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Poll: By Massive 22-Point Margin, Voters Favor Repealing Obamacare

(Obamacare will go down in history as the most detested bill ever.  When the IRS damage assessment is done, then we may know if indeed the illegal detestable tactics authorized by Obuma's henchmen kept over 4 million republican voters home.  Yes, due to these staying home and not exercising their right to vote, we now have lost the country, but being more realistic about it, the lies about Romney and the doubts the lies instilled in people affected some republican voters as well as demorats.  The perfect storm was that I bet not one stay at home voter would have thought he/she was going to be part of a 4 million vote deficit)

Via Weekly Standard: Sunday, May 26, 2013

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/22-point-margin-voters-favor-obamacare-s-repeal_729123.html

It would be a major understatement to say that Obamacare has had a bad spring.  Around the time of Lincoln's birthday, registered voters told Fox News that, by a margin of 6 percentage points (48 to 42 percent), it would "be better to go back to the health care system that was in place in 2009" than it would be "to leave the new health care law in place."   Three months later, as we head into Memorial Day, nostalgia for the good ol' days of 2009 now beats Obamacare by a whopping 22 points (56 to 34 percent).

It would be a major understatement to say that Obamacare has had a bad spring.  Around the time of Lincoln's birthday, registered voters told Fox News that, by a margin of 6 percentage points (48 to 42 percent), it would "be better to go back to the health care system that was in place in 2009" than it would be "to leave the new health care law in place."   Three months later, as we head into Memorial Day, nostalgia for the good ol' days of 2009 now beats Obamacare by a whopping 22 points (56 to 34 percent).

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IRS Releases New Simplified Tax Form 1040 TEA-EZ for Tea Party Taxpayers!!

Fresh off the IRS scandal that has rocked the Obama administration and gotten official Lois Lerner in a lot of trouble, the IRS is releasing a new simplified form for Tea Party patriots!! And WE at the Sooper Mexy Blog have gotten our brown little greedy fingers on a copy before the big review!!

So exciting!!!

Well stop freaking out and read it already!!!

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Lib Rag Mother Jones: GOP Banning Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles From Getting Food Stamps Is Racist Because It Discriminates Against Black People

(Do they realize they just said blacks are more likely to be
pedophiles, rapists, and murderers)

GOP Food Stamps Proposal Would Discriminate Against African-Americans – Mother Jones

This Memorial Day weekend, while Americans are celebrating their freedom, and hopefully honoring and remembering those who fought and died for us to have our freedom, the dim-witted liberals at Mother Jones are worried that African American murderers rapists and pedophiles might not get enough food stamps.

And why is that?

Those mean, no good, vile racist Republicans are targeting blacks (again!) by demanding that murderers, rapists and pedophiles have their food stamp benefits cut!!! That's worse than Hitler!!!

Wait a minute, Soopermexican... aren't you implying that African Americans rape, murder and commit pedophilia at a higher rate than other ethnic groups?! Isn't that raaaaacist?!?

Well yeah, kinda, but Mother Jones is chock full of bleeding heart liberal pendejos, so they're excused:

On Wednesday the Senate agriculture committee approved a GOP proposal that would amend the farm bill the Senate is considering to ban "convicted murderers, rapists, and pedophiles" from getting food stamps. On its surface, the idea sounds unobjectionable, but the measure would have "strongly racially discriminatory effects," according to the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

YOU, however, are racist for even asking that question, reader. I hope you're happy.

So the IRS targeting hard-working self-reliant Americans over their political ideology is not a big problem at all, but taking away food stamps for murderers, pedos and rapists is a tragic outrage!!! As long as they're black.

Happy Memorial Day.

Oh, in case you're wondering, African-Americans receive food stamps at a much higher rate than Gringo Americans, Latino Americans, and Asians (about three times as much in 2011). However, since Gringo Americans comprise more of the population, the absolute number of gringos on food stamps is higher than blacks or others (16.5 million gringos versus 10 million blacks on food stamps).

When America is 16 trillion dollars in debt and liberals are whining about black pedophiles and rapists not getting enough welfare benefits, you have to wonder why we keep losing elections.

Racism. That's why.

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Upchuck Schumer Refuses To Endorse Former Protégé Anthony Weiner's Bid For NYC Mayor

(Gee... I wonder why)

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It's Show Time! "White House of Cards," Playing Now

Already playing in millions of American home theaters, "White House of Cards"...
a Demoratic party series of scandals.  Don't miss it!

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The "Grand Obsession" of Smartphones: Killing Free Time & Peace of Mind, Increasing Anxiety & Addiction

Recent numbers reveal that, at the end of 2012, an estimated 129 million people in the United States have smartphones. Worldwide, it is believed that 1.5 billion smartphones will be in use by the end of 2013.

Untold millions of those users are obsessed with the phones, to the point that many may be addicted and are sacrificing their physical health and mental well-being. The average smartphone user checks his or her device about once every 6 minutes, about 150 times per day. Few are far from their phones, taking them with them everywhere, even to the bathroom and to bed. When they don't have their smartphones nearby or in their hands, many experience withdrawal symptoms.

The devices were meant to simplify and improve the quality of life, but have had the opposite effect for many people.

Anxiety levels for some smartphone users are elevated to the point that "phantom vibrations" are detected...

