"War on Terror" is Over - Obama

This Explains Everything

What is it with political leaders having a problem using English words and understanding basic definitions?  Back in the day, we had a news story of a President, then Bill Clinton, questioning the definition of the word, "is".  What?  The word, "is" means "is" and has always meant "is" but according to Bill, it has a varying definition.  Really?

This White House insists on saying that the Taliban is not a terror group but rather an "armed insurgency".  What?  School children are being slaughter, civilian people are being beheaded around the world and now our White House is agreeing with an Al Jazeera English's policy of banning the word, "terrorism".  One of Al Jazeera's executives was quoted to have said, that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.  So how many freedom fighters do you know of in history that just slaughtered women and children?  Huh.  Stumped?  Me too.

Here we are again finding ourselves down the road to the "meaning of definitions" and it seems that many American's are just not thinking when they hear these soundbites.  Our nation's citizenry has become so dumbed-down that we seem to longer care!  It seems that most people are just taking whatever the White House says and assuming that our government has our "best" interest at heart.   The United States White House is aligning itself with the type of ideology that Al Jazerra promotes.  This is NOT reflective of my belief system or for that matter the belief system of our founding fathers.

So let's look at this word, terrorism.  According to the FBI's Definitions of Terrorism in the U.S. Code: "International terrorism" means activities with the following three characteristics:

- Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law; 

- Appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and 

- Occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S., or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum. 

Well, doesn't that sound like the Taliban to you?  According to the FBI's definition then, they are terrorists!  This is ridiculous that the White House is playing word games with definition's and the meaning of terrorism?  FOX News asks this question as well and discusses it at length.

The Kelly File also has picked up this discussion with a small dialog of clips from the White House spokesman.

Let's not forget, in light of all this "terrorism" Obama declared that the 'War on Terror" was over so there you go.  Delete the word from use and the problem goes away.

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.”

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.

George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

Now that all your "turkey" has settled and you are back into your routines, I ran across this posting regarding George Washington and his 1789 Thanksgiving proclamation.  A far cry from what we are hearing in the news today but this is what the First President of the United States believed.  Not only was this HIS belief but he was  repeatedly elected so you know that the "people" believed this same way.  The "people" had a heart for God and founded this nation to be a nation after the heart of God.  If the "people" had a different heart than this, they would have elected someone who represented their hearts.

That is what is going on today, many people have hearts that are far from God so they are electing people with godless agendas and selfish convictions.  God forgive us!

George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789

 "Whereas it is 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 Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me 'to recommend to the People of the United States a 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 peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.'

"Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author  of all the good that was, that is, or that will be - That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks - for his kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation - for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war - for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed - for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

"And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions - to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually - to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed - to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord - To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us - and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best."

History of Democratic Party

This is a good look at the "real" Democratic party and it's history.  So many people think that the Democrats are pro the black but maybe people better dust off those history books and take a closer look!

To think that SO many blacks are voting with the party that wanted to keep them in chains is really mind-boggling and it would behove those same people to do some research and find out the real truth.    Here is a black conservative man making some very valid points and people really need to listen up and re-study their history; bet you didn't learn these statistics in your history classes!  Excellent information here that was originally authored by Larry Elder and Rev. Wayne Perryman. Here are few of the points made in this video.  Take a few minutes and follow along!

