IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO ???????

So I was watching television the other night and was flipping channels when i came accross a title on the Discovery Channel, "freebirthing" I stopped and got interested in the show.
Apparenly free birthing and unassisted child birth is on the rise in the UK. It shows that many women are choosing not to go into a hospital in the UK because they have felt pressured to do so under their wonderful health care plan.

As I am watching this program it states " If a woman chooses to have an unassisted birth in her home her husband or partner can go to prision for just being there" I was totally shocked and dismayed by what I had just heard...... If you don't want to go to the hospital for birth and you don't want a midwife present under the UK laws your partner or friend or husband even if anyone is in the house with you can go to jail and be prosecuted.

This is really scary....Is this what we have to look forward to???
If you look at the link check out section on "" Birth Without Midwives "" This gives you all the information..... Just something to think about.......
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/law.htm

2.2 Billion, You got to be kidding me....

Chavez and Russia

This story is just about the worse possible alliance I can think of in the world. Somehow no one has seem to take an issue with it but me.... Does no one see the implications??


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aqDCi6BKbDVk

Is that all you ever want to be????

I was talking to a neighbor a few weeks ago,said some things maybe I shouldn't have, but first some history.........
She has moved to her mothers house from another state, which is only a small two bedroom duplex with one bathroom, bringing with her, her illegitimate mixed race child and it's father, bringing the total number in the household to six.

They had no money, no car, no job prospects, no bed for the child or clothing. Almost immediatly they began to ask us for food or where to get a car seat or a bed....etc.... I knew better to try to help. They would expect me to help them out everyday....I know i know mean ass right.

So as time has gone by I have asked the young woman who is now pregnant AGAIN, still with no job and no means other than a food stamp card and medicaid to take care of the kids, Is this all you ever want to be??? She had a look on her face and asked "what do you mean ?" I went into a flag waving rant that I think confused the poor girl. "This is AMERICA GIRL, you can be anything you want to be" "Is all you ever want to be is a deadbeat who lives off the government, refuses to work, dropped out of school and never seems to want to do anything else?" Don't you want to be more or do more? You won't even keep your house clean and provide a clean and sanitary place for your kids. "Do you expect people like me who has gone to college 4 times and has worked all my life to keep your lazy ass up??? ""Who is your role model in your life?" she answers, "her mother". I laughed..... Her mother sits on her ass in this little apartment, no job, does nothing, the house is nasty and they have been living months with out HOT water. They boil water to take a bath and this is your role model?????? WTF...They openly admit to being behind on all their bills including their rent. How can you be so proud of this? Or are you wanting someone to feel sorry for you and offer help??? Thats probably it...
SO, Is this all you want your kids to be? You seem to be following in your role models shoes and you will never be anything unless YOU make the move to better yourself. Since the first conversation the baby daddy has gotten a job making about $200 a week which is a good thing right??? NOPE he openly admits to spending his money on POT and cigaretts and they still ask for food and money.

What is wrong with people??? The mother has used anyone who was dumb enough to help her. She owes another friend over $1000 dollars, she tried to do things for her like got her a cell phone on her account, which she never paid a bill and that ruined her credit, then got her camera out of hock not once but twice. She finally gave up and stopped coming around. This same mother talked her 18 year old son into opening a checking account up in his name, because they can't have a checking account in their name, and let them have the check book and debit card...now the 18 year old kid owes the bank about $2000 and has ruined his opportunity to ever have a checking accout again, not to mention this goes on your credit file. Its a fantastic start at 18. How do these people sleep at night knowing they have used everyone? Is it just okay in their minds??

I just can't understand these people. Why are they satisfied with just how it is? Why don't they want to do better and especailly for their kids? I just have a hard time with this.....

What is going on in the united states when this is all you want to be???? WE have the best opportunities to get an education, sometimes for free, so why would you not want to go? Work everyday and provide a nice house for your kids to grow up in. Be a real role model for your kids and hold them accountable to be a productive asset to the world !!!!

