Butt Scratching and Bass Fishing

I posted this on my other blog and had to drag it over here to my political page because Dave Ramsey is saying something that many of us have been trying to scream for a long time. His rant on BUTT SCRATCHING AND BASS FISHING is one of the best I have heard and I couldn't agree more.
He speaks to the politics of class envy and victim mentality like I'd like to be able to speak. Thanks Dave for putting it right out there like it is. Let him know, let me know if you agree!

Commander in Chief

Yep, that's another title for the President of the United States. Commander in Chief of what? Oh yeah, the military. Commander in Chief of the Military forces of the United States of America...hmmm....so let me get this straight: General Wesley Clark, former military member, thinks that Senator Obama, ABSOLUTELY ZERO military experience--zero, zilch, nada--would make a better President and that Senator McCain, Career Military Officer, from a military family, who knows war and its sacrifices isn't as qualified to be President.

I think I have identified the problem...if it makes sense, the Democrat party is going to do exactly the opposite. That clarifies what is happening here:
1) We are winning the war in Iraq so....let's leave!!
2) The tax cuts that helped stimulate the economy (despite a multitude of hits that would have sank any other economy) so...let's raise taxes!
3) The unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in a long time so...let's raise the minimum wage so MORE people can't find jobs!
4) The Patriot Act has helped keep this country from suffering another attack so.....let's repeal it!
5) The Constitution protects the right to bear arms but....let's pretend it doesn't and ban guns!
6) Gas prices are rocketing upward because of supply and demand and the American people need relief so....let's prevent the oil companies from drilling where they KNOW there is oil!
7) If it makes sense for the American people........let's do the opposite so the rest of the world won't be mad at us!

Enough, enough, I'm getting a headache. I have to strain to get any of the above to make sense. It still doesn't......

Medicare and Congress

July 1st saw a reduction of payments from Medicare to physicians of 10.6 %. While that may not be a big issue in most peoples life, it is going to hit Medicare patients pretty significantly. You see, my expenses as a physician have gone up 15-20% in the past year and Medicare decides they are going cut pay by 10.6% and the other insurance companies will follow suit because all insurances follow Medicare dictates. I have some choices to make and some already made. Do I release one of my employees to provide relief to the financial strain. Do I lower wages for everyone? Do I stop providing health insurance for the employees? What do I do? I have stopped accepting new Medicare patients. I will continue to care for the ones I have right now. I am going to be forced to stop seeing Medicaid patients because, unfortunately, it doesn't pay. Well, DOCTOR, you make too much money, why don't you take a pay cut? I have! Out of 26 payperiods in the past year, I didn't get a paycheck 6 of those paydays.
I'm not seeking pity and I don't want sympathy because medicine is a great profession. I AM trying to get people's attention and asking them to contact their senators and ask them to reverse the cut. I contacted both Senator McCaskill and Senator Bond. I just got a response from Senator McCaskill. She was very sympathetic and blamed the Republicans for blocking legislation that would have reversed the cut on June 26th. I haven't heard from Senator Bond. So, if you are relying on Medicare for your health care, your access to care is going to be affected by this cut in payments. Just a fact of life!

Attacking the strongpoint!

If this is how Obama would fight a war he is nuts. The senator sends his minions out there to attack John McCain and they attack him at his strong point. Helllloooooo!! When you make an attack, you SHOULD attack the weak point for a breakthrough not a strong point.
Have you asked yourself what is important in a person's qualification for the Presidency? What should the individual seeking the highest office in the free world have experienced in their life? Could any Joe Blow qualify?
When you ask yourself these questions there is only one answer you can come up with. Senator McCain's strength IS his experience. Senator Obama's experience is his WEAKNESS! It's that simple.

General Wesley Clark--"Shut-up!"

I haven't been an extreme enthusiast for Senator McCain during this election season although I think he's going to be the lesser of two evils this fall. However, when a has-been, General who was fired from his last command comes out and attacks the qualifications of Senator McCain, it really firms up my resolve to see Sen McCain elected.
Let's see: On the one hand we have a candidate who was a military officer, who commanded others, who was shot down and served 5 years in a POW camp being tortured for his service to the United States, who came back and was on the fast track to Admiral when he decided to run for office and eventually became Senator from Arizona, served on the Armed Forces Committee etc.
VS
On the other hand we have a candidate who graduated law school, never served in the military, has no command experience, has no executive experience, who helped local Chicago political bosses, then ran for Senate and served for two years before stepping into the run for President.

