Saturday, November 29, 2014
I hope I see this when we go back to ND
Ring of Fire. A picture taken by NASA of the Northern Lights from space.
Why I despise Public Education
I
know I am hard on public education. Not everyone is a genius. So there
are schools. YET.. we must understand that school and even college is
not suitable for the very bright. I wonder how much genius has be
crushed by public education. Thomas Edison is one of the greatest
inventors in the last 200 years.. yet with almost no formal education.
Remarkably, Thomas Edison did not attend a college or university and never even had a formal education. He attended school for only a few months as a child, with his mother teaching him arithmetic, reading and writing at home.
Remarkably, Thomas Edison did not attend a college or university and never even had a formal education. He attended school for only a few months as a child, with his mother teaching him arithmetic, reading and writing at home.
Edison spent much of his childhood in Port Huron, Mich. A curious
youngster, he spent a lot of his free time reading books on his own and
trying experiments in his basement. Edison believed that instead of
teaching students to memorize, they should be instructed to observe
nature and learn the "hands-on" way. Edison's perspective certainly
worked for him, as he had 1,093 U.S. patents, more than anyone else in
history.
Obamacare does NOTHING and that's no surprise.
People are dying for lack of care
they can't afford because of the lame promises.. Destroying the
medical industry.. making a few rich has become the single biggest
failure of this administration. SMH
One
in three Americans has put off seeking medical treatment in 2014 due to
high costs, according to Gallup -- the highest percentage since Gallup
began asking the question in 2001. Thirty-three
dailycaller.com
Tears not all the same
This photo series by Rose-Lynn Fisher captures tears of grief, joy, laughter and irritation under the microscope.
Tears aren't just water. They're primarily made up of water, salts, antibodies and lysozymes, but the composition depends on the type of tear. There are three main types - basal tears, reflex tears, and weeping tears.
As you can see, they can look incredibly different when evaporated and placed under a microscope.
Tears aren't just water. They're primarily made up of water, salts, antibodies and lysozymes, but the composition depends on the type of tear. There are three main types - basal tears, reflex tears, and weeping tears.
As you can see, they can look incredibly different when evaporated and placed under a microscope.
More info: http://bit.ly/RJqvK7
Images by Rose-Lynn Fisher, via the Smithsonian Magazine and ScienceAlert.
Images by Rose-Lynn Fisher, via the Smithsonian Magazine and ScienceAlert.
The Rich pay too much in Taxes.
Half the taxpayers in the USA only paid a
little more than the top 400 taxpayers in the USA. Something is wrong
here. TAX THE POOR. I know it's a bit tongue in cheek.. but there is
an inequality when only 400 pay as much as half of the rest. http://www.aei.org/…/top-400-taxpayers-paid-almost-much-fe…/
I got all except two - humor for nerds
Ok... Who's smart enough to understand these jokes, and laugh at them?!
veryviral.com
This seems like good news and in the short run will mean very little gasoline prices perhaps approaching two dollars.
That will result in a
reduction in oil exploration globally. Eventually that means oil makes a
hard run up again perhaps to $150 which will mean $5 per gallon. This
is all being orchestrated by Saudi our friends. Of course what goes up
does come down and eventually will settle back in the hundred dollar
range not counting inflation. If you look at the long-term charts of
oil pricing there is a very solid hundred dollar price support and
resistance level. So enjoy your low oil prices why you got them
Reflecting
its lessening oil clout, OPEC decided Thursday to keep its output
target on hold and sit out falling crude prices that will likely spiral
even lower as a result.
www.foxnews.com
The REAL Story
With
the United States under direct assault from the evils of socialism (or
other forms of "collectivism" including: communism, or fascism...pick
your tyranny), and with Thanksgiving Day upon us, it's timely,
appropriate, and necessary to visit the nation's very first attempt with
socialism nearly f…
tpnn.com|By Matthew Burke
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Just THREE cups of coffee a day could slash risk of Alzheimer's, study finds
DRINKING three to five cups of coffee a day could help to significantly lower the risk of suffering Alzheimer's disease, according to the latest research.
Scientists have discovered a link between regular daily intake of the hot drink and a reduction of up to 20 per cent of the chances of developing dementia.
The report released today (thurs) from the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee highlights the role nutrition
can play in preserving cognitive function, especially during the
preclinical phase of Alzheimer's before full-blown symptoms of dementia
occur.
It notes that a Mediterranean diet,
consisting of fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, olive oil and red wine,
has already been associated with a reduced risk for development of
Alzheimer's Disease.
I try to do my part
A list of Liberal Values.. and how stupid they really are
Women, good; men, bad.
Youth, good; adults, bad.
Atheists, good; Christians, bad.
Hedonism, good; responsibility, bad.
Abortion, good; motherhood, bad.
Sodomy, good; normal sex, bad.
Government, good; corporations, bad.
Foreigners, good; Americans, bad.
Democrats, good; Republicans, bad.
Enemy, good; our military, bad.
Wilderness, good; carbon energy, civilization bad.