HEALTH CARE BILL

I HAVE READ THE HEALTH CARE BILL BAUCUS IS PROPOSING TODAY. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A FINE IMPOSED ON YOU VIA THE IRS FOR NOT BUYING HEALTH COVERAGE. \
page 15 of the final white paper explains this....
page 55 will tell your doctors which tests they can perform to find out whats wrong with you and limits them to those that are cheapest to run, therefore limiting their ability to provide care....
page 56 and 57 explains how the IT program will work and how they will pressure u into implementing its use, does not explain how to keep such information private while it makes its whirls around the internet, which we all know is realllllly secure....
page 60 wants to bring more minorities into the healthcare field, this to me is just stupid, I am currently in a college program in health care, in a state who offers pretty much a free ride to a college education and I have seen the minorities try to get into college and cannot pass the entry tests, or they get in and fail out. Also, I have seen the ones who do get into college spend the book allowance check they get on crap and don't even buy their neccessary books for their classes, and they fail.....They have the exact educational opportunity as any person so why is there such a gap???? We all know that answer....they just really don't want to go to school and better themselves because they are used to being kept up by the government so why work hard and go to college and work hard everyday when they have no incentive to....So by offering money for education to minorities to enter the healthcare field will just go to waste....
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/16/baucus-proposes-billion-health-care-reform-plan/
http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/finalwhitepaper.pdf/

OKAY I THINK I'M DONE. YOU CAN CALL ME WHAT EVER YOU WANT FOR THE COMMENTS I MAKE BUT REGUARDLESS OF HOW U FEEL ABOUT ME, THIS HEALTHCARE BILL WILL DRIVE COSTS UP AND HURT EVERYONE AND LIMIT OUR CARE AND AVAILABILITY TO RECIEVE EXCELLENT CARE WE AS AMERICANS ARE USED TO GETTING WHEN EVER WE WANT IT......

White House Draws Fire for Requesting 'Fishy’ Information From Supporters on Health Reform - Political News - FOXNews.com

Okay now this is getting out of hand. The so called Americans who voted this man into office should be feeling pretty stupid and lied to about now.

How can anyone sit by and allow such invasion of your privacy and rights and not be upset about this? are you really still hypnotized at this point? Can you not speak on your own or do you need your speeches written for you also??

I am very disappointed by the general public who thinks all this is ok.... bunch of damn wussies!!!!

White House Draws Fire for Requesting 'Fishy’ Information From Supporters on Health Reform - Political News - FOXNews.com

"NEW" gun permit in rural GA

I was reading my local paper this morning (links to follow) and I came across a story from my home town of Commerce, GA, which is about 65 NE of Atlanta for those that don't know. It seems that the town is eat up with squirrels and the city council and Police chief John Gaissert have came up with a solution.

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/031109/new_407653049.shtml

http://www.commercenewstoday.com/archives/1988-Ready,-aim,-get-permit-to-shoot-squirrels.html

They are going to issue a special gun permit (pest-eradication licenses) that allows you to use low-power weapons, such as a shot gun with bird-shot or pellet guns. The usual background check does apply however and a fee of $20 just for the application. The prospective permit holder will also have to sit down with the police chief and discuss what weapon of choice they will want to use.


"This permit is narrowly defined to allow people to eliminate the pests that are damaging their "property," Gaissert added. "They would have to come in and talk with us about what kind of weapon they want to use and the type of pest that needs to be destroyed."

Now isn't this a kicker..... when so many folks want to outlaw all guns, one old, rural community is encouraging the community to use em....
I love it !!!!!!!

LETS PRINT OUR OWN MONEY NOW!!

After hearing of all this stimulus stuff over the last few months I thought it would be kool to just start printing our own money, which in a way is what the government is doing now. In the old days we had to have GOLD to back up the value of our money, but some where along the way this changed. It is to my searching that I have come to the conclusion that we should just print our own money. Our dollar is worthless and will continue to decline as long as the government continues to spend something we dont have.

Let me ask you all something ??? Do you go to the store and buy groceries and give them a check knowing you have no money ?? Do you go buy a car and give them a check knowing you have no money ?? I didnt think so !! So how can so many people just allow them to do this. We have ran out of money and options several years ago and making the problems worse are the spending of money we will never have. Without jobs we have no taxes, with out taxes we have no money for government. I just am amazed that the ideals of the basic needs of the american people of jobs for their well being and being able to support themselves and their families has been lost somehow. My father worked from the time he was like 10 in the cotton fields and then in the cotton mills before joining the Air Force. He did that to make a better life for my mom and then for us after we came along. What happened to those people who wanted to work and wanted better for themselves and their kids? Why has it gone to sucha giveme, giveme, giveme kinda state with hands out everwhere ?? It looks like everyone wants the easy way out. No one wants to work for anything anymore. The only way we will come out of this is to not be afraid to stand up and create new jobs and new businesses and new industry and not tax the hell out of them for trying to be what we all once were. Capitolism is what will fix all our problems not dictatorships or socialism.

