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    This is a post by Stephen Challis, reprinted here for your consideration. MS

   A second Obama term will give him the opportunity to appoint at least 2 supreme court justices. A left wing bias to the court will quickly strike out large parts of the Constitution in the name of progressiveness.
Not only with respect to the Second Amendment but across the board. Health Care, Immigration, Education and Energy will ,to use the Presidents own words, to be fundamentally changed.  Make absolutely no mistake. 
    Any gun owner in the USA voting Democrat in November is the quintessential Turkey voting for Thanksgiving. They are voting to hand over their guns, their rights to ever own a gun and most important a total change in the American way of life. That is the message every NRA member should be putting out, to all 80+ million gun owners.

Posted by Stephen Challis-NRA Instructor

I could not have said it better, please get the word out.  Mark Shean, submitted 2-19-2012   KB1WSV

The request immediately ran into staunch opposition in Springfield, where gun control issues are often as much about geography as partisanship.

Rep. Brandon Phelps, who has championed efforts to pass a concealed weapons bill in Illinois, said the mayor’s office called him Thursday morning to let him know the registration proposal would be introduced.

“Number 1,  my first response was I don’t know why you’re trying to do this statewide because we don’t want your policies on us downstate,” said Phelps, a Southern Illinois Democrat from Harrisburg. “Number. 2, it’s never going to work. They’re trying to go after criminals. They’re never going to register their guns. They won’t pay the fee. “

Phelps called Emanuel’s initiative a “slap in the face of every law-abiding gun owner.”

The mayor said requiring handgun owners to register particular weapons would reduce the flow of illegal guns into Chicago from around the state by making it easier for police to figure out where they came from.

The registry proposal, which Emanuel said lawmakers will introduce in Springfield in coming weeks, would require anyone who buys a handgun to pay a $65 registration fee. To register a gun, a purchaser would need to provide his name and address, along with the weapon’s serial number and the place and date of purchase. The registry would be in addition to the firearm ownership standards all gun owners must already meet.

Emanuel said he’s aware it will be tough to get lawmakers from outside Chicago to go along with the idea of a gun registry.

“I didn’t go into this because I thought it was a slam dunk. You don’t need me for that,” Emanuel said at a news conference with Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and others at a youth center in the Roseland neighborhood to announce the proposal. “You don’t need my political capital for the easy things. You use your political capital for the tough things that are the right things to do.”

But Emanuel said statistics show more than half the firearms recovered by Chicago police come from inside Illinois. “I’m introducing this because our law enforcement community, our parents, our community groups, our block and neighborhood watch groups, need a proper gun legislation to complement all the other activities we’re doing,” he said.

State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, R-Park Ridge, will be one of the bill’s sponsors in the House, Emanuel said, which he hopes will help give the proposal the bipartisan boost it needs to pass the legislature.

Critics are likely to point out that criminals who don’t abide by gun laws are unlikely to register their weapons.

The Tribune is gathering reaction from state lawmakers and is asking Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn to weigh in as well. We’ll update this story when we have more information.

NOAH WEBSTER: “Before a standing army can rule, the people

must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in

Europe.

The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust

laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are

armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular

troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the

United States”.

PATRICK HENRY: “Guard with jealous attention the public

liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.

Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.

Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined”.

 THOMAS JEFFERSON: “Experience hath shewn, that even

under the best forms of government those entrusted with

power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into

tyranny”.

Mark’s Note: Rosemary Mulligan needs her head examined after she is recalled by the people of her district for her abject failure to honor her sworn oath to uphold and defend the Constitution!

reprinted here 2-10-2012  www.mafirearmsafety.com

    I am a conservative, I know many more conservatives.  We no longer are part of the Republican party, the Republican party has left us with its insistence for pushing moderate candidates down our throats. Moderate candidates do not represent our principles, and we will not ‘settle’ for or ‘accept’ a moderate candidate such as Romney on the ‘notion’ he is more ‘electable’. We will not bend our principles, when you do they are no longer principals. We want accountability, no, we want a reckoning in regards to accountability that no sheepish timid moderate can satisfy.

