Speaking Bible

Too many "left wingers" want to get the Bible out of our educational systems and lives. In order to do this they need to think about how much the Bible is in our daily lives.

To begin with, let's look at the names of some cities in just a few states:

• In Pennsylvania there is Bethlehem and Nazareth and Emmaus and Bethsaida and Shiloh and Bethel and Eden and Ephrathah and Zionsville and New Jerusalem.
• In Texas there is Palestine and Hebron and Eden and Joshua and Temple and Bishop and Blessing and Corpus Christi.
• And, in California there is Antioch and Carmel and Goshen and Bethel Island and Joshua Tree and Temple City.

These are just a few in three states. Shall we rename all of the cities in all of the states with Biblical names?
A great number of the expressions that we use commonly in the English language came right out of the Bible--expressions like:

• "the apple of his eye" --Deuteronomy 32:10
• "eat, drink and be merry"--Ecclesiastes 8:15
• "The blind leading the blind," Jesus said --Matthew 15:4
• "Let not your heart be troubled" --John 14:1

The words adoption, busybody, scapegoat--- All of these were introduced as words as a part of the translation of the Bible to the King James Version.
In today's English, we speak Bible everyday!

God has Always Been Here

In the beginning God... (Genesis 1:1)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1-2)

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

That which was from the beginning... (1 John 1:1)

(BibleGateway.com, New King James Version)

No Gas May 15th

It's going around the Internet to not buy gasoline on May 15 to protest the price. It's a great idea but it won't work. Too many people will buy gas, buy it on the day before or the day after May 15.

We should be putting pressure on our Congressional representatives to act! This is a Democratic controlled Congress... why haven't they tackled this issue. The Democrats are supposedly so in touch with what Americans want and think, why aren't they acting on this issue that affects virtually all Americans. Because they are too busy sticking "pork" in war funding bills in order to buy the needed votes to get the bill passed. They are more concerned with the "pork" than our servicemen and women.

We should be putting pressure on all the Presidential candidates. I haven't heard one talk about this issue... Democrat or Republican. They are all out of touch with the American public. Anyone attending a candidate rally should be asking the question of the candidate, "What are you going to do about gasoline prices?" Any candidate that hasn't announced their position on gasoline prices should not receive campaign contributions. That would start getting attention!!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

How to Start Each Day With a Positive Outlook

1. Open a new file in your computer.
2. Name it "Hillary Rodham Clinton"
3. Send it to the trash.
4. Empty the trash.
5. Your PC will ask you, "Do you really want to remove "Hillary Rodham Clinton and all of her contents?"
6. Firmly Click "Yes."
7. Feel better.

Tomorrow we will do Nancy Pelosi, then Harry Reid, then Ted Kennedy, then... There is a list.

Rosie is Gone!

Hooray! Rosie is finally leaving ABC and The View!

We just have to tolerate her until the end of June. Of course the official story is she couldn't come to an agreement with ABC Daytime... but we all know the real story!

Harry Reid Must Go

Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), must go!

I agree with Sean Hannity that Harry Reid must be ousted for his outrageous behavior and declaring the "war lost."

Senate Democrats need to caucus and decide whether they are going to support the troops or not. If they really intend to support the troops then they must "muzzle" their leader, Harry Reid, and remove him from the leadership position. You can't say you support the troops when you are publicly declaring the "war lost."

Ambassador Bill Clinton?

Candidate Hillary Clinton has stated that if she is elected president she will have a job for husband, Bill... something like ambassador to the world.

Obviously, she doesn't want him in the White House around the interns. It must be one of those "out of sight, out of mind" kind of things. If she doesn't have him around her then she won't know when he is cheating on her. Of course it would be another blemish on America when it hits the world news medias.

But she's no "Tammy Wynnette that just stands by her man!"

Give me a break!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Harry Reid - Traitor

Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), yesterday declared the war in Iraq "lost."

Is this man crazy? What is he thinking? Is he thinking?

What message does he think this comment sends to our troops, our enemies and the country? Even if he truly believes that the war is lost he shouldn't be stating it at news conferences. He should be taking this up on the floor of the Senate. Harry Reid is a disgrace to this country and his state and should be to the Democratic party.

In my opinion, this action alone is traitorous. At the very least the Democrats should put someone in this position that can use just a little discretion and common sense.

Think about it!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Media Coverage of Virginia Tech killer

Why does the main stream media have to glorify this sick, demented murderer?

Once again the media is spending all this time and money telling us all about this killer. Since the "package" was received by NBC they now have even more material to promote their networks. This killer looked up to the Columbine murders and the media is giving other sick individuals some one else to look up to.

The news coverage should cease reporting of this killer. If they must continue to cover VT then concentrate on the murdered, survivors and families. Let's hear the wonderful things these people did in this catastrophe and in their lives. There are many heroes in this saga and Cho is not one of them.

Imus Censored

CBS caved! CBS caved out of fear! CBS has endorsed and is promoting censorship! Is CBS lighting the fire for book burning? The president of CBS, Leslie Moonves, and advertisers, American Express, General Motors, Proctor and Gamble and others collapsed to the blackmail and censorship of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Moonves and the presidents of these spineless corporations should be fired for conceding to blackmail and promoting censorship.

I am not an Imus fan and have rarely listened to him on TV and never on radio. But, he apologized for what he said. Whether the apology was sincere or not, he did apologize and now it should be between him and his maker and the market should determine whether he remains on the air.

The Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are two of the most bigoted people in this country. Yes, you can be bigoted against non-blacks. To hear them, one might think they have never uttered a mis-statement or done anything wrong.

Sharpton virtually tried and convicted the three young Duke University men accused of rape. Now that it has come out that they are innocent where is his apology? He is guilty of much more and has never apologized for anything... how about Twanda Braley, his anti-Jewish slanders? He should certainly be fired from his radio job and from his ministry.

Jackson has admitted to having a mistress. Why hasn't the Rainbow Coalition fired him. He is one of the biggest instigators of bigotry and hate. He, too, is eager to make unfounded accusations and then never apologize.

Congressmen (and Congresswomen)

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale & undermine the military are saboteurs & should be arrested, exiled, or hanged." - A. Lincoln

This should also apply to Congressmen and and Congressmen who attempt to usurp Presidential powers and responsibilities by negotiating with America's enemies. Once again, Speaker Pelosi and her entourage are talking about holding talks with America's enemy, Iran. We can only hope that the President of Iran decides to hold them hostage. If so, we must stand strong and not negotiate with terrorists!

Speaker Pelosi has asserted that this Congress will be the most "ethical ever." Apparently, that doesn't apply to her and her entourage. I believe she is violating the Constitution by attempting to establish foreign policy... that is the job of the President. When will the House of Representatives take action against her?

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Global Warming

The following is from a friend/relative. It is posted with his permission.

OK, I have had all a person can take! One can only sit back just so long and keep their mouth shut. Here it is Al Gore, Shaddup!!!!

Every time you open your yap about global warming we have another week long cold snap here in Michigan.. Perhaps God is trying to tell us something!! How about the fact that the earth has been getting warmer for the last 10 thousand years. Remember the ICE AGE? That was when the earth was unusually cold for a period of time. Since that time it has slowly been warming up. Mankind hasn't had a single thing to do with it. In fact, the scientists aren't sure what caused it all. There is even evidence that before the ice age the whole earth was tropical. How many species do you suppose went extinct through that process?

Now you want to say that if the planet gets warmer that it will cause mass extinction. I highly doubt it. More likely all the nuclear bomb tests over the last half a century have affected our environment much more substantially than anything else. Why aren't we being told that the North polar ice cap is melting because there is an undersea volcano erupting and causing it? That is right, it has nothing to do with burning fossil fuels. And the hole in the ozone over the South pole is also being caused by a volcano. And we have only been watching this phenomena for a couple of decades. We have no idea what this looked like even 50 years ago, so how can we say it is getting worse. All of this is nothing but scare tactics to make us think we need somebody really important to step up to the plate and save us all.

Al Gore if you even give a hoot about the environment then why don't you quit flying around the world and polluting everything? And why do you live in a huge mansion that costs $30 grand a year in utilities? Perhaps you should put your mouth where your money is!! Or maybe that is what you are doing. You must have made a fortune from your book about the environment. Well this is one person that isn't being duped. So why don't you go back to your Tennessee Mansion and live off your government stipend and find something constructive to do with your life??

