We are on the cusp of a brand new year.
There is no doubt that it will be unlike any other year in the history of our country, possibly the world.
2010 will be the year that the American people will have to make their voices heard. If we don't make a stand and elect people who will be responsive to what the people want, 2011 will find our country virtually non-existent. Just add an extra "S" to USA and that will define what we will have become.
That being said, a new year brings change, either real or hoped for.
My change will be a new mood for my blog.
Negativity has become very easy, with the direction our government has headed us in. While it's very easy to be negative, I'm going to hold off on negative posts except for one day per month.
Reviews of movies, books, etc... will be exempt from that change.
Hopefully I won't read to many stinkers, but you never know.
Have a great New Years eve.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Christmas Eve Service
At this moment, I'm making sure that our Christmas Eve service is going out over the internet and radio.
We'll be doing it again at 11 pm.
There is a large crowd in spite of tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings.
While I would much rather be at home with my family right now, making sure that the Christmas message gets out to the ones who need it tonight is much more important.
Share the blessing of the birth of Jesus with someone tonight or tomorrow. Shoot, His birth is something we should be sharing every day, along with the importance of His death which goes hand-in-hand with His birth.
We'll be doing it again at 11 pm.
There is a large crowd in spite of tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings.
While I would much rather be at home with my family right now, making sure that the Christmas message gets out to the ones who need it tonight is much more important.
Share the blessing of the birth of Jesus with someone tonight or tomorrow. Shoot, His birth is something we should be sharing every day, along with the importance of His death which goes hand-in-hand with His birth.
The Birth of Jesus
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God's angel stood among them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."
At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises: Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.
As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.
Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they'd been told!
from The Message
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God's angel stood among them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."
At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises: Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.
As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.
Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they'd been told!
from The Message
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Just What We Wanted For Christmas
You know that it's happened to you before.
You unwrap your gifts, and while it is the thought that counts, you got one that is just crappy.
Well get ready, the Senate is getting ready to give us two big old pile of poo for Christmas.
First, they'll vote to pass a health care bill that will raise taxes, obliterate our health care system, and in the end give more control to the government (just like in Russia, China and other countries).
And don't forget that in this legislation Harry Reid has some language that will effectively keep the bill from being changed, in direct opposition to the constitution.
Our other gift? A vote to raise the debt ceiling by a couple of hundred BILLION dollars. They can't cut costs by spending less. They've got to get that extra hundred mill in there for something that does zip other than help them keep their job.
In the end it's really about just a few things:
They want to keep their jobs
It's all about the Benjamin's
They think that Mao, Marx, Stalin and Castro are all right in direct opposition to what we all have observed about socialism, communism and marxism
You unwrap your gifts, and while it is the thought that counts, you got one that is just crappy.
Well get ready, the Senate is getting ready to give us two big old pile of poo for Christmas.
First, they'll vote to pass a health care bill that will raise taxes, obliterate our health care system, and in the end give more control to the government (just like in Russia, China and other countries).
And don't forget that in this legislation Harry Reid has some language that will effectively keep the bill from being changed, in direct opposition to the constitution.
Our other gift? A vote to raise the debt ceiling by a couple of hundred BILLION dollars. They can't cut costs by spending less. They've got to get that extra hundred mill in there for something that does zip other than help them keep their job.
In the end it's really about just a few things:
They want to keep their jobs
It's all about the Benjamin's
They think that Mao, Marx, Stalin and Castro are all right in direct opposition to what we all have observed about socialism, communism and marxism
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Whatever It Takes
The majority in the Senate have proven they will do whatever it takes to get bad legislation passed.
There are senators in that body that have proven once again that having a backbone and standing up for what it is best for the country is long gone.
They have allowed themselves to be bought by promises of considerations by those that are so very desperate to make this country over into a European-styled state.
Of course, this had to be done so that the President doesn't look like he hasn't accomplished anything.
The President recently gave himself a B- as a grade for the first year. As I remarked to my wife, he hasn't really done anything. Getting a B- would be like getting nominated for a Noble prize just two weeks into your term in office.
But yeah, that did happen.
And I'm probably too tough on the President, because he has accomplished some stuff.
