After starting this project about 3 weeks ago, getting the flu in the process, the solar battery bank box is finally finished.
The box houses 4 Trojan T- 145 6 Volt deep cycle batteries, and all of the wiring that was previously exposed.
The aluminum construction of the box will provide better protection form the elements compared to the plastic boxes with bungee chord strapped lids, although they did last 6 years.
I also changed the face plate for the solar charge controller remote display, discarding the wood black painted panel with a aluminum panel.
I removed the Doc Watson gauge, and replaced it with a lighted digital meter so I can be read it in the dark.
The meter on the top left is also a new meter for the wind charger that will give a digital readout of the output from the wind charger when it is running.
Can't wait to see how it works, but that will have to wait for a couple of weeks.
Government Security Is Just Another Kind Of Violence
The senseless and horrific killings last week in Newtown, Connecticut
reminded us that a determined individual or group of individuals can
cause great harm no matter what laws are in place. Connecticut already
has restrictive gun laws relative to other states, including
restrictions on fully automatic, so-called “assault” rifles and gun-free
zones.
Predictably, the political left responded to the tragedy with
emotional calls for increased gun control. This is understandable, but
misguided. The impulse to have government “do something” to protect us
in the wake national tragedies is reflexive and often well
intentioned. Many Americans believe that if we simply pass the right
laws, future horrors like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting can be
prevented. But this impulse ignores the self evident truth that
criminals don't obey laws.
The political right, unfortunately, has fallen into the same trap in
its calls for quick legislative solutions to gun violence. If only we
put armed police or armed teachers in schools, we’re told, would-be
school shooters will be dissuaded or stopped.
While I certainly agree that more guns equals less crime and that private gun ownership prevents many shootings,
I don’t agree that conservatives and libertarians should
view government legislation, especially at the federal level, as the
solution to violence. Real change can happen only when we commit
ourselves to rebuilding civil society in America, meaning a society
based on family, religion, civic and social institutions, and peaceful
cooperation through markets. We cannot reverse decades of moral and
intellectual decline by snapping our fingers and passing laws.
Let’s not forget that our own government policies often undermine
civil society, cheapen life, and encourage immorality. The president
and other government officials denounce school violence, yet still
advocate for endless undeclared wars abroad and easy abortion at
home. U.S. drone strikes kill thousands, but nobody in America holds
vigils or devotes much news coverage to those victims, many of which are
children, albeit, of a different color.
Obviously I don’t want to conflate complex issues of foreign policy
and war with the Sandy Hook shooting, but it is important to make the
broader point that our federal government has zero moral authority to
legislate against violence.
Furthermore, do we really want to live in a world of police
checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners, and warrantless physical searches? We
see this culture in our airports: witness the shabby spectacle of once
proud, happy Americans shuffling through long lines while uniformed
TSA agents bark orders. This is the world of government provided
"security," a world far too many Americans now seem to accept or even
endorse.
School shootings, no matter how horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in America.
Do we really believe government can provide total security? Do we
want to involuntarily commit every disaffected, disturbed, or alienated
person who fantasizes about violence? Or can we accept that liberty is
more important than the illusion of state-provided security?
Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really
wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society
would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would
require total state control over its citizens’ lives. We shouldn’t
settle for substituting one type of violence for another
. Government role is to protect liberty, not to pursue unobtainable safety.
Our freedoms as Americans preceded gun control laws, the TSA, or the Department of Homeland Security.
Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference, not by safety.
It is easy to clamor for government security when terrible things happen; but liberty is given true meaning when we support it without exception, and we will be safer for it.
Somebody Picked The Wrong Diner
25 Facts That The Mainstream Media Doesn't Really Want To Talk About Right Now
The following are 25 facts that the mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about right now… #1 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that gun sales are absolutely skyrocketing in the aftermath of the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
#2 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk
about the fact that disarming the population has resulted in some of the
most horrific massacres in human history. The following is from the Warrior Times…
1911 – Turkey disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1915 – 1917 they murdered 1.5 million Armenians.
1929 – Russia disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1929 – 1953 they murdered 20 million Russians.
1935 – China disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1948 – 1952 they murdered 20 million Chinese.