Labor unions, good; entrepreneurs, workers, bad.
http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2014/11/caveman-liberalism.html?spref=tw
Youth, good; adults, bad.
Atheists, good; Christians, bad.
Hedonism, good; responsibility, bad.
Abortion, good; motherhood, bad.
Sodomy, good; normal sex, bad.
Government, good; corporations, bad.
Foreigners, good; Americans, bad.
Democrats, good; Republicans, bad.
Enemy, good; our military, bad.
Wilderness, good; carbon energy, civilization bad.
Labor unions, good; entrepreneurs, workers, bad.
http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2014/11/caveman-liberalism.html?spref=tw
My Thanksgiving Confession
I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my limbs, my reason, and all my senses, and still preserves them; in addition thereto, clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and homestead, wife and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods; that He provides me richly and daily with all that I need to support this body and life, protects me from all danger, and guards me and preserves me from all evil; and all this out of pure, fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which I owe it to Him to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him. This is most certainly true.
Bonus points to those who know who wrote this WITHOUT looking it up on google.
Have a blessed day.
Have a blessed day.
The empty chair
Some
of our most loved ones are celebrating Thanksgiving where their true
home always was. We miss them, but they were made for this. Blessings
on you as you see the empty chair and thank God for the memory.
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. -Cicero
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. -Estonian Proverb
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. -Psalm 107:1
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. -Psalm 92:1
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. -Psalm 95:2
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. -Colossians 3:16
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I am thankful for you, I don't have many true friends, but for you, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. -Psalm 107:1
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. -Psalm 92:1
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. -Psalm 95:2
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. -Colossians 3:16
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I am thankful for you, I don't have many true friends, but for you, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
In light of Ferguson, this repost of something I wrote in October is meaningful.. Please read the whole thing
The Civil War we are now engaged in (YES WE ARE AT WAR) has two distinct sides. The Statists and the Rebels. There is no middle ground. You are either on one side or the other. You will have to choose. Neither side is perfect, but they are clearly defined not by geography as was the last civil war, but by philosophy. It is not yet a hot war (shooting and killing) but if our leadership in Washington doesn't back away from it's insanity, it will become one. Watching the protests in Ferguson tells me that those on the Statist side don't know how to pick their battles. What they are succeeding in doing is making certain that those on the Rebel side are dug in and ready to go to war. I write this because of what I am seeing. It is a warning.
Civil War implies a government fighting against a rebel faction of the people. But just who is on one side and who is on the other in our war? This Civil War is unlike its predecessors because of the breakdown of physical boundaries brought about by the rise of the Information Age. The fact that you are reading this on a computer and not in a book is why this is come to pass. Don't blame the technology. It only allows for what is already there to come to light. Light is our friend. Truth sets people free.
THE BELLIGERENTS:
THE STATISTS (Blue State Army) is made up of:
Politicians (of both parties) – Once in office, politicians of all philosophies and creeds move quickly towards giving away the treasury to assure their votes. They become part of the problem. This is all the way from the top to the Freshman Congressman. Money is corrupting out nation.
Unionized Government Worker – This includes everyone from the city level policeman and fireman, to the NEA teacher protesting on the Wisconsin Capital steps, to the SEIU (Service Employees International Union). The government union who wants to protect their big pay positions are ready to go to war. What makes this more painful is that many who were hired to serve and protect have now become pawns of the unions who represent them. Firefighters, Health Care, Police and other agencies who a generation ago were friendly to the population, have now become an agency of suppression by the statists. Follow the money. It controls them. If they have the wrong motives, they will succumb to the control of the statists and become the SS of the days to come. They represent a visible threat. There are many who will reject this and walk away from the statists.. but not enough.
Unions in General – Infused with socialist rhetoric for generations, backing the Democrat party almost exclusively, they have much to lose by a change in the status quo. They will fight to keep things as they think they are.
Government Check Recipients – This is at various levels from Food Stamps to Social Security to Medicare. Such a high proportion of Americans now derive a substantial portion of their income from the Federal government that it is unlikely this parasitic condition can end without killing the host. Even the formerly employed, once on years of unemployment benefits, become trained parasites and an army for the state.
Legacy Media – Conservative journalists are as rare as hen’s teeth. Fortunately, legacy media like the left-wing New York Times are in an economic death spiral because of Internet competition and sagging advertisement rates. However, they have made clear that they will go down with the ship supporting the state regime and progressive causes even at the expense of shareholders. They constitute the propaganda army.
Academia – Follow the money - beholden to government grants, which would substantially dry up as those who produce wealth rebel. That is why there is a constant push to show that only through a degree can people succeed, though higher education is now widely available in many alternate forms (Youtube). The entire Global Warming scam is an indication of how this can work. The worst are people with "college educations" who are ignorant of anything of consequence. Jimmy Kimmel makes constant fun of these people, but they are a danger in that they are still allowed to vote.
