Sunday, September 23, 2012

What can one person do? Pray, says Max Lucado

In the gym, the church parking lot, Starbucks—everywhere I go, I hear the same question: “What can I do about the condition of our country?” Declining moral standards. Economic turmoil. Seemingly endless bickering and posturing of our leaders. More than ever before, citizens are concerned about the future of our nation. The presidential election is drawing near and we wonder, “What can I do?”

Here is the answer: pray. During times of national concern, our first and foremost task is prayer.

http://election.maxlucado.com/

Where do you get your news about Mitt Romney?

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We already have wealth transfer

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Look at what happens when the War on Poverty kicks in during the mid-1960s. Whoosh.  Onward and upward.  And look what happens when the two Bushes are in the White House.  Growth in federal subsidies.  So if we elect Romney, we may save the country from being turned over to radicals, or Muslims, or Communists working inside the government, but I don’t think we’ll save a lot of money.

Chris did build his bakery business

So it’s our fault?

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Dissing Catholicism

"There were a lot of bad speeches at the Democratic National Convention, but Caroline Kennedy's speech was the low point in many ways. She got up on a national stage and used her professed Catholic faith to justify and actually demand the preservation of grave evils that the Church explicitly condemns. She presented lies for the truth, and tried to justify it with her Catholic faith." Jennifer Hartline, Catholic Online.

I know way too many Christians who justify Obama's policies with their private interpretations of the Bible or the church (any church, pick one), ignoring Abortion and the HHS Mandate which destroys their first amendment rights. Look out boomers, you'll be next—first free contraception and abortions on the front end, then he’ll start at the other end with killing them with kindness euthanasia. What makes you so special if others aren’t?

Lyndon Baines Johnson and the 1957 Civil Rights Act

LBJ was one of the best and cagiest politicians and presidents America has ever known.  He was a consistent racist and fought Civil Rights legislation, but as the Republican president and war hero Dwight Eisenhower  pushed the 1957 Civil Rights legislation Johnson became convinced he needed to throw African Americans a bone, not unlike modern day Democrats who keep blacks on a short, tight leash.  Today he is hailed and admired for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  And children are not taught an accurate version of U.S. history.  To the victor belongs the archives, as we librarians say.

"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again."

Johnson was recorded on a White House taped (and saved) conversation claiming, “I’ll have them niggers voting Democratic for the next two hundred years.”  How true and perceptive.

http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2011/09/18/these-uppity-negroes-lbj/

The new flag of the left

Obama’s campaign is selling the flag on the right—the red stripes sort of resemble the bloody finger prints on the wall of the compound in Libya where our ambassador and 3 other Americans were killed.

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Saturday Night Live plugs Obama

Just so I'm clear, the Middle East is in flames over Obama's policies there, the ambassador to Libya is dead along with three other Americans, Obama is finally called out on his broken promises, lies and horrible policies and SNL is in non-stop attack mode on the Romneys? Really?—Joe Pags

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Just another Chicago politician

Dr. Conrad Worrill is an African-American educator, activist and former radio talk show host on Chicago's African-American-oriented station WVON. He told the Examiner that Obama was an inspirational speaker who moved people. But in the end, he became just another Chicago politician.

"His rise in politics, his trajectory in politics has led him to make adjustments in his political decision-making. And that's the case with many politicians. So he's no different from many others in that regard. He's a politician," Worrill said.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/chapter-vi-the-poor-people-obama-left-behind/article/2508422

If you could go back and interview your 2008 self

He never counted, but it was very profitable

“Unlike some of the other speakers, I have never been involved in a large-scale abortion mill, a business (and it is a business, don't kid yourselves) that was set up for the sole purpose of performing abortions. My experiences are perhaps a little more universal in terms of obstetricians and gynecologists in the country who were trained to do abortions during their residencies and then continued doing so as a part of their private practice, but not even the major part. Certainly it was never a major part of our private practice.

My partner and I, however, were relatively important in the Albany area for one infamous fact, which to this day I regret. Our group was just about the only group that was performing late abortions, D&E procedures, Dilatation and Evacuation. And we received referrals from all over the area in our part of the state from not only just the doctors in Albany and Schenectady, but from neighboring counties 70 to 80 miles away. We had a lot of patients.

