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2011-10-24T04:00:00.000-04:00

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2011-10-24T03:38:00.000-04:00

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Should the States be over Social Security?

2011-09-14T22:51:00.002-04:00

I am sorry, but I watched Rick Perry on the debates on CNN the other night, and I just don't agree with him on this issue. I believe in States' rights, but not on this issue. We have states in this country that are broke. Look at California, for example.

I had a senior make a remark to me, that made me think more on this issue. With all the talk of Social Security, it is making the recipients of it feel like they shouldn't be getting it. They have paid into the program for years, and they also pay into medicare.

I don't agree with those who think they ought to raise the age of Seniors. They shouldn't have to work longer to be able to draw their benefits. For one thing, after you get past the age of 60 in this country, employers do not want you. They have laws to protect Seniors from being discriminated against, but they aren't effective. Fellow employees are often cruel to them. [It will be interesting to see what will happen when they get old. ]

I know several people who are old enough to draw their Social Security, and they work every day. They are very effective workers with good work ethics. There are Seniors who need to retire when they are old enough due to health issues. At least they are trying to stick it out, and are not drawing any disability yet.

The solution to the Social Security problem? I think that a flat tax should be added to support it. Also, workers ought to be able to pay more into Social Security if they wish to through their employers. I think that it should be set up where the money from the fund shouldn't be able to be spent by Congress or any Agency of the Federal Government.

The Help

April 27th, 2011 Tornado in Ringgold, Ga. and Southeast

2011-05-02T06:04:00.001-04:00

Just look at these pictures. http://www.facebook.com/pages/WTVC-TV-NewsChannel-9-News/40397252103?sk=photos

Here are videos of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMuVxAcAUU&NR=1

Water for Elephants

2011-05-01T23:36:00.001-04:00

Usama Bin Laden is dead....Details are still unfolding.

Save ABC Soaps AMC and OLTL

2011-04-25T17:19:00.003-04:00

To save ABC Soaps, AMC And OLTL, Call 1-818-460-7477. Choose 255 for AMC Or 663 For OLTL.

Labor Unions in Wisconsin

2011-03-04T03:57:00.000-05:00

This video confirms how nasty the unions can get. The really big kicker in all this, is our President supports them! This just shows how they want civility when it is involving someone on the right, but they can do whatever they want, and the President and the media backs them up in it.

Quite frankly, I was surprised when a Democrat stood up for the GOP Senator.

FCC Approves Plan to Regulate Internet

2010-12-22T00:28:00.001-05:00

What will they do next if they get by with this? Click here for the article. Will they re-institute the "Fairness Doctrine" if they aren't stopped? I just hope that when the "Lame Duck" Sessions of Congress are over, that the Republicans can pass a resolution that will stop this.

Senate passes new food police bill roll call vote 73-25

2010-12-01T03:37:00.000-05:00

Just what is it with this administration, and the Democraps in Congress? Not to mention the Rhino's who also voted for this bill? This bill will bankrupt farms, and with our economy in the toilet, I have to ask, "What are
they thinking?"

They have other things to vote for besides doing the Democraps dirty work. What about jobs, Congress? Check out Michelle Malkin's article about the subject, Here.

Pillars of a New Majority by John Boehner

2010-11-11T02:20:00.000-05:00

Pillars of a New Majority | by Leader John Boehner (R-OH)

Decision Points

The Debt Panel has some recommendations

2010-11-11T01:24:00.001-05:00

I don't agree with any of these recomendations. What would you cut? Instead of cutting Social Security, how about cutting out Obama's Czars? And cut the pay of the federal workers?

Roy Barnes takes a tax deal on a house that wasn't his

2010-10-14T04:04:00.000-04:00

I found the article on Twitter. I can't help but wonder if he would have fixed it if he hadn't been caught.
http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-10-13/georgia-governor-hopeful-barnes-takes-tax-break-house-isn-t-his

Nathan Deal Answers Ethics Questions

2010-10-14T03:28:00.001-04:00

I still think that Deal would be a lot better than Barnes. Roy Barnes took a tax break on a house that wasn't his.

The Roots of Obama's Rage

Are they Praying to Obama?

2009-10-06T04:47:00.002-04:00

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this video. You decide when you watch it, and let me know what you think. Also, check out this blog post about it.

Obama needs to step up to the plate and put an end to this stuff. He should have done it when Louis Farakan called him the "Messiah". While viewing this video, it made me think of King Herod in the Bible. He gave a speech and the people said that he sounded like a God. King Herod got puffed up in pride, and then the worms ate him up, and he died. I don't want anything happening to Obama like that. I just don't agree with what he is doing to our country.

Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure

2009-10-06T00:47:00.002-04:00

This is like on advertising revenue and stuff like that. If they get away with this, then will censoring be next? New York Times

School kids fight back

2009-10-05T05:34:00.000-04:00

Parody about Health Care and Big Government

2009-10-05T05:24:00.001-04:00

Senior Citizen Speaks out on Healthcare Part 2

2009-10-02T03:00:00.001-04:00

Senior Citizen Speaks out on Healthcare Part 1

2009-10-02T02:57:00.000-04:00

Obama's birth certificate goes to court

2009-09-28T00:09:00.001-04:00

I just wonder what will happen. What do you think will happen?

Indoctrination in our elementary schools?

2009-09-27T03:22:00.003-04:00

If I was a parent, I would really be upset about this video. I don't have any kids, but I was upset when I saw the video on Fox.

I feel that they indoctrinate our colledge kids, and now they are targeting our elementary schools.

What are your thoughts on the situation?
Fox News.Michelle Malkin

Gun Confiscation - Please Read

2009-09-06T01:23:00.000-04:00

Gun Confiscation - PLEASE READ

GUN =2 0 CONFISCATION IS BEGINNING-- SENATE BILL SB-2099

Gun Owners Watch Out

Concerning the Blair-Holt proposed legislation: Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that  you have or own. It may require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.

In November, our lying president promised he was not going after our Second Amendment rights. This bill was introduced on Feb. 24. This bill will become public knowledge 30 days after it is voted =2 0 into law. This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting o n it at all.

The full text of the proposed amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage,  http://www.senate. gov//

You can find the bill by doing a earch by the bill number, SB-2099.

You know who to call; I strongly suggest you do. Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.

http://www.opencong ress.org/ bill/111- h45/text
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Congress is now starting on the firearms confiscation bill. If it passes, gun owners will become criminals if you don't fully comply.

IT HAS STARTED ALREADY.

Very Important for you to be aware of a new bill HR 45 introduced into the House. This is the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009.

Even gun shop owners didn't know about this because the government is trying to fly it under the radar. To find out about this - go to any government website and type in HR 45 or Google HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009. You will get all the information.

Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless: It is registered -You are fingerprinted -You supply a current Driver's License -You supply your Social Security number - You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing. Each update change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you - automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail. - There is a child provision clause on page16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under=2 018. They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and if not, you are20 fined and punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.

If you think this is a joke - go to the website and take your pick of many options to read this. It is long and lengthy. But, more and more people are becoming aware of this. Pass the word along. Any hunters in your family pass this along.

This is just a "termite" approach to complete confiscation of guns and disarming of our society to the point we have no defense - chip away a little here and there until the goal is accomplished before anyone realizes it. This is one to act on whether you own a gun or not. If you take my gun, only the criminal will have one to use against me. HR 45 only makes me/us less safe.

http://thomas. loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/ z?c111:H. R.45:

http://www.opencong ress.org/ bill/111- h45/show

http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 45

Please.. . copy and send this out to EVERYONE in the USA , whether you support the Right to Bear Arms or not. YOUR rights20are next. Government is taking away our right to choose, as well as the right to defend ourselves from intruders.

CALL YOUR SENATOR ASAP

ABC News

2009-09-06T01:08:00.000-04:00

Subject: ABC NEWS Everyone needs to read this!!]

