"Daily Motivations"
We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there. -- Gary Oldman
"The Patriot Post"
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." (John 8:32)
"I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on ALL that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men over rule under This Roof!" --- President John Adams
"For I have learned the truth: There are greater pursuits than self-seeking. Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. It is not a prize for being the most clever, the strongest, or the boldest. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself. No misfortune, no injury, no humiliation can destroy it. This is the faith that my commanders affirmed, that my brothers-in-arms encouraged my allegiance to. It was the faith I had unknowingly embraced at the Naval Academy. It was my father's and grandfather's faith. A filthy, crippled, broken man, all I had left of my dignity was the faith of my fathers. It was enough." --- John McCain in Faith of my Fathers, his 1999 book on military tradition, his family, and his faith.
John McCain is a man of strong faith---a faith tested by torturous hardship few men have faced. It is a faith that wholly informs his character, his integrity, his purpose, his mission, his worldview.Those who know John McCain well---his family, friends, pastor, political colleagues, and those Patriot veterans who suffered beside him as Prisoners of War---describe many facets of his personality. Their descriptions are ofa man who is complicated and diverse, but to a person, they recognize him as a man of deep and abiding faith.McCain, however, is a man who says little about his spiritual convictions, perhaps in constancy with the counsel of 12th-century Friar Saint Francis of Assisi: "Go forth and preach the Gospel; if necessary use words."
His Baptist pastor, Dan Yeary, says of McCain, "It is a privilege and an honor to be this close to a man I've learned to love, who has the potential to be a great president for our country. I certainly am in favor of God'sendorsement on his life."
Biographer Paul Alexander writes that McCain's quiet faith is also the result of military tradition: "He's a very spiritual person but... in his core, he's a military man. They don't feel comfortable talking about religion."
"The email Bag"
How many zeros in a billion?
This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain...let's take a look at New Orleans ....It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...what does it mean?
A. Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
B. Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or... if you are a family of four...your family gets $2,066,012. - Washington, DC
Are all your calculators broken??Accounts Receivable Tax, Building Permit Tax, CDL License Tax, Cigarette Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Dog License Tax, Federal Income Tax, Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA), Fishing License Tax, Food License Tax, Fuel Permit Tax, Gasoline Tax, Hunting License Tax, Inheritance Tax, Inventory Tax, IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax), IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax), Liquor Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medicare Tax, Property Tax, Real Estate Tax, Service charge taxes, Social Security Tax, Road Usage Tax (Truckers), Sales Taxes, Recreational Vehicle Tax, School Tax, State Income Tax, State Unemployment Tax (SUTA), Telephone Federal Excise Tax, Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax, Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax, Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax. Telephone Usage Charge Tax, Utility Tax, Vehicle License, Registration Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax, Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt...We had the largest middle class in the world... and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'
And ! I still have to press "1" for English.
I hope this goes around the USA at least 100 times. What the heck happened????
"Radio WFTL 850" - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
More ACORN Voter Fraud: 7 Year old registered to Vote
(NY Post) O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old. The Connecticut girl is 11 years too young - and nobody in her family knows how she ended up on a voter registration form submitted by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
McCain Letter Demanded 2006 Action on Fannie and Freddie (Human Events) Sen. John McCain's 2006 demand for regulatory action on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have prevented current financial crisis, as HUMAN EVENTS learned from the letter shown in full text below.
"MVRED" - Youngstown, Ohio's Conservatives News Source
http://mvred.com/?p=555
Dobbs: Obama Campaign Funding ACORN Registration Efforts
Sat, Oct 11, 2008
CNN’s Lou Dobbs is outraged that the Obama campaign is funding ACORN’s fraudulent registration efforts this fall. Dobbs says “It is Obscene and Outrageous that their is no federal investigation at this point.” Lou Dobbs and all Americans should be outraged that the Obama campaign gave ACORN $800,000 to fund their illegal voter registration efforts in most battleground states across America.
ACORN FRAUD
In Cleveland, OH, a young black man named Freddie Johnson registered to vote 72 times in return for money and cigarettes.
In York, PA, a part time ACORN worker was arrested for registering to vote 100 times.
In one Indiana County, 50% of the ACORN ballots had to be thrown out for being fraudulent.
On CNN, one woman admitted to registering 12 times. She said they encouraged her to register again, even though she was previously registered by others.
Barack Obama’s campaign paid ACORN $800,000 for voter registrations. Many of these registrations have been fraudulent and Americans need to know about that. Registering dead people, registering Batman, and registering people that live at McDonald’s is a sick way to win this election. Let’s hope the FBI rushes to stop this garbage before election day.
"Fox News" - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,436961,00.html - A second story on this one.
School Field Trip to Teacher's Lesbian Wedding Sparks Controversy
Monday, October 13, 2008
First-graders in San Francisco took a field trip to City Hall to celebrate the marriage of their lesbian teacher on Friday, but opponents of same-sex marriage in the state say the field trip was an attempt to “indoctrinate” the students, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The field trip was suggested by a parent at the Creative Arts Charter School, and the school said the trip, where students tossed rose petals on their teacher and her wife as they left City Hall, was academically relevant.
"It really is what we call a teachable moment," said Liz Jaroslow, the school’s interim director, according to the newspaper. She said same-sex marriage had historic significance. "I think I'm well within the parameters."
California will vote on Nov. 4 on Proposition 8 which seeks to ban same-sex marriage in the state, and supporters of the measure say the field trip shows that allowing same-sex marriage will mean it’s taught to school children, the newspaper said.
"It's just utterly unreasonable that a public school field trip would be to a same-sex wedding," said Chip White, press secretary for the Yes on 8 campaign, told the Chronicle. "This is overt indoctrination of children who are too young to have an understanding of its purpose."
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