So the President is now taking on special interest groups and lobbyists. Is he taking on the same ones he just gave jobs to in his administration?
Our President seems to say a lot of things that contradict his actions. Is he unaware? Or does he just think the American populace is just too stupid to notice?
The President has also revealed his troop reduction timetable and plan to leave a permanent military force in Iraq. The President that began his campaign with an attack on the war in Iraq and by telling his followers that we needed to pull out immediately, has now seen the light of the Bush administration. No change from one administration to the next. Score one for the Bush legacy
On Monday President Obama will sign the $410 budget bill. After repeatedly claiming he would veto all pork and earmarks, he is now "holding his nose" and signing this bill to "get America moving". There are 9000 earmarks in this budget bill.
For those people who voted for Obama because he was going to "Change the way things are done in Washington", you fell for the oldest line in the Republic. And by the 'mainstream media' NOT calling the President out for these broken promises, business as usual is being encouraged over real change. The only change here is the (D) for the (R). Fortunately for us, President Obama doesn't think he will be held accountable for his actions.
As a side note. Imagine a President, in hard economic times, imposing a pay cut on all White House staffers. At the same time ratcheting up the White House entertaining under the guise that it is the "people's house", and the people need to experience it. Fiddling away as Rome burns. This was the White House of Herbert Hoover. This is the White House of Barack Obama. Both very popular men when elected. Both originally believed to be the only man who could cure the countries woes. Both with a self-confidence bordering on mega-ego. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Hey Governor! Butt out!
She's at it again! Jennifer Granholm has found another small business to over tax and force out of the state. The tobacco shop owner.
The woman who just two months ago said there would be no new taxes or fees in her budget has decided to tax loose tobacco and cigars. Remember, don't believe what she says, she's an actress, it's just another scene for her. Her latest role is as a saviour to of the low-income children. She wants to put the cost of free health care of the poor on the back of the people who are struggling to pay their own health care costs and to keep their paychecks coming in. These aren't wealthy business owners who own the small tobacco shops. This is a direct tax on the shrinking middle class. I don't know of any Walmart size tobacco shop chain. (However, when this tax hits the small independent tobacco shops, I am sure Walmart will start carrying Chinese tobacco.)
Jennifer Granholm likes to play the role of champion of your health. Her massive cigarette taxes are to get you to pay for our states schools or quit smoking. However. She also wants to extend the hours for liquor sales to 4 a.m. I guess she doesn't seem too concerned about increasing the number of alcohol related deaths by sending really drunk people out on to the roads in the early hours of the morning.
The greedy tax and spend governor has a huge wish list from the bailout bill. With liberals, it's never enough. She even wants the money turned down by other governors. After all, to her, it's free money. Of course the growing deficit will be no fault of her party. She needs to study economics a little better. Perhaps her next role should be of student.
I wonder how the tobacco shop owners feel about all of the tax breaks the governor has handed to her Hollywood buddies to come to Michigan? Granholm thinks the movie industry is going to bring Michigan a windfall of revenue like it does California. Ask Arnold and the California legislature how much money Hollywood brings to California.
I propose a new role for our governor. A role once played by Gray Davis. RE-CALLED GOVERNOR. She wants Michigan to be like her former home, California. Let's help her. If they can recall a governor who can't run the state then so can we. Enough is enough! If the voters in this state asked themselves yearly 'are you better off now then you were last year?' she would fail every year. Our state missed the economic upswing that could have helped sustain us through this downturn. Many of our businesses were forced to move to states where business is encouraged, not punished. Look what she has left us with. And now another business will be packing up and leaving to a more viable market if she gets this new tax through. Again, her greed is going to cost us. Loose tobacco sales have gone up as people try to cut costs. That means the tax revenue from loose tobacco has also increased. So as usual, Granholm sees her cue to tax it to death. SHE'S AN IDIOT!!
Let the Governor know she is an IDIOT! Perhaps if she gets enough letters and phone calls letting her know she is an IDIOT, she will beg President Obama to make her ambassador to the Netherlands so she can watch the windmills turn. And we will be saved the cost of a recall election. And besides, the Lt. Governor looks like he enjoys a good cigar.
