I'm ready for a change, are you?

Now the political ads, which we’re seeing about every 5 minutes, will really get going.

Ohio is a swing state, so we see a lot of ads the rest of you don't. Money won't be wasted in Chicago, where even the dead vote Democratic and ACORN will chase down anyone else. The Obama ad writers have 2 styles, slash and burn. When they aren't out and out lies, the truth part is buried so keep in BS you're afraid to dig. One of my favorites is the contraceptives for Obama ad.   Big Pharma must be ecstatic. Did you know contraception changes the lining of the uterus making women more susceptible to STDs? Or the more contraception, the higher the abortion rate? That the pill increases the rate of cervical cancer?  That it increases breast cancer.  STDs and pregnancy can send poor women to Planned Parenthood to build their coffers and pay their high salaries. Do you know that the drug companies test them on 3rd world women who are clueless about their dangers, side effects, or failures? But Obama has increased our debt by over 450% since Jan. 2009, so what else is there to talk about except free contraception?

2016 the movie starts today

John David Ware, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, now doing film (168 Project) in California

I just saw "2016-Obama's America." Narrator Dnesh D'Souza has a unique point of view, having come from a similar experience of colonialism at the hands of the British. D'Souza predicted much of Obama's behavior in his book, so there must be something to his analysis. Riveting and informative, the film explores our president's frequently bizarre actions: reckless spending as we teeter on the edges of a Greece-style meltdown, redistribution of wealth, provoking class warfare, passing bills that not even he knows what is in them, shutting down oil drilling and the Keystone oil pipeline in the US, but giving money for drilling to Brazil and other countries, supporting domestic anarchy via the Occupy Movement, turning his back on or being cold to our longtime allies--Egypt and Israel, NOT supporting the rebels in Iran, doing NOTHING to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, and making secretive pacts with Russia as he works to weaken US nuclear superiority). It's hard to believe that a US President could ever compile a record like this. It's harder still to understand what benefits proud, hard-working people can derive from 4 more years of Obama. The film reveals much about the way Obama grew up and what/who shaped him. It reveals the great conflict in Obama's ideas versus traditional American ideals and how unlikely was his rise to power. Though he seems like a even-tempered person, you can really get a sense of the bitterness that colonialism engenders. The film also points out Obama's mastery of the politics of perception and appealing to different groups at the same time. D'Souza says that America felt good about electing it's first Black president. A second Obama term, the film argues will make for an America that is unrecognizable compared to the one we have known. From his Facebook page.

See the film. It starts today.
http://2016themovie.com/​trailer/

Friday Family Photo--Today's Guitar recital

A very mixed group of guitar playing wannabees took a class together at the Rhein Center in Lakeside today. The class presented a recital this morning. I believe this oneis "You are my sunshine."

Lou Prichett went from scared to terrified in 3 years

His first letter to President Obama went viral.  The updated one from 2012 is excerpted here,   http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/Point_of_View_1136/They_Never_Expected_Govt_To_Offer_Anything.php  .

In April 2009, I sent President Obama and the New York Times a letter titled "You Scare Me" because, as a candidate, he promised to "fundamentally transform America." Now, after observing his performance for over three years, he no longer scares me---he terrifies me for the following reasons:

FIRST: He has done more to damage America's standing in the world, to lower the standard of living in America, to impoverish future generations and to shake our faith in the country's future than any other American president in history.

SECOND: With a compliant Democrat congress, a lapdog media and a weak, almost nonexistent Republican opposition, he has shattered the American dream of job security, home ownership and rugged individualism for millions of Americans and has poisoned and divided our civil society with his politics of envy, class warfare, race warfare, and religious warfare which he is using as fundamental building blocks for his 'socialist' agenda.

THIRD: Culturally, he remains totally out of touch with traditional American values. This has absolutely nothing to do with race or where he was born, rather it has everything to do with where, how and with whom he was raised, schooled, educated, trained and associates with still today.

FOURTH: He has surrounded himself with naive academicians, lawyers, politicians, bureaucrats and socialist-leaning czars who arrogantly think and behave exactly as he does. People who offer no balanced suggestions or devils advocate positions and think in lock-step with him that big government is the answer to all our problems.

FIFTH: He not only encourages but aids and abets in the unionization of all American industry, the albatross around the neck of the free market. In turn, they provide the money and muscle to intimidate his opponents.

SIXTH: He has increased the national debt by over 30% in just three years. If re-elected and this rate of increase continues, America will be burdened with an unsustainable $20 trillion dollar debt which will result in the country's financial death. Recovery will be impossible - America will be the Greece of 2016.

