Have you ever noticed how radio stations lump traffic and weather forecasts together on their broadcasts?
"Traffic and weather together on the 5's."
Wonder why this is? I think I've figured it out.
The weatherman and the traffic reporter are in competition to see who can pull off the biggest hoax on the radio.
If a weatherman says, "dusting of snow", be prepared for at least 3 inches.
If a weatherman says, "sunny day", take your umbrella.
If he talks about the latest super-duper technology that they just purchased, it means the 2010 quarters have finally arrived.
The traffic reporter is no better.
I have sat in a 3 mile back-up listening to the traffic reporter describing a light traffic morning with no delays.
I've heard that there are major delays due to an accident at Exit X only to find no accident and no back-ups in my commute.
What about their traffic cams? I'm convinced they arbitrarily pull up archival material and use that as the basis for their traffic reports.
On I-95, the overhead signs now give you an estimate of how much time it will take to get to the Capitol Beltway. I guess this is supposed to give us the feeling that we are in line for a ride at DisneyWorld. It doesn't. It's also wrong most of the time.
Some days the weatherman wins the contest and some days the traffic reporter wins. But, most days, I'm the loser.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Second Temptation
People rush to see a movie that outlines major catastrophes that they believe are foretold by the Mayan calendar. They aspire to interpret quatrains written hundreds of years ago by the French seer Nostradamus. They look to the heavens for deliverance by aliens in UFOs.
Yet, these same people scoff at the prophecies given to us in the Holy Bible...even though they can see the fruit of these predictions on an almost daily basis.
What exactly did Jesus tell us to look for? Earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful sights and great signs in the heavens, the seas and the waves roaring. I sit here typing and listening to the reports of Hawaii preparing for the tsunami generated by the 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile early this morning. The signs are on your television news and the front page of your newspaper.
In Mark 8:18, Jesus asks his own apostles, "Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?" He could just as easily have been addressing the current population. I often wonder how people can embrace the false prophets and reject the word of God that spells out SO CLEARLY what is going to befall our world. Then I remember there is another player in this drama.
Satan.
In 1 Peter 5:8 Satan is described as "a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." The sad thing is that his victims are willing victims. They would much rather embrace a lie that casts them as all-powerful than surrender themselves to the true Prince of this world. Not only do they accept the lies of Satan as truth, they seek to recruit others to the cause.
Isaiah 59:14 says, "For truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter in."
Let's consider global warning. In the face of growing scientific evidence that reduces the global warming "evidence" to the level of a hoax people still hold fast to the claims of Al Gore and his ilk that we are responsible for global warming which in turn is responsible for all of the ills of mankind. Pretty handy when you think about it. This is Satan's lie to explain all the natural catastrophes that Jesus told us were coming our way. Like one size fits all, one lie fits all.
Earthquakes? Global warming.
Famines? Global warming
Pestilences? Global warming.
Insomnia? Global warming.
Stupidity? Global warming.
I can imagine what Satan plants in the minds of people:
"It's not God's hand, it's man's hand. After all, didn't I tell you that if you ate of the fruit in the garden, you would be like God? Well, the proof is in the pudding....man is causing all these problems because man has become like God with control over the very elements of nature."
He slithers into our lives to tempt us yet again with the illusion that we can become God-like under his rule. All we need to do is disregard God and subscribe to his empty promises.
You have heard the truth. Believe what you will. As for me, I know that my redeemer liveth and I will lift up my head because I know my redemption draws near.
Dee
Yet, these same people scoff at the prophecies given to us in the Holy Bible...even though they can see the fruit of these predictions on an almost daily basis.
What exactly did Jesus tell us to look for? Earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful sights and great signs in the heavens, the seas and the waves roaring. I sit here typing and listening to the reports of Hawaii preparing for the tsunami generated by the 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile early this morning. The signs are on your television news and the front page of your newspaper.
In Mark 8:18, Jesus asks his own apostles, "Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?" He could just as easily have been addressing the current population. I often wonder how people can embrace the false prophets and reject the word of God that spells out SO CLEARLY what is going to befall our world. Then I remember there is another player in this drama.
