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Download from our website: Download this Podcast here The following is a KSCO commentary. Here is Kay Zwerling: It was the late 1970s. My husband and I were part of a small group visiting China. We were there the day that Richard Nixon signed the treaty with China to have joint economic relations. That day the Chinese people were dancing in the streets. There were no cars then, only millions of bicycles, and everyone wore black outfits, and it being bitter cold, bitter winter, they wore layers and layers of cotton clothing. I had mixed feelings for the people in their celebration. Despite their forthcoming Americanization and prosperity, the Chinese would lose a certain simplicity and peaceful existence and trade that in for capitalism and its companion, stress. Let’s fast-forward to 2007. U.S. manufacturing is almost nonexistent. Most of it is in China, and other countries. International corporations convinced our leaders that trade with China would benefit our country. I could never understand how we benefit when China could inundate us with enormous amounts of stuff, much of it inferior, and would take only a fraction of our products in return. And our leaders allowed and condoned that practice, and now China owns us. The following, floating around the Internet, author unknown, underscores my dismay and disgust with trade imbalances allowed by our government. And this will scare and anger you. ?December 26, 2006. When one day a year either makes or breaks the bank, how fragile indeed has our economy become? Decades ago when we manufactured almost everything here in America, the Christmas holiday was just that ? a holiday. Retail businesses made money, but the money spent on gifts stayed in American pockets. Now, almost everything is made in China, India, Mexico, and many other countries. Once the money is sent out of the country, it will never return. If you do not believe this, check the trade imbalance between the U.S. and China. We buy everything from them, while they buy pitifully little from us. It is a lucrative one-sided deal for China and corporations who engineered this scheme with the American worker coming out the loser. And, if you think that this stuff on a grand scale is not hurting America ? well, listen to this ? America’s finances are in such bad shape that China, our so-called most favored trading partner, is taking the billions of American dollars invested here which it has accumulated in this one-sided trade deal, and now wisely trading them in for Euros and precious metals. The Chinese are well aware of America’s deepening financial morass, and they are not going to get stuck with billions of worthless American dollars if the bottom falls out, and, my friends, unless our do-nothing Congress acts soon to reverse this looming economic disaster, the once mighty dollar will wind up like the post World War I German Mark, worthless. As we speak, the dollar is losing value. What is worse, however, is the mindset of the average American who seems to be more concerned about his neighbor’s dog pooing on his lawn, than about the impending collapse of the dollar. And, I say our government is really worse ? nobody’s home. Once the bottom begins to drop out, Americans will eventually get their heads out of the sand, and demand an end to the so-called free-trade schemes and a return to fiscal responsibility. However, by that time it will be too late, a depression equal or worse than that of the 1930s will be upon us. And, I lived through that one, and it was not good. For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling. Copyright 2007

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Our Congress has been very remiss in their treatment of our
military. I refer to the amount of pay our troops receive, and the
amount received by their families. The words are pathetic, or miserly,
or outrageous, or obscene. Take your pick. Military families have to
struggle constantly to make ends meet, and that is unforgivable.
Conversely, the same lawmakers take very good care of
themselves. Let me tell you about it:
As of 2007, rank and file Congressional lawmakers will earn
$165,200 per year, while the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will
receive $212,100 per year, and the Majority and Minority leaders of both
the House and Senate each will receive $183,500 per year.
Added to that, each member of Congress may wind up with as much
as 80% of their final salary, that is, their own special member
retirement annuity. Pretty nice - right? Many Congress people come
into office with modest savings, and leave as millionaires.
I thought they were put into office to make fair laws for all of
us. Who gave them permission to make separate laws to benefit only
themselves?
Now, how about the salaries of those who join the military
willingly without the draft to fight for all of us and our freedoms?
Willing to die or maybe be physically handicapped for life, and what do
our lawmakers give them? Basic salary for newly enlisted soldiers in
the Army as of 2006, their monthly pay has been $1,459 per month, or
yearly less than $18,000 per year, plus a small addition of $250 per
month for family separation, and double salary of about $36,000 per year
if in combat. There are other little categories for small amounts of
money for the military.
Quite a discrepancy between lawmakers’ wages and benefits, and
military wages and benefits. I submit there should be a level playing
field between the military and the Congress.
The military should receive as much or more than our lawmakers,
and military families should not have to struggle financially for
anything, and if it is not already the case, children of troops should
be given free university education.
If we all separately demand of our lawmakers to give the
military at least what they give themselves, maybe it will happen. It
is not enough for Congress to say we support the troops. It is time for
them to really support the troops with the same living wages they take
for themselves. Of course, that won’t happen.
For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling.
© Copyright 2007