Racial minorities - who have self identified themselves as such for political purposes. Public attitudes have changed substantially regarding racial discrimination and laws are resilient enough that racial animus is not what drives the polarization of the races. Instead, it is a purposely implanted victimology that places some minorities in the progressive army. Those who have bothered to stay focused on work and education may indeed side with the side of independence because of cultural factors. There are misleaders who have made a living on keeping these minorities on their heels by crying racism at every turn. While the bulk of these communities have learned who and because of that their influence is reduced, they are still able to rile up the less informed and ignorant with cries of racism at every persevered slight keeping these minorities in bondage to a failed philosophy.
Bankers and related big business – Goldman Sachs and the too-big-to-fail banks have in essence become regulated utilities through the Dodd-Frank bill. They were bailed out by stimulus money and they are bankrupt. Many bankers would be in jail if their Mortgage Backed Securities had been properly valued. They are corporatist, not likely to side with rebels when we stand up. They benefit by supporting the statists who are now their masters.
Alphabet Agencies (FBI, BATF, FDA, DOJ, etc.) - The negative efficiencies of most federal agencies is apparent to anyone who deals with them. However, they have a vested interest in perpetuating themselves because their hordes of workers are essentially unemployable in the open market. They are for the most part useless drones, but in the civil war will stand with the statists, because that's who they are.
Career Criminals, Drug users, con artists and murderers, who un-coincidentally vote Democrat by large majorities when given a chance, will join the Army of the Blue Statists. When you are assailed in a parking lot, the odds are that you are being attacked by a Democrat. In that sense, random violence is not random but the priority of one political party to control the other through fear.
Anarchists and Radical Greens – Whenever you see riots at the G-8 Summits, you are looking at the army of anarchists. Un-coincidentally, their politics are all far.left. This is true of pro abortion protesters, homosexual rights protesters, gay marriage enthusiasts. They are radical statists with a cause.
THE REBELLION (The Red State Army) is made up of:
Small Business Owners – Actually, this should be unsubsidized business owners. For those not getting a government subsidy or those regulated next to extinction, there is no choice but to join a revolt against not only higher taxes, but against restrictive regulation. Not all business owners will be in this army. Many smaller businesses are beholden to the government and will try to stay under the radar. They can't and eventually will have to choose. Not all business owners will be in revolt, many are tied into the machine politics of big cities and have Stockholm syndrome.
Independent Contractors – Anyone who is self employed and pays for their own healthcare and retirement will be at the end of their rope as the second Great Depression grinds on. They will have no choice but to revolt against a system that tries to drive them into subservience.
Education Rebels – Those who have seen the negative influence of NEA run schools knows that they have to take their children out of the grand social experiment which turns their children into guinea pigs for progressive causes. Home and private schoolers are among these.
Racial Minorities (Caucasians, Asians, working class blacks and Hispanics) – The racial divide always brought up by progressives is false, but certainly a political divide exists with minorities. Conservative Blacks and Hispanics find welcoming arms amongst the Red state Rebels. Asians have not taken on the same victim status and also will see where their future lies.
Military – Former military members are by and large conservative and have at least a rudimentary knowledge of what their nation should stand for. They are unlikely to join any uprisings against the from a sense of honor and duty at the beginning, but will be a force if pressed.
Small Farms – Made up of people who are instinctively independent, they will buck the tide of subsidies which prop up agribusiness.
Rural communities – Able to survive without as much support as urban areas which are also dominated by the left, the rural contingent actually prefers to survive without outside support.
Libertarians, Tea Party, True Independents – While based on concerns of fiscal problems and the debt, the Tea Party represents a broad swatch of Americans worried about the direction of the country. It is inaccurate to say that this s a militant movement, because it is certainly more law abiding than anarchist. However it is well armed and while extremely slow to provoke (despite its reputation) will certainly fight if cornered.
Gun Owners – Second Amendment advocates are well versed in why they are armed – not only as self protection against criminals but also against the state. This is what evens the odds against the industrialized Blue Army, the Red Army is already well armed.
The Religious – Anyone who has a belief in God knows they are under assault. Slow to anger, a breaking point may be reached when the state attempts to enforce its indifference to the existence of evil. The entrenchment of a faux religious system like Islam (which is actually political) is ignored by the Blue Statists. The Red State Rebels know who the evil is.
I could go further delineating elements of the Blue and Red forces, but it won’t be hard for you to draw their own lines. It is obvious that there really are two groups who are diametrically opposed to each other’s plans and will have no choice but to slug it out for national control. Some is at the voting booth, but lacking that (and there is a chance that may be so) it will become out and out war.
I don't want to see this, I pray to GOD it never happens, but it is on the horizon. It is critical that people I care about are not deceived by forces that would try to recruit you into a side where you do not belong. I invite you, COME JOIN THE REBELLION. We are out to change this nation, and the world for the better.
Civil War implies a government fighting against a rebel faction of the people. But just who is on one side and who is on the other in our war? This Civil War is unlike its predecessors because of the breakdown of physical boundaries brought about by the rise of the Information Age. The fact that you are reading this on a computer and not in a book is why this is come to pass. Don't blame the technology. It only allows for what is already there to come to light. Light is our friend. Truth sets people free.
