Do the Clintons support Barack Obama?

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do not plan to get to them until after the general election in November.

I do plan to discuss Iraq before the election. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

I received two more comments in relation to the series “selling beer and wine in Morton.” I was going to finish that series with tonight’s post and take the rest of the weekend off because of the holiday. However, my first post of the election series will be tonight because of a column that was in the paper Friday. It fit in perfectly with my first post so, I think, it is best to do it now. (I think I am finished with the beer and wine series until next year when the Village election is to occur. Sorry. However, I enjoyed doing the series.)

The follow is a newspaper column by Kathleen Parker printed in the Peoria Journal Star on 8/29/08, page A4. I am quoting it in its entirety.

“Don’t count out the Clintons

The night was praised as a merging of the seas, as Bill and Hillary Clinton led their party in a healing ritual of unity by anointing The One. And the Democrats did heal themselves.

And Bill Clinton did pass the baton to Barack Obama. And Hillary Rodham and her staff did comfort the disappointed. And the people hugged. And the people wept. And then both men texted their wives with the same message: ‘Smile, mama, it’s almost over.’ And Michelle and Hillary did smile.

But is it over? Is the pope pro-choice?

Whatever the Clintons say or do, it is never—ever—for the benefit only of someone else. And it is never over. When it comes to politics, the Clintons are twinnier than the Twin Cities where Republicans will gather next week. For their entire marriage, the two have acted as one organism, both aimed at a common goal: Survival of the Clintons.

Their performances at the Democratic convention, no matter how polished, can’t suddenly be viewed outside the prism of that knowledge and our nation’s experience. They are nothing if not professional pols, and both surpassed themselves.

But beneath that sea of tranquility and brotherly love being projected from Denver is a roiling mistrust. The Obamas don’t trust the Clintons, and they shouldn’t. The Clintons haven’t really surrendered, and they won’t. History tells us as much.

Watching Michelle Obama as the cameras panned her face during the former president’s speech was to be reminded of that history. It was irresistible to wonder what she was thinking. At times unsmiling and barely clapping, she seemed unable to muster her political face. It must have been supremely difficult for her to sit and watch as the convention hall welcomed Bill Clinton by exploding into prolonged applause.

But it was like old times for the former president, swaddled in adoration, marinating in the musk of his minions. Oh, the rapture, the bask. So much flesh.

For his part, Clinton did what he has spent a lifetime doing: trying to make everyone love him. All the chatter about his statesmanlike qualities in bridging the divide and healing the wounds is the punch talking. What else was he going to do? Minimize Obama’s nomination by comparing him to Jesse Jackson, as he did after the South Carolina primary? No, he’s more clever than that. Instead, he praised Obama’s opponent, John McCain, reminding all those disenfranchised women that they still have a choice.

‘The Republicans in a few days will nominate a good man who has served our country heroically and who suffered terribly in a Vietnamese prison camp,’ Clinton said Wednesday night. ‘He loves his country every bit as much as we do. As a senator, he has shown his independence of right-wing orthodoxy on some very important issues.’

But of course, Clinton supports Obama.

A few days earlier at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, Clinton praised McCain’s energy policy. ‘Obviously, I favor Senator Obama’s energy positions, and Democrats have been by and large the more forward-leaning actors,’ Clinton said. ‘But John McCain has the best record of any Republican running for president on the energy issue and on climate change. I’m very encouraged about where the presidential rhetoric is in this campaign.’

Really?

Hillary, too, played her necessary role as unifier. She gave a great speech. And, yes, she moved to suspend the roll call of states and nominate Obama by acclamation. But what else was she going to do? Remind Democrats that Obama isn’t ready to take that 3 a.m. call?

Patience is a virtue of age, they say, and the Clintons have learned to wait. If they can survive adultery, public humiliation and impeachment while in the White House, they can muddle through a little setback like Obama’s nomination.

Obama is special, to be sure. He is unique. He is often inspiring. He also can lose. If he does, Hillary will be ready on Day One. That is, Nov. 5, 2008. By the Clinton calendar, 2012 is just around the corner.”

Now consider this segment from the book The Truth about Hillary by Edward Klein from chapter seven—“The Great Debate”—pages 53-54.”

“When she was sixteen years old, Hillary Rodham composed a bitter letter to her church’s youth minister, the Reverend Don Jones.

She had just been defeated for president of the senior class at Maine South High School. As she described it in the letter, she had lost as a result of ‘dirty campaigning’ by chauvinist opponents who were ‘slinging mud’ at her.

‘We did not retaliate,’ she wrote the Reverend Jones, using the royal ‘we.’ ‘We took the high road and talked about motherhood and apple pie.’

Four decades later, in her memoir Living History, Hillary recalled that moment. Still as bitter as ever, she accused one of her Maine South High School opponents of saying that ‘I was really stupid if I thought a girl could be elected president.’

Timothy Sheldon, the boy who defeated Hillary, and who was now an Illinois circuit court judge, had a far different memory of events.

‘It’s incredible that it still rankles her after all these years,’ he said in an interview for this book. ‘There was nothing to sling mud about, because there were no issues, no debate.

