It seems like every president since Clinton has been drummed. The impeachment drum.
Now the natives are once again restless. Just like there were liberals who wanted to drum G W Bush out of office.
Now feet are inserted in the other shoe.
These folks are serious.
They want to impeach President Obama.
I may not agree....yet. But BHO is being very reckless. I hope he gets the message. They are out to get you Mr. President, screw up a little more and you are toast.
Friday, November 20, 2009
The lies of Al Gore
Just in case you hadn't heard, Al Gore photoshopped the cover of his new book. It is a really bad job. I won't try to explain. Yet, he gets away with it.
Where are those 11 fact checkers.
Al Gore is a phony.
Where are those 11 fact checkers.
Al Gore is a phony.
People who will NEVER EVER amount to anything
I worked for many years in the human potential field. I saw people who had what it took. Who worked hard. Were devoted to winning.
On the other hand, I saw people who were devoted to working the system. Who are just willing to do only what they are demanded of.
These will NEVER amount to anything.
If there is human potential for success, there is human potential for failure. The man I hired to do work for me yesterday is the latter.
He is now in his forties and is a failure in every way. A lost cause. They exist.
I no longer believe trying to "Help" such a one is the Christan thing to do. I believe Paul's admonition to Timothy is the one we apply to a person who makes a conscious decision to NOT WORK or try.
If a man will not work, neither should he eat.
I will not give this man anything again. He must starve to come to his senses and about that I have little hope.
Closed circuit for BK@TX. Yes this is Tim. Hopeless
On the other hand, I saw people who were devoted to working the system. Who are just willing to do only what they are demanded of.
These will NEVER amount to anything.
If there is human potential for success, there is human potential for failure. The man I hired to do work for me yesterday is the latter.
He is now in his forties and is a failure in every way. A lost cause. They exist.
I no longer believe trying to "Help" such a one is the Christan thing to do. I believe Paul's admonition to Timothy is the one we apply to a person who makes a conscious decision to NOT WORK or try.
If a man will not work, neither should he eat.
I will not give this man anything again. He must starve to come to his senses and about that I have little hope.
Closed circuit for BK@TX. Yes this is Tim. Hopeless
Why our Economy is toast... Obama is ignorant of economics
From the Wall Street Journal Opinion page:
One of the strongest factors promoting recovery from our 10 post-World War II recessions was an unshakable conviction that, regardless of the immediate trouble, the American economy is fundamentally strong. Based on this underlying confidence, recessions and recoveries roughly conformed to the principle of the bigger the bust, the bigger the boom, and vice versa.
Thus real growth in the four quarters following postwar recessions averaged 6.6% and 4.3% over the following five years. As the chief economist for Barclays, Dean Maki, said in this newspaper on Aug. 19, "You can't find a single deep recession that has been followed by a moderate recovery."
That may no longer hold. Since the current recession has lasted a record seven quarters—and has been marked by a near-record average GDP decline of 1.8% per quarter—we should be witnessing the start of a powerful and sustained recovery. Yet forecasts of a 2% recovery in growth are only one-fourth as strong as postwar experience suggests. Meanwhile, unemployment sits at a generational high of 10.2%.
Why all the pessimism? The source appears to be a growing fear that the federal government is retreating from the free-market economic principles of the last half-century, and in particular the strong growth policies that began under Ronald Reagan. A review of the economic policies instituted by President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress lends credibility to this concern.
Exhibit A is the economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama in February. Even among previous stimulus efforts, the 2009 stimulus stands out for its ineffective targeting and sheer size. With interest, it is $1.1 trillion, double the size of Roosevelt's New Deal spending as a percentage of GDP.
Virtually none of the stimulus spending was directed towards encouraging broad-based private investment, and thus failed to encourage true economic growth.
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Exhibit B is tax policy going forward. It is a near certainty that Democratic-controlled Congress will allow most of the tax cuts of 2001-2003 to expire on Dec. 31, 2010. Marginal income tax rates, capital gains rates, dividend rates and death-tax rates will increase—significantly. Hardest hit by these increases will be small businesses that file under the individual income tax code as sub-chapter S corporations, partnerships and proprietorships. Yet these are the very people whose investment and hiring decisions either drive or starve recoveries.
Exhibit C is the administration's intervention in the GM and Chrysler reorganizations. Upsetting decades of accepted bankruptcy law, the administration leveraged TARP funds to place unsecured and lower priority creditors like the United Auto Workers union in front of secured and higher priority creditors. This intervention has arguably had the effect of stifling investment as wary investors watched political considerations trump the rule of law.
As Warren Buffett said at the time, "We don't want to say to somebody who lends and gets a secured position that the secured position doesn't mean anything." Gary Parr, deputy chair of the mergers and acquisitions firm Lazard Freres & Co., stated the problem more directly. "I can't imagine the markets will function properly if you are always wondering if the government is going to step in and change the game," he was quoted in The Atlantic Online in September.
Health care, the administration's signature issue, is Exhibit D. Disregarding its impact on quality and access, its plan will surely cost well over $1 trillion over the next decade. The House-passed version includes an 8% "pay or play" payroll tax and a half-trillion dollar surtax on incomes over $500,000, much of which will strike small business. Both taxes will tend to depress investment and the creation of new jobs.
And looming down the road is the proposed cap-and-tax legislation, which will cost taxpayers $800 billion.
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If one substitutes the Blue Chip Economic Forecast's interest-rate forecast for that of the administration, deficits will increase by an additional $1.2 trillion over the administration's projected deficits. If the next decade's interest rates climb to match those of the 1980s, then the deficit would increase another $5.3 trillion. If higher interest rates then slow economic growth, the impact on the deficit would be much worse.
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Given the magnitude of federal borrowing, there is good reason to expect higher interest rates and strong inflationary pressures in the future.
It is hardly surprising that many investors are reaching the conclusion that this administration and Congress favor policies that virtually guarantee the economy will not return to the climate of low interest rates, benign inflation and strong growth that we knew from 1982-2007. These investors understand a simple truth that current Washington policy makers fail to grasp: When you repeal the Reagan economic program, you repeal its results.
READ THE WHOLE THING AT THE LINK ABOVE
One of the strongest factors promoting recovery from our 10 post-World War II recessions was an unshakable conviction that, regardless of the immediate trouble, the American economy is fundamentally strong. Based on this underlying confidence, recessions and recoveries roughly conformed to the principle of the bigger the bust, the bigger the boom, and vice versa.
Thus real growth in the four quarters following postwar recessions averaged 6.6% and 4.3% over the following five years. As the chief economist for Barclays, Dean Maki, said in this newspaper on Aug. 19, "You can't find a single deep recession that has been followed by a moderate recovery."
That may no longer hold. Since the current recession has lasted a record seven quarters—and has been marked by a near-record average GDP decline of 1.8% per quarter—we should be witnessing the start of a powerful and sustained recovery. Yet forecasts of a 2% recovery in growth are only one-fourth as strong as postwar experience suggests. Meanwhile, unemployment sits at a generational high of 10.2%.
Why all the pessimism? The source appears to be a growing fear that the federal government is retreating from the free-market economic principles of the last half-century, and in particular the strong growth policies that began under Ronald Reagan. A review of the economic policies instituted by President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress lends credibility to this concern.
Exhibit A is the economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama in February. Even among previous stimulus efforts, the 2009 stimulus stands out for its ineffective targeting and sheer size. With interest, it is $1.1 trillion, double the size of Roosevelt's New Deal spending as a percentage of GDP.
Virtually none of the stimulus spending was directed towards encouraging broad-based private investment, and thus failed to encourage true economic growth.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit B is tax policy going forward. It is a near certainty that Democratic-controlled Congress will allow most of the tax cuts of 2001-2003 to expire on Dec. 31, 2010. Marginal income tax rates, capital gains rates, dividend rates and death-tax rates will increase—significantly. Hardest hit by these increases will be small businesses that file under the individual income tax code as sub-chapter S corporations, partnerships and proprietorships. Yet these are the very people whose investment and hiring decisions either drive or starve recoveries.