THE BELLIGERENTS:
THE STATISTS (Blue State Army) is made up of:
Politicians (of both parties) – Once in office, politicians of all philosophies and creeds move quickly towards giving away the treasury to assure their votes. They become part of the problem. This is all the way from the top to the Freshman Congressman. Money is corrupting out nation.
Unionized Government Worker – This includes everyone from the city level policeman and fireman, to the NEA teacher protesting on the Wisconsin Capital steps, to the SEIU (Service Employees International Union). The government union who wants to protect their big pay positions are ready to go to war. What makes this more painful is that many who were hired to serve and protect have now become pawns of the unions who represent them. Firefighters, Health Care, Police and other agencies who a generation ago were friendly to the population, have now become an agency of suppression by the statists. Follow the money. It controls them. If they have the wrong motives, they will succumb to the control of the statists and become the SS of the days to come. They represent a visible threat. There are many who will reject this and walk away from the statists.. but not enough.
Unions in General – Infused with socialist rhetoric for generations, backing the Democrat party almost exclusively, they have much to lose by a change in the status quo. They will fight to keep things as they think they are.
Government Check Recipients – This is at various levels from Food Stamps to Social Security to Medicare. Such a high proportion of Americans now derive a substantial portion of their income from the Federal government that it is unlikely this parasitic condition can end without killing the host. Even the formerly employed, once on years of unemployment benefits, become trained parasites and an army for the state.
Legacy Media – Conservative journalists are as rare as hen’s teeth. Fortunately, legacy media like the left-wing New York Times are in an economic death spiral because of Internet competition and sagging advertisement rates. However, they have made clear that they will go down with the ship supporting the state regime and progressive causes even at the expense of shareholders. They constitute the propaganda army.
Academia – Follow the money - beholden to government grants, which would substantially dry up as those who produce wealth rebel. That is why there is a constant push to show that only through a degree can people succeed, though higher education is now widely available in many alternate forms (Youtube). The entire Global Warming scam is an indication of how this can work. The worst are people with "college educations" who are ignorant of anything of consequence. Jimmy Kimmel makes constant fun of these people, but they are a danger in that they are still allowed to vote.
Racial minorities - who have self identified themselves as such for political purposes. Public attitudes have changed substantially regarding racial discrimination and laws are resilient enough that racial animus is not what drives the polarization of the races. Instead, it is a purposely implanted victimology that places some minorities in the progressive army. Those who have bothered to stay focused on work and education may indeed side with the side of independence because of cultural factors. There are misleaders who have made a living on keeping these minorities on their heels by crying racism at every turn. While the bulk of these communities have learned who and because of that their influence is reduced, they are still able to rile up the less informed and ignorant with cries of racism at every persevered slight keeping these minorities in bondage to a failed philosophy.
Bankers and related big business – Goldman Sachs and the too-big-to-fail banks have in essence become regulated utilities through the Dodd-Frank bill. They were bailed out by stimulus money and they are bankrupt. Many bankers would be in jail if their Mortgage Backed Securities had been properly valued. They are corporatist, not likely to side with rebels when we stand up. They benefit by supporting the statists who are now their masters.
Alphabet Agencies (FBI, BATF, FDA, DOJ, etc.) - The negative efficiencies of most federal agencies is apparent to anyone who deals with them. However, they have a vested interest in perpetuating themselves because their hordes of workers are essentially unemployable in the open market. They are for the most part useless drones, but in the civil war will stand with the statists, because that's who they are.
Career Criminals, Drug users, con artists and murderers, who un-coincidentally vote Democrat by large majorities when given a chance, will join the Army of the Blue Statists. When you are assailed in a parking lot, the odds are that you are being attacked by a Democrat. In that sense, random violence is not random but the priority of one political party to control the other through fear.
Anarchists and Radical Greens – Whenever you see riots at the G-8 Summits, you are looking at the army of anarchists. Un-coincidentally, their politics are all far.left. This is true of pro abortion protesters, homosexual rights protesters, gay marriage enthusiasts. They are radical statists with a cause.
THE REBELLION (The Red State Army) is made up of:
Small Business Owners – Actually, this should be unsubsidized business owners. For those not getting a government subsidy or those regulated next to extinction, there is no choice but to join a revolt against not only higher taxes, but against restrictive regulation. Not all business owners will be in this army. Many smaller businesses are beholden to the government and will try to stay under the radar. They can't and eventually will have to choose. Not all business owners will be in revolt, many are tied into the machine politics of big cities and have Stockholm syndrome.
Independent Contractors – Anyone who is self employed and pays for their own healthcare and retirement will be at the end of their rope as the second Great Depression grinds on. They will have no choice but to revolt against a system that tries to drive them into subservience.
Education Rebels – Those who have seen the negative influence of NEA run schools knows that they have to take their children out of the grand social experiment which turns their children into guinea pigs for progressive causes. Home and private schoolers are among these.