‘The so-called race was just a popularity contest,’ he went on. ‘Normally, boys ran for president and girls for secretary. Rightly or wrongly, that was just the way it was done in those days. I remember it vividly: it was the first time a girl had run for student council president. The reason I won was I was the star running back on the football team. It was as simple as that.’

But it wasn’t that simple for Hillary.

‘The reason Hillary still makes excuses for her loss, suggesting dirty tricks were somehow played, is that she had then—and apparently continues to have—a sense of infallibility,’ said a former member of the Maine South student council. ‘It is not possible that she could have lost even a high school election simply because she was not the most popular candidate. She was bitter and furious at the loss back then, and even in her own mind probably has convinced herself there was chicanery.’”

Hillary Clinton was ahead in the public opinion polls before the primary elections began and was suppose to have had a cakewalk to the Presidential nomination. If the above account is true, how much more is her disdain because of her loss in the most important electoral contest of her life? Might she not try to sabotage Barack Obama’s campaign in key States where a few percentage points might determine whether or not he wins that State?

The Clintons do understand politics. This election was the most likely election for her to win the nomination and win the Presidency. The farther away from her husband’s Presidency, the less likely it is she will be able to win the nomination and the Presidency as new leaders develop and become part of the equation.

Since the first Presidential election after World War II—the 1948 election—no political party has controlled the Presidency for more than 12 years and 12 years was achieved only once. The sequence runs as follows:

1) Democrats—1949-1952
2) Republicans—1953-1960
3) Democrats—1961-1968
4) Republicans—1969-1976
5) Democrats—1977-1980 (This was the Carter Presidency and is the only time that a party was only able to hold on to the Presidency for four years considering that Truman held the Presidency for almost 8 years after the death of FDR—1945-1952.)
6) Republicans—1981-1992 (This is the only twelve year sequence in the recurring cycle—in actuality, taking the second term of the Carter cycle.)
7) Democrats—1993-2000
8) Republicans—2001-2008

If this cycle holds true, the Democrats are destined to win the Presidency. If that happens, unless the Obama Presidency is a total disaster even to Democrats, he would be re-nominated. Hillary Clinton is now 60 years-of-age and would be 68 before her next realistic opportunity to seek the nomination. She would be 68 and 16 years removed from her husband’s Presidency. Also, according to the cycle, it would be likely that even if nominated, she would lose to the Republican candidate.

Rest assured, the Clintons know this. Their best hope was to win the nomination this year. Their second best hope is: Barack Obama loses to John McCain and Hillary receives the nomination in 2012 that was “stolen” from her in 2008. Her battle cry: “I would have won the Presidency. Don’t make the same mistake twice.” In 2012, John McCain would be 76 and, as said before, since 1948, no party has controlled the Presidency for more than 12 years when an incumbent lost to a CLINTON. Rest assured, the Clintons know this.

Do you think Bill and Hillary want Barack Obama to win in 2008? What will they do?

Selling beer and wine in Morton—comments from a Morton resident
My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do not plan to get to them until after the general election in November.

I do plan to discuss Iraq before the election. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

I didn’t post yesterday because I was having server problems again. Hopefully, it will post tonight.

Tonight’s response deals with a comment posted by someone who identified himself as being a Morton resident. Since, as far as I can tell, only two such comments were specifically identified as being made by Morton residents and I’ve already posted one, I thought it appropriate to respond to the other also. The comment is posted exactly as written:

“DK—45 years in Morton said

It seems as though your main concern is that there will be more alchol abuse because grocery stores will sell it. I’d like to see where you got your facts on this. I understand that as a Christian, you feel you should at least say something. That’s great, that’s what we’re put on this earth for. Maybe you should redirect your feelings and instead of critizing our mayor, you should volunteer with a youth group that helps teens with alcohl abuse. This can be said about most other issues that Christians face. Anyone can write letters about alcohol abuse, abortion, domestic abuse and so on, but it takes someone of real conviction to do something about it. I do not agree that anyone should not vote for someone just because of one issue. To me, that is short sighted and irresponsible as a citizen. What if the other candidate wants to put in an abortion clinic? Now, whom will you vote for? I think you get my point. I surprised would would ‘not support or vote for anyone who supports the proposed change’, but you know or are friends with people that would allow their daughter to stell and drink alcohol illegally.

6: 08 AM

The writer’s comment: “It seems as though your main concern is that there will be more alchol abuse because grocery stores will sell it.”

My response: It is only one of my concerns. I think it is likely that more alcohol abuse will occur. However, as I’ve said repeatedly, I can not see into the future, you can not see into the future, the mayor can not see into the future, the Board of Trustees can not see into the future. This concern is based, in part, upon a long taught basic concept of government which is this: the primary purpose of municipal government is to protect the members of the community. That premise is stated directly in the current liquor ordinance. To increase the availability of alcohol unnecessarily, which I believe they are doing, is a violation of that stated standard, in my opinion.