SEVENTH: Given his fanatical adherence to the 'environmental' and 'man-caused global warming' fringe, he has deliberately discouraged U.S. fossil fuel exploration and production while wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on solar, wind and algae experiments. He refuses to accept that oil, gas and coal are not America's enemies, they are America's assets which, if properly managed, could make us energy independent within a generation.

EIGHTH: He views the U.S. as a power in retreat which abused its World dominance. Therefore, he systematically apologizes round the world. Last March he whispered to Russian President Medvedev "... this is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." Just what is the secret that Obama and Putin are concealing from the American people until after the election? With what other leaders has he made similar secret agreements?

NINTH: And finally, after all his missteps, bad decision making, poor management, and zero leadership, the fact that he has the audacity to seek re-election should terrify every American.
I predict that if re-elected, future historians and political interpreters will look back at the eight year period 2008-2016, and conclude "the 44th President of the U.S. allowed the takers to overpower the payers which resulted in the greatest economy in history vanishing from the face of the Earth." Farewell, America. The World will really miss you!"

It is my hope and prayer that this letter will also go viral and serve as a 'wake up' call to Americans of all political leaning, convincing them that never before in U.S. history has so much depended on Americans understanding that we are facing one of the greatest crises in U.S. history. Convincing them that this election will be won not by letters to the editor, political speeches or radio and TV soundbites.

No!!! it will be won by those with a conviction, with a belief and with a willingness to pay the price in helping put the most enlightened voters in the polling booth on November 6.

Let me end on my favorite quote which I think is very appropriate for each of us today:
"TO EVERY MAN THERE COMES IN HIS LIFETIME THAT SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN HE IS PHYSICALLY TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND OFFERED THE CHANCE TO DO A VERY SPECIAL THING, UNIQUE TO HIM AND FITTED TO HIS TALENT; WHAT A TRAGEDY IF THAT MOMENT FINDS HIM UNPREPARED OR UNQUALIFIED FOR THE WORK WHICH WOULD BE HIS FINEST HOUR."

Those words, spoken by Winston Churchill over 70 years ago, are very appropriate for the Tea Party Movement today.
For if each of us is prepared and is qualified then November 6, 2012, just might be our and our Country's finest hour as we reclaim this "shining city on the hill" from the ravages of Obama Socialism.

IT IS NOW OR NEVER FELLOW PATRIOTS --GOD HELP US IF WE FAIL!
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Lou Pritchett is the author of the open letter "Obama, You Scare Me" which went viral in 2009.

The Cardinal turns the other cheek

We're supposed to “take a deep breath, relax a second, and think carefully about” Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s invitation to President Obama to speak at the upcoming Al Smith Dinner. It shows Christians can treat adversaries with respect and honor says Edward Mechmann.   And no national leader in my memory has treated Christians more poorly than this president. From his support for abortion for any reason, including gender and disabilities, to announcing embryonic stem cell support at a Catholic university, to his phony war on women, to his flip flopping on marriage, to his sitting in the pew for 20 years of a pastor who preached hate whitey--he doesn't like us much.

http://www.womenofgrace.com/blog/?p=15789

Spiritual but not religious

It’s not trendy or politically correct to say this, but I am religious, not spiritual.  I am a Christian; Jesus Christ is the head of the church, not me, not my inner thoughts, energy source, feelings, body contortions, and no other guru who is a flash in the pan with a webpage.  I’ve always been a bit puzzled by those who claim more personal wisdom than a 5th century Pope or a 16th century reformer, or even their own local church government, given how far removed they are from the founders’ work.   Even Paul, who wrote most of the New Testament to provide a structure for the church Jesus established 2,000 years ago, didn’t rely on his own personal experience.  He had many years of being taught and grounded in the Scriptures of the Jews, and after his experience of meeting the living Christ after his resurrection, he spent a lot of time in training with the disciples who worked with Jesus during his ministry on earth and who already had a “church structure”  of meeting together for prayer, sharing bread, evangelizing and service. When the Holy Spirit revealed something to him to pass along, he had some depth and learning to test it.  The New Testament is full of lists to define various appointments, gifts, personality characteristics of leaders and roles in the church—Romans 12:-6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11, Acts 6, 1 Timothy 5:17, Titus 1:7-9, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:2, 1 Peter 5:1-5, etc.  In fact, other than the topic of hell, there are few topics as well covered as how to structure the church, so religion must be important to Jesus.

How much of this $900,000 for “Improving the Health of People with Disabilities” will get to the people with disabilities?