Exhibit C is the administration's intervention in the GM and Chrysler reorganizations. Upsetting decades of accepted bankruptcy law, the administration leveraged TARP funds to place unsecured and lower priority creditors like the United Auto Workers union in front of secured and higher priority creditors. This intervention has arguably had the effect of stifling investment as wary investors watched political considerations trump the rule of law.
As Warren Buffett said at the time, "We don't want to say to somebody who lends and gets a secured position that the secured position doesn't mean anything." Gary Parr, deputy chair of the mergers and acquisitions firm Lazard Freres & Co., stated the problem more directly. "I can't imagine the markets will function properly if you are always wondering if the government is going to step in and change the game," he was quoted in The Atlantic Online in September.
Health care, the administration's signature issue, is Exhibit D. Disregarding its impact on quality and access, its plan will surely cost well over $1 trillion over the next decade. The House-passed version includes an 8% "pay or play" payroll tax and a half-trillion dollar surtax on incomes over $500,000, much of which will strike small business. Both taxes will tend to depress investment and the creation of new jobs.
And looming down the road is the proposed cap-and-tax legislation, which will cost taxpayers $800 billion.
---------------------------------------------------
If one substitutes the Blue Chip Economic Forecast's interest-rate forecast for that of the administration, deficits will increase by an additional $1.2 trillion over the administration's projected deficits. If the next decade's interest rates climb to match those of the 1980s, then the deficit would increase another $5.3 trillion. If higher interest rates then slow economic growth, the impact on the deficit would be much worse.
-------------------------------------------------------
Given the magnitude of federal borrowing, there is good reason to expect higher interest rates and strong inflationary pressures in the future.
It is hardly surprising that many investors are reaching the conclusion that this administration and Congress favor policies that virtually guarantee the economy will not return to the climate of low interest rates, benign inflation and strong growth that we knew from 1982-2007. These investors understand a simple truth that current Washington policy makers fail to grasp: When you repeal the Reagan economic program, you repeal its results.
READ THE WHOLE THING AT THE LINK ABOVE
Thursday, November 19, 2009
This is what the recession REALLY looks like
I think if you want to see why we are in very deep trouble and why it's going to take a very very long time to get out of this, look at this chart.
Barack Hussein Obama can now be called an official moron, dunce and tool of the left
There is no other explanation. Barack Hussein Obama's mental capacity is damaged. What else can possibly explain this type of behavior other than the horrible possibility that Obama’s purpose is to destroy America?
I would rather believe that this President of the United States of America, the Commander In Chief of the greatest military in history, who is also the Leader of the Free World, is a Demagogic, Narcissistic, Incompetent, Loon, rather than being a Traitor to the fabric of America and an Enemy within.
Think about this - In less than one year:
1 - Obama has taken over the American banking industry.
2 - He has taken over 2/3rds of the American domestic auto industry.
3 - He has quadrupled the National Debt sending the USA towards bankruptcy.
4 – He has driven national unemployment to double digits.
5 – He is furthering the destruction of America’s ability to compete and enjoy the highest standard of living the world has know through CAP & TRADE.
6 – He has sent his attack dog (Eric Holder) to emasculate the CIA.
7 – He has personally declared the END OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM, even though TERRORISM hardly ended their war on the USA, modernity and Democracy.
8 – He is attempting to end the SECRET BALLOT used to unionize the workplace.
9 – He wants to end FREEDOM of EXPRESSION in the electronic communication industry vis a vis the Fairness Act targeting Conservative Talk-Radio.
10 – He is working OVERTIME to eliminate FREEDOM of PERSONAL CHOICE in Healthcare.
11 – He has traveled the world diminishing his own country and culture while promoting the so-called virtues of Islam, declaring to the Moslem world that America IS NOT A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY.
12 – And now he’s giving the worst of the worst a platform from where they can once again attack America, but this time through the courts and world media.
WHY? - Why is Obama doing all these horrible things to his own country?
Is it that he is so full of himself, that all he can see is his own perceived brilliance? Is it unbelievable personal incompetence? Is it an America self-hating misery? Is it insanity? Or is it treachery?
I blame the fools who voted for this dimwit. I guess it's contagious.
Woman Sentanced to 3 years in Jail and a 25,000 Dollar fine for tugging on a Christian's cross around her neck
OK, that didn't happen.
But a woman two days after the Shootings at Fort Hood tugged on a Muslim Woman's hajib. And now is facing three years in jail and a $25,000 fine.
I'm just wondering if that sword cuts both ways.
I doubt it. Why are we so deferring to Islam and so pejorative toward Christianity in our culture?
But a woman two days after the Shootings at Fort Hood tugged on a Muslim Woman's hajib. And now is facing three years in jail and a $25,000 fine.
I'm just wondering if that sword cuts both ways.
I doubt it. Why are we so deferring to Islam and so pejorative toward Christianity in our culture?
It's the Chicago Way -- The Gangsta Presidency
The Plan, The Scam, The Man, Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?
Ignore all the gas crap and just look at how the stupid car buyer got taken to the cleaners:
If you traded in a clunker worth $3500, you get $4500 off for an apparent "savings" of $1000.
However, you have to pay taxes on the $4500 come April 15th (something that no auto dealer will tell you). If you are in the 30% tax bracket, you will pay $1350 on that $4500.
So, rather than save $1000, you actually pay an extra $350 to the feds. In addition, you traded in a car that was most likely paid for. Now you have 4 or 5 years of payments on a car that you did not need, that was costing you less to run than the payments that you will now be making.
But wait; it gets even better: you also got ripped off by the dealer.
For example, every dealer here in LA was selling the Ford Focus with all the goodies, including A/C, auto transmission, power windows, etc for $12,500 the month before the "cash for clunkers" program started.
When "cash for clunkers" came along, they stopped discounting them and instead sold them at the list price of $15,500. So, you paid $3000 more than you would have the month before... (Honda, Toyota , and Kia played the same list price game that Ford and Chevy did).
So let's do the final tally here:
You traded in a car worth: $3500
You got a discount of: $4500
---------
Net so far +$1000
But you have to pay: $1350 in taxes on the $4500
--------
Net so far: -$350
And you paid: $3000 more than the car was selling for the month before
----------
Net -$3350
We could also add in the additional taxes (sales tax, state tax, etc.) on the extra $3000 that you paid for the car, along with the 5 years of interest on the car loan, but let's just stop here.
So who actually made out on the deal? The feds collected taxes on the car along with taxes on the $4500 they "gave" you. The car dealers made an extra $3000 or more on every car they sold along with the kickbacks from the manufacturers and the loan companies. The manufacturers got to dump lots of cars they could not give away the month before. And the poor, stupid consumer got saddled with even more debt that they cannot afford.
Obama and his band of merry men convinced Joe consumer that he was getting $4500 in "free" money from the "government" when in fact, Joe was giving away his $3500 car and paying an additional $3350 for the privilege.
Think this was stupid for those who were crazy enough to swallow this wonderful scheme?
Just wait until we get health care with no additional costs over what most of us now pay for health insurance and the best medical care in the world. Think that scheme might be designed by the same people who came up with Cash for Clunkers?
Ignore all the gas crap and just look at how the stupid car buyer got taken to the cleaners:
If you traded in a clunker worth $3500, you get $4500 off for an apparent "savings" of $1000.
However, you have to pay taxes on the $4500 come April 15th (something that no auto dealer will tell you). If you are in the 30% tax bracket, you will pay $1350 on that $4500.
So, rather than save $1000, you actually pay an extra $350 to the feds. In addition, you traded in a car that was most likely paid for. Now you have 4 or 5 years of payments on a car that you did not need, that was costing you less to run than the payments that you will now be making.