• Democrats supported slavery and it's expansion into northern states.
• After the Civil War, 23 blacks (13 of them ex-slaves) were elected to Congress, ALL as Republicans.
• The first black democrat was not elected to congress until 1935 from the state of Illinois.
• The first black congressional Democrat from a southern state was not elected until 1973.
• Democrats in 1854 passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act that overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed for the importation of slaves into the territories.
• Democrats opposed Senate Bill 60 of 1866 to give blacks 40 acres and a mule.  It was Democratic president Andrew Johnson that vetoed the bill.
• Democrats opposed the 1866 Civil Rights Act.
• On July 4, 1867 in Houston, 150 blacks and 20 whites formed not the Black Texas Republican Party, but the Texas Republican Party.  Blacks across southern states also founded the Republican parties in their states.
• In 1850, Democrats passed the Fugitive Slave Law.
• President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.  In 1865 the 13th Amendment emancipating the slaves was passed with 100% of Republicans voting for it and only 23% Democrats voting for it.  The 14th Amendment was passed giving the newly emancipated blacks full civil rights and federal guarantee of those rights, superseding any state laws.  Every single voting Republican voted for the Amendment, NO democrat voted for it.
• Congress passed the 15th Amendment in 1870 guaranteeing blacks the right to vote.  Every single Republican voting for it with every single Democrat voting against it.
• During 1872 Congressional investigations, Democrats admitted beginning the Klux Klux Klan as an effort to stop the spread of the Republican Party and to reestablish Democratic control in southern states.  Blacks who were all Republican at that time were the primary targets of violence.
• Southern Democrats like Al Gore, Sr. and William Fulbright debated against the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
• Southern Democrats including Al Gore, Sr. and William Fulbright debated against the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
• Democrats supported and participated in burning down middle-class black communities like those in Rosewood Florida, Wilmington, North Carolina, and the Greenwood District - Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Between 1870 and 1875 the Republican Congress passed many pro-black Civil Rights laws but in 1876 Democrats took control of the House and no further race-based Civil Rights laws passed until 1957.
• In 1892 Democrats gained control of the House, the Senate and the White House; repealed all of the Republican based Civil Rights laws. That enable the southern Democrats to pass the Jim Crow Laws, the Pole Taxes, literary tests, and so on in their individual states.
• Only 64% of Democrats in Congress voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, while 80% of Republicans voted for the Act.
• Democrats in an effort to keep blacks in their place, used sadistic torture, terror and violence including lynchings, mutilations, murder, decapitations, beatings and burnings to death countless numbers of blacks.

Time for people to wake up and READ their history in context!  Pretty amazing information that you won't hear on the liberal media outlets and unfortunately too many people just like to push along the rhetoric without checking the facts.  Maybe now you can have an informed discussing with those wanting to wave the Dem's flag about fairness and history!

July 4, 2011 Let Freedom Ring

Wounded vets saddle up and bike in the Warrior 100K bike ride out in southwest Texas this past July Fourth.  It was a gathering of wounded warriors and their former president, George W. Bush in the Big Bend Park.

A 12 Mile ride on day one followed by a 30 mile ride on day two, President Bush, now 64, was right in the middle of the pack of heros...peddling along and pushing the group onward.  He biked with them to bring awareness to the wounded warriors and their ongoing needs.

Day three is another 12 miles of difficult trails out in west Texas.  They get on the bikes bright and early to get out before the heat of Texas warms things up to much.

Incredible story about a president and the wounded soldiers he commanded.  Take a minute to hear the Fox News story here:  100K Bike Ride

9-11 Ten Years Later

With ten years having passed since our country was attacked on our own soil, I find myself asking questions and looking for some answers.  Here are a few interesting facts that I found.

Did you know that 2,403 people died in the attack at Pearl Harbor or that 168 people died in the Oklahoma City bombing.  Well, really there were 171 lives lost in Oklahoma because three of the women were pregnant when they died.  And then there is 9-11.  This was the largest loss of life on our soil and 2,976 people lost their lives as a result of these attacks.  Of these that died 236 were foreigners which makes the total number of America lives lost to be 2,740.

Four commercial airliners were involved with 19 terrorists who hijacked those planes.  Each group had at least one qualified pilot.  They crashed United Airlines Flight 175 which hit one tower and American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into tower two.  The third airplane was American Airlines Flight 77 which smashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia and the fourth plane was United Airlines Flight 93 in which the flight crew and passengers wrestled the terrorists literally to the ground where the plane crashed into a field near a Shanksville town in Pennsylvania.

All of the 246 people died on the planes.  The other 2605 people who died were either in the towers or on the ground when the towers fell.  There were 125 people who died in the Pentagon attack.  Of all the fatalities 343 were New York City Fire Department firefighters, 23 New York City Police Department officers and 37 Port Authority Police Department officers.  There were 24 people still listed as "missing". These numbers of course do not account for any homeless or people who were traveling or visiting who didn't have family to report them as missing.

