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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Holidays at the White House, by the numbers

895,000 – Number of Christmas Cards sent by President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.

60,000 – Number of visitors President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush are expected to welcome to the White House to tour the holiday decorations.

20,000 – Number of Christmas cookies for the White House holiday parties.

10,000 – Number of handmade tamales for the White House holiday parties.

1,000 – Pounds of shrimp for the White House holiday parties.

862 – Feet of Garland to decorate the White House for the Holidays.

700 – Number of holiday cakes and pounds of crab for the White House holiday parties.

600 – Pounds of Asparagus for the White House holiday parties.

400 – Pounds of Green Beans for the White House holiday parties.

347 – Number of hand-decorated ornaments on Blue Room Christmas tree.

320 – Gallons of eggnog for the White House holiday parties.

232 – Number of wreaths to decorate the White House for the Holidays.

33 – Number of Christmas Trees used to decorate the White House for the Holidays.

18 – The height, in feet, of the Fraser fir from Mistletow Meadows Christmas Tree Farm in Laurel Springs, N.C., which will be decorated and displayed at the White House this year.


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30 Comments:

at 3:54 PM, November 29, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

130,000 the number of troops unable to be with their families because of Bush's illegal war

50,000,000 the number of Americans who can't be with their families because of the Bush-Cheney energy policies or lack thereof

Unknown the number of children who will be killed or injured because the Bush CPSC turned a blind eye to dangerous toys, putting profits ahead of safety. it has gone from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the Corporate Profit Security Commission

 
at 4:16 PM, November 29, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

160 – Number of foot taps per minute by the foot-tapping bold typist.

 
at 4:19 PM, November 29, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Xmas at the Whitehouse with the evil Bushes, no thanks, I'd rather be waterboarded.

 
at 4:31 PM, November 29, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is such an important story. Thank you so much!

Forget about this other little story:

S 1959 "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" must be stopped at all costs.

Pick up your phone today and contact your US Senator's office to instruct them to vote "NO" on S.1959.

Click here for your Senators contact info:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Full PDF text if the bill:
http://tinyurl.com/3a3y2z

If this bill is passed, and becomes law, your words and actions could be considered terrorism. S 1959 EVISCERATES FREE SPEECH, and empowers the govt. to declare ANYTHING they deem an "extremist belief system", instantly make you a terrorist, resulting in stripping of US citizenship, torture, and/or execution, with no habeas corpus rights, no ability to challenge even in the US Supreme Court.

Contact your Senator and let them know they will be looking for another job if they vote yes on this bill, which is now introduced into the Senate as S.1959 THIS BILL **MUST NOT** BECOME LAW, PERIOD.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1955

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1959

If this becomes law, your words could be considered "promoting an extremist belief system", and all they have to say is that you are using PLANNED OR THREATENED *FORCE* (DOES NOT HAVE TO BE VIOLENCE) --FORCE by exposing CORRUPTION, CRIMINALITY against "THE CIVILIAN POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, *****OR ANY SEGMENT THEREOF" READ THE BILL MANY TIMES AND VERY CAREFULLY--YOU ARE THE TERRORIST (WHICH MEANS THEY CAN STRIP YOUR CITIZENSHIP, AND HAVE YOU TORTURED AND EXECUTED).

Senate is back in session today, do not hesitate, call, fax, email your Senator ASAP.

 
at 5:20 PM, November 29, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney!

Thank God we have these honorable men running our country instead of the godless, gutless, cowardly democrats.

 
at 6:53 AM, November 30, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a wonderful story to show us all about waste when we have no oversight on spending extravagance....almost 900k cards sent out by DUBYA..I mean..damn..really damn.

I am so dirt poor I could not even send my own parents a Thanksgiving Day card..one..and now have to scrape and collect my loose change pennies just to try and send them and only them one Christmas card...what arrogance!

Would the Dems or Third Partiers be any improvement?

 
at 8:50 AM, November 30, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

To "the dude",

You can dress up a pig as much as you want... but it's still a pig.

Honorable??? You ARE kidding right?

