An 18 year old woman who lost her husband to cancer was able to protect herself and infant son by firing on a man who broke into her house. He knew she would be there alone, and there was no way that anyone could have made it to her home before the pair kicked in the door.

While on the phone with 911, the dispatcher told her she should do what she needed to protect her kid. She did. She was forced to choose between the bad guy and her son, and it wasn't going to be her son. A good illustration of the saying "when seconds count, the police are minutes away." via Yahoo!

A young Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby on New Year's Eve, less than a week after the baby's father died of cancer.

Sarah McKinley says that a week earlier a man named Justin Martin dropped by on the day of her husband's funeral, claiming that he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello. The 18-year-old Oklahoma City area woman did not let him into her home that day.

Economics Professor Jack Chambless at Valencia College talks about how the students of "Generation Gimme" view the American dream. It is certainly not the same dream of those who founded the country.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VxHfYNTrnic)

As with all stories of conspiracy, take them with a grain of salt until you can confirm or deny. I ran across these and found them very interesting. A few I had previously seen and the facts can't really be disputed. Others I'm still checking out. This was found at The Daily Sheeple. Have fun!

2011 was the year in which many conspiracy “theories” became conspiracy FACTS. Articles that used to earn you a tinfoil hat designation suddenly were front-page news stories across the country. The world is stranger than we can imagine, it seems, and 2011 proved it yet again.

Here are the top ten conspiracy facts that emerged over the last year:

#1 – Obama admits U.S. government used Guatemalan prisoners for illegal medical experiments

When we exposed the U.S. government’s long list of medical crimes against humanity back in 2006, the mainstream media was silent (http://www.naturalnews.com/019187.html). People insisted the government was ethical and honest, and it could never be involved in crimes against humanity. (ROFL!) When the truth came out about Guatemalan prisoner experiments, however, it went viral so quickly the mainstream media couldn’t whitewash the story.

A great example of being prepared and willing to protect. Tim Patterson was working at his mobile kitchen in northern Idaho when he heard a scream.

"Let go of me," it shrieked.

Patterson charged around a car and stopped. A man had a woman's head pulled back with one hand, and a knife to her throat with the other.

Patterson didn't hesitate.

He drew his Kimber 1911 .45 with a six-shot clip.

"Drop it, or I'll shoot you," he shouted.

The bad guy looked up, let go of the woman and knife,  raised his hands and ran.  While Patterson called 911 and stayed with her until the police arrived.

"You can yell at somebody, but pointing a gun at his head does a lot better job," Patterson said Wednesday as he recounted what happened the day before.

The shaken victim suffered a red mark to her neck, but was otherwise OK.

The attacker's actions angered Patterson.

"I know the lady. She is a sweetheart," he said. "Goodwill does nothing but good for people. They help so many people."

Patterson believes the assailant knew she carried a bank deposit, and police also said that might have been the case.

Here's another followup on NDAA information. The passage of the National Defense Authorization Act would authorize the military to imprison citizens without charge or trial simply by meeting some of the criteria of a broadly defined potential terrorist.

Now since the Senate passage of the bill, it appears FEMA is ramping up efforts to build detention camps. SHTFPlan has this:

I posted recently posted about legislation that would allow the U.S. military to detain citizens indefinately without charge or trial (Posse Comitatus, anyone?). Here is a vid from Senator Rand Paul that describes those who could be considered a domestic terrorist under existing laws. Pretty much our entire state qualifies by this definition. Excerpted from SHTFPlan:

It’s not just the hundreds of thousands of members in the alternative media community that are pointing out the dangers to liberty posed by government’s anti-terror legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), like his father Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX), puts the platitudes and pointless bickering aside to tackle the real issues – the underlying fundamental issues that threaten our very way of life.

In this speech calling for the removal of the detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, Senator Paul highlights, in surprising detail, activities that are now considered by Homeland security and law enforcement to be suspicious and potentially terroristic in nature:

Sourced via StanDeyo.com; Video Excerpt Below

From WND:

A stunning Planned Parenthood document that includes radical ideas such as compulsory abortion and sterilization; special "permits" to have children; penalizing parents; and encouraging homosexuality dovetails with some Obamacare mandates, according to a former Planned Parenthood director.

Abby Johnson,who left her position after helping with an abortion and writing about her experience in "unPLANNED,"said the document has been around for 40 years but has been virtually ignored.

"When I worked at Planned Parenthood, there was something that we were not allowed to talk about," Johnson said. "If we didn't talk about it, then maybe no one else would either. It was called the Jaffe Memo."

The document is a memorandum about population control to Population Council President Bernard Berelson from Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood.

It suggests fertility control agents in the water supply; applying a "substantial marriage tax" as well as a "child tax"; taxing married couples more than singles; eliminating maternity leaves or benefits; removing child care facilities and then requiring women to work; compulsory abortion and sterilizations; and a "stock certificate type permit for children."