Well a busy week in our country. The Senate has put out a 1500 page healthcare bill, I guess not to be out done by the House with theri 1100 pages. The White House and Democrats are so set on wanting a bipartisan bill that they locked the Republicans out of the committee room they were working in yesterday. I am not saying that the Republicans are perfect, far from it, but how immature and childish can the Democrats get, and out of the other side of their mouth they say we welcome their input? Listen closely the next few days to what is in the bill, they have already taken some of the cost out and put elsewhere to lower the cost. This is still a terrible bill. We need reform but not the entitlement fiasco they want to shove down our throats.
Rasmussen reports today new poll numbers on President Obama, now his approval rating is a -13 that is the difference of those who strongly approve of his performance 27% and those who strongly disapprove 40%. Overall 47% are at least somewhat approval of the President’s performance while 53% disapprove. 31% feel Congress has a good understanding of the health care proposal or 69% don’t.
Glenn Beck had a very interesting analysis of how the White House and Congress is working to spin the current events. Three things they do, accuse the people of WRONG THINKING, that they or it is a DANGER, and make PROFIT. He presented several very good videos of them doing this. They have no good arguments, so they have to attack those who do not agree with them. Look at Fox News, now the Chamber of Commerce, and the Tea Parties. Next time you watch the news, watch for them to do this.
You remember the 6 imams (Muslim clerks) thrown off a US Airways flight in Minneapolis in 2006? They scared the passengers and flight crew with loudly praying in Arabic, refused to sit in assigned seats, fanned out in the cabin in pairs to occupy the front, middle and rear exit rows, ordered seat-belt extenders they did not need or use, criticized the Iraq war and President Bush, talked about al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. Well they sued the airport and US Airways for discrimination. Well if you look like a duck, walk like a duck, and quack like a duck, should we wait till you go boom? This was in 2006, not 2000, we had already had 9-11. Well with the politically correct country we are not in, they settled out of court today for an undisclosed amount of money. US Airways could see the writing on the wall so basically they won. Now flight crews will be cautious about reporting unusual behavior and this could set up another 9-11 down the road. The article which I encourage you to read, I don’t want to take all my space with the details, also rewinds to 1999 when two Muslim college students were removed from an American West flight from Phoenix to Washington for twice trying to open the cockpit door, not once but twice. Was this a dry run for 9-11? They filed suits claiming racial profiling against American West. Of course both of these incidents the “victims” were represented by CAIR who is now being looked at for what they are, promoting Muslim takeover of our country. To read the full article, go to www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageID=113579.
Couple updates if you did not hear, the apartment complex that would not let anyone have an American Flag on their car or apartment has recanted and now allows them. The young Boy Scout did not get suspended, they are changing the rules so that children that young are not treated like a older student in these cases. So public outcry can still change things.
There have been 3.5 million pink slips ordered and are in the process of being delivered to every member of Congress, telling them we do not want the healthcare bill, hate crime bill, cap and trade and to stop the spending, we will be watching and if they do not hear us, will give them their pink slip next election. Can you imagine the congressional mail room trying to handle 3.5 million individually addressed pink slips? Two Republicans have already acknowledged starting to get them and hearing us. If you would like to send yours, go to Worldnetdaily, go to their store and you can send yours.
Our congressmen and senators are elected by us, they are to serve us, not us serve them. We are not subservient to them, our constitution is to protect us, from this happening. We need to be informed voters and hold them accountable.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
God and guns, Part 2
Great article. His new book should be a great read!!! I would encourage you to read it when it comes out!!
By Chuck Norris October 19, 2009
Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ("In God We Trust") from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000 square-foot Capitol Visitors Center, or CVC, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance will soon follow.
As Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., noted, "This was accomplished due to the efforts of so many individuals in Congress and across the country who were willing to stand up on behalf of our nation's religious heritage. Thousands of visitors will walk through the center each day. The efforts of the individuals that have joined in this issue have enabled those visitors to experience a more accurate depiction of our nation's heritage written in stone."
It's about time that good news came out of Washington. But this shouldn't be shocking news or even a contested matter. For the very words of the national motto are inscribed on our currency. They are even etched above the rostrum of the speaker's head in the House of Representatives.
