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More on the Global Warming Hoax

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:02 GMT

From the Canadian Free Press:

This is the fourth exposé of IPCC lies and deception to emerge in the past two weeks. This time the lies are documented in a scientific paper, issued 27th January, 2010 (‘Surface Temperature Records: Policy Driven Deception?’ by Joseph D’Aleo and Anthony Watts, in the SPPI Original Paper series. Copies from the Science and Public Policy Institute).

The incriminating paper shows how the IPCC eliminated GHCN weather recording stations, starting in 1990. In the 1970s there were more than 6000 GHCN stations that helped to give average temperatures. In 1990 the IPCC dropped all but 1500 of these stations. Therefore, the same method of calculation was used even though the number of stations providing measurements fell to less than one quarter of all stations. This is one reason why the Russians warned the figures were fake. I also mentioned this in my book. So, the facts are indeed out there… but who wants to bother with mere truth?

You can read the entire article by Barry Napier here.

You might wonder why anyone would want to keep such a scary theory alive? Those who want to seize power and “redistribute wealth” try to keep the hoax alive because they can profit making horrible light bulbs that if broken, create a risk of poisoning you and other such “environmentally correct” products. They keep claiming that the earth's temperature is rising. It has in fact dropped in the last decade. (Read Top 15 Climate Myths) We have snow storms happening in the Southeast, and even in Arizona a couple weeks ago, and still they are shilling their lies from the highest rooftops… our world is doomed if we don't start “taxing Americans” and crash their economy!!!!

This is some more on the unprecedented lies that the left wing lunatics are putting out. I'm sure the Bilderberg Group is very proud of them. This from the site “I Love Carbon Dioxide”.

The Hottest Hoax in the World

It was presented as fact. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, led by India’s very own RK Pachauri, even announced a consensus on it. The world was heating up and humans were to blame. A pack of lies, it turns out.

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrarywise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see? —Alice in Wonderland

The climate change fraud that is now unravelling is unprecedented in its deceit, unmatched in scope—and for the liberal elite, akin to 9 on the Richter scale. Never have so few fooled so many for so long, ever.

The entire world was being asked to change the way it lives on the basis of pure hyperbole. Propriety, probity and transparency were routinely sacrificed.

The truth is: the world is not heating up in any significant way. Neither are the Himalayan glaciers going to melt as claimed by 2035. Nor is there any link at all between natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and global warming. All that was pure nonsense, or if you like, ‘no-science’!

You can click on the title link and read the rest of the article, as it tells who all the main players are and how many lies they are pushing so they can get into your pocketbook!!!!

Another blogger who goes by Global Freeze reports on how freezing temperatures are killing off coral around the Florida Keys!!! So according to the extremists, the science is settled, and they want YOUR MONEY now before the sky starts falling!!!! My question is… when did we, as a nation, become so gullible and willing to sell our country down the tubes to make a few elitist Progressives rich, like say Al Gore and his corporate shills??? All the evidence keeps coming in and still people choose to ignore it. Climate has always gone through cycles of change since the beginning. It is not “caused by man”. This is a lie that certain people who stand to gain control, power, and money are perpetrating. It's time to wake up and smell the coffee.

There are 5 keys to health care reform

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:37 GMT

There are 5 keys to health care reform – none of which Obama / Pelosi / Reid are proposing.

1) Tort reform. 5 out of 7 tests doctors order are unnecessary – they are simply to avoid frivolous lawsuits. This turns a $5,000 procedure into a $25,000 procedure. Many doctors and surgeons pay close to a million dollars a year for liability insurance – and the cost for liability insurance to hospitals is astronomical. Where does that come from? From our pockets in higher fees and higher insurance costs.

2) Get the illegal aliens out of the system – people who have no intention of ever paying a medical bill. If an illegal alien has an emergency medical need – e.g. heart attack, accident, stroke – we will of course see to their needs – but the hospital should bill the federal government and then the federal government should deduct every single penny – plus a service fee – from any foreign aid to that person’s home country. Then they should deduct the cost of shipping them back home – after they are fingerprinted, photographed, and had retinal eye scans taken, DNA samples taken, and made to understand that they are never allowed back in the US again.

3) Speed up the processes for approval of new drugs and procedures. There are hundreds of drugs available in Europe and Canada that were approved there years ago – but our system makes the manufacturers spend billions more to get them approved here. No wonder some pills are 30 bucks each!

4) Allow small businesses to group together for better rates. Large companies have a significant break because of volume – why not small businesses too? Why can’t the Downtown Merchant’s Association or the state Lumbermen’s Association all get together and have a few hundred people in a single plan, rather than a small café or dress shop trying to come up with something for their 3 or 4 employees?

5) Allow companies to shop for insurance anywhere. My auto insurance is from a company in Wisconsin – why can’t my health insurance be from a company in Idaho?

posted by Tailgunner

Evan Bayh… time to find a real job!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:07 GMT

Evan Bayh voted today to help push the worst legislation in History and to insure that more Hoosiers are put out of work and have more expensive, rationed, low quality health care in the future. He in essence voted AGAINST the will of his constituency. How anyone of any party affiliation could vote for legislation that was written “behind closed doors” that will effect generations of Americans and assure that the US goes bankrupt under the burden of debt is beyond me, but it tells me that Mr. Bayh must be tired of being a US Senator!

Per Jim DeMint:

“Everyone knows that any health care bill passed by this Congress and signed by this President will allow the government to take over our health care system in a way that rations care, increases taxes, explodes our debt, and kills jobs. Nothing is going to happen during the Senate debate to change that. By voting to allow this bill to come to the Senate floor tonight, each of these Senators provided the crucial vote needed to pass this dangerous bill.”

I agree with Senator DeMint. I fully intend to work against Evan Bayh in any re-election bid. This is not the time to jack up our national debt. Foreign countries are dumping US dollars like a bad dream, and we will be looking at hyper inflation (the end result when dollars are printed with nothing backing them but outrageous debt!!!) as well as, more job losses in the future. The idiots in Congress that voted for this need to be “fired”, as they have taken a huge dump on the US Constitution and the People of the United States. This is a very sad day for our Republic. These are the Senators who voted to destroy our health care and sovereignty. They need to be fired… each and every one of them!

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs —60
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA)	Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Kirk (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR)	Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Specter (D-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

To all my Veteran friends…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT

It is always and honor to give thanks to all who serve and have served our Country. Happy Veteran's Day!!!!

