Saturday, January 28, 2012
Smartphones
I don't understand why it is so difficult to NOT sync your smartphone to every web-based account you own. Why does my phone constantly prompt me to sync my phone to my Facebook, Twitter, every Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail account I own?
My cell phone is device that is an extension of me, it is something personal and private, something that I need to function exactly as I need it to whenever I need it. I don't want a Contact list that has 300 contacts in it, between phone storage, a SIM card that doesn't work properly, T-Mobile online storage, and all those stupid website and email accounts. I don't need 5 contact entries for the same exact person, especially when all five of those entries are the same phone number.
Facebook and Twitter are not extensions of me, they are things I do to fill in minute-long voids between being Awesome and being handsome. My email accounts are undoubtedly important, given that I use them for work, networking and keeping in touch with family and friends, but I don't want every email contact I have to be listed in my phone, you know? If I need to check my email I will check the Internet or check an app that is not synced.
Speaking of apps: WHY do they prompt me to sync 51 new or 13 new or 70 new contacts? I have previously said no this these prompts dozens of time and turned the automatic syncing function off. But, they persist and it pisses me off.
This is stupid. Just because some people have a need to have every single acquaintance they know listed on their smartphone as a potential contact they might need to get ahold of one day, does not mean that just because I don't want everybody in one, easy convenient place my smartphone should irritate the hell out of me.
I'm quick with my phone - one gift I possess is great hand-eye coordination. Be it baseball, typing, video games, or tapping away on my smartphone, I do it fast and I don't give myself time to think and process things before clicking away. Thus, sometimes my phone prompts me in the middle of typing a text and I sync my contacts from Facebook or Gmail and have to waste an hour deleting, editing and consolidating the Contact list that I consolidated two weeks. ago. No exaggeration - every other week. My phone prompts me to sync about once every day. It's stupid.
I like compartmentalization. Keep my different personalities separate and everybody can be happy, okay? Okay.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary

The second claim was Dr. Paul's second place finish in the New Hampshire Primary, held this past Tuesday on the 10th. Second place in the "Live Free or Die" state is a mild disappointment, but second place nonetheless! Governor Romney took 39.4% of the vote by a wide margin of 16.6%, with Dr. Paul bringing in 22.8% and Governor Jon Hunstman 16.8%.
Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd in Manchester, Ron Paul claimed that New Hampshire was not just a victory for Mitt Romney, but a victory for liberty that will not go unnoticed. "I think the intellectual revolution that's going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way, and there's no way they're going to stop the momentum that we have started."Amid a fiery speech on topics of the monetary system, cutting the budget and ending the wars, the crowd responded with chants of "President Paul!", "End the Fed!" and "Bring them home!"
And, a new chat rose out of the applause and excitement:

If we have learned one this this past week, it is this: FREEDOM IS POPULAR. Onward to South Carolina!
GOP delegate count: Romney, 12; Paul, 10; Santorum, 7; Hunstman, 2; Gingrich, 2; Perry, 2.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
This article was e-mailed to me by a friend.
Armed and Ready - New Mexico Residents Defy Government
by Larry Pratt 2011 NOV 22
GOA member Dr. Ray Seidel alerted me to the stirring of freedom that is taking place in his village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. I have already reported on the first battle with Mayor Ray Alborn and how he tried to impose an unconstitutional gun ban in the village. To get the full story of what happened in Ruidoso, you can go here and listen to my first debriefing session with Seidel.
I recently interviewed Dr. Seidel a second time on my Gun Owners News Hour weekly radio program and asked him about several acts of local interposition in the surrounding counties -- all of which underscores the importance of the office of the sheriff and the militia.
For example, over near Deming, New Mexico is the Gila National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service wanted to make almost all of it off limits for people -- until the militia of Luna County intervened. They told the feds that they would resist any effort by the Forest Service to restrict access to visitors. The result? Visitors have continued to access all of the Gila National Forest!
