Multiple Choice

This was set to me by a friend; the creator of it was anonymous. 

Here is a little multiple-choice test about intelligence in American politicians.

The rules are simple. I will give you a quote and you have to guess what great American said it. Your four choices are President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dan Quayle, or former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Good Luck.


   1) "Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin

  2) "I've now been in 57 states  I think one left to go."

  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


   3) "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes  and I see many of them in the audience here today."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  4) "What they'll say is, 'Well it costs too much money,' but you know what? It would cost, about. It  it it would cost about the same as what we would spend. It. Over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would costs us. (nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We're going to. It. It would cost us about the same as it would cost for about  hold on one second. I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up, though. I'm glad."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  5) "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  6) "I bowled a 129. It's like - it was like the Special Olympics, or something."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  7) "Of the many responsibilities granted to a president by our Constitution, few are more serious or more consequential than selecting a Supreme Court justice. The members of our highest court are granted life
tenure, often serving long after the presidents who appointed them. And they are charged with the vital task of applying principles put to paper more than 20 centuries ago to some of the most difficult questions of our time."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  8)  "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  9) "It was . interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of  I don't know what the term is in Austrian  wheeling and dealing."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  10) "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."


  A. Barack Obama
  B. George W. Bush

  C. Dan Quayle
  D. Sarah Palin


  I'm sorry.  This was a trick quiz.  All of the correct answers are the same person.  Each of these quotes are from President Barack Obama.  And now you know why he brings his teleprompter with him everywhere he goes...even when talking to a 6th grade class!!!


  How many of these quotes did you read about or hear from the mainstream media?  Do you think the mainstream media might have given more coverage to these statements had they been made by Sarah Palin? Or Dan Quayle? Or George W. Bush?


  The leader of the free world was elected because he reads well.

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Priest Lake summit featuring Jim Gotto, Robert Duvall, Duane Dominy and Jim Hodge

Priest Lake Pastry and Politics presents

Special Guest

Jim Gotto

Speaking on The Budget, Educational Reform and other issues facing the State Legislature

Representative Gotto is a freshman legislator just elected this past November, taking a house seat long occupied by a Democrat.  Jim is serving on the House Judiciary Committee and the House State & Local Government Committee. Jim also serves in the Metro Council representing Council District 12.

Followed by a panel discussion on  

THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN THE COUNTY: TN STATE FAIRGROUNDS

featuring 
Council members Jim Gotto (District 12), Robert Duvall (District 33), Duane Dominy (District 28) and Jim Hodge (District 30)

Robert Duvall

Duane Dominy

Jim Hodge

Gotto, Duvall, Dominy and Hodge are four of the conservative members of the Metro Council who have consistently stood firm for fiscal responsibility, private property rights and responsive government. They have been leaders of the effort to save the fairgrounds.

Fellowship, Pastry and Coffee 8:30 AM, meeting 9:00 AM

Priest Lake Pastry and Politics

Meets at

The Spirit of Life Church

 3646 Murfreesboro Pike
Antioch, TN

(map)

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West Nashville Summit featuring Michael Craddock and Kathleen Starnes

Rise and Shine

for the

West Nashville Eggs and Bacon Summit

with Special Guest

 Michael Craddock

speaking on his candidacy for Mayor, The State Fairgrounds, and important Issues facing Metro Government.

Michael is a two-term council member representing the 4th Councilmanic District. He has been a proponent of fiscal responsibility, private property rights and responsive government. He is expected to soon officially announce his candidacy for mayor.

Followed by 

Kathleen Starnes, Chairman of the Davidson County Republican Party

Speaking on "Inside the Republican Party" or "Everything you always wanted to know about the Republican Party were too embarrassed to ask."

History of the DCRP ~ Recent growth and success of the Party ~ Who governs the DCRP ~ Who makes up the Executive Committee ~ Who makes up the Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee ~ How one gets elected to the DCRP ~ How one gets elected to the Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee ~ Is one required to be a big contributor to qualify to serve on the TRP EC~ How does one get to be a delegate to the National Republican Party ~ What does it cost to become a delegate to the National Republican Party ~ Reflections on the 5th Congressional District race ~ Controversy and Conflicts in the Party ~ the upcoming Caucus ~ the upcoming Convention.  

This is your chance to learn and to ask the hard questions

Meeting at 

Shoney's

365 White Bridge Pike, Nashville

Saturday, February 19th

Fellowship, Dutch Treat Breakfast 8:30 AM, meeting 9:00 AM

Moderator: Matt Nemeth

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I JOIN FAMILY ACTION OF TENNESSEE IN OPPOSING THIS ORDINANCE:

The following is from Family Action Council. Please help defeat this bill. Rod

  

Metro Council for Nashville and Davidson County is set to vote this coming Tuesday, February 15th on an ordinance that would impose homosexual and gender identity (e.g. cross-dressing) personnel policies on businesses. If you don't live in Davidson County, this ordinance still affects you, so please keep reading.

