Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, You're fired!
As usual, the anti-Christ crowd has shown their evil little heads again this Christmas. Check out this story where a lady says she got fired for not saying 'Happy Holidays'.

Merry Christmas, the sky is falling!
How about this ridiculous book about how Santa goes green! Watch out! Reindeer farts are causing global warming!

War Hero.

Talk about your double standards!!

I will refrain from commenting further!! Here's the links for full-page reading:

Obama

Palin

Is Obama a closet Muslim?

With his ties to so many things Islam, it's kinda hard not to suspect that Obama is a closet Muslim. Lots of these ties have been reported often in the media, from him having a Muslim father and going to an Islamic school in Indonesia (a predominantly Muslim country) to being supported by groups such as Hamas (see previous postings) and the Nation Of Islam.

Now I find he even has ties to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization).  Check out this article. (http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/28/la-times-refuses-release-tape-obama-praising-controversial-activist/)

So much controversy surrounds this guy. So many suspicious ties to shady characters. So many endorsements from and ties to terrorist organizations. Why are people turning such a blind eye to all this and holding this guy up like some messiah (see Louis Farrakhan's quote in previous post).

One of Islam's tactics in it's goal of world domination is to infiltrate quietly, silently become stronger, then take over. Is that what's happening? We already have our first Muslim in congress, swearing his oath on the Koran. Are we now about to vote in our first Muslim President, whether he'll admit to it or not?

Scary stuff.

Is Obama's plan Socialism?

From Wikipedia:

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society. Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian revolution which represents the transitional stage between capitalism and communism.

Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly.

And now from Barack Obama:

You know if you look at the victories and the failures of the Civil Rights movement and its litigation strategy in the Court, I think where it succeeded was to invest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples so that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order as long as I could pay for it I would be okay. But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.... And one of the I think the tragedies of the Civil Rights movement was because the Civil Rights movement became so court focused I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change and in some ways we still suffer from that.

"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully," the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in his memoir, "Dreams From My Father." "The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists."

Political Endorsements

A recent news article has brought up an interesting point...

Who should we vote for? The candidate that terrorist organizations such as Hamas endorse, or a candidate that has endorsements from pastors who criticize Islam?

[Ahmed] Yousef [Hamas political advisor] told Batchelor and Klein that Hamas would send Obama a congratulatory letter "the moment that he will win the election."

Obama has even garnered the praises of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking," Farrakhan said.

Fidel Castro has also jumped on the Obama bandwagon, saying Obama "without doubt is, from the social and human point, the most advanced candidate" running for the U.S. presidency, Reuters reported in May.

The Messiah?? More like the Anti-Christ. (Yep, I said it!! In public even! I don't think he is, but he sure could be a precursor!)

Now, this article also vaguely mentions a website that supposedly supports Al-Queda has 'praised' John McCain.

On Oct. 20, a group supporting Al Qaeda posted a message on a password-protected al Hesbah Web site that said McCain would be a better choice for president because he was more likely to continue the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Associated Press reported.

That's it. No other details. What did they supposedly praise him about? This seems a bit far-fetched, as John McCain would clearly be a more dangerous President than Barack Obama would be when it comes to dealing with terrorists. I think McCain would blow them away while Obama would invite them to a tea party. Besides, I don't see a problem with winning the war on terrorism as opposed to walking away from it, as Obama wants to do.

Who's the better choice here? The guy that America's enemies endorse, or the guy that a few radical pastors and 1 vague website endorse for ridiculous reasons?

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/28/extreme-endorsements-sway-moderate-vote/

Anti-Christmasism

Well, it's started already! The Anti-Christmas people are popping out of their evil little cocoons and trying to Scrooge up Christmas already!!

I've already heard of several attempts to stifle Christmas this year. I'm going to keep a running list on this blog of every person, business, organization, or whatever, that is Anti-Christmas. If it's a business, I urge you to boycott them. If it's a politician, I urge you to vote against them. If it's an organization, I urge you to not donate to them and find another cause to donate to (The Salvation Army would be a great alternative! "Come on, ring those bells!")