Sen Ralph Hudgens........ STAY OUT OF MY UTERUS!!

I AM JUST ASHAMED OF THESE MEN IN CONGRESS
HOW DARE THEY TRY TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY UTERUS
AND MY EGGS....

THIS NEW BILL :: SENATE BILL 169

IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE "OCTOMOM"
AND GEORGIA LEGISLATORS ARE AFRAID IT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE IN GEORGIA! FIRST OF ALL MR. HUDGENS,
{State Sen. Ralph Hudgens, R-Hull}
NO DOCTOR IN HIS RIGHT MIND WOULD TRY SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW GIVEN ALL THE SLACK THE CALIFORNIA DOCTOR IS GETTING AND FURTHER MORE IF I CHOSE TO SAVE MY EGGS OR EMBRYOS FOR FUTURE USE IT IS MY BUSINESS.

I AM NOT ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO FOOT THE BILL FOR MY EXPENSE TO STORE MY EMBRYOS SO WHY DOES THIS CONCERN YOU?AFTER READING THE BILL I HAD NOTICED THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR WOMEN WHO ARE SUFFERING FOR ANY TYPE OF DISEASE AND WILL NEED TO UNDER GO TREATMENT, SUCH AS RADIATION, WHICH AFTER TREATMENT COULD LEAVE YOU STERILE. I THINK ANY WOMAN GIVEN THAT CHOICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FREEZE HER EGGS OR EMBRYOS FOR FUTURE USE. AND TRY AS MANY TIMES AS NEED TO BECOME PREGNANT.
THIS JUST PISSES ME OFF TO NO END!!!

I HAVE PROVIDED A LINK WHERE YOU CAN READ THE BILL AND READ THE STORY THAT RAN IN THE ATHENS BANNER HERALD YESTERDAY AND TODAY
www.onlineathens.com/stories/022709/new_399028027.shtml
www.onlineathens.com/stories/030609/gen_405396290.shtml

GREAT SNOW !!!

We got some beautiful snow yesterday!!!!
Sunday March 1st, Yes March I said.....
Here are some pics from this morning and some early on yesterday. This is alot for Georgia folks....but, I have lived where there is REAL snow but it's still pretty to look at.....

Good "Christian" Woman

I am so glad to see that someone in this day and time is very passionate about attending chruch.

It seems from my experince that in the south, especially, that church going is a great tradition. However, in the story that I have quoted here you will find out just how serious some of these people in the Athens area are about going to church!!!!

You can't make this stuff up.. hahahahahahahah

Beau nearly run over for skipping church
Athens Banner-Herald Story updated at 11:24 pm on 2/23/2009

A woman tried to run down her boyfriend with a car Sunday morning after she accused him of wanting to skip church so he could be with another woman, Athens-Clarke police said.
Annie Knox, 19, drove straight at her boyfriend in the parking lot of their home in 100 block of Carriage Court, and the man jumped on the hood of a parked car to avoid getting hit, police said.
Knox then drove over grass and onto a sidewalk as she continued to follow the man, according to police. Knox, 19, was charged with aggravated assault, police said

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/022409/cop_397859403.shtml

WHAT THE HELL NOW????

OKAY I AM A LITTLE AGGRAVATED TONIGHT! I AM GONNA SOUND LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE ON THIS ONE....

I WAS CHECKING MY EMAIL ON YAHOO AND I CAME ACROSS THIS STORY

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_bi_ge/bank_fees_jobless_benefits

I AM ASKING MYSELF WHAT THEY HELL ??? I KNOW SOMEONE WHO WILL SHORTLY BE HAVING TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHAT PROGRAM TO PICK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS OR PAYMENTS.

I AM JUST IN DISBELIEF THAT AFTER ALL THE FUCKING MONEY WE GAVE THE BANKS THEY ARE ACCESSING FEES ON THESE PEOPLES UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS...AND IF YOU THINK 50 CENTS ISNT MUCH .... IT ADDS UP PEOPLE JUST CK OUT THE STORY.