Satan.
In 1 Peter 5:8 Satan is described as "a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." The sad thing is that his victims are willing victims. They would much rather embrace a lie that casts them as all-powerful than surrender themselves to the true Prince of this world. Not only do they accept the lies of Satan as truth, they seek to recruit others to the cause.
Isaiah 59:14 says, "For truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter in."
Let's consider global warning. In the face of growing scientific evidence that reduces the global warming "evidence" to the level of a hoax people still hold fast to the claims of Al Gore and his ilk that we are responsible for global warming which in turn is responsible for all of the ills of mankind. Pretty handy when you think about it. This is Satan's lie to explain all the natural catastrophes that Jesus told us were coming our way. Like one size fits all, one lie fits all.
Earthquakes? Global warming.
Famines? Global warming
Pestilences? Global warming.
Insomnia? Global warming.
Stupidity? Global warming.
I can imagine what Satan plants in the minds of people:
"It's not God's hand, it's man's hand. After all, didn't I tell you that if you ate of the fruit in the garden, you would be like God? Well, the proof is in the pudding....man is causing all these problems because man has become like God with control over the very elements of nature."
He slithers into our lives to tempt us yet again with the illusion that we can become God-like under his rule. All we need to do is disregard God and subscribe to his empty promises.
You have heard the truth. Believe what you will. As for me, I know that my redeemer liveth and I will lift up my head because I know my redemption draws near.
Dee
Sunday, December 6, 2009
An Advent Meditation 1
Recently on my Facebook Account, I've been posting comments about my favorite Advent hymn, O Come O Come Emmanuel. Since my musings are more expansive then their character allotment , I'm switching to the blog format. In modern times, the pieces has curiously become known as a Christmas carol. Yet this is not a song of celebration, but of intense and exquisite spiritual longing, coupled with a joy anticipated, but unfulfillable before Christ's birth.
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel.
The reference in the first verse written above to "captive Israel" hearkens back to the Babylonian captivity of Israel. The nation born away in chains and dispersed throughout Babylon, which then was subsequently overtaken by Persia, longed for her deliverer, for her Messiah to restore her to her former glory. In a foreshadowing of the redemption that God offers His chosen people, He has a daughter of Israel, Esther, made queen of Persia. When an evil government official, Haman, manipulates the king to arrange the extermination of the entire Jewish race within his kingdom, Mordecai, Esther's uncle and guardian prods her to act on her people's behalf.
Esther requests her uncle to call on their fellow Jews to fast and repent, and then, at peril of her own life, pleads for her people. The King's law is immutable, but a way of mercy is provided. The slaughter is averted. The true evil is purged. The Jews are delivered and later under Cyrus their exile is ended and they begin their return to Israel.
But Israel remained captive to its own sin. Time and again, she had fallen into apostasy and separation. A remnant of righteous believers, some of them spoken of in the Book of Hebrews, remained true, stirring up the faith, igniting the flame and fanning the hope in the promised by the Ancient of Days: O Come.. O Come Emmanuel.
Several years ago, I attended a church where an interpretative dance was performed to this hymn. The dancer began the number swathed in sheer black veils, hands in chains. The visual impact was stunning- Israel, captive without the freedom to move physically, or spiritually clothed in garments of mourning.
Sometime, as Christians, despite having received the Promise, we still fail to walk in own deliverance. Instead of embracing our freedom in Christ, we allow ourselves to be taken captive by sin. Though we have Emmanuel, God with us, and by the Holy Spirit, we have the power to do as Paul admonishes us in 2CO 10:5 and take even "every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."
Traditionally, Advent has always been a time for inward reflection. Once the province of the liturgical churches, the keeping of Advent is now found in a broad spectrum of Christian denominations, non-denominations, and fellowships. As we make preparations to celebrate Christmas, take time to consider the state of your walk. Are you captive to the world, or are you experiencing freedom in Christ?
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel.