In the Southeast corner of the state, many landowners have working oil wells on their property. The EPA told the oil operators they would have to stop operating their wells because there was too much risk of harming the environment. At a town hall meeting convened by the EPA, a woman in her 60s rose to address the feds. She pointed out that her land had been in her family for over 200 years, and she was not about to let some official from an unconstitutional bureaucracy tell her what she could or could not do with her land.
The woman ended by warning the feds that her family has many guns and a huge supply of ammunition, and they would use all of it if needed to keep the EPA off of their land. The locals who had packed out the hearing room jumped to their feet with a shout and prolonged applause. That was in August of this year. As of November, oil is still being pumped at full tilt.
In Otero County, villages in the mountains are surrounded by forests. The county commission voted to establish an 80,000 acre plan to manage forest overgrowth. Residents wanted to cut fire breaks to protect their homes in Cloudcroft, but the Forest Service said, “No.” The residents responded that they had to for safety’s sake and were going to construct the fire break in spite of the Forest Service. Residents were told that if they cut down any trees, they would be arrested. But Sheriff Raymond Cobos told the Forest Service that if they made any arrests, they would be arrested for false arrest.
Not only were the trees cut down with no opposition from the feds, the first tree was cut down by Congressman Steve Pearce (R-2ndDistrict). Would that there were many more like Rep. Pearce. The folks in the Second District are blessed with a constitution-supporting congressman and a number of constitutional sheriffs backed by the militias of their counties. This is the way that local governments can push back and help the feds to live within the limitations that have been placed upon them in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
As you can see, there’s a lot happening in New Mexico. And Dr. Seidel has been at the center of a lot of it. Two weeks after the people of Ruidoso prevailed in the gun ban debate, Mayor Alborn decided to seek revenge. He went to the state capital of Santa Fe and met with federal officials there. That same week, Seidel got a notice from the IRS that he had until a certain date to file his taxes, which he has refused to do for several years.
Seidel makes no secret of his refusal to submit to the IRS which he considers as part of an unconstitutional regime in Washington. The IRS intended to encumber his assets if he did not bend his knee. Seidel visited with the county sheriff who understood what Seidel was trying to do and told him he “would have his back.” The same was true for the village police chief – the same officer who refused to have his men arrest people who were defying the Ruidoso gun ban by carrying openly in the village council chambers.
Not only was the sheriff and police chief alerted to the possibility of IRS action against Seidel, but so was the militia in Lincoln County – some 200 plus men who keep their rifle and battle bag in their vehicles 24/7. They can muster in about 30 minutes at any place in the county.
Seidel visited with the village assessor, who would be the official to place the encumbrances on his assets. Seidel explained (as he does with everyone) that Title 42, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1, Section 1983 of the federal code would be used to sue her personally for violating his civil rights -- that is, he would sue her if any of his assets were encumbered without having first secured a warrant from an Article III court.
Seidel has frequently argued that he will gladly submit to a federal court (authorized under Article III of the U.S. Constitution) as opposed to a mere tax court (which is an unconstitutional creature within the IRS). As with many administrative agencies, the combining of legislative, executive and judicial powers within the same four walls constitutes the very definition of tyranny which James Madison warned us about in Federalist 47.
Seidel has used Title 42 on other occasions. One involved a state trooper with an anger management problem who made a false arrest on Seidel’s son. Since being served with a Title 42 suit, the officer has been able to control his anger.
The deadline is long past, and the IRS has done nothing, so the assessor is off the hook for now. But New Mexico is becoming a text book example of how the Founding Fathers envisioned the states would rein in an out-of-control government.
As stated by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 28: “It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system that the State governments will, in all possible contingencies, afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority.”