    John McCain was the last moderate that was pushed on us by the GOP, how did that work out? Bob Dole preceded John McCain against Clinton, how did that work out? And the GOP still is to dense to get the message that it has disenfranchised conservatives, and brother, that is dense. It is dense enough to put Obama back in office for 4 more years, that’s how dense the GOP has become.

   I watch Bill O’Reilley, in the ‘so called’ no spin zone, he is subtle, but none the less, try as he might, he wears Romney on his sleeve. He offers suggestions on how Romney should act and what he should say. He brings on guests that all have their suggestions for Romney. If Romney were a conservative with steadfast values he would not need all the ‘advice’, he would know what to do and what to say, and he would say it with conviction, with no apologies. Chris Christie nor anyone else will be up on that stage with Romney when he debates Obama to prod Romney with advice. Romney has very rehearsed answers to specific questions, if a question is presented that is out of his rehearsed answers he begins to look uncomfortable and to ‘waffle’. I am as qualified as anyone to say that, (even the talking heads). My wife and I have watched each and every debate thus far.

   Because I have watched all the debates, I can also say, without reservation, that Newton Gingrich, (Newt) needs no such advice from ‘talking heads’ in the media such as O’Rilley. Perry endorsed Gingrich, Perry knows what this country needs, he is not only a conservative but also a true patriot for his endorsment! Newt knows what needs to be said and he says it. We need that very refreshing bluntness, as an American I am not put off by the harsh truth, I welcome it. Truth has been a political casualty for far to long, Newt is the only conservative on the stage, and he will never need a teleprompter to express his conservative views. Teleprompters are to remind liars to keep their lies in order.

    The GOP is afraid of Newt because he will bring fiscal responsibility to Washington, he has done it before and can do it again. The GOP is afraid because he will hold people accountable, they know they cannot manipulate Gingrich like they would a timid Romney, and that terrifies them. That is precisely why they will continue to push moderates down our throats. If Romney ‘buys’ the GOP nomination as they plan, my wife, son, and I, as true conservatives will sit this one out, we care if Obama gets back in, it will do more damage to America,  but it will be obvious the GOP doesn’t want us anymore.

Mark Shean, submitted 1-21-2012

The ‘Speech’, Somewhere in England, June 5th,1944  

General Patton arose and strode swiftly to the microphone. The men snapped to their feet and stood silently. Patton surveyed the sea of brown with a grim look. “Be seated”, he said. The words were not a request, but a command. The General’s voice rose high and clear.

“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight. When you, here, everyone of you, were kids, you all admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner, the toughest boxer, the big league ball players, and the All-American football players. Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.”

The General paused and looked over the crowd. “You are not all going to die,” he said slowly. “Only two percent of you right here today would die in a major battle. Death must not be feared. Death, in time, comes to all men. Yes, every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he’s not, he’s a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some, it takes an hour. For some, it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood. Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base. Americans pride themselves on being He Men and they ARE He Men. Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen.”

“All through your Army careers, you men have bitched about what you call “chicken shit drilling”. That, like everything else in this Army, has a definite purpose. That purpose is alertness. Alertness must be bred into every soldier. I don’t give a fuck for a man who’s not always on his toes. You men are veterans or you wouldn’t be here. You are ready for what’s to come. A man must be alert at all times if he expects to stay alive. If you’re not alert, sometime, a German son-of-an-asshole-bitch is going to sneak up behind you and beat you to death with a sockful of shit!” The men roared in agreement.

Patton’s grim expression did not change. “There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily”, he roared into the microphone, “All because one man went to sleep on the job”. He paused and the men grew silent. “But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did”. The General clutched the microphone tightly, his jaw out-thrust, and he continued, “An Army is a team. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is pure horse shit. The bilious bastards who write that kind of stuff for the Saturday Evening Post don’t know any more about real fighting under fire than they know about fucking!”

The men slapped their legs and rolled in glee. This was Patton as the men had imagined him to be, and in rare form, too. He hadn’t let them down. He was all that he was cracked up to be, and more. He had IT!