But wait; it gets even better: you also got ripped off by the dealer.
For example, every dealer here in LA was selling the Ford Focus with all the goodies, including A/C, auto transmission, power windows, etc for $12,500 the month before the "cash for clunkers" program started.
When "cash for clunkers" came along, they stopped discounting them and instead sold them at the list price of $15,500. So, you paid $3000 more than you would have the month before... (Honda, Toyota , and Kia played the same list price game that Ford and Chevy did).
So let's do the final tally here:
You traded in a car worth: $3500
You got a discount of: $4500
---------
Net so far +$1000
But you have to pay: $1350 in taxes on the $4500
--------
Net so far: -$350
And you paid: $3000 more than the car was selling for the month before
----------
Net -$3350
We could also add in the additional taxes (sales tax, state tax, etc.) on the extra $3000 that you paid for the car, along with the 5 years of interest on the car loan, but let's just stop here.
So who actually made out on the deal? The feds collected taxes on the car along with taxes on the $4500 they "gave" you. The car dealers made an extra $3000 or more on every car they sold along with the kickbacks from the manufacturers and the loan companies. The manufacturers got to dump lots of cars they could not give away the month before. And the poor, stupid consumer got saddled with even more debt that they cannot afford.
Obama and his band of merry men convinced Joe consumer that he was getting $4500 in "free" money from the "government" when in fact, Joe was giving away his $3500 car and paying an additional $3350 for the privilege.
Think this was stupid for those who were crazy enough to swallow this wonderful scheme?
Just wait until we get health care with no additional costs over what most of us now pay for health insurance and the best medical care in the world. Think that scheme might be designed by the same people who came up with Cash for Clunkers?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Nightmare in Somalia
Last night for some reason I had a horrible nightmare of what it must be like to live under sharia law or more accurately lawlessness.
Then today I read this article about a 20 year old Somalian woman being stoned to death for adultery. Her boyfriend got 100 lashes.
I guess she was the guilty party and had to die.
I won't go into the dream/nightmare I had, but it involved horrible scenes with death, terror and torture.
I know in the next months there will be contentions that there was terror involved in the interrogation of certain people on trial from Gitmo.
It was nothing like what I saw.
To be honest, I don't believe God, Allah or whomever you invoke is in any of this horror in Somalia.
Then today I read this article about a 20 year old Somalian woman being stoned to death for adultery. Her boyfriend got 100 lashes.
I guess she was the guilty party and had to die.
I won't go into the dream/nightmare I had, but it involved horrible scenes with death, terror and torture.
I know in the next months there will be contentions that there was terror involved in the interrogation of certain people on trial from Gitmo.
It was nothing like what I saw.
To be honest, I don't believe God, Allah or whomever you invoke is in any of this horror in Somalia.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
This is what is on Tee Shirts being sold in China in Honor of Obama's Visit
Don't you people understand that calling some one Red, Communist or Socialist is politically incorrect? From now on if you want to sound sensitive, open minded and educated instead of saying the "c" word (communist) you need to just say Obama follower or even Obamaist. I hope I cleared this up.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Things Noticed about BHO
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations’ plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day. Sir, it’s time we had a talk…......
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition and reverence.
YES, “We noticed.”
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America, has 57 states.
YES, “We noticed.”
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
YES, “We noticed.”
Every time you apologized to other countries for America ‘s position on an issue, we have wondered why you don’t share our pride in this great country. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us.
YES, “We noticed.”
When your pastor of 20 years, “God-damned America ” and said that 9/11 was “America’s chickens coming home to roost”—and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so, but we know that you continue to have secret meetings with him.
YES, “We noticed.”
When you announced that you would transform America, we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, “if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn’t be sitting in the White House now.” Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois, and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, “We noticed.”
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, “We noticed.”
You are 9 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, “We noticed.”
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled “un-American”, “racist”, “mob”. We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.
YES, “We noticed.”
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.
And YES, “We noticed.”
There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, “We noticed.”
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a “National Service Day”. While we know that you don’t share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is…a disgrace.
YES, “We noticed.”
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.
YES, “We noticed.”
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
If you agree with this please pass it on to all your internet correspondents.
The writer of this piece wished to remain anonymous
Today I read of your administrations’ plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day. Sir, it’s time we had a talk…......
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition and reverence.
YES, “We noticed.”
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America, has 57 states.
YES, “We noticed.”
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
YES, “We noticed.”
Every time you apologized to other countries for America ‘s position on an issue, we have wondered why you don’t share our pride in this great country. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us.
YES, “We noticed.”
When your pastor of 20 years, “God-damned America ” and said that 9/11 was “America’s chickens coming home to roost”—and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so, but we know that you continue to have secret meetings with him.
YES, “We noticed.”
When you announced that you would transform America, we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, “if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn’t be sitting in the White House now.” Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois, and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, “We noticed.”
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, “We noticed.”
You are 9 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, “We noticed.”
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled “un-American”, “racist”, “mob”. We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.
YES, “We noticed.”
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.
And YES, “We noticed.”
There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, “We noticed.”
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a “National Service Day”. While we know that you don’t share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is…a disgrace.
YES, “We noticed.”
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.
YES, “We noticed.”
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
If you agree with this please pass it on to all your internet correspondents.
The writer of this piece wished to remain anonymous
A prayer to St Gore of global warming now that it is officially recognized as a religion in Britain
‘Al Gore, who art in thy fully offset private jet; Nobel-prized be thy name; thy carbon-free kingdom come; on planet Earth (otherwise known as Gaia) as it should be after Copenhagen; give us this day our daily meat-free diet; and forgive us our emissions, though we don’t forgive any other big fat Americans who emit against us; lead us not into exotic holiday flights; and deliver us from climate denial; for the science is settled. Amen.”
That lacks a certain resonance, I must admit; but now that a British judge has ruled that believers in man-made global warming catastrophe should be protected under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, we should try to come forward with some suitable prayers for this newly identified faith.
Mr Justice Burton, of the High Court, is the man behind the ruling. He found for a “sustainability officer” called Tim Nicholson, who claimed he had been made redundant by the property company Grainger because of his beliefs in imminent man-made climate catastrophe. To be precise, the judge did not say that Nicholson had actually been sacked for that reason; only that he had the right to sue for unfair dismissal under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations.
Why should Tim Nicholson (who looked sweet with his fold-up bicycle outside the High Court) have wanted to establish this as the reason for his dismissal? Possibly it was a desire to become an ecological hero; but I am equally inclined to see the hand of some very clever employment lawyers. In a “normal” redundancy, the departing employee is entitled only to a statutory minimum payoff together with anything already defined in his contract; but when a court finds that the employee has been sacked as a result of some form of discrimination, then there is no legal limit to the amount that can be claimed.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The left loves the empty head....Ever wonder why?
I have to wonder about liberals. Particularly the press and those who are professional liberals.
They hated Reagan. Said he was stupid. An actor with no depth.
Thought Bush One was OK but emphasized his tax pledge was a bigger deal than many others did.
They loved Clinton, mostly, but he was more conservative than they wanted.
They hated George W Bush. Bush Derangement Syndrome. Made fun of how he talked. Made fun of him as a dummy.
Of course the latest lampoon is targeted at Sarah Palin. Unfortunately there are a lot of So Called Republicans who should find themselves a home in the Democrat minority. I want them to go away. We want conservatives only. It's time to clean house. The old ways no longer work. If we don't have true patriots running for congress and the Presidency in the next four years we will continue to lose. As Rush continues to hammer home, we are at the core a conservative nation.
BUT when some guy with no published resume, with no experience in anything meaningful, with no background anyone can find and a guy with no spine shows up the left loves him. Now we are stuck with this empty suit. I wonder more about Obama’s legal qualifications and the University of Chicago’s decision to hire him as a lecturer at the law school, particularly since he lacked any significant legal writing. I can only hope that his tenure will be short. Very short.