You read the qualifications and tell me who is more qualified. General Clark, please shut-up!

Declaration of Independence

Have you ever read it? Yeah, I know, we typically think about the opening paragraph and then we just assume the Declaration was based on taxation without representation but there is so much more to it. You really need to read it as we enter the July 4th time frame.
Interestingly there are a number of complaints prior to the taxation without representation is brought up. See how many of the complaints apply to our society today!

A great day for Child Rapists...

...in both the Supreme Court and in the Mass. House of Representatives--both perpetuated by Liberal Left Democrat attitude.
Yep, if you are a child and you've been raped, you are up a creek! Between the Supreme Court reducing the acceptable punishment for the rapist and the Mass. State Congressman who is going to rip apart the young rape victim, you get a pretty good idea why there are those of us who despise the liberal lefts approach to governing.
Go figure how they've gotten so far!

Immigration--Why am I not surprised....

about this article. Apparently the man came to America legally and married an American woman and has American children. Now they will not give him a green card and extend his visa because of two marijuana incidents 33 years ago. I am not a racist but I see two possible reasons for this happening: 1) He's a Christian--God knows it's ok to be intolerant of Christians. God knows that if you abusive to Christians, that's no big deal. 2) His skin isn't dark enough. Where is the ACLU protesting this immigrants rights? Where is the liberal left defending this man with 'anchor babies'? I think you can only get their help if you are from SOUTH of the border and you come here illegally. Amazing the hypocrisy in this nation! (I just thought of something--people leave the church because they see hypocrisy in people, why aren't they fleeing this country in droves?)

Fuel Price...panic not

I know that the price of fuel is slapping people around right now. I know that it hits the pocket book pretty badly. I know that it looks extremely bad right now but can I tell you a story that may help you avoid the panic that can set in.
I was married 30 years ago in 1978 when I was 18 years old. Just out of high school and starting college and Jimmy Carter was President. Interest rates were through the roof and inflation was way up there. We moved to Lawrence Kansas and gasoline was 45-50 cents a gallon. Within the year we lived in Lawrence and I was in my freshman year of college, the price of gas doubled. Food prices went up and up. Interest rates on everything was way up.
Guess what, we survived. We moved on and we grew and we progressed to a better life. You see, if you are dependent on Uncle Sam for your security, you are up a creek. If you will rely on our own skills and ability, you can do great things, even in tough times!!
Don't panic, seek God's will for your life and trust HIM not Uncle Sam!

No longer a Christian nation

According to Senator Obama, America is apparently no longer a Christian nation. I went and read the quotes he made and it got me to thinking.
When I say that America is a 'Christian nation', what does that mean?
Does it mean we are a nation occupied by ONLY Christians--obviously not--it was never intended to be that way!
Does it mean that only Christians can hold public office--nope, doesn't mean that at all.
OK, so does it mean that we show a preference to the Christian Religion in the nation? NO, a person's religious preference should NOT be a factor in hiring, firing, housing etc.
So, what does it mean to be a 'Christian Nation'? Well, here is my take on the issue. America was founded on Judeo-Christian Principles as the base of all law and government organization. It is the Judeo-Christian values that govern our morale norms. It is the Judeo-Christian example from the Bible that gave our founding fathers the wisdom to create and maintain the three branches of government we have. It is the Judeo-Christian values that brought freedom--given by God--to every man, woman and child in this nation. (Imperfectly I will admit and still in the process of being worked out.) It is the Judeo-Christian values that gave us the nation we have up until about 25-30 years ago.
So, when Senator Obama says that we are no longer a Christian nation he may be right. You see, the secular-humanists are now having their say in how we govern the nation. The muslims are now having their say in the way we govern ourselves. Interesting how both of those mindsets are diametrically opposed to the Judeo-Christian values and that may be where the friction is coming from. So, Senator Obama, if I might be so bold as to say, "You may be right that America is no longer a Christian nation, but don't be so naive as to think that is necessarily a good thing!"