I've never actually counted. I'm glad I can't say that I'm responsible for 50,000 plus abortions, but I know I've done hundreds of the procedures, and that's direct, hands-on involvement, as Mr. Scheidler said, with the forceps in your hand, reaching into somebody's uterus and tearing out a baby.

People ask, why do doctors do abortions? Many of the reasons have come out already, and I am going to amplify them. It's profitable, a lot of money in it! One way to make abortion less available is to make it unprofitable, and there are probably a lot of ways you can do that. . .

In my practice, we were averaging between $250 and $500 for an abortion, and it was cash. That's the one time as a doctor you can say, either pay me up front or I'm not going to take care of you. It's totally elective. When a woman comes to me and is pregnant, and her husband's lost a job, and maybe their insurance isn't in effect, we won't turn her away. But when somebody's going to have an abortion, it's an elective procedure. Either you have the money or you don't, and they get it.

You can go in on a Monday morning, do three or four abortions (the procedure itself doesn't take five or six minutes), clean up the room, make room for the next patient, put her in. I'll be out of there in two hours; be out in time for lunch; nobody's going to call me at night; and I almost never, never have to worry about her lawyer ever bothering me. And I'm going to make the same amount of money as if I did one delivery with all those months of work [for a live birth]. Now, who's the fool? The ProLife obstetrician or the abortionist?”

http://www.priestsforlife.org/testimonies/1127-testimony-of-dr-anthony-levatino---former-abortion-provider

Scroll down for a link to a video where he demonstrates an abortion using a fetal model.

Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson created the problem

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There has never been a politician smarter and more sly than Lyndon B. Johnson who as senator in 1954 is the one who stuck this trick into the tax code, to keep some non-profits from campaigning him. Before that, churches were not 501C3 organizations. However, even though churches use the tax code as their reason for NOT speaking out against abortion or same sex marriage and other issues even those on the local scene like bond issues, I personally think it is the collection plate they fear.

This is why it’s important to read the bill, Nancy.

This will never happen

Paula Priesse fantasizes a bit now that Romney has shown his tax records showing 30% for charity.

“Mr. President, your party has falsely accused me of not paying taxes. I have proven otherwise. Since you brag about being the most transparent administration ever, Americans demand to see your college transcripts! NOW!!!”

Me too, Sister (editorial by Sister One of 2 Sisters on the Right)

As the Presidential election approaches, and we see that the polls show the candidates to be either neck and neck or with a variance of one or two points we, wonder how this could be possible. President Barack Obama has proven himself to be inept, unprepared for the presidency, and above all he has a background of socialist indoctrination. His family, his mentors, all taught him to resent capitalism and to embrace Socialism.

As someone who grew up in the United States of America enjoying all the freedoms guaranteed by our United States Constitution, I am baffled, astonished, bewildered, that so many Americans seem to have accepted and support the tenets of socialism which are so opposite to our values as a constitutional republic.

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Friday, September 21, 2012

The War on Poverty has created dependency which in turn creates poverty which creates. . .

War on Poverty began January 1964.   Birth control pills were  introduced in the early 1960s which increased the need for abortion which became legal in 1973. 

Let’s make it easier for military to vote; harder for dead and illegals.

“Military members and their spouses have long faced challenges when they vote. Unlike many Americans, military families are constantly on the go moving from one duty location to another. The frequency and unexpected nature of these moves have increased as our men and women in uniform have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. For most military families, if they have any hope of voting, they are forced to navigate a confusing state absentee ballot process.

