballot for 2010! Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:39:07 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/news-from-you/#IDComment27205628 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26957105 Thanks! Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:13:05 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26957105 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26957090 It was evidently brought up on the House floor late Friday. But good point..don't panic yet. But for me it's more that they are even thinking about proposing this. That's what they do...outlandish ideas,nobody really knows about it and they suddenly call someone out of rehab..Kennedy's nephew..cap and trade... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:12:43 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26957090 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26956538 Hi Fellow Patriots, This is a story of truly having our rights trampled on. (And I accidentally put it on "News from You" and meant to put it here so please forgive the double post! We are entitled under the LAW to fly the American Flag upside down to indicate times of great distress. This guys flag was taken away and he was informed "You can't cause a disturbance." Since when is exercising our access to the Law of the Land a "disturbance"? Buzz UpSendSharePrint AP – This photo provided by Susan Willems taken July 5, 2009 shows an American flag being flown upside down, … Play VideoIraq Video:Minn. Guard Troops Depart Cottage Grove For Iraq WCCO Minneapolis Play VideoIraq Video:US criticised for damage to Babylon BBC Play VideoIraq Video:Air Force Major Thanks Local Doctors WBZ Boston By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jul 10, 2:44 pm ET WAUSAU, Wis. – An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property. A day after the parade, police returned the flag and the man's protest — over a liquor license — continued. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is considering legal action against the village of Crivitz for violating Vito Congine Jr.'s' First Amendment rights, Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said. "It is not often that you see something this blatant," Ahmuty said. In mid-June, Congine, 46, began flying the flag upside down — an accepted way to signal distress — outside the restaurant he wants to open in Crivitz, a village of about 1,000 people some 65 miles north of Green Bay. He said his distress is likely bankruptcy because the village board refused to grant him a liquor license after he spent nearly $200,000 to buy and remodel a downtown building for an Italian supper club. Congine's upside-down-flag represents distress to him; to others in town, it represents disrespect of the flag. Hours before a Fourth of July parade, four police officers went to Congine's property and removed the flag under the advice of Marinette County District Attorney Allen Brey. Neighbor Steven Klein watched in disbelief. "I said, 'What are you doing?' Klein said. "They said, 'It is none of your business.'" The next day, police returned the flag. Brey declined comment Friday. Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula said it was not illegal to fly the flag upside down but people were upset and it was the Fourth of July. "It is illegal to cause a disruption," he said. The parade went on without any problems, Kanikula said. Village President John Deschane, 60, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, said many people in town believe it's disrespectful to fly the flag upside down. "If he wants to protest, let him protest but find a different way to do it," Deschane said. Congine, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq in 2004, said he intends to keep flying the flag upside down. "It is pretty bad when I go and fight a tyrannical government somewhere else," Congine said, "and then I come home to find it right here at my front door." Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:59:30 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26956538 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26956130 Oh I agree,you're right our vets aren't treated right. The troops buy their own out of their pay and "commissary" stipend.(Not sure if that's the proper term,but anyway it's bought by them out of their pay) Treating them better when they get back goes w/o saying and I want to find someone who's more familiar with the actual inner life of our troops and their families than me to start a petition for a law to be passed with certain protections and benefits for our troops.I'd work with them and do all I could on my end.They are our crown jewels..they need to be treated as such. But putting this on them in such a horrible environment..please. Obama,Pelosi,Frank,Waxman,etc...LEAVE OUR TROOPS ALONE! If they cost 82 million so be it! I wouldn't care if it was 82 billion as long as those brave folks and their families have above and beyond the best financial,medical,spiritual, and familial support they could have! Our country is so backward. My husband and I work in the industry here in L.A. Did yall know an actor can $75,000 for a national commercial and thousands in residuals FOREVER? (And I don't mean a famous actor..just a no name actor). And then you have the actors who make 20 to 35 million dollars per movie. That's for three to six weeks (eight at the most but rarely) And they work 14-18 hour days...well the actual "work" is only 6-8..the rest is in the trailor,fielding calls,eating sushi,getting massages and mani-pedis. And they snoot around behaving like they understand and empathize with the less fortunate.No,their publicists tell them which event or cause they should fart-blossom about and they start to believe their own PR schlock. And people listen to them,and place their faith and beliefs in them,and they are the dumbest of the dumb. Our military are geniuses! How many of these jackasses could fire up a fighter plane or lay strategic bombs that do NOT kill civilians? Yet so many give these nightcrawlers adulation and credit for what? Obama is the biggest example of all. Mr. Audacity. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:50:08 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26956130 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26953102 OH GOOD ONE MY FRIEND!!!! But I'm sure our tax dollars pay for his smokes! BTW...why did avoid Kenya today when he went to Ghana..he even released a statement w/o anyone asking... things that make you go hmmmmmm... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:14:18 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26953102 http://theglennbeck912project.com/news-from-you/#IDComment26952955 Hi Fellow Patriots, This is a story of truly having our rights trampled on. We are entitled under the LAW to fly the American Flag upside down to indicate times of great distress. This guys flag was taken away and he was informed "You can't cause a disturbance." Since when is exercising our access to the Law of the Land a "disturbance"? Buzz UpSendSharePrint AP – This photo provided by Susan Willems taken July 5, 2009 shows an American flag being flown upside down, … Play VideoIraq Video:Minn. Guard Troops Depart Cottage Grove For Iraq WCCO Minneapolis Play VideoIraq Video:US criticised for damage to Babylon BBC Play VideoIraq Video:Air Force Major Thanks Local Doctors WBZ Boston By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jul 10, 2:44 pm ET WAUSAU, Wis. – An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property. A day after the parade, police returned the flag and the man's protest — over a liquor license — continued. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is considering legal action against the village of Crivitz for violating Vito Congine Jr.'s' First Amendment rights, Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said. "It is not often that you see something this blatant," Ahmuty said. In mid-June, Congine, 46, began flying the flag upside down — an accepted way to signal distress — outside the restaurant he wants to open in Crivitz, a village of about 1,000 people some 65 miles north of Green Bay. He said his distress is likely bankruptcy because the village board refused to grant him a liquor license after he spent nearly $200,000 to buy and remodel a downtown building for an Italian supper club. Congine's upside-down-flag represents distress to him; to others in town, it represents disrespect of the flag. Hours before a Fourth of July parade, four police officers went to Congine's property and removed the flag under the advice of Marinette County District Attorney Allen Brey. Neighbor Steven Klein watched in disbelief. "I said, 'What are you doing?' Klein said. "They said, 'It is none of your business.'" The next day, police returned the flag. Brey declined comment Friday. Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula said it was not illegal to fly the flag upside down but people were upset and it was the Fourth of July. "It is illegal to cause a disruption," he said. The parade went on without any problems, Kanikula said. Village President John Deschane, 60, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, said many people in town believe it's disrespectful to fly the flag upside down. "If he wants to protest, let him protest but find a different way to do it," Deschane said. Congine, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq in 2004, said he intends to keep flying the flag upside down. "It is pretty bad when I go and fight a tyrannical government somewhere else," Congine said, "and then I come home to find it right here at my front door." Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:10:42 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/news-from-you/#IDComment26952955 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26951471 Government to ban tobacco use by our troops.OK bear with me here (and if you're a militant non-smoker please don't pontificate please!). Our troops are fighting for us and our way of life...and that includes doing things that we are fully aware not good for us but we CHOOSE to do because we are free people to make our own decisions,right? The government claims banning tobacco use by our troops will save 86 million dollars a year...ok...HOW? They claim it's because of the poor health of our troops...and low performance...really??!!! Smells like a new and exciting tax on our troops' payroll to help spread the wealth. Not to mention, they are so stressed,so stretched a damn cigarette is a little bit of enjoyment .Yep..let's cut these soldiers off while terrorists and ieds and suicide bycyclists are being rammed down their throats day in and day out. Maybe Obama figures it'll help kill more of the terrorists..sorry I mean enemy combatants....sorry! I mean dissidents...no?racist? OK..freedom fighters!..dang!persons of interest for potential naughtiness and tomfoolery! (Sorry a tangent) BUT ARE THEY EFFING KIDDING? It's just another low taxation blow hidden "health reform necessity" and it is the lowest of the low..taking something from our troops that give them some modicum of enjoyment.Again,you nonsmokers I get that it's unhealthy and blah blah blah...but so is carrying a 70 lb. pack around in 120 degree heat and ieds blowing off constantly. Like the old saying goes: "If you've got 'em smoke 'em". Tobacco and smoking iS NOT illegal..the government has NO right to do this. Next they won't be able to use their guns. I'm not kidding. "Their use of guns is contributing to higher healthcare costs for our military" the government will say. I know! They can give them water guns! Oh no,no...the image of a gun is too offensive and scary...hmmm...what to do,what to do? I've got it!!! Our troops can use a squirt bottle like you use on cats! Oh..they use water..can't use water on terrorists..it's mean..boo-hoo Phyllis! Obama said today his healthcare plan WILL be passed by August.He really is a dictator.Guys if this passes it will be in the same way they've crammed these other bills through...under the radar,in the middle of the night and without any of us having a voice. Just as they are quietly imposing things like this ridiculous tobacco ban to bloat his war chest for his cause(S). Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:00:27 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2416#IDComment26951471 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/07/10/710-michelle-obama-is-not-going-to-like-this-photo-of-barack/#IDComment26876644 I see a Maury in the works!!! Don't know if I believe it but has anyone heard about a Larry Sinclair and Obama? I never have until recently..I'm sure it's a conspiracy theory..but that would be a Springer show right there! Had a feeling this dude could out-supah-freak the original supah-freak-clinton. But yall calm down....he was just pondering...pondering how to call Clinton and plan a last minute "summit" at Camp David. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:50:47 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/07/10/710-michelle-obama-is-not-going-to-like-this-photo-of-barack/#IDComment26876644 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2331#IDComment26741778 Sickening.Students HAVE to agree with these vipers for the sake of their gpas. Parents who shell out their $ for their kids have got to start making a stink about this. Coulter said something i just loved. To paraphrase.. "The majority of people who voted for obama were college students.They wanted their hip and trendy president and thought they could still do their hip and trendy summer internships and jobs with prestigious newspapers and financial firms.Now they're back in podunk flipping hip and trendy burgers for the summer." As Jefferson said: We get the government we deserve. Unfortunately the Obama thumbsuckers outnumbered the Patriots this past election. Now we've got to make our voices heard. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 02:09:38 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2331#IDComment26741778 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2331#IDComment26741185 Wonderful post friend.It is a state funded school.That's why there have been so many firings and the state mandated furloughs.It was originally a loss of time w/o pay,but as the library has to move from one building to another while remodeling is going on (I know...how about holding up on the makeover?!),she and the others left will work for free one week a month to get the move facilitated and keep their jobs.Since this loon has to ok the books that are donated my friend is going to wait until she goes on vacation and donate them then. What was really disgusting was the dean wasn't familiar with Glenn at all and this woman completely poisoned him in her leftist diatribe. Unbelievable. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 01:59:22 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2331#IDComment26741185