Saturday, July 30, 2011

Homosexual SIN Promoted by Governments to Their Eventual Detriment!


From: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=326453

“Hope and change 2011: Now homo and change
Look how federal government is targeting 4 million students

Posted: July 26, 2011
8:01 pm Eastern

By Drew Zahn
© 2011 WND

The federal government has given a nearly $1.5-million grant to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, to train teachers on how to support homosexual students and be ‘advocates for change’ in their schools.

GLSEN has announced that it received a 5-year, renewable grant in the amount of $285,000 annually from the Department of Adolescent and School Health at the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. The grant’s scope is to target school districts across the country with a program to increase the number of ‘safe spaces’ for lesbian, ‘gay,’ bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, students.

GLSEN states its goal is to target 20 school districts to train 14,500 school personnel, who in turn impact 4 million students.

‘It is abundantly clear that LGBT youths’ experience of bias and violence at school contributes to significant threats to their health, academic success and psychological well-being,’ said GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard in a statement. ‘Truly safe spaces … are vital to these students’ health, success in school and life prospects.’

Critics, however, claim the program’s aim is more about ‘fast-tracking’ students into the homosexual lifestyle.

‘Schools can punish bullies without endorsing ‘gay’ behavior,’ argues Mission America, an organization that researches and reports on social issues affecting Christians in America. ‘This is child corruption, funded by taxpayers.’

‘We can only hope few schools agree to this scheme for fast-tracking youth into homosexuality and gender confusion,’ Linda Harvey, president and founder of Mission America, told WND. ‘Our federal government, through this grant, essentially agrees with the mythology that some humans are ‘born gay.’ They are therefore willing to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars during a national fiscal crisis to defy parental rights, Christian moral tradition, and sound health practices.

‘Once again, this administration is demonstrating its destructive priorities,’ Harvey continued. ‘If this GLSEN program is implemented, impressionable teens will suffer for it. I am calling on Congress to put a halt to this grant.’

According to a GLSEN statement, the CDC grant will fund ‘Train the Trainer (TOT) programs based on GLSEN’s Safe Space Kit, providing guidance, information and resources to assist in effecting policy enhancements.’

The ‘Safe Space Kit,’ in turn, is described by the group as featuring a 42-page ‘Guide to Being an Ally to LGBT Students’ booklet that ‘provides concrete strategies for supporting LGBT students, educating about anti-LGBT bias and advocating for changes in your school. The Kit also shows how to assess the school’s climate, policies and practices and outlines ways to advocate for change inside the school.’

‘We are proud to contribute to federal efforts to support safe, healthy and respectful learning environments for all students,’ Byard said. ‘This grant is an exciting new element of GLSEN’s long-standing partnership with federal agencies in the common project of improving U.S. schools.’

Α GLSEN representative told WND that the 20 targeted school districts are among the largest districts in the nation identified with the CDC’s DASH program, but did not have a full listing immediately available.”

Now, the question is can and should schools limit bullying (bullying will never be completely stopped) without promoting the homosexual agenda. The answer, of course, is yes! Good schools have limited bullying for a long time. This program will do NOTHING to prevent bullying in bad schools. What it does do is to continue the promotion of homosexual behavior as if such immoral behavior is normal and should be as acceptable as any other behavior. Of course, such support for SIN is SIN itself. And we the people are financing this support of deviant behavior during a time when the federal government is borrowing 40% of every dollar spent!!!

From: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=325225

“Families toss wrench in ‘gay’ indoctrination plan
File paperwork for referendum on controversial law to require homosexual role models

Posted: July 26, 2011
8:07 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

Family leaders in California have thrown a wrench in the public school system’s newest ‘gay’ indoctrination plan, with the filing of the paperwork for a referendum on SB48, approved by the Democrats in the legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, in recent days.

An official with one of the organizations working on the plan, Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute,

http://www.pacificjustice.org/

told WND the filing puts the law on hold until it is determined whether Californians want to vote on the plan.

‘We have been seeing a groundswell of opposition to the enactment of SB48, and now it is time to act,’ Dacus said. ‘We encourage everyone to visit StopSB48.com to learn more and join the coalition. ”

http://stopsb48.com/

Donate: http://stopsb48.com/get-involved/donate/

If you are a California citizen, sign the petition: http://stopsb48.com/get-involved/sign-the-petition/

“‘This effort will require us all to sacrifice and work together. We cannot afford to stay silent or stand on the sidelines. Californians are extremely tolerant, but we draw the line when history is revised to please a special interest group,’ he said.

Karen England of Capitol Resource Family Impact,

http://www.capitolresource.org/

who is working with the coalition on the referendum, said, ‘Gov. Brown refused to listen to the calls of pro-family voters asking him to veto SB48. The bill costs too much and it goes too far. He ignored the majority in our state who object to the implementation of this controversial, objectionable, and poor public school policy. The people of the state want a vote on SB48. CRFI encourages everyone to join the fight in stopping SB48.’

She said when a title and summary are approved, family groups will have about three months to collect 500,000 signatures.

The law requires schools to teach ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ involvement in history, but only from a positive perspective. (How IMMORAL!!! How SICK!!!—my addition) It bans any statement, fact or information that would reflect ‘adversely’ on those who choose an alternative sexual lifestyle. (It is a perverted, deviant, immoral sexual BEHAVIOR!!!—my addition)

At the RescueYourChild.com

http://rescueyourchild.com/The_Problem.html

website, Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com,

http://savecalifornia.com/

outlined the other laws in California that also contribute to the agenda:

1) SB 543, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010, ‘allows school staff to remove children ages 12 and up from government schools and taken off-campus for counseling sessions, without parental permission or involvement. The purpose is to permit pro-homosexuality teachers and administrators to remove sexually confused children in 6th grade and up from campus and take them to pro-homosexuality counselors who will encourage them to embrace the homosexual lifestyle.’

2) ACR 82, approved by the California Legislature in 2010, ‘creates de facto ‘morality-free zones’ at participating schools (pre-kindergarten through public universities). Schools that become official ‘Discrimination-Free Zones’ will ‘enact procedures’ (including mandatory counseling) against students from pre-kindergarten on up who are accused of ‘hate,’ ‘intolerance,’ or ‘discrimination’.’ What is the hate? Peacefully speaking or writing against the unnatural lifestyles choices of homosexuality and bisexuality. (Calling evil good and good evil!!!—my addition)

3) SB 572, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, establishes ‘Harvey Milk Day’ in K-12 California public schools and community colleges. In classrooms, schools, and school districts that participate, children will now be taught to admire the life and values of late homosexual activist and teen predator Harvey Milk of San Francisco the month of May. (Teen predator??? No big deal to those who support the homosexual agenda!!!—my addition)

4) SB 777, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007, prohibits all public school instruction and every school activity from ‘promoting a discriminatory bias’ against (effectively requiring positive depictions of) transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality to schoolchildren as young as five years old. SB 777 means children will be taught their ‘gender’ is a matter of choice. (Which is NONSENSE!!!—my addition)

5) AB 394, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007, effectively promotes transsexual, bisexual, and homosexual indoctrination of students, parents, and teachers via ‘anti-harassment’ and ‘anti-discrimination’ materials, to be publicized in classrooms and assemblies, posted on walls, incorporated into curricula on school websites, and distributed in handouts to take home.