Unfortunately, most military families do not successfully navigate this process—a fact repeatedly evidenced in recent elections. In 2008, for example, less than 20 percent of 2.5 million military voters were able to request and return their absentee ballots and have that ballot counted. In 2010, that number dipped to 4.6 percent.”

http://www.heroesvote.org/

Family Friday Photo—Third Cousins once removed

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About a decade ago Jeanie decided to research her roots, and discovered the George family of Pennsylvania from which I am also descended.  Her great-great grandfather Cornelius and my great grandfather David were brothers and both settled in Illinois.  Their sister Mary Anne lived in Iowa in the mid-19th century,  and in the 1990s her granddaughter wrote a huge family genealogy.  Jeanie’s family wasn’t in it, we think because her grandmother married outside the culture, and we knew nothing about her branch of the family tree.  But we’re all connected now, in part because of the internet which makes things much easier.  I had some family memorabilia from Cornelius’ family (the woven blanket, pottery from the 1840s, 1850s) and a pastry wheel from the early 19th c.  that was made for Mary Knopp George, a Danner descendent, the brothers’ mother.  So I gave them to Jeanie and she has two small museums in mind for them. We had such a delightful day together looking over old photos and comparing notes.  She’s a much more determined genealogist than I am and actually goes to historical sites, cemeteries, and court houses—and to distant cousins several states removed.

The Food Stamp King

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The 1996 Welfare Reform was working. More people had jobs; the government got more taxes; families had more hope. BUT. That made fewer people depending on the government, and for Obama that was bad, so he changed the definition of work. The Congressional Research Service, not Fox News, not Rush Limbaugh, found that the number of able-bodied Americans on food stamps exploded following changes to the work requirement by the Obama administration.

Thank you, Mitt Romney, for drawing attention to the culture of dependency. Romney's 47% comments offended some conservatives because those on Social Security and Medicare have already paid for those benefits, but the fact remains, the direction we're going is unsustainable.

What did you do to fight for America?

David Webb writes:  “Someday my child may ask me ... Dad what did you do to fight for America? My answer will begin with, I took a stand, I took action as best I could, I brought others to our righteous cause, I wanted to be able to answer your question.

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What’s a little crime among Democrats?

TEN-TERM Congresswoman Maxine Waters? Her ethics charges are being dropped by the Democratic leadership of the HOUSE. She didn't MEAN ANY HARM WHEN SHE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT to advocate for loans for the bank where her husband is on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. But her Chief of Staff, who is also her grandson, might be in a little trouble.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444032404578010142825845284.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Ethics Committee paid the lawyer $1.3 million—that’s our money.  If a Republican has his foot over the line in the men’s room, he’s history.  She gets to steal . . .

We could use Calvin Coolidge today

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Obama demeans and criticizes the successful—except the crony capitalists and celebrities who are contributing to his campaign.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Liberals can mock Mormons, not Muslims

Why the double standard? It's OK to mock Mormons, to even attend the play, but Muslims need TLC?
The Book of Mormon—a performance of which Hillary Clinton attended last year, without registering a complaint—comes to mind as the administration falls over itself denouncing Innocence of Muslims. This is a film that may or may not exist; whose makers are likely not who they say they are; whose actors cl aim to have known neither the plot nor purpose of the film; and which has never been seen by any member of the public except as a video clip on the Internet. No matter. The film, the administration says, is hateful and offensive (Susan Rice), reprehensible and disgusting (Jay Carney) and, in a twist, disgusting and reprehensible (Hillary Clinton).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304388004577528931414701856.html?mod=opinion_newsreel

Vote for Mitt

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And you are serious about voting for this?

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The creepy cultic Obama flag

I’m not going to post a scan of this flag.  It’s too insulting, too narcissistic to be believed.  There’s no penalty for no patriotism, no common sense, no decency.

The United States Flag Code, which clearly states in part:

The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag of the United States. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq). This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.[1]

This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.

The flag must not be marked with any insignia, letter, word, signature, picture or drawing [like the Obama logo].

I’ve seen one photo which uses the bloody fingerprints on the wall of the Libya murders against the stripes of this flag. Sickening.

The 47% flap

“According to an informal, unscientific, online poll (enough qualifiers?) on the mainstream outlet CNBC, 76% actually agree with Mitt Romney’s comment, and are not shocked in the least about its import. We can’t draw too many conclusions from just this one online poll, but it backs up the initial reaction of some that the left’s initiation of this debate is actually a good thing.”

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/09/16633-cnbc-poll-75-agree-with-romneys-47-comment/

Swoon

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Democrats, please respond

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One billion in false claims?