The reference in the first verse written above to "captive Israel" hearkens back to the Babylonian captivity of Israel. The nation born away in chains and dispersed throughout Babylon, which then was subsequently overtaken by Persia, longed for her deliverer, for her Messiah to restore her to her former glory. In a foreshadowing of the redemption that God offers His chosen people, He has a daughter of Israel, Esther, made queen of Persia. When an evil government official, Haman, manipulates the king to arrange the extermination of the entire Jewish race within his kingdom, Mordecai, Esther's uncle and guardian prods her to act on her people's behalf.
Esther requests her uncle to call on their fellow Jews to fast and repent, and then, at peril of her own life, pleads for her people. The King's law is immutable, but a way of mercy is provided. The slaughter is averted. The true evil is purged. The Jews are delivered and later under Cyrus their exile is ended and they begin their return to Israel.
But Israel remained captive to its own sin. Time and again, she had fallen into apostasy and separation. A remnant of righteous believers, some of them spoken of in the Book of Hebrews, remained true, stirring up the faith, igniting the flame and fanning the hope in the promised by the Ancient of Days: O Come.. O Come Emmanuel.
Several years ago, I attended a church where an interpretative dance was performed to this hymn. The dancer began the number swathed in sheer black veils, hands in chains. The visual impact was stunning- Israel, captive without the freedom to move physically, or spiritually clothed in garments of mourning.
Sometime, as Christians, despite having received the Promise, we still fail to walk in own deliverance. Instead of embracing our freedom in Christ, we allow ourselves to be taken captive by sin. Though we have Emmanuel, God with us, and by the Holy Spirit, we have the power to do as Paul admonishes us in 2CO 10:5 and take even "every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."
Traditionally, Advent has always been a time for inward reflection. Once the province of the liturgical churches, the keeping of Advent is now found in a broad spectrum of Christian denominations, non-denominations, and fellowships. As we make preparations to celebrate Christmas, take time to consider the state of your walk. Are you captive to the world, or are you experiencing freedom in Christ?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Happy Anniversary
Today, dear friends and gentle-people, marks the 39th anniversary of the infamous invasion of the eastern half of partitioned Poland by the Soviet Union. And to mark our solidarity with the Polish people; to take a stand against tyranny; to remind the world of the criminality of the Lenin-Marxist government that was imposed on the Polish people against their will; to recall once again the blood spilled by Stalin; what is it that President Obama does?
Today, this Chicago politician, whose claim to fame is an ivy league education and the work experience of a community organizer, merely pretended to be an American president. He acted like a Frenchmen, or at best, like someone channeling Neville Chamberlain. Gambling away the freedom of Poland and other Eastern European countries, Obama reneged on commitments made by President George W. Bush to provide a missile shield for these countries, offering them protection from Russia's reawakening expansionist appetites and Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Instead, President Obama licked the boots of Russia's Vladmir Putin. Hoping to, maybe, if possible, if everything works out, this is what I'd like in return: Putin to agree with the US about sanctions against Iran at the UN, and have the Russian leader st Betrayal. I do not believe that intelligence has changed all that much in a year-only the man in charge.
"D"
Today, this Chicago politician, whose claim to fame is an ivy league education and the work experience of a community organizer, merely pretended to be an American president. He acted like a Frenchmen, or at best, like someone channeling Neville Chamberlain. Gambling away the freedom of Poland and other Eastern European countries, Obama reneged on commitments made by President George W. Bush to provide a missile shield for these countries, offering them protection from Russia's reawakening expansionist appetites and Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Instead, President Obama licked the boots of Russia's Vladmir Putin. Hoping to, maybe, if possible, if everything works out, this is what I'd like in return: Putin to agree with the US about sanctions against Iran at the UN, and have the Russian leader st Betrayal. I do not believe that intelligence has changed all that much in a year-only the man in charge.
"D"
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Democratic Potty
Long have I thought that certain members of the House and Senate were better suited to serve in a preschool than in an official governing capacity. I come to this conclusion based on 25 years of experience as a preschool teacher. Now it seems these members have found a voice in our President.