“We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world”, Patton bellowed. He lowered his head and shook it pensively. Suddenly he snapped erect, faced the men belligerently and thundered, “Why, by God, I actually pity those poor sons-of-bitches we’re going up against. By God, I do”. The men clapped and howled delightedly. There would be many a barracks tale about the “Old Man’s” choice phrases. They would become part and parcel of Third Army’s history and they would become the bible of their slang.

“My men don’t surrender”, Patton continued, “I don’t want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back. That’s not just bull shit either. The kind of man that I want in my command is just like the lieutenant in Libya, who, with a Luger against his chest, jerked off his helmet, swept the gun aside with one hand, and busted the hell out of the Kraut with his helmet. Then he jumped on the gun and went out and killed another German before they knew what the hell was coming off. And, all of that time, this man had a bullet through a lung. There was a real man!”

Patton stopped and the crowd waited. He continued more quietly, “All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters, either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don’t ever let up. Don’t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain. What if every truck driver suddenly decided that he didn’t like the whine of those shells overhead, turned yellow, and jumped headlong into a ditch? The cowardly bastard could say, “Hell, they won’t miss me, just one man in thousands”. But, what if every man thought that way? Where in the hell would we be now? What would our country, our loved ones, our homes, even the world, be like? No, Goddamnit, Americans don’t think like that. Every man does his job. Every man serves the whole. Every department, every unit, is important in the vast scheme of this war. The ordnance men are needed to supply the guns and machinery of war to keep us rolling. The Quartermaster is needed to bring up food and clothes because where we are going there isn’t a hell of a lot to steal. Every last man on K.P. has a job to do, even the one who heats our water to keep us from getting the ‘G.I. Shits’.”

Patton paused, took a deep breath, and continued, “Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don’t want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men. One of the bravest men that I ever saw was a fellow on top of a telegraph pole in the midst of a furious fire fight in Tunisia. I stopped and asked what the hell he was doing up there at a time like that. He answered, “Fixing the wire, Sir”. I asked, “Isn’t that a little unhealthy right about now?” He answered, “Yes Sir, but the Goddamned wire has to be fixed”. I asked, “Don’t those planes strafing the road bother you?” And he answered, “No, Sir, but you sure as hell do!” Now, there was a real man. A real soldier. There was a man who devoted all he had to his duty, no matter how seemingly insignificant his duty might appear at the time, no matter how great the odds. And you should have seen those trucks on the road to Tunisia. Those drivers were magnificent. All day and all night they rolled over those son-of-a-bitching roads, never stopping, never faltering from their course, with shells bursting all around them all of the time. We got through on good old American guts. Many of those men drove for over forty consecutive hours. These men weren’t combat men, but they were soldiers with a job to do. They did it, and in one hell of a way they did it. They were part of a team. Without team effort, without them, the fight would have been lost. All of the links in the chain pulled together and the chain became unbreakable.”

The General paused and stared challengingly over the silent ocean of men. One could have heard a pin drop anywhere on that vast hillside. The only sound was the stirring of the breeze in the leaves of the bordering trees and the busy chirping of the birds in the branches of the trees at the General’s left.

“Don’t forget,” Patton barked, “you men don’t know that I’m here. No mention of that fact is to be made in any letters. The world is not supposed to know what the hell happened to me. I’m not supposed to be commanding this Army. I’m not even supposed to be here in England. Let the first bastards to find out be the Goddamned Germans. Some day I want to see them raise up on their piss-soaked hind legs and howl, ‘Jesus Christ, it’s the Goddamned Third Army again and that son-of-a-fucking-bitch Patton’.”

“We want to get the hell over there”, Patton continued, “The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.”

The men roared approval and cheered delightedly. This statement had real significance behind it. Much more than met the eye and the men instinctively sensed the fact. They knew that they themselves were going to play a very great part in the making of world history. They were being told as much right now. Deep sincerity and seriousness lay behind the General’s colorful words. The men knew and understood it. They loved the way he put it, too, as only he could.

Patton continued quietly, “Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin”, he yelled, “I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I’d shoot a snake!”

“When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a German will get to him eventually. The hell with that idea. The hell with taking it. My men don’t dig foxholes. I don’t want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don’t give the enemy time to dig one either. We’ll win this war, but we’ll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans that we’ve got more guts than they have; or ever will have. We’re not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we’re going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We’re going to murder those lousy Hun cocksuckers by the bushel-fucking-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You’ve got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the dirt off your face and realize that instead of dirt it’s the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you’ll know what to do!”