And especially for Veterans and active duty military:

Applebee's Free Food on Veterans Day

In recognition of your service to our country, all veterans and active duty military personnel are invited to eat free at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar Restaurants this Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov.11, 2009. As you may recall, Applebee's launched a pilot program last year on Veterans Day offering free entrees to military service personnel and veterans. Because the response was so overwhelmingly positive, Applebee's is extending the invitation throughout the country this year. We would appreciate your help in spreading the word. Please help us share details across your various communication channels. All U.S. veterans and active duty military with proof of current or former military service will eat free at all Applebee's nationwide on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

Valid Veteran and Active Duty Identification to Obtain Free Entree:
· U.S. Uniform Services Identification Card
· U.S. Uniform Services Retired Identification Card
· Current Leave and Earnings Statement (LES)
· Veterans Organization Card (i.e., American Legion and VFW)
· Photograph in uniform
· Wearing uniform

HAM's Buyout Plan

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT

HAM's Buyout/Stimulus Plan

I have come up with a brilliant idea. Let's take the money still in the Stimulus coffers and call it “Cash for Career, Corrupt Politicians”. It will work much like the GM Buyouts. It is as follows:

1. All members of the House of Reprehensibles that vote for Nancy 's Health Care Plan today, will be given a buyout. Enough cash to buy a nice hovel in their choice of Venezuela , Cuba , China or North Korea , plus allow them to have their cushy “public servant retirement checks sent to them each month”. Since they will have the government run health care of their dreams, we will save the taxpayers lots of money nixing that benefit.

2. To assure the transition is complete, a “Cash for Moonbats” program will be activated. The leader of the Socialist hovel of the Congressman's choosing will be “paid off” to permanently accept their new “citizen” and grant them instant citizenship along with the family members who choose to migrate along with them.

3. A relocation allotment will be given to ease the burden of an international move.

4. Their position in the House of Representatives will then be given, via special election, to a new citizen who knows how to read a bill before they vote on it.

5. The American people will do a special two week observation of the effects on the stock market, performance of the House of Representatives and the Economy to note the total effect. If the effect is positive, they will then repeat the program for the Senate. If that works for the good, and stimulates the economy, the program can then be extended to the state level and even be done for the mainstream media and celebrities who think America is an evil entity and they want to live under socialism.

Personally, I think my plan has merit. It's a Win-Win deal for everyone! Did I leave out anything??? I also believe given the actual value of the individuals we will be moving out… we would save the tax payers billions! If GM can do this, We the People surely could! What say you????

Disclaimer:

ALL abusive e-mails will be cheerfully ignored. All comments I do not agree with will be unceremoniously deleted.

Your tax dollars at work…

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:44 GMT

According to Truth or Fiction dot com, The Canadian Free Press got it wrong.

Information from Truth or Fiction here along with links.

“Michelle and her 'servants' ” or The Queen is in her parlor….From an article in The Canadian Free Press: (our media wouldn't dare publish for fear of being called racist). Never in the history of the White House has a First Lady spent so much on so many personal assistants, all paid from taxpayer dollars. Hilary had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower, social help came from the President's own pocket.

This simply is not true, as Hillary had 20 aides, plus several interns and volunteers. Where I disagree with the push to shove unwanted legislation down our throats, and ignoring the Constitution in the process by this administration, I cannot let these details that are truly unfounded to stand so I have deleted the post except for the main paragraph and links to fact or fiction and the sources. It is my sincere apology to readers for not looking at this story closer to verify it to be factual. And also know, that I don't like waste in government regardless of how many administrations do it previously. A First Lady is not elected and should not require an army of helpers, especially during a deep recession. That is just MHO.

Full article: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

Here we go again…

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:13 GMT

Ann Coulter has a new article on Human Events Called “The Grating Communicator”. It concerns the Chicago Mob in the White House attacking Fox News and implying they “aren't a news organization”.

The Obama administration has attacked Fox News in order to prevent government corruption stories broken on Fox from bleeding into the other media, which are all-consumed with daily updates on Levi Johnston's Playgirl spread and Carrie Prejean's breast implants.

That's understandable. But I think the administration should have picked someone other than David Axelrod to deliver the claim that Fox News is “not really news,” inasmuch as Axelrod was behind the leak of scurrilous allegations in Jack Ryan's sealed divorce papers when he was running for a Senate seat against Obama. Talk about vicious personal gossip.

It seems there is an air of hypocrisy in allowing Obama's head “Enforcer” to imply that Fox News is somehow not reporting “real news”. Personally, I am sick of the White House behaving like a bunch of school yard bullies, meting out punishment to those who disagree with what they are doing. She goes on to explain the “Willie Horton Ads” during Bush Sr's campaign and why they were relevant and not what the left wing loons try to imply while using a doctored version of the ad. It is like now we all get to listen to the arguement that anyone who does their job in journalism and shows the public the corruption that is out there, aka ACORN, is part of a viciouis attack on innocent liberals. Same ole, same ole.

And from News Busters:

The White House blog has begun singling out and taking on the cable news network. Recent blog posts carry pejorative headlines such as “Fox Lies,” and “even more Fox lies.” Time calls Dunn the “general” of this anti-Fox campaign.

White House bloggers have focused the most attention on Fox prime time host Glenn Beck. They have derided his “disregard for the facts” and his “attempt to smear” the administration for, among other things, lobbying the Olympic Committee for the 2016 games.

Surely every president has to endure his share of intense criticism from those in the media establishment that disagree with him or his policies. So scathing critiques of the office are nothing new.

Dunn, Gibbs, and the left's anti-Fox crusaders would have Americans believe that the sort of ‘opinion journalism' they are combating is somehow confined to the right; that conservatives, unlike liberals, will “take any small thing and distort it.” But the left certainly has its share of network television shills.

This has been just about the dumbest move ever made by a presidency/cabinet/advisors that I have ever seen. Fox is the only news organization that isn't taking their cues from the Obama administration and isn't busy pandering and butt kissing to report on issues that concern everyone in this country. If you have never watched Glenn Beck, perhaps you should. All week long he has had a special phone with a number that Anita Dunn has just so she can call in and give him the facts that disputes what he is saying on his program. She has yet to call in. I don't know about you, but I have seen enough cowardly manipulations from the White House just on health care. Now they want to manipulate the news even more than they already do??? Six words for the dimwits running Obama's show… Grow Up and Get a Brain!!!

Overwhelming sadness…

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:52 GMT

The Black Wreaths are symbolically hung on the doors of this blog today as I honor the life of a wonderful man, husband and father, Mr. Z, and pay my respects to his family and friends.