After the housing collapse some of the same "community" organizations that pushed unqualified people into unsafe loans and took a cut from the top, then got government grants to help the same people with preforeclosure and refinancing. This article doesn't give enough information, but remember little ACORNs continue to grow under new names.

Washington Post story here.

Some ACORN members were encouraged to stay in their foreclosed homes. http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/05/taking-on-foreclosures

http://www.guidetolenders.com/adjustable_rate_mortgage/articles/foreclosure_help_mortgage_lenders_join_forces_with_non_profit_groups.jsp

http://www.acgov.org/cda/hcd/documents/mls_foreclosure_resources_for_homeowners.pdf

I’ll do what I can to clean up Obama’s mess

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because I love you!

Real help for the poor is on the way!

"The American system of limited government and free enterprise has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. We don't want to replace that. We want to renew and revitalize that." Paul Ryan

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A good summary of Democratic voters

On September 5, Namaste an African American blogger I've been following for years decided to look at some liberal blogs after watching the convention. Sounds like the Romney tape that Jimmy Carter's grandson turned up. "As Americans, we're gonna just have to agree to disagree. The victims, the saviors, the martyrs and the entitled citizens on the left are so deeply entrenched in their beliefs about this country, all I can say is God bless. No speech, no editorial, no news story is going to make a smidgen of difference between now and November."

It’s the “saviors” that drive me whacko.  They don’t even see how they are hurting people.  Just as long as they get their jollies—that’s all that matters.

http://myvoiceonthewingsofchange.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-race-is-on.html

Abby Johnson, pro-life advocate talks to a pastor

She’s a former Planned Parenthood worker, now trying to lead other women out of this cesspool. She wonders why more is not said in churches about life issues.  I’ve been a member of our church since 1976 and have never heard a word about abortion.

Abby: I grew up in a pro-life Christian home, but I never once heard my preacher talk about abortion.
Pastor: I preach about abortion every year during Respect Life month and the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
Abby: It’s not enough. About 70% of women who have abortions come from the church.
Pastor: But Abby...really...how often do you think I should be preaching about abortion?
Abby: I don’t know, but I will say that when I worked at Planned Parenthood, it was not uncommon for a woman to be holding a rosary or Bible in her hands while she laid on the abortion table. So you tell me, how often should you preach about abortion?

From her FaceBook page.

Does the term "drinking the Kool-aid" come to mind?

I guess we know who Democrats are listening to--the MSM and their echo chamber friends on FaceBook. It worked with youth in 2008.  Pew Report:  "Just 15% of Democrats say recent economic news is mostly bad, down from 31% a month ago and among the lowest percentages over the last four years. Six-in-ten Republicans (60%) say news about the economy is mostly bad, as do 36% of independents."

What happened in just a month?  The lies told in Charlotte is the only thing I can think of.  None of the numbers have changed.

http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/9-11-12%20Econ%20News%20release.pdf

Holder needs to go . . . forward his mail, too.

“Internal Department of Justice emails obtained by The Daily Caller show Attorney General Eric Holder’s communications staff has collaborated with the left-wing advocacy group Media Matters for America in an attempt to quell news stories about scandals plaguing Holder and America’s top law enforcement agency.

Dozens of pages of emails between DOJ Office of Public Affairs Director Tracy Schmaler and Media Matters staffers show Schmaler, Holder’s top press defender, working with Media Matters to attack reporters covering DOJ scandals. TheDC obtained the emails through a Freedom of Information Act request.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/18/emails-reveal-justice-dept-regularly-enlists-media-matters-to-spin-press/#ixzz26x3PyciY

The choice is clear, redistribution of your wealth or free enterprise

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George Soros donates millions to Obama’s cause to bring down our nation

Soros, who spent $27 million trying to defeat President Bush in 2004, has ties to more than 30 mainstream news outlets – including The New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC--that could account for what you Democrats are believing—your  news sources are screwed up.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/05/08/george_soros_hes_all_in_for_obama_in_2012

The brown savior with Muslim ties in 2008 is being burned in effigy in 2012

Man of the World

“Flash forward to 2012, and his brown face is being incinerated in effigy on several continents, while mobs of hysterical Muslims shout death to his African name. George W. Bush never saw such an outbreak of fury. If an Iraqi once threw a shoe at President Bush, this is an entire store full of footwear. The man of the world found the world turned against him. What in the world had gone wrong?

