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Second-Term Curse

Posted by Victor Davis Hanson

on Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:59

Oh, We Forgot to Tell You…….Hushed-up “news” explodes with a fury.pic giant 111512 A

The second-term curse goes like this: A president (e.g., Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and so on) wins reelection, but then his presidency implodes over the next four years — mired in scandals or disasters such as Watergate, Iran-Contra, Monica Lewinsky, the Iraqi insurgency, and Hurricane Katrina.

Apparently, like tragic Greek heroes, administrations grow arrogant after their reelection wins. They believe that they are invincible and that their public approval is permanent rather than fickle.

The result is that Nemesis zeroes in on their fatal conceit and with a boom corrects their hubris. Or is the problem in some instances simply that embarrassments and scandals, hushed up in fear that they might cost an administration an election, explode with a fury in the second term?

Coincidentally, right after the election we heard that Iran had attacked a U.S. drone in international waters.

Coincidentally, we just learned that new food-stamp numbers were “delayed” and that millions more became new recipients in the months before the election.

…..many more coincidences HERE

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US Secession Movement Explodes

Posted by The Daily Caller

on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 14:51

White House ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation

Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.

By 6:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, more than 675,000 digital signatures appeared on 69 separate secession petitions covering all 50 states, according to a Daily Caller analysis of requests lodged with the White House’s “We the People” online petition system.

A petition from Vermont, where talk of secession is a regular feature of political life, was the final entry.

Petitions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas residents have accrued at least 25,000 signatures, the number the Obama administration says it will reward with a staff review of online proposals. (RELATED: Will Texas secede? Petition triggers White House review)

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And in a similar nose-thumbing aimed at Texas’ conservative majority, progressives from the liberal state capital of Austin responded Monday with a petition to secede from their state if Texas as a whole should decide to leave the Union.

Late Tuesday a second group of Texans, this one from Houston, lodged their own White House petition. Secession-minded Texans, they wrote, “are mentally deficient and [we] do not want them representing us. We would like more education in our state to eradicate their disease.”

Houstonian “Kimberly F” — The White House does not provide last names — submitted the petition. She told TheDC in an email that ”[w]e need both sides presented, or we all look like a bunch of fools.”

A group from El Paso, too, wants no part of an independent Texas. “Allow the city of El Paso to secede from the state of Texas,” their petition reads. “El Paso is tired of being a second class city within Texas.”

But smaller petitions like theirs are a political side show of a political side show. One effort, aimed at Missourians, called for a nationwide catered pizza party to celebrate when the Show Me State left the U.S. (RELATED: Pizza party! White House petition silliness gets cheesy)

States whose active petitions have not yet reached the 25,000 signature threshold include Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,

Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

A new weight-loss supplement hasbecome a sellout after Dr. Mehmet Oz recently called it, mentioning no specific brand, “the number one miracle in a bottle to burn fat” on his daytime television show.(1) Click here to watch the episode.

Raspberry ketone, a fruit extract that research shows may break up fat cells, has become almost impossible to find in stores since the episode first aired in February.

Indeed, health food stores across the U.S. have been barraged from customers seeking the slimming supplement. Even stores in the U.K. are sold out of raspberry ketone, reports Britain’s Daily Mail online .

The Skinny About Raspberry Ketones

As Dr. Oz explains, Raspberry ketones are the compounds within raspberries that give the fruit its characteristic aroma. More important to dieters, however, is new research showing these compounds can also melt away the pounds.

Dr Khan, the guest on the Dr Oz television show, also talks about the bigger results will be accomplished the longer you take the Raspberry Ketone. Although you do lose weight quickly, if you want to get to that desired weight and keep it off, you’ll want to use Raspberry Ketone for the long haul.

According to Lisa Lynn, a weight-loss expert and personal trainer to numerous celebrities, including Martha Stewart, several her clients have been supplementing with raspberry ketones and experiencing results in as few as five days. Click here to listen to Lynn describe how raspberry ketones burn fat.

Lynn described the compounds as “very healthy” with “no side effects” and says the pills enable the body to “burn fat easier” by stimulating the production of adiponectin, a hormone found in fatty tissue that improves our ability to metabolize fat.

Studies show that thin people have higher levels of adiponectin than overweight individuals. What’s more, researchers agree that the hormone improves insulin sensitivity and helps regulate weight.

Really Does Work, Say Thrilled Consumers

Social media is abuzz with happy consumers, eager to share their raspberry ketone success stories.

In a Facebook posting on one popular health information website , Nancy Darce writes, “I have been on raspberry ketone for a month and I have lost 12 lbs, and I am not hungry at all. So I can say it is working well for me. My goal is to take off another 10 lbs.”

In another posting, Jean Frizzell writes, “I’ve been on raspberry ketone for two weeks now and have lost 9.5 lbs. I can definately see results in my belly fat! It seems to working for me.”

Another consumer, Lori Holmes of Massachusetts, writes, “I have been taking raspberry ketone for a month now and have lost 13 lbs and 2 inches off of my waist.”

Stores Can’t Keep the Popular Fat Buster in Stock

Ever since the episode featuring raspberry ketone first aired in February, the phone has been ringing off the hook at Planet Nutrition in Charlotte, N.C., as soccer moms, fitness buffs, and people who just want to slim down search for raspberry ketones, according to Fox News’ Charlotte affiliate.

Manager Gage Bryant says, “It’s just crazy with the amount of calls, customers coming in, and having it on back order for another week or two from the distributors. I mean, it’s a big deal.”

Even stores that don’t typically stock the product are taking note.

Healthy Home Market Natural Remedies Consultant Joy Fanning says, “So many people have come swarming in we’ve had to take special orders.” The Healthy Home Markets have fielded lines and placed more than 200 orders for the fat burner.

How to Find a Quality Raspberry Ketone Product…….go HERE

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