I also am concerned that this is a first step in an incremental creep to selling hard liquor in grocery stores and other similar establishments as well as the now allowed beer and wine. I am also concerned with the erosion of trust that has already occurred because of the proposal and now with the passage of the amendments. I also am concerned that this result seems to have been predetermined quite possibly to satisfy Lindy’s and/or similar type grocery stores. It is not the Board of Trustees function to fashion the ordinances of the Village to please or appease the business community or a segment of the business community.

And also, what I did not know at the time because I had not been given an opportunity to read the actual ordinance until after the August 4th meeting, the ordinance is poorly written and is inviting a law suit. This was pointed out by Trustee Hermann at the August 18th meeting and was summarily dismissed. Although I don’t know the acceptance of poorly written ordinances by the courts in Illinois, I am certain that, if this same ordinance had been presented to the school board I served on in Arizona (and yes I know that a school board would not be dealing with such an ordinance), our Board attorney would have never allowed it to be passed as written. I think this is another instance of a rush to completion and the majority of the Board and the mayor doesn’t seem to care if it passes legal inspection or not.

The writer’s comment: “Maybe you should redirect your feelings and instead of critizing our mayor, you should volunteer with a youth group that helps teens with alcohl abuse. This can be said about most other issues that Christians face. Anyone can write letters about alcohol abuse, abortion, domestic abuse and so on, but it takes someone of real conviction to do something about it.”

My response: Maybe you don’t have the authority to tell how I should direct my energies. Also, how do you know what I have done in the past or what I am doing at the present time? Furthermore, isn’t prevention better; rather than waiting until after the fact and then helping those involved? Isn’t it better to stop the murder of unborn babies rather than giving comfort after the fact—which is not to say one can’t give comfort after the fact. But the giving of comfort HAS NOT PREVENTED the SIN. Furthermore, as you should know, the Bible says we are given different gifts—we are all part of the body but we are not all eyes, or toes, or arms, or legs.

I would argue that trying to prevent the situation that can cause such abuse is better than trying to clean up the mess afterward. If someone is drunk and breaks his spouse’s arm, I would hope that the spouse would rather have the arm not be broken instead of opting for having the arm breaking spouse being worked with afterward. I think I would!

The writer’s comment: “I do not agree that anyone should not vote for someone just because of one issue. To me, that is short sighted and irresponsible as a citizen. What if the other candidate wants to put in an abortion clinic?”

My response: First of all, you are responding to a letter to the editor that I wrote that the paper said had a 300 word limit. My letter was over 500 words before the newspaper edited out three paragraphs and then was still over 400 words. I can’t do anything more than make a general comment about this which I did. I did not have an opportunity to list exceptions.

However, I doubt seriously if any Morton candidate, who wants to be elected, would campaign on putting in an abortion clinic. He may try to after being elected as the four Trustees and the mayor did with beer and wine, but he would not be likely to campaign on that issue. And of course, to insure that there was a mayoral candidate that I agreed with on every issue, I could always run for mayor.

Why do I care what you think in relation to how I decide to vote? Last time I knew, it is my vote—not yours. Have I told you how to decide how to vote or who to vote for?

In fact, people vote for a candidate for many different reasons which often have nothing to do with one or a whole galaxy of issues. People may vote for a candidate because he’s tall, because of his name, because of his position on the ballot, because of his race, because of his gender, because of a whole host of things other than issues.

I try very hard to vote based on issues and yes, in some cases, because of one issue. As far as I know, that is my right as a citizen of this nation. It is my responsibility to determine what criteria I use—NOT YOURS. I do NOT answer to you! I will never have to answer to you unless you are GOD. Are you GOD!

The writer’s comment: “I surprised would would ‘not support or vote for anyone who supports the proposed change’, but you know or are friends with people that would allow their daughter to stell and drink alcohol illegally.”

My response: I think this section of your comment saddens me more than all the others. Frist, did you read the letter? I never said the parents ALLOWED her to steal the alcohol. Do you people (people because more than you have made this comment or a similar comment) really expect parents to be with their children every second of the day? Were you with your children every second of the day? Would you be with future children every second of the day? Would you expect your children to be with your grandchildren every second of the day? What if they snuck out at night? Would you condemn your children for not watch your grandchildren while the grandchildren were suppose to be sleeping. You really must have been a marvelous parent to have perfect children.

It almost reads as if you would expect me to drop them as friends as soon as they told me of the incident. If my only friends were those who raised perfect children, I would have no friends. Come to think of it, please introduce me to those perfect parents who have children who have never done anything wrong. I’d love to meet them and find out how they managed to accomplish such a feat. As far as I know, there was only one perfect person in history and that was and is CHRIST. And no, I didn’t personally know his parents when he was growing up or when he was an adult before his crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.

I can not believe how people have jumped all over this 12 year old and/or her parents. And yet, not one person made a comment about the alcohol drinking teenager who killed three National Honor Society students in an automobile accident? Where are your priorities? When were any of YOU PERFECT?

If we were all perfect, I wouldn’t care who alcohol was sold to, when, and/or by whom? Since NONE of us are perfect, I do care!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—common sense tested

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do not plan to get to them until after the general election in November.