6) SB 71, signed by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 and implemented in 2008 through the new ‘sexual health’ standards approved by appointees of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, teaches children as young as 5th grade that any consensual sexual behavior is ‘safe’ as long as you ‘protect’ yourself with a condom, and teaches children that homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality is ‘normal.’ (Government endorsed LIES!!!—my addition)

7) AB 1785, signed by Gov. Gray Davis in 2000, required the California State Board of Education to alter the state curriculum frameworks to include and require ‘human relations education’ for children in K-12 public schools, with the aim of ‘fostering an appreciation of the diversity of California’s population and discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes and practices,’ according to the state legislative counsel’s digest.

8) AB 537, signed by Gov. Gray Davis in 1999, permits teachers and students to openly proclaim and display their homosexuality, bisexuality or transsexuality, even permitting cross-dressing teachers, school employees and student on campus, in classrooms, and in restrooms.

But SB48 takes the state even a step beyond #its demand that students in public schools every year honor Harvey Milk, a homosexual activist and reported sexual predator, as well as an advocate for Jim Jones, leader of the massacred hundreds in Jonestown, Guyana.

In honoring Milk, schools are advocating for the acceptance of what Milk sought: the entire homosexual, bisexual and cross-dressing agenda; a refusal to acknowledge sexually transmitted diseases spread by the behavior; his behavior as ‘a sexual predator of teenage boys, most of them runaways with drug problems’; advocacy for multiple sexual relationships at one time; and ‘lying to get ahead’; according to SaveCalifornia.com, a leading statewide pro-family organization promoting moral virtues for the common good.

A 1982 biography of Milk tells of a 16-year-old named McKinley, who ‘was looking for some kind of father figure.’

‘At 33, Milk was launching a new life, though he could hardly have imagined the unlikely direction toward which his new lover would pull him,’ the book says.

It also states, ‘It would be to boyish-looking men in their late teens and early 20’s that Milk would be attracted for the rest of his life.’

The consequences of refusing to accept the state’s beliefs about homosexuality can be devastating, SaveCalifornia documents.

In a report from Thomasson, he said he got an e-mail from a parent whose daughter had objected to attending a ‘gay straight alliance rally to honor Harvey Milk at Moreno Valley High School.’

Said the e-mail, according to Thomasson, ‘You were right our daughter was told she had to attend a gay straight alliance rally to honor Harvey Milk. … She shared she was a Christian with the teacher and only after she saw Lauren was clearly upset about going to this rally did she issue her a hall pass. She was persecuted by another student but made it out of the class. I picked her up and she was very upset. How many other Christians were forced to go to this rally?’

The account from 16-year-old Lauren provided more details, Thomasson reported.

‘When she walked into her U.S. History class Monday, May 23, she saw the words ‘Gay-Straight Alliance Assembly—Harvey Milk’ on the blackboard. Her teacher, obviously a pro-homosexuality agenda sympathizer, told Lauren and every other student walking in to go to the assembly. Lauren protested, but the teacher didn’t listen to her at first. Lauren again said she didn’t want to go, and finally the teacher exempted her, but only her,’ he said.

‘Lauren got out of that one, but her fellow students were corralled into the brainwashing assembly, like cattle going to slaughter, where the homosexual sponsor of the on-campus Gay-Straight Alliance told them how they must support the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda of Harvey Milk. Later, a Muslim classmate told Lauren she wished she had refused to go to the assembly, too.’

The report described how the teacher, several days earlier, had ‘played several minutes of the R-rated Milk film, which showed two homosexual men in bed together.’

‘Parents, realize there was NO advance parental notification of this happening or the opportunity to opt out your children. Even more, realize there was no parent permission sought, no opt-in form to sign. No, Harvey Milk sexual indoctrination, and other sexual indoctrination implemented, because of other perverse laws are being done behind parents’ backs and despite parents’ objections,’ Thomasson’s report said.

WND previously reported what happened to one irate parent who found out about a public school’s sexual indoctrination of his children and demanded changes—he spent the night in jail.

David Parker, who brought a case against Estabrook Elementary school in Lexington, Massachusetts, several years ago, eventually ended up withdrawing his children from the school because of the harassment they endured because of the dispute.

An appellate court said the indoctrination was appropriate because same-sex ‘marriages’ are legal in Massachusetts following the work of former Gov. Mitt Romney and others, and the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

That left the school district not only teaching behaviors the Parker family considered immoral but deliberately refusing to tell them when it would be taught, so they could keep their children home.

Parker noted the ruling says teachers ‘have a constitutional right to coercively indoctrinate little children [into whatever they choose to teach].’

A WND/Wenzel Strategies poll

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=291997

just weeks ago revealed an overwhelming majority of Americans say elementary school is no place to promote the homosexual lifestyle. Even among liberals there is the strong belief that such lessons should be left outside the door of the classroom. (NO government school at any level is an appropriate place to promote immoral homosexual behavior!!!—my addition)

‘Whether they object on moral grounds or simply out of concern that many U.S. schools are failing in their core missions of teaching basics doesn’t really matter—the vast majority of American adults want this type of curriculum kept out of the classroom,’ Wenzel chief Fritz Wenzel said.

The scientific telephone survey was done April 19-21, and had a margin of error of 3.23 percentage points. It found that 65 percent of all respondents objected to teaching elementary school children that homosexuality is a ‘normal alternative lifestyle.’

The question was, ‘Do you believe elementary school children should be taught that homosexuality is a normal alternative lifestyle?’

Only 22 percent said yes, and 13 percent were unsure.”

While moving from Illinois to Tucson, Arizona, I received a job opportunity in California. I turned it down. I didn’t want to live in California. I wouldn’t live in California today under any circumstances I could perceive.

If I lived in California today, I’d be looking to move. If I couldn’t move and I had children in California’s government schools, I’d remove them. The schools seem to be no more than propaganda centers for the left’s radical agenda. No wonder a portion of California wants to succeed from the State!

From: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=326477

“Staff sergeant may lose career over ‘gay’ indoctrination
Accused of refusing to support homosexuality

Posted: July 26, 2011
8:11 pm Eastern

By Daniel Carl
© 2011 WND

“An Air Force staff sergeant with more than 12 years of military service reports he may be medically discharged for failing to support the indoctrination planned under President Obama’s push to create an atmosphere of openly homosexual behavior in the military ranks.

The cost of Obama’s drive to repeal the longstanding ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ practice under which soldiers were not asked about their sexual orientation if they didn’t make a public spectacle of it remains undetermined.

Obama and his appointees in the Pentagon last week ‘certified’ that there will be no impact on the military if openly homosexual behavior is allowed, setting off a chain of programmed events that in 60 days is supposed to create that setting.

A critic of Obama’s warned that he was creating a ‘San Francisco Military’ with the move.

‘It is not surprising that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen and President Barack Obama would pull the trigger on the military on a Friday afternoon, making it less likely that anyone will report on the many ‘thorny issues’ and serious social problems expected to ensue,’ said Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness.

http://www.cmrlink.org/

Take a guided tour into the future of the U.S. military once homosexuality is welcomed with open arms. Read Whistleblower's special issue, "DROPPING THE ‘H’-BOMB,’ online FREE here!

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/305110e6#/305110e6/1

‘Nevertheless, on the day that President Obama signs a paper ‘certifying’ that no harm will come to the military when repeal is implemented, he will own the San Francisco Military that he has created,’ she said.

‘The Friday afternoon move indicates that this is nothing to be proud of. It is an obvious political payoff to activists of the (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) LGBT Left, delivered at the expense of combat soldiers and Marines whose voices were heard but ignored during last year’s Pentagon ‘Working Group’ process that was put on just for show,’ she said.

The staff sergeant, James Moran, told WND he now is awaiting word from a military medical board regarding his future.

He said an earlier evaluation found, ‘He was unable to keep his personal opinions out of the office.’