Jim Neugent

A Coach In Childress , Texas

Writes To ABC Network

Jim Writes:

My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program
called 'THE PRACTICE.' In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's
mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help
her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' I sent the
following letter to ABC yesterday and really did not expect a reply, but
I did get one.

My original message was:

ABC is obsessed with the subject of homosexuality. I will no longer
watch any of your attempts to convince the world that homosexuality is
OK. ' THE PRACTICE' can be a fairly good show, but last night's program
was so typical of your agenda. You picked the 'dufus' of the office to
be the one who was against the idea of his mother being gay, and made
him look like a whiner because he had convictions. This type of
mentality calls people like me a 'gay basher.'

Read the first chapter of Romans ( that's in the Bible); and see what
the apostle Paul had to say about it..... He, God and Jesus were all
'gay bashers'. What if she'd fallen in love with her cocker spaniel? Is
that an alternative life style? (By the way, the Bible speaks against
that, too.)

--Jim Neugent

Here is ABC's reply from the ABC on-line webmaster:

How about getting your nose out of the Bible (which is ONLY a book of
stories compiled by MANY different writers hundreds of years ago) and
read the declaration of independence (what our nation is built on),
where it says 'All Men are Created equal,' and try treating them that
way for a change!

Or better yet, try thinking for yourself and stop using an archaic book
of stories as your lame crutch for your existence. You are in the
minority in this country, and your boycott will not affect us at ABC or
our freedom of statement.

Jim Neugent's second response to ABC:

Thanks for your reply. From your harsh reply, evidently I hit a nerve.
I will share it with all with whom I come in contact. Hopefully, the
Arkansas Democrat Newspaper will include it in one of their columns and
I will be praying for you.

- -Jim Neugent- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Note: Wouldn't Satan just love it if people stopped using the Bible for
a crutch?
Please resend this to everyone in your mailbox.

Jim Neugent

I wonder if the person from ABC considered how many people would
eventually read this e-mail!

Please, if you are a Christian, pass this on to others so they may be
aware.

WE NEED TO SAVE WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF THIS COUNTRY!

Michelle Malkin: Axelrod's profits from Drug Co?

2009-08-19T03:29:00.000-04:00

The more that I find out about this administration, from Obama's czars and staff, it makes me so angry that this corruption continues to go on. Read Michelle Malkin's post, here.

From Barney Frank and his smart-elicky attitude tonight, to the backgrounds of Obama's czars, I can't wait until the next election.

Obama flip-flops on Gay Marriage

2009-08-18T23:58:00.001-04:00

In a statement Monday about the latest DOJ brief, he said it “makes clear that my Administration believes that the Act is discriminatory and should be repealed by Congress. I have long held that DOMA prevents LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) couples from being granted equal rights and benefits.

“While we work with Congress to repeal DOMA, my Administration will continue to examine and implement measures that will help extend rights and benefits to LGBT couples under existing law."

As for the Justice Department, its brief reads: "This Administration does not support DOMA as a matter of policy, believes that it is discriminatory, and supports its repeal."

newsmax.com

I think that he did this to play up to his base, the far-left.

What are the House Dems up to?

2009-08-18T23:43:00.002-04:00

WASHINGTON -- Democrats on a House committee are seeking detailed financial records from dozens of large insurance companies, officials disclosed Tuesday, part of an investigation into "executive compensation and other business practices" in an industry opposed to President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul health care.

The request included records relating to compensation of highly paid employees, documents relating to companies' premium income and claims payments, and information on expenses stemming from any event held outside company facilities in the past 2 1/2 years.

The requests were made in letters signed by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who guided a portion of health care legislation through the House Energy and Commerce Committee last month as chairman, and Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who heads the Energy and Commerce investigations and oversight subcommittee.

newsmax.com

Why would they want these records? Are they trying to see how much money they can spend if they push Obamacare down our throats? Any thoughts on this?

Study finds tiny traces of cocaine on US dollars

2009-08-18T22:57:00.001-04:00

This just goes to show you that you never know where your money has been.

WASHINGTON -- Chances are there's cocaine in your wallet.

Researchers looked at 234 bank notes from the U.S. and found that 90 percent had small traces of the illegal drug.

Bills from larger cities, such as Baltimore, Boston and Detroit, were among those with the highest average cocaine levels. Salt Lake City had the lowest. Most of those analyzed from Washington had tiny amounts of cocaine.

Read the rest, here.

Did you happen to notice that Washington was mentioned?

Armey: March on Washington Sept. 12th on Obamacare

2009-08-18T22:45:00.002-04:00

Armey: “The public at large is dealing with the hostile takeover of the ‘heartfelt sector’ of the economy –– my personal healthcare. They [the government] want to take it over and they want to run it, and that is scary to the public at large.” (Getty Images)

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey is organizing a march on Washington against the Obama administration’s healthcare plan that he hopes will finally finish off the Democratic push for socialized medicine.

Read the rest of the article at Newsmax.com and check out the video.

Obama Joker Poster

2009-08-15T01:22:00.003-04:00

There is a contest about this going on. There have already been comments about it being racist against Obama. I am getting so sick and tired of anytime we don't agree with Barack Obama, then we are a bunch of racists. Click here.

Remember when they made a bill board of President Bush and made his face into a chimp? I have even heard him called, "Bush-The-Chimp".

Economist: A surtax on the wealthy won't fund Obamacare

2009-08-14T20:55:00.002-04:00

They keep demonizing the wealthy. It seems to me that they won't be happy until the wealthy doesn't have any wealth anymore. The more they tax the rich, the less money the rich will have to create jobs, which will effect the economy.

Today, when Obama spoke in Montana, he was asked the question of raising taxes. He said that if you made over $250,000, you would see a tax increase. I think that is still bull, and he will tax below that amount.

See the article and the video, here.

Targeting of Glenn Beck-Obama Linked?

2009-08-14T20:26:00.004-04:00

MSNBC is involved in it also. And take a look at this also. See my post, here. Here is the connection to Obama:

Newsmax has learned that the co-founder of the African-American political organization Color of Change, which is calling for Beck's ouster, is civil rights attorney Van Jones.

In March, President Obama appointed Jones to serve as his so-called "green-jobs czar," responsible for stimulating job growth in the environmental sector.

Read the rest of the article at Newsmax.com

Also, last night, at one of Arlen Spector's town halls, two bus loads of Acorn people showed up. RedState.com reported links to ads that were placed on Craig's list to hire people to come to the town halls to protest.

Report: Edwards is dad of lover's kid

2009-08-13T03:32:00.001-04:00

A secret DNA test proves former presidential candidate John Edwards is the father of the baby born from an affair with a campaign aide, the National Enquirer reported Wednesday.

Fox News

Warrant Issued for Bill Clinton's former chief of staff

2009-08-13T02:44:00.001-04:00

(CNN) -- Bill Clinton's chief of staff when he was governor of Arkansas is expected to turn herself in after authorities issued a bench warrant for her arrest for allegedly smuggling contraband into a state prison, her attorney told CNN Wednesday.

Betsey Wright allegedly smuggled a red Doritos bag containing 48 tattoo needles, a pen with tweezers and a needle inside, a Swiss Army knife and a box cutter into the Varner Unit, a high-security state prison in Grady, Arkansas, according to the bench warrant.

CNN

The Essence of Rudeness and Arrogance

2009-08-13T02:23:00.003-04:00

I got the following off of Twitter. I just can't get over as to how arrogant the Dems have become. She didn't even apologize to that lady. I like Michelle Malkin's account of it. Here.

Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) Talks on Her Cell Phone to Avoid Answering #healthcare #TownHall Qs (Video) Video

Glenn Beck under attack from MSNBC

2009-08-12T22:41:00.002-04:00

Glenn Beck is under attack from msnbc. Keith O. is bragging about his cronies getting ads pulled off Glenn Beck's program. They are trying to get Fox to fire Glenn Beck. He was bragging about getting Sargentos Cheese pulled off of his program, and there were a few others. Two can play at this game. What about all the nasty things he says about Bush, and he thinks that Glenn Beck isn't supposed to tell people about the Obama administration?

