This short video presents a clear demonstration that Oprah Winfrey spreads new age religion from her television and web outlets.

The Church of Oprah Exposed

The best thing to know is the one specific thing that God wants me to do with my life for Him.

I grow increasingly more cynical about the ability of the folks in Washington, D.C. to accomplish anything meaningful.  It seems as if our elected representatives are so entrenched in their personal missions to "get mine" and to grab power that none of them are representing the people of America in integirty and honor.

Thomas Jefferson said, "Every generation needs a new revolution."

I think we have gone so far down the road of corruption in our federal government that it is no longer salvageable through the democratic process our founding fathers envisioned.

An armed revolution in this country is not feasible or desired, but what of an unarmed revolution, a revolution by vote?  What do you think the outcome might be if a goodly portion of eligible voters used the power of the ballot box to toss out ALL incumbents, of both parties?  What would happen if the Washington elite were sent home, in mass; all it's career Senators and Representatives, all it's power brokers, all incumbent Democrats and Republicans?

35 Senate seats and all 435 House seats are up for election this year.  Can you imagine the excitement of seeing  a large number of incumbents sent home?  Can you imagine a House with numerous positions newly seated?  It would be just like the first Congress and what a "wake up" call to those left in position!!

Just once, can you imagine Libertarians and Constitutionalists being elected to seats unopposed by one of the major parties.  Can you imagine a Congress filled with Americans who care  more about the nation than their own pockets; a multi-party Congress where everyone had to work together to achieve legislation?

Do you think then we might get some folks working for us instead of for themselves?

Just say ,"NO!" to incumbents in 2008!

  Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - Project Vote Smart - BrainyQuote - 2008 Race Tracker - Constitution Party - Green Party - Libertarian Party - Reform Party

what if we had a peaceful revolution and everyone came?

Would you imagine an America where we all refer to ourselves as "American" and act like we mean it?

Imagine, if you will, an America where we do not allow the government to categorize us by color or nationality; that is what they do, separate and categorize us for their purposes, not for our benefit as a society.

Try to imagine an America where the sponsors of racial separation, the Jesses, the Als and the Janets, could not make a living from racial separation and categorization, seeking "special" treatment for "their" people.

No african-Americans, no asian-Americans, no mexican-Americans, no this-American or that-American, just Americans.

I challenge you, when next you get a chance to check the "race" box on one of the multitude of government forms,  check "no thanks".

McDonald's: Christian boycotters 'hate' homosexuals


"Those who oppose homosexuality for religious reasons are participating in "hate," according to an official for McDonald's, the worldwide purveyor of Big Macs and Happy Meals"

I encourage you to "hate" spending money at McDonald's!

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I would like to make clear one important point. I do NOT hate homosexuals. A person who indulges in the sin of homosexual activity is God's creation, just as I am and just as you are. Each of us is created in His image.

I believe that the Bible makes very clear those things that God hates and I believe that the Bible is God's Word to man; His playbook for our lives. The truth and the reality of His Word does not hinge on whether or not someone believes the Bible to be true; it just is.

I am a glutton, live a fleshly and slothful life, and have anger and pride issues that serve to give me more than enough room for personal correction. I am just as great a sinner as any homosexual, pedophile, adulterer, thief, liar, or murderer. Sin is sin; there are no shades of gray in these matters.

A homosexual man or woman, by choice, engages in unnatural sexual activity; unnatural according to God's standard and unnatural according to design and purpose. It is not about love, it is all about sex. There is nothing wrong or unnatural about the love a man might feel for a man or a woman for a woman. The natural becomes unnatural when the clothes come off and two persons of the same gender indulge their fleshly lust with sexual activity. Sexual immorality, be it homosexuality, bestialty, adultery, incest, or  any sex outside of the marriage bed defies God's desire and order for man.

You will find that I make note of the cultural issues of homosexuality and abortion more often than other topics because these issues have become political issues, are in our face daily and I believe that we have a  duty to take a stand for righteousness in the political arena.   We must make our voices heard by the representatives that we have elected and we must not give in either to the small percent of the population that indulges in these behaviors or to the minority that approves of or financially supports them, be they corporate, civic or personal.