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863
The woman who just two months ago said there would be no new taxes or fees in her budget has decided to tax loose tobacco and cigars. Remember, don't believe what she says, she's an actress, it's just another scene for her. Her latest role is as a saviour to of the low-income children. She wants to put the cost of free health care of the poor on the back of the people who are struggling to pay their own health care costs and to keep their paychecks coming in. These aren't wealthy business owners who own the small tobacco shops. This is a direct tax on the shrinking middle class. I don't know of any Walmart size tobacco shop chain. (However, when this tax hits the small independent tobacco shops, I am sure Walmart will start carrying Chinese tobacco.)
Jennifer Granholm likes to play the role of champion of your health. Her massive cigarette taxes are to get you to pay for our states schools or quit smoking. However. She also wants to extend the hours for liquor sales to 4 a.m. I guess she doesn't seem too concerned about increasing the number of alcohol related deaths by sending really drunk people out on to the roads in the early hours of the morning.
The greedy tax and spend governor has a huge wish list from the bailout bill. With liberals, it's never enough. She even wants the money turned down by other governors. After all, to her, it's free money. Of course the growing deficit will be no fault of her party. She needs to study economics a little better. Perhaps her next role should be of student.
I wonder how the tobacco shop owners feel about all of the tax breaks the governor has handed to her Hollywood buddies to come to Michigan? Granholm thinks the movie industry is going to bring Michigan a windfall of revenue like it does California. Ask Arnold and the California legislature how much money Hollywood brings to California.
I propose a new role for our governor. A role once played by Gray Davis. RE-CALLED GOVERNOR. She wants Michigan to be like her former home, California. Let's help her. If they can recall a governor who can't run the state then so can we. Enough is enough! If the voters in this state asked themselves yearly 'are you better off now then you were last year?' she would fail every year. Our state missed the economic upswing that could have helped sustain us through this downturn. Many of our businesses were forced to move to states where business is encouraged, not punished. Look what she has left us with. And now another business will be packing up and leaving to a more viable market if she gets this new tax through. Again, her greed is going to cost us. Loose tobacco sales have gone up as people try to cut costs. That means the tax revenue from loose tobacco has also increased. So as usual, Granholm sees her cue to tax it to death. SHE'S AN IDIOT!!
Let the Governor know she is an IDIOT! Perhaps if she gets enough letters and phone calls letting her know she is an IDIOT, she will beg President Obama to make her ambassador to the Netherlands so she can watch the windmills turn. And we will be saved the cost of a recall election. And besides, the Lt. Governor looks like he enjoys a good cigar.
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Let the Socialism begin!
President Obama once again made history today by signing the biggest spending bill ever. Add the amount of this bill to the half of the last one that President Bush left Obama and he will be the first trillion dollar president. And he's only been in office for less than a month. Next week he will be submitting his budget. Then he's going to talk about reducing the deficit. Ha!
The programs in the bailout bill are quite "necessary" according to Obama. Like the millions to look into expanding the wetlands of Nancy Pelosi's home district. I get the feeling that this bill trades my social security for windmills.
Forty-six states are now claiming to be having a critical budget crisis. California is leading the pack. I guess they ran out of money to pay health insurance to illegal aliens and to pay for every one's college education. it seems all of America has their hand out. In Michigan, our governor based her whole budget on funds she banked on receiving from the bail out bill. Where is the responsibility? And why does every state need billions of dollars to survive? This is the result of the "blame someone else" culture. And the fairness in lending practices of our Federal government. 'If they can have it then I should have it too!' If we stopped lending to be fair and started lending to get a good return on our investment we wouldn't be in this mess.
President Obama likes to spend money. You can bet this isn't the last of his spending bills. It will be interesting to hear how he plans to reduce the deficit. I am inclined to believe he will attempt to do it the way he does everything else; He'll talk about it. Meanwhile, in 2012 we will have the largest deficit and most inflated government ever. Which gives quite a lot of hope for any Republican who plans to run against Obama. Not bad having a campaign platform against the president only a month into his term.
The programs in the bailout bill are quite "necessary" according to Obama. Like the millions to look into expanding the wetlands of Nancy Pelosi's home district. I get the feeling that this bill trades my social security for windmills.