Sunday, October 18, 2009: Today, at 2:00 pm (Pacific) I will be joining with Mrs. Z and the family of Mr. Z in prayer and silence as they lay the mortal husk of this awesome man to rest. I will include a prayer for my dear mother who was herself laid to rest on this same day in 1997. Being a Christian in my beliefs, I know that they have gone ahead of us to join with the Savior and we will all be with them in spirit someday. God determines when our work here is done and I shall always trust Jesus to keep his promises. I have felt the love and blessings enough in my lifetime to know that as it is written about my savior, so shall it be done. Mr. Z is now keeping company with the angels until we all meet again in our promised kingdom. All my love and prayers go out to Mrs. Z and her family as they grieve their loss in this life. May the love and precious memories sustain you.

Today, a very dear friend lost her beloved husband. I am overwhelmed with sadness and wish to express my deepest condolences and love. May God be with her in her time of loss.

Reaching Out

My heart is reaching out to you,
For what you’re going through;
I’m thinking of you frequently
And praying for you, too. If there’s something I can do,
Anything at all,
Think of me thinking of you,
And don’t hesitate to call.

By Joanna Fuchs

Update: The most beautiful tribute to this wonderful couple, Z and Mr. Z of the Geeez Blog, has been posted by Defiant Infidels Blog. They have also posted a beautiful video in tribute.

“We do not choose the time of transition to God's Kingdom. It is not for us to choose. And so sadly it came for the dearly loved, devoted husband of “Z” of Geeez weblog. “Mr. Z” passed quietly in his sleep on Saturday, October 10th.”

You can read this beautiful tribute to Z and her beloved Mr Z here.

If you go to Mrs. Z site afterward, please exercise good taste and kindness when posting to the family condolences.

For 2nd Amendment readers… at Texas Freds.

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:22 GMT

Right now the 2nd Amendment rights of American's are once again under attack, as 450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform. There is only ONE MAYOR on the entire list from Texas. Given how much most Texans love their guns, this is very odd. Even the liberal stronghold of Austin didn't have a mayor on the list.

Now these mayors have taken to the idea that if you ban guns and make it difficult to obtain a legally registered gun, somehow the criminals in our society will comply and there will be no more gun crimes. The whole issue is a liberal gun grab under the guise of “being against criminals with guns”.

My dear friend, gun enthusiast and PGR cohort, Tailgunner blew away the idea that gun bans make law abiding citizens safer:

Let’s see now – cocaine has been outlawed, so no one snorts cocaine or smokes crack. Robbing banks is illegal, so nobody robs banks. Smoking pot is against the law, so nobody smokes pot. Drunk driving is a criminal offense, so nobody drives drunk. So it naturally follows that, if guns are made illegal, nobody will have a gun, and the whole world will be just like Mister Roger’s neighborhood! Yeah, right. If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.

The lie: Banning guns keeps the people safer.
The truth: Washington D.C. enacted a ban on handguns in 1976. Between 1976 and 1991, Washington D.C.’s homicide rate rose 200%, while the U.S. rate rose 12%.

Flash back to March 30th, 1981. John Hinckley Jr. shoots President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington DC. But how could that have happened? Virtually all guns had been banned in Washington for 5 years! Gee – maybe it is true after all that criminals will consistently ignore just one more law, tote their gun with them anyway, and use that illegal gun to commit a crime! Ya think?

Reagan was also surrounded by Secret Service agents (arguably the finest security people in the world) and Washington DC police officers when he was shot. So much for some people’s belief and assertion that a ban on guns and law enforcement officers nearby (or 20 minutes away) will prevent gun violence by criminals…

Tailgunner has laid out the reality of what bans are really all about. Texas Fred advocates responsible gun ownership and knowledge and is quick to point out when idiots own guns what can happen. Training and a keen understanding of one's responsibility is always at the forefront when guns are the subject on his blog.

Today, Texas Fred emailed the mayor of Hurst, Texas about his being the only mayor in Texas to join a “left-wing gun grab group”. Mayor Richard Ward touts a Christian education, church affiliation, involvement with everything from little league to boy scouts, etc on his web site, The City of Hurst, Texas.

So imagine the surprise when this mayor responded in this childish fashion:

Texas Fred,

You are as ugly as you are dumb. I suggest you at least take your picture from your web site. If you want to see a handsome dude, go to the City Of Hurst web site. http://www.ci.hurst.tx.us./

As to your question, how does it feel to be the only Mayor in Texas to be a member of MAIG. It feels wonderful. At least one mayor has the guts (actually I preferred another word) to stand up for what is right. I am sending you an attachment that I put together. You will likely have to have your wife or child read it to you. It has some big words in it. But… have it read to you with an open mind and you might realize that we are all seeking the same thing. Get the criminals and illegal guns off the streets.

Richard Ward
Mayor

For any politician to respond to anyone, especially those who have a “bone to pick” with their policy, in such a rude and insulting way, is blatantly unprofessional and bad form. Using the “Christian Card” to get elected should mean you should respond to people as Jesus would. This man's response is clearly hypocritical, and not even close to how Jesus would respond. You can go to the three links below and read the posts, email exchanges, and comments to see what happens when moonbat mayors go off the moonbat deep end.

At Texas Fred's Blog: 450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform and When (Idiot) Mayors Attack!

You will find it all most amusing and informative as well. And while you are looking, go over to Feeding Your ADHD and check out Dr. Dave's post on the topic, Moonbat Gun-grabbing Texan Mayor gets Pwned! Dr. Dave's amusing commentary Rocks!

Another Update!!

Cary at The O Word blog, has had an email exchange with Mayor Ward that has yet to get a simple answer to his question, “I ask you, Mayor Ward, why you would belong to a group that, on the surface, would appear to be unnecessary? The only group of people I can think of that would be in SUPPORT of illegal guns would be criminals themselves.” Well Mr. Mayor, we await your answer.

G-20 Protests vs. Tea Party and Town Hall Protests.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:54 GMT

Comparing the Tea Parties to the G20 protests – the violence, destruction and hypocrisy of the Left

September 25, 7:12 PMBoston Conservative Independent ExaminerKimberly Morin

For months now anyone who has attended a Tea Party or has spoken out against Obama’s plans has been subject to accusations of inciting violence by the Left. Nancy Pelosi went so far as to feign tears while talking about the murder of a Democrat in the 70s by another Democrat – trying to associate that murder with the Right Wing. Is the Left calling the G20 protesters racist Nazis who incite violence? They are obviously protesting Obama as well as the rest of the G20 members. The ACLU actually had the gall to say the protest was peaceful. You can see in the video below that it was anything but. The video does not show the destruction of businesses that are in the area. I’m sure as the days go by there will be more videos appearing.

