puhlease! making a buck with octo-sleaze!

Porn Plot: Vivid's Sordid Plans for Nadya 'Octomom' Suleman

business online that is not!

I am so frustrated with companies that ask you to go online and then require a phone call or other contact to finish the deal!

Cable - set up a cable appointment online and then received a phone message stating that I MUST call back to confirm the appointment!

Bank - set up a bank draft online and then received notice that I MUST call in to confirm the amount requested!

Auto repair - set up an appointment online and then notified that I would receive an email or phone call to CONFIRM the appointment!

What is the point of going online to make these kinds of transactions if I MUST  make/receive phone calls in order to confirm the information that I gave them online?  Do businesses in America just not GET the concept of online transactions as a streamlined method of contact?

And WHY do so many internet sites with newsletters make it impossible or extremely difficult to change your email address, often having to unsubscribe the old and resubscribe the new?  It's EMAIL!  Should you NOT focus on the EMAIL setting/address as a priority?

Reminds of a company I once worked for that set up a BBS to transfer documents between branches in order to avoid travel time and then REQUIRED a visit to sign the documents with an original signature in ink!

AAAARGGGHHHHH!

Bottled Water and the Overflowing Nanny State

"For the past couple decades, bottled water had been growing in popularity as an environmentally preferred choice and as a healthy beverage alternative. Yet in recent years, environmental activists have begun attacking its value and quality. The activists’ claims do not hold water, yet, based on those claims,"

This news article refers to a teachers union president complaining about having to hold public school classes on Good Friday, referring to a "contract violation" and bout a school committe member stating that "Good Friday is sacred and the schools would be sending the wrong message about religion".

Public schools ALWAYS send the wrong message about religion!

Sorry, but you can't have it both ways!  The school officials can not stand behind religious persecution of Christianity in the public schools system and then complain about missing a day off when its convenient for a religious holiday.

Buck up, Mister! 

read the article here

"So it is with our marriage. It is a battle ground of faith"

My friend and Brother Indy's essay on men and marriage:

Marriage:

 

  The union of two people, to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marriage

1Co 7:10  And to the married I command (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband.

1Co 7:11  But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to leave his wife.

1Co 7:12  But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is pleased to dwell with him, do not let him put her away.

1Co 7:13  And the woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is pleased to dwell with her, do not let her leave him.

1Co 7:14  For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

1Co 7:15  But if the unbelieving one separates, let him be separated. A brother or a sister is not in bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

1Co 7:16  For what do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or what do you know, O man, whether you shall save your wife?

1Co 7:17  But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all churches.

 

Men and women forget what marriage is about. This world has turned 'holy matrimony' into lease program. When the lease is over, you get to walk away. It has become too common in today's marriages. If it doesn't work, divorce. That's usually the solution. But we tend to forget why we got married in the first place. Hopefully, the reason anyone gets married is because they are so in love with someone that they find their love so intertwined that it would be impossible to undo. When two become one, it should mean exactly that. One spirit, one life. Not his and hers, not different bank accounts, not different duties or responsibilities. But a union between to people who are in love and want to spent the rest of their lives together. The word 'union', in this case, means together, joined, inseparable, united, one. Does this world have such a strangle hold on us that we just want to cut loose and run? Whatever happened to, for better or for worse, sickness and health, good times and bad. We seem to run from everything except the good times.\

Why is it so hard for us to love our spouse the way God wants us to? Why have we let circumstances break the bond that God has put together? Mind you, some people should never had gotten married in the first place. That is another topic of discussion. But the man and woman who married because they love each other and told each other that they want to spend the rest of their lives together, those are the ones that we need to pray for. I've know too many people who have been married for years start talking about divorce. Situations come up that they can't handle and believe that divorce is the only answer. Infidelity may be an issue or mistrust for some reason may be an issue. There are many things that may cause that discussion but divorce is not the answer. Again, if the marriage should have never taken place in the first place, I believe that divorce is the only answer because that is when infidelity and adultery take place.