Sincerely

Thomas

Macomb, MI

Works for Me!

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

Mr. Green - True or False?

HOUSE # 1:

A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.

HOUSE # 2:

Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.

HOUSE #1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee . It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.

HOUSE #2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas . Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States , George W. Bush.

Eighth District of California Representative

The residents of the eighth district of California must be horribly disappointed to have elected a representative to the House of Representative only to find out that she is busy representing someone else. That representative is Nancy Pelosi and she is off in Syria on "spring break" visiting with known terrorist states.

Maybe she will be able to resolve the middle east troubles that have plagued the region for more than 2,000 years.

President Pelosi

Oh, I mean Speaker Pelosi is off on spring break playing footsie with the President/Dictator of Syria, a known terrorist state.

Sense when did the Speaker of the House set policy for the country?

Why is she spending taxpayer dollars on a trip to see a terrorist?

If the House of Representatives are serving the American people they will immediately censure her for this act of betrayal... betrayal of the American people, betrayal of the American troops in Iraq and Afganistan and betrayal of everything this country stands for.

Speaker Pelosi, there may "be a new Congress in town" but that doesn't give you the right to usurp the policies of the United States.

Why aren't you in DC cutting $20 billion of pork spending out the troop support bill? $20 billion that was added as bribes to get the bill passed!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007

Just a few extras in the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 passed by our Congress. A little "pork barrel" always helps get an unpopular bill passed.

$25,000,000 Spinach

$20,000,000 Emergency Conservation Program

$252,000,000 Milk Income Loss Contract Program

$74,000,000 Peanut Storage Costs

$5,000,000 Businesses breeding, rearing or transporting live fish

$60,400,000 National Marine Fisheries Service

$436,400,000 Subtotal

This isn't all of it. There is more money for hurricane recovery and numerous other "pet" projects. The Democrats need to remember it is the tax payers money not theirs!

“A billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-IL, Dec'd)

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Queen Pelosi and Arab Peace Plan

Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House of Representatives not Queen of the U. S. Today's CNN coverage of her highlights her telling the President to "calm down," that "there is a new Congress in town" and it will be their way not his.

He has said for weeks that he will veto any bill that sets a date for withdrawal from Iraq and now she seems appalled that he is going to do what he said he would.

Is she nuts or does she really have that big of an ego?

Now that she has said that things will be the Democratic Congress' way I believe that means that if the troops are not supported she is taking responsibility for the Democratic party. In addition, Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said Congress will run this war just like the Democratic party ran the Viet Nam war. In other words, cut and run and show the enemy that the U.S. doesn't have the guts to win a war. Remember how the Viet Nam vets were treated when they came home... surely we don't want these vets to be treated the same way!

Give me a break! Don't re-elect incumbents!

Additionally, the King of our "ally," Saudi Arabia, has called the U. S. presence in the mid-east "illegitimate."

The Arab League of Nations now wants to go back and adopt the 2002 "Land for Peace" deal with Israel. This was a bad opportunity in 2002 and it still is today. Jerusalem must not be surrendered or divided. Jerusalem belongs to "God's chosen people," Israel. These Muslim countries cannot be trusted to honor any treaty. They will use any treaty to buy time for further preparation for war against the "infidels."

Israel Threatened

Speaking on behalf of the entire Arab world Saudi Arabia has told Israel to accept their peace plan or face war.

This is nothing but a trap. The Arab world will never honor a peace plan for more than seven (7) years. The Islamic Quran requires Islamists to kill the "infidels." The infidels are Christians and Jews or anyone else that is not Islamic. For more than 1,400 years Islamics have been breaking treaties and killing anyone that is not part of their religion.

Part of the new peace offer is consistent with the "Road Map to Peace" formulated by the United States, Russia, European Union and the United Nation. Both plans require that Israel give up half of Jerusalem to the Palestinians as the capital of their new Palestinian state.

The United States and the rest of the non-Islamic world should be fighting this "peace" plan. Once again the United States will have to take the lead. Too many European countries have proven to bow to Islamic demands. Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Great Britain have already acquiesced to Islamic demands because of terrorist attacks upon them.

Russia will be unwilling to help because of their financial commitments to countries like Iran. Russia is selling nuclear technology to Iran and the President of Iran has publicly stated that Israel and the United States must be destroyed.

God gave Jerusalem to his chosen people, Israel. God established Israel's borders. Anyone committing infractions on God's chosen people is committing a sin. Jerusalem belongs to Israel alone!

If you are a Bible believing Christian you should be speaking out against this "peace plan!"

House decides to put Troops in Harm's Way

Today, the U. S. House of Representatives voted to condemn our troops in Iraq. Knowing the President will veto the "the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act" they chose to pass it anyway. It was more important for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and her fellow Democrats to get a bill that provides millions to special interest groups than to protect our troops in Iraq.

Good for those salmon fisherman in California, peanut farmers in Georgia and all the other special interests of Democrats for getting the funds away from the American people and our troops.

The money for the troops will begin to run out within the next three (3) weeks and if the Senate passes the same bill then SHAME ON YOU! Our troops' blood will be on your hands! As sure as you pulled the trigger yourself, when you take funding away from the troops you have caused their deaths. May God and the American public forgive you!

DON'T RE-ELECT INCUMBENTS!

Compromise or Subpoenas

In my opinion the Democratic controlled Congress is on a witch hunt with the Executive Branch over the firing of the federal prosecutors.

The White House turned over the emails that were asked for and Democrats immediately started complaining. They didn't like the form they were in because they were "boring and repetitive." Apparently, the White House should have spruced them up so they wouldn't be so boring. If you have ever forwarded or replied to emails they normally have the contents written by each person involved. Sure they are going to be repetitive. If the White House had edited them and taken out the repetitive part then the Democrats would have complained that they had been altered.

The White House has offered a comprise pertaining to Rove and other officials speaking to Congress, but Congress doesn't want to discuss this. Instead, they want to issue subpoenas and draw this out as long as possible.

These Democratic tactics are right in line with the plan of action Representative John Conyers (D-MI) announced prior to the last election. That was that he wanted George Bush impeached and he planned to start impeachment proceedings as soon as he took over the House Judiciary Committee. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) didn't deny this as a Democratic position but told Conyers to keep his mouth shut until after the election.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) flatly rejected the President's compromise offer, despite pleas from the top Republican on the committee, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. In an exchange with Leahy, Specter argued that moving toward confrontation with the White House would only tie up the matter in courts for years. This is what the Democrats want!!!

President Bush has said he will invoke executive privilege if the subpoenas are issued and he is now receiving criticism about that. The Democrats didn't complain about it when Clinton invoked executive privilege more than any other President in recent history.

Why don't the Democrats take the initiative and get busy with this country's business? What "great" business has the Congress conducted since the Democrats took over?

Don't re-elect any incumbent!

Hollywood Hot Topics

Have you noticed how the main stream media has to check with Hollywood Liberals before they know what "hot topics" to alarm the nation about?

The Hollywood Liberals now think that the U. S., specifically George Bush, should take us into Darfur to save the people because hundreds of thousands of them are being murdered in civil war. I don't disagree that we need to help protect the citizens of Darfur but why aren't the Liberal concerned about the hundreds of thousand of Iraqis that were being murdered by Saddam and his Red Guard? There are still thousands of innocent people being murdered in Iraq by terrorist. The Hollywood Liberals think we need to get out and let them take care of it themselves because it is a civil war.

The media didn't report on "global warming" until a few Hollywood Liberals decided it was going to be their "cause." Now Hollywood says global warming is all the fault of George Bush like it just started during his administration. Come on! The Liberals and Hollywood think the American public is stupid enough to believe it is all George Bush's fault.

The main stream media has to report only what Hollywood Liberals deem important. If you really want proof that main stream media thinks we are all stupid, just watch one broadcast with Katie Couric and the others.

Too bad main stream media isn't elected... Don't re-elect incumbents!

U. S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act

House Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is leading the charge to get the Democratic "anti-war" bill passed.

