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Letter Editor-What about us Citizens?

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Merry Christmas! & Happy New Year!!

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Recently a member of the Transportation Planning Organization, complained that he was "not in the loop" about "Port Citrus" a  Citrus County Commission project.

WHAT ABOUT US CITIZENS????

Actually, whoever in the general public, that I have spoken to – and that is many, I can truthfully say that the average Citizen does not want our tax money "In the Loop" of "Port Citrus"!! We are tired of politician’s Tax & Spend Mentality: WITHOUT THE GO-AHEAD of the Citizens!

The Citizens are definitely "Out of the Loop" on Port Citrus, just as much as they were "Out of the Loop"  on the "Ottawa Connector" , and the "Inter local Centralized Sewer Agreement", even though their taxes/finances were shoved/planned  to be "In the Loop" – "to the hilt" on all of these BOCC Projects!!!

There has been no advertised official public hearing or referendum on "Port Citrus: both are recommended or else NOT ANOTHER of the Citizen’s tax dollars should go into the "Port Citrus" $$$ Money Loop!! In fact at this point MOST Citizens want THEIR money OUT OF THE LOOP" & NO MORE IN THE LOOP!!! The BOCC is supposed to represent "WE THE PEOPLE"!

Renee Christopher-McPheeters

Citrus County

Here comes …. Ron Paul

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Here comes … Ron Paul.image

A new survey by left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) finds the Texas congressman now leading for the GOP nomination in Iowa, where voters cast the first ballots of the 2012 presidential contest on Jan. 3.

Paul today also announced on his website that he raised more than $4 million since Friday in his latest "money bomb," aimed at helping him in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — which all hold early caucuses or primaries.

INTERACTIVE: Poll tracker

STORY: Super PAC spending

Paul’s rise comes as Newt Gingrich fades. The former House speaker has dropped nine percentage points nationally since the beginning of the month, according to the Gallup daily tracking poll. Click here for the rest of the story….

Web Piracy Debated

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Hollywood-Backed Bill on Web Piracy Debated as Amendments Added

By Eric Engleman

image House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith urged U.S. lawmakers to approve Hollywood-backed legislation aimed at stopping Internet piracy of movies and goods that Google Inc. (GOOG) opposes as promoting censorship.

Smith’s panel is debating 60 proposed amendments to the Stop Online Piracy Act today before deciding whether to send the measure to the full House for consideration. Lawmakers on the panel raised concerns that a provision on blocking websites may damage the security of the Internet’s domain-name system and requested a delay to hear technical testimony.

Lobbying by the entertainment and Internet industries intensified ahead of today’s hearing. Movie studios, including Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., want a crackdown on non-U.S. websites that sell illegally copied films and TV shows. Web companies say the House measure would harm innovation.

“Laws equip U.S. authorities and rights-holders to take action against criminals who operate within our borders,” Smith, a Republican from Texas, said in an opening statement at the hearing. “But there is no parallel authority that permits effective action against criminals who operate from abroad.”

The bill would let the Justice Department ask courts to order Internet-service providers, search engines, payment services and advertising networks to block or cease business with non-U.S. websites trafficking in stolen content or counterfeit goods.

Internet Executives

A similar measure, the Protect IP Act, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in May and is awaiting action by the full Senate. Rest of story here….

Sixteen Internet executives, including Google co-founder Sergey Brin, PayPal Inc. co-founderElon Musk, and EBay Inc. (EBAY) founder Pierre Omidyar, published an open letter to Congress in major newspapers yesterday saying the House and Senate bills would give the U.S. government power to censor the Web.

Google, Facebook Inc. and other Internet companies rallied around an alternative draft bill from Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, and Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, which would make the U.S. International Trade Commission the arbiter of complaints about non-U.S. websites linked to piracy.