I don't get the left. They love the empty headed. Hate the concrete. I guess like equals like.
It's time to stop being nice to PBHO. I've been far too charitable. Gloves coming off.
Not that we weren’t warned. These are the people who think there are 57 states, after all. These are the people. . . oh, well, what difference does it make now. Obama is president and he’s going to define the office for the next four years. He will leave it in shambles.
I was thankful that Bush was the kind of guy that defined etiquette in the oval office with respect, his a family that can sit behind an ex-president who witheringly insults them and still smile and shake hands. But restoring the dignity of the office after Clinton is nothing to redefining it after Obama.
What thought will need to be put into gifts for the English to indicate that we don’t, really, want to insult our ancient friend? How can we defend ourselves after the drawbridge has been laid down and the fortress disarmed? How can we find justice in a justice system so compromised?
As we have come to expect from this administration, the basic values of America (innocence before proven guilty, rule of laws and not of men) is not something they understand. As in certain political systems Solzhenitsyn described, there is no truth, just appearance.
What can you expect of an administration with people like Van Jones and with strong ties with organizations like Acorn? It is pretty sad. The bad news is that he is dividing the nation, the good news is that this is probably going to be his first and last term. I don’t believe any independents or republicans will ever vote for him again.
They hated Reagan. Said he was stupid. An actor with no depth.
Thought Bush One was OK but emphasized his tax pledge was a bigger deal than many others did.
They loved Clinton, mostly, but he was more conservative than they wanted.
They hated George W Bush. Bush Derangement Syndrome. Made fun of how he talked. Made fun of him as a dummy.
Of course the latest lampoon is targeted at Sarah Palin. Unfortunately there are a lot of So Called Republicans who should find themselves a home in the Democrat minority. I want them to go away. We want conservatives only. It's time to clean house. The old ways no longer work. If we don't have true patriots running for congress and the Presidency in the next four years we will continue to lose. As Rush continues to hammer home, we are at the core a conservative nation.
BUT when some guy with no published resume, with no experience in anything meaningful, with no background anyone can find and a guy with no spine shows up the left loves him. Now we are stuck with this empty suit. I wonder more about Obama’s legal qualifications and the University of Chicago’s decision to hire him as a lecturer at the law school, particularly since he lacked any significant legal writing. I can only hope that his tenure will be short. Very short.
I don't get the left. They love the empty headed. Hate the concrete. I guess like equals like.
It's time to stop being nice to PBHO. I've been far too charitable. Gloves coming off.
Not that we weren’t warned. These are the people who think there are 57 states, after all. These are the people. . . oh, well, what difference does it make now. Obama is president and he’s going to define the office for the next four years. He will leave it in shambles.
I was thankful that Bush was the kind of guy that defined etiquette in the oval office with respect, his a family that can sit behind an ex-president who witheringly insults them and still smile and shake hands. But restoring the dignity of the office after Clinton is nothing to redefining it after Obama.
What thought will need to be put into gifts for the English to indicate that we don’t, really, want to insult our ancient friend? How can we defend ourselves after the drawbridge has been laid down and the fortress disarmed? How can we find justice in a justice system so compromised?
As we have come to expect from this administration, the basic values of America (innocence before proven guilty, rule of laws and not of men) is not something they understand. As in certain political systems Solzhenitsyn described, there is no truth, just appearance.
What can you expect of an administration with people like Van Jones and with strong ties with organizations like Acorn? It is pretty sad. The bad news is that he is dividing the nation, the good news is that this is probably going to be his first and last term. I don’t believe any independents or republicans will ever vote for him again.
Why not go all the way.... Clothing production aggrevates global warming, we should all walk around naked
Go Barefoot for Gaia
In the following BBC clip, lifted from today’s ephemera, the sculptor and artistic luminary Antony Gormley shares his wisdom on matters ecological. “Dispense with your socks,” says he. “This is a time of global warming. Through our feet we can begin to feel it.” This is no doubt because “our feet connect with our brains” and “engage with time.” And what’s more, “through our feet we can begin to be one people, standing through gravity on one Earth.” Yes, standing through gravity, united in our socklessness. Go barefoot for Gaia, people. It’s “an act of solidarity.”
Careful, dear readers. That’s the white heat of insight. It burns mortal flesh.
Sarah Palin fact Checkers CHECK the facts the fact Checkers are Checking
The left wing press is working overtime to dissect Sarah Palin's new book.
Right now as we speak there are 11 writers are engaged in opposition research, er, "fact checking" research! Imagine that – 11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to "fact check" what's going on with Sheik Mohammed's trial, Pelosi's health care takeover costs, Hassan's associations, etc. Amazing.
They are "Discovering" all kinds of problems. The TRUTH? They are making it up. The good news is that there are people checking the checkers and finding them wanting.
So, I guess to my lefty friends, you will have to buy the book. You will have to read it for your selves. Sarah Needs the Money. Give her yours. Then you can take that book, read it and find the "Facts" you need to impugn her.
Why does the left fear her so much. Newsweek has a cover story on her. A smear piece. Time ditto. Left-of-center sensationalism isn't unprecedented for Newsweek magazine covers. Earlier this year, the brain trust at Newsweek declared us all socialists on their Feb. 16 magazine cover. And as Tim Graham, the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center, said then, "the only Newsweek cover that would be more obviously untrue would be ‘We Are All Objective Journalists Now.'"
The left must see her as a threat to the domination of a left wing agenda and the RINO Republican go along to get along folks.
Sarah's the real deal. She is going to be important to what is to come. The left is terrified of her. So they do what they do best. Lie. Make stuff up.
Time for truth. Buy the book. It'll do you good.
Right now as we speak there are 11 writers are engaged in opposition research, er, "fact checking" research! Imagine that – 11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to "fact check" what's going on with Sheik Mohammed's trial, Pelosi's health care takeover costs, Hassan's associations, etc. Amazing.
They are "Discovering" all kinds of problems. The TRUTH? They are making it up. The good news is that there are people checking the checkers and finding them wanting.
So, I guess to my lefty friends, you will have to buy the book. You will have to read it for your selves. Sarah Needs the Money. Give her yours. Then you can take that book, read it and find the "Facts" you need to impugn her.
Why does the left fear her so much. Newsweek has a cover story on her. A smear piece. Time ditto. Left-of-center sensationalism isn't unprecedented for Newsweek magazine covers. Earlier this year, the brain trust at Newsweek declared us all socialists on their Feb. 16 magazine cover. And as Tim Graham, the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center, said then, "the only Newsweek cover that would be more obviously untrue would be ‘We Are All Objective Journalists Now.'"
The left must see her as a threat to the domination of a left wing agenda and the RINO Republican go along to get along folks.
Sarah's the real deal. She is going to be important to what is to come. The left is terrified of her. So they do what they do best. Lie. Make stuff up.
Time for truth. Buy the book. It'll do you good.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Fallacy of Full-Time Christian Work
by Os Hillman
11-11-2009
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (Colossians 3:16,17).
Jonathon was a twenty-five year old son of a pastor who was working in his local Christian bookstore. He started seminary but was unable to finish because of a lack of finances. He was OK with working in the store, but felt it was second-best. In fact, sometimes he felt he had "missed his calling."
Then one day a young woman wondered into the store. She was distressed. She was not a believer. Her husband had just left her and she did not know where to turn. She was walking through the mall when she noticed the store. She decided to walk in, not knowing why.
"Hello, may I help you?" said Jonathon. "Well... I don't know. I saw your sign and just came in." Right then, she began to cry. She told Jonathon about her plight, not knowing why she would do such a thing with a perfect stranger. Jonathon listened and began to talk with her. Before the conversation was over, Jonathon had prayed with the woman and led her to faith in Christ.
That night Jonathon pondered what had happened that day. He realized he had personally led a woman into eternity by being available in his workplace. He felt a new sense of purpose behind what he thought was simply a job to put food on the table until he could get to his real ministry. He confessed to the Lord his wrong view of his work. For the first time, he realized it was ministry too.