What could and did was foretold in his 2008 speech in Berlin, when he told the hysterical crowds in attendance that the Wall had come down when (and because) "the world stood as one." But the world was never as one, then or ever: The world was as two, and the Wall had come down because one world (that led by the United States and the Atlantic Alliance) had, through force, threats of force and several hair-raising near-clashes, forced the communist world to its knees.

It was in the failure of this man of the world to embrace his role as the leader of one part of the world against the more dangerous other that the seeds of his failure were planted. Instead of raising the West, he has tried to merge the two sides and make them seem equal, stressing the flaws of the West and its allies, not taking democracy's side.”

Truth—it’s tough for the media to parse

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Romney told the truth about the 47% who would not be reached by a message about increasing taxes, and the media pounced.  How dare he point to an empty chair which so many love and will vote for.

And it was President Carter’s grandson who worked so hard mining search terms on the internet to find it.  Grandpa is so proud.  I don’t think the Fourth has a job, but he can sit in his jammies and dig stuff up.

A war against women led by the king of food stamps

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You want fair? This is fair?

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A tower of champagne bottles

Wonder how many poor children 800 bottles of $350 champagne could have fed?  Oh well, they were probably just poor black children—the ones who got away from the abortion clinics.

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The Middle East is going up in flames, and like Nero Obama grins and laughs while celebs pay the bills.  He pulled in $6 million at Jay-Z’s event.  How many campaign events since 9/11 when the middle east riots started?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/beyonce_jay_host_ny_bam_ba_5wud17kNBMEiV8wim9YYJK

Didn’t he say he’d be accountable? Another lie?

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

If there are socialists in the teachers’ unions

there are socialists in the classrooms teaching the kids of Chicago.

“. . .socialist factions of the union blasted union president Karen Lewis for failing to disclose the full deal to members. A socialist leaflet distributed on Sunday accusing her of issuing a “package” summary of the deal to sell it to ignorant members.

The socialist statement accused the union leadership of conceding too much to the school system, allowing, for example, evaluations that “victimize teachers.””

http://freebeacon.com/socialists-stall-contract-agreement-in-chicago/

This is recovery?

Since Obama took office: 692,000 more women are  unemployed; 321,000 more young Americans are unemployed;  293,000 more Hispanic Americans are unemployed ;  329,000 more African-Americans are unemployed.

Didn’t he promise a one term presidency if he couldn’t turn things around?  Let’s help him keep at least one promise. Send him back home to Chicago.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Forward his mail after the election.

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Only Israel

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I have visited Israel.  Have you? Compare the freedom the Israeli Palestinians have there to what Palestinians have in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria or Egypt.  Even if born in those countries—even if their grandparents were—they are not citizens, can’t work, can’t vote, can’t own property.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/world/middleeast/05iht-m05-lebanon-camp.html?pagewanted=all

http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/8643

http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/expert-guides/palestinian-refugees-in-egypt/fmo028.pdf

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Where are you getting your news?

A friend writes:  “I just returned from the UK last night; turned on the 5:30 news - flipping back & forth between MSNBC and FOX to see how they were covering things. MSNBC spent it's time criticizing Romney nearly exclusively, FOX covered the events unfolding. “

So, I don't have a paper copy of the Washington Post, just on-line. I see 2 stories about how Romney has messed up his message and is floundering, but nothing about Obama's mistakes which are critical to our security. Hey guys, which one is the president? Really, the MSM is beyond lapdog stuff, they have sunk to puppy pads.

Media in full attack mode, but. . .

Jennifer Rubin of Right Turn at the Washington Post:  “Yesterday, virtually the entire liberal media and some on the right as well made the story of the day not about the murder of our diplomats, not about why we did not prepare for a potential assault, not about whether President Obama’s halting policies had come home to roost, but about why Mitt Romney, after a day of silence from the White House following an atrocious apology issued in Cairo (we now know issued without authorization), spoke out when he did.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/whos-to-blame-for-the-original-cairo-apology/2012/09/12/8aecf7ca-fd26-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_blog.html