Just tonight, he wants to get CNN to fire Lou Dobbs.

This is the vilest, nastiest news network that I have ever seen. They have called Tea Partiers racist, etc. They think that everyone should agree with Obama's agenda on Health care, spending, Acorn, etc., and if you don't, then you are a racist. He and Rachel Maddow, and Chris Matthews, have attacked not only Republicans, but Southerners, and Christians in the past few weeks. They accuse Fox News of stirring up hate, and they are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. They keep the Left stirred up all the time, and they are the hate mongers.

Health Care Reform and the Brain Dead

2009-08-11T04:04:00.002-04:00

Here is an excellent article about Obamacare. Warning: the left doesn't like it.

I heard today about the system that the Netherlands have. Everyone is required to have health insurance, and they even subsidize some of it for the very poor.

If it was left up to you, what kind of health care reform would you like?

An Open Letter To Obama

2009-08-11T04:00:00.003-04:00

If you were to write Obama an open letter, what would you write? Read this letter and see what you would add to it.

I would add that I would like it if he called off his "purple shirts", and the Democrats with the nasty mouths, like Nancy Pelosi. What would you add?

Congress drops plan to spend 550 Million on new jets

2009-08-11T01:15:00.001-04:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House leaders have dropped plans to spend $550 million in the Air Force budget on passenger jets used by lawmakers and senior government officials, officials said on Monday.

The House of Representatives reversed the move to upgrade the executive jet fleet after public criticism, opposition from other lawmakers and the Defense Department had said it did not need more planes that it had requested.

reuters.com

White House move to collect "fishy" emails may be illegal

2009-08-09T04:12:00.002-04:00

If I hadn't of read, "Animal Farm" and "1984", I might not have thought as much as I do about this issue.

I don't like big government in the first place, and I think that the white house is out of line.

Plus, Obama doesn't necessarily cause someone to trust him. He made the promise to be transparent, but he won't issue his colledge transcripts, and we don't even know where he was born. All of our other Presidents have a place of birth, but him.

Fox News

Interesting

2009-08-09T00:51:00.000-04:00

President Barack Obama said in Turkey : "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."

I found this very interesting.
| Do you know the Preamble for your state? . .
| Be sure to read the message at the bottom!
| Alabama 1901, Preamble
| We the people of the State of Alabama , invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution..
| Alaska 1956, Preamble We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land.
| Arizona 1911, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
| Arkansas 1874, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arkansas , grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
| California 1879, Preamble We, the People of the State of California , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...
| Colorado 1876, Preamble We, the people of Colorado , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...
| Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.
| Delaware 1897, Preamble Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences...
| Florida 1885, Preamble We, the people of the State of Florida , grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...
| Georgia 1777, Preamble We, the people of Georgia , relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
| Hawaii 1959, Preamble We , the people of Hawaii , Grateful for Divine Guidance ... Establish this Constitution.
| Idaho 1889, Preamble We, the people of the State of Idaho , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings.
| Illinois 1870, Preamble We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
| Indiana 1851, Preamble We, the People of the State of Indiana , grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government.
| Iowa 1857, Preamble We, the People of the State of Iowa , grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution.
| Kansas 1859, Preamble We, the people of Kansas , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges establish this Constitution.
| Kentucky 1891, Preamble.. We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties..
| Louisiana 1921, Preamble We, the people of the State of Louisiana , grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.
| Maine 1820, Preamble We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity .. And imploring His aid and direction.
| Maryland 1776, Preamble We, the people of the state of Maryland , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...
| Massachusetts 1780, Preamble We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction
| Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, establish this Constitution.
| Minnesota, 1857, Preamble We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings:
| Mississippi 1890, Preamble We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.
| Missouri 1845, Preamble We, the people of Missouri , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness . Establish this Constitution...
| Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution ..
| Nebraska 1875, Preamble We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . Establish this Constitution.
| Nevada 1864, Preamble We the people of the State of Nevada , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, establish this Constitution...
| New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
| New Jersey 1844, Preamble We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
| New Mexico 1911, Preamble We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty..
| New York 1846, Preamble We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.
| North Carolina 1868, Preamble We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those.
| North Dakota 1889, Preamble We , the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...
| Ohio 1852, Preamble We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common.
| Oklahoma 1907, Preamble Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty, establish this
| Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences
| Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance....
| Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...
| South Carolina, 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
| South Dakota 1889, Preamble We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties ...
| Tennessee 1796, Art. XI..III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
| Texas 1845, Preamble We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.
| Utah 1896, Preamble Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution.
| Vermont 1777, Preamble Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ..
| Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other
| Washington 1889, Preamble We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution
| West Virginia 1872, Preamble Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...
| Wisconsin 1848, Preamble We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
| Wyoming 1890, Preamble We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this Constitution...
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| After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong! If you found! this to be 'Food for thought' send to as many as you think will be enlightened as I hope you were.
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| (Please note that at no time is anyone told that they MUST worship God.)
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| GOD BLESS AMERICA

This is scary about Obama

2009-08-09T00:10:00.000-04:00

Per snopes.com, this was written by David Kaiser who is an historian.

A long read. Just hang in there. It is worth it. Full of stuff that most Americans are not aware of or can even comprehend (they've been brainwashed by our school system). VERY IMPORTANT

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I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books in six languages, and have studied history all my life. I think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis.

Yes, these exist but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus. Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about 10 - 15 years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.

We demanded and then codified into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people whom we knew could never pay back? Why? We learned recently that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700B we all argued about so strenuously just this past September.

Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of "We the People," who loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.

We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy. Why?

We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?

We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (now violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it wants marriage to remain between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?). We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?

Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, Social Security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and know precisely what I am talking about.) The list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth. It is potentially 1929 x 10. And we are at war with an enemy we cannot name for fear of offending people of the same religion who cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.

And now we have elected a man no one knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska . All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe is more important.)

Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change...radical change. Why?
I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now. This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.

And that is only the beginning. I thought I would never be able to experience what the ordinary, moral German felt in the mid-1930s. In those times, the savior was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they did know was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory and promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully them into submission.

And then he was duly elected to office, with a full-throttled economic crisis at hand [the Great Depression]. Slowly but surely he seized the controls of government power, department by department, person by person, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The kids joined a Youth Movement in his name, where they were taught what to think. How did he get the people on his side? He did it promising jobs to the jobless, money to the moneyless, and goodies for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrina ting the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , and across the world.

He did it with a compliant media - Did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and...change. And the people surely got what they voted for.. (Look it up if you think I am exaggerating.) Read your history books. Many people objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and made fun of. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though.

Don't forget that Germany was the most educated, cultured country in Europe . It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And in less than six years - a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency - it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.

As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong, close my eyes, have another latte and ignore what is transpiring around me.

Some people scoff at me; others laugh or think I am foolish, naive, or both. Perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe - and why I believe it. I pray I am wrong. But, I do not think I am.

About the author via Google...
Pamela "Atlas" Geller began her publishing career at The New York Daily News and subsequently took over operation of The New York Observer as Associate Publisher. She left The Observer after the birth of her fourth child, but remained involved in various projects including American Associates, Ben Gurion University and being Senior Vice-President Strategic Planning and Performance Evaluation a t The Brandeis School.
After 9/11, Atlas had the veil of oblivion violently lifted from her consciousness and immersed herself in the education and understanding of geopolitics, Islam, terror, foreign affairs and imminent threats the mainstream media and the government wouldn't cover or discuss.

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Since many of you enjoy senior citizen status or will sometime in the not too distant future, I thought you might be interested in this information.