The 912 Tea Party had a guestimated 75,000 people (there are many other numbers out there so I’ll just low ball this one so it doesn’t make the Left look AS bad), the G20 protest numbers have been in the hundreds to 3,000. There were no arrests at the Tea Party; the final number of arrests at the G20 protest is not in yet. There was no vandalism at the Tea Party; there has been a lot of vandalism of businesses at the G20 protest. There were no riot police at the Tea Party; they had riot police ready and waiting at the G20 protest. Apparently these G20 protesters are known for violence. Even the Right Wing extremists that may have attended the Tea Party were not violent or destructive!

You can see the rest of this article and view the videos that make the point for the writer at The Examiner dot com.

The Tea Party protests earlier this month drew thousands more protesters, did not leave a mess in Washington, for others to “clean up”, and did not have a single arrest for unruly behavior. At the G-20 there were around 200 arrests according to Fox News this morning. There are those who claim the police act in favor of the right wing protests. If you watch the videos of the protests at the Examiner site, you will realize it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the G-20 crowd required police action and the Tea Party people did not. No bias there, just police doing what the occasion called for. Once again the left wing lunatics demonstrate for the American people what “an Angry Mob” really looks like and how they behave. The First Amendment of the Constitution reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

There is nothing there about destroying property or acting out aggressively toward authority as a component of free speech. Yet the liberals in Congress want to call the Tea Party participants “Angry Mobs” and “Un-American”??? Homeland Security gets away with labeling us as “Right Wing Extremists” and our returning troops are labeled “potential terrorists”. That is all quite laughable when one views the truth on film and makes the comparison. Come election time in 2010 many of those who are so quick to listen to the leaders who ignore the facts will probably experience buyer's remorse for buying into the spin that Obama, Pelosi and Reid are selling.

Remembering the Fallen – Gold Star Families

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:56 GMT

SO NIGH IS GRANDEUR TO OUR DUST
SO NEAR IS GOD TO MAN
WHEN DUTY WHISPERS LOW,
THOU MUST!
THE YOUTH REPLIES, I CAN!

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The families of America's young men and women who serve in our military are special. Some of them promote service to our country as a family tradition, and some enter the realm of being Blue Star families begrudgingly. The one thing they all have in common is the fact they come to the place where supporting their “troop” or in some cases “troops”, as a top priority, once they accept a young man or woman's decision to serve in our military. I still remember the pride I felt when I was at Ft. Benning for Aaron's boot camp graduation and for his graduation from jump school. Watching him grow from a kid to a young man with a pride in his accomplishments and sense of purpose was a joy. I remember displaying my Blue Star banner in the front window of my home where I would see it every time I pulled into the drive. I also put a Blue Star banner static sticker on the rear window of my car. Maybe it's because it is a moment no parent wants to think of, a moment when you think the world has indeed ended, that a young uniformed officer shows up in your world with a notice that states … “We regret to inform you…”, but we don't give a lot of notice to Gold Star Families beyond the funerals, taps being played, prayers going out and shock that stops whole communities in their tracks with the understanding that “one of their own” has fallen. But this post is to honor our county's Gold Star families.

This weekend in Washington DC, many of the families of our nation's fallen troops, Gold Star family members, will converge on our nation's capitol, for the “Weekend of Remembrance”. The Gold Star Dinner will be held at the Hilton in Washington DC in the evening of September 25th and the families will attend the “A Time of Remembrance” ceremony on the steps of the Capitol on September 26th.

You might be asking yourself, what can anyone do to support these families at this time. I would suggest three things you might want to consider. During the weekend, if you are person of faith, add these families to your prayer list and pray for their safety and comfort. You can also observe a moment of silence on September 26th to honor our fallen troops of all generations. Another small but import thing you can do is to google search Gold Star Families in your state and find the website. Read about them and their local activities in your home state and if you are able, send them a small donation to help support their activities. They do a lot to help and support families during the hardest times in their lives and are very worthy of our support in any way we can give it. But most importantly, do not forget their fallen loved ones. Every time you read an obituary for a fallen military hero remember what their sacrifice truly is. It is a young man or woman who has given up their privilege of not just being alive in this world, but the privilege of having a career, many times of having a marriage and children, of building a home and family with someone, or of seeing their children grow up, marry and having grandchildren. The entire list of joys in life that we all take for granted are the simple pleasures they forego in order to defend the people and Constitution of the United States. Remember to that the families make an even greater sacrifice in that they must struggle every day of their life coming to grips with their loss. Remember them, don't forget just how much you owe them.

In Abe Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby during the War Between the States, the whole core of what it means to be a Gold Star family is truly stated. I won't go into the historical issues, such as Mrs. Bixby's believed “con job” to get government money or the fact that it is believed that the letter was penned by John Hay, a White House secretary, it is the “timeless content” I wish to impart here.

Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.

Dear Madam,–

I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln

Regardless of who wrote this letter, and the circumstances behind it, I don't think it could be put any better than this in regard to the sacrifice made by these families. During the 1860-65 timeframe, it was learned by many that there is no glory in war, only honor and brotherhood. Many thanks and much love goes out to our Gold Star Families, now, always and forever.

Why do more and more Americans hate Pelosi?

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:17 GMT

Over at “Caffeinated Thoughts” you will find a post on Nancy Pelosi's most recent commentary on Tea Party participants. This post gives you the entire story and commentary on the latest Pelosi meltdown and insult to American Citizens who disagree.

Pelosi Fearful of Political Violence

Sep 17th, 2009

by Shane Vander Hart.

Should we be fearful of political violence? Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks so, and said that the current rhetoric reminds her of what she witnessed in San Francisco in the 1970s. ABC News has a video of this statement. Transcript below…

What happened in the late 70’s in San Francisco? Well let’s see, oh yeah, the first openly gay man to win political office, Harvey Milk who was a county supervisor was assassinated in 1978. Milk along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone was shot by former supervisor Dan White. So basically she’s equating what is being seen in Tea Parties to political assassination.

