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Christian Scarecrows Mar 23, 2008 2:54 pm
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I can hear the song from the Wizard of Oz where the Scarecrow keeps singing if I only had a brain.

Thtas how I look at liberal people who profess Christianity. Gullible to the point of believeing so many things from people such as Hillary Clinton and Barry Obama.

I am not a huge John McCain fan by any means. However when I look at the issues and the policies of him versus the same of the other two; it is clear of the choices he is a mountain better, and more qualified.

The Political speech of barry O was perhaps pandering to people who want everything done for them, but he cant get by those who recall what he says with his hypocracy and lies.

Last week he is on tape saying he didnt know abiout and was not present during his pastors hate speeches.

This week he admits in his speech that he was and that he says its wrong. What is the difference between last weeks comments and his speech? He was falling in the polls. Thats the difference.

He never even apologized really. He actually tried to make a rationale of his pastors speech.

Yet some people get taken in. People with little discernment. You know, you could show them the tapes, they are on CNN of him lying; and they would not pay any attention. They hold fast to the lies.

He threw his grandmother under the bus by misrepresenting what she was talking about too.

They are under investigation for issues with Michelle's salary doubling after he became a Senator.

There is an old saying, run with the dogs and smell like the dogs. His Pastor is an extreme racist tied into an extremist racist religion, no different than Assyrian Racism. Barry has attended for 20 years, quoted the extreme thinking in his books. He was married by this man and his children have been sitting under this extreme teaching for all of their lives.

Yet Barry is unaffected? Right. He quotes him in his books. He quotes the extremism in his book.

Christians should have a righteous anger about who this man is and they should do everything they can to expose this racist for what he is.
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Nice Huh? Mar 23, 2008 2:30 pm
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YOU WILL FIND THE SECRET SERVICE VIEWS ON THE PERSONALITIES OF PAST PRESIDENTS TO BE QUITE INTERESTING.

For those who don't know... Capt. Denny Keast flies for UAL and flew many SAM's (Special Air Mission's) for the White House.

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I flew 4 Presidential support missions in the C-141 out of Dover AFB, DE.. Two for President Johnson and two for President Nixon.

Johnson was a first class jerk and on the two occasions I flew for him, if the Secret Service and their Liaison in the Pentagon hadn't intervened, we would have had to stay on the airplane for hours while he ( Johnson) was off somewhere. Nixon never required that and the four (4) stops we made with him he was cordi al to the Secret Service and to me and my crew.

We had a neighbor when I lived in DC who was part of the secret service presidential detail for many years. His stories of Kennedy and Johnson were the same as those I heard from the guys who flew the presidents' plane

Yes, Kennedy did have Marilyn Monroe flown in for secret "dates," and LBJ was a typical Texas "good ole boy" womanizer. Nixon, Bush 41, and Carter never cheated on the ir wives. Clinton cheated, but couldn't match Kennedy or LBJ in style or variety.

The information below is accurate: The elder Bush and current president Bush make it a point to thank and take care of the air crews who fly them around. When the president flies, there are several planes that also go, one carries the armored limo, another the security detail, plus usually a pres s aircraft.

Both Bushes made it a point to stay home on holidays, so the Air Force and security people could have a day with their families.

Hillary Clinton was arrogant and orally abusive to her security detail. She forbade her daughter, Chelsea, from exchanging pleasantries with them. Sometimes Chelsea, miffed at her mother's obvious conceit and mean spiritedness, ignored her demands and exchanged pleasantries regardless, but never in her mother's presence. Chelsea really was a nice, kindhearted, and lovely young lady. The consensus opinion was that Chelsea loved her Mom but did not like her. Hillary Clinton was continuously rude and abrasive to those who were charged to protect her life. Her security detail dutifu lly did their job, as professionals should, but they all loathed her and wanted to be on a different detail.

Hillary Clinton was despised by the Secret Service as a whole. Former President Bill Clinton was much more amiable than his wife. Often the Secret Service would cringe at the verbal attacks Hillary would use against her husband. They were embarrassed for his sake by the manner and frequency in which she verbally insulted him, sometimes in the presence of the Secret Service, and sometimes behind closed doors. Even behind closed doors Hillary Clinton would scream and holler so loudly that everyone could hear what she was saying. Many felt sorry for President Clinton and most wondered why he tolerated it instead of just divorcing his "attack dog" wife. It was crystal clear that the Clinton's neither liked nor respected each other and this was true long before the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Theirs was genuinely a "marriage of convenience."