IN GOD WE TRUST.

Everybody that is on this mailing list is either a senior citizen, is getting close, or knows somebody that is. Most of you know by now that the Senate version (at least) of the "stimulus" bill includes provisions for extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. The author of this part of the bill, former senator and tax evader, Tom Daschle, was quoted by Bloomberg with the following statement:
Daschle says "Health-care reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."???!!!

If this does not sufficiently raise your ire, just remember that Senators and Congressmen have their own healthcare plan that is first dollar or very low co-pay which they are guaranteed the remainder of their lives and are not subject to this new law if it passes.

Please use the power of the Internet to get this message out. Talk it up at the grassroots level. Do we have the ability to address and reverse the dangerous direction the Obama administration and its allies have begun and in the interim, we can make our voices heard! Let's do it!

If you disagree, don't do anything...

GOD BLESS AMERICA !

Pelosi becomes a lightning rod in Denver

2009-08-08T05:58:00.001-04:00

Maybe she will learn a thing or two while she is there. denverpost.com

Guess what Congress is getting?

2009-08-08T05:22:00.004-04:00

Eight brand new jets. Cost to taxpayers.......500 Million dollars. The Pentagon ordered them. Dodd even said that they don't need them. Fox News reported this yesterday. I was just reporting what I heard on Fox, but read this.

Also, the Social Security Administration went to a resort costing 700,000 to the taxpayers. When Greta showed the clip, she got a 5 page letter justifing the spending of our tax payer dollars. The excuse was that they had had a lot of death threats and they needed to relax. It was probably stimulus funds that they used.

The teachers went to a class, and instead of taking the classes, they were caught out at the pool. This came out from ABC15.com. ABC15.com I saw this on Fox News.

Petition to recall Obama's election

2009-08-08T04:48:00.000-04:00

Check it out. Here.

Stop Cap and Trade

2009-08-08T04:21:00.001-04:00

Please sign the petition, Here. Even Obama said that it will sky-rocket electricity bills.

Obama: Withdraw citizen reporting program

2009-08-08T03:58:00.003-04:00

Think that he will listen to us? The HillMaybe they will stop it because it makes "The One" look bad. Here is a copy of Jay Seculo's letter to Obama.

Love this ad

2009-08-07T05:55:00.000-04:00

BGA Ad -

Cap and Trade Threatened by 10 Moderate Dems

2009-08-07T05:35:00.001-04:00

WASHINGTON — Ten moderate Senate Democrats from states dependent on coal and manufacturing sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying they would not support any climate change bill that did not protect American industries from competition from countries that did not impose similar restraints on climate-altering gases.

The 10 senators were Evan Bayh of Indiana; Sherrod Brown of Ohio; Robert C. Byrd and John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia; Bob Casey and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania; Russ Feingold of Wisconsin; Al Franken of Minnesota; and Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

nytimes

Health Care Town Hall turns violent

2009-08-07T04:27:00.001-04:00

A town hall meeting to discuss President Obama's health care reform descended into shouting and reported violence in a Tampa, Florida, suburb Thursday as angry opponents attempted to sit in on the event but were turned away.

Close to 1,500 people came to Ybor City to attend the town hall-style meeting on health care and insurance reform featuring Democratic State Rep. Bette Reed and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor before the event exploded into a near riot.

Fox News

Cap and Trade and Acorn Connected?

2009-08-06T02:37:00.002-04:00

As I recall, this bill is still in the Senate after passing the house. This bill will sky-rocket electricity bills. It is a tax. Everyone needs to contact their Senator about voting no on it. This is an interesting article. http://wsbradio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/07/cap-and-trade-acorns.html

Charles Manson follower nears release

2009-08-06T01:08:00.001-04:00

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was a 26-year-old disciple of the cult murderer Manson when she aimed a semiautomatic .45- caliber pistol at Ford in September 1975 in Sacramento, Calif. Secret Service agents grabbed her and Ford was unhurt.

Fromme, now 60, is scheduled to be released on parole from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth on Aug. 16, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the court-appointed attorney who represented her at trial.

Fox News

Do you think that they will let her out?

This is like the Book, 1984

2009-08-06T00:29:00.002-04:00

White House Draws Fire for Requesting 'Fishy’ Information From Supporters on Health Reform
The White House is under fire for a blog post asking supporters to send "fishy"information received through rumors, chain e-mails and casual conversations to a White House e-mail address, flag@whitehouse.gov.
The White House is under fire for a blog post asking supporters to send "fishy" information received through rumors, chain e-mails and casual conversations to a White House e-mail address, flag@whitehouse.gov.

Conservatives have pounced on the request, accusing the White House of acting Orwellian.

"If you get an e-mail from your neighbor and it doesn't sound right, send it to the White House?"said Sen. John Barasso, R-Wyo. " People, I think all across America are going to say is this 1984? What is happening here? Is big brother watching?"

Fox News

This is over the top for me. I am curious as to what they plan to do about the emails. Are they going to send the "Security Force" after us? When is the rest of the country going to wake up to what is going on?

The accusations about Astro Turf and about the town hall protests being planned out were first planted on MSNBC. I heard Rachel, and Keith start with the accusations. They are the most hateful network on television. I am sick of them making fun of southerners, christians and rightwinger republicans.

Stop Acorn from getting anymore of our tax money

2009-08-05T22:42:00.001-04:00

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TaxDollars/

Jackson Browne defeats John McCain

2009-07-21T16:51:00.002-04:00

Singer Jackson Browne has won his copyright battle against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), getting an apology and an undisclosed sum of money from the 2008 presidential nominee for a pro-McCain Web video that appropriated the artist's hit song "Running On Empty."

I am just wondering if Barack Obama had of used the song if he would have gotten sued over it. To my understanding, it was the RNC of Ohio that used the song, and John McCain didn't know anything about it. They should have gotten permission, though.
For the rest of the story, Click here.

Is Obama going to use TARP funds for his own agenda?

2009-06-18T16:47:00.001-04:00

Read this article. There is some valueable information on this site. http://nationalrepublicantrust.com/wheeler_press_tarp.html

Good article from National Review

2009-06-18T04:24:00.002-04:00

It is about Obama and how he is handling Iran. I feel the same way that he does about the fact Obama voted present again on this issue. He sure does have a hard time making decisions, doesn't he?

Click here.

Obama, PETA and the fly

2009-06-18T02:49:00.002-04:00

Obama was on CNBC the other day, and while giving an interview, he killed a fly. PETA wishes he hadn't done that. During the interview, he happened to mention that he didn't get good coverage from Fox News.

Keith Olbermann on MSNBC had Fox News on the Worst Person Of the World segment. He is just a hater. Whenever he or Rachel Maddow call the Republicans the "party of no", I always think of them as the "party of hate". The thing that really gets me is the fact that they jumped all over Bill O'Reilly over the Tiller controversy. They had the nerve to say that he instigated hate, and his reporting got Tiller killed. What do they think that they do?

It wasn't O'Reilly's fault. He was doing his job of reporting the news. I don't care if Salon.com likes that fact or not. Sites like MSNBC, Huffington Post, Salon.com, Move on.org, etc. keep the hate stirred up all the time. Fox News.

The New York Obama Times on when Obama was Barry

2009-06-18T02:22:00.001-04:00

Warning: this article may make you want to barf. Click here.

The main stream media is at it again.

Obama's Birth Certificate issue

2009-06-17T04:12:00.002-04:00

Check this article out: Click here.

Is Obama "Above the Law?" He already made the comment that he wouldn't be able to be confirmed for the Supreme Court after he leaves the White House. I heard that on Fox News last week.

I know he can't take criticism at all. He came out against Fox News during an interview. He isn't used to anyone not agreeing with him.

Novacaine This is really funny

2009-05-31T19:49:00.000-04:00

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Charges Against 'New Black Panthers' Dropped by Obama Justice Dept.