What a sad day for our country.  Today there is a memorial in the spot where the towers stood and a new building is being erected that will reach 1,776 feet into the sky.  It will be called 1 World Trade (formerly the Freedom Tower).  The World Trade Centers were 1,368 feet.

Here was a good video that had some great images from that terrible day in our country's history.  God Bless America!  I Believe - a 9-11 Tribute

American Exceptionalism

This Memorial Day week-end I happened across this video (from last years World Cup tournament when the USA team was playing in the first round of the play-off games).  The song OVER THERE was done as a re-mix in the video by Vandon Arms.

Ok - so what does all this have to do with Memorial Day you ask?  I was just reminded of how many people today are attacking our country (from within) and really hacking at the fiber of what made this country great - American Exceptionalism!  What is American Exceptionalism?  It is what this song was stating back then of the overall personal view that Americans had regarding our country and our standards.  It was written from the heart of that exceptionalism to support the young men/women heading out to war and to bring comfort to the worried loved ones waiting at home as the first World War was launched.  People KNEW that America was great, it was where the entire world wanted to run to to escape the tyrannies of their homelands and they even were so bold that they sang about it!

The headlines across American newspapers declared on April 6, 1917, that the United States had declared war on Germany and upon hearing that, one actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, playwright and Broadway producer stared humming.  Yes, that's right, humming!  George Cohan had already written many famous songs such as "You're a Grand Old Flag," "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy."  He continued humming all morning and soon began to think of some lyrics.  By the time he arrived at work in the morning he had versus, chorus, tune and title already laid out.  It sold over 2 million copies by the end of the war and is still a recognized song today.  In 1936, Cohan was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for writing this song!  There was a sense of honor about what America was, who we were as a people and what we represented.  We were NOT ashamed of our endeavors, our victories or accomplishments.  We certainly did not bring apologies to the world stage about our exceptionalism back then or speak down about our successes.  We were PROUD Americans.  We put our trust in God and even declared it on our money.  As we have strayed from God we have strayed from our exceptionalism.  I pray that as we remember this Memorial Day we remember all that gave the highest price to pay for our freedom to live in such a great country!  God Bless America!

Here are the complete lyrics to the song in case you don't know them:


Complete Lyrics to "Over There" by George M. Cohan
Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run
Hear them calling you and me
Every son of liberty

Hurry right away, no delay, go today
Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad
Tell your sweetheart not to pine
To be proud her boy's in line.

CHORUS (repeated twice):
Over there, over there
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums are rum-tumming everywhere

So prepare, say a prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over there, we're coming over
And we won't come back till it's over over there.
Over there.
Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun
Johnnie show the Hun you're a son of a gun
Hoist the flag and let her fly
Yankee Doodle do or die

Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit
Yankees to the ranks from the towns and the tanks
Make your mother proud of you
And the old Red White and Blue.

CHORUS (repeated twice):
Over there, over there
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums are rum-tumming everywhere

So prepare, say a prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over there, we're coming over
And we won't come back till it's over over there.
Over there.

David Barton on Glenn Beck - Courage

With all that is going on in the world today it is difficult to know who to believe, who is right, who is really full of integrity, who do we listen too?  I am not into name dropping because we all know "someone" who is "somebody" and we think that proves something but basically all it means is that we "know" someone.

I don't listen to Glenn Beck as often as I used to but when I do, I am always challenged, impressed, convicted and stirred-up.  Today was no different when I listened to him.  I was challenged, encouraged and called to rally again.  Press through the beginning as it is a mocking the recent "end time" prediction - the rest of the message is great.

This show just aired on May 20, 2011 with Glenn Beck, David Barton, Pastor Tom Mullens, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.  It is time for Courage people!  Let us not grow weary in these days but let us rise with God and stand in courage!

Obama and Israel

Yesterday was a tragic day in not only our nation's history but for all of humanity.  President Obama today announced that he is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war.  This announcement came just one day ahead of the scheduled arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington.  Netanyahu is vehemently opposed to even referring to these pre-1967 borders.