I do plan to discuss Iraq before the election. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

I have received three more comments. I am still going to end this discuss at the end of the month and then turn my attention to the general election. I am not going to have time to respond to all comments. Therefore, I will select the comments I will discuss. If the sale of beer and wine becomes an issue at the next Village election in April and I hope it does, I probably will respond to the remaining comments. That, however, is not a guarantee.

Tonight’s post deals with the following anonymous comment which is posted exactly as written:

“Anonymous said

On what basis do you oppose the sale of beer and wine in the grocery stores? They already sell it at the 3 liquor stores in town. Do you actually think that more people are going to start drinking just because it is in the grocery stores. That is not going to happen. If people have a problem they will find a place to buy it! They sell cigarettes there already do you think that is responsible for some people being addicted to nicotine? Use some common sense would you

7: 28 AM”

I have responded to the above in previous posts including the original letter to the editor which was posted in July with the title of “Letter to the editor for mayor’s proposal to sell beer and wine.” I am going to respond to the last sentence which declared “Use some common sense would you”

The Bible declares:

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’

Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” I Corinthians 1: 20-25 (NIV)

Note the following Biblical concepts in this short passage:

1) “For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’” (The I, of course, is GOD)

2) “Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?”

3) “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”

The Bible declares:

“Jesus turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.’” Matthew 16: 23 (NIV)

Note the following Biblical concept in this short passage:

1) “‘you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.’”

The Bible declares:

“‘This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’” Matthew 13: 13-15 (NIV)

Note the following Biblical concepts in this short passage:

1) “‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’”

2) “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.’”

3) “‘For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’”

The following is a true story:

I was in my first year as a teacher teaching at a small school located in Illinois near the Indiana border. I taught three American history classes in a row. My tests, at that time, consisted of fifty multiple choice questions with four possible answers.

I had been teaching long enough that I knew who my good students were, who my average students were, and my below average students. The good students were confident in their ability to take a test. They had years of success to support that earned confidence. They were the first ones to finish a test, unless some student didn’t try and just handed in an incomplete test, and were certain that they had earned an A or, at least, a B on the test.

This particular test was different. The good students were the last ones to hand in the test. During the test several of them, at different times, would look at me as if to ask “What in the world have you done?” They were reading and rereading the questions. They were changing answers. As they finally handed in the tests minutes to seconds before the bell rang, several declared “That was the hardest test I have ever taken.” Several students who came into the class next stated that they had talked to X student in the hall and the student had said such things as “It was a killer test: I hope you studied. I didn’t do well.”
Why was this test so different than all the others they had taken over eleven years? Did I deliberately make the questions extremely difficult?

No! I used the same process we had been taught in college. Some questions so easy that anyone could answer them. Other questions with various degrees of difficulty to weed out those who understood the material and those who did not. Only a few extremely difficult questions to challenge the top students. And yet, the top students were the ones who were questioning their own ability. Why?

The answer: Of the fifty questions, every single answer was C. A correct test would have had 50 answers of C. Those students who had 47 (the highest score) and a few less C’s “knew” from common sense and years of experience that no teacher ever gives a test with every question having the same correct answer. They were looking for a random sequence of A’s, B’s, C’s, and D’s because that was what always happened; that was what was expected; that was what common sense called for.

When it didn’t happen, they questioned their own answers. They decided that the problem was the test. The test was the hardest test they had ever taken. Their common sense; their experience; their expectations failed them.

So, my question becomes “who made you the determiner and purveyor of common sense?” Obviously, in this instance you think you are and anyone who disagrees with you lacks common sense. That is your right, but I do not for a second concede that you have that power, ability, and authority because YOU DO NOT!!!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—not a past issue

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: http://www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com/




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The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do not plan to get to them until after the general election in November.

I do plan to discuss Iraq before the election. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

http://www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com/

http://www.childpredators.com/

http://www.lifedynamics.com/

http://www.libertylegal.org/

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/

http://www.searchtv.org/

Tonight’s post deals with the following anonymous comment which is posted exactly as written:

“Anonymous said

Is it any surprise that they didnt run on the issue of allowing grocery stores to sell beer and wine? Was it even an issue at the time often new political issues come up between elections and its not realistic to expect to present a position on every possible issue that could up during their term of office.

2: 33 PM”

That is exactly my point. As far as I know, it was a non-issue. It has been a non-issue for more than fifty years. For years and years, the community seemed to be more than satisfied with the liquor ordinance as written. They seemed to be satisfied with it enough that less than two years ago it was not an issue, as far as I know, in the last election for members of the Board of Trustees.

As far as I know, there is no burning need for this quick rewriting of the ordinance. And from my experience as a school board member, it is a quick change in a major policy. Although the Board may have been studying it for a year or more, as I’ve written before, the public is not going to react to it until it is actually proposed that the ordinance be changed—that did not occur until July 10th during the State of the Village address.

And yet, it is admitted that neither of the two current grocery stores have asked for the ability to sell beer and wine. In fact, as was pointed out in the discussion on August 18th at the Trustee meeting, Wal-Mart, which was built within the last five years, owned land that was outside of the Village. The land was annexed by the Village and the Village specifically required Wal-Mart, as was stipulated in the liquor ordinance, not to market beer and wine or any other alcoholic beverages and Wal-Mart agreed.

