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		<title>Socialism, by any other name&#8230; is still Socialism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgrayless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s nice to know that there are a least a few people in Congress who really understand what is going on and are willing to call it what it is. Michele Bachmann and Mike Rogers are calling Congress out. Watch these two great videos. It amazes me that after speeches like this that the Libs <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2010/03/socialism-by-any-other-name-is-still-socialism/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s nice to know that there are a least a few people in Congress who really understand what is going on and are willing to call it what it is. Michele Bachmann and Mike Rogers are calling Congress out. Watch these two great videos. It amazes me that after speeches like this that the Libs can still get away with all their shenanigans and no one does anything. But, Michele hits the nail on the head&#8230;. it&#8217;s a &#8220;Gangster Government&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Blowout Sale on Scientific Facts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Evidently, the &#8220;scientific community&#8221; is having a garage sale. I put scientific community in quotes because, in reality what we see as the &#8220;scientific community&#8221; (see I did it again), is nothing more than an extension to special interest groups and mainstream media. I&#8217;m happy and flabbergasted (yes, I used that word) all at the <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2010/03/blowout-sale-on-scientific-facts/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Mercury.jpg"><img src="http://flockofsheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Mercury.jpg" alt="" title="Mercury poisoning" width="175" height="254" class="alignright size-full wp-image-230" /></a>Evidently, the &#8220;scientific community&#8221; is having a garage sale. I put scientific community in quotes because, in reality what we see as the &#8220;scientific community&#8221; (see I did it again), is nothing more than an extension to special interest groups and mainstream media. I&#8217;m happy and flabbergasted (yes, I used that word) all at the same time here, so I&#8217;m not really sure where to start. This plays right into the whole concept of &#8220;sheeple&#8221;, where people flock, first in small groups, then as an entire population to concepts and ideas&#8230; usually because they can&#8217;t think for themselves. Those ideas become accepted, then backed by mainstream figure-heads, then eventually get cited as facts.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take &#8220;global warming&#8221; for instance. Okay, fine, there might be some symptoms that the earth is currently in a slight warming phase (which is not the first time this has happened), however, the pseudo-science that is driving government and the green movement to focus on changing the very fabric of our lives and costing us insane taxes is an EXTREME stretch of the actual scientific data behind the whole concept. The entire mess is steeped in political special interests, large corporation involvement and corruption.</p>
<p>&#8220;But wait&#8221;, says the hemp-wearing, left-wing nazi treehugger, &#8220;You must be a conspiracy theorist. Can&#8217;t you see all the nice, nerdy-looking scientists that are doing their job. They&#8217;re telling us that this is serious and that if we don&#8217;t act now, our children&#8217;s children won&#8217;t have an earth to enjoy.&#8221; Meanwhile, green movement poster-boy Gore is sitting down enjoying a nice juicy steak and living it up in a very environmentally naughty home. I guess Gore missed the memo that stated that livestock make up the majority of the greenhouse gas problem. Oh well. I guess that&#8217;s good for him, because recently, it was exposed that the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704888404574547730924988354.html" target="new">IPCC was in a complete cover-up of global warming facts</a>. Turns out &#8220;global warming&#8221; is shorthand for &#8220;Socialist Special-Interest Political Control and Finance Board&#8221;. Aw, shucks, I guess it wasn&#8217;t science after all.</p>
<p>Global Warming papers for sale, $5.</p>
<p>So, on to a more recent issue. For quite some time there has been a heated debate over the whole mercury/autism link. My more &#8220;alternative health&#8221; associates (some probably wearing hemp), insist that mercury, in the form of thimerosal, in several vaccines are the primary cause of autism. The medical community insists that there is no proof behind that accusation and that there is much &#8220;scientific&#8221; (there, I did it again) support that there is absolutely, no way, no how, zero, zilch, nada, zero evidence that shows any link between autism and mercury.</p>
<p>Okay, before I continue mocking, let&#8217;s look at what we know to be true. Fact #1, mercury is a toxic poison, even in extremely small doses. Fact #2, mercury is in some of our vaccinations, at levels that are hundreds of times beyond what has been deemed safe. (Sidenote: Is there really a safe level of a poison anyway???&#8230; I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.) Okay, now that we have two facts that I believe everyone is comfortable with (By the way, if you don&#8217;t believe me, eat a thermometer&#8230; You&#8217;re mental hospital doctor will thank you later.)&#8230; Meanwhile, parents all over the world and country, and the alternative health community, have been complaining of mercury&#8217;s link to autism for decades. Despite Jenny McCarthy&#8217;s bare-breasted escapades and her marrying a man with a rubber face, she has valiantly put herself out there as a spokesperson on this topic. She, having a child with autism (as do I) and having done LOTS of research, decided to treat her child for the supposed &#8220;mercury poisoning&#8221; due to vaccinations&#8230; and she got results, EXTREME results. So much so, that her son is like a completely different kid. People who don&#8217;t have autistic children cannot possibly understand the nuance and struggles that autism brings, and for those symptoms to go away????</p>