Recently at a health care forum Mr. Obama made this stunning declaration:
"There is something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee weed up."
Now, at first, mindful of the fact that he had visited France in June, I thought perhaps he was showing off his linguistic skills. However, it soon became obvious that his choice of words had nothing to do with the French language.
Good Lord, is this the great orator I keep hearing about? If potty words make for a skilled orator then I have a classroom full of them. Better than our President, really, because they have also been heard to say poo-poo.
Since this is the level of communication our president aspires to I have decided to make a list of other effective phrases heard in my preschool classroom. I'm sure these will come in handy, not only when addressing the American people, but in dealing with the leaders of other countries.
1. I'm not your friend anymore.
This is a proclamation sure to cause great concern to those sycophants who need you to be the sun to their solar system, the Jack to their Jill, the green eggs to their ham. They cannot envision functioning without you by their side and subsequently will do anything to regain your favor. Crying and pouting is the typical reaction among my 3 year olds so have a box of tissues at the ready.
2. You can't come to my birthday party.
This is guaranteed to stop anyone in their tracks. It doesn't matter if you just celebrated your birthday and cannot follow through on this threat for 364 days. The mere suggestion of being out of the loop is a powerful persuasion to tow the line and remember who is the leader and who is the follower.
3. I'm going to tell the teacher.
This is a little harder because technically there is no one in a higher position than you. I'm pretty sure threatening to tell the vice-president would be met by anything from smiles to outright belly laughs. Perhaps you could use Rahm's name. After all, who wants to find a dead fish in their mailbox? I had a boy in my class who drew pictures of dead spiders to terrorize the girls. Same idea.
4. You're a poopeyhead.
Any insult that contains a reference to a bodily function is a sure fire crowd pleaser. You will hear yourself quoted for the rest of the day until a grown-up gets tired of hearing it and predicts dire consequences for the next person who utters that phrase. I mean it.
I hope these suggestions prove to be helpful in future speeches, Mr. President. If I hear one of them I will consider it a shout out to me. One caveat, though, they don't work on grown ups. But considering the level of people you have chosen to surround yourself with I think you'll find these childish attempts at intimidation to be very well received.
Dee "The Disruptor"
Recently at a health care forum Mr. Obama made this stunning declaration:
"There is something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee weed up."
Now, at first, mindful of the fact that he had visited France in June, I thought perhaps he was showing off his linguistic skills. However, it soon became obvious that his choice of words had nothing to do with the French language.
Good Lord, is this the great orator I keep hearing about? If potty words make for a skilled orator then I have a classroom full of them. Better than our President, really, because they have also been heard to say poo-poo.
Since this is the level of communication our president aspires to I have decided to make a list of other effective phrases heard in my preschool classroom. I'm sure these will come in handy, not only when addressing the American people, but in dealing with the leaders of other countries.
1. I'm not your friend anymore.
This is a proclamation sure to cause great concern to those sycophants who need you to be the sun to their solar system, the Jack to their Jill, the green eggs to their ham. They cannot envision functioning without you by their side and subsequently will do anything to regain your favor. Crying and pouting is the typical reaction among my 3 year olds so have a box of tissues at the ready.
2. You can't come to my birthday party.
This is guaranteed to stop anyone in their tracks. It doesn't matter if you just celebrated your birthday and cannot follow through on this threat for 364 days. The mere suggestion of being out of the loop is a powerful persuasion to tow the line and remember who is the leader and who is the follower.
3. I'm going to tell the teacher.
This is a little harder because technically there is no one in a higher position than you. I'm pretty sure threatening to tell the vice-president would be met by anything from smiles to outright belly laughs. Perhaps you could use Rahm's name. After all, who wants to find a dead fish in their mailbox? I had a boy in my class who drew pictures of dead spiders to terrorize the girls. Same idea.
4. You're a poopeyhead.
Any insult that contains a reference to a bodily function is a sure fire crowd pleaser. You will hear yourself quoted for the rest of the day until a grown-up gets tired of hearing it and predicts dire consequences for the next person who utters that phrase. I mean it.