ONE EXAMPLE WAS IF 94,000 PEOPLE RECEIVED BENEFITS AND USED THEIR CARDS UP TO 10 TIMES A MONTH, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD TO PAY BILLS OR BUY FOOD AND GAS..... THE BANK , JUST ONE OF THE MONEY HUNGRY BANKS WOULD MAKE $500,000 (APPROX) PER MONTH AND THATS LIKE $ 6 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.... OMFG !!!!! THATS JUST ONE STATE AND THE LIST OF STATES THAT USE THIS DEBT CARD LOOKS LIKE TO BE 30 AND SEVERAL MORE SIGNING UP AND APPARENTLY THIS IS OK...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-bankfees-joblessbenefits,0,3984487.story

WHY ARENT MORE PEOPLE YELLING ABOUT THIS??? ARE WE JUST A BUNCH OF PANSY ASSES IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE LET THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT RUN ALL OVER US?????? THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY TO CONTROL OUR LIVES AND NEW WAYS TO MAKE MONEY...RICH GET RICHER & POOR GET POORER

WELL WHERE THE FUCK IS MINE????? MY DAUGHTERS??? MY WHOLE FAMILY???

SOMEONE SAW THIS COMING AND MADE A GREAT DECISION TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE GOVERNMENT ON THIS....AND THOUGHT WE WILL GET EM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.... DAMN !!!!!!!!!!

What is the issue here ???

I was reading my paper this morning and I came across this story in the Banner Herald about the non profit group "Angel Food Ministeries" that is being investigated by the FBI and IRS for paying themselves too much of a salary to run the organization. In the story they make reference to SPREADING AROUND THE MONEY and I think they are pissed because they gave the most money to the republicans. They seem to be making a fuss that they (angel food ministeries) donated money to several "Conservative" campaigns over the last few years and one group that supported a democrat and I think they are making a bigger deal of the contributions they made, then to what they may have done illegally with the non profit funds. I have done a little research and can't really find out if this is illegal or not (donating to politicians). From what I have read its not really clear ?? If they make the donations in their own name and not the organization it does not seem to be illegal. However, if they made them in the non profits group name then yes there may be a problem. But, if you read the story in the online Athens link I have for you, it tells who they donated to. As you see it is all Republican candidates and they make sure to note that after every name. I think that is the REAL issue, that they didn't donate to any other party.... but, from my experience Christians generally are not liberals, so why donate to a party to whom you don't share their beliefs with ???????? To me, this is just another attempt to but blame on anyone who doesn't go with the liberal thinking of the news media, including the newspapers !!!!! This is just my thoughts !!

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021709/new_389716054.shtml

This from Wikipedia is all I could find on non profits donating or participating
in political campaigns.

Political Campaign Interventions

Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are prohibited from conducting political campaign activities to intervene in elections to public office. [1] The Internal Revenue Service website elaborates upon this prohibition as follows:

"Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes

"Certain activities or expenditures may not be prohibited depending on the facts and circumstances. For example, certain voter education activities (including presenting public forums and publishing voter education guides) conducted in a non-partisan manner do not constitute prohibited political campaign activity. In addition, other activities intended to encourage people to participate in the electoral process, such as voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, would not be prohibited political campaign activity if conducted in a non-partisan manner.

"On the other hand, voter education or registration activities with evidence of bias that (a) would favor one candidate over another; (b) oppose a candidate in some manner; or (c) have the effect of favoring a candidate or group of candidates, will constitute prohibited participation or intervention.

"The Internal Revenue Service provides resources to exempt organizations and the public to help them understand the prohibition. As part of its examination program, the IRS also monitors whether organizations are complying with the prohibition."

Great Firefighter Story !!

Some of you prob don't know that I was a career firefighter for several years and also an EMT. This story I am about to share just made my day. You often wonder, in this line of work, what ever happened to ??? You know the lady who fell at the store or the man you cut out of a car on the interstate? Where did they end up? Or the kid who crashed his four wheeler on the farm? How are they today?

This story is of such a reunion some 40 years later. Great story!! Thought I would share and say thanks to all the fellow firefighter in the world!
Below is the link to the story and video of the interview.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/12/40_years_worth_of_thanks/

Inexperience?

I was reading on MSN.COM and I came across this story and was I astonished to find out that our President is having problems due to inexperience.... We knew this months ago when everyone understood his experience was nothing more then running a neighborhood. So why is this making news now? And that comment of ON-THE-JOB training... these are things most people that I know had hit on months ago....... This article just bothered me, like its an excuse now, that he doesn't know what the heck he's doing. Anyway, I think this is a train wreck waiting to happen........

Obama may learn from slips on stimulus

On his first big test, the new president made some rookie mistakes

By TOM RAUM

updated 12:28 p.m. ET, Sun., Feb. 8, 2009

WASHINGTON - On his first big test, Barack Obama made some rookie mistakes and strategic missteps. But he still appears headed for a win on the centerpiece of his agenda, a huge economic recovery program, with the fresh striking of a bipartisan deal in the Senate.