In order to get the bill passed by her Democratic colleagues $29 Billion in "pork barrel" spending is part of the bill. The billions include money for veterans' health care (one of the good parts), drought relief, more help for Gulf Coast recovery from hurricane damage, $60 million for Pacific Coast salmon fishermen and $25 million for Salinas Valley spinach growers.

In order to make the bill more "deceiving" the sponsors have named it "the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act." Maybe it should have been named "the Nancy Pelosi Pork Barrel and Bribery Scheme to get the Bill Passed Act."

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Just Suppose

JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, graduation, prom, etc, someone who has had enough of stupid, anti historical court decisions had the guts to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and others joined in, then more, until hundreds participated.

And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land until this became standard practice in hundreds of schools, then thousands, then tens of thousands.

Just what would local school boards do? Expel half the student body? (They need their jobs and federal funding far too much to do that.) What would a Federal district court do? Order hundreds of nonviolent, decent minors jailed? Or thousands?

Just what would the Supreme Court do about it - issue more edicts?

What if millions decided the Supreme Court was out of its league and said, "So what?" JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of brave school board members, local judges, prosecutors, and others, each in their own area of authority, refused to intervene, realizing that we have already tried it the other way, and the result was a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah of immorality and senseless violence.

JUST SUPPOSE this then spread next into classroom after classroom, and either a brave student or a brave teacher started the Lord's Prayer (or Psalm 100, or a Bible reading, etc.) each morning, until hundreds of thousands stood up and did their part and stopped cowering before the destructive, God-hating secular attitudes of the pagan minority who parrot the media line.

JUST SUPPOSE every God-fearing Christian participated peacefully, nonviolently, but firmly and continually. Where would they get enough jails to hold us all? How would they prosecute hundreds of thousands?

It is far more than the government can do to even stop the flow of illegal drugs, despite their best efforts, and overcrowded jails.

What if hundreds of thousands stood up to the tyranny of the minority and demanded their freedom of religion back? They can't build enough jails or courts to begin to deal with such a movement.

During the Civil Rights battles of the 60's, some of the black people decided they had had enough and stood up to the system. A few dozen here, a few hundred there, and eventually the whole country heard, and repented, and changed. Racial repression was an evil whose time was over.

But now, there is another battle and the stakes are even higher. The future of all children, white, black, and otherwise, is at stake. No other country on earth allows a tiny minority of impractical anti-religious bigots to censor their people's right to free religious expression. Even Russian public schools show videos of the life and teachings of Jesus now.

We tend to get exactly the kind of government we deserve.

If you make a time line or a graph, you will see that the exponential increase in public school violence, pregnancy, and foul language all started at exactly the time the Supreme Court threw prayer and Bible reading out of the schools. We told God we didn't need Him, and the results speak for themselves.

JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of Christians passed this message on to all their friends, leaders and contacts.

JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of churches, organizations and ministries passed this message on to their constituencies with a request to reprint, repost and repeat it wherever possible.

JUST SUPPOSE you are a lighthouse. Once upon a time the Church was the moral conscience and spiritual lighthouse of the nation. Now, most congregations are impotent, pusillanimous minor-league social welfare agencies or mutual comfort societies with no impact on the world around their little enclave.

JUST SUPPOSE - What do you suppose you should do?

Anti-war Protests

Yesterday, anti-war protestors gathered near the Lincoln Memorial to express their disagreement with the Iraq war and to call for the troops to come home. Although I disagree with this thought, this is not my purpose of this post.

This morning former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX) called the protestors unpatriotic. I completely disagree with Mr. DeLay. The most patriotic think an American citizens can do is to express one's dissent. That is Freedom of Speech!

Sen. Chuck Schumer & U. S. Attorneys

A few days ago I posted that I agreed with Sen. Chuck Schumer (R-NY) regarding the firing of eight U. S. Attorneys. He feels these firings were purely political.

After listening to Sen. Schumer this morning on Meet the Press I am now convinced that they were not politically motivated any more than when Clinton fired all U. S. Attorneys or when Reagan fired all U. S. Attorneys. By tradition, the U. S. Attorneys serve at the will of the President, NOT Sen. Schumer.

I do believe that Sen. Chuck Schumer has started a new political witch hunt against the President. This shouldn't have surprised me or anyone else. This is one of his expertises. He needs to spend more time representing the citizens of New York than representing the Democratic party.

Once again, I say, Do Not re-elect incumbents!

Red Fridays

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions. Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops.

Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red. By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority is on their side more than ever; certainly more than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is...We need your support and your prayers.

Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.

Men in Black

Politicians on both sides of the aisle complain about the infamous "Men in Black", the Supreme Court, establishing law instead of interpreting the law. In 1962 the Men in Black established a law that is commonly referred to as "Separation of Church and State." "Separation of Church and State" does not appear in the United States Constitution. It was simply an idea they came up with while interpreting the Constitution for a case they were hearing.

I really believe they missed this interpretation by a mile. If our forefathers had intended what we now have why are Biblical references everywhere. The Speaker of the House looks directly at a sculpture of Moses, "the Law giver." Of course, there are the references on our money, on most Federal buildings, like the Supreme Court, both houses of Congress open sessions with a prayer, the President is sworn into office with his hand on the Bible, etc.

Many people believe this country was founded on Christian principles. I disagree. I think it was founded on the Bible. The original settlers brought their Bibles with them. Until 1962, when the Men in Black established this law, the Bible was the basis for most readers and was frequently read in our schools. It was the basis of laws and the moral compass of the settlers and our forefathers who established this country. Too bad that for so many of our elected officials it isn't still the moral compass!

Fred Thompson and other things

If former Senator Fred Thompson (R, TN) decides to run for President he may be the best hope for the GOP. From what I have heard from him I could probably support him. Is America ready for another actor as President? The last one was pretty darn good! It will be interesting to see what he decides.

Attorney General Gonzales has admitted that mistakes were made in the firing of eight U. S. Attorneys. Listening to and reading the media reports it sure stinks of pure politics and probable pressure from the White House. Gonzales has said he will not resign. Once again, I call for President Bush to fire him. And again, if he won't Congress should take steps to remove him from office.

This episode on top of the infraction in the law in the name of the Patriot act are just too much. I heard today on the radio President Bush say that "those breaking the law should be arrested." Even though the comment was made in conjunction with drug trafficking from Mexico, shouldn't it apply on American soil to everyone. Wake up and follow through with your commitments, President Bush!

Apparently, it is now coming out that Congressional members on both sides of the aisle have been applying pressure on agencies to hire constituents. The Justice Department is one of those "agencies." In addition, they have been doing illegal things like ordering credit reports on people without authorization. Aren't you surprised that our elected officials would do illegal things? I'm at least surprised that those in Washington are just now figuring out that illegal activity is going on in Congress.

Maybe I'm becoming more liberal, but it sure seems that things in Washington, D.C. are souring and stinking on both sides of the aisle.

Don't re-elect the incumbent! Let's get some fresh blood!

Hillary, you're no Jack Kennedy

Hillary is now comparing herself to President Kennedy. Prior to his election the spin doctors of the time said the country would never elect a Catholic. She is now using this as a comparison regarding women. You would think she would have learned from the Dan Quayle incident... "Senator Clinton... You're no Jack Kennedy."

Give me a break!

Halliburton moving

All the news is carrying a story about Halliburton moving their corporate headquarters to Dubai. If they follow through with this move, all branches of government doing business with them and any subsidiary should cancel contracts. I see this as a huge security risk. Several months ago a foreign company was set to take over management of our ports and that was a security risk. Halliburton employing non-Americans in a foreign country is also a security risk.

Follow up on FBI:

Senator Shumer (D, NY) is calling for the resignation of Attorney General Gonzales. I can't remember ever, ever agreeing with Shumer on anything so this is a first and more than likely a last! Attorney General Gonzales is FBI Director Mueller's boss. President Bush should fire both... they are both responsible for the violations of the law in the name of the Patriot Act.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R, SC) has said it is President Bush's right to fire them. Senator Graham is wrong... it is his duty to fire them. In the past, President Bush has said he would fire anyone in his administration who broke the law. Then, follow through with your commitment and fire both, Attorney General Gonzales and Director Mueller.

FBI abuses

I am and probably will remain a supporter of the Patriot Act. However, the recently disclosed abuses by the FBI are intolerable. Director Mueller has stated that he will not resign as a result of the abuses. President Bush should fire Mueller and the Justice Department should investigate and determine who was responsible for the violations of law and prosecute to the limit of the law.