Racism and the Election

I have had it. I am sick and tired of the Democrat Party having a pass on inflicting racism in this election cycle. Democrats can say anything they want and it can't possibly be racism but ANYTHING Republicans say will be twisted and construed to imply racism.
Obama insinuates that the Republicans may use race in the upcoming election. Wouldn't that mean HE is the one who is inserting racism into the debate. I could care less if he were black, white, yellow or green. The fact is he is inexperienced, and has a prima-donna, holier than thou, you can't criticize anything about my qualifications without being racist attitude. Even if I liked his policy stance, I wouldn't vote for him because of that.
Folks, I've said it before, if he is elected President of the United States, we, as a nation, deserve exactly what we're going to get. We are going to wake up in 4 years in a socialist nation! Look at your history folks--Germany--1930's--Socialism rising!!!

National Socialist Party of Democrats!

Yeah, that should be their new name. NSPD....hmmmmmm, wonder what their platform would be? Wait, wait, I think I have it:
1) Let's nationalize the entire medical industry! (socialized medicine)
2) Let's nationalize the Oil industry! (socialize)
3) Let's nationalize the CEO pay of major industries! (socialize pay to workers)
4) Let's nationalize the pay scales in America
5) Let's raise taxes on those who are making money so we can share with those who aren't working!
6) Let's regulate how much energy you can use so we can limit global warming!
7) Hmmmmm.....if you have any other freedoms we haven't taken from you yet, just wait!
Cause you know that the National Socialist Party of Democrats will take care of you. Socialism has worked out so well elsewhere, why, just look at Cuba! No, wait, go to Europe and visit the countries of Eastern Europe that used to be under Soviet control. They really did well. Every family had soup and a pot to cook it in. Every citizen had at least one bike. Yeah, Socialism has worked every time it's been tried.

Making people think!

I had a discussion yesterday with an Aunt that I love dearly. We were actually talking politics, which is not something I do unless they bring it up. I knew her bent before we started so I was not surprised by her comments. Here is how it went:

Aunt: (speaking about a well known Democrat Senator who has a brain tumor) "Well, you know, he really cares about the common man."

Me: "That may well be true, I know that the Senators I've spoken with in DC really love him. They don't agree with his politics but they like him as an individual."

Aunt: " Well, he has sure watched out for the average man."

Me: "I wouldn't dispute that but what happens with his beliefs is that more and more people are becoming dependent on the government to meet their needs. We now have over 50% of the population dependent on Uncle Sam. You know that it used to be 16 workers to every 1 Social Security recipient and today it is 2 to 1."

Aunt: "Hum, well what would help that is to raise the minimum wage so these young people can make a decent living."

Me: "That would be a good idea except how many young people are going to lose their job when the minimum wage is raised? As a small business owner, I couldn't afford to pay anyone else a higher wage so if Uncle Sam told me I had to pay a higher minimum wage, I'd have to lay off one or two employees and I don't think I'm much different than other employers."

Aunt: "Well, I got to get going...."

Interesting how you can get people to think but you don't have to get in an argument. If you understand the position you believe in, it's not that difficult.

I'm all for doing the things that make you feel good and giving you the warm fuzzies but most times the cost ends up being more destructive than helpful!

Dave Ramsey has it right about Big Oil!

Wow, Dave nailed it today on his radio program.
He filled up his TRUCK today and it shut off at $75 and wouldn't let him fill it all the way. Hmmmm.....Big oil must be punished!
He then went in and bought an 8 ounce bottled water.....$23/gallon of bottled water---Big water must be punished.
Then he smelled the coffee from a local coffee company..Five Bucks...I mean Starbucks....$54/gallon of coffee---Big Coffee must be punished!!!

So, BP, Conoco, Deer Park Bottled Water, Seattle's Best, Starbucks, Evian(spell it backwards) and all you other BIG companies...Uncle Sam is coming after you!