Legislative leaders, including some fellow Democrats who support him, chalked up his problems to inexperience and some initial miscalculations over the lack of GOP support, and they suggest he'll learn from the rocky start.

Americans have learned, too, a little about how their new president works He's swung from being conciliatory to badgering Congress to act, from courting the opposition to taking partisan swipes. He's had to fight to keep from losing control of the message. And all this is playing out against a background of Cabinet problems, economic distress and global distractions.

Could have made it easier
Some veteran Democrats say Obama could have made it easier for himself.

"I think it is important that he reached out. But lesson learned: It would have been better for him to send up his idea of a bill," instead of having House Democratic leaders initiate the process, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Leaders of both parties agree the nation's slumping economy requires strong stimulus, an argument reinforced by a government report showing soaring new job losses. Obama will likely get most of what he wants. On the job under three weeks, he still has a large reservoir of good will on Capitol Hill.

But things haven't gone quite the way the new Obama team expected. It's been a rough two weeks of on-the-job training on the legislative process from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue for the former one-term Illinois senator.

"You know, it's referred to as sausage-making and probably for good reason," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

Still, Obama aides claimed they were satisfied with the results, given the enormity of the challenge. "In a matter of weeks, we moved through both houses of Congress a very complex piece of legislation," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said Saturday in an interview. "I don't know if there is a parallel in history."

"AND I QUOTE "

"What do you think a stimulus is?" Obama asked incredulously. "It’s spending — that's the whole point! Seriously.”


This just smacks ya in the face doesn't it???
In this story (see link below for whole story) President Obama is upset that the "republicans" do not like his stimulus plan and attacks them in his speech. Personally I think they(republicans) are trying to stick up for the people that are going to have to pay for all this "STIMULUS"


http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18482


His closing statement, take note of it, which means you have to read the whole story, I think, in one sentence sums it up for everyone, he stated that he was "grateful and humbled" to be the leader of their party.

THEIR PARTY????? shouldn't he be proud to be the leader of the entire country and all this mess ???? hummmm wonder where his loyalty lies?

College ???

I think I have gotten stupider, is that a word???

Well, anyway I have gone back to school for the 4th time in my life and I think I went stupid somewhere along the way.
I have an extensive medical background, not like a doctor, but in the FIRE / EMS sorta medical training.

I have been over the last ten years a certified First Responder, EMTB, EMTI, and several quarters toward my paramedic. I was also a certified Firefighter, certified in HAZMAT operations and a Driver Engineer for a local fire dept..... yet I cant seem to get a grasp on this test that I have re taken twice now!!! and it is in a basic healthcare class....
&*%#@$@&)@#*)& (^*%&$^$^
I mean come on... I have done this with eyes closed for years.
Never made a bad grade until this class.

Woman Claimed Arson Arrested

This story ran the week of January 19, 2009 in the North Ga area.
A woman claimed her home was set afire because of her support for
our now President Obama.

Read the following story from
The Forsyth County Newspaper, Feb 5,2009
and from FOX5 Atlanta that ran today.
Makes me wonder, would some one actually do this?
What did she hope to accomplish if they really did set this fire? I just can't wrap
my head around why people do these things........

By Julie Arrington
Staff Writer
juliearrington@forsythnews.com

UPDATED Feb. 5, 2009 5:11 p.m.

A woman who lost her house in suspicious fire Jan. 18 could be charged in connection with the blaze as early as Friday, authorities said.

Pam Graf, 47, remained Thursday at the Forsyth County Detention Center, where she has been held since the Forsyth County Fire Explosives Investigative Unit arrested her on felony and misdemeanor drug charges Tuesday night.

Forsyth County Fire Marshal Steve Anderson said Graf was arrested after a search of her hotel room and vehicle Tuesday.

“We do have a lot of evidence and a lot of it is documents and financials and all that,” Anderson said. “It just takes time to go through it.”

In the meantime, Graf faces several drug possession charges, including having less than one ounce of marijuana, cocaine with intent to distribute and Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 narcotics.

The fire that destroyed her five-bedroom home at 8085 Lanier Drive in northeastern Forsyth was ruled arson within a week after it happened.

Fire officials have described Graf and her boyfriend, Steve Edward Strobel, as suspects.