Saving American Democracy Amendment

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Washington has been bought by the Corporate Monolith. The individuals on the Hill know NO allegiance to the people. Their only allegiance is to the Corporate Monolith which controls all their actions. The American Democracy may be too late to save. The one, last attempt, to stop the downfall of our Nation and the Democracy that it once was is being offered by a Constitutional Amendment proposed and submitted by the Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders is a friend of mine and a former neighbor of mine when I lived in Vermont. He had a small farm on Miller Hill, many years ago. Bernie and myself, as well as many Americans, never envisioned a day when so many of our individual rights would be stripped away by a cold, uncaring government, a government bought and paid for by the Corporate Elite. The American people have been and are being bombarded with ideas that are alien to our way of life. Ideas such as the ruling by the Supreme Court, that Corporations have the same rights as individuals, as you and I, and therefore, can contribute to various campaigns, using various tricks, enormous amounts of money, thereby, guaranteeing the election of their robo-voters to the Congress.

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"Make or break" moment for middle class and Obama

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image As President Obama tries to get movement from the “do-nothing” Congress the observation is made, what a shame he didn’t put this side forward much earlier in his Presidency. At this point in time, with the Republican party turnstile of mediocre candidates and no one emerging other then the same version with a different suit, Obama would seem to be the only one voicing any concern for the middle class. Although Ron Paul would be a much needed kick to the system, the overall look of the Republican elite, who run the party, is that no matter how well Paul does, they will never give him any serious consideration for the nomination. With that being the case, Obama would be the only choice for the middle class. The middle class who suffer from the effects of a miserable economy and continued inflation. If the tax cut that has been in effect for the middle class is not renewed, the middle class will take another hit to the belt from an uncaring, rich, elitist ruling party at a point in time when it can ill be afforded.  With the Republicans in Congress showing no will to extent the payroll tax cut to the middle class while at the same time espousing continued tax cuts for the wealthy makes it all too clear that they have been bought and paid for by the Corporate Monolith of this Nation.

Channeling the progressivism of President Teddy Roosevelt, President Obama on Tuesday traveled to Osawatomie, Kansas to push his economic agenda and to strongly rebuke the Republicans’ laissez-faire policies.

“This is a make or break moment for the middle class, and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class,” Obama said from Osawatomie High School. “At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, and secure their retirement.”

The president pushed for more investments in education, research and science. He called on Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and for the wealthiest Americans to pay more in taxes. He railed against income inequality, which he said “runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder.”

Citing both the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement, Mr. Obama called the restoration of the middle class “the defining issue of our time.”

“I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, and when everyone plays by the same rules,” he said. “Those aren’t Democratic or Republican values; these aren’t 1 percent values or 99 percent values. They’re American values, and we have to reclaim them.”

Just over a century earlier, Roosevelt made a similar pitch in Osawatomie, Kansas, calling for a “New Nationalism.”

In Roosevelt’s era, the president said today, “some people thought massive inequality and exploitation was just the price of progress… But Roosevelt also knew that the free market has never been a free license to take whatever you want from whoever you can.”

And for taking that stand, Roosevelt was called a radical and a socialist, Mr. Obama said, eliciting chuckles from the crowd.

Banks foreclosure practices leads Massachusetts to Sue

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Foreclosure Fraud Banks being Sued!

Every state in the Union should do the same as Massachusetts, suing the conglomerates who received huge bailouts from the Federal government paid for on the backs of the American Middle class. Bailouts which did not result in any funds being made available to the public, a public that could have used these monies to get mortgages more in line with their current home values, renegotiations that could have led to affordable house payments. Instead these banks executives used their bailout monies for raises and bonuses, bonuses that were in amounts ranging from hundred of thousands of dollars to millions! These people should have been out of a job, rather then buying new homes, new adult play toys, and enjoying the elitist’s life! They enjoy “Good Life” while the foreclosures continue, irrespective of slight irregularities to the law, because they are exempt to the law! Only the middle class and poor are held to the strict letter of the law. This must change.

Massachusetts is suing five major banks including Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. over deceptive foreclosure practices.

The lawsuit also names Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc., and Ally Financial. It was filed in Massachusetts Wednesday by Attorney General Martha Coakley.

The complaint also names Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. and its parent company as defendants.

The lawsuit is seeking redress for what Coakley calls "unlawful and deceptive" conduct in the foreclosure process, including unlawful foreclosures, false documentation, robo-signing, and deceptive practices related to loan modifications.