Here is a map of Israel (in green) to the right.  The area in red is Gaza and was under Egyptian rule until 1967.  The area in yellow was under Jordanian Rule until 1967.  Lebanon is the border to the north, Jordan is to the right and
Egypt is to the southwest.  The borders with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria have now been formally recognized as part of the peace treaties with Israel and all were a part of the 1949 Armistice Agreement.   The agreements ended the official hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.  The borders with Syria and the Palestine territories are still in dispute to some and this is part of the reason for the constant unrest in this region.

To add to the events of yesterday's developments is that some thought this president was a friend to Israel.  Why did they think this?  Well because he campaigned saying he was a friend to Israel.  There were many clips of Barack Obama declaring his "intentions".  When will people ever learn?  You can read more about it with this link to the Washington Times story on Obama's faithless pledges to Israel.

Interesting to this whole discussion is the consideration of what did God give Abraham under the Land Covenant with Abraham?  Hmmm - seems like Israel is getting the short end of this deal - again.  Here is a map:

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, ‘Peace be within you.’”(Psalm 132:13)

TSA and the Powers that Be...

Well it is all over the news that Osama Bin Ladin has been killed by American forces in Pakistan and there have been a wide range of emotions and postings related to the news of this terrorist's demise.

Because of the atrocities that he orchestrated on our soil back on that tragic September 11th morning in 2001 our lives have been changed, forever.  Out of fear of further attacks, Americans have willingly given up our freedoms one-by-one in the effort to "FEEL" safe.

What is troubling about all of this is now we have further and further infringements on our freedoms and it is beginning to cross some cultural lines that are raising some eyebrows.  Here is a link of a six-year-old girl who was "patted" down and drug-tested before being allowed to fly on one of our national airplanes.  We are a far cry from the days when me and my teen-age friends would play a friendly game of "trench-coat" at the airport or boldly storm a departing plane to sing a song for a traveling singer!

I have heard that some are talking about bringing litigation against the powers-that-be for pedophile crimes as these TSA agents can view "pornographic" images of children and also for fondling these same children in routine pat-downs.  We would NEVER allow teachers, priests, baby-sitters or any stranger out there the rights that we have given these TSA agents yet people continue along thinking these things are making us safe.

Israel, the country with the biggest target on their back doesn't do these silly and freedom stealing things.  They address the issue and TARGET the terrorist.  They PROFILE them!  If you have mean friends and you travel to slimy places in the world and you fellowship with known creeps then you will be targeted.  Seems like a plan to me!  Let's make this about the people DOING the crimes, not making us, the U.S. citizen the criminals.  Ridiculous!

Sharia Law & American Declaration Independence

This is a clip from Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on HIS view regarding the American Declaration of Independence and Sharia Law.  According to him, America is a Sharia compliant state.  Not sure why his audience laughs when he shares his opinion because I believe he is quite serious that American Declaration and Sharia law go hand-in-hand.  This clip is a bit chilling to me, as a woman, as an American and as a Christian.  He states his beliefs so systematically, so precisely, charismatically and yet so alarming!  SCARY!

For the record, I am not anti-Muslim but I am against some of the behaviors that some who interpret the Q'uran say are ok.  I believe God loves all of us and we are to love as well.  Many Muslims too reject the teachings of wife beating, raping, murdering, anti-Christ teachings, pedophile, Muhammad's ultimate gold (according to their god, allah) to bring peace by converting or murdering people like me, my family and my friends.  The distinction has to be made between individual people what a "group" of people say or do.

Muslim populations in European Cities: (The "Islam in Europe" blog compiled the following statistics, with sources marked by an asterisk by Daniel Pipes.)