Chelsea was much closer to her father than her mother, even after the Lewinsky scandal, which hurt her gravely. Bill Clinton did in fact have charisma, and occasionally would smile at or shake hands with his security detail. Still, he always displayed an obvious air of superiority towards them. His security detail uniformly believed him to be disingenuous, false, and that he did nothing without a motive that in some way would enhance his image and political career. He was polite, but not kind. They did not particularly like him and nobody trusted him.

Al Gore was the male version of Hillary Clinton. They were friendlier toward each other than either of them were towards former President Clinton. They were not intimate, so please don't read that in. They were very close in a political way. Tipper Gore was generally nice and pleasant. She initially liked Hillary but soon after the election she had her "pegged" and no longer liked her or associated with her except for events that were politically obligatory.

Al Gore was far more left wing than Bill Clinton. Al Gore resented Bill Clinton and thought he was too "centrist." He despised all Republicans. His hatred was bitter and this was long before he announced for the Presidency. This hatred was something that he and Hillary had in common They often said as much, even in the presence of their security detail. Neither of them trusted Bill Clinton and, the Secret Service opined, neither of them even liked him. Bill Clinton did have some good qualities, whereas Al Gore and Hillary had none, in the view of their security details.

Al Gore, like Hillary, was very rude and arrogant toward his security detail. He was extremely unappreciative and would not hesitate to scold them in the presence of their peers for minor details over which they had no control. Al Gore also looked down on them, as they fi nally observed and learned with certainty on one occasion. Al got angry at his offspring and pointed at his security detail and said, "Do you want to grow up and be like them?" Word of this insult by the former Vice-President quickly spread and he became as disliked by the Secret Service as Hillary. Most of them prayed Al Gore would not be elected President, and they really did have private celebrations in a few of their homes after President Bush won. This was not necessarily to celebrate President Bush's election, but to celebrate Al Gor e's defeat.

Everyone in the Secret Service wants to be on First Lady Laura Bush's detail. Without exception, they concede that she is perhaps the nicest and most kind person they have ever had the privilege of serving. Where Hillary patently refused to allow her picture to be taken with her security detail, Laura Bush doesn't even have to be asked, she offers. She doesn't just shake their hand and say, "Thank you." Very often, she will giv e members of her detail a kindhearted hug to express her appreciation. There is nothing false about her. This is her genuine nature. Her security detail considers her to be a "breath of fresh air." They joke that comparing Laura Bush with Hillary Clinton i s like comparing "Mother Teresa" with the "Wicked Witch of the North."

Likewise, the Secret Service considers President Bush to be a gem of a man to work for. He always treats them with genuine respect and he always trusts and listens to their expert advice. They really like the Crawford, Texas detail. Every time the president goes to Crawford he has a Bar-B-Q for his security detail and he helps serve their meals. He sits with them, eats with them, and talks with them.. He knows each of them by their first name, and calls them by their first name as a show of affection. He always asks about their family, the names of which he always remembers. They believe that he is deeply and genuinely appreciative of their service. They could not like, love, or respect anyone more than President Bush. Most of them did not know they would feel this way, until they had an opportunity to work for him and learn that his manner was genuine and consistent. It has never changed sinc e he began his Presidency. He always treats them with the utmost respect, kindness, and compassion.

Please pass this on. It is important for Americans to have a true inside understanding of their President. And also the woman who is currently a candidate for president..
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Malchus, the Slave Whose Ear Was Cut Off Mar 23, 2008 11:56 am
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by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

When Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, St. Peter cut off the ear of Malchus, a servant of the high priest, who was then healed by Jesus This is the story of Malchus...

"You are my ear, boy," says Caiaphas the High Priest to his servant Malchus. "Now go! Tell me what's happening." His words are sharp.

Malchus hasn't been a boy for years, but he is in no position to protest. In fact, Malchus takes pride in being servant to the most powerful Jew in Israel. When he ventures out of the temple into Jerusalem proper, people who know of him treat him with respect.

"We're so glad you're here, Malchus," they say. "How may we help you, Malchus?"

His special talent is listening, hearing. As reigning high priest in an intensely political environment, Caiaphas has many enemies. Malchus is indeed his ear in the city.

Lately, he has been dispatched to learn about Jesus, prophet of Nazareth, who is visiting for Passover. Malchus listens as Jesus teaches in the temple colonnade called Solomon's Porch.