Dear Democrat Party

Dear Democrat Party,
May I ask a few questions of you from the Heartland of America?
First, why are you so hell-bent on passing legislation that is only going to raise the price of fuel? You say that your goal is to lower the price of a gallon of gas but as I've listened to you the past week or two on C-Span, everything you've tried to do would only increase the price of gas. How you say? Well, the Warner-Lieberman bill would have raised the price 53 cents a gallon because of it's impact all in the name of 'global warming'. Today, you wanted to pass a tax on the oil companies on their profits above what you think a justifiable level. If that had happened, who do you think would have caught the brunt of that bill--the oil company? No, it would have been the consumer! It would have been the investor! It would have been the people you say you are trying to help. I just don't understand your logic!
Second, how can you justify taking such a sweeping bill into the Senate and agreeing with your Republican colleagues that this would result in a massive impact on the American economy but your leader, Senator Reid, wouldn't allow any REAL debate or ammendments to the bill? How can you justify executing such a drastic change to the American people yet think you don't have to answer the questions the American people might have about it? How is it you feel you can make such grand decisions and deny adequate discussion? What is in the bill that you want to cram down the throat of the American people?
Thirdly, do you realize that the American people are sick and tired of the nonsence you are guilty of promoting in Washington? Do you realize that YOUR approval rating is even lower that of President Bush's? Doesn't that mean anything to you? The public by and large can't stand to see what you are doing to our society. I know, I know, the Republican Party has their faults also but at least I get the sense they want to protect my family and I. Sorry, can't say the same about your party. All I see is your power grab to take over the lives of the average American.
I can only pray that you fail at that endeavor.
Sincerely,
A concerned American

US Government Schizophrenia

I want to ask some questions in this post and see what your think about them:
1) Why does the government subsidize tobacco farmers with tax dollars and then tax cigarettes and then gripe and complain because of the evil of smoking etc?

2) Why does the government subsidize farmers to NOT plant their lands--CRP payments--and yet gripe and complain because not enough corn and wheat and beans are being grown to meet the world's needs?

3) Why does the government encourage growth of corn for ethanol and then are surprised by how many nations are starving and having a famine because of the rise in the price of corn?

4) Why does the government refuse to let Oil companies drill in the areas where they KNOW oil is and then call the oil company execs up to Capitol Hill and berate them because of the cost of oil?

5) Why does the government threaten to take over the medical industry in the United States and then gripe and complain because medical practitioners and pharmaceuticals are bailing on the US system?

6) Why does the government outlaw clear cutting around the homes in the California hills and then gripe and complain when forest fires destroy hundreds of homes during the fire season?

7) Why does the government constantly berate the free-market system and then are surprised by industry fleeing the US in droves?

Just some things I wonder about....I'm sure if I took more time I could think of some other questions for us.

By the company you keep....

Is it really true that you are known by the company you keep? I believe it is. If you are a young, wild, single guy, you hang around young single guys and gals. If you are a born-again believer, you tend to hang around born-again believers. I know, I know, it doesn't mean you ascribe to every one of their beliefs but overall you are all of the same mindset.
Senator Obama has has some major revelations of who he hangs around. They have several traits that are similar. They are anti-semitic, anti-white, America bashing hateful people--you can just go and find out what they believe yourself. If there were only one individual that had been around Senator Obama like this, you could overlook it but there are several that are coming out like this. Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, Rashid Khalidi, Father Flegger...on and on and on and on it goes. Senator Obama's classic line has been, "That's not the man I knew..."
If we, America, elect this man, then we will have to live with those choices.

Obama and Israel

Look at this website and see if you still believe Obama is for Israel. They have sinced scrubbed this page from the Obama website in order to deny it was ever there but fast thinking bloggers grabbed it to reveal Obama's real agenda.
Folks, this guy is bad news...all the way around. If he is elected then we will receive, as a nation, that which we want!

Meet Barack Obama...

The RNC has set up a new site for you to learn more about the Democrat Party nominee. See what you think about what you learn!!

A Civil War with nothing Civil about it.

I have been watching the debate on C-Span in the Senate about this Global Warming/Energy bill that is going to bump taxes some $5 Trillion over the next 3 or 4 decades and raise the price on gasoline some 53 cents or so. The partisan bickering is amazing. The Democrat Party wants to ram it through without any amendments or much discussion. The Republican Party forced the reading of the entire 500 page bill from the floor yesterday--it took some 8 hours to read the bill. Each party is mad at the other party because they just won't roll over and submit to their will. We are coming apart as a nation. I am here to tell you that if something isn't done we are going to see two nations here in this country. Perhaps we could do something like they are promoting in the Middle East. Maybe we could be the example for Israel and the Palestinians. Maybe we should be two nations formerly known as the United States to the Allied Nations--the Liberal and the Conservative. Maybe if we had two nations that split apart and divorced each other, maybe that would help. It makes me sick to see what is happening in the Senate. Amazing how pitiful these people are.

Yeah Bob!! Way to go!!!