Only in our modern age have skeptics and secular progressives fought God in America. Religious inscriptions on Washington's other buildings testify to yesteryear's commitment to our Judeo-Christian heritage.
Take, for example, that in front of the Ronald Reagan Building is a statue titled "Liberty of Worship," which is resting on the Ten Commandments.
On the aluminum capstone at the very top of the Washington Monument are the chiseled words, "Laus Deo" (Latin for "Praise be to God"). As Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, reminded his colleagues, the Washington Monument displays the words "Praise be to God" on the east side that faces the Capitol. He elaborated, "every day when the first rays of God's sun hit the very first thing in this Nation's Capitol," those words are illuminated.
A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments is in the rotunda of the Library of Congress.
In addition to the words "In God We Trust" within the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, a marble bas-relief of Moses is the central and only frontal depiction of 23 reliefs of great historical lawgivers which surround the walls of the chamber and all look in Moses' direction. Is it just a coincidence that Moses is the central figure and the only one looking down on Congress?
A stained glass window in the chapel of the U.S. Capitol depicts George Washington with the words of Psalm 16:1 written out around him and the words "This Nation Under God" above his head.
The Ten Commandments are also displayed on the floor of the National Archives, just 100 feet or so in front of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
The prayer of President John Adams, the first president to occupy the White House, was inscribed on the mantel in the State Dining Room: "I pray to heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that hereafter inhabit it. … May none but the honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."
(Column continues below)
And Moses and/or the Ten Commandments are depicted a whopping 64 times on the U.S. Supreme Court building, etc.
Do we believe any of these Judeo-Christian displays could be erected today in Washington, let alone in any other civic setting across the country? Why is it that those in yesteryear didn't decry them as violations of the separation of church and state? Answer: It's because they didn't see God or religion as a violation of the First Amendment but a practice of it.
That is one of many facts about America's founders that I explain in my new book, "The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book," a fun yet inspirational and educational book in which I share my 101 favorite Chuck Norris facts and 101 related stories that pivot around five core values: freedom, family, faith, fitness and fight. (Set for release on Nov.1, it is now available for pre-order via Amazon for less than $10, and proceeds from which go to help KickStartKids.)
Last week in "God and Guns, Part 1," I gave a sneak peek of a "Freedom" entry (No. 49) from the book, in which I discussed the Second Amendment and our right to bear firearms. In this column I'd like to share an entry from my "Faith" code, in which I discuss the First Amendment.
Official Chuck Norris Fact No. 54:
"They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn't tough enough for his beard."
Let's be honest …
One of the geniuses of America's Founding Fathers was to provide and secure a foundation for our freedom of religious belief. The First Amendment simply reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
When Thomas Jefferson originally penned his legendary commentary on the First Amendment – "a wall of separation between Church and State" – in his letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, he was concerned with prohibiting the domination and legislation of religious sectarianism in government, as it was back in England and even in some early colonies, such as Virginia. However, he was not trying to rid government of religious influence.
That does not mean we enforce one religion on all people – that is what the First Amendment protects us from. I believe in the separation of religious sectarianism from government and protecting our religious institutions, such as churches, from the long arm of the federal government. I don't believe, however, in an erroneous interpretation of the Bill of Rights, or Jefferson's and Madison's interpretive words, that would restrict religious or speech freedoms or produce a secular-progressive barrier that bans any religious influence in society.
Whatever your religious persuasion, don't be ashamed of it. This is America. And that's one of the things that still makes us a great nation. In God we trust.
They said it …
"There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!"
– John Hancock, after signing his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence.
Chuck's Code (Faith):
"In God We Trust – all others we search." A statement from my friend Dave LaGroue, who is a California Highway Patrolman.
By Chuck Norris October 19, 2009
Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ("In God We Trust") from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000 square-foot Capitol Visitors Center, or CVC, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance will soon follow.
As Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., noted, "This was accomplished due to the efforts of so many individuals in Congress and across the country who were willing to stand up on behalf of our nation's religious heritage. Thousands of visitors will walk through the center each day. The efforts of the individuals that have joined in this issue have enabled those visitors to experience a more accurate depiction of our nation's heritage written in stone."