This blog isn't large enough to list all of the crimes that these two men have committed.

 
at 11:01 AM, November 30, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank god we have the democrats standing between us and the abyss that the bush crime family is dragging the world into.

 
at 1:02 PM, November 30, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

You self-described 'truthers' are traitors. Scum like you will be dealt with in time.

 
at 1:54 PM, November 30, 2007 Blogger usefullidiot said...

"This blog isn't large enough to list all of the crimes that these two men have committed.

8:50 AM, November 30, 2007"

And let us not forget the Clinton/Gorleoni gang. Hellery is toast. She will not make it through December before indictments on campaign finance and fraud are printed up. Obama, the Soros lap-dog will trip and fall (courtesy of Clinton,Inc.) Clermont County, the home of the great white RINO's will have their comuppance,

AND NEWT WILL SAVE THE DAY!!!!!!

HAD ENOUGH?

VOTE GINGRICH-BUCHANAN '08

 
at 3:36 PM, November 30, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

You won't get any argument from me on the Clinton/Gorleoni gang.

For a quick recap go to Google video and type in:
Bill Clinton: His Life.mpg

Even the World Can't Wait Organization whom most people equate with being a liberal Democrat party supporter has come out and said "There is not going to be a saviour from the Democratic Party"

I don't trust Newt tho. He has actually come out in favor of restricting free speech for americans and unless Buchanan has changed a lot he's too xenophobic for me. But he's come out with some interesting comments lately regarding the decline of America and I like some of his libertarian ideas. So far I like Ron Paul the best.

 
at 1:12 AM, December 01, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

By Nov. 2007:

Ron Paul will be 73
John McCain will be 72
Fred Thompson will be 65
Rudolph Giuliani will be 64

 
at 2:08 AM, December 01, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ron Paul is an alien. No other explanation is possible for his utter weirdness. He must come from the same planet as that little elf Kucinich. Ol' Ron Paul is qualified to be a piano player in a whorehouse, but nothing more consequential than that.

 
at 7:11 PM, December 02, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anon at 2:38 AM. that's quite an accusation. Please provide documentation and your reasons for such an outlandish claim. Otherwise you are just making false claims based on nothing.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts" - Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

 
at 6:44 AM, December 03, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are 'aliens' perhaps you should go back and read a little history regarding our founding fathers and the formation of the U.S. Constitution. You might actually learn something.

 
at 11:17 AM, December 03, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

usefullidiot@1:54PM
I promise you - GINGRICH-BUCHANAN is something you are never going to see. Newt is an Imperialist Neocon (among other things). Pat is a noninterventionist Paleocon.
The 'Buchanan Brigades' would run away from Pat like he had the plague if he ever associated himself with Gingrich.

I supported Buchanan in both his presidential bids. Take my word for it. Newt/Pat is like oil/water.

 
at 4:13 PM, December 03, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just Google 'Ron Paul' and 'alien' and see what turns up...

Not for the faint of heart, I assure you...

 
at 7:21 AM, December 04, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Regarding the post that starts:

cincy911truthguy said...
Just Google 'Ron Paul' and 'alien' and see what turns up...

Not for the faint of heart, I assure you...

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THIS IS NOT ME! THERE OBVIOUSLY IS A PROBLEM WITH USING THE "NICKNAME" OPTION ON THIS WEBSITE. OTHERS CAN USE YOUR "NICKNAME" TO POST STATEMENTS IN YOUR NAME THAT ARE NOT YOUR OPINIONS.

I WILL MAKE SURE THE WEBMASTER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM!

 
at 3:35 PM, December 06, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Person writing in ALL CAPS = mentally unbalanced moonbat

I'm the real truther-traitor around here!

 
at 9:21 AM, December 07, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Liar at 3:35pm,

Not only are you wrong, you are also a coward who cannot defend his own opinions so you need to 'pretend' to be someone else because if you did state your own opinions your arguments would be subject to intelligent scrutiny. And obviously we know you could not back up your claims.

You can click on my email if you want to discuss this further. Also, I will be down at Fountain Square from 11am to 1pm this Tuesday, Dec. 11th for the monthly "Eleventh of Every Month" 9/11 Truth demonstration. Come on down and say hello.