Moran said he served four years in the Marines in the 1990s and then enlisted in the Air Force after 9/11 because he wanted to do his patriotic duty.

He had been in Germany only a few months when Congress voted to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. He said he heard about the repeal and voiced his concerns about its potential impact.

‘I voiced my concerns over the repeal to the people I work with,’ Moran said. ‘As a Christian I was raised in America, and there were some things I was raised to believe are wrong, and one of them was homosexuality.’

Moran said he raised the issue with his doctor, because he wanted someone to whom he could speak confidentially.

However, he said, the physician started the process that has led to his hearing before a medical board, and he’s now waiting to learn whether a ‘psychiatric condition’ will be used to remove him. (Are we now in Communist Soviet Union? The Soviet Union use to place political dissidents into psychiatric hospitals! Now in the United States, its seems to be people who disapprove of homosexual behavior!!!—my addition)

He said, ‘After I was removed from my clinic, I was having a hard time personally. So I went to the mental health doctor to let him know the things that had happened and to talk to him and to get some direction and help.

‘About a week later, a week after I was removed, they had to give me some kind of paperwork saying why I wasn’t in that clinic anymore. Then, when the commander asked me, I had already seen the doctor once or twice on my own, so I didn’t think it would be a problem,’ Moran explained.

Moran said he believes his commanding officer had a different reason for his actions, which eventually included a directive for Moran to go through a required ‘counseling.’

‘He sent me so that the red tape and paperwork would officially allow the Air Force to reach a conclusion regarding me and have me kicked out,’ Moran said. ‘Once it is command directed, then you have to go. And then your future depends on the decision of the doctors and the board.’

He said the evaluation determined, ‘I could not adapt and adjust to the military due to my own conscience and strongly held personal beliefs in religion.’ (ADJUST?!!!—my addition)

The natural result of that determination, he said, would be his removal from the military.

But the crux of the issue is not his adaptability; it is his religious faith, he said.

‘They don’t judge my religious beliefs. They in fact say I’m entitled to them. However, they do not allow me to discuss Jesus with other military members or sin as the Bible says.

‘The military has adopted a position that religion is personal and anyone offending others will be punished, in my view,’ Moran said.

Moran now is awaiting the results of the medical board to find out if he will be discharged from the Air Force.

The Air Force and the Department of Defense did not respond to WND’s request for comment.

Obama portrayed his promotion of homosexuals in the military as a termination of a discriminatory practice targeting the behavior. It also is viewed widely as a payoff to homosexuals who supported him during the 2008 election. (Duh! That is exactly what it is!!!—my addition)

‘We have taken the final major step toward ending the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law that undermines our military readiness and violates American principles of fairness and equality (LIAR!!!—my addition),’ Obama said at the time. (Now they are discriminating against people of faith!!!—my addition)

Retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. J. D. Pendry said the issue has never been about service.

‘It is unknown at this stage how many might retire or decide to leave at the end of their terms when they may otherwise have remained,’ Pendry said. ‘Our nation’s most trusted institution has been used by liberal politicians to normalize homosexuality. This was never about service.’ (Exactly!!!—my addition)

There have been a number of reports about concern expressed by military members or forces such as the Army’s Special Forces and the Navy SEALS.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/27/special-forces-wary-of-dont-ask-repeal/

‘Interviews with current and former commandos reveal that to maintain unit cohesion of Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs or other elite covert warriors, the military services and U.S. Special Operations Command need to make a special effort to ensure both homosexuals and heterosexuals know the rules of conduct,’ the Washington Times said.

‘I’m unsure how the Defense Department will define ‘openly gay’,’ said one Green Beret officer. ‘I can envision all sorts of new regulations or changes to existing ones, class after class, accusations flying, and more strains on our soldiers. We will spend hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions, to establish the new rules of the road and to implement them.’

The White House promotion of its action did not even mention a study

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=316273

by the government itself that concluded the ‘fix’ was in for the promotion of homosexuality in the military whether it would create damage or not.

That 33-page report, uncovered by the Center for Military Readiness, marked "For Official Use Only,"

http://cmrlink.org/CMRDocuments/DoD_IG-040811.pdf

describes an ‘Investigation of improper disclosure of For Official Use Only information from the Comprehensive Review Working Group draft report.’

It reveals that the inspector general of the Department of Defense concludes that the fix—maybe even handed down by the White House—was in before the military ever started asking soldiers and sailors about how opening the ranks to homosexuals would affect the nation’s defense.

It was that report that famously was quoted as affirming ‘70 percent’ of the nation’s military members believe the repeal of the long-standing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ practice of allowing homosexuals to serve as long as they kept their sexual lifestyle choices to themselves would have either ‘a neutral or positive impact on unit cohesion, readiness, effectiveness and morale.’

However, the inspector general documents show the co-chairman of the commission working on the assessment, Jeh Johnson, ‘read portions of ‘an early draft’ of the executive summary … to a former news anchor, a close personal friend visiting Mr. Johnson’s home’ three days before service members even were given the survey.

A source provided the IG report, which aimed to determine who prematurely released information about the study, to Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness. Donnelly analyzed the documentation and warned that it suggested Congress was deceived, probably deliberately, by those with a pro-repeal agenda.

Congress then voted during its lame-duck session last winter for the repeal.

‘Contrary to most news accounts, the ‘Comprehensive Review Working Group’ process was not a ‘study,’’ she told WND. ‘Its purpose was to circumvent and neutralize military opposition to repeal of the law.’

She said, ‘The vaunted Department of Defense ‘Survey of the Troop’s’ was pre-scripted even before the survey began.’

‘The Department of Department Inspector General report revealed that misleading survey results, which obscured the strong opposition of 60 percent of combat troops and 67 percent of Marines, were prematurely and improperly leaked to the Washington Post in order to promote the campaign to repeal the 1993 law.’

Donnelly explained that days before the survey to military members—supposedly to determine whether having open homosexuality in the ranks would be a detriment—was distributed to members of the military, Johnson ‘was seeking advice from a ‘former news anchor’ on how to write the report’s executive summary more ‘persuasively.’’

Further, ‘The Department of Defense IG report concluded that someone who ‘had a strongly emotional attachment to the issue’ and ‘likely a pro-repeal agenda’ violated security rules and leaked selected, half-true information to the Washington Post,’ she explained.

That was the ‘70 percent’ figure that has been discussed as the percentage of active-duty and reserve troops ‘not concerned about repeal of the law.’

‘The Department of Defense did not correct the unauthorized ‘spin,’ which was widely publicized and cited on the floor during Senate debate. The ultimate result of this travesty was a rushed vote to repeal the law regarding homosexuals in the military.’

However, the actual responses were that military members who believe the change would impact units

1) ‘very positively’ totaled 6.6 percent

2) ‘positively’ 11.8 percent

3) ‘mixed’ 32.1 percent

4) ‘negatively’ 18.7 percent

5) ‘very negatively’ 10.9 percent

6) ‘no effect’ 19.9 percent.

The only way the 70 percent figure can be reached is to combine ‘very positively,’ ‘positively,’ ‘mixed’ and ‘no effect.’ But this combination counts people with ‘neutral positions’ as favoring the change, she noted.

Donnelly’s research explained that taking those same figures and putting them on the other side, that is, lumping them with ‘negatively’ and ‘very negatively,’ would produce a total of almost 82 percent of the soldiers who believe the results of the change would be ‘negative or neutral.’

The IG said exactly that:

‘We considered that the primary source's likely pro-repeal sentiment was further demonstrated by his/her inclusion of the key 70 percent figure in the information provided to the Washington Post. … Had [the source] desired to further an anti-repeal bias for the article, he/she could likewise have combined four results categories from that same survey question to conclude that ‘82 percent of respondents said the effect of repealing the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy would be negative, mixed or no effect.’