If there were more sheriffs like those in New Mexico serving around the country, we would be well on the way to safeguarding our liberties against Washington’s “invasions of the public liberty.” It also might occur to the Congress that more examples of sheriffs interposing themselves might result in shrinking down the federal government to do little more than just funding the national defense.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
It Has Finally Happened

This cool guy has met THAT cool guy. That's right. Commander Cody has officially talked and discussed important matters with Dr. Ron Paul. Or, shall I say, our future President? Yes. I shall. I joined forces with my Northern CT for Ron Paul 2012 Meetup group early this morning and high-tailed it to Nashua, New Hampshire for a Town Hall Meeting at the Courtyard Marriott. After chatting with a few members of Dr. Paul's official campaign and a few others in a grassroots movement local to Manchester, NH we sat down and awaited the arrival of the Congressman. Matters discussed were Dr. Paul's service in the U.S. Air Force, his career in medicine as a gynecologist and obstetrician, and the thoughts and considerations that ultimately led to his decision to enter the shadowy world of government. Political topics discussed were national defense, monetary policy, jobs and the federal budget, providing for a better future, space exploration, and the National Defense Authorization Act, which I wrote about previously.

All in all, Congressman Paul seemed energetic, excited, focused and all-around in great spirits. He absolutely recognizes the devotion his supporters have for him and his message of liberty, and he urges us to continue our hard work and get the words of truth and liberty out there. Upon being asked about his reaction and response to the media blackout, Dr. Paul said that even without getting a great deal of network media attention, we have been very successful in getting the message out and should continue doing so by using such means as the Internet and talking with people. Also, he joked that hiring John Stewart as his publicity representative wouldn't hurt XD
After the meeting we met up for lunch with some new friends from the Liberty at Boston University group and headed out for lunch. Eating good food, discussing politics, nutrition, and science filled the rest of the afternoon. Of course, there was much discussion of Ron Paul, and oddly, Christopher McCandless. Quite a day.
So what do we take from this? Liberty is popular. Freedom is a great idea. And the Constitution is a damn good piece of work. Let's not let it go. Ron Paul, his campaign and his supporters urge everybody out there to get involved. Join local grassroots groups through websites like Facebook and Meetup. Check out the official Ron Paul 2012 campaign website and sign up for volunteer work. The Iowa Caucuses are on January 3, 2012 and New Hampshire holds its Primaries on January 10, 2012. Even if you can't offer to put your own boots on the ground, you can always donate to Ron Paul's campaign - he needs all the donations he can get. We've got less than five weeks to get Dr. Paul to a stunning defeat or an undeniably-important second place finish in both these states. Get active, keep blogging, order merchandise to pass out and spread the word!
My name is Cody M. Buckmann and I support Ron Paul for President in 2012!! Tweet @CinC_CodyAs of yet, the only videos I can find of the meeting are these two. Keep checking the blog or YouTube as I'm sure more will be posted in time.
The Ron Paul Family Cookbook - Nashua, NH Town Hall Meeting - 12/3/2011
Ron Paul on National Defense and Defending American Sovereignty - Nashua, NH Town Hall Meeting - 12/3/2011
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Federal Reserve Printing More Money, Lowering Interest Rates to Save European Banks
The Economic Collapse Blog 2011 DEC 1
The central banks of the world are acting as if it is 2008 all over again. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and right now the central bankers are pulling out all the stops. The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank have announced a coordinated plan to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. According to the plan, the Federal Reserve is going to substantially reduce the interest rate that it charges the European Central Bank to borrow dollars. In turn, that will enable the ECB to lend dollars to European banks at a much cheaper rate. The hope is that this will alleviate the credit crunch which has gripped the European financial system by the throat. So where is the Federal Reserve going to get all of these dollars that it will be loaning out at very low interest rates? You guessed it - the Fed is just going to create them out of thin air. Our currency is being debased so that Europe can be helped out. Unfortunately, the impact of this move will be mostly "psychological" because it really does nothing to address the fundamental problems that Europe is facing. It is up to Europe to solve those problems, and so far Europe has shown no signs of being able to do that.
The major central banks of the world say that they want to "enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system." But essentially what is happening is that the Federal Reserve is going to be zapping large amounts of dollars into existence and loaning them out to the ECB very, very cheaply. Think of it as a type of "quantitative easing" on a global scale.
