<?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-4719163689587968670</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:25:48.436-08:00</updated><category term='socialism'/><category term='president obama'/><category term='where is the american dream'/><category term='the american dream'/><category term='Bearack Obearma'/><category term='islam'/><category term='facism'/><category term='democracy'/><category term='gerald celente'/><category term='beers summit'/><category term='nbc'/><category term='mom and pop businesses'/><category term='abe lincoln'/><category term='debt consolidation'/><category term='trends research institute'/><category term='sidney hill'/><category term='The Bellamy Brothers'/><category term='freedom'/><category term='support amercica'/><category term='bankruptcy'/><category term='forgotten man'/><category term='cash for clunkers'/><category term='buy amercianthe american dream'/><category term='nra'/><category term='send in the clowns'/><category term='proud americans'/><category term='fox news'/><category term='rober burck'/><category term='bamopoly'/><category term='barack obama'/><category term='we need change'/><category term='abraham lincoln'/><category term='abc'/><category term='lou dobbs'/><category term='obamacare'/><category term='James Truslow Adams'/><category term='debt'/><category term='naked cowboy'/><category term='american dream'/><category term='cnn'/><category term='gun control'/><category term='jon McNaughton'/><category term='mulims'/><category term='healthcare reform'/><category term='political humor'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream?</title><subtitle type='html'>the American Dream ... work hard, start your own business, get ahead ... how about debt, debt consolidation and bankruptcy ... Oh My!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-568976299623869541</id><published>2011-01-17T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T12:08:10.493-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Bellamy Brothers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ... Just Ask The Bellamy Brothers</title><content type='html'>Where is the American Dream? &amp;nbsp;Just watch this satirical view from "two heterosexual, white boy, Methodists" of today's social and political climate in the US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/B4j_9IQ6wzk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/B4j_9IQ6wzk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Gotta hand it to the Bellamy Brothers ... they make a lot of sense!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-568976299623869541?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/568976299623869541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2011/01/where-is-american-dream-just-ask.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/568976299623869541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/568976299623869541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2011/01/where-is-american-dream-just-ask.html' title='Where is the American Dream ... Just Ask The Bellamy Brothers'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-3573895194582979156</id><published>2010-11-19T03:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T03:52:07.558-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buy amercianthe american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mom and pop businesses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='support amercica'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Buy, Buy American ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/b&gt;? &amp;nbsp;When you buy products made out of country you are NOT supporting America. &amp;nbsp;Has the American Dream been lost to China?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="340" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Vq8wbXAR4ZQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Vq8wbXAR4ZQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The time is NOW to support our &lt;b&gt;Mom and Pop businesses&lt;/b&gt; that made our country great!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-3573895194582979156?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/3573895194582979156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/11/american-dream-buy-buy-american.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/3573895194582979156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/3573895194582979156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/11/american-dream-buy-buy-american.html' title='The American Dream - Buy, Buy American ...'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1634540583905579998</id><published>2010-10-19T00:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T00:36:05.303-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ... We the People</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/i&gt;?  We the people ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="340" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/JVAhr4hZDJE?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/JVAhr4hZDJE?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pay close attention Mr. Obama ...the American dream is still alive in the hearts of &lt;b&gt;REAL AMERICANS&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1634540583905579998?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1634540583905579998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-we-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1634540583905579998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1634540583905579998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-we-people.html' title='Where is the American Dream ... We the People'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-8437268773587977444</id><published>2010-10-12T00:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T00:48:31.341-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gun control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ~ Why Carry a Gun?</title><content type='html'>Where is the American Dream and who wants to take it away from us? &amp;nbsp;This was just sent to me. &amp;nbsp;Be sure to read all of it and then think about it. &amp;nbsp;Many liberals say they "don't want to hurt anyone" well kids, what about those that want to hurt us? &amp;nbsp; &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/_9x42xzgonTI/TLQSmmwPBQI/AAAAAAAADWo/lkaxPHuYJDQ/s1600/grandma+gun+control+where+is+the+american+dream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TLQSmmwPBQI/AAAAAAAADWo/lkaxPHuYJDQ/s400/grandma+gun+control+where+is+the+american+dream.jpg" width="331" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;Why Carry a Gun?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there &amp;nbsp;comes a time in&amp;nbsp;every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckle and&amp;nbsp;starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun to kill &amp;nbsp; people. I carry a gun to&amp;nbsp;keep from being killed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I &amp;nbsp;don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun&amp;nbsp;because sometimes this world can be a scary place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I &amp;nbsp;don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a&amp;nbsp;gun because there are real threats in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun&amp;nbsp;because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the&amp;nbsp;world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. Icarry a gun because I understand the limitations of&amp;nbsp;government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I &amp;nbsp;don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so&amp;nbsp;that I &amp;nbsp;don't have to spend the rest of my life hating&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;myself for failing to be prepared.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. &amp;nbsp;I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age&amp;nbsp;in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow&amp;nbsp;afternoon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy. I carry a gun&amp;nbsp;because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;cowboy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry&amp;nbsp;a gun because men know how to take care of themselves&amp;nbsp;and the ones they love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry&amp;nbsp;a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am&amp;nbsp;inadequate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun&amp;nbsp;because I love life and the people who make it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"&gt;meaningful to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;Police protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must&amp;nbsp;protect &amp;nbsp;themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Police do not protect you from crime, they &amp;nbsp;usually just&amp;nbsp;investigate the crime after it happens and then &amp;nbsp;call&lt;br /&gt;someone in to clean up the mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, &amp;nbsp;I carry a gun because I'm too young to die&amp;nbsp;and too old to take &amp;nbsp;an ass whoopin'.....