It is possible that the ordinance was advanced so rapidly because Lindy’s was hoping to build in Morton and was not going to do so unless the store could sell beer and wine. However, that has been denied by the mayor and the owners have refused to respond to the direct questions I asked them. In any case, the owners have said that they will not be building in Morton and no one has claimed, that I know of, that any other grocery store is waiting on the horizon to build in Morton if they can sell beer and wine.

Without question, this is an important issue in Morton. The mayor has stated publicly that he knew that there would be opposition to the proposal. The two meetings where the issue was publicly discussed had more attendance than any public Trustee meeting, that I know of, since I moved back to Morton over four years ago. We even had TV coverage from the major networks which is not normal.

So, why the rush? Why not have this be an issue at the next election in April? My guess is, that if they had waited until after the April election to finalize the decision there would be more than the current three incumbents on the ballot. There would be electoral competition and this issue would be a central issue of the election campaign.

And indeed, because the mayor and council has passed these amendments already, it is my hope that this issue will be the central issue at the next election. Hopefully, there will be someone challenging the mayor and at least four candidates for the three Trustee positions. By the way, I consider election challenges to be a positive development so the present decision is not all bad if it does generate competition at the ballot box. I don’t think that was the aim of the four Trustees, however.

Here is a potential problem with the Board of Trustees rush to change the ordinances. Let’s say that I decide to run for the Board of Trustees (and I certain am not saying, at this time, that I am going to do so), and I get elected along with Trustees Hermann and Kaufman who had previously voted against the proposed amendments. Each of us campaigned on the position that if elected we would reverse the previous Board’s position. Furthermore, the mayor is defeated by a candidate who also campaigned to repeal the amendments.

But wait, in the mean time, both grocery stores applied for and received the new grocery store liquor licenses. Both stores remodeled their store to sell beer and wine and cut merchandise in other areas to make room for beer and wine. Both stores are now selling beer and wine.

I and the new mayor both campaigned to repeal the ordinances. I certain would vote to do so since I now have a voter sanctioned mandate. The ordinances are repealed. Both grocery stores spent thousands of dollars in anticipation of selling beer and wine as legally allowed and now because of the repeal of the ordinance, they must return to compliance with the previous liquor ordinance.

Would it not have been better to wait a few more months since there was no compelling reason to pass the changes immediately and get a better idea through an election whether or not the amendments were actually supported by the people rather than cause possibly negative ramifications in the business community? What will businesses looking at Morton with the intent to build here think of such an unsettled governmental environment—where an ordinance is overturned in less than a year after passage? Sometimes, circumspection is the better part of governance.

I, for one, hope that these amendments are the CENTRAL ISSUE in the next two elections. Let the chips fall where they may. The present Board of Trustees has thrown down the gauntlet. The question is, will the opposition rise to the challenge. I hope so!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—the will of the people

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do not plan to get to them until after the general election in November.

I do plan to discuss Iraq before the election. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

I plan to answer comments on selling beer and wine in Morton in grocery stores for the rest of this month and then turn my attention to the general election concentrating on the Presidential election. Tonight, a comment concerning how elected officials determine their vote on an issue and my response to that comment. The comment as written:

“Anonymous said

Why should there be a vote on this particular issue as opposed to any other. Elected officials face issues like this all of the time where the public opinion on the issues might not be well known or clear and the elected officials have to make a decisions based on what they thing is right and what best represents the interest and views of there electorate in many cases this applies to far more important issues than grocery stores being able to sell wine and beer. On the other hand if you think that issues like this should be directly voted on then perhaps we should move to direct democracy instead of representative republic.

4: 52 PM”

The last sentence of the anonymous comment was the following: “On the other hand if you think that issues like this should be directly voted on then perhaps we should move to direct democracy instead of representative republic.” Not recalling ever saying that a referendum should be held on this issue, I reread my post from that night. The following paragraph is the ONLY reference I could find in relation to a referendum.

My original post: “Interestingly (and this was NOT covered by the two TV news stations that I watched during the 10 PM news), before the vote on the amendments, there was a proposal to put the amendments on the November ballot as an advisory referendum. That proposal received a three to three vote with Trustee Betsy Yarcho voting for putting the amendment on the ballot. I think she would rather have had the people decide than her since she is up for reelection in April. The mayor voted to break the tie and NOT have the amendments placed on the ballot. The mayor’s term also expires in April.” In fact, I was just reporting what happened at the Village Board that night. Why do some readers read into material information, statements, and concepts that are not there?

In fact, I don’t believe that it is generally possible to know with certainty what the “will of the people” is on issues that are before this Board or any other Board. When I was a school board member in Arizona, my philosophy was and still is today that the voters elected me to make the decisions of the Board along with the other representatives based upon my understanding of the issue or issues involved. I tried very hard to receive as much input from the community as they were willing to provide, to research the topic as best I could, and to draw from my knowledge and experience as an individual who has a degree in political science and who had taught in public school systems. Ultimately, I made my decision based upon what I thought was best for the school district. If a majority of the voters disagreed with my decisions over the course of the four years, it was their responsibility to vote me out of office.