1938 – Germany disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1939 – 1945 they murdered 16 million Jews.
1956 – Cambodia disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1975 – 1977 they murdered 1 million Educated people.
1964 – Guatamala disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1964 – 1981 they murdered 100,000 Mayan Indians.
1970 – Uganda disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1971 – 1979 they murdered 300,000 Christians.
#4 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that volcanoes all along the Ring of Fire are roaring to life. It seems like a new eruption is being reported every few days now. In fact, a red alert has just been issued for a massive volcano that sits along the border between Chile and Argentina.
#5 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk
about the fact that the use of genetically engineered seeds has caused
on explosion of new “super weeds” that are incredibly difficult for farmers to kill.
#6 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that renowned trends forecaster Gerald Celente is predicting a “financial disaster” in 2013.
#7 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that it is easier to get into Harvard than it is to get a job as a flight attendant in America today.
#8 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that nearly 400 TSA employees have been fired for stealing from travelers since 2003.
#9 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that giant corporations such as Facebook are funneling gigantic amounts of money through offshore banking havens such as the Cayman Islands in an effort to avoid taxes.
#10 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the U.S. dollar is in danger of losing its status as the primary reserve currency of the world.
#11 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk
about the fact that Barack Obama has gone off to vacation in Hawaii
while the rest of the nation hopes for a fiscal cliff deal to get done.
Of course the mainstream media has to mention that he is on vacation
because they always keep track of what the president does, but they are
not making a big deal out of it because they love Obama. And it sounds
like Obama is having quite a good time on his little vacation…
The president is expected to indulge in some of his
favorite pastimes on the island where he was born and raised: golf, an
expedition for the local treat “shave ice,” and an evening out with
family and friends. He hit the links at the nearby Marine Corps base
under sunny skies on Saturday afternoon.
#12 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that there are government websites that give immigrants instructions about how to come over to our country and apply for welfare.
#13 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the U.S. economy is losing millions of jobs
to nations where it is legal to pay workers slave labor wages. The
mainstream media is totally married to the one world economic agenda
that their corporate owners make so much money from, and so they say
nothing as a steady stream of businesses and jobs continue to leave the
country.
#14 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the recent tax increase is causing large numbers of wealthy individuals to consider moving out of the state of California.
#15 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that hunger and poverty are absolutely exploding in the United States at the same time that they are telling us that the economy is “recovering”.
#16 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that North Korea now has a three-stage rocket with enough range to potentially hit the western United States.
#17 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the United States Postal Service is losing 25 million dollars a day and is on the verge of financial collapse.
#18 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk
about the fact that our biggest oil supplier in the Middle East, Saudi
Arabia, still kills people for changing religions.
#19 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that political correctness is taking over America. The truth is that the media does not see any problem with that at all.
#20 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that nearly half a million employees of the federal government are making more than $100,000 a year.
#21 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the birth rate in the United States fallen to an all-time low. The elite are actually absolutely thrilled that less babies are being born.
#22 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that violent crime in the United States increased by 18 percent in 2011 and that many major U.S. cities are seeing violent crime totally spiral out of control.
#23 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that Barack Obama received more than 99 percent of the vote in more than 100 precincts in Ohio on election day.
#24 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk
about the fact that during the first four years of the Obama
administration, the U.S. national debt grew by about as much as it did
from the time that George Washington took office to the time that George W. Bush took office.
#25 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the Federal Reserve
created the conditions for the last financial crisis and their
mismanagement of the economy has now brought us to the verge of another
horrible economic downturn. According to the mainstream media, the
Federal Reserve is “above politics” and should not be criticized.
Since the middle of the week I have been slowed down by this year's flu virus.
Before pretty much shutting down (staying inside ugh)
I took some photos of the new combiner boxes I need for the new battery box on the camper.
Simple DIY combiner boxes made from common parts found at the big box building stores.
This is a common electrical box that is the narrow variety, that you would use in a home outlet.
The two lugs will stack on each other, the holes will line up, making it so they are connected togather, giving 4 clamping spots for the wires to be combined.
This shows a lug positioned in the center of the box, then drilling a hole to enable bolting togather both lugs.