We do need to maintain civility. It is important, especially for those who are Christ-followers. That doesn’t mean we can’t voice dissent. Chuck Colson yesterday had an excellent commentary on civility that we should all put into practice…

I'm not putting all the article here, but you can read it in it's entirety Pelosi Fearful of Political Violence. This is two days in a row that I have been shocked at how far this woman will go to misrepresent American citizens who happen to believe differently than her and her left wing constituency. To understand how crazy the envirokooks and moonbats are that elected Nancy, one needs to understand that for many generations, the San Joaquin Valley has been the bread basket of the West. If you missed Sean Hannity's show yesterday, it boils down to the irrigation system that this part of California has depended on for years to grow their crops. Crops that have literally fed people all over the world for years, are now just empty fields of dry dirt. And why you may ask? Because the envirokooks have decided that a 2 inch smelt (fish) is endangered, so they have cut off water for irrigation to the Valley. You can get the full story of how families are poised to lose farms they have been working for generations, and workers have lost jobs, and the food they are bringing in to feed them comes from CHINA!!! This is yet another thing that is destroying our economy and nation. Wait until we hit the grocery over the coming months! All those empty fields mean higher grocery prices for us all! Watch this YouTube to get a better understanding of the situation that is causing so much despair among communities in the San Joaquin Valley.

All the mayors in the communities have penned a letter to Congress begging them to save the San Joaquin Valley. Seven times the Congressmen from the San Joaquin Valley have tried to introduce emergency action in the House of Representatives to get water pumped to these farms. Seven times Speaker Pelosi has blocked it from coming to the floor and a vote. So I guess a 2 inch, useless fish is more important than hard working people in California being able to produce crops and take care of their families. Speaker Pelosi must really hate her job, as she is making her party look like enemies of the American people. Withholding water must be her latest power trip. And of course, I'm sure her vinyards aren't drying up!

Washington DC Tea Party Protest 9/12/09

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:55 GMT

Protesters arrive in the thousands from all over America. To every patriot in Washington DC today, God Bless you all, and God Bless America!!!

Tea Party Express Takes Washington By Storm

They came. They saw. They protested.

Yet it remains to be seen whether the demonstration Saturday in the nation's capital, against what protesters view as out-of-control spending by an expanding federal government, will conquer Washington.

The tens of thousands of protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol chanting various slogans and waving posters that voiced a rather broad array of grievances against big government and the leaders, particularly President Obama, who the protesters blame for its size and scope.

Read the rest here.

This came to me from a patriot who attended in Washington DC. It appears there were more than a “few” Americans there expressing their beliefs about how involved government should be in our everyday lives. Hey Congress!!! Listen Up!!!!

For more Photographic Evidence that the MSM is full of it… click this link to go to “Scared Monkeys” and read about it and view the photos.

The 9/12 Washington, DC Tea Party Rally … What was the Attendance & Why the MSM is Downplaying the Numbers

Eight years later and none the wiser.

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:43 GMT

On this 8 year anniversary of the attacks on 9-11-2001, I have struggled to get in touch with how I truly feel about this country, the lessons that should have been learned, but show no signs of having been absorbed by the people of this country. Watching the images of the people who had to make a choice between jumping to their deaths or burning alive, I still wonder why politicians want to make a political issue out of Kalid Sheikh Mohammed getting water up his nose when 2996 innocent souls had died as a result of his evil planning. I guess if it's not you or your loved ones who perish, it's easy to play the “poor victimized terrorist” game. If you really hate America, it's people and everything it stands for, you can look upon 2996 souls taken out in one day as “reparations paid for being an evil country”. I personally consider the left wing demands for punishing our CIA and those who acted in the interest of saving American lives, to be an extension of Al Qaida and enemies of the United States. I will say no more on this, but I will post here today, the thoughts of a dear friend, a retired Marine Corps officer, patriot, and fellow blogger given to his friends on this day. It says everything I have come to accept as the bitter truth about our country, so with his permission, I will let this speak for me… Regards, HAM.

My thoughts on 9/11 – by Mustang at Social Sense and Stacking Swivel

Eight years ago today, Muslim extremists launched an attack against the United States of America . An attack not directed at military targets, mind you … but against defenseless civilians who simply got up one morning and went to work, or who were flying to another city for business or personal reasons.

We might reflect upon the fact that these so-called 19-highjackers came to this country to learn the skills they would need in order to fly a large aircraft into a building. Our government granted visas to these men, even in spite of the fact that the names of several appeared on terrorist watch lists. We might also wonder why no one has ever held our government officials culpable for criminal negligence in setting into motion the circumstances that allowed this attack to take place.

Today, individuals from regions of the world foresworn to destroy ‘the infidel’ continue to receive visas to the United States . They come here to attend our engineering schools so that they can better learn how to destroy us. They come here wearing sheep’s clothing, for while they demand the rights of citizenship, they continue to preach hatred and teach Islamic sanctified terror in private academies and mosques from one coast of the United States to the other.

We have learned nothing from the past. Ignore the words spoken by high officials on this day; their lofty words and expressions cannot return to us our dead. In this sense, words and expressions of sympathy and regret are meaningless and pathetic. Their promises to do better in the future sound hollow. This lesson was not well-learned by the American people, for they have overwhelmingly elected avowed communists to the congress and white house —men and women who seek to undo 235 years of America’s unique refusal to allow anyone to step upon the backs of our necks.

The citizens of a nation who do not remain vigilant in their own defense, against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, deserve whatever happens to them. This is particularly true when they have elected the government of their own undoing.

Semper Fidelis

This post in memory of Rick Rescorla, one of many fallen heroes on 9/11. God Bless the fallen of 9/11 forever.

Your tax dollars at work!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:41 GMT

Wikipedia has a very watered down, left leaning article about the virtues of ACORN. We all became aware of ACORN during the election when countless occurrences of voter fraud went on and calls for investigation went unheeded by Congress. Rather than investigate the occurrences of fraudulent voter registrations in Ohio, Nevada and other states (17 total), the Obama administration rewarded ACORN (Obama's “pet organization) with millions of taxpayer dollars. (Retraction made, see details below, ACORN not put in charge of the 2010 Census) Also, ACORN was called upon to set up protests to pressure Obama's critics. The Weekly Standard has a very interesting article on ACORN and the smoke and mirrors methods used that were Saul Alinski's brain storm.

Per Wikipedia under ACORN in political disclosure:

ACORN is a nonpartisan social justice organization, but its legally separate political action arm frequently champions liberal causes, and endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008. ACORN has lobbied in every Democratic National Convention since 1980, and has had members elected as delegates to those conventions; ACORN has also lobbied at Republican conventions. ACORN has been criticized by Republicans for its support of a Democratic candidate, and for its general support of liberal political positions that are more often favored by Democrats.

