Health Care and Our Inalienable Rights
This is an excellent article from The American Thinker, from Jan 2, 2010, by Scott Lazarowitz on the constitutional implications of the power grab underway by Obama and his Democrat allies. What they think will become a permanant Democrat majority is prompting many awakening citizens to resolve, like me, to disobey such mandates and intrusions into our liberty as found in the volume of the book of new controlling regulations which may soon be signed into a despotic law.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Charles Krauthammer on the New Socialism
This article on the new religion of Socialism - Environmentalism - is excellently written and right to the point. His recommendation to Congress to clip the EPA's wings over Carbon emissions controls is right on too. How to handle hubris? take their power away, or defund the bureaucrats.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
CO2 levels in atmosphere haven't changed
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/12/news-co2-levels-in-atmosphere-havent.html
Some more damning evidence that not only are the man made CO2 emissions data cooked up, but our human emissions are a tiny fraction of the overall CO2 cycle.
Now, does evidence have any effect on the Globablists who are straining to set up a one world government funded by a "carbon tax" (which would bypass national governments and be payable to der Furher to be spent on whatever he wanted.) Maybe Obama has put in for that position. Of course not! The goal is not climate control - that is just the latest excuse to spook the sheep into whatever direction the globalists want them to stampeded. No, the goal is total control - Limited Government be damned.
Some more damning evidence that not only are the man made CO2 emissions data cooked up, but our human emissions are a tiny fraction of the overall CO2 cycle.
Now, does evidence have any effect on the Globablists who are straining to set up a one world government funded by a "carbon tax" (which would bypass national governments and be payable to der Furher to be spent on whatever he wanted.) Maybe Obama has put in for that position. Of course not! The goal is not climate control - that is just the latest excuse to spook the sheep into whatever direction the globalists want them to stampeded. No, the goal is total control - Limited Government be damned.
Grateful to be Alive
I reveived a number of calls and emails and cards and FB comments as a result of a heart attack on Christmas Eve. Big surprise. The following was something I wrote in response to someone who knows Christ as his Savior and Friend, as I do. Perhaps the thoughts will cause you to pause and consider, as these events did for me.
Hi Brother,
I got your email just a few minutes ago. I can check my business email from anywhere, but I just have not felt like doing much. I am real tired because I am not sleeping well. Lots of reasons, but mostly a combination of new meds, altered cardio-pulmonary function, and a sense that things must change in my lifestyle (eating, exercise, physical priorities, etc.) Things with my recovery seem to be getting better incrementally every day.
It was a profound surprise to have to leave out of my bedroom at 9:45 pm Thursday Christmas Eve, after self-diagnosing a heart attack, and then walk back in on Monday evening, seeing what I had left behind. My last view may have been my last view. I suppose that many things that I (and all of us, for that matter) thought were real important now look a bit tawdry and silly when viewed in the light of eternity.
“I know whom I have believed and am fully-persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day”, so I was not frightened of dying, believe it or not; it was not so much on my mind as we went in a rush to the emergency room, but had a sense of peace that whatever happened I was in His hands.
It was sobering though, as I thought about it on the operating table, that I could leave behind a wife who would really, really miss me and need me, however inept a husband and friend I may have been to her. I was not praying for life, but I was just trusting Him to have His will.
I have been given a great gift - a second chance to remove from the many nooks and crannies of my life things that were not totally given over to Him. It is not that failing to remove these things would invalidate my salvation - not that at all - but that I would squander another series of opportunities to show Him how much I love Him; another opportunity to cast self to the wind and do as the sinner-woman did in the house of Simon the Pharisee, weeping and washing Jesus' feet with her tears, wiping them with the hairs of her head (humbling her glory for His glory); anointing his head with oil, and not saying a word or clamoring for anything. She was already forgiven. She came to give, not get.
She didn't need to be there, if one thinks that the only reason to come to Jesus is to get something from Him. She already had it. (Jesus makes that abundantly clear as He proceeds to explain the facts of life to Simon). Why was she there? Why was she weeping, then? The answer is obvious. She was forgiven much, therefore she loved Him much. She took possibly her only opportunity to personally express that love to Him and bewail her former sins and lifestyle that now grieved her. She had been "frankly" forgiven a debt she could never pay; and she loved the One who not only could but did forgive her.
I want to emulate that woman.
