"Daily Motivations"
Mr. Scorpio says productivity is up 2%, and it's all because of my motivational techniques, like donuts – and the possibility of more donuts to come! -- Homer Simpson
"The Patriot Post"
"The power to tax is the power to destroy." --- Chief Justice John Marshall
"It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they do not possess the discernment and stability necessary for systematic
government. To deny that they are frequently led into the grossest of errors, by misinformation and passion, would be a flattery which their own good sense must despise." --- Alexander Hamilton
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." --- Calvin Coolidge
"The Web"
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt
"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it." -- Theodore Roosevelt
"Obama's Birth Place"
Follow-up story: Mombasa Imam who confirmed Obama's birth place arrives in the UK
Posted by africanpress on November 9, 2008
The Imam who came forward to assist in the search of Barack Obama's identity left Kenya secretly last night, and will arrive in the UK this morning. He will meet with a US contact person who will assist him in recording an asylum statement in the UK after handing over the documents that caused the blessing of Obama when he was born and to confirm the origin of the name Hussein.
The man will join relatives in the UK because his life will be in danger if he were to return to Kenya after removing the documents from the Mosque's archives and taking them out of the country. The man has been informed about the on-going case filed in the US Supreme Court by attorney Philip Berg challenging Barack Obama's citizenship.
When the man heard that Jerome Corsi was in Kenya a few months ago, he took a decision to try and meet him, but had to travel back to Mombasa from Nairobi on hearing that Corsi had been bundled and taken to the airport on deportation orders.
The Imam is the grandson of the late Imam who blessed Barack Obama when he was born in Mombasa on the 4th of august 1961.
While in the UK, the Imam and the American contact person will visit Amnesty International before handing himself over to the authorities where he will formally deliver his application for asylum. The contact man has arranged so that they get an official from Amnesty international to accompany them to the home office desk where he will inform them on he dangers that will face him if he were to return to Kenya after delivering the documents on Obama.
This may now bring to close the speculations on Obama's citizenship and the secrecy on where he was born.
API will dispatch a detailed letter in support of the Imam's - application for asylum and protection - to the UK Home Office Secretary later today. The letter will be made available on the site here, but minus the names of the Imam.
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"Reclaiming The Conservative Movement"
"Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?" - Ronald Reagan, March 1, 1975
"Accuracy In Media"
Unfair and Unbalanced
AIM Column | By Lynn Woolley | November 12, 2008
Anyone who is a consumer of talk radio either for entertainment or to keep up with current events should be concerned.
In our 2007 book “The Death of Talk Radio?” Cliff Kincaid and I warned that if Democrats were to retake the White House, they would implement their plan to dismantle conservative talk radio. It didn’t take long. On Election Day, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York went on Fox News and said, “I think we should all be fair and balanced, don’t you?”
Schumer may have thought he was being clever, but talk radio hosts such as myself have reason to be wary. Anyone who is a consumer of talk radio either for entertainment or to keep up with current events should be concerned. Schumer was not being cute; he was being arrogant.
With the election over, and with the Democrats about to control both houses of Congress, the White House, and—with President Obama’s appointment power—the federal judiciary, liberals like Sen. Schumer and organizations like Media Matters for America have no reason to hold back. They don’t believe the First Amendment has any relevance to talk radio and they intend to end conservative dominance of the dial.
It’s not like they’ve been all that stealthy anyway. The “Media Act” bill, introduced by Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York, has been floating around for a long time. And there are prominent Democrats who have openly pined for a “Hush Rush” measure including Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Diane Feinstein and Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
But Schumer took it a step forward, practically announcing that the era of talk radio is over: “The very same people who don’t want the Fairness Doctrine want the FCC to limit pornography on the air. I am for that. But you can’t say government hands off in one area to a commercial enterprise but you are allowed to intervene in another. That’s not consistent.”
So Schumer is comparing conservative talk radio to pornography, is he? This would be laughable except for the fact that “progressives” now hold the cards. If they want to deem talk radio as porn, only the Supreme Court stands in their way. President Obama can fix that with a few appointments, which he almost certainly will get.
The strange thing about all this is that the Democrats, at least for now, are winning. Why would they want to tamper with the current system?
They have two rising media stars: Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, both on talk-cable and both on MSNBC. Olbermann is a flaming liberal and Maddow, while not as intentionally objectionable in her rhetoric, is just as far left. During the election cycle, their shows shot into the one million viewer range, putting them in the rarefied air of Fox’s numbers.
Potentially, the Democrats could put a cork in Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity (on radio) and Michael Savage while leaving Olbermann and Maddow unscathed. That’s because Cable TV is subscription based.
Unfair? Maybe. But we are talking about an unbalanced Congress in more ways than one.
“Fairness isn’t going to hurt anybody. I just can’t imagine these people who want to fight against fairness,” said Congresswoman Slaughter to Bill Moyers back in 2004. But this is “media fairness” in the same way that Obama promises to spread “economic justice.” Obama’s long-used term is code for “spread the wealth” just as the “Fairness Doctrine” is an Orwellian name for shutting up the opposition.
Seeing this coming, Congressman Mike Pence introduced “The Broadcaster Freedom Act” in 2007 that would prevent government tampering with free speech on the air. At that time, all Republicans signed on to sponsor the bill. A lone Democrat, Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky, cosponsored it. That speaks volumes about how Democrats feel about censorship.