It's about time that good news came out of Washington. But this shouldn't be shocking news or even a contested matter. For the very words of the national motto are inscribed on our currency. They are even etched above the rostrum of the speaker's head in the House of Representatives.
Only in our modern age have skeptics and secular progressives fought God in America. Religious inscriptions on Washington's other buildings testify to yesteryear's commitment to our Judeo-Christian heritage.
Take, for example, that in front of the Ronald Reagan Building is a statue titled "Liberty of Worship," which is resting on the Ten Commandments.
On the aluminum capstone at the very top of the Washington Monument are the chiseled words, "Laus Deo" (Latin for "Praise be to God"). As Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, reminded his colleagues, the Washington Monument displays the words "Praise be to God" on the east side that faces the Capitol. He elaborated, "every day when the first rays of God's sun hit the very first thing in this Nation's Capitol," those words are illuminated.
A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments is in the rotunda of the Library of Congress.
In addition to the words "In God We Trust" within the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, a marble bas-relief of Moses is the central and only frontal depiction of 23 reliefs of great historical lawgivers which surround the walls of the chamber and all look in Moses' direction. Is it just a coincidence that Moses is the central figure and the only one looking down on Congress?
A stained glass window in the chapel of the U.S. Capitol depicts George Washington with the words of Psalm 16:1 written out around him and the words "This Nation Under God" above his head.
The Ten Commandments are also displayed on the floor of the National Archives, just 100 feet or so in front of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
The prayer of President John Adams, the first president to occupy the White House, was inscribed on the mantel in the State Dining Room: "I pray to heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that hereafter inhabit it. … May none but the honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."
(Column continues below)
And Moses and/or the Ten Commandments are depicted a whopping 64 times on the U.S. Supreme Court building, etc.
Do we believe any of these Judeo-Christian displays could be erected today in Washington, let alone in any other civic setting across the country? Why is it that those in yesteryear didn't decry them as violations of the separation of church and state? Answer: It's because they didn't see God or religion as a violation of the First Amendment but a practice of it.
That is one of many facts about America's founders that I explain in my new book, "The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book," a fun yet inspirational and educational book in which I share my 101 favorite Chuck Norris facts and 101 related stories that pivot around five core values: freedom, family, faith, fitness and fight. (Set for release on Nov.1, it is now available for pre-order via Amazon for less than $10, and proceeds from which go to help KickStartKids.)
Last week in "God and Guns, Part 1," I gave a sneak peek of a "Freedom" entry (No. 49) from the book, in which I discussed the Second Amendment and our right to bear firearms. In this column I'd like to share an entry from my "Faith" code, in which I discuss the First Amendment.
Official Chuck Norris Fact No. 54:
"They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn't tough enough for his beard."
Let's be honest …
One of the geniuses of America's Founding Fathers was to provide and secure a foundation for our freedom of religious belief. The First Amendment simply reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
When Thomas Jefferson originally penned his legendary commentary on the First Amendment – "a wall of separation between Church and State" – in his letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, he was concerned with prohibiting the domination and legislation of religious sectarianism in government, as it was back in England and even in some early colonies, such as Virginia. However, he was not trying to rid government of religious influence.
That does not mean we enforce one religion on all people – that is what the First Amendment protects us from. I believe in the separation of religious sectarianism from government and protecting our religious institutions, such as churches, from the long arm of the federal government. I don't believe, however, in an erroneous interpretation of the Bill of Rights, or Jefferson's and Madison's interpretive words, that would restrict religious or speech freedoms or produce a secular-progressive barrier that bans any religious influence in society.
Whatever your religious persuasion, don't be ashamed of it. This is America. And that's one of the things that still makes us a great nation. In God we trust.
They said it …
"There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!"
– John Hancock, after signing his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence.
Chuck's Code (Faith):
"In God We Trust – all others we search." A statement from my friend Dave LaGroue, who is a California Highway Patrolman.
Barack Obama: It's about priorities
Very good article!! Needs no explaination.
