Michael Ramirez takes the Obama empty chair meme to eleven

Common Courtesy

I hope none of my friends are offended, this is not Sacrilege, it's just a brief funny. Don't please take me to task for being amused.

Are you allowing the opinions of others to stand in your way? Locked down by someone elses words?

Consider these quips from the past!

* "... after a few more flashes in the pan, we shall hear very little more of Edison or his electric lamp. Every claim he makes has been tested and proved impracticable."
- New York Times, 16th January 1880

* "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible
- Lord Kelvin, British physicist, 1895.

* "There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom"
- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize physicist, 1923.

* "There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity"
- Dr. F. R. Moulton, University of Chicago astronomer, 1932.

* "Radio has no future."
- Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist, 1897.

* "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

* "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
- Charles Duell, U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1899.

* "Man will not fly for 50 years."
- Orville Wright, aviation pioneer, 1901.

* "What use could this company make of an electrical toy [telephone]?"
- William Orton, President of Western Union.

* "The horse is here to stay the automobile is only a fad."
- Advice given by the President of Michigan Savings Bank to Horace Rackham, lawyer of Henry Ford.

* "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
- Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French military strategist, 1911.

* "Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible."
- Josephus Daniels, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1922.

* "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.

* "Germany is unable to wage war."
- David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister, 1934.

* "But what... is it good for?"
- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

* "[Concerning television], people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
- Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946 (JG).

* "Computers in the future may perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons."
- Popular Mechanics, 1949.

* "[Man will never reach the Moon] regardless of all future scientific advances."
- Dr. Lee de Forest, a father of radio, 1967.

* "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
- Kenneth Olsen, President and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

* "The dream of some Zionists for the restoration of Hebrew as a living language has as little chance of success as the dream of the restoration of a Jewish state in Palestine."
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1905.

* "640K ought to be enough for anybody"
- Bill Gates, 1981

Reminded me of Earl Redlin

Whoever said that Obama hasn’t accomplished anything in his first term?

WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS!…

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act.
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to defy a Federal Judge’s court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party, a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on ‘shovel-ready’ jobs when there was no such thing as ‘shovel-ready’ jobs.
First President to recommend changing our National Anthem as it portrays and promotes violence and is warlike in its theme.
First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer Breakfast and activities.
First President to initiate a Cash for Clunkers Program to clean up exhaust that adds to global warming, then extended it because it was so popular — wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to bypass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company which state they are allowed to locate a factory in.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to fire an inspector general of Americorps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 90 to date.
First President to pledge complete transparency while campaigning, then hide his medical, educational,and travel records.
First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global ‘apology tours’.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends; paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
First President to repeat the Holy Qur’an and tells us that the early morning Islamic call to worship is the most beautiful sound on earth.
Now it is up to us Freedom-loving Americans to see to it that he is voted out after his FIRST term. May God bless America again. Stay safe, and be aware of your surroundings. - Bob Peaselee

SECRET ROMNEY CHEAT SHEET REVEALED!

 I will admit, when I first saw this superficially insipidly stupid report ‘accusing’ Mitt Romney of being able to fit everything he needed to gut Barack Obama like a fish in Wednesday’s debate on a single sheet of paper (a so-called “cheat sheet”), my first thought was Wow.  That’s incredibly insulting… to Barack Obama; surely you’d need at least an eight-page chapbook.  But, once I saw this… well. Guess it maybe wasn’t a handkerchief* after all?
Moe Lane » SECRET ROMNEY CHEAT SHEET REVEALED! MUST CREDIT MOE LANE!

economic crisis

Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our “economic crisis” occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day level 2 days later. Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were already being put in place to create the havoc we’ve all been experiencing since then. And it all started, as this email explains, on January 3, 2007. I'm sending this to each of you regardless of your party preferences because I believe it is something you may not have considered. This tells the story, why President Bush was so “bad” at the end of his term. Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!

The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress. The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this:

January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress. At the time: The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77 The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5% The Unemployment rate was 4.6% George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH Remember the day... January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.

The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! Unemployment.. to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES! President Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy. And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac?

OBAMA

And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie?

OBAMA and the Democrat Congress.

So when someone tries to blame former President Bush. REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!" Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time?

He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009. If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.