From Politico.com

May 30, 2008
Categories: Misc

Bob Dole unloads on McClellan

Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding email to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a "miserable creature" who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.

In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan as a classic Washington opportunist.

"There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don’t have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues," Dole wrote in a message sent yesterday morning. "No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the limelight for years, then quits, and spurred on by greed, cashes in with a scathing critique."

Michael Marshall, Dole's spokesman and colleague at the Alston Bird law firm, confirms the message came from the former senator and presidential candidate. "Yes, it is authentic," Marshall wrote in an email.

"In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you," Dole writes, recounting his years representing Kansas in the House and Senate. "No doubt you will 'clean up' as the liberal anti-Bush press will promote your belated concerns with wild enthusiasm. When the money starts rolling in you should donate it to a worthy cause, something like, 'Biting The Hand That Fed Me.' Another thought is to weasel your way back into the White House if a Democrat is elected. That would provide a good set up for a second book deal in a few years"

Dole assures McClellan that he won't read the book -- "because if all these awful things were happening, and perhaps some may have been, you should have spoken up publicly like a man, or quit your cushy, high profile job"

"That would have taken integrity and courage but then you would have had credibility and your complaints could have been aired objectively," Dole concludes. "You’re a hot ticket now but don’t you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"

He signs the email simply: "BOB DOLE"

The Liberal destruction of America

OK, I've been thinking about posting this for awhile and have hesitated til now but see if you think this isn't right.
1) Gas prices are spiraling out of control--why?
a) No new refineries for several decades--liberal environmentalists
b) No new oil drilling in the gulf, Montana and ANWAR--Liberal environmentalists
c) No new nuclear power plant--liberal environmentalism
d) continued new taxes on gallons of gasoline/diesel--liberal congress/senate

2) Housing market is going to pot--why?
a) Foolish lending by certain banks/mortgage industry--push by liberal congress
b) Foreclosures at a high--elevated interest--pushed by liberal congress

3) More and more people dependent on the Federal government--why?
a) Liberal left's feel good policy of bringing more and more people into medicare and welfare
b) Liberal left's feel good policy of raising taxes on employers across the spectrum
c) Liberal left's feel good policy of raising the minimum wage which results in the laying off of employees because of inability to afford them.

I could go on and on about the Liberal Left's damage on our country.

It scares me to death to think that the liberal left may be in control of all three branches of government during the next 4 or 8 years. If you think it's bad now,, just wait.

Obama can't be that stupid...it has to be for political gain!

Now the video shows that Obama claims his uncle helped liberate a concentration camp that was liberated by the Soviets. If he is that stupid, he isn't qualified to be President. If he's that pandering he doesn't deserve to be President. Man what a bad day for him but the MSM isn't covering this is it.

Barrak Obama and the Sixth Sense

Senator Obama apparently can relate to this young man from the movie Sixth Sense. Yesterday during Memorial Day message, Obama referenced our "long unbroken line of fallen heroes....many of whom I see here today!" Uh.....OK!

Denver had better get ready for some trouble

I really am convinced that Denver is going to be a mess during the Democrat National Convention this summer. I don't think I'd like to be there. You have millions of people in Michigan and Florida and an entire sex that is being ignored and disenfranchised. I bet the whole convention is going to be a train wreck.

Ted Kennedy--somethings up!--UPDATED!!!

WELL, THE NEWS HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED THAT SENATOR KENNEDY HAS A MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR THAT HAS CAUSED HIS SEIZURES--APPARENTLY IT IS A MALIGNANT GLIOMA AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY BAD NEWS BASED ON THE CELL MATURITY.
I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE WITH A POLITICIAN'S BELIEFS BUT I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR THE SENATOR AND HIS FAMILY. PRAY FOR HEALING AND FOR PEACE FOR HIS FAMILY.
I POSTED THE MESSAGE BELOW PRIOR TO THIS INFORMATION!

OK I haven't posted as I was thinking I was just being a little too conspiracy oriented but let me give you my reason for thinking somethings up.
#1--On Saturday a picture was flashed over Fox News that showed a picture of Kennedy being transferred to the Lifeflight helicopter from the Cape Cod ER. It appeared that he was intubated and being bagged on the gurney. It was shortly after that that the picture was pulled and we were told he had a seizure and not a stroke.


