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"Daily Motivations"
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. -- Mother Teresa
"Daily Devotions" (KJV and/or NLT)
The Discussion Starter What you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you (Acts 17:23). Does God exist? Not according to bus ads in England, but no matter...
"Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Mark 10:15)
"The Patriot Post"
"A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich." -- National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." -- Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006)
"It's recently been reported that President Obama is refusing to allow banks to repay their TARP funds. In other words, he's declined to allow them to exercise the 'accountability' he has rhetorically embraced. ... Could it be, after all, that President Obama's objective isn't so much to demand responsibility from the private sector than it is to strengthen the government's control over it?" -- columnist Carol Platt Liebau
"Five minutes of explanation to James Madison, and he'll have a pretty good idea what a motorcar is (basically a steamboat on wheels; the internal combustion engine might take a few minutes more). Then try to explain to Madison how the Constitution he fathered allows the president to unilaterally guarantee the repair or replacement of every component of millions of such contraptions sold in the several states, and you will leave him slack-jawed." -- columnist Charles Krauthammer
"[M]ore important than the left's hypocrisy is their ongoing disrespect for the Constitution when it suits their political ends. We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of control over private business." -- columnist David Limbaugh
"Socialists believe in government ownership of the means of production. Fascists believed in government control of privately owned businesses, which is much more the style of this government. That way, politicians can intervene whenever they feel like it and then, when their interventions turn out badly, summon executives from the private sector before Congress and denounce them on nationwide television." -- economist Thomas Sowell
"If the Republicans can't break out of being the right-wing party of big government, then I think you would see a third party movement in 2012.... Remember, everything Obama's doing, Bush started last year.. If you're going to talk about big spending, the mistakes of the Bush administration last year are fully as bad as the mistakes of Obama's first two, three months." -- former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
Jay Leno:
President Obama and the First Lady met with Queen Elizabeth and the royal family at Buckingham Palace. Actually, you know why they did that? This is all part of Obama's campaign to reach out to those people without any real jobs.
A lot of Americans don't understand the role of the queen. The queen is merely a figurehead. She wields no real political power. Or, as we call it in this country, the vice president.
At the G-20 summit, the White House accidentally listed a phone-sex line for journalists seeking an on-record briefing call for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. To which Bill said, "Boy, did they get the wrong number."
"The Web"
Walk the Talk
http://www.thewalkthetalkmovie.com/?SRC=POIWTTKIT&utm_source=Walk+the+Talk+Master+List&utm_campaign=4ac196bba6-WTT_4_16_09&utm_medium=email
Fantastic Icebergs
Click here: http://discardedlies.com/beitmidrash/FantasticIcebergs.htm
‘Pig Book’: Congressional ‘pork’ hits $19.6 billion in 2009
Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual report on 'pork barrel' projects Tuesday.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer/ April 14, 2009 edition
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/04/14/pig-book-congressional-pork-hits-196-billion-in-2009/
Reporter Gail Chaddock talks with CSMonitor.com's Pat Murphy about the 'Pig Book' and a change of heart about earmarks on Capitol Hill.
Reporter Gail Chaddock
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Washington
Capitol Hill lawmakers added 10,160 pet projects – aka “pork barrel” projects – to this year’s government spending, fewer than in the previous budget cycle but at a higher total cost.
That’s the bottom line from the Pig Book, a list of member projects inserted in annual spending bills, released Tuesday by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). The watchdog group, which has issued the Pig Book each year since 1991, calls it “the book Washington doesn’t want you to read.”
For the record: The 10,160 projects – valued at $19.6 billion – represent a 14 percent increase in the cost to taxpayers over last year’s spending on “pork.” That’s even though the number of projects went down 12.5 percent during the same period.
“Everyone in Washington has promised a new era of transparency and restraint in earmarks, from President Obama to the leaders of both parties in Congress,” said CAGW president Tom Schatz in a briefing Tuesday. “Sadly, the hard numbers from the 2009 appropriations bills tell a different story. The current Democratic congressional majority is following the same trajectory as their Republican predecessors. They came into power promising to cut earmarks and made a big show of it during their first two years. However, as the 2009 Pig Book amply illustrates, pork-barrel spending is growing fast.”
Ferreting out sponsors of congressional earmarks was once devilishly complex. But as of fiscal year 2008, Congress has required members to identify their own earmarks. Does that mean the Pig Book is obsolete?
Hardly, reformers say, because the issue now is enforcement.
“Until fiscal year 2008, we never saw a name next to an earmark. That was a watershed moment for us and taxpayers, to see a project with a name next to it,” says David Williams, CAGW vice president of policy. “Unfortunately, this year we saw a little backsliding with more anonymous earmarks, especially in defense.”