My concern is the couples who have been married for years and start to grow apart from each other. Questions arise like, why? What drastic change happened that would cause that? Have they given up on each other? Are outside influences causing problems in their marriage? Is there a non-believer in the house? Are they just getting tired of each other? Is it the economy, finances, job(s) that are causing so much stress that they just want out? I believe that husbands need to pray more, a lot more. I believe wives need to pray more, a lot more. I think husbands and wives need to pray together as well as alone. Husbands are the head of the household. We (speaking as a husband), need to pray for our wife and our family. We need to obey God's will and do what God wants us to do. We are the spiritual leaders of our house. If we don't pray, who will. Our wives are under our covering, our blessings pour down on them. Our obedience to God provides the protection that our family needs. Our wives need to pray for their husbands. They need to pray that God will use their husbands in ways that are pleasing to him. Husbands are warriors, they are the protectors of the riches that God has provided for his family. It is our duty as husbands to fight for our wife, to fight for our children, to fight for what we believe in. God has given us the armor, he has given us the weapons, he has given us the 'WORD'. We must use the word (bible) every day to fight our battles. God will never leave us or forsake us, that is written in the book of life. But we as husbands and men must stand firm in the belief that God will guide us through every battle. That there is nothing that we can't do because God is with us. I will be writing about spiritual warfare at a later time, but that is what we are in. A spiritual battle. The battle is all around us, all we have to do is open our eyes to it and realize that it is right in front of us. Everywhere we go, we are in a battle, a battle to keep our eyes and our ears clean and pure and focused on God. The battle ground is the world that we live in. And every time that we walk out of our house, our fortress, we step into battle. Sometimes there is a clear path and we bypass all the land-mines, and sometimes we are right smack in the middle of it. But God has a way of making a clear path for us. Anyone who has been in any type of battle knows that it is unpredictable. You never know what is around the corner. You never know what to expect. But we must always be prepared. We can't let our guard down and we must NEVER get comfortable. Comfort can hurt us. We get too complacent with the way things are going. When that happens, we let our guard down. And as soon as we do that, the enemy jumps right in and starts to destroy what we have been fighting to protect.

So it is with our marriage. It is a battle ground of faith, love, hope, honesty, compassion, admiration, adoration, excitement, passion and most of all, PRAYER. Why is it a battle ground? Because these are the things that we have to fight for. These are the things that the world wants to take from us. These are the things that we must defend in our marriage. I love my wife with all my heart and all my soul and with everything God has given me. She is my everything. God has placed her in my life to care for and to protect. To love and adore her like I have never done before. God has placed in my life a wonderful creation, a beautiful woman, a wonderful mother and an amazing wife. I am HONORED that God would entrust in me such a wonderful creation as my wife. He created her just for me and I will do everything in my power to make God proud. Husbands have a huge responsibility that they must uphold. Not only for their wives but for their families. And most of all, God. If we as husbands put God first, he will direct us in the path to righteousness. And along that path, I believe, he will show us signs. Signs of things past and present. Where we have been and how far we have come. The path to righteousness is the battle fields trench. It is long and narrow and many things try to block that path. But God removes those objects that get in our way. He removes the things that hinder our walk down this path. There is a light at the end of this tunnel (trench) and his name is Jesus Christ.

change can be good, but only if something changes

Change is Good

where do the sexual offenders live?

in your neighborhood?

Family Watchdog National Sex Offender Registry

Proposed legislation would require Internet traffic logging

article excerpt follows:

"A proposed new law would require all Internet providers to keep user and traffic records for two years. This is huge, as it also includes home users, hotels and your local coffee shop. The legal and political aspects of this legislation are explained well by CNET’s Declan McCullagh in this CNET News post. I will focus on the issues that network administrators and others in the IT community would have with this law should it come to fruition.

First of all, this may mean the end of many free access points. If an organization has to expend extra effort (and incur liability) to provide free Wi-Fi with your crumpets and tea, this service may be first on the chopping block. This requirement extended to the home user will surely be haphazard, lacking support, and without consistency. The burden, in my opinion, will fall heavily on Internet service providers (ISPs) to log this information for residential accounts."

make me laugh

Video: A Homeschool Family - comedy by Tim Hawkins

Video: I Don't Drink Beer - comedy by Tim Hawkins

Video: Tech Support - comedy by , you guessed it, Tim Hawkins

"Despite facing threats of disqualification, a 12-year-old girl took first place in a speech contest when she eloquently argued for the rights of unborn children – after an offended judge quit.

"What if I told you that right now, someone was choosing if you were going to live or die?" the seventh-grader begins in a video of her speech on YouTube. "What if I told you that this choice wasn't based on what you could or couldn't do, what you'd done in the past or what you would do in the future? And what if I told you, you could do nothing about it?""

Watch the video here on WorldNetDaily

I've been reading article after article advising the same principles to be put into place as we move into the "Obamanation of Democrat Control and Spending."

1.  Don't spend money on anything you do not NEED, conserve financial resources, fix things which are fixable and do not replace.  Money is going to be very tight in the near future.  Learn to make do with what you have and create those things you will need.

2. Begin gathering supplies and simple food stuffs in anticipation of a highly inflated economy and shortage of goods (We are gathering dried beans, rice and canned meats, i.e., things that only need water and heat to cook).  If your local store closes due to transporation failures, do you have enough food in your house to last a month?

3. Simplify your life.  We have become a nation of leisure spenders and most of us would starve to death if left to our own resources.  Learn to live with less; you may have to!