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life," Jesus is saying. "No one comes to the Father, but by me."

What arrogance! thinks the servant. He moves among the crowd incognito, ear open for a seditious comment he can report back to his master.

"Come to me, all you who are weak and heavy laden," Jesus continues, "and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

Strange, thinks Malchus. How does arrogance fit with gentleness and humility. Malchus sees arrogance and pride up close every day. What is this?

"You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them," Jesus is saying now.

Not only Gentile rulers are like that! reflects Malchus. All rulers want to flex their muscles and make others jump -- at least the rulers he's familiar with.

"Not so with you," Jesus continues. "Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your slave, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Strange words! Amazing words to this slave. So Jesus sees himself as a servant, not a would-be dictator. So different from Caiaphas!

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost," Jesus concludes.

Who's lost? wonders Malchus.

Gradually, he begins to recognize the Teacher's followers. An astute observer of body language, Malchus focuses in on one man, Judas. Ambivalence is written all over him. So Malchus befriends him and arranges for a discreet meeting with Caiaphas.

Now it is night, Passover night, and Malchus goes on a hush-hush mission with temple soldiers -- and Judas. They move into the Garden of Gethsemane. Suddenly, they encounter someone and soldiers converge, their torches casting eerie dancing shadows among the gnarled olive trees. Malchus, breathing hard, catches up.

Jesus is standing, somehow calm amidst the confusion. "Who are you looking for?" he asks.

"Jesus of Nazareth," is the retort.

"I am he," says Jesus.

Now, with supreme hypocrisy, Judas kisses him to confirm the identification and the soldiers move in. One disciple flashes a sword and begins to brandish it wildly.

Malchus is struck, blood gushing from his head. The blade has sliced his ear clean off. He clutches at his head to stop the bleeding and drops to one knee. Blood is pouring down his neck, drenching his cloak. He begins to wobble, blackness is engulfing him.

Then a sudden warmth. Pain ceases, and the flickering light of the torches reappears. Jesus is kneeling before him, right hand covering his wound. All Malchus can see is the man's eyes filled with a gentleness and love that melt all enmity.

"You'll be all right, now," Jesus assures him.

A soldier jerks Jesus to his feet and the spell of the moment is broken. Malchus reaches up to feel his head. The ear is there -- all of it. His ear is whole, the bleeding stopped, only his blood-soaked cloak to indicate that there ever was a wound.

But the crowd has moved on now, torchlight diminishing, voices receding. Malchus is alone.

"You are my ear, boy."

Oh, yes! He must run to report what had happened. He must get up and run.

Somehow he cannot. The drive to please his master is gone. He cannot forget those gentle eyes boring into his soul. He cannot forget the hand on his face. He hears Jesus' words again, "You'll be all right now." Words of concern -- for him, an enemy, deeply involved in the plot to silence the Teacher. He is an agent of Jesus' arch enemy, yet Jesus heals him. It doesn't make sense.

Finally, Malchus gets to his feet and returns to the palace. The courtyard is astir with news of Jesus' capture. "The Nazarene is inside being interrogated right now," says one. "The elders have gathered to try him."

Malchus returns to his room and removes his stiffening cloak and tunic. He washes the caked blood from his shoulder, arm, and face, and soaks his hair and beard to dissolve the remaining blood. All the time he stares at his ear in the mirror. It is whole, undamaged, without pain.

What have I done to this kind, gentle man? Malchus asks himself.

The rest of the day is a blur. He follows the multitude to Pilate's quarters, hears the Roman's pathetic attempt at washing his hands of the matter, and goes behind as the crowd surges up the narrow streets to Golgotha, just outside the city. By the time Malchus arrives on the hilltop, Jesus is hanging from a cross, his body and face mutilated almost beyond recognition.

Malchus is aghast at what he has done, at his part in this ugly business. Jesus' words flood back, "… To seek and save the lost." Surely, I am lost, says Malchus. I have shed innocent blood.

Now Caiaphas arrives, puffing, strutting, taunting. So vengeful, so petty, so filled with hatred.

Malchus burns with shame. He kneels, but no one is watching as he pours out his agony and begs forgiveness. Thunder cracks. Wind blows. As Malchus strains his ear -- his whole ear -- he can hear Jesus' unbelievably gracious answer to his cry: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Malchus rises. The man they call "the ear of Caiaphas" is different, for this slave's ear now listens for a new Master.
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A Broken Chrysalis Mar 23, 2008 11:52 am
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by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

It's truly amazing what a girl will do for love.