We have incorrectly elevated the roll of the vocational Christian worker to be more holy and committed than the person who is serving in other arenas. Yet the call to any workplace is as important as any other calling. God has to have His people in every sphere of life. Otherwise, many would never come to know Him because they would be separated from society.
Wherever you are called, serve the Lord in that place. Let Him demonstrate His power through your life so that others might experience Him through you today.
11-11-2009
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (Colossians 3:16,17).
Jonathon was a twenty-five year old son of a pastor who was working in his local Christian bookstore. He started seminary but was unable to finish because of a lack of finances. He was OK with working in the store, but felt it was second-best. In fact, sometimes he felt he had "missed his calling."
Then one day a young woman wondered into the store. She was distressed. She was not a believer. Her husband had just left her and she did not know where to turn. She was walking through the mall when she noticed the store. She decided to walk in, not knowing why.
"Hello, may I help you?" said Jonathon. "Well... I don't know. I saw your sign and just came in." Right then, she began to cry. She told Jonathon about her plight, not knowing why she would do such a thing with a perfect stranger. Jonathon listened and began to talk with her. Before the conversation was over, Jonathon had prayed with the woman and led her to faith in Christ.
That night Jonathon pondered what had happened that day. He realized he had personally led a woman into eternity by being available in his workplace. He felt a new sense of purpose behind what he thought was simply a job to put food on the table until he could get to his real ministry. He confessed to the Lord his wrong view of his work. For the first time, he realized it was ministry too.
We have incorrectly elevated the roll of the vocational Christian worker to be more holy and committed than the person who is serving in other arenas. Yet the call to any workplace is as important as any other calling. God has to have His people in every sphere of life. Otherwise, many would never come to know Him because they would be separated from society.
Wherever you are called, serve the Lord in that place. Let Him demonstrate His power through your life so that others might experience Him through you today.
The Value of Age and Wisdom
by Os Hillman
11-13-2009
"But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him" (2 Chron 10:8).
Age and wisdom do not always equate to one another, but they often do. Rehoboam was the son of Solomon. It appears that Solomon had become heavy-handed in his employment practices by placing an overbearing burden on the workers. This was causing a problem with the northern tribes. It was the equivalent to a threat of a labor strike. Jeroboam was like the head of the labor union. In fact, he had fled from Solomon because of the abuse he perceived was happening. When Rehoboam was selected as the new king, he came and appealed to Solomon about the plight of the people.
"Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away (2 Chron 10:4-5).
So, Rehoboam asked for advice from the older men who had been a part of Solomon's reign and then he asked for advice from his younger contemporaries. The elders advised Rehoboam to not be too concerned. They told him that if he did, they would be loyal workers the rest of their days. He chose not to take this advice. The younger advisors told him to tighten the reigns more. This turned out to be bad advice. As a result, the northern tribes rebelled, and the kingdom was permanently divided.
Today there is a tendency to discount input from older people. However, God has placed wisdom in older people that the young can learn a great deal from. Do not despise input from those who may be considerably older than you. God has placed a level of wisdom in them that can help you avoid major mistakes.
11-13-2009
"But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him" (2 Chron 10:8).
Age and wisdom do not always equate to one another, but they often do. Rehoboam was the son of Solomon. It appears that Solomon had become heavy-handed in his employment practices by placing an overbearing burden on the workers. This was causing a problem with the northern tribes. It was the equivalent to a threat of a labor strike. Jeroboam was like the head of the labor union. In fact, he had fled from Solomon because of the abuse he perceived was happening. When Rehoboam was selected as the new king, he came and appealed to Solomon about the plight of the people.
"Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away (2 Chron 10:4-5).
So, Rehoboam asked for advice from the older men who had been a part of Solomon's reign and then he asked for advice from his younger contemporaries. The elders advised Rehoboam to not be too concerned. They told him that if he did, they would be loyal workers the rest of their days. He chose not to take this advice. The younger advisors told him to tighten the reigns more. This turned out to be bad advice. As a result, the northern tribes rebelled, and the kingdom was permanently divided.
Today there is a tendency to discount input from older people. However, God has placed wisdom in older people that the young can learn a great deal from. Do not despise input from those who may be considerably older than you. God has placed a level of wisdom in them that can help you avoid major mistakes.
I said long ago that this man had no spine... He now proves it
Obama: President In Search of a Spine
It’s a lot easier to bow all the time when you haven’t got a spine!
This would be less embarrassing if this guy were just some star struck American tourist. Could someone please inform him that he is the President of the United States?
Friday, November 13, 2009
90% includes ME
I graduated College. A BS and a BA. Over educated fool some might say. But, to this day I don't understand basic algebra. It appears that neither does most of the rest of the college folks.
I never figured out what the purpose of it was.
I never used it.
This coming from a guy who has a pretty good handle on complex economic theory and interrelationships of numerical values in charts graphs and statistics. I can interpolate the numbers pretty well.
I don't think algebra would have helped me there.
So, I don't feel too bad.
I never figured out what the purpose of it was.
I never used it.
This coming from a guy who has a pretty good handle on complex economic theory and interrelationships of numerical values in charts graphs and statistics. I can interpolate the numbers pretty well.
I don't think algebra would have helped me there.
So, I don't feel too bad.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
What Sarah Palin has been doing with her Spare Time
In case anyone has been wondering what Sarah Palin is up to, it's not insignificant. I know good political people and she has been working hard. She is no piker. She works intensely and is a good study. She has run marathons, so she knows how to prepare.
In addition to writing her new book that comes out as a best seller in a few days, she has been doing more than baking cookies.
I guarantee she has been studying the issues. She will not be blindsided again. She has been coached and coached again on how to act, how to talk, what not to say and most important what to do when you get a Gotcha Question from Charlie Gibson.
I used to help train business people and politicians on how to handle themselves in front of the camera, on the platform, in front of a hostile audience and while in public. It took days but they learned. And, they are working on her Sarahisms. "You betcha" for instance will be carefully if ever crafted into a speech.
Look at actors who's normal accent is British or Australian (house and mentalist) yet when they speak it sounds like they are from Nebraska.
Sarah is NOT wasting time. She is on the case and will make it happen.
So, relax. Sarah will be fine and if you read this WSJ op ed you will see someone who believes as I do, Sarah will be fully ready to be POTUS in 2012. Margaret Thatcher is her model. Watch for Sarah to take a page from her playbook.
I am going to enjoy this. And campaign I will.
In addition to writing her new book that comes out as a best seller in a few days, she has been doing more than baking cookies.
I guarantee she has been studying the issues. She will not be blindsided again. She has been coached and coached again on how to act, how to talk, what not to say and most important what to do when you get a Gotcha Question from Charlie Gibson.
I used to help train business people and politicians on how to handle themselves in front of the camera, on the platform, in front of a hostile audience and while in public. It took days but they learned. And, they are working on her Sarahisms. "You betcha" for instance will be carefully if ever crafted into a speech.
Look at actors who's normal accent is British or Australian (house and mentalist) yet when they speak it sounds like they are from Nebraska.
Sarah is NOT wasting time. She is on the case and will make it happen.
So, relax. Sarah will be fine and if you read this WSJ op ed you will see someone who believes as I do, Sarah will be fully ready to be POTUS in 2012. Margaret Thatcher is her model. Watch for Sarah to take a page from her playbook.
I am going to enjoy this. And campaign I will.
Just so you don't miss out when the world comes to an end
Here's about a dozen end of world thingys that you need to be aware of.
With the soon open of the movie 2012 we will have a whole new set.
I've seen the end of the world, it's not that bad.
With the soon open of the movie 2012 we will have a whole new set.
I've seen the end of the world, it's not that bad.
Confessions of a Hillary Clinton Supporter
When McCain was the candidate before he selected Sarah I was committed to voting for Hillary over McCain. She would be the better POTUS. Certainly better than Obuma, the ditherer in Chief.