“The Ohio State University Nisonger Center and Ohio Department of Health were recently awarded a $900,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote health, prevent chronic disease, and increase the quality of life among people with disabilities.”  These are extremely vague goals; I assume there are specific diseases that disabled people have that are different than the general population (measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, shingles, chicken pox, etc.) and specific quality of life markers in the contract. Essentially, this is a monitoring and surveillance program—i.e., there’s nothing new—no new services, no research, no . . . nothing. The goal of the CDC is to “reduce disparities” and not to help the disabled.*

There are so many fingers in this pie, it is difficult to imagine that anyone except the direct researchers, bean counters, and university and government staff will benefit.  First of all, when a federal government grant comes to the university, close to 50-60% is taken off the top to cover university overhead—this is everything from parking lots, utilities. janitors, food service, debt, and social events for deans and faculty.  But keep In mind, that the amount started out bigger than $900,000 because each agency whose hands/offices it passed through also took their cut for overhead.

The employees of the following agencies and organizations must be paid before a disabled person receives a dime’s worth of service, and even then it is monitoring services that they already have had from earlier programs. I used to be an employee of Ohio State University and The State of Ohio Department of Aging.  It’s a very nice living for many well-educated people.

Federal

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

State

Ohio Department of Health Division of Family and Community Health Services

Ohio Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

Ohio Department of Health’s Division of Prevention

Ohio Department of Aging

Ohio Disability and Health Program (ODHP)

Ohio Office of Health Preparedness

State Universities

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Nisonger Center Health Promotion / Healthcare Parity

The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center

University of Cincinnati UCEDD at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Associations/non-profits

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

Ohio Association of Community Health Centers

*Through public health efforts, such as surveillance, research, and health promotion, CDC aims to reduce health disparities and the incidence and severity of secondary conditions, including additional physical or mental health conditions that occur as a result of having a primary disabling condition. CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/pdf/AboutDHProgram508.pdf

Stop his plan before he kills the country

Obama's plan is working. Unemployment is up; the deficit is ballooning; housing starts for middle America have stalled again; construction on government buildings in DC is way up; small business is not expanding, but the wars in the Middle East are; marriage and babies are being demonized; there's more free birth control for women and fewer work requirements for welfare. What is not to love in this man's accomplishments who has a Fluke introduce him?

Late Nite Catechism

Last night at the Hoover Auditorium we were treated to a very funny show called, Late Nite Catechism featuring Mary Zentmyer as Sister, a classroom teacher in traditional nun habit, and teaching pre-Vatican II style with old fashion discipline. I thought it was very funny, plus informative, and decided Catholics are a lot funnier than Lutherans or Methodists.  Yes, not everything is doctrinally correct, but I think she got the flavor.  And I was surprised when about half the audience raised their hands when she asked how many had gone to Catholic School.

 

Romney Hood--how funny is it? Not very.

The Robin Hood (Romney Hood) ploy that the Dems have been using since the mid-90s? Robin Hood took from the rich government thieves and gave the money back to the people from which it had been stolen. In the story, Robin Hood is the good guy, so why are the O forces so confused again? Well, Obama grew up outside the country--he is clueless about our culture. But what's his advisors excuse?

A new one today was the funding stream for Romney to start Bain Capital. Have the Democrats complained about the bootleg money that built the Kennedy fortunes or the Mafia ties o JFK and RFK? It's Chicago politics, all right.

You can't make these things up!

Sandra Fluke who chose her high price Catholic university law school for its lack of contraception coverage so she could lead a protest, is going to introduce Obama at the Democrat convention. Together they can destroy future generations of Democrats and African Americans! Apparently, this is supposed to help the women voters decide--free contraception, not jobs, not career advancements, not expansion of the wars, not the 5 trillion deficit, not bail outs and buy offs, but a $9/mo contraceptive she could just as easily buy at WalMart.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/08/06/sandra-fluke-introduce-obama-denver/77882/

The reading list wars

Whatever became of the "reading list wars?" Well, Obama pretty much lost that race/battle in 2009, back when the lapdog media were still presenting GW Bush as a dumb, ignorant, gaffe-prone ignoramous. Then when they stared checking things, Obama came out to be the light weight who didn't know history, political science, finance, business or religion, and wouldn't learn from history. He mostly read stuff written by other Democrats or himself. Also, over time, the media learned Obama couldn't even keep track of the words put in front of him by his writers on the teleprompter, and mispronouned or misspoke often. So the comparisons just weren't fun anymore, plus, it was all Bush's fault anyway, so why did it matter?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/books/19read.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Mr. Obama tends to take a magpie approach to reading — ruminating upon writers’ ideas and picking and choosing those that flesh out his vision of the world or open promising new avenues of inquiry.