2009-05-30T22:02:00.000-04:00

Three men were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon.
Charges brought against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense under the Bush administration have been dropped by the Obama Justice Department, FOX News has learned.

Fox News.

Catching Wild Pigs=interesting email that I got

2009-05-30T00:00:00.000-04:00

CATCHING WILD PIGS

There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class . One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to over-throw his country's government and install a communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked , 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke.

You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn.When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs that are used to the free corn start to come through the gate to eat, and then you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc, etc, etc. While we continue to lose our freedoms - just a little at a time.

One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

So, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send this on to your friends.If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this e-mail, but God help you when the gate slams shut!

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have. Thomas Jefferson

Sen. McConnell: GOP Wants Impartial Justice

2009-05-18T05:12:00.001-04:00

This article doesn't even describe what kind of judge that I think he will pick.

I am thinking that he will pick out the person that is way far left. What do you think?

Michael Steele on Obama's degree from Notre Dame

2009-05-18T04:10:00.003-04:00

Check out this story. I watched this today on television. I felt that instead of it being about colledge students graduating, they turned it into an event all about Obama.

Several people protested while Obama was giving a speech today. Then some students stood up, and for a minute there, I thought it was going to get out of control. Security took care of the protesters, then he finished his speech without anymore interuptions.

I felt that the leaders of Notre Dame were trying to change the minds of the people to support Obama's abortion policies. They tried to use the point that he is trying to cut down on the amount of abortions by promoting and making adoptions easier.

To me, it still doesn't change the fact that the abortions are still going on. I wonder if the speeches today changed anyone's mind about Obama's policies.

Obama wants Immigration Reform

2009-05-05T05:33:00.002-04:00

The only reason he wants it, is because they will probably vote Democrat if he gets it passed. He had a meeting with a Hispanic Group today, so I will assume that this bill is already in the works.

Contrary to what the MSM thinks, we don't hate Hispanics. We just want them to come to this country legally, and respect our sovereignty. It also wouldn't hurt if they would learn to speak our language.

They are usually hard working families. I heard that in the last election, people were told that they would get a check if they voted Democrat. So look out for some more shenanigans the next time around.

Schumer promises immigration reform

2009-05-05T05:23:00.002-04:00

Schumer's comments came on the heels of President Barack Obama saying America can't continue with a "broken" immigration system.

Obama has stated that he supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes an eventual path to citizenship for millions of foreigners illegally in the United States. During his presidential campaign, he promised to make the issue a "top priority" during his first year in office.

Last week, Obama said immigration reform is necessary because the current system is "not good for American workers. It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers who are trying to cross a dangerous border. It is putting a strain on border communities … And it keeps those undocumented workers in the shadows, which means they can be exploited at the same time as they're depressing U.S. wages."

I need to go look at that Glenn Beck video again with the gas can when he poured water on Bill Schultz. I don't understand how Obama thinks that they are depressing U.S. wages, but I do have the thought in my head that he is definately against business. Newsmax.com

Sen. Specter Hints Jack Kemp Died of GOP Agenda

2009-05-05T04:49:00.001-04:00

First, he sells us out in the Stimulus Vote, and now he just keeps on talking.

Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Democrat, said part of the reason he left the Republican Party last week was disillusionment with its healthcare priorities, and suggested that had the Republicans taken a more moderate track, Jack Kemp may have won his battle with cancer.

Mr. Specter continued: "If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine."

Mr. Kemp passed away Saturday, after fighting with cancer. Mr. Kemp ran for the White House in 1996 with Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole.

Here is the rest of the article.

Do you ever get tired of the hypocracy of the left?

2009-05-03T04:14:00.002-04:00

I do. There seems to be a double standard. It is ok for them to call the Tea Parties racist, empty headed, etc. They never seem to look at what they do.

On MSNBC the other night, they were complaining that the GOP were doing Robo calls to Democrats. They used President Bush's comments about supporting Arlen Spector. I was flipping channels when I heard this. All they seem to do is whine about whatever and whenever we don't go along with them.

I wish that I could have come up behind them and slapped them on the back of their heads for the things they say. I don't watch NBC, MSNBC or buy GE products due to them doing business with Iran. Iran issued weapons against our troops. I don't watch CNN news anymore either. I don't like what that reporter did at the Tea Party.

What ever happened to the news media being objective? The media died a few years back. What we now have is a bunch of hateful backbiters and complainers. I found it despicable of them to talk about Miss California like they did. I saw that film clip on O'Reilly the other night.

Since when did we lose our freedom of speech? Has the Constitution been changed and they didn't tell anyone? They are trying to totally crush the Republicans and are gloating over Spector being the defector. They might not have gotten the prize they thought they did. Think about it, if he changed parties once, he may do it again.

In their opinion, we are supposed to agree with them all the time. I guess their attitude is "I won." My opinion of them gets lower every day. I think that they are hippy tree huggers who became adults, left over from the 60's. They never grew out of it. I resent the fact that they had prayer taken out of school, and they don't seem to acknowledge the Declaration of Independence.

They constantly step on my rights to have "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." This country was founded on Christian Principles. Just because of a letter from John Adams about separation of church and state, they use that to further their agenda.

I am just wondering how long we will stay stifled by them. I may be wrong, but I see the left as a cult. The President has a following that is down right scary, and cultish. Just my opinion. It is scary the way they refer to him as the Messiah, and they think that he never does any wrong. If you disagree with his policies, they try to crush you.

I get tired of the hatred of the Democrats. They hate President Bush with a vengence. The ACLU is infected. The left keeps the hatred going. They hate Wall Street, therefore the businesses in this country have to suffer.

I have always heard that the Democrats are supposed to be for the poor people, but that is proving to be untrue. They print money all the time for the Banks, Auto Industry, etc. but do nothing for the citizens but raise their taxes. They want to "Spread the Wealth around", but yet small businesses are suffering and going out of business.

People are wanting to go back to work, but the job market is scarce, to say the least. Unemployment checks only go so far, and the week of July 3, mine will run out. Nothing is being done about it either. They keep saying on television to talk to your creditors, and it doesn't do any good. They want their full payment, when they have gotten all kinds of money from our Federal Government.

The citizens are needing help now, not two years from now. They have lost touch with us little people. On this side of the fence, things look pretty bleak. They have not given any incentives for people to start new businesses to put the unemployed back to work.

Also, the scare that New York City got last week was inexcusable. That jet cost us tax-payers over 300 thousand dollars. That money could have been spent elsewhere to help the citizens of this country instead of scaring them to death like that.

Washington Post says that Spector's exit isn't the problem

2009-05-03T03:03:00.002-04:00

But Specter isn't the only Republican who has given serious thought to leaving the party. On a recent trip, I met a businessman who had voted Republican in every presidential election since 1984, the year he turned 18. He started listening to conservative talk radio in the early 1990s, a decade he remembers as the time when he started making serious money as a car salesman. As the housing market boomed, he turned to selling real estate in southwest Florida, usually to recent immigrants. But about two years ago, after an expensive divorce, he lost his own house to foreclosure, and he started working several part-time jobs, including driving a livery cab. Then he wound up in a car accident. He was lucky that the medical expenses were covered under his auto insurance, because he didn't -- and still doesn't -- have health insurance. This gentleman has had a bad run. Yet he wasn't complaining. He did have the sense, however, that today's Republican Party is out of touch with people like him.

Here is the rest of the article.

What happened to my sneakers?]

2009-05-02T23:49:00.000-04:00

Gossip blogger/pageant judge calls contestant “dumb b*tch” over gay marriage question

2009-04-20T16:44:00.001-04:00

Check out this story. I heard it this morning on Fox and Friends. Perez Hilton went over and beyond by going on You Tube. Michelle Malkin's Blog

Log Cabin Republicans

2009-04-20T15:11:00.002-04:00

We Heard . . .