In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is:

I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

If you don't understand this, you are missing one of the most important truths on the planet today. You have within you the power to bless or curse anything. Whatever you call it out to become, it will become. I see this with plants all ...See More

These jars are filled with cooked rice with water (exactly the same filling). This is the result after three months of cursing and blessing the two different jars. Do you see the difference?

Conclusion: The WORD is faithful since the begi

nning. Thats why we should be constantly aware of what we say.

Destruction (death) and Construction (life) are in the power of your tongue. - king Solomon

Just to remind you of this fact.

About the experiment:
The jars are on a shelve, with their lids on it, so no influence from the outside except words. The rice is cursed and blessed several times a day by different people of a family in a house with approximately 10 people. I don't know who was the most active with them, but it doesn't matter WHO says it. The power is in the words themselves, whether they are written or spoken.

If you want to study it more:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/tsk/tsk.cfm?b=Pro&c=18&v=21&t=KJV
Conclusion: The WORD is faithful since the beginning. Thats why we should be constantly aware of what we say.

Destruction (death) and Construction (life) are in the power of your tongue. - king Solomon

Just to remind you of this fact.
If you want to study it more:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/tsk/tsk.cfm?b=Pro&c=18&v=21&t=KJV

If you think tonight was fun, just wait until next week!

LIKE if you can't wait for this debate!!

I had to sleep on it... Here's my take on the debates for what it's worth:
Content: Romney did well, made the sale
Presence: Obama is the king. Romney needs to learn to stand and deliver without looking too eager. Obama knows cool, Romney doesn't
Truth: Romney tells it Obama spins it. I think this is the most troubling for me.
Televisionablity (I made that word up): Obama. Romney needs a coa

ch on how to look more presidential on TV. He wasn't bad, but I kept thinking about the future..Putin, Netanyahu and all. Obama bows to others, Romney needs to be sharper.

Something I really agree with Romney on. Defund PBS, big bird and all. Tomorrow.

Obama used what must have been scripted talking points that he must have had written on the back of his hand. He was fully not fresh. Hard to be fresh in defending the last four years catastrophe. Some of the claims he made against Romney were bad campaign slogans. And not true. I hat to call him a liar...but he lied.

All in all I would call it a draw. No game changer. No one's mind was changed.

As I listened, the song came to mind:

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way just to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

You have to look really close but ya I think it might be photoshopped ;)

Rod Stewart must have been thinking of the Debate last night when he sang the song, Reason to Believe:
If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I

look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never think about myself

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way just to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never think about myself

Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart

Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart This was written by Folk singer Tim Hardin, who originally recorded it in 1965. Hardin wrote some popular songs and

More Money won't cure this, more education won't cure this, more cops won't cure this. This is a cultural problem that can only solved by a heart change. What we need is someone who can take a heart of stone and turn it into a heart of flesh. I wish I knew someone like that....any ideas?

Chicago murders up 25% from 2011 as police, residents seek solutions

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As the death toll rises, residents and police seek solutions to end the proliferation of gangs, drugs and guns.

Before all my conservative friends exhaust themselves from dancing happy over last night, I see behind what I am hearing in the media. Obama is being positioned as the underdog to get the base excited. He must seem to really really need help from people who voted for him in 2008. Those who have wavered. They are being set up to return to the polls and vote to "Save" him. Don't be deceived, this is very carefully being set up. You watch and see if I'm not right.

There was a lot of "partial truth and lies" in last night's debate. Sorry to say, both men engaged at warp 3. I guess if it was all raw truth...let's just say, it would be very embarrassing for the incumbent.

AP Fact Check: Here Are Obama & Romney’s Biggest Missteps & Mistruths During Last Night’s Debate

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Editor’s Note: The following “fact check” was composed by The Associated Press. Below,

The Voice of Reason, Sarah has it right. This isn't over...the fat lady hasn't even put on her horned helmet yet.

Palin Warns: Obama Camp Will Not Go Down Without Swinging, Will Pull Something

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"Now we have to be aware in the next couple debates also if Mitt Romney continues to gain

This happened at a Church I know of too. Ignorance is not bliss when you know nothing about plants.

Drug Squad Confiscates 1624 Daisies in Suburban Garden Raid

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As I have explained in many previous articles,the war on drugs is a total fraudand theworld would be a lot better offif there were not prohibitions on objects or

Scary

Is this a race crime? Or are these just hoodlums no better then animals----

SHOCKING: Black Teens on a Bus Brutally Sucker Punch Elderly Bus Driver Knocking him Out for Absolut

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The poor man checks his heart after regaining consciousness

This is what MSNBC hosts reacted to the Debate

We have an epidemic of this in Illinois.