EDITOR’S NOTE: At the request of one congressional member of the House Armed Services Committee, in early April WND sent to committee members, including Rep. Duncan Hunter, as well as staffers, 150 copies of the special Whistleblower issue, ‘DROPPING THE ‘H’-BOMB: As Obama and Congress force open homosexuality on America’s military, soldiers are fighting back.’”

In the end, those who practice and support homosexual behavior will lose. The only question will be “How much damage will be done to the United States” before then!

Romans 1: 26-27 (NIV) “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”

When the Apostle Paul wanted to give an example of men exchanging the truth of God for a lie, he gave, as an example, men and women involved in homosexual behavior!!! Get the picture? Homosexual behavior is a SIN. No court, no State, no group of men and women can change that TRUTH!!!

Friday, July 29, 2011

The Way of the Fool


Psalm 53: 1-3

“The difference between the way of God and the way of a person who won’t listen to God is like day and night. Hello, I’m Phil Sanders; and this is a Bible study, ‘In Search of the Lord’s Way.’ We want to walk the way of God, not the way of a fool. So stay with us for this study and find out the difference between the two.

Hello, I’m Phil Sanders and we’re here to search God’s Word for the Lord’s Way. God’s ways are always wise. And we want to follow in His steps because we know that they lead to an abundant life on earth and eternal life in heaven. And we’re so grateful that you have joined us. We want to be a part of your life each week.

Several years ago a couple in New Jersey were seriously injured by a quarter-stick of dynamite that blew up in their car. While driving around at 2 AM, this bored couple lit the dynamite. They tried to toss it out the window to see what would happen; but they failed to notice that the window was closed. People can certainly hurt themselves when they act without thinking.

The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 5 and verse 22 that, ‘whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.’ Now it’s not our place to get angry and call people fools, but the Bible does describe what a fool is and how a fool acts. We’re interested in studying what the Bible calls folly or foolishness, not because we want to call names, but because the Bible warns us not to choose the way of a fool.

Foolishness in the Bible is a frame of mind that either lacks the wisdom of God or has contempt for it. Foolishness shows a lack of understanding of God’s ways and an unwillingness to obey Scripture. The Bible indicates serious consequences whenever one rejects the wisdom of God.

Now, in general, a fool in the Bible lives life as if God and His commandments were trivial matters. According to Psalm 14, verse 1, ‘The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’’ Now, this verse continues: ‘They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.’ You see when people leave God out of their lives, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that they become ungodly.

Well, if you want to study more about this topic with us, we offer this information free. If you’d like a printed copy or CD of our study, mail your request to In Search of the Lord’s Way, P.O. Box 371, Edmond, OK 73083 or send us an email; that’s to searchtv@searchtv.org. Or, you can call our toll-free telephone number. That number is 1 (800) 321-8633. We also stream this program on our website at www.searchtv.org. The Edmond church will now worship in song, and then we’ll read from Psalm 53, verses 1 through 3.

Our reading today comes from Psalm 53, verses 1 through 3. ‘The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God,’ They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good. God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God. Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.’ This is a Psalm of David from the Holy Word. Let’s pray together. Heavenly Father, we pray that our hearts may be set upon not only understanding what You have written to us in Your Word but being willing to obey it, and to live by it, and to love it. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

The Bible calls people without godly wisdom ‘fools’ and describes their behavior as ‘folly.’ Now, simply speaking, folly is the opposite of wisdom, and a fool is the opposite of a wise person. Both wisdom and folly are depicted as perspectives on life. The religious person chooses wisdom, whereas the non-religious person opts for folly.

Wisdom leads to a successful spiritual life, while folly leads to heartache and ruin. The Bible says in Proverbs 1 and verse 7 that the ‘fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.’ Wisdom is the essence of a good life, while the fool is thoughtless; he is self-centered, and obviously indifferent to God. (Note also that we are not talking about being intelligent, smart, or having book knowledge. We are talking about wisdom. Wisdom comes from GOD!!!—my addition)

The Lord described and rebuked Israel in Jeremiah 4 and verse 22, ‘For My people are foolish, they know Me not; they are stupid children and have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, but to do good they do not know.’ It’s not that these people have no knowledge at all. But what they lack or what they reject is a knowledge of God and His ways. Because they don’t know or value God, they do stupid and wicked things.

Sometimes people act naively. Because they don’t know better, they cause trouble for themselves and they cause trouble for others. The Bible contrasts the prudent and the naive in Proverbs 22 and verse 3, ‘The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and they’re punished for it.’ Again Proverbs 14, verses 15 and 16 explains that, ‘The naive believes everything, but the sensible man considers his steps. A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and he is careless.’ You see, his pride blinds him to the consequences of his actions, and he blunders through life.The Bible cautions in Ecclesiastes 5, verse 1, ‘Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know what they are doing and that they’re doing evil.’

You see, a foolish person thinks whatever worship or sacrifice he offers is pleasing to God, not realizing that our God is a holy God and we must worship reverently. You can’t worship a holy God just any way you want to. We need to listen to the instructions of the New Testament and worship God in church as the New Testament teaches; and it’s foolish to do otherwise.

Foolish people won’t listen to instruction and they don’t like rules. They would rather do their own thing and make up their own rules. Proverbs 12 and verse 15 says that, ‘The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man is he who listens to counsel.’ Now, a fool will convince himself that evil is good and good is evil. And it never occurs to him that he is ruining his life and hurting other people. Proverbs 16 and verse 22 says, ‘Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.’ (Think homosexual behavior and the supporters and enablers of this perverted behavior—my addition)

You see, some people will listen to God’s counsel and make the changes that help them to develop their character and to have a good life. But others are stubborn; they won’t listen to anyone; and they’re determined to pursue their own course no matter what.

Proverbs 26 and verse 7 says, ‘Like the legs which are useless to the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.’ Again Proverbs 15, verse 5 says that, ‘A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but he who regards reproof is sensible.’

Proverbs 17, verse 10 says that, ‘A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.’ Proverbs 27, verse 22 says, ‘Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.’ He doesn’t learn because he has a stubborn heart that doesn’t want to learn. A foolish man seems to miss the point of what God desires. He focuses on things that matter little while the things that matter most are ignored. The Bible tells this story from the lips of Jesus in Luke chapter 11, verses 37 to 40: The Bible says, ‘Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. But the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?’’

Now, there’s another aspect of foolishness that is even more insidious: and this is when a person deliberately sins against God’s laws. The Bible describes this kind of behavior in Jeremiah 29 and verse 23, ‘they have acted foolishly in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness, declares the LORD.’ Oh, that’s foolishness!

Proverbs 1, verses 20 to 27 discusses this rebellious attitude and its consequences: ‘Wisdom shouts in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings: ‘How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing and fools hate knowledge? Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Because I called and you refused; I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; And you neglected all my counsel and did not want my reproof; I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, when your dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.’’

When people won’t listen to God’s calling for them to obey, they pay a very dear price. They ruin their lives and they separate themselves from God. Proverbs 1, verses 28 to 33 describes this situation: ‘Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; (God says) they will seek me diligently but they will not find me, because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD. They would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof. So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be satiated with their own devices. For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. But he who listens to me (that is the wisdom of God) shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil.’

