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Posts Made By: Rob Wiederrich

July 9, 2013 09:26 PM Forum: Politics

Obama treasonous?

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

The U.S Constitution proclaims that any person involved in Treason against the United States of America shall, can and or will be put to death.

The current Egyptian government has direct association with the Muslim Brotherhood and we know that the Muslim Brotherhood is involved in Worldwide Terrorism against Christianity and against democracy…

U.S. Federal Law *Prohibits the U.S. Federal Government from *giving Financial Aid to any country involved in a military Coup-d’état / a sudden overthrow, as just transpired in Egypt.

Additionally, President Obama is fully aware that the new/current Egyptian Government is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood; the Muslim Brotherhood promotes and wages Terrorism and Death to Christianity & democracy…

United States President Obama announced just a couple days ago that the Obama group/admin. will *Continue to supply excessive financial aid to Egypt;

In Essence, Barak Husain Obama is using United States of America Tax-Payer Money to Support a nation who’s government Supports *Terrorism and *Death to *Christians & *democracy.

Barak Husain Obama, WE THE PEOPLE CHARGE YOU WITH TREASON, against The United States of America.

LOOK at his *ACTIONS *, Barak Husain Obama Supports a foreign government who supports *Terrorism and death to Christians & democracy.

This is Treason against the United States of America.

July 16, 2009 09:47 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Building a 10"f/16 refractor

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

One more pic of the focuser and backplate of my 10"f/16. I'm working so much in the shops making this and a folr mounted 17" newtonian and grinding several mirrors in my optical shop...I don't know what to do...


July 20, 2009 09:33 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Building a 10"f/16 refractor

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

david goldman said:

Rob,
keep us informed with all of your projects.this is what it's all about for me too.FUN,FUN,FUN!
dave.

Yeah..From building the 10"f/16 to building the 17" fork mounted newt...to building a cincinnatti modified mill base fork mounted 13" newt....to building my avatar scopes...and finally..to making the objectives and mirrors for every one of them.....I keep my hobby juices flowing.

Thanks

Rob

July 21, 2009 05:33 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

What is your dream scope?

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

Keith Lawson said:

I believe everyone has a dream instrument that is either beyond their bank account or is no longer made or a combination of other factors. So I ask: What is your dream scope and why? No professional observatories please.

Here is mine: A Questar 12. Optical and mechanical perfection! No GOTO but man what an instrument 8) As a lunar/planetary observer this would be an ultimate instrument. Now if I could have it and good seeing to match...

I was unaware that a *dream scope* had to be financially unatainable...or historically unavailable.... 8O grin

I'm building my dream scope.....a 10"f/16 refractor with electric focuser and with an objective of my own doing.

Rob(see ATM thread)

July 21, 2009 09:00 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Fat

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

There is always another way to look at it. Obama hires them like himself........*Do as I say..not as I do*

He's *clearly*...showing us his new definition of *transparency*.


Jim Babcock said:

I do not hate libs. Hate is what libs do. They were proud to say how much they hated Bush and others during the last Administration. As a member of the loyal opposition (term created by libs when they pointed out disagreements with Bush) I enjoy the humor that the left provides and will point out the blunders of the socialists who now run this country.

Do not project your feelings on me.

Do you even see the hypocrisy of having a FAT Surgeon General? Or should it just be overlooked because she is the right gender, race and shares your politics?

July 22, 2009 03:10 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Stress testing mirrors

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

Here is one more view looking from the back.

Rob

July 30, 2009 12:57 AM Forum: Politics

Sales

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

Jim Babcock said:

Obama's ridiculous spending has led to the current situation where we are having a hard time finding someone to buy our debt.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/32201716

Obama has just started to spend. We have not even begun to sell bonds related to his socialized medicine debacle.

Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like a genius and Bush look like a well spoken tightwad. To anyone who has not drank too much liberal koolaide, Obama has already demonstrated that he deserved the title of worst President in American history.

6 months in when Reagan's assination attempt occured........And he was our best president EVER!

The next 6 months look interesting. Oh man can we endure the second worse person as president...since he prophesied trouble?

July 30, 2009 04:48 PM Forum: Politics

Overexposed

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

Jim Babcock said:

Some of us are just tired of even looking at the current white President. A lady who has worked "her ass off" for her entire life is selling her TV so that she does not have to see the freak's face anymore.

http://carrollspaper.1upsoftware.com/print.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=8449

A 78-year-old Carroll woman says she's so tired of seeing President Barack Obama on the airwaves that she's selling her television sets - two of them.

Deloris Nissen, a retired nurses' aide and former Kmart employee who was raised on a farm near Audubon, placed a classified advertisement with The Daily Times Herald for Friday's paper.


Good for her. If only it were so easy to get rid of him, his policies and many of his liberal colleagues from Washington.

Alfred E Newman with a horrible inflection in his repetitive voice. If I wasn't rooting for America..I'd sell my TV's as well. Over the years of practicing Dentistry I've developed a strong stomoch for auful smells and hideous views.

July 30, 2009 07:35 PM Forum: Politics

Minimum Wage

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

Jim Babcock said:

As you all probably know the minimum wage was recently increased by $.75 per hour bringing it up to $7.25 per hour. This is always a good topic of discussion in a political forum.

Here is the opener question. What should the minimum wage be and why?

I will start it off with the old tired arguments to get them out of the way.

Position of the Right:

There should be no minimum wage since a free marketplace will value labor based on supply and demand. The government needs to stay out of business since any minimum wage is just artificial and was created because liberal unions have pegged many of their rates to the minimum wage and raising the minimum wage is a method Dems use to pay back the Unions. Any minimum wage is an artificial rate that is just passed on to consumers and costs jobs at the bottom of the ladder. The minimum wage is primarily used for entry level positions and not intended to be a living wage.

Anyone who is for a minimum wage is anti-free market, anti-American, and is simply ignorant.


Position of the Left:

Without the minimum wage businesses would have us all working for 25 cents per hour. Supply and demand does not work. No one can pay their bills (food, housing, transportation), especially health care on the minimum wage. The minimum wage should be radically higher than $7.25 per hour.

Anyone who is against a minimum wage is evil, hates the poor, is selfish, and is simply ignorant.


I am certain that each of us has anecdotal stories that supports our position.

Did I get it right? Where am I wrong? What did I miss? Who is right? How do you refute the arguments of those you disagree with? WHAT SHOULD THE MINIMUM WAGE BE AND WHY?????


Back in the day when I owned a commercial dental lab..we fixed our rates based upon what the Dentist would pay..compared to what he was paying elsware. Competition permitted the Dr to choose the best lab for his practice scope. If you tried to *undercut* the competition...2 things would happen....one..you'd attract the dentist only out to make a profit...increasing your output but not your profit and/or you would inferiate the local associations with unfair pricing practices and you would feal the heat and you would be labeled a shoddy outfit. No one would expect quality prosthetics for sucha low price.

The same principal works with a minimum wage. If a business is forced to have to pay his entry emplyees a certain wage..he may have to let them go entirely and add that employees duties to the more senior employee. Trying to be competitive he will be foreced by the minimum wage law to limit his staff or he will have to limit his product. Limiting his product means he loses business. do that...and the whole thing ends in a trip in a U-Haul.

August 4, 2009 03:36 AM Forum: Refractors

True...ly long focus

Posted By Rob Wiederrich

This image show betting ready for *business*. Still have the *shower* caps on.....Scope is aiming SouthEast.

Rob