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ONE NATION UNDER GOD

2009-07-29T21:15:47Z

+14 raves

Truth..........from a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on..amazing!! He has certainly hit the "world" on the head!! Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY! 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornograph y and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!' Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One nation under God..' Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world. (It's worth a try!) One Nation Under God. _____________________________________________________________...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIK

2009-07-14T15:51:16Z

DON

+32 raves

WILL YOU ALL JOIN ME IN WISHING OUR FRIEND MIK A HAPPY EARYL BIRTHDAY

A little conservative humor

2009-07-10T21:30:51Z

DON

+35 raves

Barack O bama got out of the shower and was drying off when he looked in the mirror and noticed he was white from the neck up to the top of his head. In sheer panic and fearing he was turning white and might have to start working for a living, he called his doctor and told him of his problem. The doctor advised him to come to his office immediately. After an examination, the doctor mixed a concoction of brown liquid, gave it to Barack, and told him to drink it all. Barack drank the concoction and replied, 'That tasted like bullshit!' The doctor replied, 'It was, you were a quart low.'

DID YOU KNOW

2009-06-27T16:46:14Z

DON

+25 raves

DID YOU KNOW? As you walk up the steps to the Building which houses the U S Supreme Court You can see near the top of the building a row Of the world's law givers and each one is Facing one in the middle who is facing forward With a full frontal view. It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the Two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments Engraved on each lower portion of each door DID YOU KNOW? As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see The wall, right above where the Supreme Court Judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? There are Bible verses etched in stone all Over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D. C. DID YOU KNOW? James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of Our Constitution' 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.' DID YOU KNOW? Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said: 'It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too Often that this great nation was founded not By religionists but by Christians, not on Religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.' DID YOU KNOW? Every session of Congress begins with a prayer By a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid By the taxpayer since 1777. DID YOU KNOW? Fifty-two of the fifty-five founders of the Constitution were members of the established Orthodox churches in the colonies. DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law anoligarchy? The rule of few over many. DID YOU KNOW? The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said: 'Americans should select and prefer Christians As their rulers.' How then, have we gotten to the point that Everything we have done for 220 years in this Country is now suddenly wrong and Unconstitutional? Lets put it around the world and let the world See and remember what this great country was Built on. I was asked to send this on if I agreed or Delete if I didn't. Now it is your turn... It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.. Therefore, it is very hard to understand Why there is such a mess about having the Ten Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust' on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the other 14% to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!! If you agree, pass this on. = I did! -------------------------------------------------------------... -------------------------------------------------------------... I

HAROLD KOH NOMINATED LEGAL ADVISER AT STATE DEPARTMENT

2009-06-26T21:30:09Z

DON

+5 raves

Friday, June 26, 2009 Imagine that. The Senate confirmed this week, by a vote of 62-35, a gunbanner who stays up at night thinking of ways to impose more gun controlupon American citizens. Harold Koh is that gun grabber, and he was confirmed yesterday to be theLegal Adviser at the State Department. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans attempted to kill the Koh nominationwith a filibuster -- until eight of them crossed the aisle to helpDemocrats confirm Koh. The back-stabbing Senators are: Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Susan Collins(R-ME), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Richard Lugar (R-IN), MelMartinez (R-FL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and George Voinovich (R-OH). Once the filibuster was thwarted, Koh's nomination passed easily. Thevote on final passage can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/m4m2f5 Koh is eager to assume his post at the State Department, having lamentedthat there is only so much that can be done from the outside to push guncontrol treaties, and that ultimately we need people like him inpositions of power. The chief lawyer for the State Department is justthe position someone like him needs to push more gun control throughinternational treaties. GOA will continue watching for any attempt by the Obama administrationto foist an international gun control treaty upon the citizens of theU.S. Please stay tuned. Don't Let Your Senators Escape the Heat of the Spotlight! If you have been watching the news, you have no doubt seen stories onthe health care debate. This is the topic de jour on Capitol Hill, andCongress is ramping up to vote on a bill in a few weeks. Last week, GOA alerted you to the fact that the whole health care issuehas become a Trojan Horse for gun control, among other things. However, there are detractors who claim that the current health caredebate will have nothing to do with guns. For example, GOA has been"informed" that a search of the TeddyCare bill does not turn up the word"guns," and that the word "database" is seen only a few times. Hmm, if your Senator's office gives you that as a response, then tellthem not to be so lazy and naive. One needs to do more than type in a word search in order to analyzelegislation. The database was set up under section 3001(c)(3)(i) of thestimulus bill. But the Kennedy bill allows for sweeping newregulations, which make it potentially impossible for any doctor torefuse to enter your records under the current section 13112 exemption. Many things you tell your doctor in the privacy of his office couldaffect your right to own a firearm. And just because anti-gun zealot TedKennedy doesn't notify us up front of his anti-gun intentions doesn'tmean they don't exist. Frankly, we got this same garbage in connection with the VeteransDisarmament Act (officially known as the NICS Improvement Act), wherethe anti-gunners took away the guns of 150,000 veterans through languagewhich was not explicit. Before the bill was signed into law last year,some detractors even claimed that because the NICS bill did not mentionthe word "veterans," we must have been wrong to suggest that the billwould disarm vets! Well, guess what? The disarmament which was already occurring beforePresident Bush signed the legislation into law last year is nowoccurring with a vengeance under the Obama administration. (In fact,GOA members should be looking for an upcoming mailing which will giveyou postcards to send in support of an important bill -- introduced bySen. Burr of North Carolina -- which will protect veterans from thefangs of the Veterans Disarmament Act.) The point is, no Senate staffer should ever give you an opinion on abill unless he has read the entire code that the bill will be amending.Nor should they ignore the potential for an Obama administration toabuse any particular piece of legislation. Remember how the RICO Act, originally enacted to help combat the Mafia,was later used to crack down on legitimate banks and peaceful pro-lifeprotesters? The original RICO Act never used the word "abortion," butthat didn't stop overzealous prosecutors from going after thenon-violent protestors. And who would have thought, when the original Brady law was passed in1993, that it would be used to keep people with outstanding traffictickets... or couples with marriage problems... or military vets withnightmares from buying guns? After all, the Brady law never mentionedthose people groups, and yet the law has been used over the past 15-plusyears to deny gun rights to those very people. Reading legislation is not a job for the timid or the lazy. If staffersin your Senate offices aren't willing to read current bills IN THE LIGHTOF EXISTING LAWS -- and to do the research necessary to compile thisinformation -- then politely encourage them to get another line of work. ****************************