The decision to do this was reportedly made by the Federal Reserve on Monday morning. For the moment, this move seems to have stabilized the European financial system. It is quite unlikely that any major European banks will fail this weekend now.
But as mentioned above, this move does nothing to solve the very serious financial problems that Europe is facing. This intervention by the central banks is merely just a speed bump on the road to financial oblivion.
Most Americans are not going to understand what the central banks of the world just did, but it really is not that complicated.
The following is how CNN chief business correspondent Ali Velshi broke down what the central banks have done....
In an attempt to stave off the consequences of a global credit freeze, the Federal Reserve, in coordination with major central banks, has created a credit line available to those central banks, whereby they can borrow dollars at reduced interest rates for periods of three months. The central banks, in turn, can lend to commercial banks in their respective countries. This is meant to reduce the cost of short-term borrowing for troubled European banks and to give them immediate access to dollars.
This was done immediately after the collapse of Lehman Brothers as well, to alleviate the consequences of banks being largely unwilling to lend to other banks, even for short periods, for fear that the borrowing banks could fail.
Okay - so the Federal Reserve is loaning giant piles of cheap money to the European Central Bank.
So where in the world does all of that money come from?
As a CNBC article recently explained, all of this money is created right out of thin air by the Federal Reserve....
Neither the dollars nor the Euros come from anywhere. They aren’t moved or debited from anywhere. They are invented right on the spot with a few taps on the key pad. And that’s all. There’s no printing press fired up to make new dollars or euros.
This is sometimes called “fiat money.” But that makes it sound as if some command from a sovereign created the money. It’s really closer to “keyboard money,” since it is created by data entry in a computer.
Does that sound bizarre to you?
It should.
But that is how the global financial system really works.
We live in a crazy world.
So what did the financial markets of the world think of this move by the Federal Reserve?
It turns out that they absolutely loved it.
The Dow was up 490 points, and that was the biggest gain of the year so far.
Unfortunately, this stock market rally is not going to last indefinitely. If you are still in the market, enjoy this while you can because eventually a whole lot of pain is going to be coming.
Again, nothing has been solved. Europe is still in a massive amount of trouble. But the announcement did make everyone feel all "warm and fuzzy" for at least a day.
Michelle Girard, a senior economist at RBS Securities, said the following about this move....
"The impact is more psychological than anything else"
Just think of it as "comfort food" for the financial markets.
It was also a very desperate move.
In fact, some even believe that this move happened because a major European bank was in danger of failing.
Just check out some of the things that Jim Cramer of CNBC has been saying on Twitter....
If the Fed didn't act we would have had the largest bank failure ever this weekend, i believe.
The actions the governments took today shows that there was without a doubt a major bank about to fall this weekend. That's very dire....
I believe a major European bank would have gone under this weekend.... That's why they did this....
An article in Forbes has also speculated that this move was made because a major European bank was in imminent danger of failing....
Did a big European bank come close to failing last night? European banks, especially French banks, rely heavily on funding in the wholesale money markets. Given the actions of the world’s largest central banks last night, it raises the question of whether a major bank was having difficulty funding its immediate liquidity needs.
Perhaps we will never know the truth, but the reality is that the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank would have never taken coordinated action like this if they did not believe that there was some sort of imminent threat to the global financial system.
Sadly, this latest move is also going to have some side effects.
Pimco senior vice president Tony Crescenzi says that all of this "liquidity" is going to dramatically increase the size of the U.S. monetary base....
Keep in mind that any use of the Fed’s swap facility expands the Fed’s monetary base: all dollars, no matter where they are deposited, whether it be Kazakhstan, Japan, or Mexico, wind up back in an American bank. This means that any time a foreign central bank engages in a swap with the Federal Reserve, the Fed will create new money in order to make the swap. Use of the Fed’s liquidity swap line in late 2008 was the main cause of a surge in the Fed’s monetary base at that time. The peak for the swap line was about $600 billion in December 2008. Some observers will therefore say that the swap line is a backdoor way to engage in more quantitative easing.
