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"Daily Motivations"

Cooperation gets teams pulling together. Staying focused on the organization's mission ensures they pull in the right direction. -- Eric Harvey



"The Patriot Post"

"All Men being naturally equal, as descended from a common Parent, enbued with like Faculties and Propensities, having originally equal Rights and Properties, the Earth being given to the Children of Men in general, without any difference, distinction, natural Preheminence, or Dominion of one over another, yet Men not being equally industrious and frugal, their Properties and Enjoyments would be unequal." -- Abraham Williams An Election Sermon, 1762

We hold these truths to be self-evident; That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson



"The Web"

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past. -- Agathon (448 BC – 400 BC), from Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. -- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. -- Abraham Lincoln



THE YEAR WAS 1908

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1908. Here are some statistics for the Year 1908:

The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as “substandard. “

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from Entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn’t been invented yet.

There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, “Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.” (Shocking? DUH! )

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE! U.S.A.!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

IT BLOWS MY MIND.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when...

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 4.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and Get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list

AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.



"Newsmax"

President Obama and the Coming Stock Market Crash

http://w3.newsmax.com/a/jun08/?s=al&promo_code=7A11-1

How destructive to the U.S. economy would a Barack Obama presidency be?

An exclusive Newsmax analysis warns: There could be a very rough time ahead.

Beneath Obama's flowery rhetoric lies a dangerous economic plan that will wreak havoc on the American economy.

Obama plans to return to the failed policies of high taxation coupled with an expansion of government spending.

Worse, Obama says he is absolutely committed to almost doubling the capital gains rate — something he will easily accomplish with a Democrat Congress.

In the coming months — when investors realize that Obama will raise the cap gains rate — there could be a stampede of asset sales as investors rush to take their profits now to avoid Obama's doubling of the tax rates next year.

All of these issues and more are explored in Newsmax magazine's special report "Obamanomics — the Coming Tax-and-Spend Nightmare," by Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund.

This Newsmax magazine special report gives Americans the first in-depth look at the Democratic president's likely strategies — and how they will affect not just the larger economy, but your personal wealth as well.

Indeed, Obama makes no bones about his plans to go on a tax rampage. Not only would he increase the capital-gains tax rate from 15 percent to as much as 28 percent, he wants to allow the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire in 2010, which effectively raises taxes on Americans by tens of billions of dollars.

He also wants to do away with the $102,000 FICA payroll tax cap, which means anyone making over $102,000 would pay an additional 7 percent in taxes on earned income.

And the loan dividend tax rate George Bush implemented? Under President Obama it will be DOA!

If you are concerned about your wealth and family's financial well-being — and that the American economy remains strong — you must read this special report and share it with friends and family.



"The National Republican Trust"

Specter Takes $6.5 Billion for His Pet Project

Send a Message to Specter, Snowe, and Collins That They Won’t Forget!

Dear American:

In the next few days, Congress will vote on a stimulus program that will now cost you and me at least $789 billion.

The New York Times called it the largest economic-spending package in history.

It is.

It is also the largest pork-and-welfare spending spree in history.

It is simply shocking that Congress did not hold proper hearings for this plan.

Public input was not only censored — it was ignored as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid worked feverishly to slam this political payoff called a stimulus down our throats.

And the Republicans in the House and Senate were completely cut out except for three senators who defected to vote for the Democratic plan.

Their names are well known: Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe from Maine.

New revelations of political wheeling and dealing that helped get these liberal Republicans to betray their colleagues and parties are emerging.

For example, The New York Times reported that Arlen Specter insisted that the “stimulus” include $6.5 billion for “medical research.”

Yes, that’s $6.5 billion of your money.

Why so much?

The paper says Specter has cancer and he wants more funding for research.

No matter how worthy the cause, Specter’s receipt of a $6.5 billion political payoff proves that this bill was not about stimulus and jobs, but about political shenanigans.

We must hold these Republicans to account.

We at The National Republican Trust have already warned disloyal Republicans like Specter that we will support any Republican challenger in their next election.

And we also plan on exposing their actions.

Cleverly, President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress stampeded this “stimulus” bill through Congress to prevent opposition from organizing and responding to this shameful waste of taxpayer money.

No matter — we at The Republican National Trust will soon unleash radio ads exposing Specter, Collins, and Snowe, as well as key Democrats who should have stopped this bill.