In my opinion, theses abuses are significantly more severe and important than prosecuting or persecuting people like Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby for lying to the FBI. After all, neither did any more or as much and former President Clinton. He not only lied to the FBI but also to the American public on national television.

Maybe if Director Mueller had been more concerned with watching what his agent were doing instead of chasing insignificant liars these abuses of power could have been avoided. Although he didn't commit the abuses he is still just as responsible. Obviously, he doesn't feel the "buck stops with" him.

If President Bush is unwilling to fire Mueller then Congress should takes steps to remove him.

Liberals, Conservative, Liberals

After all the hoopla this past weekend in Selma, Alabama there is a big question that needs to be answered. Since Obama and Hillary both made political speeches at a church, were any IRS regulations violated? I thought that if churches got involved with politics they would lose their tax exempt status. But, it is probably okay since they are both liberal candidates in a Congress controlled by liberal democrats. You can bet if it hd been a conservative Republican there would be a tremendous uproar.

Ann Coulter, labeled by liberals "right-wing," actually a Conservative columnist/commentator made a comment this weekend in a speech associating the term "faggot" with Presidential candidate John Edwards. Of course the liberal media has tried to turn this into something it wasn't. The speech was actually about joking in speeches. In my opinion, the whole incident was an unfortunate mistake in timing.

Of course, when Bill Maher stated that the Vice President should be assassinated, the liberal Media failed to report the incident, thus "blessing" the suggestion. The Department of Justice should have investigated Mr. Maher for making a threat on the Vice President.

Back to Mr. Edwards... he is one of the liberal democratic candidates that favors murdering babies in the name of abortion. He also favors homosexual marriage but still calls himself, although reluctantly, a Christian.

Conservative Evangelical Christians are going to have to speak up this election and keep the liberal "scum" out of office!

Hillary... the Southerner?

Hillary and Obama were at the anniversary celebration of the Selma march this weekend in Selma, Alabama. They both made speeches and the media is reporting this morning that Obama held his own. They also reported that Hillary acquired a "curious Southern drawl."

Yep, true to the Clinton way, play the crowd and become whatever it takes! What will she be next?

I guess last week in a speech she stated that the Chinese had the U.S. "over the barrel" because they own $6 trillion of U.S. Treasuries so we better be nice to them. Who has who over the barrel? What would it do to the Chinese economy if the U.S. defaulted on those $6 trillion of Treasuries?

Just not sure she has a grasp on the real world!

Maybe she will become the "the little lady staying home baking cookies" or "some Tammy Wynette Standing By Her Man."

Injustices, Stupidities and Presidential Ponderings

Martha Stewart convicted of lying to an FBI agent; Scooter Libby on trial for lying to an FBI agent. What is going on... Bill Clinton - "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" Lie... when is he going on trial for lying to the entire United States population?

Kansas Appeals Court set aside a conviction of the former Westar executive Wittig because there was insufficient evidence. Obviously, these judges felt that a jury of Wittig's peers wasn't smart enough to interpret the evidence. The Kansas Appeals Court judges are secure in their jobs... but I think they should be impeached.

Kansas voters decide to vote former Kansas Attorney General, Phill Kline, out of office. But Johnson County, Kansas Republicans decide he would make an excellent Johnson County District Attorney. Turns out that the loser gets the winners old job. Phill Kline promptly fires most of the prosecutors in his new office... people that were hired by the man who defeated him for Attorney General. Now the fired employees are suing for their jobs. How much will Phill Kline's actions cost Johnson County residence? All for his act of retribution!

The presidential election should be interesting over the next year and a half. I don't know who to vote for, yet. But I do know who not to vote for... Hillary Clinton. She uses her Secret Service agents to keep citizens from asking her the hard questions. Her own employees say she is two-faced. It's not that I am opposed to a woman being President because I'm not. I think the country is ready for a woman President... just not Hillary.

Other than Obama and McCain I haven't really seen anyone that is too interesting. I'm so unimpressed with the field of candidates I can't even think who is running and who has already dropped out. I do think it would be nice to have someone new and fresh!

ACLU Exec into Child Porn - Did you hear about it?

Apparently, the only major news media reporting this was Bill O'Reilley and the rest at Fox News!
To view the entire article, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54471
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Posted: February 28, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

A former American Civil Liberties Union executive, who once argued that Internet filters in libraries that limited children's access to pornography would interfere with their ability to learn and communicate, is facing a federal court hearing today on charges he possessed child pornography.

The preliminary hearing is scheduled in court in the Eastern District of Virginia for Charles Rust-Tierney, 51, of Arlington, Va., who has been held in custody in the case since his arrest. According to report on the case, Rust-Tierney admitted to investigators he had downloaded videos and images from child pornography websites onto CD-ROMS, which reportedly depicted graphic forcible assaults on young girls.

Rust-Tierney, who served as president of the Virginia ACLU chapter for several years, was the lawyer who argued against Internet filters in libraries in the early 2000s when the ACLU was opposing the Children's Internet Protection Act, which later was approved by Congress.

Donna Rice Hughes, president of Enough is Enough, a website dedicated to protecting children from the dangers on the Internet, had worked on CIPA, and then served as an expert witness for the defendant when Tierney and the ACLU sued over the filters.

"That Mr. Rust-Tierney, a leading proponent of unrestricted access to the Internet, has now been arrested for receiving and possessing graphic child pornography should serve as testimony to the injudicious and baleful outgrowth of the legal challenges launched by the ACLU questioning the constitutionality of important legislation that protects children from Internet exploitation and content harmful to minors," the organization said in a statement released by Enough is Enough spokeswoman Cris Clapp.

"When Mr. Rust-Tierney argued before the Loudoun County Library Board that unrestricted access to the resources of the Internet was essential for our children's ability to learn and communicate, and when groups like the ACLU contend that acceptable use policies alone are capable of protecting children online, they fail to acknowledge the tragic and devastating effects to children and families of both intentional and unintentional access to online pornography," the statement said.

CIPA was stricken by a lower court, but that decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, providing what Enough is Enough describes as "a landmark victory for child Internet safety protection."

The investigation that resulted in Rust-Tierney's arrest was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, as well as Arlington County police as part of the Northern Virginia and District of Columbia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The explicitness of the offending videos is evidenced by the reports that in one of the scenes a prepubescent girl is "seen and heard crying" and another is described as "bound by rope."

Rust-Tierney's arrest was announced after his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Barry R. Poretz, who ordered him held until a subsequent hearing.

Rice Hughes had advised Congress on the CIPA proposal, but her organization confirmed that an analysis shows that still more than 20,000 images of child pornography are posted on the Internet every week.

"Studies have demonstrated that early exposure to pornography is related to greater involvement in deviant sexual practices, particularly rape. Additionally, studies have confirmed that among child molesters incited, over half deliberately used the stimuli of pornography as they prepared to offend," the group said.

"The addictive qualities of pornography combined with the fact that habitual consumption of pornography can result in a diminished satisfaction with mild forms of pornography and a correspondingly strong desire for more deviant and violent material poses a direct threat to the safety of our children," the group said.

The group also noted that the fact Rust-Tierney "was serving as a youth sports leader is highly concerning."

"Groups like the ACLU, which in the ACLU Policy Number 4 ascribes to the belief that child exposure to explicit material and juvenile delinquency have never been carried to the point of defi nitive proof, and which ultimately propounds the legality of child pornography, represent an incredibly radical and malevolent agenda that clearly results in the exploitation of our children," the group said.

Rice Hughes is an internationally known Internet safety expert and advocate, and a leader of national efforts to protect children from sexual predators and Internet porn. Her book, "Kids Online: Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace" was called a "powerful tool for parents" and has been translated into Spanish and Korean.

The Washington Times reported that an ICE agent said in a sworn affidavit that Rust-Tierney had subscribed to various child-pornography web sites in recent years.

The overall national ACLU's stance on pornography was made clear when in 1985 Barry Lynn told the U.S. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography that chil d pornography was protected by the First Amendment.

A StopTheACLU website notes that the organization still represents such groups as the North American Man-Boy Love Association and John Roberts, of the ACLU's Boston branch, said, "Mere possession should not be a crime."