Also of benefit in the political process and concepts that I support, Arizona allows its citizens the power of initiative, referendum, and recall. While I was living in Arizona, I don’t think there was a Statewide general election where one or more such issues were not on the ballot. In fact, I was actively involved in recalling a governor. I think all three of these practices would be beneficial for Illinois although I don’t believe any of the three will become part of the Illinois Constitution at this time or in the near future.

However, in my four years on the school board, I never once claimed that my vote was the overwhelming majority will of the people as all four of the present Trustees who voted for the amendments did. To me, to claim to be voting according to the will of the citizens of Morton, minutes after voting to NOT hold an advisory referendum is sheer HYPOCRISY. And as I stated in my previous post, demonstrates a lack of trust in the voters and also a lack of trust in their own ability to know what the actual will of the people is. As I also stated, the only way I know to actually know the will of the people is by a VOTE of the people—public opinion polls will NOT do it and e-mails, phone calls, and random conversations will NOT do it. I have NEVER claimed that my position on the amendments is the will of the people; four of the Trustees DID!!!

Another benefit for a referendum (and remember I never called for a referendum on this issue) is that both sides can present their arguments for their positions publicly. As far as I know, neither the mayor nor any of the four Trustees who voted for the amendments has ever publicly given concrete, specific information to support their vote for the amendments other than their claim based upon e-mails, phone calls and conversations that it was the will of the people. The closest to such an attempt, that I can recall, is that Trustee Newhouse claimed that the FBI statistics of 2005 (if I remember the year correctly) supported his position but, even then, he did not give the specifics to support that contention. I can say FBI statistics for the last ten years support my position but that does not necessarily make it true. Certainly, none of the supporters of the amendments gave concrete, specific information at the last two public Board of Trustees meetings.

If a referendum had been held and a majority of the citizens voting had supported the amendments then, I, at least, would have accepted their vote. I would still believe they were wrong but I would have accepted the will of the people. Now, our alternative is to remove the supporters of the amendments from office. I’m not opposed to that but that will not be as definitive as a direct vote of the people on that one issue. People tend to vote for an individual for many different reasons some of which have absolutely nothing to do with the issues of the day. Consequently, an election to retain the current Trustees still would not definitively establish the will of the people on this issue. And, as I have repeatedly said, each of the four Trustees CLAIMED to know the will of the people.

Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y!!!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Public opinion polls and the Presidential election

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on July 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

Up until this week, most public opinion polls, that I have seen or heard the results of, had Barack Obama leading with leads as high as a 6% difference. This week according to CNN’s poll of polls (which is an average of a compilation of polls—it was bound to happen), the election is virtually dead even with a 1% separation.

So, what is the significance of this latest poll? Like all the others, not much. In reality, even with a perfectly drawn poll, it is too early to give it or any other much credence.

However, based on past experience, expect the following events to occur. (This is a generalization and may not actually occur although it normally does.) Since the Democratic Party’s National Convention is next week, Barack Obama will get a boost from the hoopla of the convention and pull away from John McCain to some extent. After the Republican Party’s National Convention, John McCain will get a boost from the hoopla of the convention and pull closer to Senator Obama but not by as much because the libertine press will label the convention a “disaster,” or “disappointing,” or some other such negative term.

Over the following weeks there will be varying variations in the polls usually based upon events or situational reasons—i.e. one of the candidates might make a perceived blunder of one type or another. After each of the Presidential debates, the libertine press will proclaim Barack Obama the clear winner of the debate (unless Senator Obama makes a major blunder in a debate that even the press can’t ignore) and he will pull ahead in the public opinion polls.

As the days come closer and closer to the day of the election, the polls will show a tighter and tighter race. Immediately before the election, it will be closer still and some will say the election is too close to call. After the election, the supporters of the losing candidate will declare that if the election had only be held a few days later or earlier, their candidate would have won the election.

Of course, all this is predicated on no major, significant event occurring that will alter the perception of the public—i.e. the capture of Osama bin Laden—or a major, major blunder by one of the candidates—i.e. declaring the economy has never been better. However, remember this. The ONLY “poll” that counts is the VOTE of the people on November 4th. Remember also, that Senator Clinton was considered to be the certain winner of the Democratic Party nomination and, until the New Hampshire primary, no poll had Senator John McCain higher than third. (I didn’t go back and check the accuracy of this statement but I believe it should be accurate. I do know that some in the press were declaring John McCain’s campaign dead in the water.)

In short, the result will be determined by the vote of the people on Election Day not by a public opinion poll. Remember: no poll has ever voted.

Selling beer and wine in Morton—do the citizens of Morton care

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on August 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

This is my plan for the next few months. I have already spent more time on selling beer and wine in Morton than I had planned. I don’t regret that decision. I think it has been good to take a look at the operation of municipal government. I am answering one comment from a reader tonight. For my next post, I hope to do a column on public opinion polls in relation to the present Presidential election which also, of course, relates to the issue in Morton. Then, I will hopefully respond to the other comments although I might combine some comments into one post—I haven’t decided that yet.