After drilling the hole flip over the box, use a countersink cutter to countersink the hole so the tapered bolt will be flush with the back of the box.
This will prevent possible shorting, you could also cover with electrical tape or silicone to prevent metal touching..
The bolt is 1/4" x 20, 1 inch long
After counter sinking, install the bolt, add the lugs, tighten them down with a ny-lock nut you are ready to punch out the access holes of the box, add wires.
Pretty simple and cheap
For outdoor use purchase blank plastic covers.
To weatherproof the areas where the wires come through, use silicone to seal the ports.
I have used these since 2006, they are still going strong
I should mention that you need 2 of these boxes for a 12 volt or direct current system ..One Positive ..One Negative
View of a combiner box installed in the new battery box
The black piece at the top is a shunt that is added for monitoring the output of the wind charger (more on that later)
This is one of the old combiner boxes being replaced it too large for the new box.
A preview of the new box, setting on the frame, mocking up for mounts.
The new and improved trailer hitch for the boat is finally finished, the receiver was moved rearward, making it much easier to hook up the boat, and the much stronger cross-member should do the trick .
Now onto the battery bank
This is the old mounting board that I installed back in 2005 to hold the 6 volt batteries for the off grid power system that has evolved over time.
Looks pretty bad..... huh
I have been increasingly nervous about the strength of the treated lumber board carrying the 4 six volt batteries that weigh about 75 lbs each.
Here are the 4 trogan T-145 six volt deep cycle batteries that are used as the power storage system to run the trailer when we are off-grid (which we like to do)
The new "rack" is made of aluminum.
This photo shows the mock up process of building the new rack.
This is the hole that the batteries need to fit in..
While upgrading the battery rack, we are also adding connections to the solar system to enable us to add additional solar panels to the system, in remote locations, and during cloudy days when a little more capacity would be welcome .
Also, a new connection for the wind charger, along with a digital meter to indicate the amount of power going to the batteries when it is operating.
What I was taught, what most
people my age were taught, maybe even many of you were taught, the
Pilgrims got to the New World, they didn't know what to do. They didn't
know how to feed themselves. They were escaping tyranny, but they got
here, and the Indians, who were eventually to be wiped out, taught them
how to do everything, fed them and so forth. They had this big feast
where they sat down and thanked the Indians for saving their lives and
apologized for taking their country and eventually stealing Manhattan
from 'em.
But that's not what really happened.
"The story of the Pilgrims begins in the early part of the seventeenth
century ... The Church of England under King James I was persecuting
anyone and everyone who did not recognize its absolute civil and
spiritual authority. Those who challenged ecclesiastical authority and
those who believed strongly in freedom of worship were hunted down,
imprisoned, and sometimes executed for their beliefs. A group of
separatists first fled to Holland and established a community. After
eleven years, about forty of them agreed to make a perilous journey to
the New World, where they would certainly face hardships, but could live
and worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences.
"On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102
passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the
journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just
and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of
their religious beliefs.
Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in
the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible.
The Pilgrims were a
people completely steeped in the lessons of the Old and New Testaments.
They looked to the ancient Israelites for their example.
"And, because of the biblical precedents set forth in Scripture, they
never doubted that their experiment would work.
But this was no
pleasure cruise, friends.
The journey to the New World was a long and
arduous one.
And when the Pilgrims landed in New England in November,
they found -- according to Bradford's detailed journal -- a cold,
barren, desolate wilderness.
There were no friends to greet them, he
wrote.
There were no houses to shelter them.
There were no inns where
they could refresh themselves.
And the sacrifice they had made for
freedom was just beginning
During the first winter, half the Pilgrims
-- including Bradford's own wife -- died of either starvation, sickness
or exposure.
When spring finally came, Indians taught the settlers how
to plant corn, fish for cod and skin beavers for coats.
"Life improved for the Pilgrims, but they did not yet prosper!
This
is important to understand because this is where modern American history
lessons often end.
Thanksgiving is actually explained in some textbooks
as a holiday for which the Pilgrims gave thanks to the Indians for
saving their lives." That's not what it was.