When there is more money floating around out there but the same amount of goods and services, prices go up.
So will we eventually see more inflation in the United States because of all this?
That is what some are fearing.
Meanwhile, politicians in Europe have failed to come up with a plan to address the European financial crisis once again.
They are calling it a "delay", but the truth is that it should be called a "failure". The following comes from an article in USA Today....
The ministers delayed action on major financial issues — such as the concept of a closer fiscal union that would guarantee more budgetary discipline — until the heads of state meet next week in Brussels.
So will European politicians come up with a real plan next week in Brussels?
That seems unlikely.
The reality is that this latest move by the major central banks of the world does not change the fact that Europe is in a huge amount of trouble and is most likely headed for a very painful financial collapse.
One more thing that this latest move by the central banks of the world highlights is the fact that we do not have any control over what they do.
All of these central banks are run by unelected bureaucrats that answer to nobody. The decisions that these central bankers make affect all of our lives in a very significant way, and yet we have zero input into these decisions.
Most of the decisions that these central bankers make seem to benefit big banks and big financial institutions. They always claim that the benefits will "filter down" to the rest of us. But most of the time what ends up filtering down to us is the economic pain that comes from their bad decisions.
As I have written about so many times before, these central banks need to be abolished. The American people need to tell Congress to shut down the Federal Reserve and to start issuing debt-free United States currency.
We do not want a bunch of unelected central bankers to "centrally plan" the U.S. economy or to "centrally plan" the global economy.
The more these central bankers monkey with things, the more they mess things up.
Yes, this latest move has stabilized things for the moment, but big trouble is on the horizon for the global financial system.
Count on it.
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Also, check out my most recent post "Invasions and the National Defense Authorization Act." Read the post, share it with your family and friends and call your U.S. Senators and tell them to vote AGAINST the amendment. It is a terrifying infringement of our Constitutionally-guaranteed liberties and the of 1878.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Invasions and the National Defense Authorization Act
I wanted to pass on a few articles that talk about a piece of legislation moving through Congress. The National Defense Authorization Act bill is a piece of legislation that allocates funding to the Department of Defense, each fiscal year. It's been enacted for the past 48 years and it is being voted on in Congress this week. But there is a problem with a new provision in the bill being voted on today and tomorrow -- the Detention Provision. This provision is essentially an expansion of the Patriot Act, giving the federal government the ability to use Law Enforcement and the U.S. armed forces the ability to indefinitely detain any and all U.S. citizens and non-citizens as terror suspects. The difference is that this provision, authored by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich) and John McCain (R-Ariz), specifically defines the U.S. homeland (that is, the very soil we live and walk on) as a "battlefield" and provides the President and the rest of the federal government the authority to use U.S. troops on American soil for the purpose of indefinitely detaining American citizens.
SOTT.net U.S. Senate to Vote on Legislation That Allows U.S. Military to Detain Americans Without Charge or Trial
Salon.com National Defense Authorization Act
ACLU.org Senators Demand Military Lock Up American Citizens in a "Battlefield" They Define As Right Outside Your Window
The problems with this provision are, but not limited to:
(a) The First Amendment provides that all American citizens possess the natural rights to religion, press and expression. You and I can think, feel, do and say anything we want, anywhere we want, at any time. The only restrictions on those rights are that you and I can not deny another citizens of their rights or their life. The First Amendment was to protect your and my rights to individual thought, feeling, expression, protest and activism. This provision, as well as the Patriot Act, designates you as a possible terrorist and enemy combatant for expressing your opinions.
(b) The Fourth Amendment provides that without a warrant signed by a federal judge that no governing body can enter or claim your property. Said warrant can only be requested and signed with a proof of probable cause. Your expression and individuality is now that probable cause and your property rights are subject to seizure by the government.