So, now we are expected to trust a President that not only supports an Organization like ACORN, but instead of investigating the cases of voter fraud, hands them tax dollars without doing due diligence? We are supposed to believe that “the money for Health Care will be there”, even though the Senate Budget Committee says NO, just because Obama says so??? Maybe you should look at the list of 158 lies Obama has been caught in so far and while you are there check out “The Audacity of Unawareness”. It should make you wonder just how far you can trust this man and his pretty little speeches with no substance.

Now you can view first hand your tax dollars at work. A film maker with a hidden camera goes into an ACORN office for tax advice on starting his new business… a brothel with under aged girls from El Salvador on the menu. He said he fully expected to have the law called in and to get arrested. What he did get is indeed shocking.

My take on this…. More Chicago styled corruption brought to you by Mr. Hope and Change. And people still believe this man??? No wonder so many of his appointees don't pay taxes. They are probably being advised by ACORN.

Update: Per Fact Check ACORN WAS NOT put in charge of the 2010 Census. Fact Check's short answer:

Q: Is ACORN providing workers for the 2010 census?

A: No. ACORN employees will not be taking the census. The group is one of more than 30,000 “partners” that will help publicize the event.

Per Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, April 23, 2009: [T]he Census will not be hiring anyone from ACORN. We use these so-called partners to get the word out and to spread the word about the need for people to respond and answer the questionnaires. …We control the hiring. We do not use any government funds to subcontract with any organization to do any activity. …We are not delegating anything to ACORN.

I stand corrected on this issue.

Second update as of 9-11-09: Given the emergence of more videos of ACORN employees giving advice on how to break the law, the U.S. Census Bureau has disassociated itself from ACORN, and they are NO LONGER PARTNERED with the CENSUS BUREAU. I guess one cannot argue when you are caught on video at more than one office.

Another note: I just heard a commenter named Carol Swain of Vanderbilt University say that “Fact Check.org” is a “left wing organization” in her opinion. This probably should be looked at closely.

How Chicago Politicians Deal With Opposition.

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:20 GMT

I received this email from a dear friend and patriot in New York City. I think people need to be aware of what is really happening in our country right now before it is too late. Please consider that the right to express your concerns, to elected leaders, at a town hall meeting is a Constitutional right. It is a right that many people around the world do not have and have come to this country because we have these rights.

Our southern countrymen in particular are up in arms over it, as I am. A protester carried this poster on the street outside a Jim Moran (D-VA) town hall meeting, August 25, 2009, in Reston Virginia. You won't believe what happened to him (actually, I know you will).

Jim Moran of Virginia bashes Capitalism

What occurred in Reston, Virginia is instructive, since the incident reveals yet another facet of “street politics” being waged against voices opposing Obama, his administration, and the innumerable groups dedicated to helping him achieve his destructive political agenda.

This is not an isolated case. Similar incidents of verbal and physical strong-arm street tactics by police occurred during the 2008 election period and continue today.

Here, too, someone in authority gave this Reston, VA officer his marching orders—just as surely as the ACORN and union thugs got theirs (and paid-for busing) to disrupt Tea Party rallies across the nation. Does “Police State” under Obama come to mind?

Take a look at the video; you’ll be outraged by what this cop says and does. Imagine: a uniformed cop, a civil servant, brazen, even with the camera recording him, flagrantly suppressing an American citizen's right to free speech.

HAM, please consider telling your readers this needs as much national exposure as possible (the media won’t give it). In the run-up to the 2012 election (which effectively began the day Obama assumed office), the left will surely ramp up this particular tactic:

Many of you may wonder what Nancy Pelosi meant when she used the term “Astroturf”. Well this YouTube video will give you an idea what she meant. It shows how “ProObamaCare” people attending town hall meetings are coached by Liberal organizers on how to disrupt and counter citizens who question the legitimacy of Obama's plan.

If you think that it is AOK for anyone to deny you your Constitutional right to state your concerns to elected leaders, than you need to consider moving to a country that doesn't have a Constitution and where government does what it wants with no rights given to you. These tactics have no place in a free society.

This is a must read over at Texas Fred's.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:09 GMT

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

“Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.”

Read on by clicking on the title link.

I stand with Fred on this one. It is not about National Security, it is about gaining more Control over the “pesky people”.

And if you want to get a good idea about what the Obama Thugs are up to, it would be an enlightening experience to peek at this Obama forum. Of course if you are just an ostrich for Obama, don't bother to look. The Obama Corps promises to be just like the KKK, only in reverse. It seems Obama wasn't the only one absorbing the Marxist hate speech in Wright's church.

Hat tip to Texas Fred and my fellow patriots in the Tea Party movement

David Hedrick, former Marine speaks out.

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:06 GMT

I think I have another hero to add to my list. This Marine stands up to his Congressman's stupidity in calling citizens at town halls Nazis as well as other things. It is awesome!

About those death panels.

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:17 GMT

Courtesy of the Oregon Health Care System, there is proof that bureaucrats doing cost/benefit analysis, do in fact act as “death panels”. With Chairman O pushing for government run health care, his minions better hope they don't have to battle cancer with ObamaCare calling the shots. It seems there is some basis in fact behind Sarah Palin's statement.

H/T to Erick Erickson at Red State

Update from Red State this morning.

The Democrats in their own words – no hints of death panels here.

Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel's brother and one of Obama's health-care advisors, wrote in a January 2009 white paper that health care should be rationed in a way that “promot[es] and reward[s] social usefulness.” He said age could play a factor in determining who can and cannot access health-care resources.

Read the full article for more on this top adviser's sick views. You should know what they are before we all end up in the “ovens”. Obama has enlisted the sickest left wing nuts to his cabinet and added a self proclaimed communist to this list of Czars… and you think this administration isn't out to destroy the freest nation on earth???? What are liberal Democrats doing from coast to coast… sticking their heads in the “Sands of Hopelessness and ShortChange”. The only thing transparent about the Obama administration seems to be the presence of “morals and values”.

Dr. Adrian Rogers

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:30 GMT

Some basic truths resonate long after the person stating them passes on. God bless this man.

Support “Whole Foods” and support free speech.

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:45 GMT

Newsflash: Whole Foods CEO is a Businessman

Posted by Erik Wemple on Aug. 19, 2009, at 1:16 pm on the Washington Post.

The Washington Post has a big write-up on flap over John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Inc. Mackey’s sin was penning an Op-Ed that ran last week in the Wall Street Journal taking a conservative position on the ongoing health-care debate:

While we clearly need health-care reform, the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment.