<p>&#8220;That is what is called coincidence.&#8221;, says the book-smart, volvo-driving (wait, I actually like volvos, but I need this for the stereotype), Phd bearing, expresso-chugging, condo-dwelling bloviator, &#8220;It could have been anything that caused her son to turn around. How do you know it was actual autism? Psychologists can be wrong sometimes. Maybe just the change in diet is what fixed him. Did an actual doctor help you with this? There is no scientific link between mercury and autism. Don&#8217;t you read the medical journals? Don&#8217;t you trust your doctor when he recommends vaccinations? It&#8217;s people like you that poison the minds of innocent people into thinking that vaccinations are wrong when they are saving so many lives!!!&#8221; Whoah&#8230; </p>
<p>Side note: One thing to be made clear is that it&#8217;s not the vaccination itself that is the problem in question. It&#8217;s the preservative thimerosal that is put into the vaccinations.</p>
<p>Okay, okay, so it must be a fact then. The smart guy said it. Not to mention the media and medical doctors are putting so much effort into making Jenny McCarthy look bad. Why would they go through that much effort if they weren&#8217;t right (I hope you are sensing the sarcasm). With so many supporters of vaccinations, I suppose the only thing that would prove thimerosal as bad would be for the entire &#8220;scientific&#8221; basis on which the supporting argument was based on to completely fall apart.</p>
<p>Enter Dr. Paul Thorsen, quack and extortionator, being paid by the CDC to support their claims. Well, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/central-figure-in-cdc-vac_b_494303.html" target="new">he&#8217;s now disappeared, along with $2 million</a> and it&#8217;s now being shown that his &#8220;work&#8221; is a fraud and a scam. Most of the work in this area was based on his &#8220;findings&#8221; which are now useless. It&#8217;s conspiracy turned fact. You just can&#8217;t make this stuff up.</p>
<p>Thimerosal research papers for sale, $7.</p>
<p>The history of &#8220;scientific&#8221; corruption goes way, way back. Yet for some reason, we continue to buy into it. We believe any &#8220;latest&#8221; study. Eggs are bad&#8230; no they&#8217;re good&#8230; no they&#8217;re bad&#8230; good&#8230; bad..good. AAAAARRRH!!! Don&#8217;t people recognize that the research and commercials that tels you that milk (containing hormones, blood, puss, etc&#8230;) is good for you are done by the American Dairy Association. Or that research on the questionable canola oil (coming from a normally poisonous plant) is done by the Canola Growers Association. Same thing with aspartame, MSG, etc&#8230;. The list of this kind of paid-for-science is HUGE! Now, I&#8217;m not saying that there isn&#8217;t some good research among all of this, but please at least be conscious as a consumer that most of the research done on the products you consume is done by the entity who is making the money.</p>
<p>Based on recent findings, here is my new &#8220;scientific&#8221; research:</p>
<p>Scientific Fact = 2 part money + 1 parts special interest + 200 million idiot gullible sheeple</p>
<p>Please, don&#8217;t be a sheeple.</p>
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		<title>How to Get Stupid Children</title>
		<link>http://flockofsheeple.com/2010/02/how-to-get-stupid-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgrayless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow. I like Orson Scott Card, the author many great books, &#8220;Ender&#8217;s Game&#8221; being one of them. His article on education this month is awesome. His state of North Carolina is having major educational system issues and he spells it out in a VERY compelling rhetoric that we all should take the time to read. <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2010/02/how-to-get-stupid-children/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. I like Orson Scott Card, the author many great books, &#8220;Ender&#8217;s Game&#8221; being one of them. His article on education this month is awesome. His state of North Carolina is having major educational system issues and he spells it out in a VERY compelling rhetoric that we all should take the time to read. What is happening in North Carolina is just the tip of the iceberg of what is happening all over our country.</p>
<p>Check it out: <a href="http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2010-02-14-1.html">How to Get Stupid Children<a/>.</p>
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		<title>America Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgrayless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>There is so much happening right now in a America, it is hard to keep track of it all. What I find completely astounding, is that with so much political corruption (which has always existed, but especially in the last year), that our more conservative counterparts are not doing more, saying more&#8230; putting their foot <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2010/01/america-rising/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is so much happening right now in a America, it is hard to keep track of it all. What I find completely astounding, is that with so much political corruption (which has always existed, but especially in the last year), that our more conservative counterparts are not doing more, saying more&#8230; putting their foot down and blowing the whistle!</p>
<p>Well, Americans are sick of it. Yeah, okay, some of you aren&#8217;t&#8230; you&#8217;re blindly riding on the bandwagon screaming, &#8220;Yay, free health care!&#8221;, while the fabric of our freedom is slowly being shredded to bits. But for those of us who have our eyes wide open, this video is inspiring and I hope enough of the liberal politicians see it that they get nervous. They work for us, not the other way around.</p>
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		<title>Hondurans Make Their Voices Heard!</title>
		<link>http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/12/hondurans-make-their-voices-heard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Honduran Congress voted 111 to 14 not to reinstate Zelaya!</p>