4. Reduce or eliminate debt.

5. Maintain a ready supply of cash.

6.  Arm yourself and teach your family the principles of home defense.

Comments?

how to put out a kitchen grease fire

source unknown

"I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan! This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire ...oil in a frying pan. Read the following Introduction, then watch the show .... It's a real eye-opener!!

At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire.  The results got the attention of the students. The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room. Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup of either creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.

This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what you see. Tell your whole family about this video. Or better yet, send this to them.    extinguish kitchen grease fire

H. H. ROWLEY

"IT is a commonplace that no book in all the world has been subjected to such close and prolonged study as the Bible. Other religious texts, older than much of our Bible, are still extant and venerated by the devotees of other faiths. But their study has never been undertaken on the scale of Biblical study. Nor has any other book been so widely circulated, or translated into so many different tongues." ~ H. H. Rowley

OBAMA: IT'S NOT ABOUT CHANGE, IT'S ABOUT PERSONAL SURVIVAL

how to play church

An early sobering sermon by John MacArthur illustrates "the false church incorporated within the true church".  Please do not misunderstand my purpose in noting this lesson.  I believe in "church" and "church" attendance.  I think it is imperative, however, that we truthfully ascertain the identity of the church we attend.  Is it a place of "comfort" (think Joel Osteen) or is it a place where believers are confronted with the truth of their sinfulness alongside the path to and joy of redemption?  Do you see and hear nothing but "Praise the Lord" or are those praises joined by squirming seats and low volumed "amen"s and "thank you"s?  Is your church a place to attend or a place to mend?

Join me.

Highlights:

"This morning I want to present to you a discussion on the particular verses, Matthew 7:21 to 23 and talk about...well as the subject was advertised...how to play church, church...or the false church incorporated within the true church.  Because I think that we have to examine ourselves to begin with to see where we really are before we know what we need.  And so, this Sunday and next Sunday I'll be presenting messages dealing with the church and the ministry."

"The Church Age then comes up in Matthew chapter 13.  Having set Israel aside because of her unbelief, Christ begins to institute a group of parables that discuss the Church Age and they present the Church Age as a very unique age.  He talks about the fact that in the Church Age there is going to be the wheat and the tares, that is the true and the false.  And they're going to be so hard to tell apart that you won't be able to tell them apart until God who is the final judge decides between them."

"And then we read about the fact that there are various dimensions of the church.  The mustard seed illustration gives the idea that the church is going to explode and it's going to be a great big thing including real and unreal, true and false.  And so the Church Age is going to be a very strange era and truly it is.  For under the name church, quote/unquote, we have all kinds of things going on today. Christ commanded John in Revelation to write to the Sardis church, "I know thy works that thou hast the name that thou art alive and art dead."  What a commentary on most churches today.  They have a title, they have a name, but they're dead. And why are they dead?  Well they're dead initially because the people within them are dead.  I would say that the great majority of church members in America today probably...probably and according to Billy Graham statistics this is pretty accurate, probably the majority of them don't even know what it is to be a Christian and they're dead spiritually.  Paul says in Ephesians 2, "They're dead in sin."  Consequently dead people are going to constitute a dead church and the church is not suffering today or dying today because of a tax from the outside, most churches Satan wouldn't even waste powder and shot on them, they're dead from the inside. "

""Very important to understand this and Paul elucidates it in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 beginning in verse 14 where he brings up the fact that the love of Christ is a very basic issue and that what is really important is that the church is involved in making new creations out of these dead people.  A church that is a real living vital church is a church that is in the business of taking dead people and communicating to them the gospel that alone can make them alive. That's the mission of the church.  There is no way biblicaly under the sun that the church can ever court the world.  The church must be the conscience of the world.  The church must be so well defined that it becomes the antagonist of the world.  For those outside of Jesus Christ, this church I trust, I pray, this church will be the most uncomfortable seat in the world because we present a gospel that divides.

 How To Play Church

attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville

I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there.  I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her fertile fields and boundless forests, and it was not there.  I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there.  I sought for the greatness and genius of America in in her public school system and her institutions of learning, and it was not there.  I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her democratic congress and her matchless constitution, and it was not there.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.  America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

~ attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville

update: U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

"A United Nations human rights treaty that could prohibit children from being spanked or homeschooled, ban youngsters from facing the death penalty and forbid parents from deciding their families' religion is on America's doorstep, a legal expert warns."

United Nations' threat: No more parental rights

I'm watching you Dad!

Video: I'm Watching You Dad!

Doctor's License Revoked Over Botched Abortion That Led to Live Baby Being Thrown Out

The smartest thing Bill Clinton did was to keep his hands off the economy that began rolling during the Reagan era.  His wisdom in keeping his hands in his pockets allowed him to capture the credit for President Reagen's policies.  Smooth move, Slick Willie.