Racial Minorities (Caucasians, Asians, working class blacks and Hispanics) – The racial divide always brought up by progressives is false, but certainly a political divide exists with minorities. Conservative Blacks and Hispanics find welcoming arms amongst the Red state Rebels. Asians have not taken on the same victim status and also will see where their future lies.
Military – Former military members are by and large conservative and have at least a rudimentary knowledge of what their nation should stand for. They are unlikely to join any uprisings against the from a sense of honor and duty at the beginning, but will be a force if pressed.
Small Farms – Made up of people who are instinctively independent, they will buck the tide of subsidies which prop up agribusiness.
Rural communities – Able to survive without as much support as urban areas which are also dominated by the left, the rural contingent actually prefers to survive without outside support.
Libertarians, Tea Party, True Independents – While based on concerns of fiscal problems and the debt, the Tea Party represents a broad swatch of Americans worried about the direction of the country. It is inaccurate to say that this s a militant movement, because it is certainly more law abiding than anarchist. However it is well armed and while extremely slow to provoke (despite its reputation) will certainly fight if cornered.
Gun Owners – Second Amendment advocates are well versed in why they are armed – not only as self protection against criminals but also against the state. This is what evens the odds against the industrialized Blue Army, the Red Army is already well armed.
The Religious – Anyone who has a belief in God knows they are under assault. Slow to anger, a breaking point may be reached when the state attempts to enforce its indifference to the existence of evil. The entrenchment of a faux religious system like Islam (which is actually political) is ignored by the Blue Statists. The Red State Rebels know who the evil is.
I could go further delineating elements of the Blue and Red forces, but it won’t be hard for you to draw their own lines. It is obvious that there really are two groups who are diametrically opposed to each other’s plans and will have no choice but to slug it out for national control. Some is at the voting booth, but lacking that (and there is a chance that may be so) it will become out and out war.
I don't want to see this, I pray to GOD it never happens, but it is on the horizon. It is critical that people I care about are not deceived by forces that would try to recruit you into a side where you do not belong. I invite you, COME JOIN THE REBELLION. We are out to change this nation, and the world for the better.
Consider Butt Kicked
Once
the illegals can compete in the workplace for jobs as equals, they will
kick butt and you will lose. Lazy, untrained, unmotivated, union
types, who watch a clock, who were educated in public schools, who never
learned to work, who don't know what it means to put in the extra
effort, who are unable to do what needs to be done or worse unwilling..
THEY will now go to the far back of the line in the employment potential
line. This newly legalized work force will soon capture all the real
jobs that actually pay something and leave the losers sorting thru the
scraps. Welcome to the Hope and Change you voted for.
The War on Poverty is over. Poverty won.
hotair.com
Cops go where there is crime. Shootings and killings in certain neighborhoods is a crime. Murder and assault.
So if there are a lot of
killings and assault in a neighborhood, then there will be a lot of
cops in that neighborhood. That seems to be pretty clear to me.. but I
guess this guy on meet the press doesn't agree....or he is intentionally
ignorant. This isn't racist, only truth seems that way sometimes.
Former
New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's remarks on black-on-black crime on "Meet
the Press" triggered immediate backlash on the Web.
washingtonpost.com
DUMB AND DUMBER
The
devil is all about giving the church of Jesus a black eye, and we keep
lending him our fist. Can we stop and return to HONOR in the Church.
We have lost it.. WHO in their right lost pagan worldly mind would
even have a thought about becoming part of any of the foolishness we so
willingly put on display. We have refined the art of anti evangelism.
Isn't satan proud now? He might have lost the war, but he sure enough
has won the battle painting the whole church with a stain that is going
to take reformation and revolution to remove. Just like 500 years ago.
We have a modern corrupt papacy, just like Martin Luther protested
against.. except now it's on TV.
Black Friday Shopping Tip
You know that you can stock your shelves for the whole year if you can just take your husband, 3 kids, aunt Suzie, uncle Buck your and brother in law to go with you to WalMart. Nothing wrong with that right? I mean, that deal is da bomb.. YET.. when you game the system, you kill a little bit of your Honor, that quiet conscience that says, "yes it's legal, but is it right?" A seared conscience leads to death .. your death of Honor and it corrupts our culture.
A Question that Must be Asked
Man
am I gonna REALLY get into trouble here... I saw a post on a blog that
talked about the feminization of the Pulpit in America. That we are
unique in this. There are few women spiritual senior leaders in third
world nations. Some in Europe and Britain. I have nothing against
women preachers.. some of the best in the world.. YET.. in our effort
to be gender inclusive have we lost something? Is the authority of the
church being diminished? Has the pendulum swung too far? I am just
asking and expect almost no one to comment... this is the third rail of
Western Christianity. Just asking will make me an outcast, but as a
prophet I must ask the question that is on people's minds.. and more.
