Amen!!!

[Pebbles]

I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE YEAR 2012..



HERE IS MY PLATFORM:

(1). Any use of the phrase: 'Press 1 for English' is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our borders until you can.

(2). We will immediately go into a two year isolationist attitude in order to straighten out the greedy big business posture in this country. America will allow NO imports, and we'll do no exports. We will use the 'Wal-Mart 's policy, 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it.' We'll make it here and sell it here!

(3). When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it coming in here.

(4). All retired military personnel will be required to man one of the many observation towers located on the southern border of the United States (six month tour). They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.

(5). Social Security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn't put nuttin in, you ain't gettin nuttin out. Neither the President nor any other politician will be able to touch it.


(6). Welfare. -- Checks will be handed out on Fridays, at the end of the 40 hour school week, the successful completion of a urinalysis test for drugs, and passing grades.

(7). Professional Athletes -- Steroids? The FIRST time you check positive you're banned from sports ... for life.

(8). Crime -- We will adopt the Turkish method, i.e.., the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more 'life sentences'.. If convicted of murder, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for the victim you killed: gun, knife, strangulation, etc.

(9). One export of ours will be allowed: wheat; because the world needs to eat. However, a bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.

(10). All foreign aid, using American taxpayer money, will immediately cease and the saved money will help to pay off the national debt and, ultimately, lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we'll ask The American People if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision as to whether, or not, it's a worthy cause.

(11). The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress.

(12). The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.

My apology is offered if I've stepped on anyone's toes .... nevertheless....


GOD BLESS AMERICA !


Sincerely, Bill Cosby

[buckethead]

Sounds good to me, I'll vote for him.

[buckethead]

There were false reports on Obama not talking to the public anymore about fishing and banning it all together.

Looks as if the reporter was inaccurate.

Obama Bans Fishing? Not So Fast

Posted by Brian Montopoli (http://stripersandanglers.com/8300-503544_162-503544.html?contributor=10361558)

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/03/26/image6335770_370x278.jpg
Earlier this month, a rumor began to take hold that President Obama wants to ban fishing.

The claim was spurred by a column from Robert Montgomery (http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762) of ESPN Outdoors that appeared on ESPN.com. It suggested that the Obama administration has finished the process of taking public input "for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters."

(The column was later updated to add a qualifier that the strategy would only ban fishing in "some of" those locations.)

As the sports blog Deadspin (http://deadspin.com/5490210/espncom-helps-launch-false-obama-wants-to-ban-fishing-rumor) and the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters (http://mediamatters.org/research/201003100014) documented, the claim led to a flurry of headlines in the conservative media. One read, "Obama's Latest Assault on Freedom - New Regulations Will Ban Sport Fishing," while another said, "Obama: The Will Of The People Be Damned - I'LL Decide Who Can Go Fishing."

The claim was featured on The Drudge Report and Fox Nation Web sites as well as Michelle Malkin's popular conservative blog. It was also pushed by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News' Glenn Beck.

Yet the ESPN report was overheated -- at best. In response to the rumors, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made clear that there are no plans to stop Americans from fishing.

What had happened is that a task force had released interim reports discussing goals for managing America's waterways. The task force's efforts could eventually lead to guidelines focused primarily on commercial (not recreational) fishing policy. There could be recommendations for managing recreational fishing, but there has been no talk of a ban.

The interim reports "do not establish any restrictions on recreational fishing or on public access," said a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality quoted in a Greenwire/New York Times story (http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/11/11greenwire-obama-admin-jumps-to-squelch-rumors-of-us-fish-65275.html)on the rumors.

But the ESPN report nonetheless spread widely in conservative media circles, leading one fishing columnist to dub it (http://www.examiner.com/x-37128-Charlotte-Fishing-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d9-ESPN-claims-Obama-is-about-to-ban-fishing) "the worst example of outdoor sports reporting in the history of America."

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/03/26/image5116477x_370x278.jpg (Credit: AP)
"As a sportsman who covers fisheries management and politics I do think there are many issues surrounding the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and its eventual recommendations that all fishermen should be aware of and concerned about," wrote Jeffrey Weeks. "But to go from concern to suggesting that President Obama is about to ban fishing in America is the most absurd and irresponsible thing I have ever seen a major news outlet publish.

"There is not even a remote possibility that a standing president of the United States will outlaw fishing in America," he added.


In response to the uproar, ESPNOutdoors.com Executive Editor Steve Bowman posted a note (http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/columns/story?columnist=bowman_steve&id=4982359) that "we made several errors in the editing and presentation" of the column. He said the piece should have been labeled as opinion, not news, and said that it "was not properly balanced and failed to represent contrary points of view."