Oh, but people care. Mackey and Whole Foods are getting battered by irate progressives who are outraged that the CEO of such a progressive company would put his name to a conservative viewpoint. This is from the Post story: “‘Dear Store Manager,’ a member of the Boycott Whole Foods Facebook group wrote, ‘The 30 risotto cakes that I purchased from Jenkintown Whole Foods, last Friday, were scrumptious. But today they are giving me indigestion of the soul as I realize that my money may have funded the demise of the public option in the nation’s health care reform legislative debate.’”

So let's see if I'm understanding this correctly, as my “moonbat-dar” is registering off the charts! Mackey, as a highly successful business man, has expressed his opinion based on his personal experience. Experience that includes creating about 50,000 good jobs with good benefits for his employees, and the far left progressive commies, instead of writing him personally to express their opinions on ObamaCare and giving the facts they base their opinions on… well, they just “boycott his stores”. Sounds to me like some people need to read the Constitution, and like, maybe start with the 1st Amendment!!!

Obviously the far left hates free speech as much as they hate Christians and Freedom. Their message to any and all who disagree and refuse to play lemming to the Obama socialist takeover… Shut Up!, or we'll punish your 50 some thousand employees and their families! Seems to me if they were armed with any reliable facts whatsoever, they would take the opportunity to engage Mackey in debate. But alas, reasoning and logic must go out the window when you drink too much koolaid and buy into the socialist dream!

I suggest if you love free speech and the America we grew up with, you go out of your way to send the message by shopping at Whole Foods this week. Even if you have never shopped there before… especially if you have never shopped there before, do so now! Free Speech must be protected for all, not just Progressive shills, or we will lose it.

More Obama Care Manipulations? No!!!

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:00 GMT

Remember the cute “photo op” of the Obama's taking their daughters to church on Easter Sunday in Washington DC??? No… OK, I don't remember it either. Probably because it hasn't happened. We've had flyover NYC and the “Fish and Chips in London” escapades though.

In fact, the only thing I remember is the newly sworn in President going off to the Middle East so he could present America to Islamic nations as NOT being a Christian nation. Given the “Way Far Left's” tendency to persecute and vilify Christian anything in this country, the push to take “In God We Trust” off our dollars, and remove all reference to a “higher power” from our government, in the name of Separation of Church and State, I am surprised to find that, after years of sitting in Wright's church listening to hate speech filled sermons, loaded with “misinformation”, that he would appeal to church leaders for “anything”. When he can't find time to get his family into a Washington DC. church, he now wants to use Christian's to promote ObamaCare????

Yes, it seems yesterday he did a “conference call” with about 140,000 Church leader's, representing 30 plus churches across the country, he delivered a speech dripping with guilt, presenting Health Care as a MORAL obligation and even using Biblical terminology to appeal to his audience like “many are ‘bearing false witness' against a government run health care system”! OH MY!!!!! Are there any limits to the hypocrisy the Marxist Messiah will use to shove a system, that isn't even clear to the legislators, down our throats???

It is time to question all of this Chicago styled manipulation coming from the White House. A cagey snake oil salesman was elected, and now we need to question why this sloppy legislation is being shoved through at light speed. And why is “Chairman O” stooping to new levels of hypocrisy to get it done? Why is he using propaganda about the citizens who oppose this “rushed, sloppily written legislation” by trying to vilify them? The far left wing of the Democrat Party has simply gone too far in supporting this madness born out of Saul Alinsky's playbook. Create emergencies, make those who oppose you look like “the enemy” and vilify them and their cause by means of smears and demeaning them. Silence your enemies…etc, etc, etc.

I come from the school of thought and anything worth doing is worth doing right and that haste makes waste. Our Congress has shown us that pushing us irretrievably toward being a socialist nation is more important that representing the Will of the People. Their actions prove it hands down. Despite the fact that socialism has been a failed experiment every place it ever took hold, that it just makes citizens slaves of the state and breaks the economy of the nation. Ever wonder why left wing lunatics are so driven to discredit and eliminate God or the Higher Power from our society? From the Declaration of Independence, the document that gave birth to our nation we see:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —

If you remove “The Creator”, then one can justly say that mankind has NO INHERENT RIGHTS at all!!! They can then press the idea that left wing legislators promote all the time… that We the People just don't know what is good for us and that we need to be “driven like cattle” to accept our fate and let them make all our decisions and run our lives? Now Obama is pressing the “Nuclear Option” before Congress. That being the option to change the rules of the Senate to require only 51 votes to pass legislation. This is an outrage that he is trying to make it so the wishes of constituents will be ignored. Apparently, our Commander n Cheat considers it more important to put us on the path to Socialism and government control over our lives, rather, than win another term in office, and is now willing to throw fellow Democrat legislators under the bus to accomplish this end!

I think the next Tea Party will be interesting. Sept. 10th – 12th the “astro turf crowd” will be converging on Washington DC, with their message, in great numbers. I wonder if legislators will be so willing to ignore them then? I haven't seen any ads advertising on Craigs List to “pay for tea party protesters yet”, have you? Of course I have seen ads looking to pay people to “protest for ObamaCare”. Which crowd is the “astroturf” here???

This morning on Red State…

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:09 GMT

The very definition of “Health Care Reform” doesn't seem to fit what Congress is doing. It would seem to a logical person that opening up “free market trade” by removing the restrictions and allowing consumers to cross state lines would create competition, which always brings down costs. Doing Tort Reform… eliminating the frivolous lawsuits which eliminates the astronomical insurance premiums doctors have to pay, and the need to order batteries of tests that aren't necessary in order to “cover their butts” from said frivolous lawsuits… it seems to me would be “bringing down the cost of health care itself”. Neither of these actions would cost the taxpayers a ton of money that we don't have, and the benefits would be great. Removing illegals and those young people who choose not to buy health care insurance from the equation, it brings us to the approximately 17 million uninsured.

Why not fix the government systems that are so screwed up as part of “reform”?? It seems to me that the large number of unemployed right now would appreciate it if Medicaid were made available to them when they were approved for unemployment insurance. I mean these are the people who have worked and paid into the system for other people for many years, so now it should serve them in their time of need doncha think???? Star Parker explains, as a black woman who once lived in the poverty begets hopelessness life, what entitlements do and why she was compelled to get away from that trap in an article she wrote in Town Hall dot com. After reading the article, I have decided that I must read her book “Uncle Sam's Plantation” and am a big fan of her common sense style.

On Red State's morning briefing:

90% of POTUS’ town hall ‘conversation’ made by POTUS.