"Here is the part that has been omitted: The original contract the
Pilgrims had entered into with their merchant-sponsors in London called
for everything they produced to go into a common store, and each member
of the community was entitled to one common share." It was a commune.
It was socialism. "All of the land they cleared and the houses they
built belonged to the community as well," not to the individuals who
built them.
"Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized
that this form of collectivism was as costly and destructive to the
Pilgrims as that first harsh winter, which had taken so many lives.
He
decided to take bold action. Bradford assigned a plot of land to each
family to work and manage." They could do with it whatever they wanted.
He essentially turned loose the free market on 'em. "Long before Karl
Marx was even born, the Pilgrims had discovered and experimented with
what could only be described as socialism." And they found that it
didn't work.
"What Bradford and his community found was that the most creative and
industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone
else," because everybody ended up with the same thing at the end of the
day. "But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting
with socialism for well over a hundred years -- trying to refine it,
perfect it, and re-invent it -- the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap
it permanently.
What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should
be in every schoolchild's history lesson. 'The experience that we had in
this common course and condition,' Bradford wrote. 'The experience that
we had in this common course and condition tried sundry years... that
by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth,
would make them happy and flourishing -- as if they were wiser than God.
... For this community [so far as it was] was found to breed much
confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have
been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and
fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time
and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any
recompense.'"
What he was saying was, they found that people could not expect to do
their best work without any incentive.
So what did they try next?
Free
enterprise.
"Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work
and permitted to market its own crops and products. And what was the
result? 'This had very good success,' wrote Bradford, 'for it made all
hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would
have been.'" They had miraculous results.
In no time they found
they had more food than they could eat themselves.
So they set up
trading posts.
They exchanged goods with the Indians.
The profits
allowed them to pay off the people that sponsored their trip in London.
The success and the prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted
more Europeans, began what became known as the great Puritan migration.
And they shared their bounty with the Indians. Actually, they sold
some of it to 'em. The true story of Thanksgiving is how socialism
failed.
With all the great expectations and high hopes, it failed.
And
self-reliance, rugged individualism, free enterprise, whatever you call
it, resulted in prosperity that they never dreamed of.
During the trip to the Pheasant Hunting grounds last month, to do some pheasant hunting and some fishing.
I left on the Thursday before opening day, around 11am. (good thing)
Traveling down the road (I-76) getting close to Atwood, traveling in the left lane
( because the right lane is so rough it is unbearable )
I fellow passing me, signaled I had a problem.
Pulled over, got out and checked the trailers. I was horrified of what I found.
At first I found ANOTHER flat tire in the right front of the camper, I go to the back and find the hitch for the boat barely still attached to the camper.
I checked where I was on the gps, 5 miles to the truck stop at Atwood. Took the shoulder for the five miles hoping the boat would not detach and cause an accident.
I made it to the truck stop without any more damage. (Thank goodness)
I changed the flat tire, spoke with the manager, she gave me permission to leave the boat there, until I could return.
I made it to the camp spot without any more troubles. Quickly set up the trailer.
By this time it is getting dark.
Began the trip back to the truck stop, almost hit a deer at the Colorado / Nebraska border. Made it to the boat without almost hitting anymore wildlife. Hooked up the boat and traveled back to the trailer.
I arrived at 9 pm., long day for both the dogs and their buddy.
So, to make a long story somewhat short, below is the new and improved hitch which I believe will NOT try to fall off.
Rear bumper removed to check out the damage
Right frame rail where the metal broke
Left frame rail where the hitch was hanging on by a thread
The rebuilt hitch with new brackets on the welding bench
The new bracket will be much stronger
I added 2 new brackets that will prevent any twisting in the future
So, now, we are doing many more improvements to the trailer since the weather has been sooo good.
I will show them soon.
We are hoping to be back in the hunting areas possibly next week.. and bring the boat back home.
Although you can't break it down and carry it in the suburban, it does not have solar power, or neon lights.
BUT, .....................It is pretty cool
A chorus of cheers rings out the minute you pull
up. Tailgating will never be the same now that your Bulleit Frontier
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We started to cook the loose 4 lbs of burger on the rocket stove, and 8 patties on the charcoal cooker.