I hope these suggestions prove to be helpful in future speeches, Mr. President. If I hear one of them I will consider it a shout out to me. One caveat, though, they don't work on grown ups. But considering the level of people you have chosen to surround yourself with I think you'll find these childish attempts at intimidation to be very well received.
Dee "The Disruptor"
Thursday, August 20, 2009
God Has Children Not Partners
I started my morning believing that I would be attacking the meaty topic of David Axelrod, another one of President Obama's staff's that has made my scoundrels list. However, Mr. Obama stopped me in my tracks.
I still remember the campaigner Obama's flip remark dismissing a certain area of voters as being only concerned with God's and guns. His disdain did not win him votes among that constituency. (Though, he managed some sort of apology.) Now he evokes the assistance of faith to get his political job done. He held a teleconference with 30 faith based groups and 140,000 people. Hmmm. I can just imagine, President George W. Bush having called faith based teleconference, whose agenda was to get a bill pushed through Congress. The cries of separation of church and state from the Dems and the rush of ACLU lawyers to file lawsuits would have been akin to tornado ripping straight up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Now could it be something as crass as which faith leaders, Mr. Obama leaders were called that makes the difference? Here's the list: National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; Progressive National Baptist Convention; Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby; United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society; The Episcopal Church; Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Gamaliel Foundation; Faithful Reform in Health Care; Unitarian Universalist Association; African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME); The New Evangelicals; National Council of Churches in Christ; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; United Church of Christ; The Latino Leadership Circle; Christian Community Development Association; Islamic Society of North America; Washington Office of Women’s Divisions, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church; Jewish Women International; Islamic Medical Association of North America; Presbyterian Church (USA), Washington Office; Disciples Center for Public Witness; Disciples Justice Action Network; Catholics United; Faith in Public Life; Faithful America; PICO National Network; Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; Sojourners.
I recognize many of these names as representing the liberal side of American Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaisim. I went to the website of two of the lest identifiable names, the Gamaliel Foundation and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Foundation. My personal opinion is that former has very little faith represented on its website other that a belief that their political objective are ordained by God and they organized based on studying the epistles of Paul for his skills as a leader. (They are named for the Rabbi Gamaliel due to the reference in Acts where he speaks on how to handle the Sanhedrin's "Christian" problem.) The SDWP Foundation showcased a message of support for the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright from one of the elders speaking for the "Village". They, too, are highly involved in litigation and activism. Others, such as the Latino Leadership Group, are part of the emergent church movement, which is a highly controversial redefining of Christian though with emphasis on social justice.
What's scary is what this group of thirty has united to do. They have founded the website www.faithforhealth.org specifically to promote the passage of Obama's health care reform, using the resources of organizations, access to membership, advertisement, etc. concentrated into a 40 day blitz. They hoped to give Obama's plan the sanction of legitimacy and divinity redubbing it "health reform".
Do I go to far by claiming divinity? I think not. Ben Smith's Blog reported that Rabbi Jack Moline, an attendee at the conference twittered that Pres. Obama said, "We are God's partners in matters of life and death."*
Note to President Obama: GOD HAS NO PARTNERS! He has sons; He has daughters. I don't know of even any junior partners being let into the firm. We can be children by adoption, according to the Bible, but I don't see any right to run the Universe. In the end, we get to work and rule, but strictly under Him.
The way I see it, the responsibility for the poor, the elderly, and the uninsured rest with their families and the church. If the government, federal and local stopped taxing us to death, we would have the funds to live up to our responsibilities and live free from fear and government entanglement. Hey! Isn't that a novel idea.