Of the 10,160 projects is this year’s Pig Book, CAGW identified 221 earmarks worth $7.8 billion that were funded in violation of Congress’s own transparency rules.
As in years past, Alaska leads the nation with $221 million in earmarks, or $322 per capita. Hawaii, at $302 million in earmarks, or $235 per capita, ranks No. 2.
The name of former Sen. Ted Stevens (R) of Alaska – longtime chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, whose conviction on corruption charges was dismissed by a federal judge last week – was scrubbed from the 2009 omnibus spending bill and his earmarks assigned to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska, CAGW officials note.
The practice of earmarking has been an early flash point between Mr. Obama, who campaigned to change Washington, and the new Congress. When the White House last month signaled that the president would propose a “different way” of handling earmarks, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate warned him off.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “legislatively initiated proposals” in spending bills are “an appropriate function of the Congress of the United States.”
Senate majority leader Harry Reid noted: “Since we’ve been a country, we have had the obligation, as a Congress, to help direct spending.”
But Obama and congressional Democrats both agree that earmarks should be fewer and more transparent.
That standard, however, has yet to be met, says Taxpayers for Common Sense, another public-interest group that tracks government spending. One issue: Effective this month, members are required to list each of their earmarks on their official websites.
“Unfortunately, many members created a labyrinth that made finding their list of requests difficult or impossible, proving again a lesson learned long ago: simply posting information on the Web is not transparency,” said Taxpayers for Common Sense in an April 10 report.
Moreover, executive-branch transparency isn’t much better. “Many executive branch budget documents are scattered across the federal agencies, buried on websites that require an advanced degree in electronic archeology to dig out,” the report added.
Last week, Obama sent a $83.4 billion supplemental budget request to Congress to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign operations. At the time, he signaled to congressional
leaders that he would not accept earmarks or unrelated items in the bill.
Folks, here is information as to whom we should also be supporting in Hollywood. To support those who oppose Judeo-Christianity is comparitive to pouring gasoline onto a fire. We must oppose our enemies while supporting our own Christian believers. From the link http://www.christiancolleges.com/blog/2009/top-10-christians-in-hollywood/ you can also recommend your own families and friends as to which Christian Colleges and Universities to attend. - oyh
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http://www.christiancolleges.com/blog/2009/top-10-christians-in-hollywood/
Top 10 Christians in Hollywood
When the tabloids and paparazzi feed off of celebrity scandals that involve sex tapes, affairs and other immoral behavior, it’s easy to think that all celebrities have abandoned their values. But these 10 celebrities have proven that success, money and fame don’t have to equal a depraved lifestyle. They continue to pray, attend church, and support religious and social causes while working on top TV shows, Broadway productions and films.
Denzel Washington: Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is one of the most powerful and respected actors and directors in Hollywood. The son of a Pentecostal minister, Washington is still married to his first wife, Pauletta, continues to go to church at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, and was named second on Belifnet’s "Most Powerful Christians in Hollywood" list.
Martin Sheen: Martin Sheen was born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez in Dayton, OH, to an Irish immigrant mother and Spanish immigrant father. Raised a Roman Catholic, Sheen changed his name in honor of the Catholic archbishiop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen. When he was a teenager, Sheen worked alongside Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker movement and continues to support social justice and political campaigns today. When President Barack Obama was running for office, Sheen appeared in a series of videos in which he discussed his Catholic faith and his support of Obama.
Patricia Heaton: Patricia Heaton is most famous for playing Debra Barone, the wife of Ray Ramone, on Everybody Loves Raymond. But the Ohio native and Emmy-award winner is also a longtime church goer. Heaton was raised Catholic but now attends the Evangelical Presbyterian Church with her husband of 19 years and their children. She is a supporter of pro-life groups and is even an Honorary Chair for the Feminists for Life group. Heaton considers herself a conservative Christian and credits Bible study groups with helping her develop her own sense of spirituality.
Adriana Lima: Adriana Lima is a Victoria’s Secret and Maybelline model who has worked for designers and brands like Versace and Keds, and appeared on the cover of magazines like GQ, Elle and Cosmopolitan. But despite her sexy, glamorous image, the Brazilian-born Lima is a conservative Catholic who revealed to GQ in 2006 that she plans to stay a virgin until she is married.
Angela Bassett: Golden Globe winning actress Angela Bassett has appeared in successful TV shows and films since the 1990s, including Boyz n the Hood, What’s Love Got to Do With It, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and ER. Bassett, who was born in New York City and raised in St. Petersburg, FL, now attends West Angeles Church of God in Christ and told the LA Times that "loving God is like my being black…it’s my culture. It’s not something I put on or take off or show more. You just communicate that in the way you live your life."
