Monday, November 19, 2012

No More Twinkies

Not that I personally was a big fan of Twinkies' (Hostess Brand) as an adult but as a kid, they have some sweet memories. It's been years since I had one, but there is something nostalgic that has died with the closing of this plant.

With our health-conscience culture, I understand people are eating less of these non-perishable snacks but that was not the reason for the closing of their doors.  The reason, you ask?  Well, honestly, the union.  Oh I know, some will say it's the greed of the CEO's who have taken great profits but isn't it also true that the union was being greedy too?  They were striking for better pay and now, 18,500 people are without jobs.  Wow.  Seems a bit foolish to me.

People want to point fingers in these days and everyone needs to start taking inventory and realize that we ALL have a part to play in America's successes or failures.  Healing needs to come to our land.

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Hostess Brands is Closed
Hostess Brands Closing

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Ronald Reagan Democratic Joke

This is a classic Ronald Reagan story, delivered with perfect timing and gentle humor.  I sure do miss this man, his character and his leadership.   I pray we live to see another President with his poise, wisdom and strength to lead our country as well as he did.

Reagan was known for his sense of humor and this is one of his stories that I have heard him share.  His jokes were clean, funny and even smart.  I hope you take a minute to hear it and ready yourself for a good laugh.  ENJOY!

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

HOPE AND CHANGE TODAY!


HOPE AND CHANGE!

EVERYONE: PLEASE READ, COPY AND SHARE THIS. TODAY'S THE DAY WE MAKE A CHANGE...A REAL CHANGE!!!  (Posted by a friend on facebook.)

Quit trashing President Obama's accomplishments. He has done more than any other President before him. He has an impressive list of accomplishments:

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a st
ate he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act.
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on 'shovel-ready' jobs when there was no such thing as 'shovel-ready' jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to tell a CEO of a major corporation (Chrysler) to resign.
First President to terminate America 's ability to put a man in space.
First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian nation.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to actively try to bankrupt an American industry (coal).
First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to surround himself with radical left wing anarchists.
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 102 to date.
First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global “apology tours” and concurrent “insult our friends” tours.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
First President to repeat the Holy Quran & tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.
First President to tell the military men and women that they should pay for their own private insurance because they “volunteered to go to war and knew the consequences”.
Then he was the First President to tell the members of the military that THEY were UNPATRIOTIC for balking at the last suggestion.
First President to side with a foreign nation over one of the American 50 states (Mexico vs Arizona).

How is this hope and change working out for you?

Monday, November 5, 2012

Lesser of Two Evils


Praying for our nation, our election and our God to forgive our land. I can't tell you how many times in the last months my heart is gripped to pray for our nation. God has my attention - does He have yours? How can we (the church) really believe that God is OK with what we are doing as a nation? He rebuked Israel, His beloved, many times for having a heart that was far from him and we think, we in America, won't face the consequences of our luke-warmness? Church - WAKE UP! We can't have evil AND good. We can't be for things that God is against and expect God to bless us. We can't sit by and DO nothing! Remember the parable of the three servants? (Matthew 25:14-30). God rebuked the servant who DID NOTHING! God is a REWARDER of those that DILIGENTLY seek Him, not who casually talk about Him or have bumper-sticker on their car or a cross on their neck!

I am PRAYING for the Christians in this country to WAKE-UP, stop drinking the "kool-aid" and listening to the voice of deception (it is in the church you know) and VOTE for things that God DOES care about...like protecting LIFE, defending MARRIAGE, LOVING ISRAEL! These things DO matter. Remember the scripture in Matthew 6:33 " But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" - (by-the-way, these are written in RED) as Jesus was saying what matters in the KINGDOM not the ECONOMY! "Politically correct" will burn up in the presence of the fiery red, piercing eyes of Jesus when He comes back as KING!

I am SO into the love of God, but God is also a God of justice and this nation will be found wanting if we continue on this course of destruction, thumbing our nose at God and doing our own thing, seeking our own pleasure, and living life our own way. God made a way of escape for even one BEFORE He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, that is my hope, He will make a way of escape for me and my family too (I am even asking for my friends, my church, my neighborhood and my nation but they must humble themselves and bow their knees to the King of King and the Lord of Lords!) Father God, SAVE US from ourselves!