By Barbara Simpson October 19,2009
Last week, the president of the United States graced San Francisco with his presence. He was in town on Thursday to raise some $3 million in political money but not to mingle with the average folks – you know, the ones whose votes he solicited last November.
The Matier and Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 14 headlined it accurately: "Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit."
Avoid them he did – being whisked in by limo and escorted through back entrances so the only people who saw him were those from whom his presence extracted money – big money, at two fundraisers: a $500-$1,000 a pop reception for about 1,000 and a VIP dinner for some 160 supporters, each paying $30,500 or more for a pair of tickets that got them dinner, a handshake with the man and even a picture.
As the Chronicle headlined on Friday, "President visits city – lucky few see him."
Actually, the people who really "saw" him were those who ponied up money to refill Democrat coffers to fund upcoming elections.
The rest of us didn't count.
Last week, I received an e-mail from the office of Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., that contained a copy of his remarks on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the House Chamber, in tribute to Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt, U.S. Army:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt of Applegate, California. He is one of the fallen heroes of the Battle of Kamdesh – the remote outpost that was besieged and surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by more than 300 Taliban insurgents on October 3rd. No soldiers in the history of our nation have fought more valiantly or bravely than the defenders of Combat Outpost Keating that day. In the end, they held their ground, they defended their flag and the honor of their country."
The day Rep. McClintock spoke those words, the president was in New Orleans, for a four-hour pit stop – clearly a token visit to reassure the injured city that the president cares.
He made two quick stops while there, using the time to tell folks he would not "quit" New Orleans and went on to promote his medical plan and criticize insurance companies.
Obama told residents he wished he could write a check to solve their problems dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. When a heckler challenged him to do that, he said that there's something called the Constitution and Congress to deal with.
What a surprise! Those "details" haven't deterred him from writing massive checks to other entities over the last months. It appears only the "big guys" warrant his check-writing skills, not the average citizens of this country. They only count when he wants their votes.
While Obama was in Louisiana, Rep. McClintock in Washington recounted what Sgt. Hardt and his fellow soldiers did at Kamdesh:
" … most importantly, they defended something fundamental and sacred and eternal that defines humanity itself. They defended something that can never be abandoned as long as humanity exists. They defended right against wrong – good against evil – freedom against tyranny – in its most stark and defining form."
Obama's second and last stop in New Orleans was one of those farcical "town hall" meetings – selected attendance and limited questions. He took just seven queries, one from a 4th-grade boy who asked the president:
Why do people hate you? They're supposed to love you, and God is love."
Obama's response was typically self-serving recounting the economic ills of the country and that the president has to get some of the blame, because "that's part of the job."
How noble of him.
Rep. McClintock spoke of real nobility when he recounted that Josh Hardt was 24, an outstanding high-school athlete who joined the Army three years ago. He rose to the rank of sergeant and was awarded many ribbons, including the Bronze Star. His mother said Josh joined the Army to make a difference, wanting us to be safe.
At home last year, after his first tour in Iraq, Josh told his football coach how excited he was to be marrying his love, Olivia, and planning a family. He said he loved the Army and looked forward to the future when he would return to the states and help other veterans.
Obama left Louisiana with some criticism that he gave them short shrift, but, after all, he had to get to San Francisco for the really important part of the trip – glad-handing, fundraising and more speeches promoting his political agenda. Then he returned home to Washington.
Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt returned home on Friday, for the last time.
Rep. McClintock continued:
"His family and friends and neighbors will come to mourn him and to honor him and to remember him. His community will hold him up as an example of all that is heroic and virtuous. His nation will record his name onto its most hallowed rolls that he never be forgotten. Centuries from now, flags will be placed on his grave every year as future generations gather to consider the cost of their freedom.
"And perhaps in Kamdesh, they will gather around a monument where Outpost Keating once stood and consider the measure of the men who paid everything to purchase for them so celestial an article as freedom."
It's pitiful that the man responsible for our soldiers being in harm's way can't find time to even mention those killed in the service of their country, to honor their ultimate sacrifice and to thank their parents for having raised such heroic children.
But then, Barack Obama has his agenda, and it's amazing how dead soldiers disrupt well-orchestrated political plans for changing America.