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly called it a "horrifying" case. And he noted that the two "biggest left-win outfits in the country - the New York Times and NBC News - ignored the story entirely." CBS News, CNN and most of the big city liberal newspapers also failed to cover the Rust-Tierney arrest, Fox said.

"Now the failure of most media outlets to cover this colossal embarrassment to the ACLU contrasts vividly with the coverage of preacher Ted Haggard, which embarrassed conservative Christians. You remember when Haggard was accused of immorality b y a male prostitute, the story was all over the place."

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More on The Mouth

Rosie O'Donnell is an absolute lunatic and should be removed from television. As Donald Trump said she is "fat and ugly" and I would add, one of the most unintelligent people on the planet. ABC and Barbara Walters should be ashamed of giving her a free and open forum to insult Christians, our service people and our nation. Shut her mouth and get her off television and The View!

Obviously, her presence on The View has harmed ratings so much ABC has resorted to making it a game show awarding prizes to try to keep the ratings high enough to avoid cancellation.

If you agree with me that Rosie should be removed from television then join me in boycotting any product that advertised during the airing. In addition, boycott any ABC program that is advertised during The View.

One for Rosie

From the "Gun Owners of America"
We don't compromise. You shouldn't either.
If guns kill people, then...
...pencils miss spel words.
...cars make people drive drunk.
...spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all. I surprised my sweetie yesterday by having her flowers delivered a day early. She called this morning to tell me where she had hidden Valentines for Brian, Steve and me. We were all pleased and surprised. She had also hidden Valentines for Cory, Lisa and Reilee.

Kansas City received snow night before last. Here in Lenexa we got about 4" with more south of here. School was canceled yesterday because of the snow and strong north winds. The sun is out today but the forecast is for a high of eighteen degrees.

Hope you all have a great day and romantic evening.

First 100 hours

Nancy Pelosi and her cronies have passed a stem cell research bill but say they are concerned about our troops in Iraq. In other words, it is okay, and with the Houses' blessings, to murder our babies in the name of research but it isn't okay to for our troops to defend our freedoms. How can anyone bless the murder of our babies?

On the Senate side, Ted Kennedy and other democrats want the President to come to Congress and justify himself. Ted is still reeling in his desire to run this country. He is eager to point out mistakes the Administration has made and is an excellent second guesser and has 20/20 hind sight. Although good at criticism he can't give any specifics about what should be done in the future except pulling funding from our troops.

Ted has given a rousing endorsement for his Senate colleague from Massachusetts, Presidential candidate John Kerry. What a pair... two losers in a pod!

Rosie "The Mouth" - at it Again

Once again Rosie shoots off her mouth. This time criticizing how mean the American Idol judges have been this week. Of all people, this comes from the person who thinks Christians are as bad as "radical Islamics," makes slurring comments about Asians, called Donald Trump slanderous names on national television and made fun of his hair! Come on, is ABC and Barbara Walters so fascinated with this idiotic, loud mouth that they can't see the stupidity before their eyes. They are actually advancing her hate monger and prejudicial attitudes.

Please go to The View web page at ABC.com and send Barbara Walter an email insisting that Rosie be silenced!

Remembering MLK Jr. by Paul Berry

The following is from January 17, 2003:

I invite you to join me in reflecting upon these words as we recall the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character. We must begin to ask, 'Why are there forty million poor people in a nation overflowing with such unbelievable affluence? Why has our nation placed itself in the position of being God's military agent on earth...? Why have we substituted the arrogant undertaking of policing the whole world for the high task of putting our own house in order?'" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. King has been one of my heros for forty years and regardless of his flaws, (many of which I and we all have,) I continue to see his leadership as part of my own calling to be a participant in the creative flow of God's work in this world.

May we walk in confident friendship with Jesus,

Who suffers and rejoices with us, and

Believing that Christ's presence will transform us

and strengthen all God's children

Wherever life's journey's may yet lead this week,

May we be open to the creative power of God to act for peace through us.

Let us continue to discover peacemaking as our natural state--

Much love and the fullness of Shalom to all.

Living Two and a Half Men

Ever wonder about where some of the TV shows come from? How about reality TV?

Several weeks ago my brother-in-law and his 9 year old son moved in with me. We are living "Two and a Half Men" in real life! Unfortunately, we don't have a beach mansion with a grand piano; we only have a one bedroom apartment with a card table for dining and a bicycle sitting in the entry hall, but I bet we are having more fun than the TV show.

At 52, I never thought I would be trying to figure out what a 9 y/o wants to eat. I never thought I would be doing homework, again. Instead of math and spelling and social studies I would really like to be doing some history, which I like. Heaven help me if I have to get into science... I think I only passed because the teacher felt sorry for me.

The way we live it is probably good that Cheryl isn't here full time. She wouldn't believe what the three of talk about and how we act sometimes. When Cheryl went back after Christmas I think she was ready for some alone time without the "Two and a Half Men."

Life is good!!

I had the occasion...

I had the occasion yesterday to have a discussion with a business woman in Overland Park regarding Presidents of the United States. It started out with her commenting on the proceedings for Former President Ford and the country's opinion of this presidency then versus now.

She commented about how much we needed him in the Presidential office at the time but didn't really realize it. She had basically the same opinion expressed many times in the past few days by the media that he really was a healing President even though at the time most didn't agree with many of his decisions.

She further stated that she believes that even though we vote for the President that God puts in the office who we need and is best for this country and the world. Think about it!

It's not a difficult concept; God creates all; God has a plan! I personally believe she has a point and I agree with it.

Cover to Cover

2006 was the year I read the Bible from cover to cover for the first time in my life. Although I got a late start (mid-February) I read it all. I discovered a lot of things I knew, or had at least been told or heard. But, more importantly, I learned an extremely large amount that I didn't know, hadn't been told or heard before.

2007 has started out great. I have started the second time through with morning and evening readings so I can complete it again this year. I have placed a link to the right of the schedule I am using to accomplish this adventure. Join me!
Amen

'"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.' Revelation 22:12-14 Nelson's NKJV Study Bible.

Remembrance of Advent with a Friend - Christmas Day

A Christmas Day 2003 blessing from Paul Berry:

Praise GOD!

Praise GOD
for the joy and delight of children
and grandchildren.

Praise GOD
for the calmness after the "storm"
of shrieks and wrapping being shredded.

Praise GOD
for laughter,
for 'thank-you's'
for words of wonder and surprise.

Praise GOD
for Bethlehem's birth,
for Calvary's suffering,
for Easter life.

May the love of God enfold you this Christmas tide.
May the power of the Lord strengthen you.
May the Joy of Christ's Spirit fill your hearts ...
May your Hope and anticipation be answered with Jesus' Peace
On this day of Holy Nativity and for evermore.

AMEN.

Remembrance of Advent with a Friend - Christmas Eve

This was shared by Paul Berry on Christmas Eve, 2003:

Christmas in the trenches - SojoMail 12.24.03
Christmas in the trenches
by Jim Wallis

"Silent Night," by Stanley Weintraub, is the story of Christmas Eve 1914 on the World War I battlefield in Flanders. As the German, British, and French troops facing each other were settling in for the night, a young German soldier began to sing "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht." Others joined in. When they had finished, the British and French responded with other Christmas carols.

Eventually, the men from both sides left their trenches and met in the middle. They shook hands, exchanged gifts, and shared pictures of their families. Informal soccer games began in what had been "no-man's-land." And a joint service was held to bury the dead of both sides.
The generals, of course, were not pleased with these events. Men who have come to know each other's names and seen each other's families are much less likely to want to kill each other. War seems to require a nameless, faceless "enemy."

So, following that magical night the men on both sides spent a few days simply firing aimlessly into the sky. Then the war was back in earnest and continued for three more bloody years. Yet the story of that Christmas Eve lingered - a night when the angels really did sing of peace on earth.

Folksinger John McCutcheon wrote a song about that night in Belgium, titled "Christmas in the Trenches," from the viewpoint of a young British solder. Several poignant verses are:

"The next they sang was "Stille Nacht," "Tis 'Silent Night'," says I.
And in two tongues one song filled up that sky
"There's someone coming towards us!" the front line sentry cried
All sights were fixed on one lone figure coming from their side
His truce flag, like a Christmas star, shone on that plain so bright
As he bravely strode unarmed into the night.