If you hear of someone trying to stifle Christmas, please make a comment on this post about it! Thanks!

Here's the one's I've heard of so far:

• Home Depot - No mention of Christmas on their website, but they mention Hannukah!
  
• Patchogue, NY - Renamed their Christmas Parade to a Holiday Parade (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443785,00.html)
  

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!!

Why not to vote for Barack Obama

The following is an email that Huntley Brown sent to some friends. Brown, a Jamaican born Christian concert pianist, is black. Here's what he had to say about the upcoming election, and quite frankly, I haven't seen it put better anywhere else.

Source: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/Huntley-Brown-Obama.htm

Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown

Dear Friends,
A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an e-mail with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but its worth repeating..

First I must say who ever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness.

I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means he leads I follow. I can't dictate the terms he does because he is the leader.

I can't vote black because I am black I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I wont be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I know Jesus and accepted him as Lord and savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King's words don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I don't know Obama so all I can go off is his voting record.

His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)

To beat Ted Kennedy and Hilary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing.
Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason planned parenthood gives him a 100 % ratings.
There is a reason the homosexual community supports him.
There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc loves him.
There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the supreme court.
There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill.
There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.
There is a reason he voted no on partial birth abortion.
There is a reason he voted no on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Lets take a look at the practice he wanted to continue.

The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedure
A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps.
(Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
God help him.

There is a reason Obama opposed the parent notification law.

Think about this you can't give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.

There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgement but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wrights sermons. I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28 v 19 - 20 Go and make disciples of all nations. This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you, talk like you believe what you believe etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenants that said they have a

1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community .
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.”
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tennants of Obamas former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.

A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if its a white church or a black church its still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing judgement.

Read 1 Samuel 8. When Israel asked for a king.
First God says 1 Samuel 8 v 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."

Then God says
1 Samuel 8 v 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king
you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day."
19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."
 

Here is what we know for sure

God is not schizophrenic

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.

Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion.

He might have to nominate three or four supreme court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you.

I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this.I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,

1 Whose value system should be placed on the nation.

2 Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings,
Huntley Brown

Noah's Ark

I heard about this a while back, but looks like the guy has made a lot more progress on it. Take a look at Noah's Ark.

This dutch guy built Noah's Ark as described in the Bible, but only at half size. Take a look at the pictures then double what you see. It's amazing and yet further goes to show that the Bible is true and accurate. Looks like this guy is also building a Full-sized Noah's Ark.

Skeptics beware! Stuff like this will shoot your theories right out of the water! ;-)

More lies...

Here's some more lies from Joe Biden as noted from the article mentioned in the last post.

- Will McCain's health care proposals raise taxes? Biden says that McCain’s proposal will cost people money. The Tax Foundation finds that could easily be "roughly deficit-neutral over ten years."

-- Under an Obama Administration the middle class will "pay no more than they did under Ronald Reagan"? No, the tax rates will be similar to the higher rates under Clinton.

-- Did "we spend more money in three weeks on combat in Iraq than we spent on the entirety of the last seven years that we have been in Afghanistan building that country"? No, one year’s worth of spending in Iraq equaled five in Afghanistan.

-- France and the U.S. "kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon"? No, and it wouldn't have made much more sense if he had said "Syria" instead.

-- Is it really “simply not true” that Obama said that he would meet with the leader of countries such as Iran without preconditions? No, Obama said “I would.”

-- Did Obama warn against letting Hamas participate in Palestinian legislative elections in 2005? No.

-- Do “Iraqis have an $80 billion surplus”? No. If oil prices had remained high, it might have reached $50 billion by the end of this year.

-- Finally, an amusing point as evidence that Biden is just one of the people he pointed to, inviting anyone to have a beer with him at "Katie's Restaurant" in Wilmington, Del. Unfortunately, people will have a hard time taking him up on his offer, since the restaurant hasn't had that name for probably 15 years.

Is he lying or just stupid?

Either way, he shouldn't be elected VP.