USA TODAY VOTE ON 2ND AMMENDMENT

2009-06-23T23:17:00Z

DON

+22 raves

Remind the Government of the 2nd Amendment: Due to the current presidential stand on Gun Laws, USA Today is running a Quick Question on-line. IT simply asks, Does the 2nd Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? It is frustrating to me that "we the people" are even asked to reiterate a known right that has been around for over 200 years! This quick questionnaire gives you the right to make your opinion heard. It takes 5 seconds. It is still a live link. Our new Attorney General has already said this is one of his major issues. This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results will be published later this month. First - vote on this one. Second - launch it to other folks and have THEM vote - then we will see if the results get published. Vote in the USA Today poll - click on the link below. The Question is: Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popu...

Gun Owners Second Ammendment under attack again

2009-06-23T22:58:14Z

DON

+9 raves

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a Wednesday vote on aState Department nominee who supports gun control on a global scale. While advocates of the Second Amendment have come to expect thatappointees of President Barack Obama would be hostile to the rights ofgun owners, the president's nominee for legal advisor to the StateDepartment reaches a whole new level of anti-gun extremism. Harold Hongju Koh, who served at the State Department under the Clintonadministration, is a self-described "trans-nationalist" who believesthat our laws -- and our Constitution -- should be brought intoconformity with international agreements. "If you want to be in the global environment, you have to play by theglobal rules," Koh told a Cleveland audience. Koh's positions treat our constitutional law as if it were a mere localordinance on the greater world stage. This is of particular concern togun owners at a time when the U.S. Congress is under pressure fromPresident Obama to ratify an international gun control treaty withcountries in the western hemisphere. That treaty, known by its Spanishacronym CIFTA, would likely serve as a forerunner to a more extensiveUnited Nations initiative, the "Program of Action to Prevent, Combat andEradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all itsAspects." The Bush administration, under the leadership of UN Ambassador JohnBolton, rejected the small arms treaty. Bolton plainly told the worldthat the United States will not accept a gun control document thatviolates our Constitutional right to bear arms. Harold Koh commentedthat Bolton was being "needlessly provocative." In a paper entitled "A world drowning in guns," Koh maintains that acivil society cannot exist with broad gun ownership: "Guns kill civilsociety," he said. Koh is eager to assume his post at the State Department, having lamentedthat there is only so much that can be done from the outside to push guncontrol treaties, and that ultimately we need people like him inpositions of power. The chief lawyer for the State Department is justthe position someone like him needs to put his agenda into play. While Koh's nomination has been delayed largely because of SecondAmendment concerns, Sen. Reid plans to force a vote this week. It is imperative that gun owners contact their Senators and insist thatthey vote AGAINST this anti-gun extremist. ACTION: Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them tooppose Harold Hongju Koh's nomination to the State Department. You canuse the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center athttp://gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Senators .

Lee Iacocca says.... What do you think

2009-06-14T20:35:57Z

DON

+8 raves

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?'. Lee Iacocca Says: 'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening, the past ten years ? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course.' Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!' You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis ! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.) Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down. On September 11, 2001 , we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point. Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened. Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time. Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it? Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry. I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on CNN will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change? Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America . In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in America '. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let' s shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.' Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about.. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!!

A History Lesson

2009-05-01T23:02:36Z

DON

0 raves

When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security. Such has been the patient Sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the Necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.

Thomas Jefferson famous quote, what do you think?

2009-05-01T22:25:44Z

DON

0 raves

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (Quoting Cesare Beccaria) The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him. To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association—the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it. I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. (Back then!) When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.