A link to that editor's note is now posted at the top of the column with a reference to "concerns" about its content.

One conservative blogger seemed to understand the factors at play (http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/09/espn-obama-may-ban-recreational-fishing-or-something/) in the response to the piece.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that [President Obama] will not, in fact, ban fishing," wrote Hot Air's Allahpundit, "but the meta-narrative is so irresistible -- elitist President Arugula coming to grab the bitter-clingers' (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-502163_162-4014358-502163.html) rods and reels! -- that it simply must be blogged."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001258-503544.html

[Monty]

Some of Cosby's "platform" is a bit extreme for me.
But, it certainly hits issues square on the head.
When I hear "press 1 for English" which I hear alot its :2flip:
I agree with all of those items.
What he wrote is great, enough is enough. My respect for him has quadrupled.

[Jackbass]

There were false reports on Obama not talking to the public anymore about fishing and banning it all together.

Looks as if the reporter was inaccurate.

Obama Bans Fishing? Not So Fast

Posted by Brian Montopoli (http://stripersandanglers.com/8300-503544_162-503544.html?contributor=10361558)

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/03/26/image6335770_370x278.jpg
Earlier this month, a rumor began to take hold that President Obama wants to ban fishing.

The claim was spurred by a column from Robert Montgomery (http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762) of ESPN Outdoors that appeared on ESPN.com. It suggested that the Obama administration has finished the process of taking public input "for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters."

(The column was later updated to add a qualifier that the strategy would only ban fishing in "some of" those locations.)

As the sports blog Deadspin (http://deadspin.com/5490210/espncom-helps-launch-false-obama-wants-to-ban-fishing-rumor) and the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters (http://mediamatters.org/research/201003100014) documented, the claim led to a flurry of headlines in the conservative media. One read, "Obama's Latest Assault on Freedom - New Regulations Will Ban Sport Fishing," while another said, "Obama: The Will Of The People Be Damned - I'LL Decide Who Can Go Fishing."

The claim was featured on The Drudge Report and Fox Nation Web sites as well as Michelle Malkin's popular conservative blog. It was also pushed by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News' Glenn Beck.

Yet the ESPN report was overheated -- at best. In response to the rumors, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made clear that there are no plans to stop Americans from fishing.

What had happened is that a task force had released interim reports discussing goals for managing America's waterways. The task force's efforts could eventually lead to guidelines focused primarily on commercial (not recreational) fishing policy. There could be recommendations for managing recreational fishing, but there has been no talk of a ban.

The interim reports "do not establish any restrictions on recreational fishing or on public access," said a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality quoted in a Greenwire/New York Times story (http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/11/11greenwire-obama-admin-jumps-to-squelch-rumors-of-us-fish-65275.html)on the rumors.

But the ESPN report nonetheless spread widely in conservative media circles, leading one fishing columnist to dub it (http://www.examiner.com/x-37128-Charlotte-Fishing-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d9-ESPN-claims-Obama-is-about-to-ban-fishing) "the worst example of outdoor sports reporting in the history of America."

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/03/26/image5116477x_370x278.jpg (Credit: AP)
"As a sportsman who covers fisheries management and politics I do think there are many issues surrounding the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and its eventual recommendations that all fishermen should be aware of and concerned about," wrote Jeffrey Weeks. "But to go from concern to suggesting that President Obama is about to ban fishing in America is the most absurd and irresponsible thing I have ever seen a major news outlet publish.

"There is not even a remote possibility that a standing president of the United States will outlaw fishing in America," he added.


In response to the uproar, ESPNOutdoors.com Executive Editor Steve Bowman posted a note (http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/columns/story?columnist=bowman_steve&id=4982359) that "we made several errors in the editing and presentation" of the column. He said the piece should have been labeled as opinion, not news, and said that it "was not properly balanced and failed to represent contrary points of view."


A link to that editor's note is now posted at the top of the column with a reference to "concerns" about its content.

One conservative blogger seemed to understand the factors at play (http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/09/espn-obama-may-ban-recreational-fishing-or-something/) in the response to the piece.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that [President Obama] will not, in fact, ban fishing," wrote Hot Air's Allahpundit, "but the meta-narrative is so irresistible -- elitist President Arugula coming to grab the bitter-clingers' (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-502163_162-4014358-502163.html) rods and reels! -- that it simply must be blogged."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001258-503544.html




Check out the new Marine Protected Areas from Jane Lubchenco and her Pew Cronies. Then ask if fishing has been banned. Of course there isn't a total ban on recreational fishing but by the time they are done there will be fewer spots we are allowed to fish and less time we are able to fish.
http://mpa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/national_system_mpas_list_4_22_09.pdf