Let me get this straight...??
The healthcare plan of "the anointed one" is being written by a committee whose own chairman says he doesn't understand it...
Is going to be voted on by a democratic congress who hasn't even read it and will forever be entirely exempt from it...
This "healthcare" (read: control) bill will be signed by a President who is a self-professing cigarette addict...
Is funded by a Secretary of the Treasury who evaded paying his own taxes, and got away with it...
It's overseen by a Surgeon General who is clinically and morbidly obese...
And is going to be paid for out of thin air by a budget that is already in the hole more than $1,500,000,000,000...FOR JUST THIS YEAR.
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For the previous 8 years, when the left was protesting up a storm, the media hailed them as the "voice of democracy". Now that the tables have turned, and it's almost 81% of Americans who say they are content with the way things are...we are suddenly discounted and written off as disruptive extremists who are "bearing false witness" against the anointed one's plans to ruin-, I mean save healthcare.
Unless you are sitting on your hands somewhere looking for a handout, or you're someone who stands to gain political capitol from the hand-sitters.......this is all one big terrible idea.
I hope and pray that enough people in Congress are more scared of the American public than the bullies sitting in the big chairs in Washington. If not, we have a duty to what remains of a free market, capitalist America to bounce their cellulite-ridden backsides off Capitol Hill faster than they can blink.
Stimulus package + bailouts + cap and trade + Obamacare = total destruction of the American way of life.
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Be politically active. Call, email or write your Congressman or Senator.
Please do it now.
24 August 2009
19 August 2009
Cash For Codgers!! The newest disaster-in-production...
JUST IN ...
Democrats, realizing the success of the President's "Cash For Clunkers" rebate program, have revamped a major portion of their National Health Care Plan.
President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Sen. Reed are expected to make this major announcement at a joint news conference later this week. I have obtained an advanced copy of the proposal which is named....
"CASH FOR CODGERS" and it works like this... Couples wishing to access health care funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to turn in one old person. The amount the government grants them will be fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more prescription dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.
Special "Bonuses" will be paid for those submitting codgers in targeted groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds over their government prescribed weight, and any member of the Republican Party.
Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda, fried foods, potato chips, lattes, whole milk, dairy products, bacon, Brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout Cookies.
All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts harvested to keep other codgers in repair.
Remember you heard it here first...
06 August 2009
silly quiz
1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00AM, just like every morning.
2. How do you like your steak? juicy, with a tiny bit of "moo" left in it.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Transformers 2.
4. What is your favorite TV show? All-time: Lost Right now: Burn Notice
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? in a quaint house on a white sand beach far from civilization...with satellite uplink.
6. What did you have for breakfast? multigrain cheerios, yogurt, grapefruit juice
7. What is your favorite cuisine? probably either italian food, steak or sushi
8. What foods do you dislike? I'm down for just about anything, honestly.
9. Favorite Place to Eat? My kitchen.
10. Favorite dressing? Who would put dressing on a fruit salad? Light ranch or italian
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle
12. What are your favorite clothes? old jordan basketball shorts, old florida gators T
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Scotland is next on my list.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? definitely half full.
15. Where would you want to retire? Retirement is not for me. I plan to be running hard right up to the second Jesus calls me home.
16. Favorite time of day? Sunrise. There's unlimited potential for the day.
17. Where were you born? Longview, TX
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? college basketball, then college football
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I couldn't possibly care less.
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? Please refer to question 19's answer.
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Again, check out question 19.
22. Bird watcher? Birds are fascinating, but people watching is much more fun.
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? My peak times come in early morning and late night, so both I guess.
24. Do you have any pets? I have a 7 month old black lab named Mack. He's my boy...
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Yes! But, I can't share it quite yet. Soon...
26. What did you want to be when you were little? An Air Force fighter pilot. All the way up to the day they told me I was too tall. Shame.
27. What is your best childhood memory? Bedball, and sitting on the porch with my Dad eating "american toast" at 6AM before he went to work.
28. Are you a cat or dog person? dog. definitely. Cats are here to torment me.
29. Are you married? someday...
30. Always wear your seat belt? Not wearing a seatbelt would be horribly selfish. So, yes I do.
31. Been in a car accident? November 11th, 1997.
32. Any pet peeves? when people use the wrong word in speech or writing (like "they're" instead of "their". And when people say "axe" when they mean "ask"...) It's mostly the little things that bug me.
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? I try not to eat pizza. It's really really bad for you...
34. Favorite Flower? what's one flower without all the others?
35. Favorite ice cream? again, rarely eat it...but cookie dough is my favorite.
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chick-fil-A. Definitely.
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0. Cause I'm awesome.