THAT Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s chief strategist in last year’s presidential campaign, is urging conservatives to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage.

In a speech on Friday to Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights organization, Schmidt said, “There is a sound conservative argument to be made for same-sex marriage.

“I believe conservatives, more than liberals, insist that rights come with responsibilities. No other exercise of one’s liberty comes with greater responsibilities than marriage.”

Schmidt also made a political argument for his stance, noting that McCain lost to Barack Obama by a wide margin among voters under 30, who are generally more accepting of gay couples, CNN reported.

McCain voiced opposition to same-sex marriage on the 2008 campaign trail.

THAT a new political action organization called GOProud has been formed to represent gay conservatives and their conservative allies.

The group’s chairman is Christopher Barron, former political director for Log Cabin Republicans, and its executive director is Jimmy LaSalvia, former policy director for Log Cabin Republicans.

The organization said in a release: “GOProud represents gay conservatives and their allies. GOProud is committed to a traditional conservative agenda that emphasizes limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and a confident foreign policy.

“GOProud promotes our traditional conservative agenda by influencing politics and policy at the federal level.”

This is an excerpt from an email that I recieved from Newsmax.com. Because of my Christian beliefs, I think that marriage is between one man and one woman. I believe that God was the creator of marriage in the book of Genesis. I also believe the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. That city was destroyed because of the evil in it. They were under the judgement of God.

I look at it on the secular side, also. If there is a gay couple, and one of them is in the hospital, the other one doesn't have any rights to look after them. If the Gay Community wanted to label their union under a different name besides marriage, I would be more apt to go for it, like a civil union kind of thing.

When they want to call their union a marriage, I believe that my Christian beliefs are being infringed upon. If they would take it to a more secular level it wouldn't bother me as much. I heard a Catholic Priest that was on Fox News say that it wasn't that we hate the Gay Community. He said that they were the ones who have to learn to control it.

Maybe the Gay Community would stop hating Christians so much if they got their rights through a civil union. How do you all feel about this issue? I would really like to know.

Missing Jesus symbol at Obama speech

2009-04-18T05:11:00.002-04:00

In a span of mere weeks Obama has in no specific order:

kissed up to communists
dismissed a NK missile test as unimportant
made european leaders cringe in embarrassment
prostrated himself to saudi royalty
White House lies about the bow
made the comment that we are arrogant and dismissive
visited a mosque
covered up the name of Christ
issued a law enforcement circular about conservatives and returning military
opened friendly diplomatic channels with sworn enemies of the US
declassified and released sensitive and politically embarrassing military intelligence
refused payback of TARP funds
declared CO2 an earth poison

I am surprised that Obama didn't kiss Chavez or bow to him after he called Obama ignorant. There is no telling what else he has done that we haven't found out about yet.

Newsmax.com

Facebook Site Protests Obama's Notre Dame Visit

2009-04-18T03:35:00.001-04:00

Opponents say the Catholic university should not honor Obama because his support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research go against church teachings.

Read the rest, here.

I admire the person doing this. Although they will be attacked, because "The One" doesn't like people to oppose him.

Confirmed: The Obama DHS hit job on conservatives is real

2009-04-14T06:36:00.002-04:00

I found this article by Michelle Malkin. Click here.

This is scary. I wonder also if this didn't come about because of the Tea Parties. I also wonder if they let this get out so we will stop our efforts if we get scared enough. They must be really worried about the Republicans coming back into power.

Republicans Must Stop Vote Fraud or Lose

2009-04-14T00:55:00.002-04:00

Here is an email that I got today. I heard Bill O'Reilly talk about the story that the New York Times killed. I have always thought that Acorn had something to do with Obama's win.

Dear Reader:
Last week Bill O'Reilly on Fox News exposed the fact that the New York Times killed a story about the relationship between ACORN and the Obama campaign conspired in the 2008 election. Other media outlets refuse to disclose how ACORN uses vote fraud to steal elections.
When a paper like the New York Times hides the truth, we live in worrisome times.
At stake is nothing more than our democratic freedoms and way of life.
As you may know, we at the Republican National Lawyers Association have been fighting for a fair election in Minnesota.
On election night, Republican Norm Coleman led by 725 votes. But after a "recount" and questionable activities by the state's liberal Secretary of State, Franken now leads.
We have been fighting and so far Al Franken has yet to be seated.
Franken's Outrage
But we were shocked last week when the three judge panel in Minnesota decided that it is okay to treat voters in different parts of Minnesota differently, instead of treating all voters equally. The judges have basically said that the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution does not apply in Minnesota.
And in New York, lawyers are already battling over absentee and military ballots in the special election to fill a vacant seat for Congress. RNLA Members are there right now, helping ensure the vote counting is as fair as possible.
The results show a dead heat, and absentee ballots are crucial. These ballots usually favor the Republicans but at the urging of the Democrat Candidate’s lawyer the counting of absentee ballots is going ahead before the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots from our military and overseas voters even occurs!
Once again, Democrats are trying to disenfranchise military voters because soldiers are perceived to favor Republicans.
This is why our work at the Republican National Lawyers Association is so critical.
Your help is also critical — please support our efforts — Go Here Now.
We are the leading group in the Republican Party fighting to ensure that elections are honest and that voters, not lawyers or judges, decide the elections.
Already, we helped stop Harry Reid from seating Al Franken in the Senate as a Senator before the Minnesota Election Process is completed.
We fought for military voters and as a result of the ongoing pressure of groups like the RNLA, the New York Board of Elections initially extended the deadline for the return of military ballots so that the ballots have a chance to get back from places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Republicans will keep fighting until those votes are counted.
But these are just battles in a longer struggle.
ACORN's Dirty Tricks
Years ago the left realized if they can't win at the ballot box, they could work the process. George Soros backed liberals in various states who became Secretary of State — the chief state officer who usually controls the election process.
The Democrats in Congress worked hard to give liberal groups like ACORN billions — to "register" voters. There have been widespread charges, prosecutions, convictions and allegations of fraud against groups like ACORN.
We need to do what the left has done. We need to organize and prepare. The 2010 elections are fast approaching. We need to train lawyers who will protect your right to vote and have it count!
We also need to expose groups like ACORN — in both the courts and the media.
You can help us do that! Go Here Now. newsmax.com
U.S. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers [D-MI] was so alarmed by the Testimony of RNLA's First Vice President Heather Heidelbaugh about ACORN's activities that he called for a hearing on ACORN.
But other Democrats, led by Subcommittee Chair Jerrold Nadler [D-NY] objected saying there was "no credible evidence" against ACORN.
Even though Mel Watt [D-NC] stated in the same hearing: "I would even stipulate if I were in court that voter fraud does in fact take place. I might even stipulate that ACORN or some of its employees have participated in voter fraud."
But we have more evidence that will force the truth about ACORN out.
As revealed on O’Reilly, New York Times Reporter Stephanie Strom stated in a phone call to an ACORN informant: "I've been asked by my bosses to stand down" and stop reporting on ACORN. This reporter also detailed how the Obama campaign refused to talk about how they gave their donor list to ACORN. The reporter states: "the campaign insisted on speaking only on background. When I asked why, I got the barrage I described earlier. Cleary, I have hit a nerve."
But the liberal New York Times killed the story.
We Need to Prepare Now for the Next Election
We are not afraid to expose this fraud.
The RNLA is working hard to get the truth out.
Congressional Hearings, the press and legal proceedings to stop ACORN.
Whatever it takes, we will fight groups like ACORN.
Your help to us critical in our fight, please donate today — Go Here Now Newsmax.com
But we must start early and now. Our urgent effort needs your help.
We believe our country's future depends on fair elections — not a sham process one finds in banana republics.
Help us stop the shady political operatives, left wing lawyers, ACORN, and liberal judges.
With your help we can do it. Donate here now. Newsmax.com
Sincerely,
Michael Thielen
Executive Director
RNLA
P.S. Congress earmarked billions in Obama's stimulus for ACORN. This is why we need your help, and why we need to keep fighting to stop election fraud. Whatever happens in Minnesota or New York, we know many future battles lie ahead. We need to prepare today for tomorrow. Please help us in this vital effort — Go Here Now Newsmax.com

Positive Outlook

2009-04-10T00:45:00.000-04:00

How to start each day with a positive outlook :)

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it 'Barack Obama'.