Nicole Kidman: Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman is also one of the highest paid and most respected actresses in Hollywood today. In the 1990s, she broke out in films like Days of Thunder and continues to make films that are successful among critics and at the box office. Raised in Australia as a Catholic, Kidman married Catholic-turned-Scientologist Tom Cruise and experimented with his religion, as well as Buddhism, during their marriage. In 2006, however, Kidman experienced a "spiritual homecoming" when she married country singer Keith Urban in a Catholic ceremony in her childhood parish.
Evangeline Lilly: Lost actress Evaneline Lilly was born and raised in an Evangelical Christian family. She taught Sunday school for eight years, and while she has been described as a tomboy with a potty mouth, Lilly has also revealed that she was hesitant to pursue acting because she didn’t want people to pay attention to her looks or sexuality. Now, Lilly seems to have accepted her fame but continues to pursue her faith.
Christy Turlington: Supermodel Christy Turlington dominated the 1990s with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and others as the top models of the decade. She worked on campaigns for Maybelline, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and more, and also famously supports PETA’s anti-fur cause and other eco-conscious projects. Turlington was raised Catholic and continues to practice Catholicism, though she also has a fundamental interest in yoga and Eastern religions. The author of Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice, Turlington also received a bachelor of arts from New York University in Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy.
Kristin Chenoweth: Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth has starred in numerous Broadway productions and appeared on TV shows like The West Wing and Pushing Daisies. Chenoweth, who was raised in Oklahoma as a Southern Baptist after being adopted, sang for her local church and at church conventions before breaking onto Broadway. Now, Chenoweth attends a non-denominational church when she is in California, and when she is in New York, she attends a United Methodist Church. In 2005, Chenoweth released a Christian music album called As I Am but has cultivated a controversial image within some conservative Christian circles, for believing that God accepts homosexuals.
Miley Cyrus: Miley Cyrus is one of the most famous and successful teenage stars of all time, thanks to her work on the Hannah Montana franchise, which includes albums, a TV show and a feature length film. The sixteen year-old mega celebrity is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and has been raised in a Christian family. Cyrus openly talks about her faith and family and regularly attends church.
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Missing Jesus Symbol at Obama Speech Raises Questions
Just one additional evidence President Obama is at least soft on Judeo-Christian ethics and values. - oyh
Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:46 PM
By: Dan Weil
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_jesus_symbol/2009/04/16/203775.html?s=al&promo_code=7E21-1
The White House had a monogram that symbolizes the name of Jesus hidden from the backdrop of a speech President Obama gave at Georgetown University Tuesday.
The letters IHS, which represent the first three letters of “Jesus” in Greek, stand on a wooden archway above the dais where Obama gave his speech.
The White House requested that all university signs and symbols behind the stage be concealed, said Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the Jesuit-founded school in Washington, D.C.
"The White House wanted a simple backdrop of flags and pipe and drape for the speech, consistent with what they've done for other policy speeches," Bataille told The Washington Times.
"Frankly, the pipe and drape wasn't high enough by itself to fully cover the IHS and cross above the GU seal, and it seemed most respectful to have them covered so as not to be seen out of context."
The Catholic University of America, also in Washington, might have handled the situation differently. "I can’t imagine, as the bishops’ university and the national university of the Catholic Church, that we would ever cover up our religious art or signage for any reason,” Catholic University spokesman Victor Nakas told The Times, “Our Catholic faith is integral to our identity as an institution of higher education,” he said.
But the Rev. Thomas Reese, a senior fellow at Georgetown, advanced a more relaxed approach.
“It is more for camera quality than anything else," he told The Times. "They don't want distractions that would make the eye wander. I don't think this is motivated by theology, but by communications strategy."
Obama drew some criticism from the left when he chose conservative Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.
God Created Children (and in the process grandchildren)
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
"No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one
day.
AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!
"The e-mail Bag"
HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007- ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
This should hit every email inbox to show how stupid we have become!
For all you engineers (and other geniuses) who have difficulty converting units.
1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to it's diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 micro scope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 banano
second
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour =
Knotfurlong
7. 6.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
11. Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line
12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
13. 1 million microphones - 1 megaphone
14. 2 million bicycles - 2 megacycles
15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
17. 52 cards = 1 decacards
18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 fig newton
19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
22. 10 rations = 1 decoration
23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration
24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram
25. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms
26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital = 1 IV League
27. 100 Senators = Not 1 decision
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