Soon one by one on either side walked into No Man's land
With neither gun nor bayonet we met there hand to hand
We shared some secret brandy and we wished each other well
And in a flare-lit soccer game we gave 'em hell.
We traded chocolates, cigarettes, and photographs from home
These sons and fathers far away from families of their own
Young Sanders played his squeeze box and they had a violin
This curious and unlikely band of men.

Soon daylight stole upon us and France was France once more
With sad farewells we each began to settle back to war
But the question haunted every heart that lived that wondrous night
"Whose family have I fixed within my sights?"
'Twas Christmas in the trenches, where the frost so bitter hung
The frozen fields of France were warmed as songs of peace were sung
For the walls they'd kept between us to exact the work of war
Had been crumbled and were gone for evermore."

My prayer for the New Year is for a nation and world where people can come out of their trenches and together sing their hopes for peace. We here at Sojourners will carry on that mission, and we invite you to continue on the journey with us.

Blessings to you and your families.
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For the complete lyrics to John McCutcheon's song, see: http://www.folkmusic.com/record/r_water.htm#Christmas

A new book by German author Michael Jurgs draws from previously unseen letters and diaries to detail the Christmas truce of 1914. Read about it at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1082392,00.html

For more history of the 1914 Christmas truce, including many first-person accounts, visit: http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa122100a.htm?once=true&
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Rosie - the Morality Queen?

Once again Rosie O'Donnell is up to giving her "moral" opinion. And once again, I think she should be silenced. Apparently, ABC, Barbara Walters and her partner/producer share Rosie's opinion because they aren't moving to silence her. When will they wake up and get rid of this ignorant radical?

I urge you to e-mail ABC and Barbara Walters asking for her removal from the View! In the mean time, join me in boycotting the show.

Remembrance of Advent with a Friend - 5

From my friend, Paul Berry, a mid-week Advent reading from 2003:

Read Psalm 147:1-11

Who is coming, or going, for Christmas?
we wonder - who will be travelling here
will we, or what if we, be travelling there
'tis the time when families gather
joyful occasions for mostly all
reunion with those about whom we most care--

Yet, daring to be honest, for more than a few
these comings together - though open to joy
may also reopen wounds that stifle celebration
scars are made visible again the wound anticipation
split families and diverse loyalties break out
closets won't always hold our secrets or brokenness
and those about whom we care the most
some wild estrangement keeps us distant
ache of pain from unkind speaking
hearing words that linger in their bite
prevent us from being in a state of all-inclusive love
joy is elusive and we sometimes hide hurt with carols--

So this, too, may well be a part of Advent...
who, now, will be here or there for Christmas
will host the great gathering and the small one
who, then, will be intentional about open doors and arms
who, will cleanse the hearth of home from embers
that can re-ignite and singe the purpose of the gathering
who, today, will invite us by name and count on us
binding up our brokenness, opening life to all who are hungry
who's voice and touch bathes or lives with healing caresses
and makes known that we, too, are bidden to come to the gathering
where there are no barriers or conditional welcoming gestures--

Oh, Christmas! What a gathering it may become, for coming unto us is
God, in Jesus, the Christ! The Psalmist in these 11 verses tells us
that the one we are seeking in Advent is to be our honored guest, and
also is our host, this is the God that acts in history - and moves
profoundly in this time and space - that all may yet be well and that
this same God is doing great things across all of God's creation ---
for all of humanity. We are invited to give thanks and be open to the
Psalmist's God as we anew celebrate this Advent. We have the
privilege of this season to again await God's intention for us all!

Prayer:
Thank you for including all of us, Lord. May we respond to
your call, no matter
how scattered our roaming or how far from "home" we may
be. We would like to
become closer to you. We ask that you bind up all wounds,
that you enable each person to
find wholeness out of her or his brokenness, and to
become empowered to let go of any and
all things that separate us from your love, from the love
of others, and from the love that
we need to have for ourselves. Hear us as we await the
ADVENTure of your coming
in this season. With hope, we pray. Amen.

Remembrance of Advent with a Friend - 4

My friend Paul's sharing for the Third Sunday of Advent, 2003:

For your reflection and devotion in the third week of Advent.

Come

Come, God-with-us:
who braves our rejection and hurt,
to show your love and acceptance.

Come, God-for-us:
who whispers
in our ears
that we -
each of us -
are your Beloved children.

Come, God-under-us:
who cradles us in arms that never grow weary;
whose lap has room enough for all.

Come, God-over-us:
who watches
in the long silences of night,
that we might rest in your peace.

Come, God-beside-us:
who steadies us
when we falter,
who lifts us up
when we fall.

Come, God-behind-us:
who picks up all the faded dreams
we drop along the way, weaving them into hope.

O Come, Emmanuel,

Come!
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Read Psalm 145

This song, in Hebrew, is an acrostic poem - each verse begins with a succeeding letter of the alphabet (i.e., verse 1: A; verse 2: B, etc.)

English translations will not duplicate the effect. Consider the challenge the writer faced! Within personal words of praise and worship, the writer/speaker relates what God has done in the world, God's love and compassion are lifted up, we are told again of God's action all around us.

Where are the glimpses of God in this world today? Can you spare some time today or tomorrow looking for signs that reveal to us that God's kingdom is, indeed, in many places around us?

Can you see God's care in the school teacher who spends extra time with your child or the child with special needs; is God's love demonstrated by that stranger who lets you pay, when in line at the checkout counter, for your purchases first?

What motivates the driver that lets you have the coveted parking space in a crowded lot?

God's justice is revealed in a child who asks to give a present to a struggling classmate; you become God's ears as a neighbor shares her state of deep loneliness with you. God's grace is known in the act of feeding the birds in a parched land or snow-covered scape.

To open our eyes to see what God is doing, will invite surprise and, like the psalmist, open us to praising God!

Prayer:
We would live in your "kingdom," Faithful God,
yet we are not sure where it is or what it looks like.
In our search and wait, re-focus our eyes
beyond the glitter and through the glamour of "Christmas"
so we can see the infant / youth / man Christ
who will show us Your way.
Amen.

Forgiveness and Judgement

This is a partial re-post from my thoughts and readings from September 16, 2006. Circumstances have lead me to believe that it might be useful, again. Please read the scripture below... even though we have accepted Christ as our Saviour we will still stand before God and have our deeds judged. This judgment will determine our rewards in Heaven. Take heart!

"Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil." Ecc 12:13, 14 (emphasis added)

Knowing that in the future we will stand before Jesus Christ and face a review of our lives should motivate us to live righteously and faithfully in the present. (Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, commentary, page 1951)

I have learned to forgive those who have done me wrong or whom I perceive as having done me wrong; and ask for forgiveness from those I have done wrong. The relief is awesome and rewarding and sacred.

When I come to my end time I want many to remember me with fondness, miss me and pray they could go with me. I want them to rejoice that they knew me and had time with me. I want them to remember our times together and laugh and say we had much fun!

These things are important to me! They should be important to you. One never knows when ones end will arrive! Judgment can be severe.

I'm not posting a mid-week advent reading from my friend Paul. He would agree with me that this message is more important at this time. I will post a Third Sunday of Advent reading from Paul sometime Saturday night.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

This knowledge was shared with me and I found it enlightening, I don't know if it's true or not, but interesting and a nice thought.

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality, which the children could remember.

The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.

Two turtledoves were the Old and New Testaments.

Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.

The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.

Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit: Prophesy, Serving,

Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.

The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.

Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness,

Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.

The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments.

The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.

The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of Belief in The Apostles' Creed.

So there is your Christmas story for today.

Some Simple Words of Wisdom

Wish I had thought up these Words of Wisdom!

• Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

• You can't change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

• God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

• A hug is a great gift... one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it's easy to exchange.

• Laughter is God's sunshine.

• Take time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.

• If anyone speaks badly of you, live so that none will believe it.

• Do what you can, for who you can with what you have, and where you are.

Iraq Study Group

The political pundits are out pontificating.

The Iraq Study Group came out with their report this week. Immediately, the political machines came out with their criticisms; some even calling the report "stupid." For some, like the Washington Post, it wasn't enough to criticize the report they had to also make personal attacks on the front page on the Co-chairman, Baker and Hamilton.