We do have responsbility in matters of life in death. We must uphold the unborn's right to live. God knows the unborn in the womb; He fashions them there; He knows their lenghth of days before they are even yet born. We can give our Creator, obedience in preserving life. Stop abortion now. If we can't overturn Roe v. Wade, let us surely do everything we can to impede it! The right to abortion should not be the right to goverment funded abortion. Partial-birth abortion must be banned forever. Most of all stop abortion by changing as many hearts as we can. We can value the life of our elderly. Give them the proper care they deserve. Stop relying on the goverment to provide everything for your parents. Maybe the money for that drug they need needs to come from their kids and not Uncle Sam. Exo 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. Let dying die good deaths when they choose-and I'm not talking slowly dehydrated to death. Withdrawal of liquids is a horrendous way to die. I have seen it. Stop worrying that the terminally ill are going to be addicts and let them have the pain medicine. On the other hand those who are up for the fight and battle for life have the right, because in the end only God knows the number of their day.
So, Mr. President, I really don't trust you and your faith squad to have the best interests, or God's interests at heart. You guys have a tendency to make Him over into your image when ever the spirit-whatever spirit it is -moves you. This country doesn't need your kind of faith based health reform!
Moline - Has removed his tweets regarding the conference. Jml548 My lack of tech literacy results in a huge mistake -- apologies to all for my tweets this afternoon. They have been deleted.
I still remember the campaigner Obama's flip remark dismissing a certain area of voters as being only concerned with God's and guns. His disdain did not win him votes among that constituency. (Though, he managed some sort of apology.) Now he evokes the assistance of faith to get his political job done. He held a teleconference with 30 faith based groups and 140,000 people. Hmmm. I can just imagine, President George W. Bush having called faith based teleconference, whose agenda was to get a bill pushed through Congress. The cries of separation of church and state from the Dems and the rush of ACLU lawyers to file lawsuits would have been akin to tornado ripping straight up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Now could it be something as crass as which faith leaders, Mr. Obama leaders were called that makes the difference? Here's the list: National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; Progressive National Baptist Convention; Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby; United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society; The Episcopal Church; Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Gamaliel Foundation; Faithful Reform in Health Care; Unitarian Universalist Association; African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME); The New Evangelicals; National Council of Churches in Christ; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; United Church of Christ; The Latino Leadership Circle; Christian Community Development Association; Islamic Society of North America; Washington Office of Women’s Divisions, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church; Jewish Women International; Islamic Medical Association of North America; Presbyterian Church (USA), Washington Office; Disciples Center for Public Witness; Disciples Justice Action Network; Catholics United; Faith in Public Life; Faithful America; PICO National Network; Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; Sojourners.
I recognize many of these names as representing the liberal side of American Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaisim. I went to the website of two of the lest identifiable names, the Gamaliel Foundation and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Foundation. My personal opinion is that former has very little faith represented on its website other that a belief that their political objective are ordained by God and they organized based on studying the epistles of Paul for his skills as a leader. (They are named for the Rabbi Gamaliel due to the reference in Acts where he speaks on how to handle the Sanhedrin's "Christian" problem.) The SDWP Foundation showcased a message of support for the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright from one of the elders speaking for the "Village". They, too, are highly involved in litigation and activism. Others, such as the Latino Leadership Group, are part of the emergent church movement, which is a highly controversial redefining of Christian though with emphasis on social justice.
What's scary is what this group of thirty has united to do. They have founded the website www.faithforhealth.org specifically to promote the passage of Obama's health care reform, using the resources of organizations, access to membership, advertisement, etc. concentrated into a 40 day blitz. They hoped to give Obama's plan the sanction of legitimacy and divinity redubbing it "health reform".
Do I go to far by claiming divinity? I think not. Ben Smith's Blog reported that Rabbi Jack Moline, an attendee at the conference twittered that Pres. Obama said, "We are God's partners in matters of life and death."*
Note to President Obama: GOD HAS NO PARTNERS! He has sons; He has daughters. I don't know of even any junior partners being let into the firm. We can be children by adoption, according to the Bible, but I don't see any right to run the Universe. In the end, we get to work and rule, but strictly under Him.
The way I see it, the responsibility for the poor, the elderly, and the uninsured rest with their families and the church. If the government, federal and local stopped taxing us to death, we would have the funds to live up to our responsibilities and live free from fear and government entanglement. Hey! Isn't that a novel idea.