Since then, we’ve seen a candidate elected to the presidency who bristles when anyone speaks out against his ideas. Look what happened to Joe the Plumber and to certain reporters who worked for papers like the Dallas Morning News that endorsed McCain.
The Fairness Doctrine is going to make a comeback, and the only thing that might stop it is the American people. They must realize that if the new liberal majority takes away the right of talk hosts to comment—it is also taking away their right to listen.
"SCOTUS"
High court hears dispute over religious monument
By MARK SHERMAN – 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices warily confronted a free speech dispute Wednesday over a small religious group's efforts to place a monument in a public park.
The justices seemed reluctant to accept the arguments put forth by the religious group known as the Summum that once a government accepts any donations for display in a public park, it must accept them all.
"Do we have to put any president who wants to be on Mt. Rushmore?" Chief Justice John Roberts asked.
Yet the court also was uncomfortable with the position of Pleasant Grove City, Utah, which rejected the Summum's request to erect a monument similar to a Ten Commandments display that has stood in the city's Pioneer Park since 1971.
Justice David Souter wondered how the city could accept the Ten Commandments display and then say, "'We will not on identical terms take the Summum monument because we don't agree with the message.' Why isn't that a First Amendment violation?"
The Salt Lake City-based Summum wants to erect its "Seven Aphorisms of Summum" monument in the park.
The Summum argued, and a federal appeals court agreed, that Pleasant Grove can't allow some private donations in its public park and reject others.
In the religious monuments case, Pleasant Grove officials are supported by federal, state and city governments, plus veterans organizations.
They worry that a ruling for the Summum would allow almost anyone to erect a monument in a public park, including people with hateful points of view, or lead to the removal of war memorials and other longstanding displays.
The case appears to raise questions of government favoring one religion over another, which is prohibited by the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. But the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals resolved the dispute on free speech grounds.
Some religious and civic groups want the justices to order the appeals court to review the case by looking at the religious freedoms issue.
The Summum say the Seven Aphorisms were given to Moses on Mount Sinai along with the Ten Commandments. Moses destroyed the tablet containing the aphorisms because he saw the people weren't ready for them, the Summum say.
The case is 07-665, Pleasant Grove City v. Summum.
"The email Bag"
FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the Easter & Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their Holy days. The argument was it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized day(s).
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, 'Case dismissed.'
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, 'Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter, etc. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, and Hanukkah. Yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.'
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, 'But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant.'
The lawyer said, 'Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists.'
The judge said, 'The calendar shows April 1st is 'April Fools Day.' Psalm 14:1 states: 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.
Hi,
Just wanted to tell everyone that I am so grateful to have each of you in my life. I pray you all have a blessed day. It was difficult for me to decide who I thought would DO this because many people claim to pray, but not everyone does. I hope I chose the right twelve. Please send this back to me (You'll see why).
May everyone who received this message be blessed. There are 12 months/12 disciples/ 12 tribes of Israel / Jesus' birth celebrated in the 12th month. There is nothing attached. Just send this to twelve others. Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. There is no cost, just a lot of reward. Make sure you pray, and pray believing God will answer. May today be all you need it to be. May the peace of God and the freshness of the Holy Spirit rest in your thoughts, rule in your dreams tonight, and conquer all your fears. May God manifest himself today in ways you have never experienced. May your joys be fulfilled, your dreams be closer, and your prayers be answered. I pray that faith enters a new height for you; I pray that your territory is enlarged. I pray for peace, healing, health, happiness, prosperity, joy, true and undying love for God.
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when The first tree said, 'Someday I hope to be a great Treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver And precious gems. I could be decorated with an Intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty.'
Then the second tree said, 'Someday I will be a Mighty ship. I will take Kings and queens across the Waters and sail to the corners of the world. People
Will feel safe in me because of the strength of my Hull.'
Finally the third tree said, 'I want to grow to be The tallest and straightest Tree in the forest. People Will see me on top of the hill, look up to my branches,
And think of the heavens and God and how close to Them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all Time and people will always remember me.'
After a few years of praying that their dreams would Come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, 'This looks Like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the Wood to a carpenter, and he began cutting it down. The Tree was happy, because he knew the carpenter would Make him into a treasure chest.
At the second tree the woodsman said, 'This looks like A strong tree. I will be able to sell it to the shipyard. The second tree was happy Because he knew he was on His way to becoming a mighty ship.
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree Was frightened because he knew that if they cut him Down his dreams would not come true. One of the men Said, 'I don't need anything special from my tree, I'll Take this one,' and he cut it down.
When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was Made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in A barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he Had prayed for.
The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing Boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying Kings had come to an end.
The third tree was cut into large pieces, and left alone In the dark.
The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave Birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box That was made from the first tree. The man wished that he Could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would Have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event And knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.
Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from The second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep.
While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and The tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men Safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and He stood and said 'Peace' and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew That it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the People mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed To the tree and raised in the air to die at the top Of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to Realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top Of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, Because Jesus had been crucified on it.
The moral of this story is that when things don't seem To be going your way, always know that God has a plan for You. If you place your trust in Him, God will give you great gifts.
Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined.
We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His Ways are not our wa ys, but His ways are always best.
Please keep this moving....... Pass it on, so God may inspire more people on The Way.
May your day be blessed. And until we meet again, may God cradle you in the palm of His hand.
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