I know that I have not exerted myself enough to show Him how grateful I am for His forgiveness and grace to me. Perhaps there is no "enough" that we can ever attain in that regard, but I sincerely want this to be a new beginning in my expression of personal devotion to Him, and availability of my life to Him. Really, I think that is the whole point of what it means to be a child of God. Everything else is a side show.
Thanks for your prayers. I gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the prayers of many, many friends all over the country. God took them and used them to not just heal me but to change me. That is a wonderful miracle.
Hi Brother,
I got your email just a few minutes ago. I can check my business email from anywhere, but I just have not felt like doing much. I am real tired because I am not sleeping well. Lots of reasons, but mostly a combination of new meds, altered cardio-pulmonary function, and a sense that things must change in my lifestyle (eating, exercise, physical priorities, etc.) Things with my recovery seem to be getting better incrementally every day.
It was a profound surprise to have to leave out of my bedroom at 9:45 pm Thursday Christmas Eve, after self-diagnosing a heart attack, and then walk back in on Monday evening, seeing what I had left behind. My last view may have been my last view. I suppose that many things that I (and all of us, for that matter) thought were real important now look a bit tawdry and silly when viewed in the light of eternity.
“I know whom I have believed and am fully-persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day”, so I was not frightened of dying, believe it or not; it was not so much on my mind as we went in a rush to the emergency room, but had a sense of peace that whatever happened I was in His hands.
It was sobering though, as I thought about it on the operating table, that I could leave behind a wife who would really, really miss me and need me, however inept a husband and friend I may have been to her. I was not praying for life, but I was just trusting Him to have His will.
I have been given a great gift - a second chance to remove from the many nooks and crannies of my life things that were not totally given over to Him. It is not that failing to remove these things would invalidate my salvation - not that at all - but that I would squander another series of opportunities to show Him how much I love Him; another opportunity to cast self to the wind and do as the sinner-woman did in the house of Simon the Pharisee, weeping and washing Jesus' feet with her tears, wiping them with the hairs of her head (humbling her glory for His glory); anointing his head with oil, and not saying a word or clamoring for anything. She was already forgiven. She came to give, not get.
She didn't need to be there, if one thinks that the only reason to come to Jesus is to get something from Him. She already had it. (Jesus makes that abundantly clear as He proceeds to explain the facts of life to Simon). Why was she there? Why was she weeping, then? The answer is obvious. She was forgiven much, therefore she loved Him much. She took possibly her only opportunity to personally express that love to Him and bewail her former sins and lifestyle that now grieved her. She had been "frankly" forgiven a debt she could never pay; and she loved the One who not only could but did forgive her.
I want to emulate that woman.
I know that I have not exerted myself enough to show Him how grateful I am for His forgiveness and grace to me. Perhaps there is no "enough" that we can ever attain in that regard, but I sincerely want this to be a new beginning in my expression of personal devotion to Him, and availability of my life to Him. Really, I think that is the whole point of what it means to be a child of God. Everything else is a side show.
Thanks for your prayers. I gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the prayers of many, many friends all over the country. God took them and used them to not just heal me but to change me. That is a wonderful miracle.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
What Would it Take?
In view of Joe Lieberman's and Ben Nelson's capitulation to Harry Reid on the Senate Healthcare bill - and in view of the overarching necessity to defeat this odious bill, what would it take for someone in the Democratic Party to stand up and oppose it? Are there no principled Senate Democrats left in the entire Party?
I would like to believe that there are a number of them, but they are afraid to break ranks. Maybe, when the chips are down, they might take some courage from a certain Joseph, hailing from Aramathea in Israel, who finally threw caution to the winds and went into the hall of Pontius Pilate the Roman governor and begged the body of Jesus, to thwart the intent of the Jewish leaders (of which group he was a member). They intended for Jesus' body to be thrown into the garbage pit in the valley of Hinnon and consumed by the dogs. He knew that he would be publically exposed as a disciple of Jesus - a very risky exposure for one in his position - if he took action on behalf of Jesus. But history records that he finally gathered up his courage and broke away from his fears and took the body down and donated the use of his own newly-hewn tomb for the burial. He was not exactly keeping a safe distance from the political and religious wrath of the Sanhedren in doing what he did.
Perhaps there are a few uncomfortable "Joseph's" in the body of the Senate Democrats who are wondering what to do as the scheduled vote is nearing at 1:00 am Monday 12/21/09 - just a few hours from the time this blog is being written.
What will it take to stir them to do the right thing?