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Smartphone-obsession-leads-to-phantom-vibrations-increased-stress-levels_id25858

... belief that the phone is vibrating with an incoming message when it isn't. Smartphone obsession has escalated so much that, in a stroke of irony, there is now an app for your smartphone that can measure your level of stress:

http://www.telecomtiger.com/Technology_fullstory.aspx?passfrom=topstory&storyid=17164&section=S210


Peace of mind, tranquility, relaxation? If you're one of the millions who use a smartphone, odds are in your favor that you're living in a trap of obsession and anxiety. For those who were already stress-prone, this is gravely detrimental to health. It is feared that many, especially young people, may be withdrawing from reality.

CBS - Addicted to your smartphone?

Reported by CNBC New - How the Smartphone Killed the Three-Day Weekend:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100765600

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all it evokes: vacations, slower workweeks, casual dress codes, getting the pool ready and pulling out the outdoor furniture.

It would seem an ideal time to take a break, but our ability to unplug and relax is under assault. A three-day weekend? We can barely get through three waking hours without working, new research shows. The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six minutes. Meanwhile, government data from 2011 says 35 percent of us work on weekends, and those who do average five hours of labor, often without compensation — or even a thank you. The other 65 percent were probably too busy to answer surveyors' questions.

There's plenty of debate among economists and psychologists whether the economy is to blame, or we do this to ourselves. There's little arguing that the concept of a Sabbath is in serious danger.

"It's like an arms race ... everything is an emergency," said Tanya Schevitz, spokeswoman for Reboot, an organization trying to help people unplug more often. "We have created an expectation in society that people will respond immediately to everything with no delay. It's unhealthy, and it's unproductive, and we can't keep going on like this."

There's a long list of horribles associated with our new, always-on-digital lives: You are dumber. You are more stressed. You are losing sleep, and more depressed.

People seem to know they need tech breaks, which have plenty of cute names now, like "Digital Detox" or "Tech Sabbath." Consumers pay for software like "Freedom," which cuts their computers off the Net for a pre-set amount of time (really, you could just unplug yours). Reboot even sponsors a National Day of Unplugging, which will occur in March next year. But no one seems to think the problem is getting any better.

Smartphone Addiction: The Epidemic Grows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp7HDgxno9g&feature=player_embedded

The Smartphone: Your Ego in your Hand!

The concern about smartphone obsession has been growing for quite some time now. This article was posted at Huffington Post in 2011, Psychologists Concerned About Smartphone 'Obsession':

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/26/smarpthone-obsession_n_909462.html

You gave it a pet name. It knows more about you than your mother does. Sometimes you even sleep with it. In fact, you're so attached to it that being separated for only a few minutes could send you into a panic.

While smartphone users worry about mobile hacking and other security threats that are making news these days, psychologists and others are concerned about another equally troubling issue: the growing obsession among people who would much rather interact with their smartphones than with other human beings.

"Watching people who get their first smartphone, there's a very quick progression from having a basic phone you don't talk about to people who love their iPhone, name their phone and buy their phones outfits," said Lisa Merlo, director of psychotherapy training at the University of Florida.

The increasing dependence comes as more Americans ditch their iPods, cameras, maps and address books in favor of the myriad capabilities of a smartphone. After all, companies have rolled out thousands of applications that do everything from track your heart rate to guide you through the streets of New York City. While smartphones have made life easier for some, psychologists say the love of them is becoming more like an addiction, creating consequences that range from minor (teenagers who communicate in three-letter acronyms like LOL and BRB) to major (car accidents caused by people who text while driving).

Merlo, a clinical psychologist, said she's observed a number of behaviors among smartphone users that she labels "problematic." Among them, Merlo says some patients pretend to talk on the phone or fiddle with apps to avoid eye contact or other interactions at a bar or a party. Others are so genuinely engrossed in their phones that they ignore the people around them completely.

"The more bells and whistles the phone has," she says, "the more likely they are to get too attached."

Michelle Hackman, a recent high school graduate in Long Island, NY, won a $75,000 prize in this year's Intel Science Talent Search with a research project investigating teens' attachment to their cell phones. She found that students separated from their phones were under-stimulated – a low heart rate was an indicator – and lacked the ability to entertain themselves.

Most of the teens at Hackman's affluent high school own smartphones, she says, and could even be found texting under their desks during class. "It creates an on-edge feeling and you don't realize how much of the lecture you're missing," Hackman says.

For some, the anxious feeling that they might miss something has caused them to slumber next to their smartphones. More than a third of U.S. adults – 35 percent – now own a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center, and two-thirds of them sleep with their phones right next to their beds.

The addiction is not limited to users in the United States.

South Korea grappling with smartphone addiction

UK adults 'addicted' to smart phones

Smart Phone Addiction: How Much is Too Much?

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""Sacred cows make the best grilled hamburgers for Memorial Day."

..... Mark Twain

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Each Memorial Day, gravestones at Arlington
National Cemetery are graced by US flags

TRIBUTE TO MEMORIAL DAY 2013

MEMORIAL DAY 2013 - HONORING THE FALLEN

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From The Boot, Carrie Underwood Gives $1 Million to Help Oklahoma Tornado Relief:

Carrie Underwood opened her purse and made a huge donation to the American Red Cross to aid victims of Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. The Checotah, Okla. native donated $1 million to aid relief efforts, saying the devastation saddened her.

"With the help of my fans who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a little extra help in comforting those affected by the recent tornados," Underwood said in a statement at her website. Checotah is 120 miles east of Moore.

Underwood's Blown Away Tour was bookended by tragic natural disasters. Previously she designated funds from a stop in N.J. to aid the superstorm Sandy relief effort. Proceeds from the Canadian tour stops were donated to the Canadian Red Cross.