After dealing with the comments and going back even farther for the California Supreme Court decision allowing homosexuals to marry, I intend to devote the rest of the time, with one exception, to the current Presidential election until the result is know. I did send questionnaires to Congressional candidates in Central Illinois districts. I will post any received in September and then make reference to them before the general election. Of course, I may deviate from this course of action during the next two plus months but that is the plan.

The comment I’m dealing with tonight is:

“Anonymous said

The larger question is do the people of Morton really care if beer and wine can be sold at the local grocery store?

12: 30 PM”


Obviously, some people on either side of the issue do care. Having been training in political science and having served as an elected board member, the sad truth is that many people, often a majority of people, don’t care either way about a particular issue unless it is perceived as directly having an impact on their lives. I doubt, without looking up the figures, if any of the Trustees or the mayor were elected by a majority of the eligible voters of Morton. In many communities a turn out of twenty-five percent of the eligible voters is a successful turnout for a municipal election. In fact, if I remember correctly, in the last Village election, only one office was being contested. I believe that was for a park district post but I am not certain.

During my four plus years since moving back to Morton, this issue is certainly the most contentious issue I am aware of. For two straight Board meetings, the Board meeting certainly had more citizens present than normally attend such meetings. After the Board decided to allow the sale of beer and wine, most of the audience left. In fact, one of the Trustees or the mayor, I don’t remember which, made a comment in that regard. I also left but watched the entire board meeting on Wednesday.

What is disturbing to me is that each of the four Board members who voted for the amendments claimed that they were voting according to the will of the majority of the community when in fact they do not know for certain what the will of the community is on this issue. They had an opportunity to find out that will through an advisory referendum and deliberately chose not to pursue it.

Also, it is my opinion, and obviously just an opinion, that the decision had been reached before the last two Board meetings and quite possibly before the mayor’s State of the Village address. I say this, in part, because of the timing of the vote. If the mayor was not sure of the outcome of the vote, it is unlikely he would have proposed the change so close to the next election. If others had the same perception, they may have decided not to become involved because they viewed any action against the proposed vote as hopeless.

The mayor knew that the proposal would be controversial. He said as much in interviews with various newspapers and said so during his State of the Village address. The safe course of action, if he was not certain of the vote, would have been to wait until he was reelected in April and until Trustee Yarcho was reelected. The other three Trustees would still have time (2 years—the electorate tends to react to immediate concerns and time dulls the desire to remove from office those who voted badly two years previous) for the dust to clear before they were up for reelection. Of course, the vote may have been dictated by Lindy’s negotiations to build a grocery store in Morton but that has been denied.

I would hope that the election in April will be a contested election. As I stated in a previous post, the last Trustee election had only the three candidates who were elected running and two of them were NOT incumbents. Since the mayor and the three Trustees with two plus years remaining denied the citizens the opportunity to vote by referendum, the next best alternative is the municipal elections. It is not as valid as a referendum on that specific issue but that opportunity has been denied.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—trusting the citizens of Morton

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on August 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

Even though I was at the Village Board meeting on August 18, 2008 when the Board of Trustees approved amendments to the liquor ordinance by a 4-2 vote, I watched the telecast of the meeting Wednesday morning to reaffirm my impressions of the meeting. Each of the four Trustees who voted to approve the amendments claimed that the members of the community supported the proposed amendments.

Trustee Darrell Vierling claimed that support was 5-1 in favor of the proposed amendments. He also stated that if the amendments passed, in a future vote, he would not support the addition of hard liquor. (This seems to contradict his statement that he is supporting the amendments because of overwhelming public support for them. The beer and wine amendments are acceptable because of public support for them. However, if public support for hard liquor is also present at a future date, he would not support the addition of hard liquor.)

Trustee Tony Huette claimed that support was 3-1 in favor of the proposed amendments by e-mail, claimed that support was 5-1 in favor of the proposed amendments through phone calls, and that when talking to the community a majority favored the proposed amendments though no ratio was given.

Trustee Stephen Newhouse claimed that support was 2-1 in favor of the proposed amendments through his personal contacts not breaking the support down beyond that. He was the only Trustee who seemed to suggest that he would support the amendments even if his perceived understanding of support was different than the actual support level—i.e. even if the majority of the community was opposed to the amendments, he would still vote for the amendments. (This is my interpretation of what he said. He did not specifically state “I would vote for the amendments even if not supported by the community.”)

Trustee Betsy Yarcho claimed that support was 5-1 in favor of the proposed amendments.

Trustee Ginger Hermann claimed that support was 10-1 in opposition to the proposed amendments.

Trustee Jeff Kaufman did not give specific information on contacts he had before the vote.

All four of the Trustees who voted in favor of the amendments claimed they did so because of strong public support of the amendments. And yet, just minutes before, three of the four (Betsy Yarcho was the exception) VOTED NOT to hold a nonbinding referendum to determine the will of the community.