Forty-six states are now claiming to be having a critical budget crisis. California is leading the pack. I guess they ran out of money to pay health insurance to illegal aliens and to pay for every one's college education. it seems all of America has their hand out. In Michigan, our governor based her whole budget on funds she banked on receiving from the bail out bill. Where is the responsibility? And why does every state need billions of dollars to survive? This is the result of the "blame someone else" culture. And the fairness in lending practices of our Federal government. 'If they can have it then I should have it too!' If we stopped lending to be fair and started lending to get a good return on our investment we wouldn't be in this mess.
President Obama likes to spend money. You can bet this isn't the last of his spending bills. It will be interesting to hear how he plans to reduce the deficit. I am inclined to believe he will attempt to do it the way he does everything else; He'll talk about it. Meanwhile, in 2012 we will have the largest deficit and most inflated government ever. Which gives quite a lot of hope for any Republican who plans to run against Obama. Not bad having a campaign platform against the president only a month into his term.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
That Obama Style.
The President took the weekend off to celebrate Valentines day with his wife in Chicago. He is also making it a long weekend by taking President's day off. Perhaps to begin writing his memoirs.
As we approach the two month anniversary of Obama's taking office we can look back at his achievements. He took the first weekend in the White House off to get to know the place and get situated. Fair enough. Then, a week later, he and his wife ducked out on scheduled interviews to bring the press to a local academy citing "We just had to get away from the White House". Last weekend the President and his family flew to Camp David to get some rest.
Obama has yet to arrive on time for anything. It's now called Obama time. Perhaps he is busy playing with his Blackberry.
After touring the country making speeches saying "We must not delay the passage of the stimulus package" he has put off signing it until next Tuesday. He will have more time to read it before signing it than our congress did before voting in it.
It seems nobody in the administration had taken the time to investigate the tax problems of their cabinet nominees or if Senator Gregg would, as Commerce Secretary, be able to accept the bailout bill's contents and the transfer of control of census information to the White House. I supposed they were too busy trying to figure out what to do with the prisoners at Guantanamo when it closes.
The Obama style seems to be that of a man in it over his head. Trying to find excuses not to go to work and roll up his sleeves. All he has done is sign a few presidential orders. And he wasn't sure what was in them. The bailout bill was crafted by the house and senate. I'm not sure what Obama actually did to help craft them. After passage, he might want to give credit where it is due and stay away from it. I am sure Harry and Nancy will be standing behind him to make sure he signs the bill in the right place.
While his supporters call Obama another Kennedy. His style is more like Harding. His story is very similar. A mediocre rise from the senate to the white house. A very populist president comes in as the rubber stamp candidate of the party. If only they had the 24 hour media back in 1920. They might have been able to vet the cabinet for Warren G. a little better. His tax evaders made it in. Just like Geithner. President Harding's speeches and press conferences were love fests of the media. Harding never really said anything profound, but you wouldn't have known it by what you read in the papers. Sound familiar? But while Harding signed what he was told to and supported the crooks in his cabinet, corruption grew as he played poker and smiled for the cameras and newsreels. When he finally accepted the reality of his situations, it took a toll on his health and eventually killed him.
'Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.' If Obama wants to set a new style for the White House and the presidency, perhaps he better do some research. This one's been done before.
As we approach the two month anniversary of Obama's taking office we can look back at his achievements. He took the first weekend in the White House off to get to know the place and get situated. Fair enough. Then, a week later, he and his wife ducked out on scheduled interviews to bring the press to a local academy citing "We just had to get away from the White House". Last weekend the President and his family flew to Camp David to get some rest.
Obama has yet to arrive on time for anything. It's now called Obama time. Perhaps he is busy playing with his Blackberry.
After touring the country making speeches saying "We must not delay the passage of the stimulus package" he has put off signing it until next Tuesday. He will have more time to read it before signing it than our congress did before voting in it.
It seems nobody in the administration had taken the time to investigate the tax problems of their cabinet nominees or if Senator Gregg would, as Commerce Secretary, be able to accept the bailout bill's contents and the transfer of control of census information to the White House. I supposed they were too busy trying to figure out what to do with the prisoners at Guantanamo when it closes.