Joseph Mattera

When dysfunctional, perverted, fatherless people get an education- become recognized as societal experts and set the ethos of culture - the result is an emotive system of touchy feely presuppositions that despise the patriarchal principle - is bereft of biblical truth and ethics - and normalizes the taboo ,resulting in calling good evil and evil good

Still I look to find a reason to believe

I had to sleep on it... Here's my take on the debates for what it's worth:

Content: Romney did well, made the sale

Presence: Obama is the king. Romney needs to learn to stand and deliver without looking too eager. Obama knows cool, Romney doesn't

Truth: Romney tells it Obama spins it. I think this is the most troubling for me.

Televisionablity (I made that word up): Obama. Romney needs a coach on how to look more presidential on TV. He wasn't bad, but I kept thinking about the future..Putin, Netanyahu and all. Obama bows to others, Romney needs to be sharper.

Something I really agree with Romney on. Defund PBS, big bird and all. Tomorrow.

Obama used what must have been scripted talking points that he must have had written on the back of his hand. He was fully not fresh. Hard to be fresh in defending the last four years catastrophe. Some of the claims he made against Romney were bad campaign slogans. And not true. I hat to call him a liar...but he lied.

All in all I would call it a draw. No game changer. No one's mind was changed.

As I listened, the song came to mind:

If I gave you time to change my mind

I'd find a way just to leave the past behind

Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried

Still I look to find a reason to believe

When being HOLY is a TRAP

The need to be Holy is a trap many Preachers fall into.  It's right to be Holy (set apart, consecrated, unique, eschewing sinful behavior).  The holiness I am talking about is the need to be consistent, even if you are wrong.  When a man or woman of God has preached or taught a certain bent of theology for a long time and then the light of revelation comes...the ability to say, "I WAS WRONG" is not in their vocabulary. 

This means that many good spiritual leaders end up in a box, trapped by their own words, writings and the people they have convinced.

I have watched this happen again and again and it nearly always leads to shipwreck.  Sometimes when a preacher is in error, he will double down on his error and make a crusade out of it.  You see some of these guys on Christian TV.  They keep hammering the same anvil with the same hammer.   It takes great humility and sensitivity to the Spirit of God to admit you were wrong.  That flesh got in the way.  That you were led astray.

Sometimes this happens in Seminary.  Sometimes this happens in Bible School.  Sometimes if you came up under a certain leader you buy into what he or she teaches.  When God says BEHOLD I DO A NEW THING...they resist by digging in their heels towards an old thing. 

The truth is all of this is driving by a demon.  Fear of Man.  One of the worst demons around.  We don't want to appear inconsistent.  We don't want to lose our congregation (income). Besides, we all have examples of someone who changed theological positions and suffered for it. Carlton Pearson is the poster child for this.  Besides, itching ears pay tithes.  Tell them what they want to believe and they will follow you into the pit.  There are many examples of this kind of relativistic preaching.

Yet, everything you  believe must  be measured by the Word of God, the Spirit of God bringing those things to life and the purposes God placed in you.  There are a lot of things God has given me more understanding on then I had 30 years ago.  Some positions I have actually changed. Some have matured.  This much is certain, you will not have the truth of God if you don't test it severely, if it's not tested by your life. 

Or you can just live in the fear of man:  The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted.  Proverbs 29:25

Obama 50% Romney 47% Yet, my back-channel sources say this is not the case. Rassmussen is considered friendly to conservatives. He is also considered the most accurate...the gold standard of Polls. Still...those inside who have internal polls say the race is inverted from what the public poll results are. I hope they are right. I want to believe. The steady drip drip drip drip is hard to take. Yet there is a confidence behind the scenes among conservatives that is hard to ignore and a panicked look from the other side. Do they know something we do not?

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

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Rasmussen Reports - The best place to look for polls that are spot on

I like this because it asks the rhetorical question and then really answers it with a lengthy, "Do fish swim?" answer.

Articles: Is Barack Obama a Compulsive Liar?

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Barack Obama has lied about the terrorist attack on the American Consulate in Libya for over 15 days, even going so far as to overtly imply that this attack was prompted by an

Too funny yet sad all at the same time. How many times do we see "facts" posted in a way just like this and we go "oh my, that is bad/good"? Common sense has to kick in at some point.