38. From whom did you get your last email? Barack Obama. Trying to convince me that his healthcare idiocy is a good idea.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Best Buy or the Apple Store
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Spontaneity is a fundamental element of an interesting life. I'm liable to do just about anything without notice...
41. Like your job? Love it. The Lord has placed me somewhere where I can be around people all the time.
43. What was your favorite vacation? That's tough. Probably the family trip to Disney World and Epcot.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Tara's birthday party a few weeks ago.
45. What are you listening to right now? Pandora.
46. What is your favorite color? What's one color without all the others? They all work together.
47. How many tattoos do you have? Zero. I almost got a crown of thorns with a phrase in Hebrew over my heart, but I decided not to. I just not for me.
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Zip. Zero. Nada.
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 10:31 A.M.
50. Coffee Drinker? Occasionally
2. How do you like your steak? juicy, with a tiny bit of "moo" left in it.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Transformers 2.
4. What is your favorite TV show? All-time: Lost Right now: Burn Notice
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? in a quaint house on a white sand beach far from civilization...with satellite uplink.
6. What did you have for breakfast? multigrain cheerios, yogurt, grapefruit juice
7. What is your favorite cuisine? probably either italian food, steak or sushi
8. What foods do you dislike? I'm down for just about anything, honestly.
9. Favorite Place to Eat? My kitchen.
10. Favorite dressing? Who would put dressing on a fruit salad? Light ranch or italian
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle
12. What are your favorite clothes? old jordan basketball shorts, old florida gators T
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Scotland is next on my list.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? definitely half full.
15. Where would you want to retire? Retirement is not for me. I plan to be running hard right up to the second Jesus calls me home.
16. Favorite time of day? Sunrise. There's unlimited potential for the day.
17. Where were you born? Longview, TX
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? college basketball, then college football
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I couldn't possibly care less.
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? Please refer to question 19's answer.
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Again, check out question 19.
22. Bird watcher? Birds are fascinating, but people watching is much more fun.
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? My peak times come in early morning and late night, so both I guess.
24. Do you have any pets? I have a 7 month old black lab named Mack. He's my boy...
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Yes! But, I can't share it quite yet. Soon...
26. What did you want to be when you were little? An Air Force fighter pilot. All the way up to the day they told me I was too tall. Shame.
27. What is your best childhood memory? Bedball, and sitting on the porch with my Dad eating "american toast" at 6AM before he went to work.
28. Are you a cat or dog person? dog. definitely. Cats are here to torment me.
29. Are you married? someday...
30. Always wear your seat belt? Not wearing a seatbelt would be horribly selfish. So, yes I do.
31. Been in a car accident? November 11th, 1997.
32. Any pet peeves? when people use the wrong word in speech or writing (like "they're" instead of "their". And when people say "axe" when they mean "ask"...) It's mostly the little things that bug me.
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? I try not to eat pizza. It's really really bad for you...
34. Favorite Flower? what's one flower without all the others?
35. Favorite ice cream? again, rarely eat it...but cookie dough is my favorite.
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chick-fil-A. Definitely.
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0. Cause I'm awesome.
38. From whom did you get your last email? Barack Obama. Trying to convince me that his healthcare idiocy is a good idea.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Best Buy or the Apple Store
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Spontaneity is a fundamental element of an interesting life. I'm liable to do just about anything without notice...
41. Like your job? Love it. The Lord has placed me somewhere where I can be around people all the time.
43. What was your favorite vacation? That's tough. Probably the family trip to Disney World and Epcot.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Tara's birthday party a few weeks ago.
45. What are you listening to right now? Pandora.
46. What is your favorite color? What's one color without all the others? They all work together.
47. How many tattoos do you have? Zero. I almost got a crown of thorns with a phrase in Hebrew over my heart, but I decided not to. I just not for me.
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Zip. Zero. Nada.
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 10:31 A.M.
50. Coffee Drinker? Occasionally
29 June 2009
Midsummer Night's Praise
A Midsummer Night's Praise
From dawn to dusk and back again
Captured by a stroke of pen
Far into the black I stare
And breathe in deep the midnight air
Creation comes alive to sing
To You alone the praises ring
The chorus echoes tree to tree
To bring a simple gift to Thee
"How great Thou art" comes to my mind
Sufficient words I cannot find
Now, I, my Lord, can't wait to be
With You for all eternity
From dawn to dusk and back again
Captured by a stroke of pen
Far into the black I stare
And breathe in deep the midnight air
Creation comes alive to sing
To You alone the praises ring
The chorus echoes tree to tree
To bring a simple gift to Thee
"How great Thou art" comes to my mind
Sufficient words I cannot find
Now, I, my Lord, can't wait to be
With You for all eternity
24 June 2009
New perspective via my favorite sport
For as long as I can remember back, basketball has always been my game of choice. I have spent more energy and hours than I care to count practicing skills and developing my body to be able to excel at the sport. Basketball taught me the spirit of athletic competition. Through the game, I have experienced some of my most treasured memories: playing 2 on 1 with my brother against Dad, in the driveway of my childhood home...countless summer afternoons practicing for our future NBA careers with my good friend, Ryan...giving everything I had to make the team at Angelina College...losing all possibility of competitive ball with a torn ACL...the countless NCAA games spent with my Dad, screaming at the TV for something or another...the list goes on.