If we were going to lose to a democrat, the one I wanted was Hillary.
There is a blog called Hillbuzz. It's a blog dedicated to Hillary Clinton and written by people who supported her for Pres.
They have published a piece about George W Bush that is worth reading. I wish Hillary would have won. We wouldn't be in the mess that McCain or Obama brought us to.
Here's a bit from the Blog:
If we were going to lose to a democrat, the one I wanted was Hillary.
There is a blog called Hillbuzz. It's a blog dedicated to Hillary Clinton and written by people who supported her for Pres.
They have published a piece about George W Bush that is worth reading. I wish Hillary would have won. We wouldn't be in the mess that McCain or Obama brought us to.
Here's a bit from the Blog:
We know absolutely no one in Bush family circles and have never met former President George W. Bush or his wife Laura.
If you have been reading us for any length of time, you know that we used to make fun of “Dubya” nearly every day…parroting the same comedic bits we heard in our Democrat circles, where Bush is still, to this day, lampooned as a chimp, a bumbling idiot, and a poor, clumsy public speaker.
Oh, how we RAILED against Bush in 2000…and how we RAILED against the surge in support Bush received post-9/11 when he went to Ground Zero and stood there with his bullhorn in the ruins on that hideous day.
We were convinced that ANYONE who was president would have done what Bush did, and would have set that right tone of leadership in the wake of that disaster. President Gore, President Perot, President Nader, you name it. ANYONE, we assumed, would have filled that role perfectly.
Well, we told you before how much the current president, Dr. Utopia, made us realize just how wrong we were about Bush. We shudder to think what Dr. Utopia would have done post-9/11. He would have not gone there with a bullhorn and struck that right tone. More likely than not, he would have been his usual fey, apologetic self and waxed professorially about how evil America is and how justified Muslims are for attacking us, with a sidebar on how good the attacks were because they would humble us.
Honestly, we don’t think President Gore would have been much better that day. The world needed George W. Bush, his bullhorn, and his indomitable spirit that day…and we will forever be grateful to this man for that.
As we will always be grateful for what George and Laura Bush did this week, with no media attention, when they very quietly went to Ft. Hood and met personally with the families of the victims of this terrorist attack.
READ THE WHOLE THINGWednesday, November 11, 2009
A thought on Veterans Day
The brave and noble that go to war in our behalf cause me to bow my head on this veterans day. Not in shame, in honor.
Today in a nursing home is Earl Redlin, WWII vet. Crawled up the beachhead at Anzio. Bravery is doing what you must do, not what you want to do.
Now we do what we MUST.
Today in a nursing home is Earl Redlin, WWII vet. Crawled up the beachhead at Anzio. Bravery is doing what you must do, not what you want to do.
Now we do what we MUST.
To Athiests---"Hating God is not a search for the truth. It is a conclusion without having all the facts.
That statement was made to a Former Atheist of my Acquaintance. His comment to me was to disagree with the idea that they didn't have all the facts:
This keeps me driving on.... IF just one soul finds the truth it's enough.
They have them. As a former atheist I can say with confidence that it is never a genuine intellectual position; only a moral one. "I wanted life to have no meaning," said atheist Aldous Huxley, "because it freed me to my own erotic pursuits."I am haunted by the phrase, "I wanted life to have no meaning". How pitiful and pitiable. When they woke up this morning they believed in something. What happens when the eternal alarm clock (the one that decides if you live or die) doesn't wake them? Then they know face to face.
This keeps me driving on.... IF just one soul finds the truth it's enough.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Global Warming or Global Cooling??
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
- Temperature Highlights - October
- The average
October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the 20th Century average and ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
- For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts. Temperatures were
below normal in eight of the nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine, five were much below normal. Only the Southeast climate region had near normal temperatures for October.
The REAL unemployment rate is 22%.
Everyone is excited that the market is going up. This is a house of cards stacked very high.
There is nothing holding this up.
No fundamentals.
When it collapses it will be sudden and catostropic.
You can't have economic recovery with a quarter of the people not working. It doesn't compute.
There is nothing holding this up.
No fundamentals.
When it collapses it will be sudden and catostropic.
You can't have economic recovery with a quarter of the people not working. It doesn't compute.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Sarah Palin on the fall of the Berlin Wall
We were there twenty years ago today when the Berlin Wall Fell to the Ground.
We were NOT in Berlin, but we were in Germany. I know Sarah didn't write this alone. She has speechwriters like every good Politician does. Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. They all lean on these writers. But this article is good.
We were NOT in Berlin, but we were in Germany. I know Sarah didn't write this alone. She has speechwriters like every good Politician does. Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. They all lean on these writers. But this article is good.
Commemorating a Victory for Freedom
Twenty years ago, the ultimate symbol of the division between freedom and tyranny was torn down. The Berlin Wall was constructed for one purpose: to prevent the escape of East Germans to the freedom of the West. The Wall’s cold, gray facade was a stark reminder of the economic and political way of life across the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
Ronald Reagan never stopped regarding the Berlin Wall as an affront to human freedom. When so many other American leaders and opinion makers had come to accept its presence as inevitable and permanent, Reagan still hammered away at the Wall’s very premise in human tyranny, until finally the Wall itself was hammered down. Its downfall wasn’t the work of Reagan alone. Our president’s actions were joined with the brave acts of many individuals who stood firm and united in facing the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall came down because millions of people behind the Iron Curtain refused to accept the fate of enslavement and their supporters in the West refused to accept that the “captive nations” would remain captive forever.
Though that long, tragic episode in human history had come to a close finally with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it wasn’t the “end of history” or the end of conflict as some had hoped. New conflicts confront us today throughout the world which call for courage and resolve and dedication to freedom. The new democracies and market economies that have emerged in Central and Eastern Europe still require our friendship and alliances as they continue to seek security, prosperity, and self-determination. But as we reflect on present and future challenges, let’s take time to celebrate the anniversary of this awesome victory for freedom. The downfall of that cold, gray concrete Wall should be a lesson to us in hope. Nothing is inevitable. Tyranny is no match for the hope and resolve of those who work and fight for freedom.
- Sarah Palin
He who killed in the name of Islam was just mentally ill
Disturbed. Upset. Confused. Deluded. Not happy with the situation as it was. Then religious leaders by the words they spoke caused a man who was on the edge to do a crazy thing. A man who needed to make a mark for Allah in his mind. A man who saw America as the enemy even though he lived here. So he planned carefully the whole thing. Cleaned out his apartment and deliberately carried out the deluded act of violence driven by religious fervor.
His name? Mohamed Atta al Sayed
He was one of nine we now call Islamic Terrorists. They flew planes into buildings and killed many.
How is that different from the terrorist attack last week? Why is the news media trying to dodge this issue? What is the agenda?
Like Sarah Palin keeps saying, “Why don’t ya just stop making it up”?
His name? Mohamed Atta al Sayed
He was one of nine we now call Islamic Terrorists. They flew planes into buildings and killed many.
How is that different from the terrorist attack last week? Why is the news media trying to dodge this issue? What is the agenda?
Like Sarah Palin keeps saying, “Why don’t ya just stop making it up”?
Sunday, November 08, 2009
How to be sure you will get to heaven without Jesus
Take your net worth, divided by your age, times your IQ.
Then add 10 if you are white, middle class, male.
Minus the number of times you have been overdrawn in the last yr.
If a member of service club, country club, fraternity, or a military vet, add 20 for ea.
Add 30 for ea. college degree you have.
Add 10 for ea. legitimate child you have born and raised or are raising.
Subtract 5 for ea. illegitimate or non raised child.
Subtract 20 for ea. divorce you have had.
Subtract 1 trillion for ea. and every sin you have committed.
Scores of 1 or more will get you into heaven.
And That's YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS WITHOUT THE CROSS
Then add 10 if you are white, middle class, male.