<p>Prior to this the Hondurans came out in record numbers, when compared to prior elections, and the popular vote was in favor of Porfirio Lobo, a wealthy rancher from the opposition National Party. He overwhelmingly defeated Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party, which largely <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/12/hondurans-make-their-voices-heard/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Honduran Congress voted 111 to 14 not to reinstate Zelaya!</p>
<p>Prior to this the Hondurans came out in record numbers, when compared to prior elections, and the popular vote was in favor of Porfirio Lobo, a wealthy rancher from the opposition National Party. He overwhelmingly defeated Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party, which largely turned against Zelaya and supported his ouster.</p>
<p>Congratulations should be given to every Honduran for standing up against the Obama administration as well as almost every Latin and Spanish speaking nation that tried to force this country to go against their established laws and constitution. We should remember this scenario and know that this administration prefers theocrats and thugs in power over established capitalist societies.</p>
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		<title>As A Mom: Sisterhood of Mommy Patriots</title>
		<link>http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/10/as-a-mom-sisterhood-of-mommy-patriots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bgrayless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Inspired and motivated moms are making a difference. Evidently, many moms all over the country are fed up&#8230; not just with recent legislation, but with the continual government spending, corruption and apparent indoctrination of our children. After a segment on The Glenn Beck Show, one mom decided she&#8217;d had enough.</p>
<p>So, she started As A Mom. <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/10/as-a-mom-sisterhood-of-mommy-patriots/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://asamom.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://flockofsheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/asamom1.png" alt="asamom.org" title="asamom.org" width="250" height="167" class="alignright size-full wp-image-143" /></a>Inspired and motivated moms are making a difference. Evidently, many moms all over the country are fed up&#8230; not just with recent legislation, but with the continual government spending, corruption and apparent indoctrination of our children. After a segment on <a href="http://glennbeck.com" target="_blank">The Glenn Beck Show</a>, one mom decided she&#8217;d had enough.</p>
<p>So, she started <a href="http://asamom.org" target="_blank">As A Mom</a>. If you are a mom, I implore you to check this out and you will realize that you are not alone in your frustration and your feelings. You will find other moms, just like yourself that are using each other&#8217;s strengths to make a difference.</p>
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		<title>CVS/pharmacy&#8217;s Stance On Glenn Beck</title>
		<link>http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/10/cvspharmacys-stance-on-glenn-beck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Today I had the pleasant surprise of finding an email in my inbox from a CVS/pharmacy&#8217;s Customer Relations specialists. Why would CVS/pharmacy send me an email you might be wondering? Well, it is simple, but lets give some background first.</p>
<p>You have probably heard by now the famous claim Beck made on his show about Obama <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/10/cvspharmacys-stance-on-glenn-beck/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I had the pleasant surprise of finding an email in my inbox from a CVS/pharmacy&#8217;s Customer Relations specialists. Why would CVS/pharmacy send me an email you might be wondering? Well, it is simple, but lets give some background first.</p>
<p>You have probably heard by now the famous claim <a href="http://glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Beck</a> made on his show about Obama being a racist. After this statement was made an organization called Color of Change made it their crusade to have <a href="http://glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Beck</a> fired from <a title="FOX News" href="http://foxnews.com" target="_blank">FOX News</a>. This organization started contacting all companies that had advertised during his show, or in some cases had advertised on Fox News period, asking them if they had heard about the outlandish claim Beck had made and to support the boycott of him by removing their ads from airing during his cable show or Fox News in hopes of having him fired. Some companies have responded to this call for a boycott including: Wal-Mart, Saragento Cheese, Progressive Insurance, Radio Shack, Best Buy, and CVS/pharmacy to name a few.</p>
<p>Now when I heard about this boycott and that companies I frequent often agreed to pull their ads, I decided I would wrote them a letter explaining I would no longer be a customer of theirs. I stated that I would now support their competitors that have not taken part of this boycott. To be honest I never imagined I would hear from any of the companies, so you can imagine my surprise when I received the letter from CVS/pharmacy.</p>