He's raised our deficit
He's reneged on practically every promise he made during the campaign
He's getting legislation passed that will raise taxes for everyone. not just those making $1 million, nope, that's $250k, sorry, I think they lowered it to $150k
He managed to get everyone to buy into his naming Czars to run the government
He's named Marxists and socialists to his cabinet
His cabinet has called people that are on the right and go to church' "dangerous" and has advised police to be on the lookout for people that are against abortion
He's managed to take partisanship to a new high (if you don't agree with him, shut up)
He's helped to run our economy into the ground, costing jobs
So I guess he deserves that B-
There are senators in that body that have proven once again that having a backbone and standing up for what it is best for the country is long gone.
They have allowed themselves to be bought by promises of considerations by those that are so very desperate to make this country over into a European-styled state.
Of course, this had to be done so that the President doesn't look like he hasn't accomplished anything.
The President recently gave himself a B- as a grade for the first year. As I remarked to my wife, he hasn't really done anything. Getting a B- would be like getting nominated for a Noble prize just two weeks into your term in office.
But yeah, that did happen.
And I'm probably too tough on the President, because he has accomplished some stuff.
He's raised our deficit
He's reneged on practically every promise he made during the campaign
He's getting legislation passed that will raise taxes for everyone. not just those making $1 million, nope, that's $250k, sorry, I think they lowered it to $150k
He managed to get everyone to buy into his naming Czars to run the government
He's named Marxists and socialists to his cabinet
His cabinet has called people that are on the right and go to church' "dangerous" and has advised police to be on the lookout for people that are against abortion
He's managed to take partisanship to a new high (if you don't agree with him, shut up)
He's helped to run our economy into the ground, costing jobs
So I guess he deserves that B-
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Sickle Visits Our House
The hooded spectre visited our house a bunch the last couple of weeks.
We lost a couple of fish, then on Tuesday our smallest algae eater decided it was time to depart and one of our hamsters, Waffles, had to be put down.
Kayla showed it the most, Christopher was upset but handled it fairly well. I wondered about Kaitlyn, but once she helped to put Waffles in the hole, I think it sunk in.
She was very somber and gave a sad, "Bye Waffles."
Unfortunately, the life expectancy of hamsters isn't long, so we might be doing this 5 more times over the next couple of years.
We lost a couple of fish, then on Tuesday our smallest algae eater decided it was time to depart and one of our hamsters, Waffles, had to be put down.
Kayla showed it the most, Christopher was upset but handled it fairly well. I wondered about Kaitlyn, but once she helped to put Waffles in the hole, I think it sunk in.
She was very somber and gave a sad, "Bye Waffles."
Unfortunately, the life expectancy of hamsters isn't long, so we might be doing this 5 more times over the next couple of years.
Copenhagen - Our Last, Best Hope for...
... third world nations to try and bring the U.S. to its knees, and another chance for our President to cede our sovereignty to the dictates of a bunch of dictators, human rights violators and all around wastes of breathable air.
Let's look at some of the stuff we've had come from Copenhagen so far:
"The Nobel Prize of War just finished saying here that he is here to act. Well, show it sir. Don't leave by the back door. And I think all of us agree that carbon emission reduction for 2050 should be less than 80 or 90 %. "
The Venezuelan president used the international forum Wednesday to slime developed nations for creating an "imperial dictatorship" that rules the world, urging his audience to "fight against capitalism," the "silent and terrible ghost" that was haunting the elegant conference chambers in the Danish capital.
"I promise I won't talk more than others have talked this afternoon," he said at the start of a rambling, 25-minute diatribe that outshot other speakers by a full 20 minutes. In the wide-ranging speech, he called capitalism the "road to hell" responsible for poverty, murder, AIDS — and even unfair climate agreements. "It's not democratic, it's not inclusive. Well, ladies and gentlemen, isn't that the reality of the world? Are we really in a democratic world?"
Let's look at some of the stuff we've had come from Copenhagen so far:
"The Nobel Prize of War just finished saying here that he is here to act. Well, show it sir. Don't leave by the back door. And I think all of us agree that carbon emission reduction for 2050 should be less than 80 or 90 %. "
The Venezuelan president used the international forum Wednesday to slime developed nations for creating an "imperial dictatorship" that rules the world, urging his audience to "fight against capitalism," the "silent and terrible ghost" that was haunting the elegant conference chambers in the Danish capital.
"I promise I won't talk more than others have talked this afternoon," he said at the start of a rambling, 25-minute diatribe that outshot other speakers by a full 20 minutes. In the wide-ranging speech, he called capitalism the "road to hell" responsible for poverty, murder, AIDS — and even unfair climate agreements. "It's not democratic, it's not inclusive. Well, ladies and gentlemen, isn't that the reality of the world? Are we really in a democratic world?"