The 4 lbs of burgers was cooked way before the patties were.
This was a good experiment, the next stove will have a couple revisions, we also found that using small sticks works much better than trying to use larger pieces of wood.
By Michael Snyder The American Dream
November 14, 2012 After what we have seen this November, how is any American ever supposed to trust the integrity of our elections ever again?
There were over 70,000 reports of voting problems on election day,
and there are numerous eyewitnesses that claim that they saw voting
machines change votes for one candidate to another candidate right in
front of their eyes.
In several of the swing states there were counties where the number
of registered voters exceeded the total voting age population by a very
wide margin.
How in the world does that happen? Some of the vote totals that were
reported in some of the most important swing states were completely and
totally absurd, and yet we are just supposed to accept them on blind
faith without ever being able to ask any questions.
Of course the Romney campaign has already totally given up, so it
isn’t as if there is any chance that the results of the presidential
election could be overturned anyhow. But if massive election fraud did
take place and nobody is held accountable, what kind of message will
that send for the future?
Will we ever be able to have faith in the integrity of our elections ever again?
The following are 22 signs that voter fraud is wildly out of control and the election was a sham… #1 According to the Election Protection Coalition, voters across the United States reported more than 70,000 voting problems by 5 PM Eastern time on election day. #2 There were 59 voting divisions
in the city of Philadelphia where Mitt Romney did not receive a single
vote. In those voting divisions, the combined vote total was 19,605 for
Barack Obama and 0 for Mitt Romney. #3 The overall voter turnout rate in Philadelphia was only about 60 percent. But in the areas of Philadelphia where Republican poll watchers were illegally removed, the voter turnout rate was over 90% and Obama received over 99% of the vote. Officials in Philadelphia have already ruled out an investigation. #4 According to WND,
one poll watcher in Pennsylvania actually claims that he witnessed
voting machine software repeatedly switch votes from Mitt Romney to
Barack Obama…
It was in Upper Macungie Township, near Allentown,
Pa., where an auditor, Robert Ashcroft, was dispatched by Republicans to
monitor the vote on Election Day. He said the software he observed
would “change the selection back to default – to Obama.” He said that happened in about 5 percent to 10 percent of the votes. He said the changes appeared to have been made by a software program. Ashcroft said the format for computer programming has a default
status, and in this case it appeared to be designating a vote for Obama
each time it went to default.
#5 Somehow Mitt Romney won 55 out of the 67 counties in the state of Pennsylvania
and still managed to lose the entire state by a wide margin because of
the absurd vote totals that Obama ran up in the urban areas. #6 Barack Obama received more than 98 percent of the vote in 10 out of the 50 wards in the city of Chicago. #7 Prior to the election, voters in the states of Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Ohio all reported that voting machines were switching their votes for Romney over to Obama. #8 There were more than 50 precincts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio where Mitt Romney received 2 votes or less. #9 There were more than 100 precincts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio where Barack Obama received more than 99 times the votes that Mitt Romney did. #10 Barack Obama also received more than 99% of the vote in a number of very important precincts down in Broward County, Florida. #11 Wood County, Ohio (which Obama won) has a voting age population of 98,213, but somehow 106,258 voters were registered to vote on election day. #12 Ten counties in the swing state of Colorado have a voter registration rate of more than 100%. #13 Barack Obama did not win in a single state that absolutely requires a photo I.D. in order to vote. #14 In Ohio, two election judges were caught allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots. #15 Many Ohio voters that showed up at the polls on election day were surprised when they were informed that they had already voted. #16 In fact, there were reports all over the nation of people being unable to vote because records showed that they had already voted. #17 According to U.S. Representative Allen West, there were numerous “voting irregularities” in St. Lucie County, Florida on election day…
“The thing that spurred our curiosity in our race was
the fact that at 1 o’clock in the morning on Election Night, all of a
sudden there was a 4,000-vote swing that took me from being ahead to put
the lead into my opponent’s hands.”