#2--Everyone who has called the hospital--including the President of the United States--has spoken to his wife and not HIM....if he was sitting up eating clam chowder and watching the Red Sox, why can't he speak on the phone?

#3--EVERY time someone of his significance is hospitalized and is really doing ok, there is a picture taken and passed out to the Journalists for publication to reassure the public. That has not been done. Why?

I am not one to be overtaken by conspiracy theories but we all know how secretive the Kennedys are and we know that if he were to die right now the impact it might have on the Presidential race is unknown. I am just wondering what the real scoop is!!

Obama's officially claimed the Democrat Logo

OK, Senator Obama has officially claimed the Democrat Party logo. He's become a crybaby.

Whaaaaaaa...you can't call me an appeaser!!!!
Whaaaaaaa....you can't pick on my wife!!!
Whaaaaaa...you can't call me a liberal!!
Whaaaaaaa...you can't include all 50 states!!!
Whaaaaaa...you can't link me with my pastor!!!


Somebody call the whaaaaammmmmbulance and get this man some help!! Oh yeah, I can see it now if he becomes President. Can you imagine him crying to the UN? Can you imagine him crying to the Supreme Court? Can you imagine him crying to the President of Iran? Can you imagine him crying to Bin Laden?
If you picture that in your mind, are you sure you want to vote for him?

Soul Speak--Michael McDonald

I have always liked the music by Michael McDonald--even the Doobies had music I really liked. I just got his new album--Soul Speak--and am listening to it as I type. I'm sold!! I actually think this is one of his best and really like his choice of songs. He sings songs from Bob Marley to Stevie Wonder, Bob Morrison, Eddy Arnold and, of course, Michael McDonald.
Awesome album!!

Wow, did the President hit a button or what?

President Bush is in Israel celebrating the 60th birthday of Israel and he is recalling history and the desire to appease dictators in the past and the impact that had on history. Intended or not, he is referring to Senator Obama's plan to sit down and talk to Iran's dictator will defuse their desire to get nuclear weapons etc. Welllll.......that has ticked off the democrat party.

FORMER Senator Daschel came out lamblasting the President for saying this overseas.
FORMER Presidential candidate John Kerry has said this is beneath the presidency.
House Speaker Pelosi has slapped at the President for saying something like this.
Senator Joe Biden said that what the President said was "bull....."

You won't hear them criticize ANY Democrat who goes overseas and criticizes our country or the President. The double standard is amazing.

Think about the picture in Huckabee's Christmas greeting--there was a cross formed by a BOOKCASE no less and the left went nuts! They accused him of all sorts of things but have you heard ANY Democrat criticize the new Obama add standing in front of a neon-lighted cross and pipe-organ in one of his new ads?

Double standard again. Simply amazing that the stupidity of the Democrat Party can get away with this hypocrisy

Republican Party Doom

You cannot abandon the core values of your party and your core constituents and then act amazed when EVERY single special election for congress recently has gone for the Democrat. How stupid are the leaders of our party. I get letter after letter begging me to give to the Republican Party--I cannot, in good conscious, give to them this year. I am not the only one. I will try and help my congressman get elected but that is it.
An article at Hotair.com and Drudge says that the Republican leadership is now in panic mode. Hey, do you think that could be why your constituents AREN'T contributing to the Republican Party? Do you think that is why you just might find yourself unable to sustain any veto the President may use (should it be McCain) over the next 4 years. How stupid are you people at the top of the Party???
We have been trying to get your attention and tell you. If McCain wins it will ONLY be because a certain percentage of Democrats cross over. It will NOT be because the Republican Party elected him. I suspect there is going to be a bunch of Republicans who give up hope and just stay home instead of voting. If the country is going to get screwed up, just go ahead and let the Democrat Party do it and then in 4 or 8 years maybe we can get it back.
Amazing how so many 'smart' people can be so stupid. Simply amazing!!

Oh Yeah, this makes sence!!

THE ANT
A different spin on the old story.



Two Different Versions -- Two Different Morals!

OLD VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying
up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out
in the cold.


MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible!

____________________________________________________


MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up
supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing,
'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper' s sake.

Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and John Edwards exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity& Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having
nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant,
and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of
single-parent welfare recipients.

The ant loses the case.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while
the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.


MORAL OF THE STORY: Vote carefully.

Senator McCaskill with the DRIVE students et.al.

This was after our conversation discussing stem cell research....notice who ISN'T in the picture???