Slow Blue Drift
A
factoid, since I have lived in IL Chicago has lost 300,000 people in
population, the suburbs have gained 2 million in population. The
demographic of the suburbs is becoming more like Chicago used to be. IF
this doesn't change Chicago will become even more irrelevant as a
voting block. There is no shortage of housing in Chicago, there is a
shortage of affordable housing. With 300,000 people missing, since 1980
there are a lot of unused buildings that could be shelter. The high
taxes, high fees (read that parking), high crime, high fuel costs and
high rents in high rent area, a couple like us would have move to the
city long ago.. but can't and won't. Until Chicago get creatively
competitive as a place to live, it will continue to decline..
We Can Change the World
Some would say, “No, you can’t change the
world.” Others would say, “One person at a time, starting with me.” For
those who are staying to build the Kingdom, and not leaving in the
rapture, we can get started on our assignment right now. Here’s how.
Personal change
– The western bias premised on “enlightened reasoning” is that change
happens when we change our minds. Nothing could be further from the
truth. Everything we say and do comes right out of our hearts. Our
intellect is nothing more than a computer that offers up a
rationalization for what we already believe in our hearts. That’s why
intellectual arguments usually lead to more division than change. Our
culture has no working model that accounts for the role of our hearts.
We are not just conflicted with our neighbors; most of us are internally
conflicted because we don’t believe or act in a way that is consistent
with our own hearts… we don’t know what is in our hearts; it’s hidden.
My own logical, intellectual beliefs have no power over my words or
behavior. My affirmations, resolutions, goals and ambitions don’t work
unless they coincide with what is in my heart.
For example, name your favorite contentious
issue: global warming, GMO foods, immigration, politics… Rational facts
are just tools to beat the other team up. Scientific support for a
position is very often just a convenient alignment of data to support a
preconceived position of the heart. Science was commonly used to support
beliefs in a flat earth and the inferiority of other races. Nothing has
really changed. People look at the same facts and reach totally
different conclusions… for very good heart reasons.
Confirmation Bias -
Giving credence to the facts that validate your presumptions
& prejudice. Ignoring & disregarding the rest.
http://psychology.about.com/…/What-Is-a-Confirmation-Bias.h…
http://psychology.about.com/…/What-Is-a-Confirmation-Bias.h…
From Lance Wallnau
Lance Wallnau added 3 new photos.
"IT SEEMED THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT GAVE ME THIS PRAYER…"
'Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through them.'
Thus spoke one of my teachers, Derek Prince.
During WW II the British army in North Africa was being beaten, badly.
The result was a 700 mile retreat – from a place in Tripoli to El
Alamein, about fifty miles west of Cairo. Here the British forces dug in
for one final stand.
In the desert, Derek said: "I had no church or minister to offer me fellowship or counsel. I was obliged to depend upon the Bible and the Holy Spirit. I early came to see that, by New Testament standards, fasting was a normal part of Christian discipline. I set aside every Wednesday for FASTING AND PRAYER.
During the long and demoralizing retreat God laid on my heart a burden of prayer, both for the British forces in the desert and for the whole situation in the Middle East. After a while, it seemed that the Holy Spirit gave me this prayer:
“Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through them.”
I continued praying this prayer EVERY DAY. In due course, the British government decided to relieve the commander of their forces in the desert and to replace him with another man. The man whom they chose was a general named W.H.E. “Strafer”:Gott. He was flown to Cairo to take over command, but he was killed when his plane was shot down.
At this critical juncture the British forces in this major theater of the war were left without a commander. Winston Churchill, appointed a more-or-less unknown officer, named B. L. Montgomery, who was hastily flown out from Britain.
Montgomery was the son of an evangelical Anglican bishop. He was a man who very definitely fulfilled god’s two requirements in a leader of men. He was just and god-fearing. He was also a man of tremendous discipline. Within two months, he had instilled a totally new sense of discipline into his officers and had thus restored the confidence of the men in their leaders.
Then the main battle of El Alamein was fought. It was the first major allied victory in the entire war up to that time. The threat was finally thrown back, and the course of the war changed in favor of the Allies.
Without a doubt, the battle of El Alamein was the turning point of the war in North Africa.
Two or three days after the battle, I found myself in the desert a few miles behind the advancing Allied forces. A small portable radio beside me was relaying a news description of the scene at Montgomery’s headquarters as he had witnessed it on the eve of the battle.
He revealed how Montgomery publicly called his officers and men to PRAYER, saying , “Let us ask the Lord, mighty in battle, to give us the victory.” As these words came through that portable radio, God spoke very clearly to my spirit, “THAT IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER.”
I believe that the prayer which God gave me could well be applied to other situations, both military and political:
******“ Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through them.” ********
Lance adds: We saw a Lincoln emerge out of nowhere prior to the Civil War. Dr. King emerged and advanced the stalled progress of Civil Rights.
Both men emerged as an answer to prayer.
I feel we are VERY CLOSE to seeing our PRAYERS ANSWERED. Now just a little more "push" in intercession and some NEW FACES with NEW VOICES will arise out of the shaking!