The best thing President Obama could do for our economy is a similar stategy.  Sink the "Spendulous" package, let the liberal politicians eat their own sausage and let the chips fall where they may in American business. 

Right will level out and wrong will be buried.

This bailout is a sham and the less time we spend considering it, the less sausage and eggs will stain the record of President Obama.

Mr. President, Jimmy Carter is not remembered as a noteworthy President; don't follow his lead.

President Obama seems to be spending most of his time lately criticizing everyone who disagrees with him; the problem seems to be that he can't FIND anyone that agrees with him that is not a Democrat party hack!

President Obama should be focusing on acquiring leadership skills.

And, of course, he and his fellow Democrats are going to take NO responsibility for the problems on the table!

Obama fires up House Democrats to help push through stimulus bill

"President Barack Obama said Thursday that "the scale and the scope" of his economic plan is right, turning up the heat on critics he said were hawking "phony arguments" and "false theories of the past" to chip away at the bill's programs.

Don't come to the table with the same tired arguments and worn ideas that helped to create this crisis," the president said at the House Democrats' annual retreat in Williamsburg."

The bottom line is that the President wants everyone who disagrees with him to stop fussing, because they're just plain wrong!  Now I wonder what happened to that promised "spirit of change" he was so clear about last year ...

Republican Senator Proposes Amendment to Overturn Ban on Cash for Schools Hosting Faith Forums

"Republican Sen. Jim DeMint proposed an amendment Thursday to kill a provision in the Senate stimulus bill that prohibits renovation money for schools that allow religious groups to meet on campus.

DeMint proposed the amendment after the provision was passed in the Democratic-controlled House despite unanimous Republican opposition. The amendment is expected to be voted on Thursday, an aide to the senator told FOXNews.com."

Teens in the Driver Seat

Texas DPS Drivers License Division

Texas Dept. of Transportation

All States: DMV.org

You will be blessed to view Nick Vujicic's testimony for God.

Video on GodTube

GodTube

The economic stimulus plan proposed by the House and now in the Senate, appears to be with pork like a Christmas sausage! President Obama's Democrat party is kicking off with no "change" but party politics business as usual.

I find it distressingly humorous that President Obama in his weekly address to America stated that he "found" these financial problems after he took office. Yep, he's about change all right; small change for you and me and big change for Democrat cronies!

I call upon each of us to make those phones in Washington ring to let them know that we are not falling for this "bailout of Congress". We either need to bailout the economy with common sense priorities or nothing at all!

A friend forwarded this letter about checking the label on products and buying America first:

This may seem like a funny email but I was so surprised by what I
discovered. I had to share it with you.

When I think of the job situation in this country, I can't help but think this helps in some small way. I don't know how many households there are in the U.S. but if these were the only things we bought think of the impact....

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off brand labeled "Everyday Value." I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA . So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here - from a company in Cleveland OH !

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets....yep you guessed it Bounce was more money and made in Canada, the Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

So my challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Besides, you might save a little green in the process. Stop buying from China ..........

We should have awakened a decade ago......

lets get with the program.... help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.

"It was popularly referenced as Act I – an initiative heartily endorsed (57-43 percent) by Arkansas voters last November that would make it illegal for unmarried couples – all unmarried couples – to adopt children in that state. "

In Arkansas, The Battle To Protect Children Goes On

It's no secret that the media tends to twist and distort the "facts" to present their philosphy as prevelant on any given issue.  Conservative vs. liberal, right vs. left, north vs. south, newspapers vs. television vs. internet; they al slant the "truth" to display the personal "belief" of choice. 

From the "Principles of Journalism" at Jouralism.org: "Democracy depends on citizens having reliable, accurate facts put in a meaningful context. Journalism does not pursue truth in an absolute or philosophical sense, but it can--and must--pursue it in a practical sense. This "journalistic truth" is a process that begins with the professional discipline of assembling and verifying facts. Then journalists try to convey a fair and reliable account of their meaning, valid for now, subject to further investigation. Journalists should be as transparent as possible about sources and methods so audiences can make their own assessment of the information. Even in a world of expanding voices, accuracy is the foundation upon which everything else is built--context, interpretation, comment, criticism, analysis and debate. The truth, over time, emerges from this forum. As citizens encounter an ever greater flow of data, they have more need--not less--for identifiable sources dedicated to verifying that information and putting it in context."

The philosophy above dictates presentation as the goal of a journalist, leaving the truth for tomorrow.  How many newspapers, how many sources, I wonder, must I read/encounter to determine the truth?

It is no wonder confusion and controversy reign in our society.  How many versions of a single story do you read before you determine the "truth" of the matter?

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"Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'." ~ unknown