My friend, whether we listen to God and call on Him matters greatly. Some people think they don’t need God, but all of us reach those times in life when we can’t do without Him. When King Asa of Judah relied on God, the Lord delivered him from the massive armies of the Ethiopians with their many horses and chariots. At a later time, however, when Israel blockaded Judah, Asa turned to a man, Benhadad, the king of Aram. And he foolishly put his trust in men and he lost sight of his need for God’s help to defeat Israel. Well, Hanani the prophet came to Asa and he said: ‘Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this.’ That’s from 2 Chronicles 16, verses 7 to 9.

You see, foolishness is relying on man’s wisdom or on man’s ability rather than turning to God. We have got to turn to God for our answers in life. God can see things that we can’t see and He can do things that we cannot do on our own power. And it is foolish to doubt God’s wisdom or His power. God is wiser than men and more powerful than men. First Corinthians 1, verses 23 to 25 says, ‘but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those of us who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.’

Many people think that anything religious is foolish and weak, but we must never think lowly of God and highly of ourselves. Mankind knows many things and can do many things; but being smart isn’t the same as being wise. And just because we can do many things doesn’t mean that they are the right things to do. Our lives possess a spiritual and moral dimension that transcends human wisdom and human power. (This is why I’ve been saying over and over that we must change and return to GOD or all the balanced budgets in the world will not help the United States!!!—my addition)

The apostle Paul was critical of the idolatrous people of his day, because they had left God out of their lives and substituted their own speculations. When they cast out God, they also cast out the marvelous moral and spiritual dimension that God brings to our lives. Paul wrote in Romans 1, verses 18 to 21: ‘For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.’

Paul explains, (Romans 1: 22-23) ‘Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.’ (Romans 1: 25) ‘They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped the creature rather than the Creator….’ Now this rejection of God left a moral emptiness in humanity. And their sense of morality, what they ought to do was replaced with doing whatever they wanted. They dishonored their bodies and practiced and committed indecent acts. Their lust of the flesh led to unnatural things. Proverbs 14, verse 9 says that, ‘Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.’ Oh, fools do mock at the whole concept of right and wrong. They scoff at righteousness, while they live sad, unhappy lives. Proverbs 17, verse 25 says, ‘A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.’

[(The author left out but I will not: Romans 1: 26-27 {NIV}) “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.” When the Apostle Paul wanted to give an example of men exchanging the truth of God for a lie, he gave, as an example, men and women involved in homosexual behavior!!! Get the picture? Homosexual behavior is a SIN. No court, no State, no group of men and women can change that TRUTH!!!—my addition]

So Romans 1, verses 28 to 32 begins to explain, ‘And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, (they’re) insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but they also give hearty approval to those who practice them.’ (Sound familiar? Today, as in the case of homosexual behavior, they also give preferred legal status. Talk about calling evil good and good evil!!!—my addition)

Ah, without God we live in a morally depraved, and abusive, and terribly unhappy world. God never intended for us to live that way. And that’s why He revealed Himself and His will to us in Jesus Christ and His teaching. Wherever the gospel of Jesus is preached, people become happier and more moral and better to each other. They love what is good and right and they turn away from what’s harmful and bad. They are filled with peace and hope. They are lights in a darkened world, and they have good families, and they give of their time and their money to bless those in need. Ah, the difference between the wisdom of serving God and the foolishness of ignoring Him is as evident as day and night to any careful observer. We need God in our lives. Let’s pray together. Father, help us to love You and to listen to You and to serve You so that we may be wise children and not foolish. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

The Lord Jesus told this parable in Luke 12, verses 16 to 21, ‘The land of a rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grains and all my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; so take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’ So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.’

Wouldn’t you hate for God to call you a fool? This man had no place for God in his life. His whole focus was on taking care of his own needs. He thought he could live life as he pleased. He never considered God. How much place does God have in your life? Are you willing to listen to His wisdom and follow His teaching? God’s way is always wise; and we should listen to God in every matter.

The Bible teaches us to believe in God, to turn from the evil that ruins lives to righteousness that will bless everybody. When we confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God; and whenever we are baptized into Christ and into His death (you know it’s at his death where He shed his blood) we learn that that’s when we have salvation. Romans 6, verses 3 to 7 teaches that when you do this (that you are baptized into the death of Christ) that the old, foolish man of sin inside of you dies; and you will be washed clean of sin and born again. This is a great day to turn from foolishness to the wisdom of God. Won’t you do that today?

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Petition to Congress to CUT SPENDING!!!


From: Heritage Action for America

http://heritageaction.com/debtlimit/?utm_source=teapartynet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=debt-limit-petition

“Debt limit: More of the same? Tell Washington NO!

Sign the petition: Any proposal must cut spending now and fix the budget process.

Dear Fellow Conservative,

Since the Spring, Washington has been abuzz with debt limit deadlines and rumored deals. But instead of actually solving our spending-induced debt crisis, Washington is delivering more of the same: secretive deals, gimmicks, and tax increases.

Do you want more of the same?

No! Cut spending now and fix the budget process.

http://heritageaction.com/debtlimit/?utm_source=teapartynet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=debt-limit-petition

Our children and grandchildren deserve a real proposal that cuts spending to squarely address our enormous debt.

Tell Washington: no more business as usual.

http://heritageaction.com/debtlimit/?utm_source=teapartynet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=debt-limit-petition

Are you with us? Sign the petition.

http://heritageaction.com/debtlimit/?utm_source=teapartynet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=debt-limit-petition

Michael A. Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage Action for America”

“No more of the same from Washington

Oppose any debt limit deal that doesn’t address the enormity of the fiscal challenges we face.

Stop business as usual:

Any proposal that increases the debt ceiling must include historic reforms that will save the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

It must: cut current spending, restrict future spending, and fix the budget process.
Cut, Cap and Balance is the only plan on the table that meets this test.

Business as usual must end.

Sign Now

I oppose any debt limit deal that doesn’t address the enormity of our fiscal crisis. Congress must cut current spending, restrict future spending, and fix the budget process.

Our Letter to Congress

In order to achieve reforms of this magnitude, Congress must do everything possible to eliminate the uncertainty surrounding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s August 2 deadline. Congress cannot negotiate with a clear mind if the administration is constantly invoking the specter of default. As Heritage Foundation economist J.D. Foster, Ph.D. points out:

Both immediately and long after it reaches the debt limit, the government would have far more than enough revenue coming in that the Secretary of the Treasury could use to pay interest on the debt. Nor would preserving the current debt limit put at risk the full faith and credit of the United States government, as the President’s chief economic adviser has claimed. The government would continue to pay net interest as it comes due.

In the event that liberals will not allow us to raise the debt ceiling because they cannot stomach substantive, systemic changes to put the country back on sound footing, conservatives must develop a responsible plan. Congress must exercise their constitutional power of the purse, building upon the framework of the Toomey-McClintock legislation, and prioritize federal spending.”

“Thank you for signing Heritage Action’s petition—calling on Washington to stop business as usual and seriously address our debt crisis.

Take the next step: send a detailed message to your Members of Congress.

http://capwiz.com/heritage/issues/alert/?alertid=51211841

When you urge them to support substantive proposals, you pave the way for our DC-based government relations team to push the message in the halls of Congress.

Take action, and together we will bring about conservative solutions to our debt crisis.”

“Please don’t support a debt ceiling increase without making fundamental reforms and real spending cuts.

Decades of irresponsible spending have saddled our children and grandchildren with crushing debt—each child is born with a $45,000 share of the national debt.

It would be irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without enacting fundamental reforms and spending cuts.

Even if we reach the debt ceiling, America will not default on its debt unless Secretary Geithner refuses to pay interest on the debt.

Please oppose any debt limit deal that doesn’t addresses the enormity of the fiscal challenges we face.”

My addition:

compromise proposal:

1) The Balance Budget Amendment is dropped!