&lt;br /&gt;author unknown&lt;br /&gt;(but obviously brilliant)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**********************************************&lt;br /&gt;A LITTLE GUN HISTORY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1929, the Soviet Union &amp;nbsp;established&amp;nbsp;gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million&amp;nbsp;dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and&amp;nbsp;exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1911, Turkey &amp;nbsp;established gun control. From 1915 to&amp;nbsp;1917, 1.5 million &amp;nbsp;Armenians, unable to defend&lt;br /&gt;themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Germany &amp;nbsp;established gun control in 1938 and from 1939&amp;nbsp;to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were&amp;nbsp;unable to defend themselves were rounded up and&amp;nbsp;exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China &amp;nbsp; established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to&amp;nbsp;1952, 20 million &amp;nbsp;political dissidents, unable to defend&lt;br /&gt;themselves, were rounded &amp;nbsp;up and exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to&amp;nbsp;1981, 100,000 &amp;nbsp;Mayan Indians, unable to defend&lt;br /&gt;themselves, were rounded up and &amp;nbsp;exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;---- ------------- -------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uganda &amp;nbsp;established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to&amp;nbsp;1979, 300,000 &amp;nbsp;Christians, unable to defend themselves,&amp;nbsp;were rounded up and exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cambodia &amp;nbsp;established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to&amp;nbsp;1977, one million &amp;nbsp;educated people, unable to defend&amp;nbsp;themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;-----------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the&amp;nbsp;20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You won't see this data on the US evening&amp;nbsp;news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and&amp;nbsp;property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the&amp;nbsp;law-abiding citizens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take note my fellow Americans, &amp;nbsp;before it's too late!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next time someone talks in &amp;nbsp;favor of gun control&amp;nbsp;please remind them of this history lesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With guns, we are 'citizens'. &amp;nbsp;Without them, we are&amp;nbsp;'subjects'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During WWII the Japanese decided not to &amp;nbsp;invade America&amp;nbsp;because they knew most Americans were ARMED!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you value your freedom, please spread this anti&amp;nbsp;gun-control message to all of &amp;nbsp;your friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The purpose of fighting is to &amp;nbsp;win.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;There is no possible victory in defense.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The sword is more important than the shield, and skill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;is more important than either.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The final weapon is the brain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;All else is &amp;nbsp;supplemental.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE&lt;br /&gt;A RIFLE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWITZERLAND HAS THE &amp;nbsp;LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF&lt;br /&gt;ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT'S A NO BRAINER! DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE&lt;br /&gt;MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW&lt;br /&gt;ABIDING CITIZENS EASY TARGETS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I'm a firm &amp;nbsp;believer in the 2nd Amendment!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-8437268773587977444?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/8437268773587977444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-why-carry-gun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8437268773587977444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8437268773587977444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-why-carry-gun.html' title='Where is the American Dream ~ Why Carry a Gun?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TLQSmmwPBQI/AAAAAAAADWo/lkaxPHuYJDQ/s72-c/grandma+gun+control+where+is+the+american+dream.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1333035823352145262</id><published>2010-10-08T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T08:36:26.896-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rober burck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='naked cowboy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ... Naked Cowboy Tosses Hat in Ring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/b&gt;? &amp;nbsp;America ... look no further that you whitey tighties. &amp;nbsp;Ladies and gentlemen, the &lt;b&gt;Naked Cowboy&lt;/b&gt;, the fellow that runs around NY City strumming his guitar in his underwear, has tossed his hat into the ring for the 2012 Presidential election. &amp;nbsp;I have written about &lt;i&gt;Robert Burck &lt;/i&gt;before in my &lt;a href="http://winefoodpairing.blogspot.com/2008/07/wfp-lets-hear-it-for-whitey-tighties.html"&gt;wine food pairing blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;when he decided to sue the M&amp;amp;M Candy company because they dressed up a blue candy in a cowboy hat while strumming a guitar in an ad ... YIKES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/pCwzOZP1l-A?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/pCwzOZP1l-A?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I am speechless ... Do YOU think he has a chance of winning the &lt;s&gt;erection &lt;/s&gt;election? &amp;nbsp;Is he a better candidate than &lt;b&gt;President Obama&lt;/b&gt;? &amp;nbsp;Does the current president wear boxers or briefs?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Please leave any and all comments!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1333035823352145262?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1333035823352145262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-naked-cowboy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1333035823352145262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1333035823352145262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-naked-cowboy.html' title='Where is the American Dream ... Naked Cowboy Tosses Hat in Ring!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-6422846590311245905</id><published>2010-10-01T03:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T03:01:21.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jon McNaughton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgotten man'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Watch the Forgotten Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream? &lt;/b&gt;Watch the Forgotten Man ... powerful ... it will make your heart fill with dispair ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="284" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/4KGlBHyVeYU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/4KGlBHyVeYU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="284"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;What has President Obama done? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Against the background of a darkening sky, all of the past Presidents of the United States gather before the White House, as if to commemorate some great event. In the left hand corner of the painting sits a man. That man, with his head bowed appears distraught and hopeless as he contemplates his future. Some of the past Presidents try to console him while looking in the direction of the modern Presidents as if to say, "What have you done?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of these modern Presidents, seemingly oblivious to anything other than themselves, appear to be congratulating each other on their great accomplishments. In front of the man, paper trash is blowing in the wind. Crumpled dollar bills, legislative documents, and, like a whisper—the U.S. Constitution beneath the foot of Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-6422846590311245905?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/6422846590311245905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-watch-forgotten.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/6422846590311245905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/6422846590311245905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-watch-forgotten.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Watch the Forgotten Man'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2420260581072241997</id><published>2010-10-01T02:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T02:42:15.015-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cnn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lou dobbs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ... It Went to Mexico!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream?&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;If President Obama has his way it will go to Mexico ... listen up America!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ULHHJ62TLG8?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ULHHJ62TLG8?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lou Dobbs of CNN hits it right on the head ... America, it is time for us to take back&lt;b&gt; the American Dream&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2420260581072241997?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2420260581072241997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-it-went-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2420260581072241997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2420260581072241997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-american-dream-it-went-to.html' title='Where is the American Dream ... It Went to Mexico!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2942325508996924831</id><published>2010-09-30T01:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T02:44:43.313-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='political humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream ... Read MORE ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Where is the American Dream?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Perhaps this will answer that question.