#18 In Wisconsin, there were allegations that Obama voters were actually being bussed in from out of state…
The Democrats stationed a self described “BIG Chicago
pro bono attorney” as one of their two observers at this small polling
place. He remained at the polling place from 7:00 a.m. until well after
8:p.m. …..A high priced CHICAGO attorney, sitting in a Sheboygan
WISCONSIN polling place, observing wards comprised of 1500 voters? ….
WHY??? Why would someone from Chicago be observing in Sheboygan Wisconsin?
And WHY at such a small polling place? Finally, isn’t it interesting
that this would occur at the VERY polling place in which all of the
above described events ALSO occurred? AGAIN WHY WOULD A CHICAGO ATTORNEY
BE OBSERVING AN ELECTION POLLING PLACE WITH FEWER THAN 1500 VOTERS IN
IT, IN SHEBOYGAN WISCONSIN? Of all the places where there has been
suspected voting irregularities, and OUTRIGHT FRAUD throughout the
ENTIRE United States, WHY HERE? WHY SHEBOYGAN? WHY THIS SMALL WARD? This lawyer spent the day running in and out making, and taking
calls, which coincidentally then coincided with influxes of groups of
individuals by the van and bus loads, coming in to register, AND VOTE,
using what appeared to be copied Allient energy bills. These individuals
often did not have photo I.D.’s, could not remember their own addresses
without looking at the paper, and became easily tripped, confused and
annoyed when questioned. Many of these same individuals, just so happened to be dressed
in/wearing CHICAGO BEARS apparel, and whom openly discussed “catching
busses back to Chicago” with each other, with poll workers, via their
cell phones in the lobby area just outside the polling place, as well as
in the parking lot, both before and AFTER registering and voting. One woman was dressed head to toe in CHICAGO BEARS apparel including perfectly manicured BEARS fake fingernails! She complained because registering was taking too long and she had to hurry up to catch her bus back to Chicago. We have photos of these people in vehicles with plates from
different states, photos of them leaving the polls, and other
irregularities.
#19 Prior to election day, an Obama for America staffer was caught on video trying to help someone register to vote in more than one state. #20 It is being alleged that unions in Nevada have been registering illegal immigrants and pressuring them to vote. #21 According to townhall.com,
there was a systematic effort by the Obama campaign to suppress the
military vote because they knew that most military votes would go
against Obama…
Aiding Obama’s win was a devious suppression of the conservative vote. The conservative-leaning military vote has decreased
drastically since 2010 due to the so-called Military Voter Protection
Act that was enacted into law the year before. It has made it so
difficult for overseas military personnel to obtain absentee ballots
that in Virginia and Ohio there has been a 70% decrease in requests for
ballots since 2008. In Virginia, almost 30,000 fewer overseas military
voters requested ballots than in 2008. In Ohio, more than 20,000 fewer
overseas military voters requested ballots. This is significant
considering Obama won in both states by a little over 100,000 votes.
#22 According to the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, it appears that thousands of military votes from this election will never be counted at all.
So what do you think about all of this?
Do you still believe that elections in America are fair and honest?
For the last couple of weeks I have been researching rocket stoves, I decided to build one on the cheap using stuff I had laying around, I wanted to make one that I could take camping, using it to cook, boil water, maybe even make attachments to for a water heater.
So, here is the first one (prototype) to play with and learn the good and bad of these things.
The five gallon an is filled with perlite purchased from Home Depot (in the garden dept)
The rectangle tubing measures 4 inches wide by 3 inches wide, the chimney is 4 inch round pipe
The can is an empty 5 gallon lacquer thinner can.
A rocket stove burns pretty hot and uses sticks to burn instead of larger amounts of wood.
As many of you folks know we have had a small business for the last 18 years,
Things are pretty bleak now.
When It was reported a few years ago that the number of so called Americans were now receiving govt (without any contribution to the system although It is a ponsi system) checks exceeded 50% the nation would be lost..
This list is only the ones that these media folks know about, what about the ones nobody knows or cares about?
Guess they were right....