We need your help to run these ads to send these senators a message — Go Here Now.



"Nathan Tabor"

"I Pledge God"

It's quite apparent that it is only during national election campaigns when you'll find politicians jockeying for recognition as devout Christians. Even liberal-left politicos will invoke the name of Jesus Christ in order to garner the votes of practicing Christians. In reality many of those politicians, who applaud the passing of laws enabling more abortions or other less-than-Christian activities, try to pull the wool over the eyes of Christians.

While many Americans are growing more and more weary of what they are witnessing in their nation, they find it difficult to articulate their desperation without mentioning the name of the Lord. It is at that point they are open to the ridicule of the liberal-left -- even moderate -- establishment.

For too long American leaders and activists have been trying to suppress cultural symptoms without addressing the real cause -- our culture's view of God. It's like patching cracks in the walls of a house while ignoring an unstable foundation. The cracks will continue to appear and spread unless the foundation is repaired.

Brad Bright, head of "I Pledge God" (http://www.ipledgegod.com/) believes that the only way to bring about real change in culture is to change society's view of God. This is why he and his associates are asking people to take the PLEDGE to make God the issue in their own lives and their communities.

Bright points to something his father said: "We can trace all our human problems to our view of God." Brad believes this is not only true on the individual level, but on the societal level as well.

"Our view of God is what shapes and informs our world view and our behavior. It is an issue of cause and effect," wrote Bright.

"As I look back on my life, I have only great joy, gratitude, thanksgiving and excitement over what God has done. The Bright Media Foundation is the vehicle we can now use to continue our commitment to Christ and the fulfillment of His Great Commission."

And Bright's "I Pledge God" campaign is an important part of his commitment to Christ and spreading the Good News of God's word.

According to Bright, the major thrust of his ministry is to help develop spiritual world changers, who will be constantly motivating, encouraging, inspiring and training millions of Americans and nationals around the world.

His foremost intention to provide people the ability to spread the message, so Bright, working with TCV Media, included easy-to-use "widgets" that can be included on web sites and blogs.

"We wanted it easy for people to make their pledge, so we designed it so all the main content could fit on one page. We wanted immediate participation, so we implemented an administrative approach that would allow comments to be posted immediately and then moderated both by the community of visitors on the site and also by a team of administrators."

"We also wanted to have the site keep a "family resemblance" with their other online properties, so we used some consistent elements while giving the site its own identity," he added.

Please take a minute to take your pledge at http://www.ipledgegod.com.

View the video - http://www.ipledgegod.com/video



"Human Events"

Targeting Religious Broadcasters

by Rowan Scarborough

02/06/2009

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30580

Democratic plans to revive government censorship of the radio and TV airways will strike hardest at religious broadcasters who stand in the way of a liberal social revolution.

Christian broadcasters tell HUMAN EVENTS they will be targeted once President Obama's appointees gain control of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this year.

"The Left Wing, I think, will immediately start filing complaints, and it will in short order shut Christian broadcasting down," says Warren Kelley, president of "Point of View," the first Christian talk show to go on the air via satellite 37 years ago. "I think it will so limit what they say that, in essence, they will cease to be Christian broadcasters."

A number of prominent congressional Democrats, among them House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, want the FCC to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine. Until its abolishment by President Ronald Reagan, the doctrine gave the five-member FCC the right to demand that broadcasters present contrasting views or risk losing their broadcast license.

What is even more troubling to Christian talk show hosts is a left-wing movement to use regulatory boards like the FCC to cancel broadcast licenses and to stamp out free speech altogether. Such government power is already being exerted in Europe and Canada, where those at the microphone cannot criticize Islam or homosexuality without risking a blackout.



"CFIF" (Center for Individual Freedom)

The Government That Cannot Withstand Scrutiny (and It’s Less Than a Month Old)

http://www.cfif.org:80/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/The-Government-That-Cannot-Withstand-Scrutiny.html

A government that cannot withstand scrutiny...is ours.

Well, it’s ours in the broadest sense, but up close and personal it’s President Obama’s.

He did, in fact, win, as he now seems defensively prone to say repeatedly. A majority of Americans did buy the promise, but reality is now intruding, and the unease is beginning to fray the seams, across the political spectrum. Even loyal liberals are beginning to whisper, “well, I don’t agree with that...or that...or that.”