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The following information is useful for all people, but especially for those who live alone. It’s about strokes and heart attacks. For strokes, remember these four steps. If everyone can remember something this simple, many lives could be saved.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours, he can reverse the effects of the stroke totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within three hours. Later than that, the damage is usually not reversible.
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. A stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Because doctors say a bystander can now recognize a stroke by asking several simple questions: Ask the individual to smile. Then, ask him to speak a simple sentence. And then ask him or her to raise both arms. And finally ask the person to stick out his tongue, and if the tongue is crooked, if it goes to one side or another, then it also is an indication of a stroke. And, if she or he has trouble with any one of these tasks, call 911 immediately. If everyone who gets the message sends it to ten people, you can be sure that at least one life will be saved.
Also, the following is a very helpful, especially if you’re alone. The subject is self rescue during a heart attack. Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. For women, sometimes it could be the right arm. Be aware of intense pain in the jawline. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms as well as the epigastric pain under the breast bone. The pain in the jaw happened to the writer, and it woke her from a sound sleep. She said it’s pain unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before. Given a choice between natural childbirth and a heart attack, pain-wise, it’s much easier to have a baby. So, be careful and be aware, and the more you know, the better the chance you could survive. A cardiologist also says, “If everyone who gets this sends it to ten people, you can be sure that the information could save at least one life.” Let’s say it’s 6:15 p.m., and you’re driving home alone after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re tired, upset, and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest, it starts to radiate down into your arm and up into your jaw. You’re only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You’ve been trained in CPR, but the instructor didn’t tell you how to perform it on yourself. So, here’s how to survive a heart attack when alone. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help the patient whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint has only about ten seconds left before losing consciousness. These victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breath gets oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. This way heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many people as you possibly can about this. And, if you would like to go to our website at KSCO.com within the next 48 hours you can retrieve a copy of this.

For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling.

© Copyright 2006

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It’s easy for many Americans to feel wistful and envious after learning how the Australian government is now dealing with their immigration problems. If we had felt the same way 30 years ago when political correctness clouded our viewpoint and inhibited us from speaking out about the immigrant criticisms with regard to how we run our country, and if we had had more backbone instead of blind approval for diversity, we would be in better national shape now. We were so eager to make the newcomers feel welcome that we didn’t see that we that were diluting our own unique beliefs. We abdicated our precious standards to accommodate those with different beliefs, and now we are a discontented mess, and nobody is truly happy.
Listen to the following, and wonder – is it too late for us to assert our own American identity? This is called “Immigration Common Sense” and it was spoken by Australia Prime Minister John Howard:

“Muslims who want to live under Islamic law were told recently to get out of Australia as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. Immigrants, not Australians, must adapt, take it or leave it. We’re tired of this nation worrying about whether we’re offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorists’ attack on Bali, we’ve experienced a surge of patriotism by the majority of Australians.
However, the dust from the attacks had hardly settled when the politically correct crowd, again complained about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. We’re not against immigration nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who’s seeking a better life by coming to Australia; however, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country need to understand. This idea of Australia being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language, and our own life-style.
We speak mainly English. Not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, then learn the language. Most Australians believe in God. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home because God is part of our culture. We’re happy with our culture, and have no desire to change, and we really don’t care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
This is our country, our land, and our life-style, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all of this, however, once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our Pledge, our beliefs, or our way of life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great Australian freedom – the right to leave.
We didn’t force you to come here. You asked to be here.