So for those of you who get the question from friends and family about the struggle of voting "the lesser of two evils" or possibly you are struggling yourself, I wanted to share this piece by David Barton that he published today. Put's the matter into a very concise package. ENJOY!

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Are we really dealing with a lesser of two evils this election?
by David Barton/WallBuilders on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9:34am ·

I keep having people tell me that in this election, the only choice we have is to vote for the lesser of two evils. So, let me see if I have this right:

One is pro-abortion, one is pro-life; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is pro-gay-marriage, one is pro-traditional marriage; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is pro-Muslim, one is pro-Israel; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for increasing debt, one is for reducing debt; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against increased energy exploration, one is for it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for violating the rights of religious conscience, the other for preserving it intact; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for dramatically cutting the size of the military, the other for strengthening it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against parental empowerment and school choice, the other is for it; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for appointing judicial activists to the Supreme Court, the other for original intent constitutionalists; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for the government takeover of private businesses, the other for entrepreneurship and free enterprise and private ownership; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is for an expanded role for the United Nations in American affairs, the other for a reduced role; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

One is against American Exceptionalism and wants to be like Europe, the other promotes American Exceptionalism and America as a unique, special, blessed nation; so, both positions are evil, but one is lesser so?

I'm not sure that I get the lesser of two evils thing, unless folks are deliberately excluding all of these (and many other) serious issues and just looking at the ones they want to pick and choose. The fantasy of two evils are our only choice can be sustained only if one denies the above issues.

David Barton

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For more information of this issue, please see:

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/beware-the-lesser-of-two-evils-trap/

Saturday, November 3, 2012

US Capitol Tour - David Barton

If you have never had the opportunity to go to Washington DC and tour our nations capitol, I invite you to watch this video.  David Barton, historian and my friend, has an incredible knowledge of our capitol from the founders perspective.

Take a few minutes, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy this incredible teaching of history as it will come alive to you like never before.  Incredible country our founders laid out for us.  Here is your personal capitol tour.  ENJOY!

Friday, November 2, 2012

Steven Spielberg

This was an interesting piece on Steven Spielberg by 60 Minutes a couple of weeks ago.  I found much of it fascinating that this small, insecure, loner kid continued to press on and become, well, Steven Spielberg the Hollywood legend.  What an incredible mind he has and as we all know, such incredible talent.

My heart was saddened by many of his recounts of his childhood as I love the Jews and all those who stand with Israel so to hear him talk of being persecuted was troubling.  I also loved seeing the interview with his parents; sad their marriage didn't make it.  I can only imagine how many years they could have been married.

But why I am posting anything about this matter at all is that Spielberg decided not to release his newest movie, Lincoln, until after the elections.  Why?  Did he paint such a great picture of Lincoln, a Republican, that he didn't want voters to go to the polls and vote against Obama, a democrat?  Why would he hold the release date?

If he did hold the release of the movie to help "save the election" for Obama, than this is indeed troubling to me as I don't understand how Spielberg (a Jew) could support Obama when Obama wouldn't even meet with Bebe Netanyahu over the matter of Iran and Israel.  In fact, Obama has never even visited Israel in all his travels to the middle east his entire presidency.  How can an American president miss visiting our greatest friend and ally in the middle east when he has traveled there several times unless he clearly doesn't like them?  It is clear that many in the Middle East have far from fond affections toward Israel or Jews in general, yet is Spielberg won't release his movie before the elections as to not upset the country.   Troubling indeed.

I look forward to his new movie and I continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for God's beloved Israel and for the Jewish people (wherever they live), and for the Jewish nation and with that, I pray for these elections. My bible is clear on how God views, His beloved Israel and if God loves them, you know I certainly do too and will stand with them.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

2016 Obama's America

Last week, a distant family relative who lives in Massachusetts was encouraged by her husband to watch the movie, 2016 Obama's America.  She had been a very quiet about most of her political views, but none-the-less, she was supporter of Obama; that is until she viewed this movie.