Let the businesses that promote and support sexual immorality hear from you.

It's not supposed to be about me or you, it's supposed to be about God.

McDonald's

twilight

At dinner tonight I was made aware of a new teen hearthrob who exists between the pages of a novel, in the minds and hearts of young girls and soon to be eliciting flutters from the silver screen.

The subject of a not insignificant amount of screaching and swooning is a character named Edward Cullen.  Entertainment Weekly states,  "Pretty but awkward 17-year-old Bella (Kristen Stewart) moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest and falls in love with Edward (Robert Pattinson), a heartbreakingly beautiful vampire. Edward also falls for Bella, but his desire for her barely controls his instinct to devour her. It's this combination of passion and danger, of course, that surrounds this teen romance with a halo of epic, doomed love. "   "As for the character of Edward, Meyer describes him as ''devastatingly inhumanly beautiful.'' Not surprisingly, he has become a heartthrob to millions." 

 

Judging from my daughter's reaction to the mere mention of his name and the fact that this new "hero" is a vampire prompted me to make the decision to read one of the three novels and to toss out this "heads up".  I generally try to contain myself and not scream "fire" without first investigating the source of the smoke, but I am aware that there is a genre of teen literature out there that, much like the adult romance novels that cater to wistfull women, borders on pornography and most definitely bends and shapes impressionable minds.

My daughter tells me that the local library stocks this book, so I'll head over tomorrow and see if I can get a copy in my hands for evaluation.  In the meantime, you might want to check your teen's bookshelves at home.

Stephanie Meyer, the author of this (currently three part) saga, moving into the adult stream with her recent  novel "Host", is apparently going to make her mark in the world, like Rowling and Rice, sensationalizing the darker recesses of the human mind and the lustful aspects of the supernatural realm.

I'll keep you posted.

 Other reviews:

Teen Lit Review, The Christian Manifesto, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon.com

Glenn Beck penned an essay detailing his feelings of the things in America with which he feels good.

Read the essay here

Jessie Jackson spouts on live television that he wants to cut Barck Obama's n**ts off, and then he apologizes, NOT for making a stupid remark, but for having a "hot mic"! 

more from the Conservative Voice

more Jesse jackson on New York Post

 Wal-Mart, makes the unbelievable move to include racist trash on it's store shelves , and then, ever tolerant, takes some time to back it out!

 The New Orleans Police Department, in a return to incredible thought processing, suspends a 35 years veteran 15 minutes before his retirement for wearing the wrong color shirt!  Remember NOPD, the folks who brought us "emergency suspension of the Constitution" and who assaulted and robbed innocent civilians of their firearms during the Katrina tragedy?

"Gay man sues Bible publishers
$70 million for emotional distress because homosexuality cast as sin

A homosexual man who has a blog on Sen. Barack Obama's campaign website is suing two major Christian publishers for violating his constitutional rights and causing emotional pain, because the Bible versions they publish refer to homosexuality as a sin."

It had to happen sooner or later!

Shouldn't he be suing the author, God?

read the story here

 

who is to blame for rising gas prices?

According to Joseph Farrah, it's our government!

read on

Before you pull the ballot lever for a national Democrat candidate in November, I ask you to consider the results of your actions.

If you vote FOR a Democrat candidate for Congress or President, and that person is elected, your vote will most certainly result in the support of legislation that kills babies, promotes immorality, raises taxes and grows government.

Your Democrat candidate will promote the growth of the welfare state and do everything in his or her official capacity to remove any traces of personal responsibility from our culture and system of laws.

Your Democrat candidate believes that the he (the government) knows best and that you do not have the capacity to make intelligent, responsible decisions for your family and for the upbringing of your children.

Your Democrat candidate believes that laws of other nations should supersede the Constitution of these United States of America.

Your Democrat candidate believes that you should not have the legal authority and capacity to defend yourself in times of trouble.

Your Democrat candidate believes that God is wrong about virtually everything, that God is not pertinent for today, that God has changed His mind about many things, and/or that the God of the Bible is simply not real.

Do you agree?