ACARS CONFIRMED – 9/11 AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE LONG AFTER CRASH

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 The evidence is overwhelming, yet no one is brave enough to step forward and take any action. Another piece of evidence that 911 was a false flag operation leading to the death of thousands of Americans, home and abroad, and millions worldwide is detailed below. The fable of 911 propaganda is continually reinforced by the elitists, corporate monolith media machine. While these mass killers walk free every day, how can anyone ever expect justice from an unjust system, a system that lets these killers walk and the rest of us pay for their crimes through a crumbling economy brought about because of this act.

UNITED 175 IN THE VICINITY OF HARRISBURG AND PITTSBURGH, PA

(PilotsFor911Truth.org) – Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) is a device used to send messages to and from an aircraft. Very similar to text messages and email we use today, Air Traffic Control, the airline itself, and other airplanes can communicate with each other via this “texting” system. ACARS was developed in 1978 and is still used today. Similar to cell phone networks, the ACARS network has remote ground stations installed around the world to route messages from ATC, the airline, etc, to the aircraft depending on it’s location and vice versa. ACARS Messages have been provided through the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) which demonstrate that the aircraft received messages through ground stations located in Harrisburg, PA, and then later routed through a ground station in Pittsburgh, 20 minutes after the aircraft allegedly impacted the South Tower in New York. How can messages be routed through such remote locations if the aircraft was in NY, not to mention how can messages be routed to an aircraft which allegedly crashed 20 minutes earlier? Pilots For 9/11 Truth have briefly touched on this subject in 9/11: Intercepted through the excellent research of “Woody Box“, who initially discovered such alarming information in the released FOIA documents(1). We now have further information which confirms the aircraft was not in the vicinity of New York City when the attacks occurred.

These are the ‘text’ (ACARS) messages in question -

The format for these messages is pretty straight forward. To limit the technical details, we will explain the most important parts of the messages, however, for full Message Block Format Code standards, click here. The remote ground station (MDT in the message below) used to route the message to the aircraft, the time and date in which the message is sent (111259, meaning the 11th of Sept, at 1259Z or 0859 Eastern), the flight number (UA175), and the tail number of the airplane in which the message is intended (N612UA), are all highlighted in red. The underlined date and time is when the message was received by the airplane.

This message was sent on Sept 11, at 1259Z (8:59AM Eastern) to United Flight 175, tail number N612UA, routed through the MDT remote ground station (Harrisburg International Airport, also known as Middleton).

DDLXCXA SFOLM CHI58R SFOFRSAM
.SFOLMUA 111259/JER
CMD
AN N612UA/GL MDT
- QUSFOLMUA 1UA175 BOSLAX
I HEARD OF A REPORTED INCIDENT ABOARD YOUR ACFT. PLZ VERIFY ALL
IS NORMAL….THX 777SAM
SFOLM JERRY TSEN
;09111259 108575 0543

This message was sent on Sept 11, at 1303Z (9:03AM Eastern, the time of the crash) to United Flight 175, tail number N612UA, routed through the MDT remote ground station (Harrisburg International Airport, also known as Middleton).

DDLXCXA CHIAK CH158R
.CHIAKUA 111303/ED
CMD
AN N612UA/GL MDT
- QUCHIYRUA 1UA175 BOSLAX
- MESSAGE FROM CHIDD -
HOW IS THE RIDE. ANY THING DISPATCH CAN DO FOR YOU…
CHIDD ED BALLINGER
;09111303 108575 0545

This message was also sent on Sept 11, at 1303Z (9:03AM Eastern, the time of the crash) to United Flight 175, tail number N612UA, routed through the MDT remote ground station (Harrisburg International Airport, also known as Middleton).

DDLXCXA CHIYR CH158R
.CHIYRUA 111303/AD
CMD
AN N612UA/GL MDT
- QUCHIYRUA 1UA175 BOSLAX
- MESSAGE FROM CHIDD -
NY APROACH LOOKIN FOR YA ON 127.4
CHIDD AD ROGERS
;09111303 108575 0546

This message was sent on Sept 11, at 1323Z (9:23AM Eastern, 20 minutes after the time of the crash) to United Flight 175, tail number N612UA, routed through the PIT remote ground station (Pittsburgh International Airport).