(c) The Fifth Amendment provides that you cannot be held to answer for any crimes unless you have been indicted, or proven in a court of law by a Grand Jury, that you are guilty of a crime; protects your right against double jeopardy; protects your right to refrain from proving your own guilt in crime, or depriving you of your "life, liberty or property" without due process; and protects your right to not have your property seized by the government without just compensation. Your expression is now that indictment, that warrant, that proof of guilt, is is the convicting jury and the act which denies you your rights to property and process. And, of course, without due process who cares about double jeopardy?
(d) The Sixth Amendment provides your rights to a fair trial in a court of law, a jury of American citizens, and right to legal counsel. This provision entirely denies that right to all American citizens seized, by indefinitely imprisoning citizens without legal counsel, due process or warrants for arrest because this is a matter of national defense, thus marking it "off the books."
(e) The Eighth Amendment provides your protection against "excessive bail, excessive fines, nor cruel and unusual punishments." Again, this act entirely negates your rights to due process, thus there is no bail, nor are their fines to pay to police departments. I think that cruel and unusual punishments would be defined as torture, enhanced interrogation, and arrest without regard for your First, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendment rights. Terror suspects in Iraq were forced to sit handcuffed, with bags over their heads, in the same position for days on end. Literally, they sat in their own feces, hands behind their backs, with minimal food and water. That sounds cruel and unusual for not having proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
(f) The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act prevents the deployment of the U.S. military onto American soil. This was for two purposes: to protect American citizens and to prevent military coups. The deployment of troops onto U.S. soil is a violation of this act, though there have been several instances in which the military has been deployed on U.S. soil and they have almost all been for the use of stemming social discourse and free speech, and some ended with American citizens dying. Of course, why deploy the military when the National Guards, federal and local law enforcement agencies have the same tools as the military and are already beating and killing citizens?
Regardless of your affiliation, our government was meant to be a Constitutional one. It is a government that was supposed to have rules to abide by for the protection of and preservation for the American citizens and the rights they possess, as declared by our Constitution. Your natural and Constitutionally-recognized rights to Life, Liberty and Property (ultimately, the Pursuit of Happiness) are being blatantly ignored and infringed. What you say, what you do and what you express is subject to scrutiny and suspect behavior by the U.S. federal government. When will we say "enough is enough" and put our government back in its place? A place where it recognizes our rights to individuality and expression. The very purpose of government - to govern, to rule, to regulate, to pass laws of dictation and restriction - is a purpose of oppression and limitations on the human potential. It's very nature is tyrannical. Ours is not supposed to be so, but it is. Day by day it gets worse. We must put a stop to it. We must do what we feel is in the best interests of liberty, of the Constitution, of prosperity, of peace -- of ALL Americans.
Today, you can make a difference and tell your Senators NOT to vote for the passage of this bill. We can all agree that at times our Congress and our larger government does not adhere to the Constitution or to the will of the people they represent. Today must not be one of those days. CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY
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If you think that I may be over-reacting about this, I wouldn't blame you. I used to staunchly support the Patriot Act. After all, our government's two objectives are to protect our rights and protect us from our enemies. Most of us don't want to hurt Americans or see America fail, so why would our government indefinitely detain any peaceful U.S. citizen without just cause? Well, this is why...
Department of Justice "Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism: Terms and Concepts"
This is an article I've had for a year or so now. It is a PDF file of a pamphlet that the U.S. Department of Justice issued out to all federal law enforcement agencies, agencies like the FBI, ICE, Border Patrol and Customs, Marshals Service, etc. "Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism: Terms and Concepts." Read this list and you might get surprised at what terms, philosophies, ideologies and concepts are defined as "terrorist" or "Criminally Extreme."
Pass this e-mail around to everybody on your lists, send it out through your social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, paste it to your blogs. We must make as many people as aware as possible.
Have a nice day.
Remember, Big Brother is watching and you are a suspect.
-- Cody M. Buckmann 2011 NOV 29
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