My wife, Jean, and I lived next door to each other for ten years before we were married. My sophomore interest in high school biology had sparked a live caterpillar collection. Their home was a shoe box, covered with screen wire. When I went on vacation, Jean fed them faithfully with leaves from her willow tree. She hated it.

Finally the caterpillars stopped their incessant crawling and chewing, attached their tails firmly to a stick and lay still, sheathed with a shiny leather-like case. For weeks they seemed to be dead, unmoving in their tiny gray wrappings. I removed the screen and waited.

One by one, the gray cases began to twist and turn violently, and suddenly split open. A beautiful butterfly emerged. It stood for hours gently moving its wings, pumping fluids into them to extend them fully. Then the butterfly soared gracefully away on the breezes of summer, leaving nothing behind but a broken chrysalis to indicate its former bondage.

The chrysalis and butterfly suggest the empty graveclothes of our risen Lord. When Peter and John heard the news that the Lord's body was gone from the garden tomb, they ran all the way from their lodging. Peter entered the tomb and "he saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen" (John 20:6-7, NIV). The graveclothes once wrapped continuously around the body now lay collapsed, mute testimony that the corpse they had once shrouded had now emerged in life.

The bondage of death is broken. Christ is risen! We can face tomorrow with the assurance that Jesus is in fact alive to help us, to guide us, to give us hope for the future. And since He is living, our problems are not insolvable. The broken chrysalis of His graveclothes proclaims that Christ is Victor even over death. Because He lives, nothing is impossible.
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Easter memories. Mar 23, 2008 11:46 am
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I do not really have a lot of them. When I was young I used to go to the Lutheran Memorial Camp just to be a part of the sunrise service. That was in the 70's.

After that it was just going to Church as normal. I just never really liked the holliday services. They were just too out of the norm.

I think it is good that People enjoy it. I just do not see any real purpose to it.
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Easter Eggs Mar 23, 2008 11:37 am
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I wonder how many Children had an easter egg hunt today. I bet there was alot. Good for them.

The bunny is on the trail..............

Hollidays are really just traditions anyway.
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The Impact Of Obama’s Policies On Business Mar 23, 2008 5:58 am
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The Impact Of Obama’s Policies On Business
By Rob on February 26, 2008

This article is talking about how Barack Obama’s proposed policies will impact those who run law firms, but the impact of those policies will effect business owners as well.

You don’t have to be a lawyer, or run a law firm, to feel the crunch from hiked taxes and expanded government spending.

We all know that Obama wants to end the Bush tax cuts. That is a 3% bump across the board to the bad old days when associates faced a marginal federal tax rate of 36%.

But the real hidden tax is that Obama plans to end the social-security tax cap. Right now, you may notice, sometime during the summer or early fall, your take-home pay suddenly goes up because they stop deducting FICA. Current law caps social security taxes: in 2008, the cap is at $102,000. Obama proposes to abolish this. That mid-summer bump will be no more: add about several thousand dollars to your annual tax bill.

But social-security taxes are not only on employees. The government also charges 6.2% to employers that you never see on your W-2s. But rest assured the partners see this, and will notice that the expense of keeping an associate has risen several thousand dollars a year when FICA taxes double and triple. Will they swallow that additional expense, or take it out of your bonus?

Read the whole thing.

I think a lot of people who want to see government increase spending and take on new projects forget that someone has to pay for it, and the people who do pay for it are usually the ones who sign our paychecks. When government begins burdening businesses and, yes, “the rich” with excessive taxation that money still comes out of our bottom line. It means less money available to hire new employees or give new raises/benefits to existing employees.

The liberal solution to that problem is to mandate higher wages and benefits (minimum wage laws, etc.), but ultimately that just makes things worse.

The real solution is to downsize government to only its most basic and necessary functions so that businesses are free to grow. Which, in turn, means more jobs and more pay for the rest of us.

The effect is enormous. Betsy’s marginal tax rate goes up from an already ridiculous 42.5% to 51.4%—not including the new 6.2% marginal tax on your employer. Subject to how she structures her withholding, Betsy’s take home pay drops an average of $515 a paycheck—less in the early months of the year, but much more in the later months of the year. Add in the effects on her bonus, and Betsy loses nearly $20,000/year in take-home pay.