During the debate with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden said,

Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that. And the primary role of the Vice President of the United States of America is to support the President of the United States of America, give that President his or her best judgment when sought, and as Vice President, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit. The only authority the vice president has from the legislative standpoint is the vote, only when there is a tie vote. He has no authority relative to the Congress. The idea he's part of the Legislative Branch is a bizarre notion invented by Cheney to aggrandize the power of a unitary executive, and look where it has gotten us. It has been very dangerous.

Wow. And the Democrats think this guy is qualified to be Vice President? Or even President should something happen to Obama? Seems to me that this guy was only trying to tear down Cheney and get a slam in, but all he did was show how ignorant he is of the Constitution.

I would think even Democrats would want someone in that office that knew the Constitution. This guy's been in Congress for how long? 35ish years? And he doesn't even know the duties of the Vice President?

First of all, Article I of the Constitution covers the Legislative Branch of government, not the Executive branch. Article II covers the Executive branch. What Article I says about the Vice President is this:

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

Biden said, "to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote." Uh... No. It says he is the President of the Senate. The only thing it says about a vote is he only gets one if the Senate is equally divided. He still presides over the Senate, even if there is no vote going on. I don't think this guy should be a congressman, much less Vice President.

Palin got it right:

Of course, we know what a Vice President does. And that's not only to preside over the Senate and [I] will take that position very seriously also. I'm thankful the Constitution would allow a bit more authority given to the Vice President if that Vice President so chooses to exert it in working with the Senate and making sure that we are supportive of the President's policies and making sure too that our President understands what our strengths are.

Who do you want as Vice President? Someone who knows the Constitution and knows what the job entails, or someone who doesn't?

Check out this article.

TEOA Economics

Well, those republicans. It's all THEIR fault that we're facing this economic crisis! Let's vote in another DEMOCRAT so we can have some CHANGE! Right?

Read this article. Pay special attention to the date. Note the administration it's talking about...

NY Times


Here some FUN outakes:

In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.

The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring.

Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

Obama '08!!! Bring on the CHANGE!!

The cult of Oprah. Biggest member? Obama....?

Check out what Oprah really believes, from her own mouth, and then remember who she's endorsing for President:

More TEOA

I like this quote from a recent article by Ruben Navarette:

 I have no doubt that many Latino immigrants do love this country, and they contribute enormously to it. Yet others treat it like an ATM, flout its laws, have no interest in becoming legal or a citizen, and -- when they take to the streets -- see no irony in demanding rights from one country while waving the flag of another. Guess what? Such things have a way of making you feel marginalized.

DEATH TO MICKEY MOUSE!!!

Islam strikes again!! In an article I was reading about how some muslim dude is saying that it's OK to kill owners and employees of TV stations that broadcast 'immoral' content, they quote this nutcase as saying Mickey Mouse should be killed.

"Tuesday, another Saudi cleric, Sheik Mohammed Munajjid, said the cartoon
character Mickey Mouse should be killed. Munajjid said in an interview with a
religious Web site that under Islamic law, rats and mice are considered
"repulsive" and as "soldiers of Satan."
"For children they've become
something great and beloved. Like this Mickey Mouse, who is seen as a great
figure, even though under Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed," said
Munajjid, who is a well-known cleric"

Watch out Jerry! It's not just Tom you need to worry about! Al Queda will be after you next!!

Have you noticed that Islam's answer to everything it to kill everyone else? Don't forget, Islam is a religion of peace!

Do You Remember?

It was a quiet morning. A cool breeze was blowing. I had just stopped at the bank on my way to work to make a deposit. The radio station, 103.5 The Fox was in their morning show at the time, Lewis and Floorwax.

It was 6:46 AM Mountain. A news break came on stating that there were reports of a plane hitting the north tower of the World Trade center. They thought it was a small, Cessna style plane. Maybe a twin engine. Back to regular programming. What an awful accident, I thought.

I had a strange feeling about it, so I called Denise. She wasn't awake yet, so she wasn't real happy with getting a call that early in the morning. I said that I was sorry, but I thought she should wake up and watch the news and see if there was anything more about it.