Minus the number of times you have been overdrawn in the last yr.
If a member of service club, country club, fraternity, or a military vet, add 20 for ea.
Add 30 for ea. college degree you have.
Add 10 for ea. legitimate child you have born and raised or are raising.
Subtract 5 for ea. illegitimate or non raised child.
Subtract 20 for ea. divorce you have had.
Subtract 1 trillion for ea. and every sin you have committed.
Scores of 1 or more will get you into heaven.
And That's YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS WITHOUT THE CROSS
Newest Member of the Redlin Arboretum
When I was in Tennessee last week I saw a plant that had caught my eye the weekend before. Cucumber Magnolia is a unique and beautiful native plant. Magnolia accuminata is actually native clear up into Wisconsin. In it's native format the flowers are green. Showy but green.
The Yellow Lantern is a Hybrid of Accuminata and Solangiana. Fully hardy. Mid May bloom. Bright Yellow Flowers and huge leaves.
There was one in the parking lot of Weber Hotel in Ann Arbor. I mentioned to Peggy when I saw it that I wish I had one. It was a bit pricey, but I will spend money for plant material sometimes when I shouldn't.
Here's what it will look like in the spring. Looking forward to it.
The Yellow Lantern is a Hybrid of Accuminata and Solangiana. Fully hardy. Mid May bloom. Bright Yellow Flowers and huge leaves.
There was one in the parking lot of Weber Hotel in Ann Arbor. I mentioned to Peggy when I saw it that I wish I had one. It was a bit pricey, but I will spend money for plant material sometimes when I shouldn't.
Here's what it will look like in the spring. Looking forward to it.
Tolerance or Truth - The Muslim Massacre of American Soldiers
From New Wineskins.
Why would you believe tolerance to be a higher value than truth? But more importantly it’s critical to separate two kinds of tolerance: intellectual and interpersonal.Sadly, the two have become conflated.
Why would you believe tolerance to be a higher value than truth? But more importantly it’s critical to separate two kinds of tolerance: intellectual and interpersonal.Sadly, the two have become conflated.
Interpersonal tolerance is to be lauded. My muslim neighbors (and I mean literally the people who live next door to me) have every right to go about their lives as freely as I do, with all of the protections that the Golden Rule, our Constitution, common courtesy and our system of laws affords them.
Intellectual tolerance, on the other hand, is tantamount to saying “whatever” and failing to engage with issues or persons. It is the essence of contempt. It is surely not wise to press such distinctions in every conversation, but to fall into the habit of not making them for oneself is to fall into a swamp of half-truths and, ultimately, bald lies.
Its opposite involves distinctions and thus forms the basis for reason and truth. (I cannot tolerate you saying the light is green when it is red because that puts both of us in danger — it is untruthful, perhaps even insane. I cannot tolerate fraudulent information and expect my business to thrive or escape legal censure. I cannot tolerate the belief that the earth is flat — at least not when espoused by an airline pilot or navigator. One can think of myriad other examples that a small child could understand.)
When fears of interpersonal intolerance (e.g., we can’t say that because it might cause some people might beat up muslims!) cause us to steer clear of facts or other rational distinctions that are important to explore for other reasons, we allow fear to hold reason and open dialogue hostage. And that, I should hope, would be something we could all agree is not a good or healthy thing.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Squatters in my Front Yard....I'll leave them alone
I actually think this wasp nest is pretty cool, it's just our our front door and they are harmless if you don't hassle them.
Prairie Pollution
I saw this disgusting site where steel and concrete pollutes the beauty of the Prairie. I hate these stupid things.
In case you had any doubts about the Religion of Peace invasion
Look at the Friday comments on this American Muslim website regarding the Foot Hood Killings.
They admire Hassan. They Call him an officer and a gentleman.
This is sedition.
They admire Hassan. They Call him an officer and a gentleman.
This is sedition.
Most people don't REALLY want to be Blessed
"Can you truly handle being blessed ? - When you ask God for strength, He will send a fight. When you ask Him for Wisdom, He sends a problem for you to solve. When you ask Him for an anointing, He presses you to release the anointing. When you ask Him to enlarge your territory, He sends a giant for you to kill." (Cendee Crawford)
Best thing I Read this Morning
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Bard described this as being a tale told by an idiot
From Chicago Boyz' James Rummel
Rampant pollution was going to choke me, rampant population crush me. Fresh water was going to run out, fresh air was already gone. Deforestation was going to create droughts, desertification was going to bring sand to my front door. Food additives were going to cause my body to fall apart, artificial hormones were going to cause the human race to die out due to sterilization. A new ice age was going to bring a global freeze, while burning the last of the Earth’s oil reserves would bring the end of our technology.
Tipping points were all the rage. Species going extinct in the rain forests due to urbanization would eventually start a global cascade of extinction that would lead to the human race itself going extinct. Pump enough CFC’s in the atmosphere and the Arctic ozone hole would eventually race to cover the entire world. Dump enough pollution in the environment and acid rain would wash your face off of your skull during a gentle Spring shower.
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“Experts” at one time endorsed these dooms. They knew better than the skeptics, better than you, so just listen to them and follow their instructions to avoid catastrophe. The data was incontrovertible, no need for debate. Shut up and follow orders if you didn’t want to starve, choke, melt, become sterile.
The other thing that was common to all of these predictions was that they were wrong. Terribly, horribly, obviously wrong.
Do we Misjudge Martha?
Martha's Bad Rap
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2, by Os Hillman
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2, by Os Hillman
"As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead" (James 2:26).
Martha has been unfairly criticized in the history of the Church. Mary and Martha were entertaining Jesus in their home when Martha complained to Jesus about Mary simply sitting at the feet of Jesus rather than assisting her with the needs of the meal. Many a preacher has condemned Martha for her focus on doing rather than sitting at the feet of Jesus as Mary did. However, let me ask you an important question. Who would you rather hire Mary or Martha?
I can tell you I would rather hire Martha in my business. There are times in the body of Christ where we simply come and worship and fail to activate our faith lives in practical expression. The truth is we need to model both Mary and Martha in our Christian lives. There are times when we are called to sit at the feet of Jesus and worship Him. But we must always have an outlet of expressing the love of God through practical deeds. This is the point of contact to the world for the gospel.
My friends Dennis and Megan Doyle are committed believers who own one of the largest commercial real estate companies in Minnesota. After noticing that many corporations had overstocks and overruns of merchandise and food that could be used to help the poor, they began to collaborate with corporations to get the excess goods for distribution through various ministries in the Minneapolis area, the nation and the world. The ministry, called Hope for the City, became very successful and has given more than $300 million in the past three years.
We all need to model both aspects of the lives of Mary and Martha. And we all need a point of expression of our faith that the world can see. What type of expression might He call you to have?
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The Discreet Charm of the Left Wing Plutocracy
Victor David Hansen writes with such wit and accuracy. He puts a fork in Al Gore and his Hypocritical life.
To distill Gorism is to live in a 1,000 sq. ft. solar house, bike to work, and take the train on long distances; but to promote Gorism, one lives in a mansion, jets on private planes, and is chauffeured from airport to conference center—a rather heavy carbon footprint indeed. I mention that because this week he has insisted that he only invested in what he believes in and is thus not a hypocrite—sort of like a 1990s Fannie or Freddie director saying he is only taking mega-bonuses because he believes in public support for housing.You will want to read the whole thing, it's an absolute HOOT..... Al Gore and all the rest of the lefty issue baiters laugh up their sleeves at the sheeple who follow them. Suckers is more accurate.
Sarah Palin on Last Night's Elections....I like this woman
A Victory for Common Sense and Fiscal Sanity
Of course, the real victors in this election are the ordinary men and women who voted for positive change and a return to fiscal sanity. Your voices have been heard.