Marseilles - 25 percent (200,000 of 800,000) (*)
Malmö - ~25 percent (67,000 of 270,000) (*)
Amsterdam - 24 percent (180,000 of 750,000) ( *)
Stockholm - 20 percent (>155,000 of 771,038) (*)
Brussels - ~20 percent (some say 33 percent) ( *)
Moscow - 16 percent-20 percent (2 million of 10-12 million) (*)
London - 17 percent (1.3 million of 7.5 million) ( *)
Luton - 14.6 percent (26,963) (*)
Birmingham 14.3 percent (139,771) ( *)
The Hague - 14.2 percent ( 67,896 of 475,580) (*)
Utrecht - 13.2 percent (38,300 of 289,000) ( *)
Rotterdam - 13 percent (80,000 of 600,000) (*)
Copenhagen - 12.6 percent (63,000 of 500,000) ( *)
Leicester - 11 percent (>30,000 of 280,000) (*)
Aarhus - ~10 percent ( *)
Zaan district (Netherlands) - 8.8 percent (*)
Paris - 7.38 percent (155,000 of 2.1 million) (*)
Antwerp- 6.7 percent (>30,000 of >450,000) ( *)
Hamburg - 6.4 percent (>110,000 of 1.73 million) (*)
Berlin - 5.9 percent (~200,000 of 3.40 million) ( *)

Once Muslim communities are established, they start to seek and demand that their practices are observed regardless of the practices of their current area.  This means Sharia (Koranic Law) and Islamic practice.  To read more about what is Islam and distinctions between Muslims, Christians and Jews and what does all this Islam stuff really mean to you, go to: Wildolive

In God We Still Trust - Diamond Rio

This song is not a recent release but the reason I am sharing it was because of the controversy that I have heard that surrounds it.  In God We Still Trust by Diamond Rio was apparently boycotted and not played by MANY radio stations in America because it was considered politically incorrect.  Really?  What has happened to America?  Where are the conservative Christians out there and why are we silent?  It is time to wake-up and more importantly SPEAK up!  Since when does a Christian based song offend because we are talking about God being in America?

This was shocking to me as I hear of rap-stars singing lyrics that are offensive to groups of people - directly degrading them, yet that is considered music and permissible.  There have been artists whose art defames Christianity yet it is covered under freedom of expression.  They have the right to degrade Christian images under the rights of freedom yet radio stations are not playing music because there may be a back-lash.  Am I the only one to see something wrong with this picture?  This is troubling in the least as this song should be played as any other song is played on the radio.  I am proud of my God and am not going to shrink back because some people may be afraid to offend a few listeners over this song.  This is ridiculous.

Obama - Muslim?

To quote the disclaimer at the beginning of this video, Obama Admits He is a Muslim, "the writers, producers, editors, and publishers of this video are not stating, claiming, or implying that Barrack Hussein Obama is a Muslim, or that Obama himself claimed or admitted to being a Muslim.  Rather the writers, producers, editors, and publishers of this video are only examining the evidence surrounding the rumor that Barack Hussein Obama might be a secret Muslim".

There are plenty of sound-bites here that will give you an indication of who the real Obama is.  Sometimes we here a clip here and there and never take the time to link them all together.  This video will help you see the "big" picture.

Obama has publicly recited the "Muslim call to prayer" in a perfect Arabic accent and then went on to say that (the Muslim prayer) was "the prettiest sound on earth." He repeatedly quotes from the "holy Koran" indicating his love for this text and even on repeated occasions states that "America is no longer a Christian nation".  This is in line with being a Muslim.

Again, this is a fascinating video; you make up your mind.  Please take the time to listen.  Have we forgotten?

Presidential Eligibility and Election ID Card

In all my life I would have never thought how dishonest people would become when dealing with the top of our own National identity.  I guess it is being young and naive that you believe that all people in America LOVE America and want to keep her free and established as our founders did.  In recent years, it has become clear to all of us that there are just as many agendas here in America as there are agendas in the world.  Nothing is new.  Nothing is surprising. Tyranny is always looking to raise it's head and there will always be a group that is trying to conquer the other.

Yesterday, I saw that Arizona is taking the lead with some of the most advanced legislative action regarding proof of eligibility to hold the highest office in the land, president.  Representative Judy Burges has introduced another bill (as her last one fell short last year because of some last minute political maneuvering) that has 16 members of the Senate as co-sponsors.  It will only take 16 votes in the Senate to pass.  In the House there are 50 co-sponsors with the need for only 31 votes for passage.  There are ten other states who are addressing this issue as well (controlling 107 of the electoral college votes).  Seems many are interested in fixing a gap in the current interpretation of the demands set by the U.S. Constitution regarding federal election procedures that allowed Barack Obama to be nominated, elected and inaugurated without providing proof of his qualifications for the office of president in the 2008 elections.