The Obama style seems to be that of a man in it over his head. Trying to find excuses not to go to work and roll up his sleeves. All he has done is sign a few presidential orders. And he wasn't sure what was in them. The bailout bill was crafted by the house and senate. I'm not sure what Obama actually did to help craft them. After passage, he might want to give credit where it is due and stay away from it. I am sure Harry and Nancy will be standing behind him to make sure he signs the bill in the right place.
While his supporters call Obama another Kennedy. His style is more like Harding. His story is very similar. A mediocre rise from the senate to the white house. A very populist president comes in as the rubber stamp candidate of the party. If only they had the 24 hour media back in 1920. They might have been able to vet the cabinet for Warren G. a little better. His tax evaders made it in. Just like Geithner. President Harding's speeches and press conferences were love fests of the media. Harding never really said anything profound, but you wouldn't have known it by what you read in the papers. Sound familiar? But while Harding signed what he was told to and supported the crooks in his cabinet, corruption grew as he played poker and smiled for the cameras and newsreels. When he finally accepted the reality of his situations, it took a toll on his health and eventually killed him.
'Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.' If Obama wants to set a new style for the White House and the presidency, perhaps he better do some research. This one's been done before.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Mark This Day
The senate just passed the biggest pork bill on record. This will be the day that the Democrat leadership will be reminded of on election day 2010. Here is where we are headed.
-President Obama will sign the bill when it lands on his desk, marking the end of any possibility of a second term.
-As time passes we will continue to see the devious hidden socialist prizes for the left and punishment for the right hidden in this bill.
-The stock market will continue to fall as businesses wait for more bailouts and consumers wait for the economy to be completely fixed. Neither will come.
-The price of private health care will sky rocket as extreme government regulations cause the need for higher liability insurance and red tape increases the need for clerical staffing.
-Taxes will rise due to high cost of the pork bill draining the treasury and the continued growth of unemployment benefit claims.
-Another pork laden bill will be passed withing six months of President Obama signing this bill. With no results from today's bill, Obama will see his approval ratings nose dive. This bill will be more checks to non-tax payers. Expect these checks to arrive sometime around October to influence local elections.
-Olympia Snow, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter will announce their intentions to retire at the end of their current terms (good riddance!). These will come along with the announcements that most blue-dog democrats who voted for the pork bill will not seek re-election. At this time, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will be seen looking very defensive and ashen faced as they see their leadership positions slipping away.
While these are just my predictions, they are conceivable. When you are elected be the crossover of middle America, it doesn't give you license to hand everything to the extreme wing of your party. The middle gave the Democrats a chance, and will now see what we conservatives have warned them about. Obama is no centrist. And by showing his leftist loyalty, he has abandoned those who put him in office.
My fellow conservatives, the resistance has just been strengthened. Those in the middle who have been betrayed by Obama will be joining us soon. By putting his liberal agenda above fixing the economy, Obama has reaffirm all that we conservatives believed of him from the beginning. He is now the official poster child of liberalism. And the resistance lives on...
-President Obama will sign the bill when it lands on his desk, marking the end of any possibility of a second term.
-As time passes we will continue to see the devious hidden socialist prizes for the left and punishment for the right hidden in this bill.
-The stock market will continue to fall as businesses wait for more bailouts and consumers wait for the economy to be completely fixed. Neither will come.
-The price of private health care will sky rocket as extreme government regulations cause the need for higher liability insurance and red tape increases the need for clerical staffing.
-Taxes will rise due to high cost of the pork bill draining the treasury and the continued growth of unemployment benefit claims.
-Another pork laden bill will be passed withing six months of President Obama signing this bill. With no results from today's bill, Obama will see his approval ratings nose dive. This bill will be more checks to non-tax payers. Expect these checks to arrive sometime around October to influence local elections.
-Olympia Snow, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter will announce their intentions to retire at the end of their current terms (good riddance!). These will come along with the announcements that most blue-dog democrats who voted for the pork bill will not seek re-election. At this time, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will be seen looking very defensive and ashen faced as they see their leadership positions slipping away.