LET them screw the nation up...

and then in four years or eight years, maybe we could get it back? I am on the verge of making a prediction about the next 4 or 8 years. Part of it is out of my frustration with where we find ourselves as conservatives and part of it is out of what looks like the inevitable with regard to the House and Senate.
I am beginning to believe that, regardless if McCain is elected President, the House and Senate are going to be controlled by the Democrat Party. Here is what I believe they will try and push through....
.....1) Raise taxes on the middle/upper income families
.....2) Expand Embryonic Stem Cell Research
.....3) Take over the Health Care Industry in America
.....4) Expand entitlements and dependency on the Federal Government by the ordinary American.
....5) The continued advancement of the secular-humanist control of our nation.
....6) We will lose the war in Iraq and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's will die because of the genocide that will follow.
...7) Iran will get the bomb and destabilize the entirety of the Middle East.

If McCain gets elected President, our only hope is his promise to appoint strict constructionist judges to the Supreme Court. That WILL have a lasting legacy in our favor.

You can disagree and not be disrespectful!

The team went to Senator McCaskill's office today. There was quite a group there for her Thursday coffee. I took the team to meet her because she is in need of our prayers EVEN when we strongly disagree with her. Another individual brought up "life sciences" and Senator McCaskill took the time to discuss Stem Cell research but in her intellectual deceptive move, she ignored the word that is so controversial--EMBRYONIC. I could not let that pass and told her that she was speaking about Embryonic Stem Cell research and not ALL stem cell research. I was not disrespectful but in the discussion to follow, it was evident that her view was NOT supported by everyone she represents. Anyway, we were quickly ushered in to have our pictures taken with her and the discussion was over. She tried to compare in-vitro fertilization with cloning. Totally different subjects but she has equated them in her mind and justifies the destruction of cloned embryos by drawing this analogy. Guess some will never get it!!

Justice House of Prayer--Praying for the overturn of Roe v Wade

The young woman and two guys in center joined in prayer with the Justice House of Prayer team in front of the Supreme Court. They are praying for an end to abortion and the overturn of Roe v Wade ending the infanticide that has gone on in this nation for 35 years. I was very proud of these young men and women and their willingness to take a stand!! Way to go guys!!

From DC with LLLLOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE

Well we're back in DC again. We are here this time with ministry students from DRIVE Academy from Riverside Church in St. Joe. When I get my pics downloaded, I will put a few of them up on the page.
They are some motivated young men and women who want to see God in every area of their life. It is good to see. Much more energetic than I am so I am pretty plastered each evening. Great feeling though, seeing them get a desire to pray for our nations capitol.
Interestingly my 7 yr old granddaughter has developed a love for this city. She wants to come every time we bring a team out. This time is no different. She is young and not nearly as energetic but is doing a great job.
Will post more later...headed out again.....aaagggghhhhhh---my feet hurt!!

Operation Chaos operational pause...

has been called by Rush Limbaugh with the freak out by Senator Obama today. The Senator has thrown his preacher Jeremiah Wright under the bus and pandered to the voter. I am here to tell you that if the Senator sat in the church of this preacher for 20 years and is just NOW finding out what he believes and who he is, then the Senator lacks both the wisdom and the intelligence to be President. It's pretty amazing that the Senator didn't do this the first month sitting in the pew at Wright's church.

United Nations

I can't believe the report I just heard on Fox News. Syria and Korea are in cahoots building a nuclear reactor to produce nuclear material that could be used militariliy which would totally destabalize the entirity of the Middle East and Israel destroys the plant with the United States tacit approval and perhaps assistance. The US doesn't reveal the truth for 9 months or so and when it does, the United Nations doesn't get mad at Syria or Korea, no...they get mad at Israel for carrying out an attack that prevented their confirmation and they were mad at the United States for not telling them the truth sooner.
Amazing, if I were the President I would tell the UN to kiss my.....posterior side and then to get out of the country because they were no longer welcome. They are anti-Israel and anti-US and have NO legitimacy any longer. Good riddance and good bye! Take the rest or your anti-semitic, anti-democratic, anti-Christian goobers with you and set up your little club in Somolia or elsewhere.
That really tics me off. The only countries in the whole world with the testicular fortitude to take on real challenges and the UN has the unmitigated gall to bad mouth us. What a useless waste of oxygen!