We do have responsbility in matters of life in death. We must uphold the unborn's right to live. God knows the unborn in the womb; He fashions them there; He knows their lenghth of days before they are even yet born. We can give our Creator, obedience in preserving life. Stop abortion now. If we can't overturn Roe v. Wade, let us surely do everything we can to impede it! The right to abortion should not be the right to goverment funded abortion. Partial-birth abortion must be banned forever. Most of all stop abortion by changing as many hearts as we can. We can value the life of our elderly. Give them the proper care they deserve. Stop relying on the goverment to provide everything for your parents. Maybe the money for that drug they need needs to come from their kids and not Uncle Sam. Exo 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. Let dying die good deaths when they choose-and I'm not talking slowly dehydrated to death. Withdrawal of liquids is a horrendous way to die. I have seen it. Stop worrying that the terminally ill are going to be addicts and let them have the pain medicine. On the other hand those who are up for the fight and battle for life have the right, because in the end only God knows the number of their day.
So, Mr. President, I really don't trust you and your faith squad to have the best interests, or God's interests at heart. You guys have a tendency to make Him over into your image when ever the spirit-whatever spirit it is -moves you. This country doesn't need your kind of faith based health reform!
Moline - Has removed his tweets regarding the conference. Jml548 My lack of tech literacy results in a huge mistake -- apologies to all for my tweets this afternoon. They have been deleted.
Friday, August 14, 2009
"Dirty Dancing"
Rahm Emmanuel serves as President Obama’s chief-of-staff and as part of the Clinton administration acquired a tough, no-holds, enforcer reputation. Little attention is paid to the period of time he resigned as Clinton’s aid in 1998 until 2001. Then, he successfully made a bid for the House Seat in the Illinois 5th District in 2002 elections.
It appears Mr. Emmanuel took the plunge into investment banking. I find this very interesting. After hearing this information, on Glen Beck’s program on Fox News (Aug. 13, 2009), I checked out some basic facts.
· Rahm Emmanuel graduated from Evanston School of Ballet, turned down a scholarship to the Joffrery Ballet to attend Sarah Lawrence College, a school with a strong dance program. There he received a B.A. in the Liberal Arts, followed by a M.A. in Speech and Communication. (Northwestern, University, 1985).
· With no background in business, or banking, he lands a plum job at Wasserstein Perella from 1998 –mid 2002. In 1998, he becomes director of the Chicago office.
· During this stint, he was involved in 8 deals and reaped a 16½ million dollar profit.
· One of those deals generated almost all of the profits. The sale of Southwestern Bell Company’s Security Link unit to GTCR Golder Rauner in order to facilitate SBC’s purchase of Ameritec. (Today through further morphs and mergers SBC has become AT&T.)
· In 2000, Pres. Clinton appointed, Emmanuel to the board of Freddie Mac for a salary and later stock sales of almost $320,000. He is not known to have attended board meetings, or to have been assigned to any working committees.
· Rahm Emmanuel headed the GTCR Golder Rauner investment group that picked up the bargain priced Security Link. *
· Who head SBC at the time of the Security Link Sale? Edward Whiteacre
· To what was Mr. Whiteacre recently appointed? The Treasury Department selected him to become the new chairman of GM.
· Emmanuel’s group sells it for over $1 billion*
*These items were the only one’s that I have not been able to cross check as of today:
1. That Security link was purchased by GTCR for a bargain price. 2. That GTCR group sold Security Link for between 1 and 1.5 billion dollars.
Remember these things:
· Rahm Emmanuel made almost all of that 16 ½ million from a deal that involved Mr. Whiteacre
· Mr. Emmanuel served during the time Freddie Mae was cooking the books and creating some of the most horrendous indiscretions in accounting and lending ever seen in the mortgage industry.
· In the House. Rep. Emmanuel sat on the Financial Service’s Committee, but recused himself from the subcommittee investigating Freddie Mac to supposedly avoid the appearance of impropriety, or conflict of interests
· The Obama administration, rejected a request by The Chicago Tribune under the Freedom Information Act to go over the board meeting minutes and correspondence of Freddie Mac during the time Emmanuel served there. The request was denied.