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;person known as "The One."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR1KMasf1I/AAAAAAAADVU/k8-ATn-BfBU/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="236" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR1KMasf1I/AAAAAAAADVU/k8-ATn-BfBU/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you." My lack&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall save you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;with hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;land that he who proceeded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and that all he has built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said " We live in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;the people said, "Show us the money!" And the he said, "&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;redistribution of wealth is good for everybody.."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR1YWe5eaI/AAAAAAAADVY/zL2xmlr9QwI/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR1YWe5eaI/AAAAAAAADVY/zL2xmlr9QwI/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And Joe the plumber asked, " Are you kidding me? You're going to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;banished from the kingdom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR206OhSSI/AAAAAAAADVc/BKOIBBM9ScQ/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="275" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR206OhSSI/AAAAAAAADVc/BKOIBBM9ScQ/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;into free cars for the people!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR3Am8yNmI/AAAAAAAADVg/384NaZWduR8/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR3Am8yNmI/AAAAAAAADVg/384NaZWduR8/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+4.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then "The One" said "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the people said, "Hallelujah! Show us the money!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;collapsed. And He said. "I shall mandate employer-funded health care&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;person unlimited healthcare and medicine and transportation to the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR3lxB6q9I/AAAAAAAADVk/LMbhnEGu_B8/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR3lxB6q9I/AAAAAAAADVk/LMbhnEGu_B8/s320/where+is+the+american+dream+5.jpg" width="288" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, Not to worry. If&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Just sign up with the ACORN and you troubles are over!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR5Tc_KNXI/AAAAAAAADVw/Qja85f_jisg/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR5Tc_KNXI/AAAAAAAADVw/Qja85f_jisg/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+6.jpg" width="245" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..." And&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;the people said, "Hallelujah!" and they made him king!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&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/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR52lUPMLI/AAAAAAAADV0/1TrxNs2FDPY/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR52lUPMLI/AAAAAAAADV0/1TrxNs2FDPY/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+7.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;a rock dropped from a cliff.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The bank banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then "The One" said, "I am the "the One"- The Messiah - and I'm here&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;enough!" But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;to pay more... And "The One" said, "Wait a minute. That is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKWtdpjo5XI/AAAAAAAADWI/q8wrm22rwTE/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+9.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKWtdpjo5XI/AAAAAAAADWI/q8wrm22rwTE/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+9.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;verily, it was too late. The people set upon The One and spat upon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;consumed all that they had built.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR_t5-c5BI/AAAAAAAADWE/TTdjJ7twVcs/s1600/image011.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR_t5-c5BI/AAAAAAAADWE/TTdjJ7twVcs/s400/image011.gif" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;late, and their homeland was no more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;You may think this a fairy tale, but it's not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It's happening RIGHT NOW&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR_FL5VcAI/AAAAAAAADWA/qOHsL4TZ-0E/s1600/where+is+the+american+dream+8.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR_FL5VcAI/AAAAAAAADWA/qOHsL4TZ-0E/s400/where+is+the+american+dream+8.gif" width="285" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS really tells it like it is. &amp;nbsp;After reading it -- and before you go into the bathroom to throw-up -- forward it to your friends and those you know who care about our country and what is happening to it under the rule of Commissar Obamanation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. -- Yeah, this is too true to be funny.. &amp;nbsp;Tragic, but not funny; tragic but true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yes, this is an email that has been passed around, but it seems to cut right to the heart of the matter and answer the question ... Where is the American Dream&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2942325508996924831?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2942325508996924831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/09/where-is-american-dream-read-more.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2942325508996924831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2942325508996924831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/09/where-is-american-dream-read-more.html' title='Where is the American Dream ... Read MORE ...'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/TKR1KMasf1I/AAAAAAAADVU/k8-ATn-BfBU/s72-c/where+is+the+american+dream+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1667573450934457641</id><published>2010-09-28T04:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T05:02:46.410-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beers summit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sidney hill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Where did FREE Speech Go?</title><content type='html'>Every American needs to watch this video ... free speech ... we ain't got no stinkin' FREE Speech! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did some research on this before posting and apparently, Sidney Hill, the gentleman with the sign can be annoying, in fact he spends a great deal of his time with various causes that annoy people ... and  ... you know what ... that is his right as an AMERICAN. &amp;nbsp;Freedom of speech is our right whether it annoys you or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just watch these BIG security guards detain this old man by throwing him to the ground and cuffing him ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ppBZM88mHvQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ppBZM88mHvQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Remember last summer when President Obama became involved when&amp;nbsp;black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.was arrested for disorderly conduct. &amp;nbsp;Obama, declared on national TV that the police had "acted stupidly." He even had a "beer summit" for goodness sake!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Said Obama after the highly anticipated, 40-minute chat on the Rose Garden patio: "I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;"I am confident that has happened here tonight, and I am hopeful that all of us are able to draw this positive lesson from this episode," said the nation's first black president.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why didn't Mr. Obama have the burly security guards and Sidney over for a brew to have a Rose Garden chat?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I don't know anymore ... perhaps if Sidney Hill were black things would have happened differently?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1667573450934457641?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1667573450934457641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/09/american-dream-where-did-free-speech-go.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1667573450934457641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1667573450934457641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2010/09/american-dream-where-did-free-speech-go.html' title='The American Dream - Where did FREE Speech Go?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2372128754389923870</id><published>2009-09-23T08:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T09:15:32.980-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='political humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fox news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - I Want FOX on My Side</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/span&gt;?  I've come across some great political cartoons from our "Aussie" friends down under .... you can look forward to seeing them pop up in this blog ...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrpFn9dF2oI/AAAAAAAAC18/VZh6zTihIwM/s1600-h/australian+political+cartoon1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrpFn9dF2oI/AAAAAAAAC18/VZh6zTihIwM/s400/australian+political+cartoon1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384692857288645250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a quick thought for all &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;proud  Americans&lt;/span&gt; to ponder ... why don't we see similar cartoons in our US papers ... Hmmmm?