God bless America and help it to fulfill its divine purpose.
In the desert, Derek said: "I had no church or minister to offer me fellowship or counsel. I was obliged to depend upon the Bible and the Holy Spirit. I early came to see that, by New Testament standards, fasting was a normal part of Christian discipline. I set aside every Wednesday for FASTING AND PRAYER.
During the long and demoralizing retreat God laid on my heart a burden of prayer, both for the British forces in the desert and for the whole situation in the Middle East. After a while, it seemed that the Holy Spirit gave me this prayer:
“Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through them.”
I continued praying this prayer EVERY DAY. In due course, the British government decided to relieve the commander of their forces in the desert and to replace him with another man. The man whom they chose was a general named W.H.E. “Strafer”:Gott. He was flown to Cairo to take over command, but he was killed when his plane was shot down.
At this critical juncture the British forces in this major theater of the war were left without a commander. Winston Churchill, appointed a more-or-less unknown officer, named B. L. Montgomery, who was hastily flown out from Britain.
Montgomery was the son of an evangelical Anglican bishop. He was a man who very definitely fulfilled god’s two requirements in a leader of men. He was just and god-fearing. He was also a man of tremendous discipline. Within two months, he had instilled a totally new sense of discipline into his officers and had thus restored the confidence of the men in their leaders.
Then the main battle of El Alamein was fought. It was the first major allied victory in the entire war up to that time. The threat was finally thrown back, and the course of the war changed in favor of the Allies.
Without a doubt, the battle of El Alamein was the turning point of the war in North Africa.
Two or three days after the battle, I found myself in the desert a few miles behind the advancing Allied forces. A small portable radio beside me was relaying a news description of the scene at Montgomery’s headquarters as he had witnessed it on the eve of the battle.
He revealed how Montgomery publicly called his officers and men to PRAYER, saying , “Let us ask the Lord, mighty in battle, to give us the victory.” As these words came through that portable radio, God spoke very clearly to my spirit, “THAT IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER.”
I believe that the prayer which God gave me could well be applied to other situations, both military and political:
******“ Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through them.” ********
Lance adds: We saw a Lincoln emerge out of nowhere prior to the Civil War. Dr. King emerged and advanced the stalled progress of Civil Rights.
Both men emerged as an answer to prayer.
I feel we are VERY CLOSE to seeing our PRAYERS ANSWERED. Now just a little more "push" in intercession and some NEW FACES with NEW VOICES will arise out of the shaking!
God bless America and help it to fulfill its divine purpose.
We have one now... a lack of honor.. for authorities
The
sentiment in the United States recently has been so fragile and fraught
with anger and fear that it could perhaps take only one major event to
result in a tipping point towards societal chaos. The terrorist attacks
of 9/11 taught us that not even the...
josephmattera.org
I laughed out loud
Ain't nobody gonna be gettin some if this law goes thru
A New Jersey lawmaker has a plan that would make it a crime to lie in order to sleep with someone.
newyork.cbslocal.com
A Cosby Redux...
I recall that Herman Cain was accused by ONE woman of sexual harassment, not verified, and the whole world came down on him like a ton of bricks. He didn't even have sex with her. It ended his Presidential hopes. The media lynch mob won.
10-12-15 women and the guy who "took care of things" comes out about Cosby and there is doubt over his guilt or innocence in the community? I'm guessing someone can clear that up for me. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Herman is a conservative and Cos... is well.. not so much.
Then there was the Justice Clarence Thomas accusations of pubic hair on
a coke can soiled HIM while during the same decade Bill Clinton got a
pass even though 5 women accused him directly of rape and even when
Lewinsky came out blue dress and all the left wing media covered for
him.
Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture?
Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture?
This is a long article. It's about the future of your children and grandchildren.
It outline a program on business economics so they can
get into business for themselves. It's called the YE program, Youth
Entrepreneurs. I applaud what they are doing. This article isn't so
sure, but it a far better effort than the dumbed down common core being
foisted on our kids.
In this curriculum, they try to deal with common mythologies that many are taught in public schools:
Corporatism v. Free-market Capitalism
Deregulation is what caused recession in 80s, Economic problems of today
Rich get richer at the expense of the poor
FDR/New Deal brought us out of the depression
Government wealth transfer programs help the poor
Private industry incapable of doing functions that public sector has always done
Unions protect the employees
People with the same job title should be paid the same amount ...
Minimum wage, "living wage," laws are good for people/society
Capitalist societies provide an environment for greed and materialism to flourish
Socialist countries do just fine, people have great lives there (using this as proof that socialism works
In this curriculum, they try to deal with common mythologies that many are taught in public schools:
Corporatism v. Free-market Capitalism
Deregulation is what caused recession in 80s, Economic problems of today
Rich get richer at the expense of the poor
FDR/New Deal brought us out of the depression
Government wealth transfer programs help the poor
Private industry incapable of doing functions that public sector has always done
Unions protect the employees
People with the same job title should be paid the same amount ...