7:03 AM. Traffic was bad and I hadn't quite reached the office yet.  Denise had been watching the TV. They were covering the fire at the WTC. It was still thought that a small plane had hit. No one really thought that a large plane was involve. Then the South Tower was hit.

For a few minutes, I tried to rationalize what was going on. I thought, wow those air traffic controllers really screwed up. Then I thought wow, those pilots really scewed up. Then I thought.. wait... 2 planes hitting 2 towers? That's just not a coincidence. It's terrorism.

Denise called me back and told me another plane had hit the other tower. I told her to stick to the TV and call me back if anything else happened. I ran up to my office and got on the internet. Usually CoCo and Dave were the only others in the office that early, so we all started searching the news sites on the internet. We got a radio and tried to listen to reports, but the reception in our building sucked.

7:37 AM The fact that America was under attack was confirmed. A plane slams into the Pentagon. At this point, our boss (Linda) relizes that not much work is going to get done today. Dave had been having trouble getting his VPN working at home, so Linda told us to go try to get it working. Dave drove. The mood was somber. We didn't talk a lot. Mainly we just listened to the radio. When we got to his house, we turned on the TV and started working on his VPN. The images we saw of the Towers and the Pentagon are etched into our minds forever. We saw a man jump from the towers and the camera followed him for a ways. It was awful.

7:45 AM The FAA suspends all non-military flights and orders all airborne flights to land at the nearest airport. All inbound international flights are diverted to Canada. 

Dave was still watching the TV while I w

orked on his computer. Suddenly he yelled for me to come to the living room.

At 7:59:04 AM The south tower of the world trade center collapses. It was a strange moment. Eerily quiet. Everything was still. The news announcers were too shocked to say anything.  A huge cloud covered Manhattan.

8:03 AM Flight 93 crashes in a Pennsylvania field. It takes a while for the news of this to be announced, but once it did, a feeling of fear enveloped probably everyone in the U.S. How long was this going to go on? Are more planes hijacked? Where will the next one crash? Is anyplace safe? Parents began to think about whether or not their kids were safe at school.

8:28 AM The north tower of the world trade center collapses. Seeing the terror on the faces of the people there was just heartbreaking.

We watched the news for a while. The VPN was working, but we couldn't leave the TV.

Around 10 AM we headed back to work. When we got there, the parking lot was almost empty. One of the managers was at the door, and at first wasn't going to let us in. Our company had sent all non-essential personnel home. We explained to her why we had left and that we just needed to go up to our offices and grab a few things and we'd be right back out. She let us. After we got our stuff, we just stood in the parking lot talking for a little while. The normally busy skies over Denver were empty. Occaisionally you'd see a lone plane headed for whatever airport they were directed to land at. More often you'd see or hear military fighters circling the city.

We went home and hugged our families and sat in front of the TV for hours. It was a day of shock. It was a day of fear. It was a day of death. It was also a day of miracles.

3:00(approx.): Pasquale Buzzelli had been on the 22nd floor, lost consciousness in a North Tower stairway during the collapse and awakens to find himself lying atop the debris with only a fractured foot.

Sometime during that day, the shock and sorrow and fear started turning into anger.

I remember. I felt that rage again today as I heard a tribute on the radio. I heard the names of the dead being read. A little girl and a woman were alternating, reading one name at a time. On the last one that she read, the little girl said "My father....".  She was only about 9 or 10. Probably too young to remember that day.

Do you remember?

Too many of us seem to have forgotten. We are at war. It is not a war of our choosing or desire. It is a war not just against terrorism, as it has been called, but it is a war against evil. Whether you like it or not, this is a war against Islam.

Those who belive in Islam belive that the entire world must be converted to Islam or be destroyed. Allah, they say, has commanded it. If a muslim tells you that Islam is a religion of peace and tollerance, there's one of two things going on. They are either lying to you or they don't know their own religion.

While I think the various religions on this crazy planet should

I also don't believe it will ever happen. Islam will not stop terrorizing the world while the world is not fully under Islamic control and governance.