I added a third column: how big a pay cut would you have to take to receive the same take-home income? The answer is that Obama’s tax increases have a bigger effect on your income than a law firm cutting New York salaries by $34,000.

Now, money isn’t everything. A BigLaw associate, who is already handsomely paid, might find it worthwhile to take the equivalent of a $34,000/year paycut to have Barack Obama as president instead of John McCain; how else will we guarantee more Obamagirl videos? But given the hue and cry seen on Above the Law and XOXOHTH over salary fluctuations that are a fraction of that size, BigLaw associates may want to fully consider the effect of the candidates’ tax plans on their economic well-being. If you’re willing to reject a law firm over a few thousand dollars, how much money would sway your presidential vote and campaign contributions?

Update: If you read the original version of this post, please note that we've updated it by making the spreadsheet available. To access the spreadsheet, which you can then tinker with to reflect your own financial state, click here (or right-click to save it directly to your computer).

Further Update: Per Ted Frank: "The spreadsheet is only meaningful for taxable income above $164,550. Below that figure, it will produce garbage."
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Wright taught hatred toward whites is not Christian. Mar 23, 2008 3:50 am
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Obama in his speech twisted words for his own advantage to making the same old “blame whitey” claims for his perceived race problems in the U.S.

As if whitey forced many blacks to become amoral and destructive? Could it be that the real motivators for black amorality and hatred is the type of churches leaders that many choose to go listen to and be brainwashed? Churches led by evil people like Mr.Wright (no Rev. deserved). Churches that teach hate, Marxism and that take anti American and anti biblical viewpoints on every issue. Churches that are really racists Marxist cults and do not preach a biblical Jesus Christ at all. Is it any wonder why Jesus is not the answer for too many in black America. Many never knew Him.

brief for Whitey

Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America? Is it really white America’s fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?

As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence.

Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?

Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?

World and Church News

Don Koeing
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I wonder what Jesus would say Mar 23, 2008 3:40 am
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about a Church that speaks hatred towards its heros

about a Church that hates people because of people's skin color

about any man that condones it and writes in books his agreement

but then I wonder what Jesus thinks about his own people that blindly accepts lies when we are continually warned tho judge a righteous judgement about things

and later by Paul are warned time and time again

I wonder why he told us in parables about the talents, about how it was considered evil to not use the talent to expand with it.

so we dont use our minds and we listen to false prophets

its as old as moses as they chose Idols when Moses was gone to get the ten commandments

now here it is Easter Snday and we are doing the same thing again

we continue to listen to televangelsists that have their million dollar homes that take money from people who have next to nothing, while promising the world everything if they just do what they are being told

same as that politician

they both want you to think they are wiser and more annointed, and that they know what is best for you

So are you stupid? Or do you realize how bad all of this is?
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Obama's Manure Lined Speech Mar 22, 2008 2:14 pm
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What a disaster of a man. What a liar. A week ago he publicly denies ever being present when his Pastor made inflamatory speeches. Kinda strange since he talks about and embraces that stuff in his books isnt it? It is in his books.

Well this week he says he was indeed present and that he disagreed with the speeches. hasnt he read his own books? Doesnt he remember what he wrote in his books? Sure he does. He will get smeared over this.

He is the most liberal voting senator of 2007 which is a very bad thing. I have left a few Churches in my day and it was over what was coming out of the pulpit. Why? Because it mattered to me what my family sat under.

This man has sat under 20 years of the black bastard religion that is all about racist hatred of the country and white people and you want to tell me that he doesnt agree with it? If he doesnt agree with it, why would he want his family listening to it? 20 years he has listened. He tried to hide it when he told his Pastor not to come to his celebration.

Listen to his wife. She hasnt been proud of America until now when her husband, the least qualified candidate in US History is leading in the Democratic Party. No, that was not out of context. That is how she feels. Why is it her salary doubled when he became Senator? That is presently under investigation.

The next big aspect is this. What has he accomplished? What has he done as a Senator? Not suprisingly, nothing.

He threw his Pastor under the bus. But yet he associates with him and quotes him in books.

He has the neew black panthers on his website. That was noticed and I do not know if it was up there any longer.

Communist groups all over the world endorse him. That should scare you.

He speaks UNity? And he is so divisive himself. How can a rasist that associates himself with other racists, write about racism and hate whites bring unity? Tell me. Yeah.... its not possible.
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