Authorities arrested Strobel on Tuesday night at his home in Barrow County. Graf was arrested at the Comfort Suites hotel on Hwy. 20 where she had been staying since the fire.

Strobel, 46, faces charges of obstruction of justice and providing a false statement in connection with the fire investigation. Both he and Graf are being held without bond.

Graf’s father, William Morrow, said he learned about his daughter's arrest and suspicion in the fire from a friend Wednesday afternoon.

“I’m just shocked, just absolutely shocked,” said Morrow, who also lives on Lanier Drive, not far from his daughter's former home.

Morrow said he did not know if Graf has retained a lawyer and declined to comment further.

Graf was not home when the fire occured. She told authorities she and Strobel left Jan. 16 for the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., and came back Jan. 19 after learning about the fire.

But Anderson said investigators have not been able to verify her story.

“There’s just no proof that we can confirm,” he said, adding that Graf and Strobel say they drove to the nation's capital and camped in a van.

Anderson said investigators have been unable to develop evidence to eliminate Graf as a suspect, despite her contention she was targeted because of her support for President Barack Obama.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is also investigating graffiti someone spray-painted on a fence along Graf’s property that included a racial slur and the phrase “your black boy will die.”

Anderson said he thinks the fire and graffiti are connected.

Graf has said she received a threatening note in her mailbox after the New Year’s Day holiday.

She has said she didn’t report it to authorities because she didn't take it seriously. She did, however, remove an Obama campaign sign from her yard. Another sign disappeared before the presidential election on Nov. 4.

She may not have reported the note, but sheriff’s reports show Graf has been involved in at least nine documented incidents since September 2006.

Those incidents include a report of her home being burglarized and complaints against her for criminal trespassing and loitering and prowling.

She has also been accused of shoplifting, the reports show, and also has reported her car and checkbook stolen.

In addition, she and an incarcerated ex-boyfriend have filed complaints against each other for harassing communications. Graf maintains she has a restraining order against the man.

Neighbors reported that Graf had been trying to sell her 3,000-square-foot home near Lake Lanier.

She dismissed those accounts, however, saying she put up a for sale sign over the summer in order to teach a lesson to her three children, ages 11, 14 and 17.

According to Forsyth County Superior Court records, the children live with their father.

Anderson said Graf did try to sell her house, but it was not on the market at the time of the fire, which occurred about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 18.

Forsyth County Fire Capt. Jason Shivers said several residents called 911 the morning of the blaze.

“There were calls from neighbors in close proximity and calls from those some distance away who were seeing the flames through the trees and not sure where it was,” Shivers said. “So there were multiple calls and multiple callers advising various locations also.”

Shivers said none of the calls came from the house, which was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters got there.
Forsyth County tax records list the value of the home at $255,490.

State Farm insurance company and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been participating in the investigation. The FBI also monitored the case as it developed, authorities said.

Woman Claiming Arson
Arrested

Last Edited: Wednesday, 04 Feb 2009, 10:38 PM EST
Ran of FOX5 Atlanta GA Today Feb5, 2009

• By The Associated Press

CUMMING, Ga. - Forsyth County fire investigators have arrested a woman who claimed her house was set on fire because she supported President Barack Obama on unrelated charges.

Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jason Shivers says authorities arrested 47-year-old Pamela Graf Tuesday on drug charges but says she is listed as a suspect in the fire. He says investigators executing a search warrant on her car and room at a motel found marijuana and cocaine.

Graf's home was destroyed on Jan. 18 while she was in Washington, D.C., attending the inauguration. Officials found spray-painted graffiti that included a racial slur and ruled the fire an arson.

Graf's boyfriend, 46-year-old Steve Strobel, also was arrested in Barrow County. He also is listed as a suspect

Do your Part

Okay so now your government is going to tell the american companies how much to pay their employees ??? Does this seem to be going toward what the USSR used to be ?? ummmm
If the "PAY" for american workers are too much, why don't you offer, just offer, Mr President to give up your salary for the four years you would be in office ??? Just a thought?

Another one down

First Richardson, then Killefer and now Daschle. What is up with these nominations? And, do you have to OWE taxes to be considered?? Bringing light on the fact that several of the Presidents picks have owed the government money, soooooo....... does this mean MOST politicians owe back taxes ??? Hummmmm, No wonder we in debt!!!!!

New One on board !

Howdy there !
I am starting this blog thingy to get a few things off my chest... I have two people whom I love dearly who got me interested so you can blame them when I rant or make no sense.

Thanks Linz and Todd