DDLXCXA CHIAK CH158R
.CHIAKUA DA 111323/ED
CMD
AN N612UA/GL PIT
- QUCHIYRUA 1UA175
BOSLAX
- MESSAGE FROM CHIDD -
/BEWARE ANY COCKPIT INTROUSION: TWO AIRCAFT IN NY . HIT TRADE C
NTER BUILDS…
CHIDD ED BALLINGER
;09111323 108575 0574

If one references the standard message block codes linked above, you will notice that a “Technical Acknowledgement” section should be present in ACARS messages. What this means, is that the ACARS system can confirm if the sent ‘text’ messages have been received or not without requiring any crew input to manually acknowledge the message was received. Similar to an email which may have bounced back, or your cell phone telling you that your text message failed to send, this automatic technical acknowledgement would let the reader know the message failed receipt, or if it were received. An ACK or NAK should be present denoting received or failed, respectively, according to standard message formats. Unfortunately, these standard codes are not available in the above messages. However, according to a Memorandum For The Record(2) quoting United Dispatcher Ed Ballinger, the second time stamp on the bottom of the message, at United Airlines, is the “Technical Acknowledgement” from the airplane that the message has been received -

Mr. Ballinger stated that the ACARS messages have two times listed: the time sent and the time received. He stated that once he sends the message it is delivered to the addressed aircraft through AIRINC immediately. He is not aware of any delay in the aircraft receiving the message after he sends it.

According to the above statement made by Mr. Ballinger, all of the above messages were received by the aircraft.

The 9/11 Commission has claimed which messages have been received by the aircraft. According to a another Memorandum For The Record (MFR), four ACARS messages were sent between 8:59AM and 9:03AM on the morning of Sept 11, to United Flight 175. The MFR reads as follows(3) -

1259:19Z A dispatcher-initiated message that reached the plane but not crew acknowledged stating “I heard of a reported incident.”
1259:29 Additional dispatcher-initiated message
1259:30 Additional dispatcher-initiated message
1303:17 Rogers-initiated message not received by the aircraft

The first message at 1259:19Z, as stated, was received by the aircraft, but not crew acknowledged, which is not required as technical acknowledgements are automatic. This is referring to the message noted above sent through MDT by Jerry TSEN (First coded ACARS message at top). The second (1259:29Z) and third messages (1259:30Z) referenced in the MFR were not provided through the FOIA. The last message (1303:17Z) referenced in the MFR is claimed to not have been received by the aircraft according to the 9/11 Commission. However, all we have is their word, which contradicts the statement made by Ballinger and the Technical Acknowledgement time stamp. The coded Rogers initiated ACARS message is included above, third from the top. Of course, the 9/11 Commission cannot admit if the last message was received by the airplane as that would immediately indicate to anyone that the airplane did not crash into the South Tower at 09:03am.

It is interesting to note that the Commission ignores the 9:03am ACARS message sent by Ed Ballinger routed through MDT (second ACARS message printed above), yet claims the 9:03am message sent by Rogers as not being received. Based on sequential numbers of the messages themselves, it is clear Ballinger’s 9:03 message was sent before the Rogers message (0545 for Ballinger message, 0546 for Rogers, printed on bottom of the message), yet the Commission ignores Ballinger’s message. Why would they ignore Ballinger’s message, yet acknowledge Rogers? Is it because Ballinger’s message was received by the airplane and they realized that an aircraft cannot receive an ACARS message at that distance and such low altitude? This message is more evidence the aircraft was in the vicinity of Harrisburg, and not NY. At least 3 ACARS messages were routed through MDT between 8:59 and 9:03am, and received by the airplane, according to the technical acknowledgement time stamps at the bottom of the messages.

The last message sent at 9:23AM, routed through Pittsburgh, has been completely ignored by the 9/11 Commission as well. Although important to know whether the messages were received, it is equally if not more important to understand how they are routed, received or not.

ACARS Networks are based on ARINC Standards for communications in the United States. ARINC is a provider of the communication protocol for ACARS networking. As ACARS networks are to Cell Phones, think of ARINC as perhaps a Verizon or AT&T. When a message is sent from the aircraft, or the ground, the message needs to be routed through remote ground stations as described above. Many remote ground stations (RGS) are located throughout the world. Here is a diagram of some of the stations located in the Northeast USA. Rest of story here….

Comprehensive List Of ACARS Remote Ground Stations Worldwide – scribd source link – Page 100

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