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean, If our President Barack Obama can make time to "pop" in on the David Letterman Show 2 days ago, why can't he fit in FOX News Debate ... LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LmE7tuR0364&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LmE7tuR0364&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where's the beef, Mr. President?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2372128754389923870?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2372128754389923870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-i-want-fox-on-my-side.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2372128754389923870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2372128754389923870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-i-want-fox-on-my-side.html' title='The American Dream - I Want FOX on My Side'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrpFn9dF2oI/AAAAAAAAC18/VZh6zTihIwM/s72-c/australian+political+cartoon1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-8414467932451367304</id><published>2009-09-23T05:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T05:16:48.472-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bearack Obearma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare reform'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Look to Bearack Obearma</title><content type='html'>Where is the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Dream&lt;/span&gt;?  Perhaps we should look to our forests and wildlife ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The photo below captures a disturbing trend that is beginning to&lt;br /&gt;affect  US  wildlife . . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SroRdbW4Y7I/AAAAAAAAC1c/n4CHk-TklkY/s1600-h/the+american+dream+barackk+obama.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SroRdbW4Y7I/AAAAAAAAC1c/n4CHk-TklkY/s400/the+american+dream+barackk+obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384635501732455346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Animals that were formerly wild and self-sufficient have apparently  begun to just sit and wait for food and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;healthcare&lt;/span&gt;.  This photo is of a Democrat black bear in  Montana named Bearack Obearma.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-8414467932451367304?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/8414467932451367304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-look-to-bearack-obearma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8414467932451367304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8414467932451367304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-look-to-bearack-obearma.html' title='The American Dream - Look to Bearack Obearma'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SroRdbW4Y7I/AAAAAAAAC1c/n4CHk-TklkY/s72-c/the+american+dream+barackk+obama.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1014849538780194202</id><published>2009-09-22T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T11:37:17.338-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mulims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - In God We Trust</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Where is the &lt;b&gt;American Dream&lt;/b&gt; ... beats me, but the Muslims will be in Washington DC this weekend ... read this and then WAKE UP&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrkYaiKbvzI/AAAAAAAAC1I/ZxGd57nBN2c/s400/islam+and+america.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384361673624370994" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 3:03 pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Subject: FW: Muslims on Capitol Hill&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't normally forward emails, but all Americans must See below.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Subject: Fwd: Muslims on Capitol Hill &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;THE FIRST WEB SITE TO EVER GIVE ME CHILLS and MAKE ME SICK!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE BY THEIR OWN WORDS ON THEIR OWN WEB SITE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you think Christian Americans could, or would be allowed to, do something like this?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unbelievable!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;Washington, D.C. - Sept. 25, 2009&lt;/span&gt; there will be a national prayer gathering of Muslims on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building. They are expecting at least 50,000 to attend from mosques all across  America . They will gather to pray from 4:00 AM until 7:00 PM,  - FIFTEEN HOURS! The gathering will take place by the site where  U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated sin&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;ce 1981. The organizers say Obama's inauguration speech in January and his speech broadcast from  Egypt in June gave them the idea for this prayer gathering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They have a web site set up for this event.  If you never look at another web site look at this one,especially the final words at the very end of their web site:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://islamoncapitolhill.com/"&gt;http://islamoncapitolhill.com&lt;/a&gt;  "Our Time has Come"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;this is true ... click forward to the snopes report&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/capitolislam.asp"&gt;http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/capitolislam.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1014849538780194202?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1014849538780194202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-in-god-we-trust.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1014849538780194202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1014849538780194202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-in-god-we-trust.html' title='The American Dream - In God We Trust'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrkYaiKbvzI/AAAAAAAAC1I/ZxGd57nBN2c/s72-c/islam+and+america.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-9003004927162977363</id><published>2009-09-22T10:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T10:35:46.933-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bamopoly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Bamopoly</title><content type='html'>Where is the American Dream?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;A New Board Game&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bamopoly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrkKWuFgxuI/AAAAAAAAC1A/NYx-T1jlNzU/s1600-h/barack+obama+bamopoly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrkKWuFgxuI/AAAAAAAAC1A/NYx-T1jlNzU/s400/barack+obama+bamopoly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384346214942688994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;The object of the game is to destroy American capitalism by having the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;government take over everything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;Wanna play? ... No? ....Too bad, you're already playing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;And guess what, in this game, nobody wins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-9003004927162977363?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/9003004927162977363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-bamopoly.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/9003004927162977363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/9003004927162977363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-bamopoly.html' title='The American Dream - Bamopoly'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrkKWuFgxuI/AAAAAAAAC1A/NYx-T1jlNzU/s72-c/barack+obama+bamopoly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2275809619166753960</id><published>2009-09-20T11:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-20T12:03:18.872-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abraham lincoln'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abe lincoln'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Abe Lincoln Speaks OUT</title><content type='html'>Where is the&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; American Dream&lt;/span&gt; ... read a quote from Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President of the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American Dream is what our forefathers fought for ... the words may be old, but the answers are still the same!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrZ6jO11s_I/AAAAAAAAC0o/sodBi_a2Sek/s1600-h/Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrZ6jO11s_I/AAAAAAAAC0o/sodBi_a2Sek/s400/Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383625150265930738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;— Abraham Lincoln&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Dream&lt;/span&gt; is here ... WAKE UP and become a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;proud Amercian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2275809619166753960?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2275809619166753960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-abe-lincoln-speaks-out.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2275809619166753960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2275809619166753960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-abe-lincoln-speaks-out.html' title='The American Dream - Abe Lincoln Speaks OUT'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrZ6jO11s_I/AAAAAAAAC0o/sodBi_a2Sek/s72-c/Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-3090040499686614075</id><published>2009-09-18T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T07:40:09.309-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='where is the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The American Dream ... We Call It FREEDOM!