Her facebook post was expressing her change in conviction and it all centered around facts she heard in this movie.  See, this is not a politically charged movie, it is merely a documentary on how the Obama machine runs.  Up to this point, people have felt he was a communist, a dictator, and some even have felt he was the anti-Christ himself, but this movie is not based on rhetoric, it's based on facts, and people in Obama's life and their worldview and how they shaped Obama's worldview.  The movie is quite interesting if it were so chilling, as this is our life and our country, not just some Hollywood production that when we leave the movie we go home and resume our lives.  No, this is the story of our current president of the United States and his mission to "even the playing field" by destroying the land that I love because he disapproves of American colonization.

My husband and I saw this movie in the theater the weekend it opened and we have been encouraging people to see the movie for themselves.  Here you can view it from your own home, on your own computer.  Make your own decision but know that you won't be able to say, "no one told you!"

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Obama: Then and Now

How people can even think this man is worthy of their vote is beyond me.  I love this clip as it shows that nothing is new, things are still the same and "We've Heard It All Before".    Same speeches.  Same promises and nothing is better.

Look at the numbers folks and you can see, he is just spinning things like he always has.  He said that Bush's economy numbers were "terrible" and yet he is no bragging out how great the SAME numbers are under his administration.  He promised "Hope and Change" and I for one am Hoping FOR Change.  Vote Him Out in 2012.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Eastwood Spars...

I have been away from my blog for a few months due to a move and just the business of life, but I have been convicted to sit back down at the computer to share all the good stuff that is going on.  Yes, GOOD stuff!  There seems to be a wind of HOPE blowing that will be bringing about some CHANGE!

I have been following the Republican Convention that just ended yesterday and I loved SO much of it. Most of the evening speakers had me captive in my seat.  I didn't want to miss one word.  AMAZING. Of course there were a few favorites and so I will begin with one of the highlights!

Last night Clint Eastwood spoke and it was SO great to hear someone from LIBERAL California speak up against the Hollywood machine!  It was an awesome speech and I hope you enjoy it in case you missed it!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Gingrich on Fox News

Whatever you think about Newt Gingrich this is a great interview where you can see his heart, his transformed heart.  Many conservatives don't "trust" that he has "changed" his ways regarding his past "sins" but I don't how many politicians you have seen lately who have to hold back a tear when talking about their faith.

Newt quoting Pope John Paul II from the movie called Nine Days that Changed the World, said "he doesn't say have courage he says 'be not afraid.'"

"If you can hide beneath the cross you have nothing to be ashamed of." Newt Gingrich.

I am still not excited to vote FOR Romney as MANY in the GOP and media keep telling me will be my candidate but  I KNOW I have to vote against Obama again.  This was what I had to do the last election cycle, when I voted against Obama by voting for McCain and because we had such a weak candidate, Obama won.

These are troubling times to me as I continue to pray for a candidate that will CAPTIVATE the American people with convictions that are conservative and God-fearing.  I guess that is rub, we have a nation of people who are NOT God-fearing or conservative.  Either Rick Sanatorium or Newt Gingrich would have my vote over Romney, but unless conservatives begin to rise up and be heard, we will be stuck with Romney.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Did you know...

To listen to most people talk today, in the news media especially, you would think that our founding fathers were closer to the far left agenda then even the most liberal of politicians.  I, for one, am tiring of the continual misinformation that is being shared.   Recently I ran across the following again and just had to post it.  It is ridiculous to think our founders were not Christians (again as many in the media and politics would claim); 52 of the 55 signers of the Constitution were members of the established Orthodox churches i n the colonies.  These were men who gave their all; their money, their time, their daily lives and some even their fortunes for the establishment of this great nation and their desire was for all to be free; free from the rule of a government who imposed into their personal choices.  They desired to establish a new land where people could choose and not be forced into "the governments" way of doing things.  Oh my, has the pendulum swung in the other direction.  Take a minute and think about it...