While these are just my predictions, they are conceivable. When you are elected be the crossover of middle America, it doesn't give you license to hand everything to the extreme wing of your party. The middle gave the Democrats a chance, and will now see what we conservatives have warned them about. Obama is no centrist. And by showing his leftist loyalty, he has abandoned those who put him in office.
My fellow conservatives, the resistance has just been strengthened. Those in the middle who have been betrayed by Obama will be joining us soon. By putting his liberal agenda above fixing the economy, Obama has reaffirm all that we conservatives believed of him from the beginning. He is now the official poster child of liberalism. And the resistance lives on...
Monday, February 9, 2009
Didn't the Campaign End in November?
The man who was elected to "inspire the masses" seems to be stuck in campaign mode. And now he is going to be holding town hall meetings to convince the American people that unless the next vote is an endorsement of his programs, policies and spending, the consequences could be "dire". Side with him or the nation faces a "catastrophe". The President is now using his negative campaigning style against anyone who disagrees with him. Unfortunately for him, he is proving John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republican party right by displaying his only ability; To campaign using rhetoric and staged events.
The man who inspired "Hope and Change", has yet to show examples of leadership. The Obama show continues to entertain. But the presidency isn't a prime time slot to display ones ego and over rated vocabulary. The emperor has no clue!
The president talks about his wish to have bipartisan approval for the bailout, but failed to take Nancy Pelosi to task for locking the Republican leadership out of any negotiations in the house bill. Now he is letting Harry Reid spew his partisan venom, causing even the most liberal Republicans to defect the bloated bill in the senate. Until the President can take on his own party's leadership, then he is nothing more then the hand puppet yes-man we all knew he would be. His talk of gloom and doom does nothing more than strengthen partisan bickering and send the stock market into a free fall.
I hope somebody in the White House has the common courtesy to wake the President and inform him of his election victory. Perhaps then he will accept the mantel of leadership and begin to do what is best for the Nation, and not just what makes Obama look good.
The man who inspired "Hope and Change", has yet to show examples of leadership. The Obama show continues to entertain. But the presidency isn't a prime time slot to display ones ego and over rated vocabulary. The emperor has no clue!
The president talks about his wish to have bipartisan approval for the bailout, but failed to take Nancy Pelosi to task for locking the Republican leadership out of any negotiations in the house bill. Now he is letting Harry Reid spew his partisan venom, causing even the most liberal Republicans to defect the bloated bill in the senate. Until the President can take on his own party's leadership, then he is nothing more then the hand puppet yes-man we all knew he would be. His talk of gloom and doom does nothing more than strengthen partisan bickering and send the stock market into a free fall.
I hope somebody in the White House has the common courtesy to wake the President and inform him of his election victory. Perhaps then he will accept the mantel of leadership and begin to do what is best for the Nation, and not just what makes Obama look good.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hey Barack! Stop acting like a seven year old!
The interviews were scheduled. Members of the media were waiting at the White House. After two weeks in office, President Obama was to spend the day giving one-on-one interviews. But just as he was to begin, word got to the media that the Obama's motorcade had just left the grounds. Moments later the President and first lady turned up in a second grade classroom of a D.C. charter school. The spontaneous media event was quite telling. The President told the class "we just had to get out of the White House". As Mrs. Obama described life at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue, the President hung his head as if he had just lost a battle. In a way he did. Two of his cabinet nominees had withdrawn after revelations of tax fraud. And support for the bailout was dropping away in the senate thanks to the strictly partisan house version passing. The President would later sit down to those interviews and say "I screwed up". America, you ain't seen nothing yet!
The President, seeming rattled by the "screw up" of his vetting team by nominating so many tax cheats, was merely made to face the result of his own arrogance. While the senate members of his own party may overlook the above the law actions of people like Daschle, the Republicans and the American people weren't. Secretary Geithner, who was confirmed, will now have to work under the shadow of his tax problems. One wonders if the new cap on corporate executives pay whose company's excepted bailout funds, allows the same executives to not pay taxes for a couple of years as Geithner did? Or is it another example of "Do as I say, not as I did"?