2) BEFORE ANY raising of the debt ceiling, Congress passes and the President signs a 2011-2012 fiscal year budget!

3) Federal income tax on ALL business income—sole proprietorship, partnerships, corporations of all types—will end in the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget. Only individual income will be taxed when distributed to individuals.

4) Spending WILL be cut in the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget so that the increase in the national debt for the fiscal year WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ trillion dollars. Repeating: Deficit spending WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS.

5) For the fiscal year 2012-2013 budget which begins on October 1, 2012, deficit spending WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS.

6) In return, the debt ceiling will be raised by NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS till October 1, 2012. Before the beginning of the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget, IF the national debt has NOT increased by more than ½ TRILLION DOLLARS, the debt ceiling will be raised another ½ TRILLION DOLLARS for the fiscal 2012-2013 budget year. If NOT, the debt ceiling will NOT be raised.

7) Let the 2012 election determine the fiscal direction of the country.

From: Tea Party Nation

“Debt Ceiling: Congressional Republicans, Remember The Alamo!
Posted by Lloyd Marcus on July 26, 2011 at 11:57am

Some will say, ‘Lloyd, if your purpose is to inspire Republicans to stand strong in the debt ceiling debate, why on earth would you choose the battle at the Alamo which the good guys, the Texans, lost?’

The battle at the Alamo is the birthplace of Texas liberty. Approximately 250 Texans died fighting for their freedom against the 1500 man Mexican army. The Texans held the Mexicans at bay for 12 days before being massacred on the 13th day.

What I find so inspiring about the battle is the Texans knew they were going to die. And yet, they knew the time had come to draw a line in the sand taking a stand for freedom.

With Bill O'Reilly leading the charge, pundits and Washington elites advise Republicans to surrender to Obama’s irresponsible desire to raise the debt ceiling and raise taxes.

These smartest guys in the room say, ‘Obama has the polls and the media on his side. So, why go down in defeat.’ (Obama does NOT have the polls on his side—NOT polls that are accurate!! And the mass media is irrelevant since they always support him!—my addition)

Well I say, the Republicans must not allow fear, skewed polls and an ill-informed public to prevent them from doing what is best for America. The time has come for Republicans to draw a line in the sand; take a stand by fighting the tyranny of out of control, self serving vote manufacturing and insane government spending.

Thank God we have tea party freshmen who are standing on principle and saying ‘no’ to bankrupting the future of generations.

Here is how deep in the hole we are. Let’s suppose congress ceased all spending today and began making payments of 100 million dollars per day on our national debt. It would take us 389 years to pay off our national debt. Can you see how adding to our debt would be insane?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtVbUmcQSuk

And yet, O’Reilly and company advise the Republicans to compromise to save themselves. Such behavior is not character driven leadership. To the Republicans, I say, ‘Remember the Alamo! Take a stand for freedom!’

Unlike the Texans, I do not believe the Republicans will be massacred. The informational highway has changed dramatically since 1995 when the liberal media successfully blamed the government shutdown on the Republicans.

While I must admit that ‘Black Barack’ Obama and his gang of media roughnecks are a ‘might powerful’, there’s a tough new lawman in town, Sheriff Tea Party.

Folks are still talkin’ about how back in November 2010, Sheriff Tea Party and his posse of bloggers, talk show-ers, social network-ers and rally-ers kicked the Obama gang’s XXXX (my deletion—my addition). They pretty much wreckin’ to do it again come November 2012.

And can we please lay to rest the lie that America will default on August 2nd if we do not raise the debt ceiling? This is yet another Obama and his gang of media roughnecks scare tactic.

http://johntreed.com/headline/2011/07/13/not-raising-the-debt-ceiling-will-not-cause-default/

Patriots, our characterless president and his minions will stop at nothing to further their socialistic agenda and destruction of America as we know it. Can you believe that after the Obama gang’s despicable attempt to make the tea party and opposition to Obamacare a racial matter, they are now attempting to make opposition to raising our debt about race?

Black political operatives including Congressional Black Caucus member, Shelia Jackson Lee are accusing the Republicans of saying no to raising the debt ceiling because Obama is black. These people have no shame. They are evil.”

“Obama’s characterless tactics of race baiting, blaming Bush, creating hostility towards achievers and commercials showing Republicans pushing granny over a cliff are challenging obstacles to overcome.

A dear long time black friend, Christian minister and mentor has bought the Obama gang’s spin hook, line and sinker. After a enjoyable chat about religious matters, he shifted the conversation to Republicans and the debt ceiling.

Suddenly, he became extremely angry. After vilifying Republicans claiming their sole existence is to make the rich richer on the backs of the poor, he concluded his rant saying, ‘By not raising the debt ceiling, Republicans are playing Russian roulette with the lives of the poor and seniors. If I were God, I would kill them ALL!’

Wow! I was struck by the depths of his passionate hate for Republicans. My friend is an example of the left’s successful hate campaign against achievers and Conservatives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8O-AXNtXdc&playnext=1&list=PL0B38A0D5BED4FEC3

Still, I am extremely confident we will defeat Obama and his media minions in 2012.

Victory will require every patriot remaining focused and vigilant in their efforts. To my fellow believers in Christ, I would ask that you continue praying for our great country; an extraordinary wonderful experiment founded on Christian principles.

As for the Texans massacred at the Alamo, months later, Texas won it’s independence at the battle of San Jacinto; their battle cry, ‘Remember the Alamo!’

Republicans, please hang tough. America’s future rests on your shoulders and backbones.

Vice Chair, http://www.campaigntodefeatobama.com/

http://www.campaigntodefeatobama.com/

Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network”

http://www.libertysharenetwork.com/lloyd-marcus.html

As for President Barack Hussein Obama’s so called appeal for compromise. How much compromise occurred between Republicans and Democrats when the Democrats pushed through Obamacare with blatant bribes to Democrats who were concerned about losing their seat? To compromise with the present President is to capitulate to socialism!!! Ask Bart Stupak how well caving to Barack Hussein Obama worked out!!!

I Timothy 6: 10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people (and governments!—my addition), eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”

There is NOTHING in the Constitution that grants authority to the federal government to spend money for education or to build sidewalks for a city or to do a lot of other things that the federal government is NOW doing! If the federal government would stop spending money in unauthorized areas, balancing the federal budget would be much easier and would not CORRUPT the behavior of so many within the United States. IT IS TIME TO STOP SPENDING!!! IT IS TIME TO DRASTICALLY CUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET!!!

It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION

It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION

It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!
It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!
It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!

Pray that the House remains firmly committed to CUTTING SPENDING!!! Encourage them in all ways to REMAIN UNITED to CUT SPENDING!!! CUTTING SPENDING is the only way to balance the budget. You DO NOT give more money to a spendoholic!!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Cut, Cap, and Balance: (H.R. 2560)—House Vote. Call Congress to Stop Small, Insignificant Cuts in the Budget


Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHJ6dSyohCc&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_242321

Watch this video! (Turn up the volume and listen carefully!) Destroying the economy thru regulations! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efhb4pqUkD0&feature=player_embedded

Cut, Cap, and Balance (H.R. 2560) passed in the House by a vote of 234-190.