3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.

4. Empty the Recycle Bin.

5. Your PC will ask you: "Do you really want to get rid of 'Barack
Obama?"

6. Firmly Click 'Yes.'

7. Feel better?

GOOD! - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi

Pirates are holding an American hostage

2009-04-08T15:58:00.004-04:00

They were off the coast of Somalia in a ship with dry goods on it. They were hijacked by pirates. As far as I know, the rest of the crew of the ship, known as the Alabama, got away.

The pirates are holding the captain a hostage on a life raft. Some American warships are on the way, but it will take a few hours for them to get there. This story is still progressing.

This is the first of our ships that they have gotten so far.

UPDATE: A warship is on the scene. Food and water have been given to the pirates and Captain of the Ship. They are sitting in a life raft that has a cover over it. They are out of gas and trying to do some negotiations for the Captain's release. Some more ships are on the way.

The Alabama was released and is on it's way to Kenyia to deliver the food that was on the ship.

Banks want to pay back TARP money, and the Obama administration won't let them

2009-04-08T00:53:00.003-04:00

Here is an excerpt:

Think about it: If Rick Wagoner can be fired and compact cars can be mandated, why can't a bank with a vault full of TARP money be told where to lend? And since politics drives this administration, why can't special loans and terms be offered to favored constituents, favored industries, or even favored regions? Our prosperity has never been based on the political allocation of credit -- until now.

Which brings me to the Pay for Performance Act, just passed by the House. This is an outstanding example of class warfare. I'm an Englishman. We invented class warfare, and I know it when I see it. This legislation allows the administration to dictate pay for anyone working in any company that takes a dime of TARP money. This is a whip with which to thrash the unpopular bankers, a tool to advance the Obama administration's goal of controlling the financial system.

Why? Because if they pay back the money, they can't control the banks. Think about it, if they can fire the head of GM, Mr. Wagoner, then they have control over what the banks do. What are they trying to do? Make us into a dictatorship?

It would help us taxpayers out if they would let them pay the money back.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879833094588163.html

Mark R. Levin's treatise "Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto."

2009-04-07T20:41:00.003-04:00

Dick Morris and his wife wrote an article about how sad it is that we need Mark Levin's book on Socialism. He shows how close we are to it, and how we all need to read it. Here is an excerpt from Dick Morris:

Mark Levin: Rail Against 'Soft Tyranny'

Friday, March 27, 2009 11:43 AM

By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

In more normal times, we would not need Mark R. Levin's treatise "Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto." We would know which side to be on and the points in his "Manifesto" would be, well, manifest.

But in this day, when a socialist sits in the White House, committed to expanding what Levin calls the "soft tyranny" of government regulation to every aspect of our economic and corporate life, we all need to read and remember what Levin writes in his new book.

Levin defines, again for us, what it means to be free and in the private sector. Why do we need this reminder? Don't we all remember from the Reagan days?

But the more you read Levin's remarkable book, the more you realize how we have all been lured into socialism, how much we have already surrendered. "Liberty and Tyranny" makes us understand who we are, where we want to go, and what the detours we must eschew along the way are.

www.newsmax.com

MSNBC poll on Obama

2009-04-07T15:18:00.001-04:00

MSNBC Obama Poll

Since few conservatives watch liberally-biased MSNBC, we need to send this to all our friends, so MSNBC will know what people really think of Obama. Otherwise, they will report everyone is happy – which is far from the truth.

VOTE and send it on to your friends.

MSNBC’s live poll is to grade Obama's performance as President, and we

must get conservative voices showing up in the results!

MSNBC.MSN.com

A must read: Obama's deep bow to the Saudi King

2009-04-06T04:14:00.002-04:00

I first saw this on Fox News. I ran across this excellent article written by Michelle Malkin. There is also a video on it.

Obama bowed lower for the Saudi King than he and Michelle did when they met the Queen of England.

Click here.

MSNBC and O'Reilly Controversy

2009-04-06T02:00:00.002-04:00

Keith Olbermann, who constantly berates O'Reilly, reported that the UPS had backed out as an advertiser of Bill O'Reilly's show. UPS reported the story, and it is not true. Olbermann, the man that he is, still hasn't issued a retraction of the story as of Sunday evening.

Do you think that he will retract it? Let us see if he does. Here is the link explaining the whole story: Newsmax.com

Time we all came together......

2009-04-03T21:11:00.003-04:00

The election for the year of 2012 will be here before
you know it. It will be
an election that will decide the next President of
the United States.

The person elected will be the
president of all Americans, not just the Democrats
or the Republicans.

To show our solidarity as
Americans, let's all get together and show each
other our support for the candidate of our choice.

It's time that we all came together, Democrats and
Republicans alike.

If you support the policies and character of the
Republican Candidate, please drive with your
headlights on during
the day.

If you support Obama or Hillary, please
drive with your headlights off at night.

This is an old email that I doctored up a little.

Nervous Japan takes up arms against rocket launch

2009-04-03T17:56:00.001-04:00

Here is an excerpt:

Barack Obama warned North Korea yesterday that it would face international action if it went ahead with its launch of a rocket, as Japan made nervous preparations for it to pass over its territory as early as today.

“We have made very clear to the North Koreans that their missile launch is provocative,” President Obama said after a meeting in Strasbourg with President Sarkozy of France.

“Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work with all interested partners in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that they cannot threaten the safety and stability of other countries with impunity.”

He added: “The response so far from the North Koreans has been not just unhelpful but has resorted to the sort of language that has led to North Korea’s international isolation in the international community for a very long time.”

Read the rest, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6032118.ece

How would you fix the economy if you could?

2009-04-03T00:32:00.003-04:00

I got this in an email today:

Subject: Perfect fix it plan at 1/20th the cost

This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on Sunday. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on " How Would You Fix the Economy?" I thought this was the BEST idea. I think this guy nailed it!

Dear Mr.President,
Patriotic retirement:
There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

What do you think of this idea? If it were in your power to do so, what would you do to fix the economy?

I just had to post this.........

2009-04-01T04:07:00.000-04:00

HILLARY MEETS THE KIDS:

Hillary Clinton goes to a primary school in New York to talk about
the world. After her talk she offers a question time.

One little boy puts up his hand. The Senator asks him what his name is.

"Kenneth," the boy replies.

"And what is your question, Kenneth?"

"I have three questions: "First - whatever happened to the medical
health care plan you were paid to develop during your husband's eight years
in the office as President? "Second - why would you run for President after
your husband shamed the office? "Third - whatever happened to all those
things you took when you left the White House?"

Just then the bell rings for recess. Hillary Clinton informs the kids
that they will continue after recess.

When they resume, Hillary says, "Okay, where were we? Oh, that's right,
question time. Who has a question?"

A different little boy puts his hand up. Hillary points him out and asks
him what his name is.

"Larry."

"And what is your question, Larry?"

"I have five questions: "First - whatever happened to the medical
health care plan you were paid to develop during your husband's eight years
in the office as President? "Second - why would you run for President after
your husband shamed the office? "Third - whatever happened to all those
things you took when you left the White House? "Fourth - why did the recess
bell go off 20 minutes early? "Fifth - Where's Kenneth?"

Are you a Democrat, Republican or a Redneck?

2009-04-01T03:12:00.000-04:00

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck?

Here is a little test that will help you decide.