</title><content type='html'>This was sent to me by a friend ... I did the due diligence and and checked it out on snopes.com and it is true  ... you can click on the picture and it will take you right to the snopes information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.snopes.com/rumors/romania.asp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOa0kHeMiI/AAAAAAAACz0/7XECBggvI2s/s400/ATT00000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382816207476765218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ') in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~ An Ode to America ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 9/11, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.   Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers.  Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts  Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the first moments of panic , they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing: 'God Bless America !'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.  What on earth can unites the Americans in such way? Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money?   I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cornel Nistorescu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA! !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Mr. Nistorescu sometimes we need help to find the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Dream&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-3090040499686614075?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/3090040499686614075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-we-call-it-freedom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/3090040499686614075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/3090040499686614075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-we-call-it-freedom.html' title='The American Dream ... We Call It FREEDOM!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOa0kHeMiI/AAAAAAAACz0/7XECBggvI2s/s72-c/ATT00000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1274773794735359544</id><published>2009-09-18T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T07:20:19.863-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><title type='text'>American Dream - Had Enough Yet?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/span&gt; ... this is a must read for all &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Proud Americans&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exclusive: Had Enough Yet?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tom McLaughlin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many people protested &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Obamacare&lt;/span&gt; in Washington last Saturday? Twenty thousand? A hundred thousand? A million? Two million? The Washington Post said there were “tens of thousands.” So did the New York Times. They got the memo from Democrat leaders worried that if 1-2 million showed up it would be a major PR victory for the right, so they did what they could to play numbers down. The UK’s Daily Mail said there were up to 2 million protesters there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOWdBkoanI/AAAAAAAACzs/RdxNr99H1CI/s1600-h/20090914_912_march_on_DC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 223px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOWdBkoanI/AAAAAAAACzs/RdxNr99H1CI/s400/20090914_912_march_on_DC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382811405020326514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watching the demonstration on C-SPAN, I was struck by who I was seeing. They looked like ordinary men and women 40-70 years old, some younger, some older, but they didn’t look like demonstrators I’ve seen there for decades. There were no dreadlocked anarchists, no angry minorities, no fat feminists, and no flamboyant homosexuals. These were efficient, mind-your-own-business people who quietly keep everything running while others demand favors from government. I wondered what caused them to make signs and journey to Washington in huge numbers. Something’s happening out there. Something different. Something big.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only thing these people want from government is to be left alone. While liberal baby boomers waxed nostalgic over Woodstock last month, they went to town hall meetings to question their congressmen and senators – worried that their government planned to take away their health insurance plans and force them into a government-controlled system. Unlike their hippie contemporaries, they didn’t go to Woodstock 40 years ago to smoke weed and frolic naked in the mud. They went to work instead – bagging groceries, banging nails, mowing lawns, and saving money for their future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though Obama, Pelosi and Reid continue to deny it, they know government would ration their health care when they get older. They know a younger gangbanger or illegal immigrant would get treated before they would when they were 65, 75, or 85 even though they’re the ones who pay the bills. They know Obama lied in his speech last week when he said his alleged reforms “would not apply to those who are here illegally.” When they heard Congressman Joe Wilson shout back “You lie!” they jumped up in front of their television sets and cheered him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of its effort to demonize Congressman Wilson, CNN sent a reporter to the demonstration, but it backfired. Marchers didn’t trust CNN and didn’t want to be used as stooges for left-wing propaganda, so they gathered behind the reporter and shouted “Tell the truth!” over and over. The anchor back in Atlanta was exasperated when her reporter in the field said: “There are people who very strongly support Congressman Joe Wilson – and many of them are right here.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were there all right – over a million of them – and they don’t get their news from CNN and the other alphabet networks. They get it online and from talk radio because the mainstream media doesn’t have complete control of news anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are people who know they’ve been paying higher premiums on their private health insurance plans for years because hospitals charge them more for health care. They haven’t liked it, but they’ve paid anyway. They pay because they know hospitals cannot otherwise function when government pays much less than it costs to deliver health care to poor and elderly patients on Medicaid and Medicare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are people who pay on both ends – with their taxes and with their premiums. They know that if ObamaCare passes with a “public option,” the private health insurance they’ve been paying for will disappear and they won’t have any more choices. Government will decide what health care they get – and don’t get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are people who have been planning for their retirement while others have been living fast and loose. They know they can’t depend on Social Security or any other government program. They watched the “War on Poverty” waste trillions and paid the taxes that financed it. They watched their money go down the drain while they worked in PTAs, Scouts, Rotary clubs and churches without government assistance. They are the real community organizers – quite unlike the government-funded ACORN (Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now) types caught last week scheming to fund child prostitution with taxpayer money in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City and San Bernardino. Because President Obama did legal work for ACORN, CNN and the alphabet networks continue to ignore the story. Demonstrators, however, know about it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These people are the ants who worked, who took care of themselves, who laid up food for the winter while their grasshopper contemporaries flitted about “finding themselves” at Grateful Dead concerts and the like. Now they’re envisioning their old age as government would force it upon them, not as they planned it and worked for it all their whole lives. Obamacare is the final straw for them. These people have had enough – and there are millions of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOWQJS7VXI/AAAAAAAACzk/oStYJVO-T_4/s1600-h/1b926f56-9e82-4ed9-83ef-b594b8d47c5d%40news.ap.org.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOWQJS7VXI/AAAAAAAACzk/oStYJVO-T_4/s400/1b926f56-9e82-4ed9-83ef-b594b8d47c5d%40news.ap.org.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382811183755253106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Family Security Matters Contributing Editor Tom McLaughlin Tom is a history teacher and a regular weekly columnist for newspapers in Maine and New Hampshire. He writes about political and social issues, history, family, education and Radical Islam. E-mail him at tommclaughlin@fairpoint.net.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Read, comment and pass along ... this is still America!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1274773794735359544?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1274773794735359544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-had-enough-yet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1274773794735359544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1274773794735359544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-dream-had-enough-yet.html' title='American Dream - Had Enough Yet?