The two Trustees who voted against the amendments, however, did vote to hold an advisory referendum before the amendment vote was taken and before it was specifically discussed. One of the public speakers on the 18th asked for a referendum. At the August 4th meeting, if I remember correctly, two of the public speakers called for a referendum.

The only conclusion I can draw is that at least three of the Trustees don’t seem to TRUST the citizens. If the four Trustees are correct that a vast majority of the community supports the amendments, they should welcome a public vote to substantiate their position and to prove that the public does, indeed, support the amendments. The ONLY way I know to substantiate that claim is to ALLOW the VOTERS to vote on the issue.

No public opinion poll has ever voted. The Trustees never gave any specific information on the total number of citizens who were involved in their so called overwhelming support for the amendments. The only way in a democracy to specifically know the will of the people is by a VOTE of the people. The three Trustees along with the mayor seem to be afraid of the actual RESULT of a vote of the people.

Why is that?

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—the vote

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on August 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

I tried to post Monday night after the 10 PM news and had server problems. I tried again Tuesday morning and again had server problems. Hopefully, I’ll post this time.

The Village Board voted Monday night, the 18th to approve the sale of beer and wine by a 4-2 vote. Not surprisingly, the three Trustees who are MOST isolated from the voters because they have over two years left on their four year terms all voted in favor of the proposed amendments. Those three are

1) Darrell Vierling
2) Tony Huette
3) Stephen Newhouse

Also voting in favor of the proposed amendments was Betsy Yarcho whose term is up in April of next year. Voting in opposition to the amendments were Trustees Ginger Hermann and Jeff Kaufman both of whose terms also expire in April of next year.

My sense of the voting (and I obviously don’t know for certain—it is based on my knowledge of the political process and my experience as a school board member) is that the four supporters for the amendments had already determined their votes and nothing said at the meetings was likely to change their mind. Consequently, since I already had given each Trustee thirteen pages of information and since I had little probability of changing a vote, I did not speak at the meeting.

Interestingly (and this was NOT covered by the two TV news stations that I watched during the 10 PM news), before the vote on the amendments, there was a proposal to put the amendments on the November ballot as an advisory referendum. That proposal received a three to three vote with Trustee Betsy Yarcho voting for putting the amendment on the ballot. I think she would rather have had the people decide than her since she is up for reelection in April. The mayor voted to break the tie and NOT have the amendments placed on the ballot. The mayor’s term also expires in April.

This does NOT have to end here. Defeating Trustee Yarcho and/or Mayor Durflinger at the polls in April and another defeat of one of the three additional supporters two years from now with individuals who are opposed to the amendments can change the outcome. However, if it is not done during the next two elections, it probably will not happen. It would be best to defeat both Trustee Yarcho and Mayor Durflinger at the next election and return to the previous ordinance sooner rather than later.

It is difficult to defeat an incumbent but it is NOT impossible. If I were the decision maker for the two grocery stores, as a sound business decision, I think I would wait until after the April election before making plans to add alcohol. I don’t think a third grocery store will be added to the Village before April. The game could be afoot!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

Selling beer and wine in Morton—reap what you sow

My book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—is available by mail (not yet in book stores). See post on August 31, 2008 entitled The Black Sword.

I suggest you check out the following website if you are a policy holder of Farmers Insurance Group or thinking about having them insure you in any capacity: www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com




https://affiliates.visionforum.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=367


The above link is for a company—Vision Forum—that provides unique products for the family. I am an affiliate for the company and receive a small commission whenever someone uses this link and then makes an unreturned purchase while using the link. Check it out. I think you might like the products offered. I do. See my more complete explanation on my post of February 1, 2008 entitled “Affiliate program with Vision Forum.”

Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

How many unborn toddlers were murdered today because of the humanistic, paganish, barbaric decisions of the United States Supreme Court?

Stop the
Murder of
Unborn
Toddlers

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

www.farmersinsurancegroupsucks.com

www.childpredators.com

www.lifedynamics.com

www.libertylegal.org

www.alliancedefensefund.org

www.searchtv.org

Morton originally was primarily a farming community. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm off of Illinois Route 150 going east toward Bloomington. Any farmer back then or now will tell you that you reap what you sow. If you sow corn, you will reap corn. If you sow wheat, you will reap wheat. That happens every time; all the time.

GOD the creator of all things and the giver of all truth recognizes the same. Except in HIS word—the Bible—HE through the apostle Paul narrowed the scope to only two possibilities—sowing sin or sowing Spiritual righteousness. “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

The question then becomes: Is increasing the availability and accessibility of wine and beer through grocery store sales an instance of sowing sin or sowing Spiritual righteousness. I know my answer. What will be the answer given by each member of the Board of Trustees? What will they sow?

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

“‘But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.’” Matthew 12: 36-37 (NIV) If a man must give account of every careless word spoken, how much more will he have to give an account for a decision that may have a terrible negative impact on others?

The choice belongs to each member of the Board of Trustees. Choose wisely!!!

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” [said by JESUS] Luke 11: 23 (NIV)

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” I Corinthians 3: 19a (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” II Timothy 1: 7 (NIV)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4: 17 (NIV)

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)