New Hampshire has created a simple legislation to address the issue requiring an affidavit from a candidate stating that their qualifications including age, residence and being a "natural born citizen".  Georgia has gone quite a bit further with legislation HB37 by Representative Bobby Franklin that not only demands original birth certificate documentation but it also provides a procedure for and declares that citizens have "standing" to challenge the documentation.  They go on to state that each political party shall provide each candidate ... original documentation that he meets the qualifications of Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 1 and Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution to serve as president of the USA if elected to such office.

So according to the "liberal" media it is just a "minority" of "right-wing" conspiracy theorist who think that Obama was not eligible under the U.S. Constitution to serve as Commander and Chief.  Hmmm - so why are TEN states forming legislation to have candidates PROVE eligibility to serve?  Because the liberal media has is WRONG again!

Worldometers on World Statistics

Interesting web-site I ran across called Worldometers.

What is Worldometers?  It is a world statistics page that is updated in real time.  There are many categories that they have posted here that are real-time stats that are continuously running.

Things like world population, birth, deaths,  current average temperature, google searches and then on to things like health care, education, cars being produced, cell phones sold and on and on.

Crazy all that is being counted in our world because of computers.  Interesting days we live in.  All that we know and are is being tracked, followed, calculated, watched, studied and list goes on and on.

Martin Luther King Day - 2011

Monday was the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and in that, was a day of reflection.  I have run across many things this week that have given me reason to ponder and stop and reflect.  What an incredible man he was.  What a tragic loss for all of us.  The link above is rare footage from the I Have a Dream speech in Washington, DC.

The man's faith was in the the least, inspirational and his commitment sobering.  Here are a few of my favorite sayings of MLK.

“Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?

Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’

Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it Popular?’

But conscience asks the question ‘Is it right?’

And there comes a time when one must take a position that I neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but he must do it because conscience tells him to be right.”

"Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

"Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education."

"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"Pray, and let God worry."

"The time is always right, to do what is right."

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing."

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.  He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.  There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.  When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” 

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means."

In America - become American!

Being that I grew up in Minnesota I am always interested in stories from back home, but this story was a bit hard to hear and quite sad to me.  This is ridiculous that a group (in this report it is Somali's) are given the right to discriminate (not giving rides to "infidels" in their cabs or handling bacon as a cashier) based on their religion yet other religions (Christian churches for not hiring homosexuals or couples living together or stating that marriage is between a man and women to name a few) can't enforce their convictions as that would be discriminatory?  My dad used to say, "That you have the right to swing your arms, until you hit someone in the nose." See my rights (to swing my arms) end when I enfringe upon your rights (of hitting your nose).

I don't have to work for a church if I don't like their policies just as I don't have to work as a grocery clerk if I have convictions about handling "unclean" meat.  The choice is the individuals NOT to work there, not the company's policies to be set to make all employees happy.  Don't like it, don't work there!  If you start a company servicing the public, than you must service the public...ALL those in the public.  Don't like it, don't start a business servicing the public!  Whatever happened to common sense?  People have the choice of where they work and for that matter, what business they start.  This is America and what we  have always stood for...the American Dream = Capitalism!

When I go to other countries, I have to "fit-in" if I want to enjoy the good graces of their country.  In America, we are inclusive. We allow others to come in but they are not allowed to come here and make this country a satalite of their homeland.  They can not take over and impose their rules and cultures on us.  Before you get on the band-wagon that I am intolerant, I am speaking from my own families personal experience!  My mother was an immigrant and she became an American.  She had to forsake ALL allegiances to her homeland.  She learned the language of English and had to use it and speak it.  She became and American citizen and even exercised her right to vote.  This is how it works!  If you want to be here, become one of us!

To quote Theodore Roosevelt, "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes and American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.  But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." -1907

How can one religious group have freedoms while another is targeted as raciest or intolerant?  Seems we have dual standards that are developing in this country and we need to get back to the basics as outlined by Roosevelt...one flag, one language, one loyalty!  The founders were tolerant of other religions even though most of them were Christian by faith.  They understood that the govenment does not dictate religion and that people need to have the right to choose their faith.  With that, they also knew that without God for us, we would never make it!