What the article says is that in President Obama's Town Hall meetings, he is doing 90% of the talking. If he were not playing snake oil salesman and spin doctor for his over complex, unsustainable ObamaCare bill, and instead allowed the people who have major questions in, and would listen to their concerns… well, it might serve him better. His arrogance shows in these obviously “set up for effect” town halls, and most American's are not fooled.

One commenter on the article said a lot:

“Any honest lawyer or lay person who has truly read the health bill HR3200, which was passed by the House, the only conclusion one could come to is that it is NOT a health care reform piece of legislation, but clearly a federal government power grab to control health benefits and treatments away from the states and doctors and private insurance companies and put this power into the hands of an UN-elected health Commissioner.”

There are some in Congress who have stated that they will vote against their constituency. This is pretty bold since the Constitution sets us up as a “representative government”. I don't think that means you vote according to what you think is “good for the people”. This Congress seems to have lost touch with the reality that if their actions bring out citizens in droves, they better pay attention. The fact is, the so called “angry mobs” are the same folks that will vote them out in 2010 and continue to finish the job in 2011, 2012… etc. They are having to sacrifice time from their personal lives to come out in person, where a letter or email should do. Why? Because their representatives choose to ignore them and promote personal and party agendas and special interest groups. It will be interesting to watch them squirm, when at election time, they are called out on the carpet.

This article has some interesting data and comments about Glenn Beck, comparing him to Obe Wan Kenobi. Given Glenn's numbers and supporters, I believe that the pulled advertisers will be surprised when their sales drop off. Left off Red State's list is Sargento Cheese and Best Buy. I will post a list for boycotting later, as what they are trying to claim is “Hate Speech” doesn't even begin to compare to the left wing's “hate comments” when Tony Snow announced his cancer had returned and on the occasion of his passing. Or about the comments made when Nancy Reagan was hospitalized during the election… many wanted to see her die and made some very hateful comments to that effect. More on this later.

Things can happen quickly…

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:01 GMT

This post is to explain why I'm not as active with the blog as I have been. On July 16th I was in a horrible car crash. I went to the wreck yard today to get what I could salvage of my personal possessions, from the car. It was a sobering experience. I was going to take a photo of the car, but could not bring myself to do it. The top was cut off from where emergency crews cut me from the wreckage and the two front wheels and tires and several broken pieces of the exterior were inside, as well. Where the airbags deployed, there was dried blood, my blood. I had a cut at my right eye to my hairline that clipped an artery and required an emergency stop at a closer emergency room to stitch up since the paramedic couldn't stop the bleeding. Had they not been called so quickly, I think I may have bled to death. I feel such a huge debt of gratitude to those who worked hard to save my life.

4 days in the hospital trauma center (with no health insurance, as I've been unemployed since January) and was told that I had compression fractures on the L1 and L4 vertibrae and an inverted compression fracture on the T12, plus an injured left shoulder. Between bouts with pain and physical limitation, I can handle being on the computer maybe 15 minutes at a time right now. The good news is that, being a “problem solver” by trade, I have many irons in the fire to try to resolve this issue with my injuries, monitoring my blood sugar to promote healing, etc. I am blessed with great family and friends, and a strong bond with my savior. I am in a body brace right now, but as my strength returns I am doing more. Tomorrow marks the second week since the accident.

My trip to the wreck yard today was enlightening. I staved off a cancer threat twice and remember thinking at the time, “obviously God is not done with me yet”. But today was enlightening beyond that. The man who took us out there was very kind and helpful, especially since I could not stand very long. He helped my nephew move things around and get to what I needed to retrieve. He then pointed out a black sedan that was badly wrecked, but not to the extent my car was. He told us that the young woman driving it and 5 of her passengers were killed. He has known this gal for 30 years. I just sat there and gave quiet thanks to God, as my injuries will heal, and my son who was with me was not injured. I thought about when I first came home from the hospital, how depressed I was and wondered why God didn't just end it. But after prayer, I kicked into “my mode” and when I wasn't napping, I started thinking about “what I could do” instead of what I was “powerless to do”. When you talk with him, God simply works that way. I give my thanks to him and all the wonderful people who came to my aid.

So now you know my status and my heart. I'm not done blogging, and I'm not done walking toward the Lord's light either. But I will be slow to post and respond for awhile. Please bear with me if you see posts going up “in parts” or if you comment and I don't comment back. It will only be for a while. Please enjoy the devotional below. I meant to post it Sunday, but didn't get it done. It somehow seems more appropriate today. God Bless.

Sincerely, Hoosier Army Mom

Daily Reflection and Prayer
by Mark D. Roberts
Laity Lodge Senior Director and Scholar-in-Residence

God Will Fulfill His Purpose for You

READ Psalm 57:1-11

I cry out to God Most High,
to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. [Psalm 57:2]
David composed Psalm 57 when he was surrounded by his enemies, who were like “fierce lions” (57:4). Thus he cried out to God for mercy and protection: “I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me” (57:2).

The high elevation of God emphasized in the title “God Most High” (’elohim ’elyon) is reiterated in the refrain of Psalm 57: “Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth” (57:5, 11). God is more glorious, more powerful, and more worthy of praise than anything else in all creation.

Thus when David says that God “will fulfill his purpose for me,” this is not some hopeful wish, but rather a confident conviction. Because God is “Most High,” he has the power and authority to do whatever he desires. He will bring to fruition his plans for David. . . .

And for us too. If we put our trust in the Lord, if we seek to honor him with our lives, then he will fulfill his purpose for each one of us. We find an echo of Psalm 57:2 in the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Philippians: “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns” (1:6).

Sometimes it can seem as if our lives are pointless, filled with empty routines. Our plans and hopes are scuttled by an economic crisis, a physical illness, or a broken relationship. We can become discouraged, fearful that our efforts will add up to nothing. In these times, we are encouraged by the truth of Psalm 57:2 and its echoes throughout the Bible. God will, indeed, fulfill his purpose for you.

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What is God’s purpose(s) for your life? How have you experienced God’s faithfulness to fulfill his purpose for you?

PRAYER: Gracious God, what a marvelous affirmation and encouragement in Psalm 57. How good it is to know that you will fulfill your purpose for me. My heart yearns for this reality, so that my life might really matter. Let it be so, Lord! May your plans for me come to fulfillment.

Help me, O God, to know your purpose for me so that I might cooperate with you each day. Teach me to live for your purpose every moment, wherever I am.

Today I’m reminded that you are not just any god, but God Most High. You are more powerful, more glorious, more gracious, more majestic than any being in all creation. “Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth!” Amen.

Read more of Mr. Roberts devotions at http://www.TheHighCalling.org