Moses with 10 commandments centered on the top!
As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the US Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers carved into the stone.  Each one of these great people are facing the middle and are looking at one individual carved into the middle.  So who are they looking at in the middle?  They are fixated on the only carving with a full frontal view of the image of Moses.  That's right, Moses, God's personal law-giver from the Old Testament.  Remember how he carried the LAW OF THE LORD down to the people.  Seems an appropriate tribute to me and nterestingly enough is that in this display he is also HOLDING the Ten Commandment tables in his arms.  Hmmm - what was that again about separation of church and state?  Ridiculous again we see how modern technology spreads this erroneous discussion that has been taken OUT-OF-CONTEXT!

10 Commandments carved in wood doors.
So what about this?  When you enter the US Supreme Court courtroom you have to open two huge oak doors that are standing at the foot of the room.  On these massive doors are innate carvings.

Yep, you guessed it, engraved on EACH lower portion of EACH door again we find the 10 commandments carved into the wood.  You still think that a relationship with God's word was not important to our country's Founders?  I will continue to show you how our forefathers held to the tenants of Christianity and unashamedly declared their personal convictions.

Moses and 10 Commandments
Let's continue to look at the US Supreme court building as we go inside this highest courtroom in our land.  Located on the wall directly behind and above where these Justices preside when in court is in session is a very large image covering most the wall.  In display we again see an image of Moses clinging to the Ten Commandments again imprinting the beliefs of those in this time with a God who is represented in the teachings of the Bible; the most sacred of all Christian documents.

This is the third image in this historic building showing Moses, the 10 commandments or both and you want me to believe that this was not a significant part of our American history because you say so?  Really?  Wake up people - the images are all around you; at least they were until one-by-one these pieces of American history are being painted over, taken down and archived or some are even being remodeled as they are completely removed.

It has become a relatively new media blitz that has people thinking that this county is not founded on Christian principles because that is what the owners of the media outlets want you to believe.  With the on-set of more and more incredible media technologies filling the airwaves, people are listening to soundbites from liberal personal and they are not fact checking what they are hearing.

Laus Deo - Praise be to God
Over the last 50 to 75 years, even our history books that are being taught in school are being "revised" to take the Christian perspective out and replaced with a more tolerant, politically correct agenda.  Don't just take my word for it, read the book entitled, Freedom's Frame by Rick Green or Original Intent by David Barton.

If we continue our tour of Washington DC pertaining to the question of historians and the American culture in regard to Christianity and the scriptures,  you will find Biblical images scattered about and our countries Christian heritage continually reflected across the city, the government buildings and throughout the paintings, murals and artifacts yet the politicians and the press insist these truths are non-existiant.

Did you know that there are Bible verses etched in stone all over many Federal buildings in DC?  Even the Washington Monument has a permanet reference to God stamped on its peak.  On the aluminum capstone that crowns the building there is an inscription.  It can be found on the east face and is written in Latin. It says "Laus Deo"which when translated means " Praise be to God." Yep!  Right there on top facing the eastern sky!  Amazing!

This on-going attack is being battled at all levels in our culture and sadly, it seems that we are loosing our American Heritage.  Glen Beck has addressed this several times on his outspoken, now ended, television program, The Glen Beck Show. As a child I learned some Latin, and even heard Latin spoken weekly in religious ceremonies.  My older siblings knew MUCH more than I ever did as people began to stray for things of the past and the entire culture wanted to be "modern" in the late 1950's and early 1960's.  This is when the transformation took on a whole new angle.
Ten Commandments

I still remember when there was a full mural covering one of the halls in my south Minneapolis grade school hallway of the Ten Commandments painted from floor to ceiling there to be seen by all everyday.  I also remember when they painted over it and even though I was in first grade, I remember thinking this was odd.  The artwork was extraordinary and beautifully illustrated and it was covered over with a drab, institutional wall coloring that just didn't make sense to me then.  NOW I totally understand it; the Supreme Court ruled and the laws of the land changed yet they still sit with all these religious images surrounding them.  Talk about hypocrisy, since the 1820's the US Supreme Court has opened its court sessions with the prayer of "God save the United Staes and this Honorable Court" yet this same court took prayer out of school?  God save us and save this "honorable" court!