 

Right now, if we don't begin to speak up, it appears they have the votes to pass it on second reading!  This ordinance, bad on a number of levels, needs to be defeated on second reading. We cannot risk what might happen on the third and final vote in two weeks. 

 

We have been working hard behind the scenes with business groups who are opposed, but so far they are not willing, as a group, to risk the ire of either politicians or the homosexual community.  

The bottom line is that a lot of folks are scared to be opposed to this for fear it will hurt their businesses.  Only a courageous few have stood up publicly.  So it looks like "we the people," the everyday people, will have to speak up. 

This issue raised by Metro's ordinance is not just about government approval of homosexual conduct or gender-related conduct.  Whatever one thinks about this issue, the fact is that the ordinance will impose additional requirements on businesses that will impede business growth, job creation, and intrastate commerce.  Businesses from around the state that want to bid on contracts being let by Metro for goods and services will have to choose between the economic opportunity these bid opportunities represent and controlling their own personnel policies.  These government-imposed personnel policies create a number of issues for businesses that can drive up their costs of doing business, costs that, in this case, will be passed on to taxpayers.  And to the extent that some businesses decide not to bid because of the increased regulation, the decrease in competition will also result in higher prices that will be passed on to taxpayers.  Our economy simply can't endure more government intrusion.  For more information about how Metro's ordinance will affect business and taxpayers, click here.

Please take a minute to email your Council member, or all of them if you can take the time, with this simple message:  "Please vote no on Ordinance BL2011-838."  Email addresses are listed below or if you want to email them through the City Council website, you can go to this link.

Thank you,

David Fowler, Esq.
President
Family Action of Tennessee, Inc.

Tim.garrett@nashville.gov                  Mike.jameson@nashville.gov

Megan.barry@nashville.gov               Erik.cole@nashville.gov

Charlie.tygard@nashville.gov             Karen.bennett@nashville.gov

Ronnie.steine@nashville.gov              Jim.forkum@nashville.gov

Jerry.maynard@nashville.gov                Rip.ryman@nashville.gov

Lonnell.matthews@nashville.gov        Darren.jernigan@nashville.gov

Frank.harrison@nashville.gov              Jim.gotto@nashville.gov

Walter.hunt@nashville.gov                 Carl.burch@nashville.gov

Michael.craddock@nashville.gov        Bruce.stanley@nashville.gov

Jamie.hollin@nashville.gov                 Phil.claiborne@nashville.gov

Anna.page@nashville.gov                  Sandra.moore@nashville.gov

Kristine.LaLonde@nashville.gov         Erica.gilmore@nashville.gov

Buddy.baker@nashville.gov               edith.langster@nashville.gov

Erick.crafton@nashville.gov                emily.evans@nashville.gov

Jason.holleman@nashville.gov          Sean.McGuire@nashville.gov

Greg.adkins@nashville.gov                randy.foster@nashville.gov

Duane.dominy@nashville.gov            vivian.wilhoite@nashville.gov

Jim.hodge@nashville.gov                   Parker.toler@nashville.gov

Sam.coleman@nashville.gov              Robert.duvall@nashville.gov

Carter.todd@nashville.gov                  bo.mitchell@nashville.gov

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ACT NOW! Curbing Teacher's Union Influence and Power

 I received this email today from Ken Marrero. This is an extremely important issue and I have been planning to post on this issue myself but time got away. I want to help get this message out as soon as possible so I am reposted this email from Ken. Ken Marrero is a local and national Tea Party leader and blogs at Blue Collar Muse. I value his opinion and trust his analysis. I agree with the content of this email.

Please, Please act now. Please make a phone call or email. If you can go, please show up on Wednesday.  I must work or I would be there myself. This is a great opportunity to effect real education reform by curtailing the destructive power of TEA and their affiliates. Rod

Folks,

I often send things to you FYI, For Your Information. Rarely do I ask that you do something other than what you might be motivated within yourself to do. This is one of those rare times. Please read the following and make sure this information finds its way into the inboxes, cell phones and feed readers of your readers and members. It is both critically important and time sensitive.

In the Senate, Jack Johnson is running SB113 this Wednesday. This is the Senate version of Debra Maggart's HB130 which takes away the TEA Union's ability to address issues such as salary, workplace conditions and more via collective bargaining. While such an ability may seem rather innocent and unimportant, it is anything but.