Share This Massive List Of Post-Election Firings And Layoffs With Everyone You Can
By Michael, on November 9th, 2012
The
victory by Barack Obama on election night has resulted in a huge wave
of firings and layoffs all over America. A large number of businesses
seem to have suddenly shifted into panic mode. The number of layoff
announcements that we have seen in the last 48 hours has been absolutely
shocking. So why is this happening? Well, the truth is that the
federal government is absolutely suffocating small businesses all over
America with rules, regulations and taxes. If you have never tried to
run a small business, then you have no idea how oppressive this system
actually is for people that are trying to run small businesses
successfully. It has steadily gotten worse over the years no matter who
has been in the White House and no matter who has controlled Congress.
So we shouldn't put 100% of the blame on Obama. Bush massively
expanded government and made things harder on small business people
too. But what many small business people were looking for on this
election day was just a little bit of help. Many were desperately
holding out hope that Obamacare would be repealed so that they would not
have to get rid of some of their employees. Many were hoping to get a
little bit of relief from the crippling regulations and taxes that are
absolutely crushing them. But now that Barack Obama has been given
another four years, they understand that there is no hope on the horizon
and that things are only going to get worse. So they are making the
hard decisions that they feel are necessary in order to survive in this
economic environment.
And I certainly don't blame them. You only want to have employees if
you can make a profit on them. And in this environment it is getting
harder than ever to make a profit on an employee. You see, the truth is
that what you cost your employer goes far beyond your salary or your
hourly wage. I think many of you would be absolutely shocked if you
learned how much it actually costs your employer to employ you. And now
thanks to Obamacare, that cost is going to go up even more.
Many businesses are not even feasible at all in this economic
environment. Many small businesses had been holding out hope that
somehow this election might turn things around and make it possible for
them to keep going, but when Obama won it was kind of like the straw
that broke the camel's back.
You can't do what the federal government and the state governments
are doing to us and expect to have a thriving economy. They are choking
the life out of us.
New businesses and small businesses are supposed to be at the heart
of our economic system. Unfortunately, the environment that has been
created is absolutely killing them. This is a recipe for disaster.
In a previous article, I noted that the number of jobs created at new businesses in 2010 in the United States was less than half of what it was back in the year 2000.
Now we can expect that number to get even worse and we can expect
large numbers of small businesses to shrink in size or close their doors
completely.
The following is a list of some of the post-election firings and layoffs that we have seen since Tuesday night... #1Utah
A Utah coal company owned by a vocal critic of President Barack Obama has laid off 102 miners. The layoffs at the West Ridge Mine are effective immediately,
according to UtahAmerican Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Murray Energy
Corp. They were announced in a short statement made public Thursday, two
days after Obama won re-election. The layoffs are necessary because of the president's "war on
coal," the statement said. The slogan is one used frequently during the
election by Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray, who was an ardent supporter
of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. In its statement, UtahAmerican Energy blames the Obama
administration for instituting policies that will close down "204
American coal-fired power plants by 2014" and for drastically reducing
the market for coal.
I work for the oldest and largest health insurer in
the state of Ohio in the underwriting department. At 9 a.m.this morning,
my department (about 50) were called into a meeting in the executive
boardroom. We were informed that due to a provision in the healthcare
'reform' effective 2014 called guarantee issue, our services would no
longer be needed, and we were offered severance So Obama got to keep
his job, and we lost ours. It is maddening that some tyrant 400 miles
away can have such a ruinous effect on peoples lives.
A Las Vegas business owner with 114 employees fired
22 workers today, apparently as a direct result of President Obama’s
re-election. “David” (he asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons) told
Host Kevin Wall on 100.5 KXNT that “elections have consequences” and
that “at the end of the day, I need to survive.” Here’s an excerpt from the interview. Click the audio tab below to hear even more from this compelling conversation: “I’ve done my share of educating my employees. I never tell them
which way to vote. I believe in the free system we have, I believe in
the right to choose who they want to be president, but I did explain as a
business owner that I have always put my employees first. I always made
sure that when I went without a paycheck that [I] made sure they were
paid. And I explained that I always put them first and unfortunately I’m
at a point where I’m being forced to have to worry about me and my
family now and a business that I built from just me to 114 employees.
#4 Posted below is a list of layoff headlines from the past few days that was posted on AmericanThinker.com...
Obama was "fired up" and so were the voters, and so
now, the mass firings begin. Here's a collection of today's headlines.