<p>In the letter it was explained to me that CVS/pharmacy had actually never <em>&#8220;requested time on <a href="http://glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn Beck&#8217;s show</a> specifically&#8221;</em>, but after Beck&#8217;s statement they instructed their advertising agent to <em>&#8220;inform Fox to ensure Glenn Beck&#8217;s program is not part of our advertising plan&#8221;</em>. She explained that CVS/pharmacy&#8217;s <em>&#8220;position is simple and was not driven by taking sides in any political debate.  We support free speech of all kinds, and vigorous debate, especially around policy issues that affect millions of Americans.  But we expect the speech and the debate to be informed, inclusive and respectful, in keeping with our company&#8217;s core values and commitment to diversity.  In our view, Mr. Beck crossed the line.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-style: normal;">I was delighted to read what CVS/pharmacy&#8217;s position is on debate and how they will not advertise on any show that does not support their core values and commitment to diversity. Below is my response to CVS/pharmacy.</span></em></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am glad to hear that you &#8220;support free speech of all kinds, and vigorous debate, especially around policy issues that affect millions of Americans.  But we expect the speech and the debate to be informed, inclusive and respectful, in keeping with our company&#8217;s core values and commitment to diversity&#8221; seeing as this means you will never have your advertisements shown during any news conference where any of the democrats who have called grassroots participants Nazis. That would mean that whenever Pelosi is on air, we will never see a CVS/pharmacy commercial, since this would be against the core values and commitment to diversity.</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>I find great comfort knowing that if Harry Reid or almost all of the senate and House of Representatives are on the air, we will be sure never to see a CVS commercial since they have stated that the grassroots members were paid lobbyists by the oil and insurance companies, which was a blatant lie.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em> </em></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Thousands of citizens everywhere practiced their right to speak freely, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment and they (myself included along with several hundred friends) were called paid lobbyists, tea baggers, etc. All demeaning and disrespectful to the millions of citizens who got together to show their disapproval of what is going on.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>I am also grateful that we will never see a CVS commercial during the coverage of elections since we all know a majority of politicians lie, give false facts, and are not respectful to those that disagree with them, which is counter to CVS’s core values.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>The commitment from CVS to show equality by not showing their commercials during any show that has a political theme as inferred by the email I received is of the greatest comfort. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Thank you CVS for that promise.</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p>As my response indicates, I am thrilled and happy with the position that they are taking and hope that all companies will follow their lead! I honestly hope they will live to their word, but I doubt it.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Glenn Beck has ruffled a lot of feathers. He digs up facts and speaks his mind about them. He always has an opinion, and if you don&#8217;t have a sense for sarcasm, he can drive you nuts. One thing for sure can be said about Glenn&#8230; he fights for truth and will not hesitate to <a href="http://flockofsheeple.com/2009/09/defend-glenn/">[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn Beck</a> has ruffled a lot of feathers. He digs up facts and speaks his mind about them. He always has an opinion, and if you don&#8217;t have a sense for sarcasm, he can drive you nuts. One thing for sure can be said about <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn</a>&#8230; he fights for truth and will not hesitate to expose a dirty deed, from a conservative or liberal.</p>
<p>Well, evidently the media doesn&#8217;t like this (surprise, surprise!). The leftists are going crazy over him these days. <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn Beck</a> is turning up dirt and concocting new movements, including the <a href="http://www.the912project.com" target="_blank">912 Project</a> and the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&#038;streamingFormat=FLASH&#038;referralObject=9481678&#038;referralPlaylistId=playlist" target="_blank">&#8220;Refounding Fathers&#8221;</a>. He is making liberals nervous as people begin to question big government and remember the core principles and ideals on which this country was founded.</p>
<p><a href="http://defendglenn.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://flockofsheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/defend_glenn.jpg" alt="Defend Glenn" title="Defend Glenn" width="250" height="192" class="alignright size-full wp-image-104" /></a>So, what&#8217;s their response? Boycott. This kinda makes me chuckle, because normally, a bit of mudslinging or slander usually does the trick to stifle dissenters when the media is not happy them. Oh, they have tried that&#8230; but <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn Beck</a> takes it with a stride and preparation that I&#8217;ve never seen before. So, boycotting has become the answer. They are making huge efforts to get advertisers and others to boycott his show altogether, having advertising removed from his time slots. Many companies (<a href="http://apple.com" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="http://adt.com" target="_blank">ADT</a>, <a href="http://kfc.com" target="_blank">KFC</a>, <a href="http://usps.com" target="_blank">USPS</a>, etc&#8230;) are supporting <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com" target="_blank">Glenn</a>, however, many others (Walmart, CVS, Radio Shack) have taken it upon themselves to pull their advertising because they want his show off the air. In other words, these companies want to control what we can view on TV in our own homes.</p>
<p>As in many times past, it&#8217;s time to vote with our dollars. It&#8217;s time to make those simple and small decisions that create change in this country. To contact the companies that are pro (and thank them) or con (and shame them), visit <a href="http://defendglenn.com/advertisers.php" target="_blank">DefendGlenn.com</a> and see how you can help stop this cold in its tracks. If you are willing to take another step, use your dollars wisely to support those companies that support your freedom.</p>
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