I totally understand some of the reporters closing words, "There is such a thing as carrying politeness too far."

Minnesota,  Next Somali? - Posted July 2, 2007

Somali Pirates in St. Paul, Minnesota - Posted November 18, 2009

US Capitol Tour by David Barton

The first Bible printed in America was printed by U.S. Congress in 1782 for Public Schools and done for the inhabitants of the United States.  This is an INCREDIBLE video of a Capitol Tour by David Barton showing how our nation IS and WAS founded by Christians and that faith was very important to their personal testimony.  They were so into their faith that they allowed ALL to have their faith but the majority of the founders were Christian.

My family personally knows David Barton and we have been blessed to hear him speak on several occasions and each time I learn something new.  If you ever have the opportunity to take a tour with David, you will never be the same as you watch our history come alive as you hear about the faith of so many of the founders and how many of them were even pastors.  Did you know that 29 of the original 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence had Seminary Degrees?  Again, this in INCREDIBLE and you haven't heard this in your public schools but he has the documentation and the evidence to show you the truth!

Those Voices Don't Speak for the Rest of Us!

This is a great video that is at times UNBELIEVABLE in the audacity of the plan of some liberals.  When Representative Alcee Hastings of the Florida's 23rd District says that, "we make 'em up as we go along" referring to "rules", I felt chills run down my spine.

With the mid-term elections less than 60 days away now, we NEED to remember what these politician have said and what their motives are toward their agenda against the people's desires.  Here is Ronald Reagan speaking about Those Voices many years ago and here we are again today, battling the same fight for our American Dream.

Please share this link with friends and family members as to the importance of voting these radicals out of office.  Their vision of America is NOT representative of my values or desires.  I pray that you vote, encourage those you love to vote and help get the vote out!  WE have a role to play in our destiny...we still have the RIGHT to vote.  Your vote matters and it CAN bring about the change we all desire.  This past administration offered "hope and change".  Many people believed he would bring good forth for our country but all we have gotten is more debt, more government and more problems.

"The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing." - Ronald Reagan

"Your telling me that we gotta go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?  The answer (is)Yea, I'm telling ya." - Vice President Joe Biden.

“But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy.” - Ronald Reagan

"I think are a lot of rich people out there whom we can tax at a, at a point down the road and recover some of this money."  Representative Barney Frank of the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts.  Well then, let's start with those in Congress, Mr. Frank.  According to CNBC the top 10 are listed below (and note that only two are "RICH Republicans":

01 - Darrell Issa (R - California) $251.03 Million (Greene Properties) Ranks 1st in House
02 - Jae Harman (D - California) $244.80 Million (Harman Int.) Ranks 2nd in House
03 - Herb Kohl (D - Wisconsin) $214.57 Million (Ranch Blgs/Horse Breeding) Rank 1st -Sen.
04 - Mark Warner (D - Virginia) $209.70 Million (Not Avail.) Ranks 2nd in Senate
05 - John Kerry (D - Massachusetts) $208.80 Million ((Dryfus Prime Mgmt) Rank 3rd in Sen.
06 - Jared Polis (D - Colorado) $158.17 Million (Goldman Sachs) Ranks 3rd in House
07 - Vernon Buchanan (R - Florida) $142.43 Million (VB Motor Yachts) Ranks 4th in House
08 - Jay Rockefeller (D - West Virginia) $94.31 Million (Wachovia Bank) Ranks 4th in Senate
09 - Frank R. Lautenberg (D - New Jersey) $74.74 Million (Not Avail.) Ranks 5th in Senate
10 - Dianne Feinstein (D-California) $72.38 Million (Clariton Hotels) Ranks 6th in Senate

There have been many in last few decades saying that we can eliminate poverty if only the poor would be given more.  My father used to tell me that no one appreciates what is given to them.  When you earn something you cherish it.  The solution for America is to get ALL Americans working again.  We have given too much to too many for far too long and it times for people to get back to basics.  If you can't afford it, you can't buy it.  Today in America we have 40% of Americans paying 86% of the Federal taxes.