Please say a prayer for the families who will be suffering. Had Romney
won, many of these companies would now be hiring. Teco Coal officials announce layoffs Momentive Inc plans temporary layoffs for 150 Wilkes-Barre officials to announce mandatory layoffs 600 layoffs at Groupon More layoffs announced at Aniston Weapons Incinerator Murray Energy confirms 150 layoffs at 3 subsidiaries 130 laid off in Minnesota dairy plant closure Stanford brake plant to lay off 75 Turbocare, Oce to lay off more than 220 workers ATI plans to lay off 172 workers in North Richland Hills SpaceX claims its first victims as Rocketdyne lays off 100 Providence Journal lays off 23 full-time employees CVPH lays off 17 New Energy lays off 40 employees 102 Utah miners laid off because of 'war on coal', company says US Cellular drops Chicago, cuts 640 jobs Career Education to cut 900 jobs, close 23 campuses Vestas to cut 3,000 more jobs First Energy to cut 400 jobs by 2016 Mine owner blames Obama for layoffs (54 fired last night) Canceled program costs 115 jobs at Ohio air base AMD trims Austin workforce - 400 jobs slashed 100 workers lose jobs as Caterpillar closes plant in Minnesota Exide to lay off 150 workers TE Connectivity to close Guilford plant, lay off 620 More Layoffs for Major Wind Company (3,000 jobs cut) Cigna to lay off 1,300 workers worldwide Ameridose to lay off hundreds of workers
Dana Holding Corp. As recently as a week ago, a global auto parts manufacturing
company in Ohio known as Dana Holding Corp., warned their employees of
potential layoffs, citing "$24 million over the next six years in
additional U.S. health care expenses". After laying off several white
collar staffers, company insiders
have hinted at more to come. The company will have to cover the
additional $24 million cost somehow, which will likely equate to
numerous cuts in their current workforce of 25,500 worldwide. Stryker One of the biggest medical device manufacturers in the world,
Stryker will close their facility in Orchard Park, New York, eliminating
96 jobs in December. Worse, they plan on countering the medical device
tax in Obamacare by slashing 5% of their global workforce - an estimated 1,170 positions. Boston Scientific In October of 2009, Boston Scientific CEO Ray Elliott, warned that
proposed taxes in the health care reform bill could "lead to
significant job losses" for his company. Nearly two years later,
Elliott announced that the company would be cutting anywhere between 1,200 and 1,400 jobs, while simultaneously shifting investments and workers overseas - to China. Medtronic In March of 2010, medical device maker Medtronic warned that Obamacare taxes could result in a reduction of precisely 1,000 jobs. That plan became reality when the company cut 500 positions over the summer, with another 500 set for the end of 2013. Others A short list of other companies facing future layoffs at the hands of Obamacare:
Smith & Nephew - 770 layoffs
Abbott Labs - 700 layoffs
Covidien - 595 layoffs
Kinetic Concepts - 427 layoffs
St. Jude Medical - 300 layoffs
Hill Rom - 200 layoffs
A lot of other businesses are going to reduce the number of employees
they have or reduce the average work week in order to avoid the
Obamacare insurance coverage mandate that will soon be implemented.
This is how CNSNews.com describes the choice that many employers will be facing...
That section, known as the employer mandate, requires
any business with 50 or more full-time employees to provide at least
the minimum level of government-defined health coverage to those
employees. In other words, a business must provide insurance if it has 50 or more employees working an average of just 30 hours per week, which is 10 hours per week fewer than the traditional 40-hour work week. Thus, by cutting employees’ hours to ensure they average less
than the 30 per week, employers could potentially avoid the cost of
providing the minimum insurance levels mandated by Obamacare.
So if your company trims the number of workers to just under 50 or
starts going to "29 hour work weeks", then you will know who to blame.
All of this is complete and utter insanity. We are committing national economic suicide.
But perhaps we deserve this. After all, Americans willingly chose
their leaders on election day. It is getting harder and harder to deny
that our politicians are truly a reflection of who we are as a nation.
The American people chose this path, and now we get to see where it leads us.
By Michael, on November 9th, 2012 