This from that good democratic leader, Hugo Chavez. The guy who suddenly wants to talk about democracy after he has set up himself to basically be ruler for life, has shut down any radio, television, and newspaper that speaks against him.
Here's some more good stuff:
A number of African countries indicated their leaders would refuse to take part in the final summit unless significant progress was made in the next three days. . . . “'The industrialized countries want to hammer out a large part of the deal on the last day, when the heads of state arrive,' one senior African negotiator told the Guardian on the condition of anonymity. 'It's a ploy to slip through provisions that are not amenable to developing country efforts. It's playing dirty.'”
and more
A visibly angry Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday, declaring that the time has come "not to talk but to act" on climate change.
Emerging from a multinational meeting boycotted by Chinese Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Obama warned delegates that U.S. offers of funding for poor nations would remain on the table “if and only if” developing nations, including China, agreed to international monitoring of their greenhouse gas emissions.
"I have to be honest, as the world watches us... I think our ability to take collective action is in doubt and it hangs in the balance,” Obama told the COP-15 plenary session as hope for anything more than a vague political in agreement faded.
Back home, senators critical to getting a climate bill through Congress have stressed that developing nations must submit to international monitoring — particularly if they want the U.S. to pay hundreds of billions to help combat the destructive impacts of climate change.
"The only way we'll be successful in America is for countries like China and India to make an equivalent commitment," said South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who's crafting a bipartisan climate bill. "We're not going to unilaterally disarm."
Emerging from a multinational meeting boycotted by Chinese Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Obama warned delegates that U.S. offers of funding for poor nations would remain on the table “if and only if” developing nations, including China, agreed to international monitoring of their greenhouse gas emissions.
"I have to be honest, as the world watches us... I think our ability to take collective action is in doubt and it hangs in the balance,” Obama told the COP-15 plenary session as hope for anything more than a vague political in agreement faded.
Back home, senators critical to getting a climate bill through Congress have stressed that developing nations must submit to international monitoring — particularly if they want the U.S. to pay hundreds of billions to help combat the destructive impacts of climate change.
"The only way we'll be successful in America is for countries like China and India to make an equivalent commitment," said South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who's crafting a bipartisan climate bill. "We're not going to unilaterally disarm."
how about this:
World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to global warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow on the Danish capital overnight.
“Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute, said today by telephone, forecasting more snow in coming days. “There’s a good chance of a white Christmas.”
Delegates from 193 countries have been in Copenhagen since Dec. 7 to discuss how to fund global greenhouse gas emission cuts. Denmark has a maritime climate and milder winters than its Scandinavian neighbors. It hasn’t had a white Christmas for 14 years, under the DMI’s definition, and only had seven last century. Temperatures today fell as low as minus 4 Celsius (25 Fahrenheit).
“Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute, said today by telephone, forecasting more snow in coming days. “There’s a good chance of a white Christmas.”
Delegates from 193 countries have been in Copenhagen since Dec. 7 to discuss how to fund global greenhouse gas emission cuts. Denmark has a maritime climate and milder winters than its Scandinavian neighbors. It hasn’t had a white Christmas for 14 years, under the DMI’s definition, and only had seven last century. Temperatures today fell as low as minus 4 Celsius (25 Fahrenheit).
more:
the best for last:
A group of countries have been calling for the creation of a new, global regulator to act as the world's environmental steward, equipped with still unspecified powers. They want the U.N. to do this. The U.N., that while they get free reign here in the U.S., and that conveniently forgets that the U.S. pays for a lot more of its expenses than any other country. The same U.N. that bends over for every tinpot dictator in every little backwater flea bitten country and wants to stick it to us.
Copenhagen is a joke, a waste of time that in reality (if global warming were true), has contributed quite a bit to greenhouse gas emissions by flying all of those goobers to Copenhagen.
True, climate change is happening. It's raining here in Pensacola, and later it's going of stop. That's climate change. Snow in Denmark is climate change. On first blush, I guess Al Gore should start telling us that we're in for another ice age.
This meeting is an opportunity to stick it to the countries with the most to lose - excepting China and India, who somehow are lumped in with the "developing" countries. so they can do whatever they want.
Committing the United States to the fantasy numbers generated by the people at the Copenhagen meeting will destroy the U.S. economically - which is their whole pointIt's funny how our President says that health care will bankrupt our country, but he neglects to mention that what is called for from the "climate summit" will do far worse.
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