Minimum wage, "living wage," laws are good for people/society
Capitalist societies provide an environment for greed and materialism to flourish
Socialist countries do just fine, people have great lives there (using this as proof that socialism works
They are unabashed in their approach. Help underprivileged kids out of
poverty by teaching them to become entrepreneurs... and that is a good
thing. Here's their website, you can see who it is targeting: https://youthentrepreneurs.org/about/
I think if seasoned businessmen like me were willing to get involved maybe we can break the back of poverty in our cities propagated by bad economic education. Look around the neighborhoods, who owns the businesses?
The official mission of Youth Entrepreneurs is to provide kids with "business and entrepreneurial education and experiences that help them prosper and become contributing members of society." The underlying goal of the program, however, is to impart Koch's radical free-market ideology to teenagers. In the last school year, the class reached more than 1,000 students across Kansas and Missouri.
Lesson plans and class materials obtained by The Huffington Post make the course's message clear: The minimum wage hurts workers and slows economic growth. Low taxes and less regulation allow people to prosper. Public assistance harms the poor. Government, in short, is the enemy of liberty.
Though YE has avoided the public spotlight, the current structure of the program began to take shape in November 2009, documents show, when a team of associates at the Charles G. Koch Foundation launched an important project with Charles Koch's blessing: They would design and test what they called "a high school free market and liberty-based course"
I think if seasoned businessmen like me were willing to get involved maybe we can break the back of poverty in our cities propagated by bad economic education. Look around the neighborhoods, who owns the businesses?
The official mission of Youth Entrepreneurs is to provide kids with "business and entrepreneurial education and experiences that help them prosper and become contributing members of society." The underlying goal of the program, however, is to impart Koch's radical free-market ideology to teenagers. In the last school year, the class reached more than 1,000 students across Kansas and Missouri.
Lesson plans and class materials obtained by The Huffington Post make the course's message clear: The minimum wage hurts workers and slows economic growth. Low taxes and less regulation allow people to prosper. Public assistance harms the poor. Government, in short, is the enemy of liberty.
Though YE has avoided the public spotlight, the current structure of the program began to take shape in November 2009, documents show, when a team of associates at the Charles G. Koch Foundation launched an important project with Charles Koch's blessing: They would design and test what they called "a high school free market and liberty-based course"
Charles
G. Koch, the billionaire chairman of Koch Industries, is funding a
public high school course designed to turn young people into
"liberty-advancing agents." (Photo: Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/MCT via Getty
Images) In the spring of...
huffingtonpost.com
Small-business owner Natalie Dubose who was in tears after looters attacked her cake store to get justice for Michael Brown.
Dubose, a mother of two, previously told CNN, "If I can't open my doors
every morning, I can't feed my kids in the evening. Just don't burn my
shop down, don't destroy it." They did.
I'm sure Al Sharpton will be on the case. I hope she sends him the bill. This is the result of race baiting that led to this travesty.
I'm sure Al Sharpton will be on the case. I hope she sends him the bill. This is the result of race baiting that led to this travesty.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
How to understand the Legality of What President Obama did in Amnesty
Remember the TV show Bait Car? A nice SUV put in a rough neighborhood to lure miscreants into stealing it, then lock it down, and arrest them to put them in jail.
The suckers always have a story.. "I thought it was my girlfriends car". It wouldn't be as interesting if they put the cars in the neighborhood with the keys in them, with the power to lock it down... and then when the thief steals the car, let them go, let them have the vehicle. That would be Prosecutorial discretion.
It's still illegal to steal a car. It's NOT illegal to let the guy go
if you have that discretion. Eventually the cop that did this would be
disciplined, perhaps eventually charged with incompetence. He did
nothing wrong directly, just demonstrated incompetence. BUT having the
discretion to let the thief go is indeed prosecutorial discretion.
Within the constitution.
Andy of Mayberry might let a few guys go.. for a while. MERCY OVER JUSTICE. But eventually he would have been kicked out of office as sheriff if he kept it up. SO that's the deal. Now what?
Obama did an Andy of Mayberry thing.. it looked good on TV. Will the GOP do anything thing about this? Anything at all? CRICKETS... CHIRPING. This is a moot point. The bait car is gone. There is only one solution.. and it will never happen. Short of catastrophe we are stuck with Andy O and Joe Barney Biden till Jan 20, 2017. Just remember this in 2016, and then vote accordingly. This battle is lost, let's win the war.
Andy of Mayberry might let a few guys go.. for a while. MERCY OVER JUSTICE. But eventually he would have been kicked out of office as sheriff if he kept it up. SO that's the deal. Now what?
Obama did an Andy of Mayberry thing.. it looked good on TV. Will the GOP do anything thing about this? Anything at all? CRICKETS... CHIRPING. This is a moot point. The bait car is gone. There is only one solution.. and it will never happen. Short of catastrophe we are stuck with Andy O and Joe Barney Biden till Jan 20, 2017. Just remember this in 2016, and then vote accordingly. This battle is lost, let's win the war.
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