From: http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.html

From: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll606.xml

H R 2560 RECORDED VOTE 19-Jul-2011 8:23 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Cut, Cap, and Balance Act

Republican

Ayes: 229
Nays: 9
Present: 0
Not voting: 1

Democratic:

Ayes: 5
Nays: 181
Present: 0
Not Voting: 7

Totals:

Ayes: 234
Nays: 190
Present: 0
Not Voting: 8

Ayes: 234

Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
1) Boren [Democratic]
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
2) Cooper [Democratic]
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
3) Matheson [Democratic]
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
4) McIntyre [Democratic]
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
5) Shuler [Democratic]
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (FL)
Young (IN)

Nays: 190

Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
1) Bachmann [Republican]
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
2) Broun (GA) [Republican]
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
3) Conseco [Republican]
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
4) Disarrays [Republican]
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
5) Griffith (VA) [Republican]
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
6) Jones [Republican]
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
7) Mack [Republican]
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
8) Paul [Republican]
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
9) Rohrabacher {Republican]
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

Not Voting: 8

Blumenauer
Capuano
Castor (FL)
Ellison
Engel
Giffords
Hinchey
Young (AK) [Republican]

From: Freedom Works http://www.freedomworks.org/

“Please Call Your Congressman Now (The President called for calls to our Congressmen. Now is the time!)

The House will vote Wednesday on the new ‘Boehner Plan’ in the debt ceiling debate. Unless you want our national debt to reach $23.7 trillion over the next 10 years, I need you to call your Congressman right now to tell them to vote NO. And then you need to forward this email to all your friends and ask them to do the same thing. Call NOW>>

http://action.freedomworks.org/4829/tell-your-representatives-to-vote-no-on-speaker-boehners-debt-cei/?src=july26

Why? The Boehner Plan barely cuts ($6 billion next year), doesn’t cap, and doesn’t balance.

In fact, over the next 10 years it leaves the United States with a national debt of $23.7 trillion instead of $24.9 trillion and then asks a ‘special committee’ to come up with some more ideas for cuts. Seventeen special committees since 1982 have left us in the hole we’re in today so we have no reason to think this one would be any different. We need real cuts now. (Repeating: We NEED REAL CUTS NOW!!!—my addition)

The big vote is this Wednesday, so this cannot be put off. Call now to oppose the Boehner Plan.

http://action.freedomworks.org/4829/tell-your-representatives-to-vote-no-on-speaker-boehners-debt-cei/?src=july26

Speaker Boehner and House Republicans did the right thing last week when they passed the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act with a massive 234-190 bi-partisan majority. That was our compromise position. It gave the Democrats their coveted debt ceiling increase so long as they passed permanent change to how Washington spends our money in the form of a Balanced Budget Amendment.

Then the Democrat-controlled Senate refused to debate the bill. That's right, the ‘most deliberative body in the world’ refused to debate a bill with bi-partisan support and, according to a CNN poll, the support of 66 percent of Americans. They know the Balanced Budget Amendment is wildly popular across party lines and that they would lose that fight.

Unfortunately, rather than hold the line and force President Obama or Harry Reid to put to paper their own legislation (which they have failed to do), Speaker Boehner has (again) put forward a plan.

But this plan will not do and the credit rating agencies agree. So far, the only plan that could protect our national AAA credit rating is Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Please call your Congressman right now

http://action.freedomworks.org/4829/tell-your-representatives-to-vote-no-on-speaker-boehners-debt-cei/?src=july26

and tell him you oppose the Boehner Plan, or any plan that leaves us $23.7 trillion in debt in 10 years. We need to head in the other direction—toward balance, and toward Washington only spending what it brings in.

The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act is the only existing legislation that gets us there.

Washington wants a deal; the American people want a solution. Cut, Cap, and Balance is the solution. Please call now.

http://action.freedomworks.org/4829/tell-your-representatives-to-vote-no-on-speaker-boehners-debt-cei/?src=july26

In Liberty,

Matt Kibbe
President and CEO, FreedomWorks

P.S. Because this fight is SO critical—as soon as you’ve called your Congressman, I must ask for your financial support. If we receive an outpouring of donations—even small ones of $10, $25 or $50

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From: Tea Party Nation

“Urgent Act now!

Posted by Judson Phillips on July 26, 2011 at 6:40pm

While we get closer and closer to victory, the RINOs lead by John Boehner are bound and determined to ignore the will of the people and not do what we sent them to do.

The House passed Cut, Cap and Balance. Was that just a show?

Now they have the so-called Boehner plan they are going to try to pass instead of the already passed Cut, Cap and Balance.

What is the difference?

The Boehner plan only cuts $7 billion instead of $111 billion. It does not cap spending. It does not protect America’s credit rating. Boehner once again wants to haul up his freshly laundered white flag of surrender.

We cannot allow this to happen when we are so close to victory.

There are a number of undecided Congressmen. We need to get them to do the right thing and not back the Boehner budget surrender bill.

Here are the undecided (with District Number next to the name—my addition):

Arizona

Franks (2)
Quayle (3)

California

McClintock (4)
Denham (19)
Hunter (52)

Colorado

Tipton (3)
Gardner (4)
Lamborn (5)

Florida

Rooney (16)
West (22)

Georgia

Kingston (1)
Scott (8)

Illinois

Hultgren (14)

Indiana

Stutzman (3)
Rokita (4)
Burton (5)

Kansas

Yoder (3)
Pompeo (4)

Maryland

Harris (1)
Bartlett (6)

Michigan

Benishek (1)
Huizenga (2)

Missouri

Long (7)

Mississippi

Palazzo (4)

North Carolina

McHenry (10)

New Hampshire

Guinta (1)

New Jersey

Garrett (5)

Oklahoma

Lankford (5)

Texas

Flores (17)
Neugebauer (19)

South Carolina

Scott (1)
Wilson (2)
Gowdy (4)

Virginia

Rigell (2)

Wisconsin

Duffy (7)

Wyoming

Lummis (At Large)

Call their offices, email them, send them messages on their twitter accounts. They committed to Cut, Cap and Balance which will take $111 billion from this year’s budget.

Instead Boehner wants to take a paltry $7 billion. Does anyone remember the budget debate? We were promised cuts of $100 billion and Boehner delivered a cut of $352 MILLION!

Victory is close but we must fight.

Let’s roll!”

THE MAJOR PROBLEM with the Boehner plan is that it does NOT CUT ENOUGH NOW!!! The 2011-2012 fiscal year budget should have no more than an ½ trillion dollar deficit. That means we MUST CUT 1 trillion dollars from the current budget for next year which begins October 1st. Budget cuts 10 years down the road ARE MEANINGLESS. A new Congress could change everything.

President Barack Hussein Obama does NOT want to set priorities. Either Congress does it or the President MUST do it if Congress does NOT raise the debt ceiling. Either way, we win! It would be political suicide for him NOT to pay social security, the military, debt payments, and other necessary obligations. We MUST END the unnecessary obligations. DON’T ALLOW SPENDOHOLICS to spend more money!!!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Senate Vote on Cut, Cap, and Balance and a Tea Party Petition to Stand Strong!!!


Without having seen or heard Barack Hussein Obama’s address to the nation last night, I can confidently say that HE LIED!!! I can say that because he has been LYING throughout this debate. The only reason the U.S. would default is because the President decides that the nation should default. He will make that choice!!! We have sufficient revenue to pay our debts. We don’t have sufficient revenue to continue spending all that we spend. We BORROW at least 40% of what is being spent. The only reason to raise the debt limit is to CONTINUE to borrow 40% of what is being spent!!! Good luck with that approach!!!

Bonus video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1U1Jzdghjk&feature=player_embedded



From: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00036%3Cbr%3E

From: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00116

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2560 )

Vote Number: 116
Vote Date: July 22, 2011, 10:05 AM
Required For Majority: ½
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Measure Number: H.R. 2560 (Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011)

Measure Title: A bill to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.