...However, tonight at Fredonia Hill Baptist Church, I gained a new perspective on life through the game I've loved for so many years.
I've had the opportunity to begin working with the youth group at FHBC over the past several weeks. I've begun to forge friendships with some of the young men, and I am beginning to become a regular part of the ministry team for the middle and high school students. Tonight after our program, a bunch of the guys went to the gym to play some basketball. Of course, I went with them.
We did the normal shoot around and chat for a few minutes while we all warmed up, but once the game actually began...I noticed something very different inside me. My purpose and motivation tonight was very different from how it has been so many times before. I felt such an urge to edify and encourage these young men that they became my focus on the court. For the first time in my life on the hardwood, I had absolutely no desire to be, or be seen as, the best. Shooting, passing, scoring, rebounding...it didn't mean a thing. For the first time, all I was concerned with was making sure each of the young men on my team got as much action out there as possible.
My sole purpose was to minister to those young men through athletic competition. Facilitating their shooting, passing, etc. was my goal. That and a healthy dose of positive comments and encouragement was all that was needed.
It was such a unique and unprecedented experience for me tonight...to see God use the game I love as a wonderful tool for speaking truth into these young men under my supervision. The Lord used my attitude to help set a positive and fun tone for the game, instead of the hard and uber-competitive battle in turns into so many times when high school boys play sports.
The Lord is so good to me. I never thought that I'd be using basketball as a ministry tool.
Praise Him for all the different ways He blesses us...
...However, tonight at Fredonia Hill Baptist Church, I gained a new perspective on life through the game I've loved for so many years.
I've had the opportunity to begin working with the youth group at FHBC over the past several weeks. I've begun to forge friendships with some of the young men, and I am beginning to become a regular part of the ministry team for the middle and high school students. Tonight after our program, a bunch of the guys went to the gym to play some basketball. Of course, I went with them.
We did the normal shoot around and chat for a few minutes while we all warmed up, but once the game actually began...I noticed something very different inside me. My purpose and motivation tonight was very different from how it has been so many times before. I felt such an urge to edify and encourage these young men that they became my focus on the court. For the first time in my life on the hardwood, I had absolutely no desire to be, or be seen as, the best. Shooting, passing, scoring, rebounding...it didn't mean a thing. For the first time, all I was concerned with was making sure each of the young men on my team got as much action out there as possible.
My sole purpose was to minister to those young men through athletic competition. Facilitating their shooting, passing, etc. was my goal. That and a healthy dose of positive comments and encouragement was all that was needed.
It was such a unique and unprecedented experience for me tonight...to see God use the game I love as a wonderful tool for speaking truth into these young men under my supervision. The Lord used my attitude to help set a positive and fun tone for the game, instead of the hard and uber-competitive battle in turns into so many times when high school boys play sports.
The Lord is so good to me. I never thought that I'd be using basketball as a ministry tool.
Praise Him for all the different ways He blesses us...
Spiritual truth from an over-hyped movie
Well, it's 3 A.M. on a Wednesday. Why on Earth am I writing in my blog right now? Glad you asked. I happened to have just learned a little nugget of spiritual application from a very unusual source and I found it worthy of sharing.
I just left the midnight showing of Transformers 2. I, along with seemingly half of the "under-25" population of Nacogdoches, had nothing better to do at midnight on a Tuesday in the middle of summer. Transformers 2 has been the most hyped movie of the summer, and thus had inspired hope within me that I would potentially experience a cinematic masterpiece the likes of which other midnight shows have produced (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, etc.). Sadly, that was far from the case.
In this case, the sequel drastically paled in comparison to its predecessor. But, that's the end of my movie review. On to the good stuff.
I was standing over my bed, about to crash for a bit before tomorrow starts, when I thought to myself "well that was a bunch of wasted hope and anticipation", to which that still, small voice in my soul quietly whispered, "yes, but thankfully, your hope in the Lord will never be wasted. Your anticipation of His glory revealed will never return unfulfilled."
I chuckled to myself, realizing that I just gleamed some spiritual truth from a less than spectacular movie-going experience. Hope in the Lord is never wasted.
Faith in Him is built on rock solid promises, not Hollywood hype.
A personal encounter with the Holy Spirit never leaves me unsatisfied.
The make-believe and the escape end when the movie is over, but this adventure called the Christian Life goes on forever.