Check out this article on Foxnews http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335500,00.html.. How many of the events listed are related in some way to Islam? Most, if not all.

Community Organizer..........?

So, Mr. Barak Obama bin Biden was a community organizer, huh? In Chicago, right?

 http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810166.html

Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.

Is this the kind of community we want our country to become??

TEOA, Part V.

I'm so tired of the Democrats blaming President Bush  for everything from 9/11 to the economic problems going on.

FACT: During Bush's first 6 years as President and under a Republican controlled congress, I more than doubled my income.

FACT: Ever since Democrats took control of congress, I have not had a raise or bonus.

Before Democrats took control:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high

2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon

3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummet;

2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;

3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);

4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);

5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;

6) 1% or more of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it! It just wasn't for anyone's good!

It's Congress that makes law not the President. The democrats keep pointing their fingers to Bush, but they forget that when they do that, there's more fingers pointing back at themselves, the where the real blame lies.

How about this:

Taxes under Clinton 1999                   Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400           Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000         Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250         Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800       Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000       Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750      Married making 125K - tax $31,250

And you want to put a democrat in office and get those taxes up high again?? Are you crazy? 

You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:

1.      $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.     Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2.      $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.    Verify at:http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3.       $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.   Verify at:http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4.     $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!   Verify at: MY SON'S SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM!!!! (His Kindergarten teacher had to have a translator in the classroom, and his first grade teacher had to be fluent in Spanish and English to teach the illegal kids!) OR  http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5.       $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.   Verify at: MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, THE HOUSE DOWN THE STREET AND SEVERAL OTHER HOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!! OR http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6.    $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.    Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7.  30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.    Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8.  $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.  Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9.  $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.   Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10.  The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens.  In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.   Verify JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE WHERE A MURDER INVOLVING ILLEGAL ALIENS OCCURED RECENTLY!!!!! (THE ONLY MURDER IN OUR TOWN SINCE WE'VE LIVED HERE!!!!) or at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11.  During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.  Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.   Verify at: Homeland Security Report:  http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12.  The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of  between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'   Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13.  In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.   Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14.  'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.'   Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

Are we THAT stupid? Apparently the democrats are since they are  the one's supporting all the welfare for these people and fighting to keep them in our country!

I'm not saying that republicans are perfect or that the McCain/Palin ticket is the answer to all our problems, I'm just saying that I prospered when the republicans had control of congress and the presidency, and since deomcrats took control, my income has stagnated, I have to pay a lot more for gas and food, the company I work for has had to do a lot of cutbacks. 

Do us all a favor and vote republican for both the presidency and congress!!

TEOA, Part IV

Yet another example of how muslims are trying to take over this country.


This Article tells about how a Tyson plant in Tennessee is accomodating their muslim employees by providing a prayer room and exchanging a U.S. national holiday - Labor Day - for some islamic holiday.

Now, I can understand it to a point. The plant has a LOT of muslims working there, so giving them reasonable accomodations for their religion is not that big of a deal. But trading a long-standing NATIONAL holiday for one of their religious holidays? I'm against it. The very least they should have done is give their employees the choice of one or the other.

My questions is.... Would this company be as accomodating to Christians? Where's the Christian prayer chapel? Can they take time off for Easter if they want? I doubt it. Maybe if they took it out of their personal vacation time.

Lookin' fer Jesus....

Seems like a lot of people are lookin' fer Jesus in lots of weird places these days. I know the Catholics have been finding The Virgin Mary all over the place for years, but now Jesus is making appearances in some...unconventional places. Some examples? All of these were taken from recent news articles or eBay postings:

• A kitten's fur
• A piece of toast
• A marble slab
• A shadow on a wall
• A ceramic tile
• The vinyl on kitchen chairs
• The wood grain on a door ("Adjacent to it is an image of an opposing force"!!)
• The wood grain on a 2x4
• A barn door
• A church roof tile ("I recently took a Holiday to Slovenia whilst suffering with a Mystery Illness which i had been suffering with since December 24th 2007, ... We stayed in Bled for 1 week in May 2008, During our visit we took a boat trip out to the Island to visit the beautiful Baroque church, I visited the gift shop and decided to Buy 2 of the roof tiles which were being sold Due to the refurbishment of the roof. The tiles had been in place on the church since 1890 until 2007. When i returned to the uk and unwrapped the tiles i was Absolutelly Stunned to see the image of JESUS CHRIST on one of the tiles. Please check the pictures Attached. My Illness also mysteriously cured itself whilst on holiday in Bled and i Trully believe That the church on the island of Bled is a trully sacred place.")
• A rock
• A knife blade
• An earring
• A tree
• The Shroud of Orlando ("I live in Orlando. An image like the Shroud of Turin has appeared on an improvised curtain in my kitchen. I believe it is an image of the Messiah.")
• A cheeto
• A hospital window reflection
• The colors on an Easter Egg

What's up with all these people saying they see Jesus' image in these odd objects? Why is it always Jesus and not some other bearded person? Could it be that they are looking for something to believe in? For something to validate their faith? I look at these "images", and most of them look like blobs to me. Maybe I'm just not creative/imaginative enough.

I have a picture that was take during a tornado in Manitou Springs, Colorado back in the late 1970's. I don't know who took it. In the picture there appears to be an image that would be descibed as Jesus wearing robes.

But do you see me calling the media? No. Have I had a priest come inspect the picture to proclaim it a miracle? No. Posted on Ebay? Wanna buy it? Sorry, it's not for sale.

Had an Air Force photo lab inspect it and check for double exposure or other photo tricks? Yup. It's clean.

So why don't I try to get some attention or money from it? Cause there's only one time you'll find the real Jesus coming in the clouds, and that's at the end of the world...

Matthew 24:27-31: 27 "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. 29"Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' 30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other."

So then, how do you find Jesus? Start with the Bible. Seek Him from His word.

Jeremiah 29: 11-13: 11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

And it still goes on.....

In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, Lucifer could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige. ~ C.S. Lewis

TEOA, Part III

Seems to be a daily occurance. More stories about how muslims are trying to force us to accept them and be converted to islam. There's a new story today about how some muslim organization in Houston is leaving copies of the koran (quran? whatever.) on people's doorsteps to 'educate' them about islam. As I read the article, I couldn't help but think something very like what this lady said:

"If we went into a Muslim country and left a Bible, we would be in prison and then decapitated a few years later," said Sue Ann Pieri.

Don't kid yourself, lady. "A few years later" is not the case. You'd be killed probably immediatley, forget prison. Islam has NO tolerance for ANY other religion.

The erosion of America....continued....

Here's a cute pic. It was used on a postcard to notify the locals of the Scottish district of Tayside of a new telephone number for non-emergency calls. The puppy is a police dog in training named Rebel. I think he's pretty cute!

So what's the big deal? What does this have to do with the erosion of America? Well, direclty, nothing, but it is just another indication of how the Muslims are trying to take over the world.

Huh? What? what does a little Scottish puppy dog have to do with Global Islamic Domination??

Well according to this article (and this one), the postcards are "causing a furor among the region’s Muslims who believe dogs are 'ritually unclean,'".

GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!! Scotland is NOT a muslim country! If you want to practice your freaky muslim customs and crap, GO TO IRAN!

Yet another example of islamic intolerance in a non-islamic nation!

Brennan Manning

**I guess I started writing this post back on February 22, 2008 and then forgot to finish it, so I'm finishing it and posting it now.**

Brennan Manning is an author of quite a few books. I've read a couple, and for the most part, I like them. Something he wrote even helped me get over my nervousness when flying!

But Brennan's writings seem to stir up controversy. You can find a lot of stuff on the internet where people are saying his writings are heretical and blasphemous. You can find more that say they are inspiring and uplifting.

One such controversial passage is in Brennan's book called "The Ragamuffin Gospel". He writes:

"The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It serves as an expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness. Thus the sequence of forgiveness and then repentance, rather than repentance and then forgiveness, is crucial for understanding the gospel of grace."