Well, it looks like while Rahm Emmanuel was studying ballet, he, also learned to the fine art of the political two-step in the heart of Chicago.
Mr. Emmanuel to you, I say that for someone so concerned about the appearance of impropriety you seem to like shutting the barn after the cow has escaped. For the administration to appoint Mr. Whiteacre as GM’s Chairman when you have had financial dealings that benefited you personally with him appears improper to others and me. There are other great businessmen that don’t have financial ties to you, or others, in the administration. (Not to mention this man has no automotive industry experience.)
You are a dirty dancer, Mr. Emmanuel, in an administration of dirty dancers. As for transparency, you and your crew would like to be wearing lead suits, the kind that Superman can’t see through. You have no intention of being transparent; but your deeds still find you out…the trail of slime is always left behind when you dance in the muck and mire.
“D”
It appears Mr. Emmanuel took the plunge into investment banking. I find this very interesting. After hearing this information, on Glen Beck’s program on Fox News (Aug. 13, 2009), I checked out some basic facts.
· Rahm Emmanuel graduated from Evanston School of Ballet, turned down a scholarship to the Joffrery Ballet to attend Sarah Lawrence College, a school with a strong dance program. There he received a B.A. in the Liberal Arts, followed by a M.A. in Speech and Communication. (Northwestern, University, 1985).
· With no background in business, or banking, he lands a plum job at Wasserstein Perella from 1998 –mid 2002. In 1998, he becomes director of the Chicago office.
· During this stint, he was involved in 8 deals and reaped a 16½ million dollar profit.
· One of those deals generated almost all of the profits. The sale of Southwestern Bell Company’s Security Link unit to GTCR Golder Rauner in order to facilitate SBC’s purchase of Ameritec. (Today through further morphs and mergers SBC has become AT&T.)
· In 2000, Pres. Clinton appointed, Emmanuel to the board of Freddie Mac for a salary and later stock sales of almost $320,000. He is not known to have attended board meetings, or to have been assigned to any working committees.
· Rahm Emmanuel headed the GTCR Golder Rauner investment group that picked up the bargain priced Security Link. *
· Who head SBC at the time of the Security Link Sale? Edward Whiteacre
· To what was Mr. Whiteacre recently appointed? The Treasury Department selected him to become the new chairman of GM.
· Emmanuel’s group sells it for over $1 billion*
*These items were the only one’s that I have not been able to cross check as of today:
1. That Security link was purchased by GTCR for a bargain price. 2. That GTCR group sold Security Link for between 1 and 1.5 billion dollars.
Remember these things:
· Rahm Emmanuel made almost all of that 16 ½ million from a deal that involved Mr. Whiteacre
· Mr. Emmanuel served during the time Freddie Mae was cooking the books and creating some of the most horrendous indiscretions in accounting and lending ever seen in the mortgage industry.
· In the House. Rep. Emmanuel sat on the Financial Service’s Committee, but recused himself from the subcommittee investigating Freddie Mac to supposedly avoid the appearance of impropriety, or conflict of interests
· The Obama administration, rejected a request by The Chicago Tribune under the Freedom Information Act to go over the board meeting minutes and correspondence of Freddie Mac during the time Emmanuel served there. The request was denied.
Well, it looks like while Rahm Emmanuel was studying ballet, he, also learned to the fine art of the political two-step in the heart of Chicago.
Mr. Emmanuel to you, I say that for someone so concerned about the appearance of impropriety you seem to like shutting the barn after the cow has escaped. For the administration to appoint Mr. Whiteacre as GM’s Chairman when you have had financial dealings that benefited you personally with him appears improper to others and me. There are other great businessmen that don’t have financial ties to you, or others, in the administration. (Not to mention this man has no automotive industry experience.)
You are a dirty dancer, Mr. Emmanuel, in an administration of dirty dancers. As for transparency, you and your crew would like to be wearing lead suits, the kind that Superman can’t see through. You have no intention of being transparent; but your deeds still find you out…the trail of slime is always left behind when you dance in the muck and mire.
“D”
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