By Barbara Simpson October 19,2009
Last week, the president of the United States graced San Francisco with his presence. He was in town on Thursday to raise some $3 million in political money but not to mingle with the average folks – you know, the ones whose votes he solicited last November.
The Matier and Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 14 headlined it accurately: "Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit."
Avoid them he did – being whisked in by limo and escorted through back entrances so the only people who saw him were those from whom his presence extracted money – big money, at two fundraisers: a $500-$1,000 a pop reception for about 1,000 and a VIP dinner for some 160 supporters, each paying $30,500 or more for a pair of tickets that got them dinner, a handshake with the man and even a picture.
As the Chronicle headlined on Friday, "President visits city – lucky few see him."
Actually, the people who really "saw" him were those who ponied up money to refill Democrat coffers to fund upcoming elections.
The rest of us didn't count.
Last week, I received an e-mail from the office of Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., that contained a copy of his remarks on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the House Chamber, in tribute to Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt, U.S. Army:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt of Applegate, California. He is one of the fallen heroes of the Battle of Kamdesh – the remote outpost that was besieged and surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by more than 300 Taliban insurgents on October 3rd. No soldiers in the history of our nation have fought more valiantly or bravely than the defenders of Combat Outpost Keating that day. In the end, they held their ground, they defended their flag and the honor of their country."
The day Rep. McClintock spoke those words, the president was in New Orleans, for a four-hour pit stop – clearly a token visit to reassure the injured city that the president cares.
He made two quick stops while there, using the time to tell folks he would not "quit" New Orleans and went on to promote his medical plan and criticize insurance companies.
Obama told residents he wished he could write a check to solve their problems dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. When a heckler challenged him to do that, he said that there's something called the Constitution and Congress to deal with.
What a surprise! Those "details" haven't deterred him from writing massive checks to other entities over the last months. It appears only the "big guys" warrant his check-writing skills, not the average citizens of this country. They only count when he wants their votes.
While Obama was in Louisiana, Rep. McClintock in Washington recounted what Sgt. Hardt and his fellow soldiers did at Kamdesh:
" … most importantly, they defended something fundamental and sacred and eternal that defines humanity itself. They defended something that can never be abandoned as long as humanity exists. They defended right against wrong – good against evil – freedom against tyranny – in its most stark and defining form."
Obama's second and last stop in New Orleans was one of those farcical "town hall" meetings – selected attendance and limited questions. He took just seven queries, one from a 4th-grade boy who asked the president:
Why do people hate you? They're supposed to love you, and God is love."
Obama's response was typically self-serving recounting the economic ills of the country and that the president has to get some of the blame, because "that's part of the job."
How noble of him.
Rep. McClintock spoke of real nobility when he recounted that Josh Hardt was 24, an outstanding high-school athlete who joined the Army three years ago. He rose to the rank of sergeant and was awarded many ribbons, including the Bronze Star. His mother said Josh joined the Army to make a difference, wanting us to be safe.
At home last year, after his first tour in Iraq, Josh told his football coach how excited he was to be marrying his love, Olivia, and planning a family. He said he loved the Army and looked forward to the future when he would return to the states and help other veterans.
Obama left Louisiana with some criticism that he gave them short shrift, but, after all, he had to get to San Francisco for the really important part of the trip – glad-handing, fundraising and more speeches promoting his political agenda. Then he returned home to Washington.
Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt returned home on Friday, for the last time.
Rep. McClintock continued:
"His family and friends and neighbors will come to mourn him and to honor him and to remember him. His community will hold him up as an example of all that is heroic and virtuous. His nation will record his name onto its most hallowed rolls that he never be forgotten. Centuries from now, flags will be placed on his grave every year as future generations gather to consider the cost of their freedom.
"And perhaps in Kamdesh, they will gather around a monument where Outpost Keating once stood and consider the measure of the men who paid everything to purchase for them so celestial an article as freedom."
It's pitiful that the man responsible for our soldiers being in harm's way can't find time to even mention those killed in the service of their country, to honor their ultimate sacrifice and to thank their parents for having raised such heroic children.
But then, Barack Obama has his agenda, and it's amazing how dead soldiers disrupt well-orchestrated political plans for changing America.
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