It's only been two weeks since Barack Obama took office and he has already had to "get out of the White House". Of course it's not like he went for a private walk to rethink things. He brought a media crew to interrupt a classroom to appear as a compassionate leader gracing the lives of poor city children. I am sure a lot of those second graders have also run away to get attention. But then, they are seven.
The President, seeming rattled by the "screw up" of his vetting team by nominating so many tax cheats, was merely made to face the result of his own arrogance. While the senate members of his own party may overlook the above the law actions of people like Daschle, the Republicans and the American people weren't. Secretary Geithner, who was confirmed, will now have to work under the shadow of his tax problems. One wonders if the new cap on corporate executives pay whose company's excepted bailout funds, allows the same executives to not pay taxes for a couple of years as Geithner did? Or is it another example of "Do as I say, not as I did"?
It's only been two weeks since Barack Obama took office and he has already had to "get out of the White House". Of course it's not like he went for a private walk to rethink things. He brought a media crew to interrupt a classroom to appear as a compassionate leader gracing the lives of poor city children. I am sure a lot of those second graders have also run away to get attention. But then, they are seven.
Monday, February 2, 2009
New Chairman brings New Dynamics
I am happy to see Michael Steele as the new chairman of the GOP. Mr. Steele is a risk taker. In this era of change and uncertainty, he will certainly prove to be the right man for the job.
While Mr. Steele needs to bring the party together, he also needs to use an iron fist when it comes to certain members of the party who seem to put media attention ahead of principles. The same people who like to use terms like "reaching across the aisle" or "maverick" to defend their need to be with the popular crowd.
The new GOP also needs to exchange the kid gloves for boxing gloves when it comes to taking on the Democrats. Nancy Pelosi has continued to abuse her power and she needs to be brought down. Her husband Paul's investments and the federal funding they have received needs to be examined as well as the campaign contributions to them. Chris Dodd's questionable loan rates and Barney Frank's friends at Fannie and Freddie need to be revealed. And that's just the beginning.
Mr. Steele has a big task ahead. The Obamassiah has the media in his pocket. The arrogant Democratic party leadership is trying to ramrod legislation through that will severely restrict conservative media. But we are seeing the strength of our minority party coming to light as Senate GOP support for the pork bill falls apart. As in the house, the Democrats can pass this bill without the Republicans. But even President Obama knows that if this unpopular bill passes with only the support of his own party, then it's failure will lay at the feet of the president and his party as they head into the 2010 elections.
Michael Steele can go forward by taking the president to task without the media calling him a racists. He also has the ability to broaden the party to minorities who sacrifice conservative principles for identifiable role models. I am sure his tenure of GOP chairman will bring some much needed focus to the party. Time will tell. Let's wish him luck and give him our support.
While Mr. Steele needs to bring the party together, he also needs to use an iron fist when it comes to certain members of the party who seem to put media attention ahead of principles. The same people who like to use terms like "reaching across the aisle" or "maverick" to defend their need to be with the popular crowd.
The new GOP also needs to exchange the kid gloves for boxing gloves when it comes to taking on the Democrats. Nancy Pelosi has continued to abuse her power and she needs to be brought down. Her husband Paul's investments and the federal funding they have received needs to be examined as well as the campaign contributions to them. Chris Dodd's questionable loan rates and Barney Frank's friends at Fannie and Freddie need to be revealed. And that's just the beginning.
Mr. Steele has a big task ahead. The Obamassiah has the media in his pocket. The arrogant Democratic party leadership is trying to ramrod legislation through that will severely restrict conservative media. But we are seeing the strength of our minority party coming to light as Senate GOP support for the pork bill falls apart. As in the house, the Democrats can pass this bill without the Republicans. But even President Obama knows that if this unpopular bill passes with only the support of his own party, then it's failure will lay at the feet of the president and his party as they head into the 2010 elections.
Michael Steele can go forward by taking the president to task without the media calling him a racists. He also has the ability to broaden the party to minorities who sacrifice conservative principles for identifiable role models. I am sure his tenure of GOP chairman will bring some much needed focus to the party. Time will tell. Let's wish him luck and give him our support.
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