James Madison
James Madison, the fourth president of the United States was known as the Father of the Constitution.  He made the following statement:  "We have staked the whole of all our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

Even our United States Congress has begun each session with a prayer since 1774 and that person has been a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid for by the taxpayer since 1777.  Even in our US Senate Chamber an inscription over the south entrance reads “In God we Trust,” and an inscription over the east doorway reads “Annuit coeptis” (“God has favored our undertakings”).

In the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, a statue representing Religion features this inscription: WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD? Holy Bible, Micah 6:8.   Another statue representingScience has this inscription: "THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHEWETH HIS HANDIWORK. Holy Bible, Psalms 19:1."
Reagan Presidential Oath

Did you know that since George Washington first added "so help me God" to his inaugural oath, every president since has likewise asked for God's assistance at his inauguration.  Not totally convinced they all knew what they were asking, but they all have asked for it none-the-less.

Thomas Jefferson worried that the courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law they would begging making law an oligarchy; the rule of few over many.  How have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for almost 225 years in the country is now suddenly wrong and Unconstitutional?  Because we as a nation have strayed from the founders vision and from what the Bible calls, "our first love".  When we were a nation teaching the Holy Bible and encouraging a belief system that included God, we were a nation that was blessed and prosperous; God was for us.  If God is for us then who can stand against us?  But unfortunately we now are a nation that is loosing the favor of God and it is a dangerous thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Here are some more facts you may not have known.  Since 1775, with the introduction of the chaplaincy into the Army and Navy, every branch of the US armed forces has provided chaplains to facilitate the worship of God in our military.

On October 3, 1789, one week after Congress approved the Bill of Rights, President George Washington recognized "the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor," and therefore declared a national "day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceable to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

The first federal judiciary was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, which required federal judges to end their oath of office with "So help me God".

Capitol Building - Washington DC
From 1795 until the 1860's, Christian church services were held on Sundays in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., attended by such presidents as Jefferson, Madison, John Quincy Adams, and Lincoln, and many other government officials.

A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments is featured in the rotunda of the Library of Congress. The Ten Commandments are symbolized in the floor of the National Archives Building in Washington , D.C.

 In front of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. is a sculpted figure leaning on the Ten Commandments. An inscription reads, “Our liberty of worship is not a concession nor a privilege but an inherent right.” A cross and the Ten Commandments are sculpted on a large trylon (3-sided column) in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C.
Pilgrims Thanksgiving

Based on the Thanksgiving tradition started by the Pilgrims and recognized by other Presidents like George Washington, President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November, 1863, as “a day of thanksgiving and prayer to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.” All Presidents since then have annually called on the nation to thank God in the Thanksgiving season.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. quotes excerpts from our third President’s bill titled the Virginia Statue Establishing Religious Freedom, which passed the Virginia Legislature on January 16, 1786: “Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan ofthe Holy Author of our religion.”

US Constitution
With a longhand version of dating rarely used today, the Constitution was signed on “the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven.”  In 1776, these signers of the Declaration of Independence boldly proclaimed the United States free of Great Britain, “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions.”

The Articles of Confederation, which initially governed the United States until the Constitution replaced it, referred to “the Great Governor of the World” and was signed “in the year of our Lord” 1778.

Liberty Bell
 The famous Liberty Bell of Philadelphia is inscribed with the message of freedom found in Leviticus 25:10, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”

The Declaration of Independence holds as “self-evident” that “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

In the founding era, the word “religion” as used in the First Amendment was defined in the 1776 (and current) Virginia Constitution, by James Madison in his Memorial and Remon-strance, and in other sources as: “the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it.”

Washington
In his first Inaugural Address on April 30, 1789, George Washington repeatedly talked about God’s blessings upon America, saying, “No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States.”

Let's go back a bit further in history;  on January, 14, 1639, delegates from towns in the colony signed the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut —the first ever written constitution that created a government—which proclaimed that “the word of God requires that to mayntayne the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God . . . .”


The historic landing of the English settlers at Cape Henry, Virginia, where they erected a wooden cross and held a prayer service. Their first charter granted by King James I to settle Jamestown stated their reliance upon “the Providence of Almighty God” and their work in “propagating” the “Christian Religion” to the native people.