His predecessor, George W. Bush, in contrast, tended to race through books in competitions with Karl Rove (who recently boasted that he beat the president by reading 110 books to Mr. Bush’s 95 in 2006), or passionately embrace an author’s thesis as an idée fixe. Mr. Bush and many of his aides favored prescriptive books — Natan Sharansky’s “Case for Democracy,” which pressed the case for promoting democracy around the world, say, or Eliot A. Cohen’s “Supreme Command,” which argued that political strategy should drive military strategy. Mr. Obama, on the other hand, has tended to look to non-ideological histories and philosophical works that address complex problems without any easy solutions, like Reinhold Niebuhr’s writings, which emphasize the ambivalent nature of human beings and the dangers of willful innocence and infallibility.

What exactly worked?

Increased deficit?
Loss of religious freedom?
Increased health care costs?
Expanded war zones?
More people on food stamps?
Loss of prestige globally?
More radical Muslim governments in power?
Highest unemployment since WWII?
Businesses sitting on their capital rather than investing it?

And somehow only 10% of the people who supported him in 2008 are defecting?

This needs to be in an Obama/Romney campaign ad, with sad faced, weeping retirees

When the Obama administration was "saving" the auto industry in 2009 the UAW got the spoils and investors and creditors got the shaft. It's no surprise that this trickled down to the auto suppliers as well. Who got shafted there? At Delphi, 20,000 non-union retirees. (Kitchen Cabinet)

Delphi, a General Motors company, is one of the world’s largest automotive parts manufacturers. Twenty thousand of its workers lost nearly their entire pensions when the government bailed out GM. At the same time, Delphi employees who were members of the United Auto Workers union saw their pensions topped off and made whole.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/07/emails-geithner-treasury-drove-cutoff-of-non-union-delphi-workers-pensions/#ixzz22sNCF2xX

Why lie about taxes? Because class envy works for the President.

I just can't figure out the lies about taxes that the left reports. I've looked at these tables (Brookings) from every angle, and there's just no way but what the top 1% is being unfairly taxed more than any other group. And if you like quintiles (fifths), then the top quintile pays 24.5% and the bottom .8. To the left, that's not fair because after taxes, the rich are still rich, not impoverished, and the poor are still poor even with all those government transfers for food, housing and health. Before the recession that Obama has relentlessly encouraged, the top quintile paid even more, but they've lost a lot of ground.

 http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=3277

What we call “Cafeteria Catholics”

Protestants.

Priests should be free to marry.  Women should be able to be priests. Gays should  marry in the church.  Abortion and contracepting is OK.  Nah, I don’t go to Mass every Sunday.  Confession?  Well, gosh,  why not be a Methodist or Presbyterian?

“The Christian who believes he has a right to his private opinion, that he already knows what the Church will only come to grasp later, must ask himself in sober self-criticism before God  and his conscience, whether he has the necessary depth and breadth of theological expertise to  allow his private theory and practice to depart from the present doctrine of the ecclesiastical authorities.  The case is in principle admissible.  But conceit and presumption will have to answer for their willfulness before the judgement seat of God.” K. Rahner, “Magesterium” quoted in Francis A. Sullivan, Magisterium, 1983, p. 171.

Random sightings at Lakeside

I saw on Fox News this morning at the coffee shop that the man who killed worshipers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was white, a veteran and had tattoos and it has been called domestic terrorism rather than a hate crime.  Obviously, the left media will claim a victory—saying it’s the Tea Party’s fault.  They never blame testosterone, the mentally ill or the military in these shootings. Or they won’t while Obama is Commander and Chief. Not even the Ft. Hood massacre was called “domestic terrorism” even though the perp was an American (and, shhh, a Muslim).

There are two groups of very handsome, agile teens here this week.  The boys appear to be track, the girls, either cheerleaders or drill team.  The coaches of course are riding bikes while the kids run.

This is “Peace” week, or “multi-faith” week at Lakeside, so I won’t be going to the programs.  The speakers are usually on a journey, seeking, striving, dialoguing, and it is just so boring.  There is a walking tour of south Lakeside that looks good.

This will make it easier

To remember the Great Lakes, think HOMES

Huron

Ontario

Michigan

Erie

Superior

 

Thanks Gayle!  (from my cousin’s weekly newsletter)

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

You are the only president in my memory (the first president I remember was Harry Truman) who worsened race relations, promoted class warfare, supported death to the unborn, and denigrated the spirit and drive that built our great country.  May the archives ever reflect your accomplishments so future presidents will learn from your mistakes.