So what's the problem? I've read several people say that this passage is very wrong, even heretical. But is it? The critics have a problem with Brennan's assertion that forgiveness precedes repentance. I've been thinking about this, and it makes me wonder...

Isn't all sin actually already forgiven? Now, before you start calling me a heretic or whatever, lets examine things. I kind of feel that Brennan may be right in what he's saying. One thing I will say up front about this is that while I feel forgiveness may come before repentance, as Brennan suggests, I'm certain that salvation must follow repentance.

Let's look at scripture and see what it says. (Everything I quote is from NIV)

First, in Romans 6: 9-10 it says "9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God."

2 Corinthians 7:8-10 "8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Hebrews 10:11-18, 26-27 "11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. 13 Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, 14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: 16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." 17 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." 18 And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin." And "26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God."

So I'm confused. Some verses seem to indicate that Jesus died once for all sin, which sorta implies that all sins are forgiven. Yet other verses indicate that if we keep on sinning, then no sacrifice for sins is left.

So which is it? Forgiveness, then Repentance and Salvation or Repentance then Forgiveness and Salvation?

Or is it different for the saved vs. the unsaved?

For the saved, is it that you have salvation, all your sins are already forgiven but when you do sin you repent in response to knowing you are forgiven, as Brennan seems to be indicating?

And for the unsaved, is it repentence then forgiveness and salvation?

Or is it that unrepented sin becomes unforgiven sin?

I really like what Brennan says in that quote, but I'm just not sure if it's right.

The erosion of America

*** WARNING *** The blog post mentioned below contains some foul language in it, and several of the replies do as well. The quote I'm using has a word in it, and I appologize in advance for it, but I think the point being made is a very important one.



I stumbled upon this blog. The title of this post caught my eye so I checked it out. I must say that despite the bad language used, this is a very interesting discussion.

Here's an excerpt from the main post.

So, the incident was that a cabin attendant was getting something from her
pocket and took out a crucifix at the same time (I believe there are some
regulations that prevent them from wearing either any form of jewellery of
religious based jewellery) which she discreetly put back into her pocket
after she located the item. However, the "passenger in question" instantly took offence to her "wielding 'that' religious icon while dealing with him." The whole heated discussion included snipes about how piq was always having to deal with God
being thrust into his face when he believed in something different. How his
life in the US in constantly disrupted by it. etc etc

This incident is an example of part of what's wrong with America these days. I'm going to expand this point to include not only religion, but other cultures as well.


It really is no wonder that other countries are beginning to not like Americans and are ridiculing us. Liberal Americans are all up-in-arms about political correctness and how things offend them. If you don't think like they do and do what they want you to do, they're going to take you to court to try to force you to be like them. So much for the 'land of the free'. Liberals are making this more the 'land of the asinine'. We've become the laughing stock of the world.

People sueing others because they get offended about something, like saying "Merry Christmas".

Little incidents like the one described above.

I really like what macphoto said in a reply: "What would happen if an American went to a Muslim nation and started bitching about Allah and all things Muslim being "thrown in their face?" Think the natives of that country would get a little defensive? And, they should. Its like being welcomed into somebody's home then complaining and being offended by the way they live."

Know what would probably happen if you went to Iran and compained about some Muslim thing? You'd probably either be put in jail or killed. Why is it that other countries are allowed to express their religious traditions, but here in America we're so concerned that someone might be offended, that everything must be supressed?

Suppose I moved to Saudi Arabia, and while there I said, "Gee, I don't like all this muslim stuff being thrust in my face. I think I'll complain!" Well, seeing as how Saudi Arabia is a muslim country build on muslim traditions and principles, and the majority of the people there are supposedly muslim... and since Islam is a radical religion and if you insult it in any way, you'll cause protests around the world, I'd be treading on thin ice. Again, I'd either be thrown in jail or killed.