The first representative government in America, the House of Burgesses at Jamestown, first assembled in the church on July 30, 1619, where, as the secretary’s notes state, “forasmuche as men’s affaires doe little prosper where God’s service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their place in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the Minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings, to His owne glory and the good of this plantation.”

The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, made with Great Britain to end the Revolutionary War and signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay on September 3, 1783, begins, “In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity.”

Baptism of Pocahontas
Pocahontas Baptism
The baptism of one of Jamestown’s first Christian converts, the Powhatan princess Pocahontas, is memorialized in a painting that has been displayed in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building since 1840.
In God We Trust



In God We Trust was first inscribed on U.S. coins in 1864 under President Lincoln, and in 1956 Congress made it the national motto of the United States.

In 1892 in the Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States case, after listing example after example of official acknowledgments of God and Christianity in America, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that “this is a Christian nation.”

Still want to say this "God" thing is not just empty words.  Then explain this to me: how come when our nation was attacked on September 11, 2001 members of congress spontaneously began to sing out, "God Bless America" on the steps of the Capitol building?  Why?  Because deep down in our being, we know when disaster strikes only God Himself is our refuge and strength.  We NEED the Lord!  Father forgive us and heal our land.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Starbuck Supports Gay Marriage

So I read today that Starbucks is supporting gay marriage legislation according to The Seattle Times.  This is just one new addition to a growing list of companies and corporations that are jumping on this legislation band-wagon.  To list of few of these Northwest employers doing this, there is: Microsoft, Concur, Group Health Cooperative, Nike, RealNetworks and Vulcan Inc.  The are all in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. This is not surprising but noteworthy. The article went on to state that this position builds on our history of supporting corporate and public policies that promote inclusion and equality.

Inclusion and equality?  Why do the majority have to bend to this very small minority?  Why do my health costs have to go up to support a lifestyle that I am not in support of?  Why, as a business owner, am I being forced by legislation about the rules regarding MY private company.  People don't have to come work for me.  It's a free country yet now, legislation is being drafted that will make ME include them.  This is freedom?

These companies can choose what they desire to do, just as I can choose to shop where I want.  I certainly don't advocate harm to people who have different opinions from me, but I believe that marriage is a holy covenant between a man and women and I still believe that MOST people feel the way I do.  Even among the gay and lesbian community you find openly gay people who say that this lifestyle is a choice yet I am being forced to hire people who "choose" a lifestyle that I disapprove of.  What's fair about this?

Actress Cynthia Nixon (of Sex in the City) published an article in Sunday's New York Times magazine where she said, "[F]or me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me, it’s a choice, and you don’t get to define my gayness for me," Nixon went on to say. "… Why can’t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate?"

She is CHOOSING her lifestyle, which I believe we all do.  EVERYTHING that is an action is a choice.  Did you hear that?  Actions are choices.  People want to lump the homosexual lifestyle into this category with the civil rights movement but skin color is not an action.  It is a fact of life.  Actions are choices tho.  All actions get down to choices.  Some people even choose to NOT act on anything regarding their sexuality and CHOOSE a life of celibacy.  When it comes to sex, an action, it is ALL about choice.  Interesting how this same group advocates a woman's right to choice but when it comes to their own business, they want to say it is now a matter of birth, like skin color.

Nixon eded a 15-year relationship with the father of two of her children in 2003 and is now engaged to her long-time partner Christine Marinoni - a choice.  They have a son together nearly a year ago - again a choice.

Our society is spinning out-of-control.  People are doing what is right in their own eyes and this is dangerous.  God knew this is what people would do though and he said so in Proverbs 21:2 "Every man's way is right in his own eyes, BUT the Lord Weighs the hearts."

People, you have the RIGHT to choose, we all do but God will deal with those choices one day.  We ALL will answer for what we did while our spirit lived in the body.  II Corinthians 5: 9-10 says, "Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad."