Your life in Christ doesn't fade to black. Music doesn't play and credits don't roll.
The best part is...we know the Director and the Star of the show personally.
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Think about it. Be blessed...
I just left the midnight showing of Transformers 2. I, along with seemingly half of the "under-25" population of Nacogdoches, had nothing better to do at midnight on a Tuesday in the middle of summer. Transformers 2 has been the most hyped movie of the summer, and thus had inspired hope within me that I would potentially experience a cinematic masterpiece the likes of which other midnight shows have produced (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, etc.). Sadly, that was far from the case.
In this case, the sequel drastically paled in comparison to its predecessor. But, that's the end of my movie review. On to the good stuff.
I was standing over my bed, about to crash for a bit before tomorrow starts, when I thought to myself "well that was a bunch of wasted hope and anticipation", to which that still, small voice in my soul quietly whispered, "yes, but thankfully, your hope in the Lord will never be wasted. Your anticipation of His glory revealed will never return unfulfilled."
I chuckled to myself, realizing that I just gleamed some spiritual truth from a less than spectacular movie-going experience. Hope in the Lord is never wasted.
Faith in Him is built on rock solid promises, not Hollywood hype.
A personal encounter with the Holy Spirit never leaves me unsatisfied.
The make-believe and the escape end when the movie is over, but this adventure called the Christian Life goes on forever.
Your life in Christ doesn't fade to black. Music doesn't play and credits don't roll.
The best part is...we know the Director and the Star of the show personally.
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Think about it. Be blessed...
17 June 2009
Prez got game...
Of all the possible topics I could bring up regarding our President, Barack Obama...I doubt this is one many are talking about.
I just got finished reading an article on ESPN.com about how basketball fever is taking over the Washington D.C. area...all because Barack loves a little roundball action.
You can read the full article here.
It's really amazing how completely superficial and pathetic people can be when the right stakes are on the line. The occupant of the Oval Office isn't the only thing that changes in Washington every 4 or 8 years. "Cool" changes too. The "In" places to eat, drink and be merry are unofficially established upon the whims of the Commander in Chief. The school you just have to send your kids to is determined by the parents who live in the White House down on Pennsylvania Ave.
I find all this fascinating and quite amusing. So desperate to be seen in as perfect a light as possible, everybody and their mom is taking up basketball in D.C. Congressman are spending their lunch hours jumping rope and practicing their free throws...all on the off chance that they might...just maybe...get a chance to hoop with the President.
Personally, I think all this is cool. Whatever it takes to motivate people to get in shape and stay there is cool with me. The Good Lord knows how much I love a good game of ball. I just can't stop imagining all the possible scenarios for this thing.
Check out this photo, and a couple of corresponding potential captions...
"So, Senator, I hear you want me to sign that bill of yours, eh? Well, you're just going to have to beat me in a little game of H-O-R-S-E if you want your hometown to get those brand new streetlights..."
"Tell you what, Congressman ______ , if you can beat me one on one, I'll throw in some new police cruisers and even some extra grant money for all those city hall improvements you want so badly..."
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In a time when so much fear and uncertainty is in the air, I think a little more basketball is just what our nation's capital needs.
This is just plain funny. God bless America...
I just got finished reading an article on ESPN.com about how basketball fever is taking over the Washington D.C. area...all because Barack loves a little roundball action.
You can read the full article here.
It's really amazing how completely superficial and pathetic people can be when the right stakes are on the line. The occupant of the Oval Office isn't the only thing that changes in Washington every 4 or 8 years. "Cool" changes too. The "In" places to eat, drink and be merry are unofficially established upon the whims of the Commander in Chief. The school you just have to send your kids to is determined by the parents who live in the White House down on Pennsylvania Ave.
I find all this fascinating and quite amusing. So desperate to be seen in as perfect a light as possible, everybody and their mom is taking up basketball in D.C. Congressman are spending their lunch hours jumping rope and practicing their free throws...all on the off chance that they might...just maybe...get a chance to hoop with the President.
Personally, I think all this is cool. Whatever it takes to motivate people to get in shape and stay there is cool with me. The Good Lord knows how much I love a good game of ball. I just can't stop imagining all the possible scenarios for this thing.
Check out this photo, and a couple of corresponding potential captions...
"So, Senator, I hear you want me to sign that bill of yours, eh? Well, you're just going to have to beat me in a little game of H-O-R-S-E if you want your hometown to get those brand new streetlights..."
"Tell you what, Congressman ______ , if you can beat me one on one, I'll throw in some new police cruisers and even some extra grant money for all those city hall improvements you want so badly..."
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In a time when so much fear and uncertainty is in the air, I think a little more basketball is just what our nation's capital needs.
This is just plain funny. God bless America...
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