THE PROBLEM:

The ability to engage in collective bargaining for such things is a powerful advantage over the taxpayer in whose name the TEA is supposed to be acting. Just how much power is made more clear when one notes that no other state in the SouthEast has collective bargaining for its teachers. Only Tennessee. Further, in Tennessee, no other public union - regardless of how important it is to the public welfare - has the right to collective bargaining. Not even police officers and fire fighters.

Collective bargaining is about what is best for teachers. It is not about what is best for the children or about improving education. We should never forget that the TEA's purpose is to promote the cause of teachers. Full stop. Anything beyond that is gravy. And, as the NEA itself points out, is only done because they get paid for it.

Eliminating collective bargaining for the TEA is supported by the top business leaders from all across the state. Not, as the union would likely have you believe, because Big Business is in the pocket of the political Right. Unsurprisingly, they support it because, unlike the TEA, business in Tennessee has a direct and vested interest in having a well educated workforce. Since we all know what Tennessee's rankings are in education despite decades of increased spending and meeting union demands, perhaps it's time to question whether or not Tennessee is getting enough bang for its bucks. If Big Business is questioning the product the TEA and Public Schools are producing, perhaps there's a problem with production and not the end user.

Finally, the day to day, cumulative impact of collective bargaining being allowed into the schools produces the following results. Not that all of them are present at all times and everywhere. But these are things that are typically found where collective bargaining is present:

· require teacher pay be based on years of experience and level of education, not on performance

· make it virtually impossible to dismiss teachers for poor performance and/or misconduct 

· require principals to give advance notice to teachers before visiting classrooms to evaluate performance    

· limit the number of conferences and other forums in which teachers meet with parents

· give unions access to school mailboxes, bulletin boards, classrooms, and other facilities to use for their own purposes

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

Between now and Wednesday morning at 10AM Central:

Call these two members of the Senate Education Committee and let them know you want collective bargaining for teachers to end.

Sen. Rusty Crowe (Johnson City/Elizabethtn)-615-741-2468 sen.rusty.crowe@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Jamie Woodson (Knoxville) - 615-741-1648 -sen.jamie.woodson@capitol.tn.gov

The vote on Jack Johnson's bill in the Senate is going to be close. These two GOP Senators are seen as a little squishy and are the weak links in the chain of votes needed to get the bill out of Committee and to the floor for a vote. If the bill is let out of Committee, it will pass in the full Senate and the House. But if it dies in the Senate Committee, it will be dead - period. It is imperative that we get this bill out of Committee for a vote by the entire Senate.

Then, call (best option) or email your State Senator to let him know you want collective bargaining for the TEA to end.

Send this notice to all your mailing lists and get the people who look to you for information and encouragement fired up to do the same. It is a fact of politics that elected officials are influenced by direct contact from voters with opinions on legislation. The TEA has access to every teacher in the entire state and is burning up their email and phones with requests that collective bargaining be protected. We need to get calls and emails going the other way and we need to do it in the next two days. The Senate needs to know that Tennesseans support improving our education system and educating our kids as opposed to further entrenching unions and their one size fits all approach.

Come to the State Capitol on Wednesday, February 16th to attend the Senate Education Committee Meeting. The meeting starts at 10am, but I suggest showing up when the building opens around 8am. The TEA has put out the call to its supporters and they will be there. We need the Committee to see that there are everyday Tennesseans who will support them if they vote to curb the power of a special interest.

This is a hugely important step for restoring both both fiscal and policy responsibility to our state and as we move forward with making Tennessee strong and sound. Please take the time to address this issue with your readers and members. Thank you ..

Ken Marrero
Blue Collar Muse - http://bluecollarmuse.com

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HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY!

in honor of Saint Valentine who's February 14th feast day

has been celebrated since 496A.D ....

 

Saint Augustine

Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.

 

Saint Paul

Love is patient, love is kind.   It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.  It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.   It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.   

 

William Gladstone

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.  

 

  Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

   

 

Gilda Radner

If love is the answer, could someone repeat the question?

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.  

Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. 

Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game. 

It’s easy:  all you need is love.                                      

 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

 

Mother Theresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. 

 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

All thoughts, all passions, all delights      

Whatever stirs this mortal frame 

All are but ministers of Love      

And feed His sacred flame.    

 

Mahatma Gandhi

Where there is love there is life.    

 

Victor Hugo

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.   

 

Jesus Christ

And now abideth faith, hope and love.  These three.  But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

 

'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the great and foremost commandment. "And a second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." ( Matthew 22:37-40)

 

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." ( John 13:34-35)

Reposted from and email from Bob Schwartz

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