As I see it, the one thing that they all are missing is THEIR solution to the Iraq war. With the exception of Senator McCain, from Arizona, none have come up with even a suggestion.

Clearly, the present course is not working and our President (I voted for him both times) is working pretty much with a closed mind. I am not convinced that waiting on the President's report from the Pentagon is a productive step.

The President and our Congressional representatives must get their act together and work together to come up with a solution other than the current course!

Remembrance of Advent with a Friend - 3

This was the message for the Second Sunday of Advent, 2003 from my dear friend Paul Berry.

A Centering Prayer--

Surprising God,

Your voice, at times, is almost muffled,

yet we have our ears tuned to hear a word,

a song, a murmur, and we await Your sound--

Open us to the melody that can come from an encounter with you,

whether by chance or plan

we long to be within Your sounds--

Penetrate the noise of that which distracts us...

in the abstractions that flow in our minds;

grant us a peek, a glimpse of Your glory again.

speak, in voice that we may not fail to hear!

We await with great intention--

we would dissolve our cynicism;

that we might revisit Your great surprise

that we might re-ignite, become and do love, for others, self, and You.

Amen!

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Poem by Thom Shuman, pastor,

Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian

Cincinnati, Ohio

if you came
with a fistful of anger,
who could endure?

but you come
with open hands,
eager to grasp our own in love.

if you came
with the fire of judgment,
who could endure?

but you come
with the light of grace,
to show us the way.

if you came
hardened against our sin,
who could endure?

but you come
holding us in your heart,
that we might have life.

if you came
bearing bad news,
we might be able to handle it . . .

but can we endure
the gift
of good news?

even so,
come, Lord Jesus,
come.

Amen.

Adventure with Grandma

A touching story from a friend in Huchinson, Kansas:

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!"

My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her world-famous cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so.

It had to be true.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus!" she snorted. "Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad. Now, put on your coat, and let's go."

"Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second world-famous, cinnamon bun. "Where" turned out to be Kerby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars.

That was a bundle in those days.

"Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it.

I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's.

I was only eight years old. I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping.

For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten- dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, the people who went to my church. I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs.Pollock's grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out for recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but us kids knew that Bobby Decker didn't have a cough, and he didn't have a coat. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat!

I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that. "Is this a Christmas present for someone?" the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down.

"Yes," I replied shyly. "It's .... for Bobby."

The nice lady smiled at me.

I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in her Bible) and wrote, "To Bobby, From Santa Claus" on it -- Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy.

Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially one of Santa's helpers.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobby's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk. Then Grandma gave me a nudge. "All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going."

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma. Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobby.

Fifty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were: ridiculous.

Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

I still have the Bible, with the tag tucked inside: $19.95.

Rememberance of Advent with a Friend - 2

This is from Paul Berry for Christmas, 2002.

God did not send into our tormented world
technical aid,
Gabriel with a group of experts.
God did not send food,
not discarded clothes of angels.
Even less did God extend long term loans.
Rather God came to us,
born in a stable,
starved in the desert,
naked on a cross,
and sharing with us God became our bread
and suffering with us God became our joy.

Someone
Said it was over,
when it ís only just begun.
So keep your lights ablaze as friends come around to call
but above all be aware that

Someone
has come to us in this winter light,
at the dark time of the year,
when comets blaze, and starlight falls,
and the remaining green trees speak of endless life,
and candy canes are shepherds' crooks,
while carols sing of "peace on earth,"
and the New Year comes when we may give and know
and nurture love,
as we grow in grace, and the glad heart sings
of the gifts of joy that his presence brings.

11:21 a.m.

The following is from a friend of mine. He didn't know who wrote it but it truly beautiful.

You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air.

The sound is high above you.

A trumpet?

A choir?

A choir of trumpets?

You don't know, but you want to know.

So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store.

The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds. And what they see, and what you see, has never
before been seen.

As if the sky were a curtain, the drapes of the atmosphere part. A brilliant light spills onto the earth. There are no shadows. None. From whence came the light begins to tumble a river of color spiking crystals of every hue ever seen and a million more never seen. Riding on the flow is an endless fleet of angels. They pass through the curtains one myriad at a time, until they occupy every square inch of the sky.

North.

South.

East.

West.

Thousands of silvery wings rise and fall in unison, and over the sound of the trumpets, you can hear the cherubim and seraphim chanting, Holy, holy, holy. The final flank of angels is followed by twenty-four silver-bearded elders and a multitude of souls who join the angels in worship.

Presently the movement stops and the trumpets are silent, leaving only the triumphant triplet: Holy, holy, holy. Between each word is a pause. With each word, a profound reverence. You hear your voice join in the chorus. You don't know why you say the words, but you know you must.

Suddenly, the heavens are quiet. All is quiet.

The angels turn, you turn, the entire world turns and there He is.

Jesus.

Through waves of light you see the silhouetted figure of Christ the King.

He is atop a great stallion, and the stallion is atop a billowing cloud.

He opens his mouth, and you are surrounded by his declaration: I am the Alpha and the Omega.

The angels bow their heads. The elders remove their crowns. And before you is a Figure so consuming that you know, instantly you know:

Nothing else matters.

Forget stock markets and school reports. Sales meetings and football games.

Nothing is newsworthy..

All that mattered, matters no more....

for Christ has come.

What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see!

First Winter Storm

It was a beautiful spring 71 degrees yesterday in Kansas City. Today, temperatures have been slowly falling since midnight. At 5 a.m. this morning it was well above freezing with mist and light rain. Right now it is 27 degrees misting, sleeting, freezing rain and just a touch of snow. There is about a half inch of slush on the roads and it is beginning to freeze.

Most of the schools, including colleges, have closed early and/or canceled classes for tonight. Many churches have canceled evening services. News media is advising to stay off the roads. Most of the highways are already jammed with early rush hour traffic and many of the main highways are already inundated with accidents.

I'm inside, sitting in front of the heater waiting for chicken and rice soup to warm that Cheryl left for me. I don't have to get out for the next several days so I'm going to enjoy watching our first winter storm from the comfort of my apartment.

Diagnosis

It occurred to me that my reference to time frames has become "pre-diagnosis" and "post-diagnosis." I don't like this as a reference to time. My life is or at least should be more than "diagnosis." I must find a new reference!

Also, it occurred to me this evening that some people are uncomfortable or unknowing about how to refer to my illness. It really is okay to use the "c" word. It's cancer! I have it and it's okay to speak of it. It isn't all bad... I think it has made me a better person.

Quotes

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. Joe Houldsworth

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. Gracie Allen (1906-1964)

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable. Anon.

On Relatives, from a Relative

Several proven facts about relatives:

1. They eat their young
2. You can't pick 'em but you can choose 'em.
3. Relatives and company stink in three days.
4. Your closest relatives are usually the ones who live the farthest away.
5. If a relative starts to agree with you on every little matter, lock your back door and hide your checkbook.
6. Relatives make poor business partners, really poor business partners.
7. Never share personal business with relatives. It is extremely improper to test integrity under fire.
8. Never offer aid to a relative unless you can afford to give it away. Relatives should be more important than money.
9. People watch your relatives and decide who you are based on impressions of your kin. Be wise!
10. Relatives can be your greatest asset or your major impediment, depending on how they use you.

Just some thoughts...

In order to see the Rainbow, you must first endure some Rain.

Always drink upstream from the herd...... (Will Rogers)

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present! Live and savor every moment...this is not a dress rehearsal!

Lets Say Thanks

This is a great thing that Xerox is doing for our troops. Click on the link and pick out a card, personalize it and then Xerox will send it to a service man or woman to say thank you!
http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home.html

Thought from a friend

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

A Bend In The Road - Final Thoughts

"What a blessed man I was ---and still am."

"More than anything else, today I'm grateful to God. I continue to pray that the days of excruciating treatments are finally at an end. But I also know that cancer is not a battle, it's a war. And I can only be thankful for battles won and land retaken in the name of Christ. I feel thoroughly undeserving of the depths of His mercy, the deep well of His strength and His infinite compassion poured out upon me. I trust you can say much the same thing." p. 277

Obviously, I enjoyed this book. It so describes so many of my own thoughts and feeling while going through diagnosis, treatment and since. I hope you will take the time to read the entire book.