 

"A pro-life activist in Illinois says Barack Obama has repeatedly mischaracterized his opposition to the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act while he was a state senator."

full story here

AFA urges millions to shun fast-food giant over its promotion of same-sex marriage


Another corporate giant apparently wants you, your family and especially your children to buy in to the pro-homosexual agenda; seems McDonald's wants to bring new meaning to "Happy Meal".

I agree with AFA that McDonald's needs to "just say no".  I'll just say "no" with my dollars.

Abe Levy pens a touching tribute to Max Lucado in the San Antonio Express-News.

"The congregation has grown accustomed to the timeless wisdom, keen observations about Christ's life and vividly personal tales of Max Lucado. Members know he's dominated the Christian book industry and nurtured their modest numbers into a megachurch. "

"THERE IS a debate going on today over whether our economy is in recession. Polls show sagging public confidence. But some perspective is sorely needed. The fact of the matter is that we in the United States, and to a lesser degree the entire world, have just lived through—and continue to live in—the greatest period of prosperity in human history."

The Greatest Story Never Told: Today’s Economy in Perspective

Tonight I was driving across the Wal-Mart parking lot where, upon coming to a stop sign, I came to a full stop.  Another driver, approaching the intersection on my left, also came to a complete stop.  He did not have a stop sign on his side.  I waved him through, considering that he did have the right of way; he waved at me, I waved at him, and then he proceeded through the intersection, turning left, in front of me.

I followed him to the next stop sign, where, you might have guessed, he failed to stop and just blew through!  I was behind him through another intersection where he proceeded normally, until we came to the next intersection where, having a green light he stopped.  He remained stopped until the light turned yellow, whereupon he proceeded through the intersection.

The driver was most likely (select all that apply):

1. drunk,


2. blind,


3. ignorant,


4. confused, or


5. just an average San Antonio driver.

If you have not seen this story, please watch for important information regarding the safety of your tires.

 

 http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

David and Laurie Callihan's article on Crosswalk.com concerning their teen children's involvement in church youth group is located here.

It is ironic that in these United States of America, a country founded on principles of religious freedom, that the system of government in place over us moves around the circle toward becoming as oppressive as the monarchy the Pilgrims fled seeking freedom from persecution for their religious beliefs.

Across these United States skirmishes are fought every day between citizens and governmental bodies who seek to quash, diminish or deny us our Constitutional rights to free speech, equal protection and freedom from discrimination.

These citizens under attack are Christians and their stories are largely untold by the media.  There are organizations at work, however, to protect our freedoms and to restore our rights.

Alliance Defense Fund

Free Market Foundation

American Center for Law & Justice

Liberty Legal Institute

We celebrate freedom in America today.

Some of us celebrate with passion and remembrance of prices paid for that precious freedom.  Some celebrate with family bonding and squeals of laughter; joyful togetherness and a nod to more carefree times.  Some of us celebrate in ignorance and profound apathy.  Some of us celebrate with blind, drunken stupidity and a careless disregard for the laws that bind our freedoms together. 

But celebrate we do; hot dogs and burgers, beaches and lakes, fireworks, family, parades and picnics all come together to hopefully reminds us that something special happened 232 years ago.

Freedom.

Noble men and women and a grand idea that freedom was worth dying to achieve and worth living to protect.

Freedom.

These United States of America.

Let Freedom ring!

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

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. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

mind mapping

Mind mapping is a process of visually thinking things out, mapping out thoughts to plan and organize.

Check out Jorge Mueller's  great freeware tool, Freemind.

So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to refactor your essays in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal knowledge base, which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to prioritize, know where you are, where you've been and where you are heading, as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?

There is nothing new in recent books buzzing from the headlines. There is nothing new in lost man's desire to discount the truth of the Holy Bible, God's Word to mankind. There is nothing new in man's attempt to disprove God and in so doing to elevate himself. God's Word is eternal, unchanging, uncompromising, undaunted and unbroken.

You're in good hands with God.

Either Barack Obama or John McCain will be the next President of The United States.

The time to pray for them is now.

"First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (HCSB)

"Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God's command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do good and you will have its approval. For government is God's servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God's servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God's public servants, continually attending to these tasks. Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor." Romans 13:1-7 (HCSB)

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

"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."

"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."