So, KSCO listeners, this gem speaks volumes for the fervent wishes of many many Americans. I believe maybe it’s not too late to take back our Country and our own national language and our own civil and religious beliefs, and only those willing to abide by them should stay, and the others should leave and go elsewhere. I know this is wishful thinking. Let’s take back Christmas and the Ten Commandments, and all our other national beliefs, and best of all let’s embrace Almighty God.
For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling.
© Copyright 2006

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Download from our website: Download this Podcast here FYI -- four weeks ago on July 19th, retired Captain Dave Wilson of the U.S. Navy, wrote a unique clarification of the war initiated by Hezbollah against Israel. Captain Dave Wilson is not Jewish.

It was Hezbollah’s ultimate behavior to create this war so that Israel took the bait and went to war, intending to destroy Hezbollah once and for all.

Captain Wilson’s title was “Why the world should stand back and let Israel do what it has to do”. Here is the plan, and see how Israel fell into the trap.

President Lahoud of Lebanon, a big supporter and close ally of Syria, has been shrieking nonstop to the U.N. Security Council for the past several days to force Israel into a cease fire. Clearly he had been reading his autographed copy of “Military Success For Dummies Arab Despots” by the late Nasser leader of Egypt. Ever since Nasser accidentally discovered the trick in 1956, every subsequent Arab leader has stuck to his tried and true formula for military success. It’s called Instigate a War. Once the war is well underway and you are in the process of having your ass handed to you, get a few world powers to force your Western opponent into a cease fire. Whatever you do, don’t surrender or submit to any terms dictated by your enemy. That would ruin everything. All you have to do is wait it out and eventually the world will become sickened by what is being done to your soldiers and civilian population, and it will force a truce.

Once a truce has been called, you can resume your intransigence (which probably caused the conflict in the first place), and even declare victory as your opponent leaves the field of battle. This tactic has never failed, not once. In fact, it worked so well for the Egyptians in 1973, that to this day they celebrate the Yom Kippur war, a crushing defeat at the hands of Israel as military victory. No kidding. It’s a national holiday in Egypt.

Lebanon President Lahoud keeps shrieking like a schoolgirl to the U.N. Security Council “Stop the violence! Arrange a cease fire, and then after that we’ll be ready to discuss all the matters.”

Uh-huh. Forgive me if I find that hard to swallow. He allowed Hezbollah to take over his country. He has turned a blind eye while Iranian and Syrian weapons, advisers and money, have poured into his country. And now that his country is in ruins he wants to call it a draw. As much as it may sicken the world to stand by and watch it happen, strong hands need to hold back the weak-hearted and let the fight continue until one side finally admits absolute defeat. That did not happen this time.
Thank you Captain Dave Wilson for telling it accurately. Now, it’s after the fact. We’ll probably never know for sure why Israel capitulated to whatever pressure that was put upon her to agree to the cease fire before the job was done.

Maybe the realization that, in fact, Israel was fighting four enemies at once – Hezbollah, the phony Lebanon President, Syria, and Iran, the latter two who supplied all the thousands of katushays and other weapons pointed at Israel nonstop, for 31 days.

 And now comes the phony cease fire. After one day Hezbollah reneged on the peace agreement and refuses to give up its arms, and an impotent U.N. peace force now will not be in place for months, and the Lebanon Army infiltrated with Hezbollah will keep the peace. What a sick joke.

Before Islamic fascism takes over the world, Israel and the U.S., and other peace-loving countries must wake up now and eliminate both Iranian and Syrian power before Hezbollah can be surely destroyed.

Put bluntly, we are presently living in a twilight zone where goodness is perceived as evil, and evil as goodness. If goodness does not band together and deal once and for all with the Irans, Syrias, and North Koreas of the world, our civilization will be on its way out.

For KSCO and KOMY, this is Kay Zwerling.

© Copyright 2006