I pray to the God of Battles that He grant them the courage of their convictions. Otherwise, the old American Republic is at an end.
I would like to believe that there are a number of them, but they are afraid to break ranks. Maybe, when the chips are down, they might take some courage from a certain Joseph, hailing from Aramathea in Israel, who finally threw caution to the winds and went into the hall of Pontius Pilate the Roman governor and begged the body of Jesus, to thwart the intent of the Jewish leaders (of which group he was a member). They intended for Jesus' body to be thrown into the garbage pit in the valley of Hinnon and consumed by the dogs. He knew that he would be publically exposed as a disciple of Jesus - a very risky exposure for one in his position - if he took action on behalf of Jesus. But history records that he finally gathered up his courage and broke away from his fears and took the body down and donated the use of his own newly-hewn tomb for the burial. He was not exactly keeping a safe distance from the political and religious wrath of the Sanhedren in doing what he did.
Perhaps there are a few uncomfortable "Joseph's" in the body of the Senate Democrats who are wondering what to do as the scheduled vote is nearing at 1:00 am Monday 12/21/09 - just a few hours from the time this blog is being written.
What will it take to stir them to do the right thing?
I pray to the God of Battles that He grant them the courage of their convictions. Otherwise, the old American Republic is at an end.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Health Care Letter to my Democrat Senator
My wife and I are constituents of yours in Florida and are nearing retirement age. We are both 63. We are well-informed about government issues, and vote in every election.
We want you to know that we are unalterably opposed to the healthcare legislation being debated in Congress. We don't want any of it.
Does the US have a healthcare crisis? Yes, of course. It was created by Congress, and is being made even worse by Congress and the President. There is nothing the Congress or the President can do to “solve” this crisis except to back off and stop trying to control everything.
You might not pay any attention to this communication, but it would not only be wise for you to do so as an incumbent, but as a citizen of a country that values personal liberty as a fundamental right. What is at stake is far more than making healthcare available to a larger pool of people, or controlling costs - it is about a power grab of a big part of the entire economy, and a huge stab in the back to personal Liberty for all of us.
We urge you in the strongest terms possible to vote NO to any health care bill this session. This is not the time to expand the Federal Government's role in healthcare - it is a time to reduce it to almost nothing.
The country is already bankrupt and in a Depression rivaling that of the 1930’s. Heaping further debt, taxes, controls and restrictions on our economy will make things far worse and precipitate a collapse. There are some who have said that this is the secret agenda of the President and many of his Chicago associates. We don’t know this to be true, but we are wondering how much more damage is going to be done to our economy before you in Congress say “enough.” We, and a majority of the voting population have already said it.
You were not elected to be a “yes” man for any party or any president. You represent US, not them. Check for your self to see just how much opposition there is to a government takeover of healthcare. The people don’t want it. Listen to them.
Perhaps that is not what your caucus is telling you to do, but please vote what is right and not what is expedient. Future generations will appreciate you for it. So will we.
We want you to know that we are unalterably opposed to the healthcare legislation being debated in Congress. We don't want any of it.
Does the US have a healthcare crisis? Yes, of course. It was created by Congress, and is being made even worse by Congress and the President. There is nothing the Congress or the President can do to “solve” this crisis except to back off and stop trying to control everything.
You might not pay any attention to this communication, but it would not only be wise for you to do so as an incumbent, but as a citizen of a country that values personal liberty as a fundamental right. What is at stake is far more than making healthcare available to a larger pool of people, or controlling costs - it is about a power grab of a big part of the entire economy, and a huge stab in the back to personal Liberty for all of us.
We urge you in the strongest terms possible to vote NO to any health care bill this session. This is not the time to expand the Federal Government's role in healthcare - it is a time to reduce it to almost nothing.
The country is already bankrupt and in a Depression rivaling that of the 1930’s. Heaping further debt, taxes, controls and restrictions on our economy will make things far worse and precipitate a collapse. There are some who have said that this is the secret agenda of the President and many of his Chicago associates. We don’t know this to be true, but we are wondering how much more damage is going to be done to our economy before you in Congress say “enough.” We, and a majority of the voting population have already said it.
You were not elected to be a “yes” man for any party or any president. You represent US, not them. Check for your self to see just how much opposition there is to a government takeover of healthcare. The people don’t want it. Listen to them.
Perhaps that is not what your caucus is telling you to do, but please vote what is right and not what is expedient. Future generations will appreciate you for it. So will we.
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