A Bend In The Road - Part 4

Back to the book... I had to take a little political detour.

From the last chapter.

(King) "...David says. "And I'll be in a land where joy is made full, and pleasure can be found at God's right hand."" p. 271

"I want to be here for the rapture of the church. Paul tells us, in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, that Christ will appear from heaven with a shout. I wouldn't mind being around to witness that event. I want to hear the trumpet Paul has foretold, and I want to see those graves open up and give forth their dead, who will joyfully race through the skies to rejoin their Creator and Redeemer. Then, as Paul says, "we who are alive and remain" (I'm counting on numbering myself among that group) will be caught up with Christ as well. It will be quite a spectacle!" p. 272

A story from pages 273-274 that many of us have heard before. When I have heard it before it was titled "Keep Your Fork."

I want to tell you about a woman who was a staunch and faithful church member. She was ravaged by illness, and no one expected her to live much more than another week or two.

She knew her day was approaching, and she called the pastor and asked him to come help her plan the funeral. So he joined her at her deathbed, and they began making arrangements. The ailing woman listed for him all the hymns she wanted sung, all the Scripture verses she wanted read, and those she preferred as the soloists.

Then she said, "Pastor, there's one thing I want you to do. You may feel this is strange, but I want you to promise me today that you'll fulfill my wishes anyway."

The pastor frowned mildly. "What's that?" he asked.

She said, "I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand."

The pastor's frown became deeper. This was quite an odd request. "That's a request I've never heard,: he said kindly, "but perhaps if you try to help me understand your reason, I can feel better about carrying out your request."

She said, "Pastor, I've been a member of our church for most of my life. And one of the great joys for me has been the potluck dinners we have. I don't think I've missed one dinner in my life. In the old days, we had them on a weekly basis. And what I remember best is how, after the first course was served, one of the hosts would always stand up and say, 'Save your fork. The best is yet to come!' So, pastor, I'm counting on you to bury me with a fork in my hand. When my loved ones pass by the casket and look at me, I want you to be standing nearby. Those people will ask you why I'm holding an eating utensil, and you;ll smile and tell them that for me, the best is yet to come."

One More Thing on Politics Today

"In politics stupidity is not a handicap." ---Napoleon

Shame on U.S. House Democrats

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, Cal), Speaker Elect of the U. S. House of Representatives announced a few minutes ago that the Democrats will pursue the "6 for '06." Included in this is the pursuit of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Shame on the Democrats who desire to murder innocent babies in the name of "research."

Please contact your congressional representative and express your feelings against this initiative. Find your representatives at: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Shame on Missouri

The voters of Missouri have approved embryonic stem cell research. May God forgive you for the murders of the babies you are about to commit.

A Bend In The Road - Part 3

More from the book.

"If we cannot see ourselves as heaven sees us, we cannot see ourselves." p. 117

"Someone has said that Satan knows nothing at all about pleasure, his specialty is amusement. Only God knows geniune pleasure." p. 136-137

"Genuine pleasure is ordained by God and intended for our deep joy and delight. It can only be captured by knowing God, realizing He knows us, and being at reqast in His presence." p. 137

"Learn to praise God regardless of your personal circumstances, and you'll see miracles occur. Your heart and mind will be renewed. Your perspective will widen panoramically. And your attitude toward God will never be the same." p. 144

"O, Lord my God, I cried out to You,
And you have healed me.

O Lord, You have brought my soul up from the grave,
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit." Psalm 30:2-3, p. 149

"Problems encourage isolation, and isolation nurtures misconception." p. 183

"An old African-American preacher once commented... 'There's no living in the land of the living like living in the living God!'" p. 190

"Great works are done in deep waters." p. 206

"A devoted believer will pray for God's deliverance from problems, but a wiser one will pray for God's use of them."
"If you're weathering a storm, you can be certain the winds are no random weather front. They blow for a clear purpose. As you're caught up in a tempest, ask God to help you be caught up in His purpose."p. 208

"Unfortunately, prayer seems to be our last port in a storm. It should be the first." p. 209
"God knows, even if we don't, that we're not self-sufficient. He loves to bring us to our knees in fresh depoendence on Him." p. 211

"You are safer and more secure in the tempest with Jesus than you could ever be in the calmest place without Him." p. 213

From Mr. Jeremiah's journal:
"Lord, never let me forget that my mind must be fixed on You. I think of You so much more now than the time before my cancer arrived. I have become more sensitive now to Your will and to the process of becoming holy. I want my life to honor You. I want to live for You. I want to serve You wholeheartedly. In these days when I face an uncertain future, my heart would be troubled; help me to remember that 'You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.'" p. 236

A Bend In The Road - Part 2

Some of the things David Jeremiah does in the book is use the stories of others who have gone through live changing experiences. One of those people that shares his story is a surgeon named Dr. John Hovey. Dr. Hovey contracted Parkinson's disease. The following is some of what he shared in his story.

"Was my identity as a doctor more important than my identity as His disciple?"

"Since my retirement... the Lord has been more than faithful in showing me that His grace is sufficient. He has allowed me to identify with Jesus in the practical joy of being a carpenter and to develop a more disciplined study of His Word. He has allowed me to be availalbe to assist the many people He puts in my path. He has given me the joy of increasing my participation in church activities and of giving more of the Lord's money back to him."

"This has been the bottom line for me: more time with the Lord, more time with His Word, and more time with my wife and family. Would you believe it if I told you that I've come to be truly thankful for Parkinson's disease? It's the truth." p. 57

"Someone said the the problem with life is that it's so daily." p. 90"

"...Lord, out the light back in my eyes." Isn't that a fascinating thing to put in our prayers? Put the light back in my eyes."

(King)"David says, "O Lord, I have no hope. Please see me and hear me---and put the light back in my eyes." What a moving prayer this is."
"He addresses his Lord as Jehovah Elohim."

"Jehovah reflects God's promises; Elohim reflects God's power."p. 95

"We can find tremendous hope of victory in the midst of the deepest pits life can drop us into. But it's no simple process. There isn't a handy, guaranteed formula for hope in the midst of suffering. It takes absolute, fall-on-your-face humility and genuine, gut-wrenchingly honest prayer." p. 96

A Bend In The Road - Part 1

I have been reading "A Bend In The Road: Experiencing God When Your World Caves In" by David Jeremiah. David Jeremiah is the Sr. Pastor at the Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon, California. He is a cancer (lymphoma) survivor, also. This book is about his journey from diagnosis through remission and beyond and is very similar to my own journey. Many of his thoughts and experiences were/are my thoughts and experiences.

The next few posts I'm going to share some of the passages from the book that I "felt" and meant a great deal to me. They touched me and I hope they touch you, also.

"... God uses disruptive moments to help us keep things in perspective." p. 11

"God is up to something when He sends difficulty our way." p. 51

"If you don't know Christ, you must enter the battle without weapons or armor. You fight in your own strength, and you fall on your face.
Why? Because God is the only One who can help us when trials come into our lives. And He does more than help us. He is our rock, our fortress, our hope, and our confidence." p. 52

Tell It Like It Is

San Francisco Police Department Press Conference
Background: San Francisco Police Officer Nick Birco was killed July 26, 2006 when his police car was struck by a stolen van occupied by suspects who had just committed an armed robbery and were being pursued by SFPD units. This video was of a press conference given by a member of the SFPD brass and demonstrates how our leaders should act.
http://mfile.akamai.com/12948/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0728/9591734.300k.asx

Erma Bombeck

“At the end of my life, when I face God, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could tell Him I used everything You gave me.” Erma Bombeck, Author & Humorist

Jokes, Bloopers?

"Bloopers happen," Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean told reporters in Burlington, Vt.

Apparently, Kerry doesn't know how to say "I apologize," so he sends Howard Dean to call his statements "bloopers."

What a shame! Mr. Kerry needs to stand up and be a man. He has shamed our forces who are defending his right to "be a blooper."

Mr. Kerry should resign... you don't deserve to be Commander In Chief of our forces!

The Man Who Would Like to be President

"You know, education - if you make the most of it - you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." Democratic Senator John Kerry

The man who would like to be President of the United States; and he calls this a joke!