Vote Counts:

Yeas: 51

Nays: 46

Not Voting: 3

Grouped By Vote Position: Yeas 51

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Grouped By Vote Position: Nays 46

Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Brown (R-MA)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Grouped By Vote Position: Not Voting 3

Gillibrand (D-NY)
Kerry (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)

The Senate Democrats are NOT even willing to DEBATE the bill!!!

From: http://www.theteaparty.net/

Dear Patriot,

Obama’s team was all over the television yesterday throwing a temper tantrum about the debt ceiling. Congressional Republicans have called Obama’s apocalyptic bluff by offering him a short-term deal on the debt ceiling. The Obama team said over and over again yesterday that they would not accept any deal that didn’t extend the debt ceiling past the election!

This is the same team that is trying to scare seniors into believing that if a deal isn’t reached by Wednesday, seniors will be barred from hospitals and Social Security checks won’t go out. Yesterday, it was made clear that they don’t care about seniors or the military; they only care about reelection. Obama’s mentor, Saul Alinsky, made it clear that the threat of a tactic (fear mongering) is always stronger than the tactic itself. Together, we have forced Congress to expose the truth about Obama’s Alinsky tactics.

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Tea Party, the Debt Limit, the Federal Budget, and a Solution—part 5


President Barack Hussein Obama claims, that to balance the federal budget, taxes must be raised. That the wealthiest should do their part. The problem is: IT IS NONSENSE!!! The wealthiest pay the bulk of income tax in this country NOW!!! 40% of filers not only paid NO federal income tax but also received MONEY from the federal government! 53% of filers were taxed to GIVE MONEY to 40% of the filers. Another 7% did not receive additional money from the federal government but also did NOT pay any income taxes. ONLY 53% of ALL filers PAID ANY INCOME TAX TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!! 53% paid federal income tax; 47% PAID NOTHING and MOST of them GOT MONEY BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!! Is that their fair share?

What is President Barack Hussein Obama’s definition of fair? If he wants more of his money to go to the federal government he can give more of HIS money to the federal government. He has NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OR AUTHORITY to take money from one group and give it to another group! NONE!!! AND NEITHER DOES CONGRESS!!! The purpose of a tax system is to collect money for the operation of government as allowed by the Constitution. NOT to REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH from one group to another!!!

That said, my first position is to NOT RAISE the debt ceiling. The economy will NOT tumble and the government WILL NOT default on its debt unless the President wants it to do so!!! What will happen is that President Barack Hussein Obama will have to make some very difficult decisions on who will receive money from the federal government and who will not. And he should be put in this position because it has been the Democrats who have REFUSED to pass a budget over the last two years!!! It is the Democrats who have REFUSED to CUT SPENDING!!!

He will have to decide whether or not to cut Unconstitutional programs used by the Democrats to buy votes or not give money to programs that are Constitutionally mandated and established by Congressional law. Welfare checks or social security payments? Military payments or payments to Planned MURDERHOOD and similar programs? He’ll have to actually establish PRIORITIES!!! And believe me, he does NOT WANT to be placed in that position—to make these hard choices!!!

What happened in Minnesota? The Governor caved! President Barack Hussein Obama does NOT want to go into the 2012 election as the President who cut spending because he had no choice. And it is the fault of the Democrats. The Republicans HAVE OFFERED proposals both for the 2012 fiscal year budget and for resolving the debt ceiling problem. The DEMOCRATS have offered NOTHING!!! And rejected the debt ceiling proposal WITHOUT discussion!!!

Where is the BUDGET? Where is the debt ceiling PROPOSAL? Nothing from the Democrats! NOTHING!!!

However, if there is a deal to be made, here is the only acceptable compromise!

Repeating my compromise proposal:

1) The Balance Budget Amendment is dropped!

As I wrote on my July 16th post:

“The truth is, if we restore the Constitution, this proposed Constitutional Amendment will be meaningless and unnecessary. If we don’t restore the Constitution, it is already meaningless and unnecessary because the government will continue doing whatever it wants as it is NOW doing!!!”

2) BEFORE ANY raising of the debt ceiling, Congress passes and the President signs a 2011-2012 fiscal year budget!

As I wrote on my July 15th post:

“That’s not all though. The federal government has still not approved a budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The new fiscal year begins October 1st. That’s less than THREE months away!!! Three months away and no budget so we have NO IDEA how much the next budget will contribute to the growing deficit. The House of Representatives passed a budget that cut back on spending. The Democratic controlled Senate rejected it. The Democratic controlled Senate then also rejected the President’s budget which would have increased spending. Even though the President now claims that he is for cutting “some” spending. The Democratic Senate is NOT close to passing a budget for the coming year. Isn’t a budget for the coming year more important than raising the debt ceiling. It is IF the President and HIS party are serious about cutting spending. The problem is, the President has NO DESIRE to CUT SPENDING!!! NONE!!!!! HE IS A LIAR!!! AND HE THINKS WE ARE IDIOTS!!! AND SO DOES THE MASS MEDIA THAT PARROTS HIS LIES!!!”

3) Federal income tax on ALL business income—sole proprietorship, partnerships, corporations of all types—will end in the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget. Only individual income will be taxed when distributed to individuals. (Next month, I will propose changes in the individual income tax but the first priority is to stop taxing business income.)

In return for not taxing business income, NO tax money will go to businesses to encourage changes in market activities. Let the free market determine economic activity; NOT some bureaucrat in government and certainly NOT Congress, the President, and the Courts. By the way, there is NO such concept as a business or a business sector that is too big to fail! Failure occurs all the time just as success occurs all the time. The risk is the businessman’s. The rewards are the businessman’s. Let the market place decide. Legal, legitimate supply and demand ultimately CAN NOT be controlled by government.

My guess is, and I doubt if anyone knows empirically because our laws have so distorted the free markets, that the federal government spends more money to try to induce businesses into certain business activities than it collects in business income taxes. By the way, the nonsense of requiring businesses to pay “prevailing wages” when carrying out a government contract would end with the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget. That practice perverts the bidding process and needlessly adds additional cost to the project which adds costs to local, State, and federal governments. Costs that NONE of these governments can afford! Again, let the market place decide!

4) Spending WILL be cut in the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget so that the increase in the national debt for the fiscal year WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ trillion dollars. Repeating: Deficit spending WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS.

5) For the fiscal year 2012-2013 budget which begins on October 1, 2012, deficit spending WILL BE NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS.

6) In return, the debt ceiling will be raised by NO MORE THAN ½ TRILLION DOLLARS till October 1, 2012. Before the beginning of the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget, IF the national debt has NOT increased by more than ½ TRILLION DOLLARS, the debt ceiling will be raised another ½ TRILLION DOLLARS for the fiscal 2012-2013 budget year. If NOT, the debt ceiling will NOT be raised.

7) Let the 2012 election determine the fiscal direction of the country.

Will we be a nation that CUTS spending to get our national debt under control or will we be a nation that continues to borrow money to increase spending at the federal government level to “invest” in the nation?

Are the members of the two political parties willing to let the voters decide the direction of the country based upon the 2012 election?

I Timothy 6: 10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people (and governments!—my addition), eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”

There is NOTHING in the Constitution that grants authority to the federal government to spend money for education or to build sidewalks for a city or to do a lot of other things that the federal government is NOW doing! If the federal government would stop spending money in unauthorized areas, balancing the federal budget would be much easier and would not CORRUPT the behavior of so many within the United States. IT IS TIME TO STOP SPENDING!!! IT IS TIME TO DRASTICALLY CUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET!!!

It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION

It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
It is time, it’s past time to OBEY THE CONSTITUTION

It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!
It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!
It’s time, it is past time to TAKE BACK THE NATION!!!