The race for New York’s 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010. The issues of this election have always centered on the economy – on the need for fiscal restraint, smaller government, and policies that encourage jobs. In 2010, these issues will be even more crucial to the electorate. I commend Doug Hoffman and all the other under-dog candidates who have the courage to put themselves out there and run against the odds.
To the tireless grassroots patriots who worked so hard in that race and to future citizen-candidates like Doug, please remember Reagan’s words of encouragement after his defeat in 1976:
“The cause goes on. Don't get cynical because look at yourselves and what you were willing to do, and recognize that there are millions and millions of Americans out there that want what you want, that want it to be that way, that want it to be a shining city on a hill.”
The cause goes on.
- Sarah Palin
Common Senseness Some
Maine rejects Homosex Marriage
Maine Voters Repeal Homosexual ‘Marriage’
I can’t believe it. The people of Maine came through. They rejected homosexual “marriage” in their state.
But that doesn’t mean the fight’s over. There’s something about all that “will of the people” jazz some politicians just don’t like. Fundamentally. For example, 54 percent of voting Californian’s barred their government from hiring, contracting, and admitting on the basis of race. Thirteen years later, California legislatures drafted a bill bringing back set-aside contracting for minority businesses. Last summer, Republican governor Schwarzenegger recently signed the racial quota bill into law…although the constitution, which he swore to uphold, prohibits it.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Al Gore is Getting Rich on the Global Warming Scare
I don't know why we are surprised. Just follow the money. He's a pirate. Making money from Fear.
Nothing new here.
Nothing new here.
Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure
You can watch her story here. OH and the Planned Parenthood death lobby and many Liberals HATE and are PESECUTING this woman for having a Conscience. Are you surprised?
Not every Crime is a Sin, Not every SIN is a Crime
Richard Graves is a "Facebook" friend of mine from Chicagoland. He is finishing a book that he has asked me to read in PDF for him. I will. Here is a part. Very good stuff.
The SIN Nature of MAN
by Richard GravesThe SIN Nature of MAN
Basically, the doctrine states that all humans fall short of God's standard of righteousness no matter how “good” they think they are, that they are born with a “sinful” nature and require something outside of themselves to make them righteous and / or acceptable before God.
Many people have a fundamental problem with accepting the premise that they are “sinful” in nature. Some people will say that they are “good” people and often cite this as the reason that they cannot or will not accept Jesus and / or the Christian faith. This is partly because many people make the fundamental flaw of confusing “Sin” which is breaking God's Laws with “Crime” which is breaking the laws of man.
Sin as defined in the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, Strong's Number: 266, the word “Hamartia” meaning: offence, sin(-ful).
Sin, wrong doing, usually any act CONTRARY TO THE WILL and law of God I don't believe anyone who is honest with themselves and claims to believe in God (The Father of Jesus) can say that they have not done or or does not do anything that is contrary to the Will and / or Law of God.
It is the epitome of pride for a person to deny what is or should be a very self evident fact. Again, some people mistake “Sin” for “Crime” and by their willful or unintentional lack of making such a distinction, they are unable to see themselves in proper context.
Many “crimes” are “sins”, many “sins” are crimes, yet there are many “crimes” that are not “sins” and many “sins” that are not “crimes”. For example, most people in our Western society at least agree that “murder” is a sin and a crime, yet not helping the poor or widow and the orphan, which is a serious sin, is often not considered a “crime”. In that light, people who don't kill people will believe that because of not doing these big obvious sins / crimes they are at base “good” people. This may be the case when “good” is defined as being an obedient and productive citizen in our society. However, what is good in as in making the standard that is set by God is a different mater entirely.
Jesus made it pretty clear here in Mathew 19.16-17 (KJV) “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments”
Before we go any further let me clarify that JESUS was good, because HE and the Father are One, therefore Jesus' He has the Righteousness of His Father (John 14.10).
In the reference scripture Jesus is giving Glory to God for “His” goodness, making it plain that it was not of Himself, but because He was and is in relationship with His Father. This outlines the problem, when people, Christians in particular believe that outside of God in Christ that they are good, they are basically are calling Jesus a liar.
Jesus is stressing that through Him, all who accept Him on His terms, can have through Him this same abiding / relationship with the Father that He has and demontsrated, by accepting His righteousness in place of our own.
This by understanding that within ourselves and without God we cannot truly be “Good”. The Strong's Exhaustive Concordance defines the Greek word for “Good” used in the reference scripture as “Kalos” meaning: “Virtuous”.
I believe that this very definition of Good is what lead the people to choose Jesus to be executed in place of the murderer Barrabas. You see, people were not that different at that time then we are now, let me explain how.
Back then, as it is today, religion and politics were bedfellows. Jesus was neither political or religious, therefore the religious (Pharisees) and the political (The Roman Government) didn't have much use for Jesus. Primarily because Jesus threatened both of their worldly systems. However, it wasn't these people alone who killed Jesus, the masses, yes the same people that Jesus healed, feed and ministered to were also a party to His execution.
When the masses had the choice to either have executed a man that was a known murderer or a man who was a known healer of mind, body and spirit, the people chose Jesus to be executed. The view that people had and that many of us today have of being “good” was a factor that was utilized to push these people towards that decision. Jesus showed the Father in all of His actions (John 8.25), yet he was doing this walking around amongst the masses. Being kind and compassionate to those he came across, and this made the people hate him that much more. Why? Because he showed them their shortcomings, not by His words, but by His actions. He showed them that they were NOT truly good, that their good was like a filthy rag when looked at in the pure light that he radiated. Therefore, the people wanted Him gone.
They would rather have the murderer amongst them, because they could always point at the murderer as someone THEY FELT THEY WERE BETTER THAN. They felt good in comparison to Barrabas the murderer. History teaches us this lesson, as the easiest way to get killed, is to show light in this dark world by bringing truth into a dishonest world. When light is shown in dark place people are shown their frailties and shortcomings, this occurs because people will always compare themselves to someone who strives for a higher standard in their actions, and either consciously or subconsciously, people will compare themselves and be reminded that they do not measure up to the standard that is being demonstrated right in front of them.
In a Christian world view, as defined by Christ and not “church doctrine or dogma”, to be truly good, we must strive to meet Christ standard by being in relationship with our Father through Him. By acknowledging that our GOOD cannot be and will never be GOOD ENOUGH.
Monday, November 02, 2009
On The Road
I'm in an elegant Super 8 motel near Bowling Green KY. On tree business. Blogging will be light this week unless I find something of interest and post it up or I get bored. Phone works. Staying in touch.
Time to roll.......
Time to roll.......
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Addressing the Queen of Heaven
"The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven" (Jer 7:18).
If you want to change the spiritual climate of your city you must address the principalities that rule that city. Such was the case for the apostle Paul when he went to the city of Ephesus. There was a territorial principality that was worshipped by the people of Ephesus named Diana of the Ephesians (also known by her Greek name, Artemis). The people gave money to this false god and it strongly influenced the economy because of this. The city was also the center for magic and the occult.
Her temple in Ephesus was listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the most outstanding and opulent example of architecture in the whole city. Her followers called her "magnificent," "great goddess," "savior," and "Queen of Heaven."
Paul preached in Asia for two years and had great success confronting this territorial principality. Paul began to neutralize the Queen of Heaven's power so much by the gospel that the common people began to notice. They not only stopped worshipping and sacrificing to her, the silversmith's who were manufacturing idols were going out of business, so they staged a public riot. They filled the huge amphitheater and shouted for two hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians" (Acts 19:34).
Many who were converted burned all of the idols and magic books. "When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power" (Acts 19:20). Based on the U.S. economy today, the pile of magic paraphernalia that was burned would have been worth four million dollars!*
In order for you to impact your city you must identify and break down the ruling principalities that may be hindering the gospel there. The more common principalities in the western world would include the religious spirit, the spirit of mammon, pride, and freemasonry to name a few.
Ask God for wisdom and discernment as you prepare to deal with your local and regional principalities.
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