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SrOWdBkoanI/AAAAAAAACzs/RdxNr99H1CI/s72-c/20090914_912_march_on_DC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-4750517850267291274</id><published>2009-09-15T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T07:50:55.103-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare reform'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream A History Lesson</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/b&gt;?  I just received this and everyone should take a look.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Feel free to leave your comments!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subject: I thought you'd appreciate this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Quick History Lesson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. So they’ve had 234 years to make it work. It is broke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Security was established in 1935. They’ve had 74 years to make it work. It is broke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fannie Mae was establ ished in 1938. They’ve had 71 years to make it work. It is broke.&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Sq-pIL8-DII/AAAAAAAACyo/HPrhPrs0eDA/s400/sexy+granny+light-dont-shine.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 287px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381706037843594370" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freddie Mac was established in 1970. They’ve had 39 years to make it work. It is broke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The War on Poverty started in 1964. They’ve had 45 years to make it work. About $1 trillion of taxpayer money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor.” It hasn’t worked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. They’ve had 44 years to make it work. They are both broke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AMTRAK was established in 1970. They’ve had 39 years to make it work. Last year it had to be bailed out and today continues running at a loss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They spent $700 billion bailing out financial companies in 2008. It has yet to create a single new private-sector job.                                                                                                                                    &lt;br /&gt;Cash for Clunkers in 2009 ran out of money and was not renewed after 80% of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. government has a 100% failure rate. Let’s put them in charge of healthcare reform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.luckerbauer.com/"&gt;from: Alfred Luckerbauer &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-4750517850267291274?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/4750517850267291274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-is-american-dream-history-lesson.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4750517850267291274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4750517850267291274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-is-american-dream-history-lesson.html' title='Where is the American Dream A History Lesson'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Sq-pIL8-DII/AAAAAAAACyo/HPrhPrs0eDA/s72-c/sexy+granny+light-dont-shine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-8070499245456990651</id><published>2009-08-31T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T08:10:05.847-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Tighten your Belt</title><content type='html'>Where is the &lt;b&gt;American Dream&lt;/b&gt;?  Perhaps it was just a dream .... our two trillion dollar debt ... now that is a nighmare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="405" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/nkmLL_WjI2k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/nkmLL_WjI2k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, this is just a parody ... are YOU laughing, yet?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-8070499245456990651?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/8070499245456990651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-tighten-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8070499245456990651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/8070499245456990651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-tighten-your.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Tighten your Belt'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-1568547349254222661</id><published>2009-08-29T08:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T08:25:33.573-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Where is MY Country?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Where is the American Dream?  I don't know anymore ... watch the video below and pass this along to everyone who loves America!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Posted: August 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;10:57 pm Eastern&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Drew Zahn&lt;br /&gt;© 2009 WorldNetDaily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A depiction of the sign banned by Officer Cheeks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health-care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a police officer threatened him with arrest for holding up a sign with a picture critical of Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The officer's response?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It ain't no more, OK?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A video of the town hall held earlier this week by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., shows an unnamed protester standing on school grounds carrying a sign that read "Organizing for National Socialist Health Care – The Final Solution" and depicted Barack Obama in the Joker's makeup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Officer Wesley Cheeks Jr. then told the protester that even though others were holding signs, his sign was unacceptable because of the depiction of Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"But you got this with a picture," Cheeks said, explaining why the protester was being singled out from the others. "That's the difference. This has got a picture on it. That don't have a picture on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sir, leave the picture down," the officer said. "If you put the picture back up, you'll be charged with trespassing."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video of the exchange can be seen below:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="340" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/oYdu7GHvMPg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/oYdu7GHvMPg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, what do YOU think?  Are we heading towards facism, socialism ... or?  President Obama , what have you done to MY COUNTRY?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-1568547349254222661?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/1568547349254222661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/american-dream-where-is-my-country.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1568547349254222661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/1568547349254222661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/american-dream-where-is-my-country.html' title='The American Dream - Where is MY Country?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2191634409846706601</id><published>2009-08-19T05:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T05:47:18.500-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cash for clunkers'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Visit Uncle Sugar ..</title><content type='html'>Come on down to Uncle Sugar's Auto Mall! It's the CASH FOR CLUNKERS EXTRAVAGANZA and Uncle Sugar has gotta deal for you, courtesy of voiceless posterity (at the intersection of unsound policy and political expediency). Because concentrated benefits and dispersed cost is the NEW AMERICAN DREAM! YEE HAW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="405" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_LcYZxGdY8U&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_LcYZxGdY8U&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Proud Americans you need to ask this question .... Where is the &lt;b&gt;American Dream&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2191634409846706601?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2191634409846706601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-visit-uncle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2191634409846706601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2191634409846706601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-visit-uncle.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Visit Uncle Sugar ..'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-4914481099214174505</id><published>2009-08-18T12:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T12:38:55.309-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - We are HERE!</title><content type='html'>This was sent by a friend ... America ... click, watch and listen ... it will give you goosebumps ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/QIcq7sivjdI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/QIcq7sivjdI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are the AMERICAN DREAM!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-4914481099214174505?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/4914481099214174505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-we-are-here.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4914481099214174505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4914481099214174505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-is-american-dream-we-are-here.html' title='Where is the American Dream - We are HERE!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-4969640917890244848</id><published>2009-08-12T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T05:45:53.591-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proud americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare reform'/><title type='text'>American Dream turns Nighmare ....