“I don’t want to get any messages saying, “I am holding my position.” We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy’s balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like shit through a tin horn!”

“From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don’t give a good Goddamn about such complaints. I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. The harder WE push, the more Germans we will kill. The more Germans we kill, the fewer of our men will be killed. Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.”

The General paused. His eagle like eyes swept over the hillside. He said with pride, “There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON’T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, “Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.” No, Sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say, “Son, your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son-of-a-Goddamned-Bitch named Georgie Patton!”

 Respectfully Reprinted/Submitted on 1-10-2012,

“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
George S. Patton

Mark Shean,  www.mafirearmsafety.com

    I have been watching the ‘talking heads’ on TV and listening to them proclaim that the democrats would love to see Newt as the GOP nominee, I do not buy it. I firmly believe the democrats are scared to death of that happening, that they are using reverse psychology so that republicans will be swayed away from Newt and be pushed towards who the democrats really want as the GOP nominee, Romney.

    Newt is the polar opposite of Obama, and would destroy Obama in debates.  Romney on the other hand has no contrast to Obama. Romney care, Obama care, what the heck will they debate about that will set them apart? Obama will use that to his advantage. Sure Newt has baggage that Obama would go after about his personal life, Obama may have only been married once and never cheated on his wife, great, he is still destroying the country, so don’t put so much emphasis on fidelity for people who want to run the country. Clinton was a good example, he routinely cheated on his wife,  but the economy was good so he got re-elected. That is what people really care about it seems, a good economy. 

     White collar high rollers and the GOP ‘establishment’ are also pushing for Romney because they are scared to death of Newt.  They know Newt will hold them accountable for their irresponsible greed that has contributed to the country’s downward slide. They know Romney will not. Newt has said he will go after activist judges that think they can ‘invent’ laws from the bench,  judges that try to re-write the Constitution from the bench, this is a huge reason the GOP establishment and the democrats are scared to death of Newt,  They know he means what he says.

     If you want real change that will put America on the road to recovery, if you want to see heads roll that contributed to the mess we are in, vote for Newt Gingrich. If you want a wishy washy Massachusetts ‘moderate’ who will not hold anyone accountable vote for Romney. John McCain just endorsed Romney, one weak moderate endorsing another, that should tell you the ‘fix’ is in for more of the same. Every news outlet, including Fox,  is pushing Romney and minimizing Newt for all they are worth, they are trying to manipulate the outcome of this race, don’t allow them to do what they have been doing for years any longer.  If you want real reforms Newt will bring them. Let the heads begin to roll!

Mark Shean, submitted 1-7-2012

www.mafirearmsafety.com

     Accountability,  I was driving down the road the other day listening to the news on the radio, some guy had been caught in connection with two bank robberies. He pleaded guilty and received 20-25 years in prison. The first bank robbery he got $1000, the second robbery he got a little over $2000. I am not going to say that he should not go to jail for robbing banks, he should, he committed a serious crime. 

 For about $3000 he was held accountable and will spend a very long time behind bars.

Now consider white collar crime, where hundreds of millions, or billions of dollars, even adding up into the trillions, go missing.  In almost every case the money is our tax dollars that was used to bolster or ‘bail out’ a huge incompetent company or bank, never to be paid back, to be sucked into some ‘black hole’ never to be seen again. Congress calls the big shots into Washington to explain were the money went,(this is a scripted act) only to be told that they do not know what happened to it………..and what happens to these ‘big shot’ CEO’s?NOTHING! What happens to the people in Congress that allowed the money to be given with no strings attached? NOTHING!

Why?

    Why are we, the ‘little’ people angry? There is no ACCOUNTABILITY where there should be. What makes these ‘high rise’ thieves less susceptible to big prison time than that small time crook doing 20-25 years for stealing $3000………………….political favors/connections in high places bought by campaign contribution’s to crooked politicians.