C9TG

 
at 1:37 PM, December 07, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey traitor

We'll see you down there. And expect more than just hello.

 
at 2:59 PM, December 07, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Traitor? So wanting a real, legitimate, "independent" investigation into who murdered 2,973 innocent people on 9/11/01 is being a traitor now?

Ok Hamilton County Militia. At least now we know what name you go by. When you stop down be sure to be able to give reasons for:

• the NORAD standdown

• molten metal in all three WTC buildings that collapsed

• all the telltale signs of 'controlled demolition' at the WTC (Research Jim Hoffman, Steven Jones and Richard Gage)

• how John Ashcroft, Pentagon generals, Salman Rushie and even San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown had advance warning not to fly that day.

• the 'put options' that were made on American airlines, United airlines, Morgan Stanley and a few insurance companies that held financial interests in aviation or the Twin Towers right before 9/11

• why the White House staff/officials were put on Cipro on the evening of 9/11 (weeks prior to the Anthrax attacks which originated from USAMRID in Ft. Detrick, Md.)

• Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's testimony about when he was down in the PEOC the morning of 9/11

• lack of aircraft debris at the Pentagon 'crash scene'

• lack of aircraft debris in Shanksville, PA

• why a FAA official would intentionally destroy FAA tapes from the morning of 9/11 (Google it on Washington Post)

• how physicist Steven Jones found traces of Thermate in the Wtc dust from 9/11

• the testimony of Barry Jennings and Michael Hess about what they saw and heard at WTC Building #7

• why Fire Engineering magazine referred to the investigations in the collapse of the WTC buildings as a 'half- baked farce'.

• the Able Danger project and why Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and others were not allowed to testify

• the fact the FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has had a gag order placed on her regarding her knowledge of americans (including politicians) being involved in 9/11

• the statements of all of the government, intelligence and military officials from www.patriotsquestion911.com

• the eyewitness testimony of many, many firefiighters, policemen, and other first responders and the fact that they heard multiple explosions going off that day

• the eyewitness testimony of William Rodriguez and why after giving 3+ hours of testimony to the 9/11 Commission regarding sub basement level explosions prior to the first airplane strike his testimony wasn't even mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.

and the list goes on and on and on...

 
at 2:12 PM, December 08, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are a tin foil hat-wearing nutjob. Mel Gibson's character in "Conspiracy Theory" made more sense than you. I hope the FBI monitors your every keystroke, you traitor.

 
at 2:26 PM, December 08, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ron Paul is an alien. Just Google 'Ron Paul' and 'alien' and see what turns up...

Not for the faint of heart, I assure you...

 
at 7:05 PM, December 08, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Anon at 2:12pm and Cincy911traitorguy at 2:26pm.

Have you ever considered looking at the evidence?

First start off with this website:
www.patriotsquestion911.com.

Then explain to me why all of these military officials, government officials, former CIA personnel, scientists, engineers, architects, college professors and many other intelligent people feel that the official government story is not true and why they believe that we need a new 9/11 investigation.

Are they ALL "tin foil hat wearing nutjobs?"

 
at 12:21 AM, December 10, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are a nutjob. Back to the padded room with your crayons.

 
at 9:36 AM, December 10, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

One simple question for you who continue to do nothing but call names.

Why can't you argue the evidence/points that I have listed?

Someone who simply calls another person names and cannot intelligently respond to the FACTS and QUESTIONS obviously doesn't have much of an argument. Could it be that you are UNABLE to counter the evidence and the claims made by all of the patriotic members listed on www.PatriotsQuestion911.com?

Anyone who believes in the slogan "My Country Right or Wrong!" cannot think logically and certainly has no sense of morals or ethics.

 
at 1:00 PM, December 10, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

I recommend Reynolds foil. It does the best job of keeping George Bush's mind control waves out of my cranium.

Here's how to make a tin foil hat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin-foil_hat

 
at 1:36 PM, December 10, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just as I thought. You're not bright enough to carry on an intelligent conversation with. I'm finished here.

 
at 12:42 AM, December 11, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

buh-bye moonbat

score one for our side

 
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