</title><content type='html'>Where is the American Dream? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a proud American I retired as a Paramedic and a firefighter.  I love my country and our way of life.  Who is this man ... President Obama and where did he really come from ... some people asked for change .... Listen up Democrats ... is this the change you want?  Do you want our democratic way of life to be turned socialism or facism?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a look at this meeting in Tampa Florida ... Americans are waking up and are getting mad ... we are being sold out to ???  These folks are not radicals ... they are our brothers and sisters, our Moms and Dads and our grandparents ... this is what REAL AMERICANS want!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/yX4F_cb9AXk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/yX4F_cb9AXk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rep. Kathy Castor's Aug. 6 town hall meeting in Tampa, Fla., ended abruptly after 1,500 citizens attempted to enter an event intended to hold approximately 250 people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of people remained outside, many of whom had been waiting for hours to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, seats remained empty inside while SEIU workers and other attendees distributed flyers and signs for the Democrat health care plan to audience members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One woman outside shouted, "This was supposed to be a town hall meeting. Last time I checked, those were open to the public."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, some attendees were allowed in, but hundreds waited in line with signs outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Castor left 15 minutes into the meeting. Just outside the meeting room, constituents chanted, "You work for us," "Tyranny, tyranny'' and "Read the bill."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A businessman with a shredded shirt reported to police that staffers attacked him, twisting his arm and tearing his watch off. Another, he claims, grabbed him by the neck and tore his shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I just came to listen and see what I'm missing about this health care thing because it doesn't make sense to me," he told a reporter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Castor later said the event has strengthened her resolve to promote health care reform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It has strengthened my resolve to stand up for families and seniors," Castor told reporters for Tampa Bay Online. "Floridians are bearing a great burden in health care costs, more than almost any other state."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A video of the crowd outside the event can be seen below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; As Rep. Kathy Castor was introduced, the reaction was overwhelmingly against her, with boos and chants of "You work for us." And in the lobby, the counter of Planned Parenthood representatives shouting, "Healthcare Now."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly thereafter, violence erupted, where there were 2-3 big goons came out and started pushing those in line, and roughing up one in the corner (see top left screen) as well as another being put in a choke hold. Directly in front of the gentleman in the plaid type shirt, is one of them in a flower print. (eleven o'clock from the camera phone in the scene.) To right of the phone, another in a white shirt. Keep your eye on him, as he then goes for the choke hold on one of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deep in the corner of your upper left screen, there's a gentleman in a green shirt, whose is getting roughed up, as these two are pushing others. A police officer enters the seen, (Dark blue uniform, short, and a black officer.) You still see the gentleman getting roughed up. The cop not doing anything. They then let the guy go, as they slam the door shut. Later in the video, you see the officer conversing with the gentleman who got roughed. After a brief description from myself, the cop walks away.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-4969640917890244848?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/4969640917890244848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/american-dream-turns-nighmare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4969640917890244848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4969640917890244848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/08/american-dream-turns-nighmare.html' title='American Dream turns Nighmare ....'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-512089757625669733</id><published>2009-07-30T07:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T07:33:26.542-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt consolidation'/><title type='text'>Is the American Dream Really a Nightmare?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/span&gt;?  A close friend just sent this to me and I feel compelled to share ... please read and consider your options ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Citizens,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown in the economy, I, President Obama have decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early retirement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This sch&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SnGt_s4lN_I/AAAAAAAACw0/XJD_6Ke9P2k/s1600-h/obama_smoking1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 199px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SnGt_s4lN_I/AAAAAAAACw0/XJD_6Ke9P2k/s400/obama_smoking1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364259941066815474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;eme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).  Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to Congress to be considered for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination).  Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (Scheme Covering Retired-Early Workers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as I, President Obama deem appropriate.  Persons who have been RAPED could get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants &amp;amp; Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by me, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;President Obama&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. I, President Obama have always prided myself on the amount of SHIT I give our citizens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring this to the attention of your Congressman, who has been trained to give you all the SHIT you can handle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;President Obama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.&lt;br /&gt;Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;American dream&lt;/span&gt; turned into the American nightmare?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-512089757625669733?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/512089757625669733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-american-dream-really-nightmare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/512089757625669733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/512089757625669733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-american-dream-really-nightmare.html' title='Is the American Dream Really a Nightmare?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SnGt_s4lN_I/AAAAAAAACw0/XJD_6Ke9P2k/s72-c/obama_smoking1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-4914100637855901358</id><published>2009-07-26T05:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T05:41:27.492-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nbc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cnn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='send in the clowns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Send in the Clowns!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Where is the American Dream&lt;/span&gt; ... do we need change?  Do we like the change we got? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send in the clowns ... turn up your speakers and sing along!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;object width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3CAX3aJCoDg&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3CAX3aJCoDg&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="405" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-4914100637855901358?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/4914100637855901358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-is-american-dream-send-in-clowns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4914100637855901358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4914100637855901358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-is-american-dream-send-in-clowns.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Send in the Clowns!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-787337128473435270</id><published>2009-07-11T07:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T07:35:59.921-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trends research institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gerald celente'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Listen to Gerald Celente</title><content type='html'>Is it possible that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the American Dream&lt;/span&gt; has turned into a nightmare?  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gerald Celente&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trends Research Institute&lt;/span&gt; looks into the future.  