The answer can be found by posing the following question:

#You're walking down a
deserted street with your wife
and
two small children.

Suddenly, an Islamic
Terrorist with a huge knife
comes
around the corner, locks eyes with you,
screams obscenities, praises
Allah, raises the
knife, and charges at you.

You are carrying a
Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP, and you are an expert shot.

You have mere seconds
before he reaches you and your family. What
do
you do?

.............................................................

THINK CAREFULLY AND
THEN SCROLL DOWN:

Democrat's
Answer :

Well, that's not enough information to answer the
question!
Does
the man look poor or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that
would inspire
him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife
think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club
and knock
the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about
this situation?
Does the pistol have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind
of message
does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he'd be
happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would
he be
content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold
on, could my
family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call
9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have
paint and weed day and
make this happier, healthier street that
would
discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing! I need to
debate this with
some friends for few days and try to come to a
consensus.

........................................................................
.........................................

Republican's
Answer:

BANG!

........................................................................
........................................

Redneck's Answer:

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG !
Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG!
BANG! Click
Daughter: 'Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those
the
Winchester
Silver Tips or Hollow Points?! '
Son: 'Can I shoot the next
one?!'
Wife: 'You ain't taking that to the Taxidermist!

HECK YEAH I'M A 100% ALL-AMERICAN REDNECK

Rush tells NY to drop dead

2009-03-31T22:28:00.002-04:00

He is talking about moving his studio out of NY to a state like Texas where they don't have a state income tax. newsmax.com

He sure couldn't come to Georgia, because we have a state income tax here.

Rules for conservative radicals

2009-03-29T22:14:00.001-04:00

This is a really good article. It tells about what the Left is up to, and how they dehumanized President Bush. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/30/rules-for-conservative-radicals/

Bachman bill would ban Global Currency

2009-03-29T02:15:00.002-04:00

I just hope and pray they can get it passed. Everyone needs to write their Congressman and urge them to support this bill. briefingroom.thehill.com

Here is another link to check out on the subject:
http://bachmann.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=116036

I remember when she was up for election. She said on an interview that Obama was a socialist, and Nancy Pelosi brought her opponent a million dollars so she wouldn't win. I saw this myself on Fox on Hannity.

Tea Parties

2009-03-29T00:27:00.001-04:00

#RT Tea Parties #TCOT
This is a poem that I wrote a couple of weeks ago. It is called Tea Parties. Copyright 2009.

Tea Parties by Trickyvikki

We are having Tea Parties all across the land.
People are angry, they are taking up a stand.

They are bringing tea bags just to show,
they don't like the spending, the economy is slow.

"President Obama, Can you hear me?" Rick Santelli said.
We don't like your policies, and the way that we are being led.

You promised no earmarks, and now they are increased.
You are raising people's taxes which needs to be ceased.

From Sea to Shining Sea, Americans are bringing tea.
Where are the jobs, You promised there would be?

For other people's mortgages, you expect us to pay.
Then you turn around and tax us. That seems to be your way.

President Obama, can you hear me?
The spending has got to stop.
Your economic programs are proving to be a flop.

You said that you would be our President too.
It's all about the economy, and not just you.

America needs a leader,
that can reach across the divide.
Who can protect our freedoms,
without a socialistic slide.

You need to get your staff together,
and quit playing a childish game.
The attacks on Rush are stupid,
and also are so lame.

The people are scared and hurting,
and you just fly around.
You do your campaigning and need to stay on the ground.

People are losing their retirements in the markets every day.
I think you need to fix it, in the capitalistic way.

Small businesses are suffering, their taxes you should cut.
They give more jobs to people, to get us out of the rut.

President Obama, can you hear me? The tax payers say.
While you are handing out money, please pass out some our way.

Keith Oberman and Twitter

2009-03-28T04:47:00.002-04:00

Check out what the loon did. I bet that Fox News won't get an apology. The guy is such a loon-ball that I can't hardly stand to watch him. They were making fun of Michael Steele and the Republicans. They thought their little comments were funny, but I will have the last laugh when the loons are thrown out of Congress and the White House. National Review

Sen. Reid: Chief Justice Roberts Lied To Congress

2009-03-28T03:17:00.002-04:00

Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid charged Friday that Chief Justice John Roberts tricked Congress by pretending to be a moderate while he was actually a stalwart conservative.

If you ask me, we need more Conservatives in the Supreme Court. I am wondering what made Harry Reid say those things. Read the rest, at Newsmax.com

Venezuela's Chavez calls Obama "ignoramus"

2009-03-22T22:17:00.001-04:00

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama was at best an "ignoramus" for saying the socialist leader exported terrorism and obstructed progress in Latin America.

"He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism: the least I can say is that he's a poor ignoramus; he should read and study a little to understand reality," said Chavez, who heads a group of left-wing Latin American leaders opposed to the U.S. influence in the region.

At least he didn't call him a devil, like he did President Bush. Routers

Church security is often overlooked, expert says

2009-03-09T01:17:00.002-04:00

I found this article about the killing of the Pastor this morning. You really wouldn't think that you needed any security in a church, would you? I wouldn't of ever thought about it until just recently.

An unidentified gunman shot and killed the Rev. Fred Winders, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Maryville, during the 8:30 a.m. service Sunday. Two parishioners tackled the gunman to the ground, all three suffering stab wounds after the gunman brandished a knife.

The church is in my thoughts and prayers.

bnd.com

Israel Warns: Iran Has Crossed 'Nuclear Threshold'

2009-03-09T00:19:00.001-04:00

The participants spoke on condition of anonymity because the Cabinet meeting was closed. They said Yadlin told them that Iran continues to accumulate uranium for enrichment and hopes to exploit the Obama administration's intention to open a dialogue as a cover for developing nuclear weapons.

Before it is over with, Israel will wind up into a war with Iran. Will the USA stand by them, is the major question. Fox News

After Bailouts, Stimulus Packages, Is It Time for a Federal Budget Diet?

2009-03-07T16:46:00.001-05:00

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the bill is loaded with "unscrutinized taxpayer-funded earmarks" that are "a textbook example of why Americans have grown so fed up with Washington."

But Ellis said the rationale for a spending freeze is weak, given that the stimulus package was passed and follows a Keynesian model of economics that advocates for increased government spending during a recession.

Ellis said his group is not in favor of spending freezes in general because they fail to root out government waste.

"I'm not being dismissive of Minority Leader Boehner's approach," Ellis said. "That's certainly a tool. But we need to have a smart tool" to cut government waste.

Ellis said the only way the spending bill would fail is if one of the amendments proposed in the Senate succeeds, because he doubts the House would vote again on the measure.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., privately threatened to abandon the bill altogether Thursday night, infuriated that GOP leaders were stalling it even though they helped craft it and have a big stake in its passage, according to a Democratic leadership aide. The aide demanded anonymity to speak frankly about a private meeting.

If the larger spending bill ends up being amended by the Senate, the House would again have to act on that bill, giving Republicans more chances to launch political attacks.

Senate Democratic leaders prevailed upon Pelosi to stick with the measure for now. Letting it die would deny large spending increases for some of Democrats' favorite programs, such as food aid for children and pregnant women, in addition to billions of dollars for lawmakers' pet projects.

I don't think that having any budget at all would set well for the Democrats in Congress. Fox News

Spending Bill Stalls in Senate, 1 Vote Shy of Breaking Filibuster

2009-03-06T03:35:00.002-05:00

At the next Tea Party, a good sign would be: "Just say No to Pork!"

Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) canceled a final procedural vote that would have cleared the way for final passage and announced that debate will continue at least through Monday. Meanwhile, Reid said the Senate will consider further amendments, while he scoured for at least one more vote to reach the 60 needed to break a Republican-led filibuster.

Click here.

Barack Obama and the stock market

2009-03-06T03:25:00.001-05:00

Check out this article. It has a graph and I found it very interesting. Click here.