 Judges 21:25 also states "...everyone did what was right in his own eyes."  When a society becomes ME oriented and "I have a right to" then they are going away from the good that selflessness brings.  Rome fell from within as people did what was right in their own eyes!

People will do what they want, this is true.  There is no way to legislate right and wrong yet, as a society we try, as we have laws against things like pedophilia, driving under the influence, stealing, you name it.  But just because there is a law that doesn't change the heart of man.  No laws don't seem to change people, money does.  It drives these businesses...the LOVE of money.  So,  I for one will be having less coffee and Nike will be passed by in our home as they "just do it".  I may be the only one in my silent "no buy zone" but I can't in good conscience promote a company that is taking such a bold stand on a social issue.



Starbucks' statement below:

To: U.S. partners
Date: January 24, 2012
Re: A Message from Kalen Holmes: Starbucks Supports Marriage Equality 

Dear partners, 
Starbucks is proud to join other leading Northwest employers in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. Starbucks strives to create a company culture that puts our partners first, and our company has a lengthy history of leading and supporting policies that promote equality and inclusion. 
This important legislation is aligned with Starbucks business practices and upholds our belief in the equal treatment of partners. It is core to who we are and what we value as a company. We are proud of our Pride Alliance Partner Network group, which is one of the largest Employer Resource Groups for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) employees in the U.S., helping to raise awareness about issues in the communities where we live and work. 
For the last 20 years, our benefits program has offered domestic partner benefits in the U.S. These benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs and alternative health care coverage. All partners (part-time and full-time) in all work locations, whether in a store, a roasting plant or a corporate office, adhere to the same eligibility requirements for health coverage and have access to the same comprehensive health plans. 
We are deeply dedicated to embracing diversity and treating one another with respect and dignity, and remain committed to providing an inclusive, supportive and safe work environment for all of our partners.
We look forward to seeing this legislation enacted into law.
Regards, 
Kalen Holmes
executive vice president, Partner Resources

Monday, January 16, 2012

The Most Brilliant Daily Show Take Down Ever

So I don't have a lot of time to watch the Daily Show* but every now and then I catch one.  The show usually tends to defend the left and mock the right but a friend sent me this link and I had to share it.  Jon Stewart actually was being open to the hypocrisy that has been going on in the liberal media with this piece and allows his reporter, John Oliver, to address it!

This is EXACTLY what is going on in our country; one side can't or WON'T hear the other.  This reporter even used the language of the very journalist he was interviewing; even their suggestions on irony on how to have a "confrontational" discussion and yet she still DIDN'T get it!  This was crazy, ironic and yet so sad because it shows the level of blindness people have in the media.

You will see Froma Harrop, a journalist and President of the Civility Project from the National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW).  She is absolutely CLUELESS in this piece and she looks foolish!

Take a few minutes and see how out-of-touch she was when interviewed.  The TROUBLING issues is that she is the one writing articles about the answers to the nations whoas regarding civility and communication; unbelievable!

*PARENTAL WARNING: please note - this piece has some offensive language in it.  Most of the language has been bleeped but it is still understandable.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

A Voters' Guide to Republicans

Well, it's been awhile since I have had a moment to blog here and so I first apologize for busyness.  With that, I will make it up to you with this incredible link I am about to share.  This is probably one of my favorites political links I have ever found or posted about and I hope you love it as much as I do too.

So last week was the first of the series of caucuses and primaries that we are going to be bombarded with in the next few months and really at this point, there is no candidate that is taking my breath away.  I have been in prayer for God to raise up a "David" and to send a "Samuel" to anoint him (like in the Old Testament) and based on last weeks results from Iowa, maybe Rick Santorum is that man.  He is not getting the national press, well, not until last week anyway, but that's ok - I don't like the liberal media anyway.

So with all this political news on the airways, I think it would be good to establish who is who in this race and what do some of the political terms really mean.

I have a socialistic uncle who continually debates me on his take regarding America and it's future, but one thing he underestimates is the power of prayer.  He is not an American but he loves our country and our "beautiful" constitution.

With that, please take a few minutes and hear this incredible Voters Guide to Republicans.  I think you may even learn something.  I know I did!  ENJOY!