Listen to this video and see what you think ... it certainly has my attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_18t2_XvZRA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_18t2_XvZRA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="315" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;America, we need to pay attention now ... what are you going to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just where is the American dream?  Do YOU have a plan "B" ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-787337128473435270?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/787337128473435270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-is-american-dream-listen-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/787337128473435270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/787337128473435270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-is-american-dream-listen-to.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Listen to Gerald Celente'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-5965508884699256516</id><published>2009-06-27T05:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T05:48:04.210-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt consolidation'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Is this YOU?</title><content type='html'>The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Dream&lt;/span&gt; ... is this YOU? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SkYUlJSXcaI/AAAAAAAAChM/nXAcqL5UkWw/s1600-h/american+dream+holiday+party.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SkYUlJSXcaI/AAAAAAAAChM/nXAcqL5UkWw/s400/american+dream+holiday+party.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351987835557081506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake up America!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-5965508884699256516?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/5965508884699256516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-is-american-dream-is-this-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/5965508884699256516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/5965508884699256516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-is-american-dream-is-this-you.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Is this YOU?'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/SkYUlJSXcaI/AAAAAAAAChM/nXAcqL5UkWw/s72-c/american+dream+holiday+party.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-2081316260759903976</id><published>2009-06-09T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T06:49:41.979-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>Where is the American Dream - Speak UP!</title><content type='html'>Our founding fathers are rolling over in their grave ... speak up and listen up ...the&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; American Dream&lt;/span&gt; is floundering in a sea of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;debt&lt;/span&gt; ... more and more hard working people are facing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bankruptcy&lt;/span&gt; because we need to bail out the "big" guys .... who cares about them? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patsy and Peter just want to put food on their table and keep the electricity and telephone on ... is that too much to ask of our elected officials?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="405"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/dB1SlXHJ6r4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/dB1SlXHJ6r4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="405"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-2081316260759903976?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/2081316260759903976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-is-american-dream-speak-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2081316260759903976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/2081316260759903976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-is-american-dream-speak-up.html' title='Where is the American Dream - Speak UP!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-4215762747317522225</id><published>2009-06-08T17:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T06:50:49.617-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Truslow Adams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>American Dream ... James Truslow Adams 1931</title><content type='html'>Historian and writer &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;James Truslow Adams&lt;/span&gt; coined the phrase "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;American Dream&lt;/span&gt;" in his 1931 book Epic of America:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“     &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The American Dream &lt;/span&gt;is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position    ”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“     The American Dream, that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of material plenty, though that has doubtlessly counted heavily. It has been a dream of being able to grow to fullest development as a man and woman, unhampered by the barriers which had slowly been erected in the older civilizations, unrepressed by social orders which had developed for the benefit of classes rather than for the simple human being of any and every class."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si20pOveG9I/AAAAAAAACcs/Pmoo_cn1OEI/s1600-h/american-dream-over.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si20pOveG9I/AAAAAAAACcs/Pmoo_cn1OEI/s400/american-dream-over.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345126953183484882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What happened ... it seems that the Americans that worked hard, built a successful business and rose to the top are being punished by a very vocal minority that are demanding to be "equal".  As far as I know, we are all equal, it is a matter of applying yourself to succeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;This is Democracy, folks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;It looks like &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;socialism&lt;/span&gt; is in our future ... scares the pants off me ... do YOU care???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-4215762747317522225?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/4215762747317522225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-dream-james-truslow-adams-1931.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4215762747317522225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/4215762747317522225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-dream-james-truslow-adams-1931.html' title='American Dream ... James Truslow Adams 1931'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si20pOveG9I/AAAAAAAACcs/Pmoo_cn1OEI/s72-c/american-dream-over.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719163689587968670.post-7460695704581872406</id><published>2009-06-08T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T14:28:01.762-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bankruptcy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the american dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt consolidation'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Let Freedom Ring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si19nzbwx3I/AAAAAAAACcc/Eo_nXdsh7M0/s1600-h/check-out-of-american-dream1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si19nzbwx3I/AAAAAAAACcc/Eo_nXdsh7M0/s400/check-out-of-american-dream1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345066455533668210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I grew up believing in the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Dream.&lt;/span&gt;  If you work hard, start your own business, are nice to you Mother and go to church on Sundays you will be able to live&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; the American Dream&lt;/span&gt;.  This possibility was open to all Americans ... you just had to work for it ...  that made "US", the proud Americans different from the rest of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend Patsy, grew up that way, too.  Patsy and I have been close since we were youngsters. We shared a lot of the same hopes and aspirations.  We even watched "Leave it to Beaver" together ... LOL! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the recent years she and her husband, Peter have thrived.  Business was good, they invested in real estate ... after all land is a great investment and invested in the stock market .... they weren't extravagant, didn't take expensive vacations ... weren't ones that had to buy the newest car or the have the latest electronics.  Peter followed the advice of mentors and had enough money and credit cards saved away to last 18 months if "all hell broke loose"!  Sounds like an idyllic life, huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Wake up AMERICA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4719163689587968670-7460695704581872406?l=where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/feeds/7460695704581872406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-dream-let-freedom-ring.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/7460695704581872406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4719163689587968670/posts/default/7460695704581872406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://where-is-the-american-dream.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-dream-let-freedom-ring.html' title='The American Dream - Let Freedom Ring!'/><author><name>Denise Clarke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18186451809068262372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/S91_Ofm9tyI/AAAAAAAADJw/JArOOok0SRI/S220/Denise+clarke,+blogger+babe+and+AL+Gore.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9x42xzgonTI/Si19nzbwx3I/AAAAAAAACcc/Eo_nXdsh7M0/s72-c/check-out-of-american-dream1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