Mark Shean, 12-18-2011 www.mafirearmsafety.com

   Have you taken notice of how the lame stream ‘lefty’ media has gone after each GOP candidate that has come to the forefront since the debates began, with one noticeable exclusion, Mitt Romney. Everyone else is fair game with the media except Mitt, this is the medias way of trying to push their ‘favorite son’ on us as the only candidate that should be the GOP nominee. The media feels that if Mitt is the nominee Obama is sure to win the general election. The plan is, that after, and only after Mitt is chosen the GOP winner will they, (the media) go after him in a big way by showing all his past ‘flip flops’ on a host of issues. Truth be known, Mitt is as bad a flip flopper as John Kerry ever was.

    The media is, (in my opinion)  afraid of Newt, they try to minimize and marginalize and attack him in every way they can. The media feels that Obama can defeat Mitt in a debate forum but they are afraid Newt would mop the floor with Obama in any debate. The media wants to make sure Newt never is afforded the chance. They realize that Newt is not only brilliant but he also has b***s, a very dangerous combination against someone who is only armed with bull s***, and an absolutely dismal record (Obama).

   Does Newt have baggage? Yes. There is not one person on this planet that does not have some sort of baggage, the media will try its utmost to point out Newt’s baggage while being completely mute about Obama’s record or baggage. The media feels that the First Amendment protects anything they do, or do not do. Omitting facts is the same as lying to the American people. The First Amendment means freedom of speech, not freedom to decieve, but this is exactly how the lefty media operates.

   I believe that if America wants to start climbing out of the dangerous deficit that is smothering all of us, they will not be deceived by the same old tactics of yesterday any longer, we can not afford it. We need a candidate as completely conservative as Obama is completely liberal, and Mitt Romney is not that candidate, Newt Gingrich is.

   Don’t listen to what the lefty media has to say about Newt, listen instead to what Newt has to say about America, we are in a very serious situation, Obama’s experiment into European socialism has got to end before it goes any farther.  Europe is imploding right now and Obama is either to naive to see it, or he wants America to fail in the same way, you decide. 

Mark Shean, 11-24-2011

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     On 11-16-2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 822, the National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act, by a vote of 272 to 154. This is the will of the people speaking, and the Senate had better pay attention.

  The bill, which was introduced by Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-FL.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.). A Senate version of the bill has yet to be introduced. Passage of this legislation was by a bipartisan majority and is an important step by Congress to expand the ability of law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms across state lines.

 Just as states recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses, this bill ensures that a person with a valid right-to-carry permit can lawfully carry a firearm in other states that issue carry permits or that do not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms for lawful purposes. Forty-nine states recognize the right-to-carry, with only Illinois and the District of Columbia prohibiting this right. Boycott them until they decide they are part of America also.

The bill does not affect a state’s concealed carry law. Restrictions on where firearms can be carried within each state would remain in effect.

   The bill’s many supporters call it necessary to ensure the fundamental right of self-defense for American citizens.  The right to defend yourself and your loved ones from criminals is fundamental, and it should not be denied when you cross a state border. Lets now see what the Senate will do, the people have spoken loud and clear, will the Senate forget their oath to uphold the will of the people? If so it is up to us to throw the bums out.

Call and email your Senators, demand they pass this important legislation.

NOTE:

Mark Shean, 11-18-11

www.mafirearmsafety.com

Land of the Free

Lord who grants salvation to kings and dominion to rulers, Whose kingdom is a kingdom spanning all eternities; Who places a road in the sea and a path in the mighty waters – may you bless the President, the Vice President, and all the constituted officers of government of this land. May they execute their responsibilities with intelligence, honor, compassion and love for the constitution wonderfully crafted by our founding fathers. May you always bless these United States and show us the direction to continue to be the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I reprinted this from online and felt it should be passed on.

M.Shean 11-13-2011

About Me

The main clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment are:

Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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Section. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article

MARK’s NOTE:

In Massachusetts a 209-A restraining order for instance is in direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment as it confiscates property, (guns) without ‘due process of law’ based only on hearsay, and often is a manipulation of the courts simply to harass the accused by the accuser.

Mark Shean, author of GUN SENSE on Amazon

submitted  11-11-11