A staff and cabinet that had the mainstream media gushing “best and brightest,” with as many euphemisms as could be mustered, almost immediately transformed into a mafia gang that possibly could but wouldn’t shoot straight.

In short order, the ethically challenged (that we know about) included New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (nomination for Commerce Secretary withdrawn), being investigated for pay-to-play politics, followed by three tax cheats, Tim Geithner (confirmed as Treasury Secretary), Nancy Killefer (nomination for “Chief Performance Officer” withdrawn) and Tom Daschle (nomination for HHS Secretary withdrawn).

That list doesn’t include Eric Holder (confirmed as Attorney General), who had some fascinating knowledge gaps and memory lapses regarding the hinky pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich when Holder worked in the Clinton Justice Department. It doesn’t include Hillary Clinton (confirmed as Secretary of State) who, despite her newfound prominence, is still laden with her own and her husband’s questionable baggage.

The list doesn’t include the lobbyists that the administration pledged not to hire and then did, up to and including Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis, whose nomination is now stalled pending questions regarding her association with a labor lobbying organization.

(The list also doesn’t include – and perhaps shouldn’t – a puzzling developing story, reported by the Washington Times, regarding former General Anthony Zinni saying he had been asked to become Ambassador to Iraq, only to have the appointment abruptly withdrawn without explanation.)

Pressed by the media on the personnel, let’s call them glitches to be charitable here, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, “The bar that we set is the highest that any administration in the country has ever set.”

We think the American people are not going to see it that way. We sure don’t. The high bar, the bar that would have met President Obama’s soaring rhetoric, would have been to nominate and appoint only Miss Squeaky and Mr. Clean, and to reject out of hand and immediately anyone whose problems were known prior to public furor having to bring them down. The high bar would be to remove Treasury Secretary Geithner immediately.

Those are just some personnel issues that don’t bear scrutiny, and the man has been in office less than a month.

The most serious issue that will bear no scrutiny at all is the abominable “stimulus” package that President Obama is now pushing with all his might and, frankly, with all his arrogance and more than a little deception.

To try and put the bill in perspective, because most of us cannot even comprehend a trillion dollar expenditure, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “If you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion.”

Putting the bill in more graphic terms was Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC). “If we jam a bill through like we’re doing today, nobody in America is going to trust us with future requests...People are running scared in the Senate because this bill is stinking up the place,” Graham told reporters. That is striking, considering that Graham more often stands with whatever gang of compromisers is compromising.

On February 5, President Obama published an Op Ed in the Washington Post that echoed comments he had made the day before. In it, he writes, “In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis...I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change.”

With all due respect, Mr. President, we thought the campaign slogan was about change people could believe in. The way the polls are going, as more and more about the “stimulus” bill is understood, by next week more people will believe this bill is a travesty than voted for you. Were they wrong in November or are they wrong now?

If you believe this bill, this trillion dollar bill, can withstand scrutiny, then defend it expenditure by expenditure to the American people. You made them believe once, but that was on the rhetoric. Now try it with substance. Otherwise, pull the bill and start over with a package that addresses the economic crisis and only the economic crisis, not a wish list of expansionary government programs.



"The email Bag"

The problem with many of us is that we don't believe that God will open a window and pour out blessings that we won't have room to receive them. I dare anyone to try God. He is true to His word. God cannot lie and His promises are sure.

Three things will happen to you this coming week:

(1) You will find favor with someone you don't expect;

(2) You will be too relevant to be ignored;

(3) You will encounter God and you will never remain the same again.

My prayer for you today:

The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil, the hands that will send this message to others shall not labor in vain, the mouth saying Amen to this prayer shall laugh forever. Remain in God's love as you send this prayer to everybody on your list. Have a lovely journey of life! Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will never fail you because He is AWESOME! If you truly need a blessing, continue reading this email:

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to you that you abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father , sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you. Father, I send up a prayer request for blessings for not only the person who sent this to me, but for me and all that I have forwarded this message on to. And that the power of joined prayer by those who believe and trust in you is more powerful than anything. I thank you in advance for your blessings.

Father God, deliver the person reading this right now from debt and debt's burdens. Release your Godly wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You have given me Father, for I know how wonderful and mighty you are and how if we just obey you and walk In your word and have the faith of a mustard seed that you will pour out blessings. I thank you now Lord for the recent blessings
I have received and for the blessings yet to come because I know you are not done with me yet.

In Jesus name, I pray. Amen