Not so in America! Muslims come here from Saudi Arabia or where ever and say, "Gee, I don't like all this Christian stuff being thrust in my face! I think I'll complain! Better yet, I'll sue!" And America rolls over and says, "Sorry, didn't mean to offend! Despite the fact that this country was built on Christian traditions and principles, and the majority of people here are supposedly Christians...... and since Christianity teaches love and if you insult it in any way, you'll see Christians turning the other cheek, we'll surrender to your demands and supress our culture so you can have your culture here instead."

And it's not just in religious matters either. Now, this part is probably going to get people pointing at me, screaming, "RACIST!!" Which couldn't be further from the truth. I'm simply stating what I've observed from first-hand experience.

Now, since we've been invaded by Mexico, and undocumented (dare I say ILLEGAL) immigrants must be catered to, we have to change all our signs and packaging and welfare forms to be bilingual. So much for this being an English speaking country! You can't go to a fast food restaurant anymore without having to order in Spanish or point to the freaking picture of what you'd like to eat. Furthermore, they are trying to turn our neighborhoods into Mexican ghettos, just like where they came from. MORE THAN 50% of the kids in my son's 1st grade class were non-English speaking, undocumented immigrants! They had to have a bilingual teacher in that class to cater to the illegal kids! My own neighbors can't speak English. They have multiple families living in single-family homes. They don't take care of their yard or house. They don't take their Christmas lights down till the middle of FREAKING APRIL!!! (Ok, that could be some redneck influence, but you get the point). All the while leeching my tax dollars by getting food stamps and whatever other welfare assistance they are getting, despite the fact that they shouldn't even be in this country or be eligible for U.S. GOVERNMENT assistance.

I have a feeling I'll be writing more about this issue.....

Had to laugh!

When I read this on Brian Jone's blog (pastor of Christ's Church of the Valley in Collegeville, PA.), I just had to laugh:

Lisa gave me the best Father’s Day present ever – Jimmy Buffet tickets. We
went with friends of ours – Perry and Kelly Corda – and had a blast! Early this
year I went online and waited for hours to get tickets, but to no avail. Then
the Cordas called Thursday night and said that a friend needed to get rid of her
tickets at face value. Who says there is no verifiable proof of a benevolent
deity in the universe? Suck on that Richard Dawkins!

Be kind...

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle!

Holy shoddy is still shoddy.

“Sincerity of heart is never a substitute for excellence, even though far too many Christians hide behind this, excusing mediocrity or defending quick results. As has often been said, holy shoddy is still shoddy.” ~ Harold Best

Good stuff here...

If you don't have God at the beginning, then you don't have Him at the end. And you don't have God in the middle, either. If you believe you evolved, then you say your life is an accident, maybe even a mistake. You have come from nowhere, you are going nowhere, and your life has no eternal purpose. You don't belong to anyone, and you have no accounting to give to anyone.
-Greg Laurie

Vodka Ad

I don't drink vodka, but if I did, it would not be Absolut.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346964,00.html

MLK

MLK - U2

Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realised.
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, rain down on he.
So let it be.
So let it be.

Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realised.
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, let it rain
Rain down on he.

Rick Warren...

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.
God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,"which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.
It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

Rich Mullins

Rich was an awesome musician. One quote by him that has stuck with me for years:

"I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all sufficiency of the grace of God, than to live in some kind of pietistic illusion of moral excellence, not that I don’t want to be morally excellent. But my faith isn’t in the idea that I’m more moral than anybody else, my faith is in the idea that God and His love are greater than whatever sins that any of us commit."

Brain Dead

This is why I don't blog. I can't think of anything to say!!



So I'll just quote other people till I do!

...

He who lives without prayer, he who lives with little prayer, he who seldom reads the Word, and he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high -he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren.
-Charles Spurgeon

Tired Bill

Looks like Hillary kept Bill up too late...
Tired Bill

dang it!

Well, we got a dog. woof. Dang thing is keeping us up at night, so I'm not getting any sleep, which makes it really difficult to get up at 4:30 and go to the gym.

She is cute, though. We named her Miley. She's about 7 weeks old and is a Dachshound/Cocker mix. I guess that makes her a Dacher.