Budgets Vs. Unions

In the news right now, all the state union members are freaking out because Republican Governors and Congressmen are trying to cut the entitlement benefits of state employees. I am not sure why this is so difficult for the unions to understand. If you don't make major cuts now, you WILL NOT HAVE A JOB in a few years.

It's very simple. If my families yearly income was about 100,000, and I kept charging 1,000,000 on credit cards every year; eventually I would be in trouble. That is exactly what our federal government, and many democratically run states have been doing for years.

Finally, the voters wised up and elected some fiscally conservative officials. In Michigan, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Ohio; Union members are protesting. These protesters would make way less if they worked the same job in the private sector. They need to quit boo-hooing, accept the cuts, be happy they still make more than most Americans, and be thankful for their tax payer supported jobs.

It's simple math. Money in vs. money out. Grow up!

Thanksgiving

While President Obama is busy giving thanks to friends and family this Thanksgiving, former presidents were busy giving thanks to God. Our country has always noted the provision and protection that God has provided for us.

Our President now is afraid to violate the so-called "separation of church and state";by calling on Americans to give thanks to God. The man who coined the phrase "separation of church and state" said this about Thanksgiving: "I appoint...a day of public Thanksgiving to Almighty God...to ask Him that He would... pour out His Holy Spirit on all ministers of the Gospel; that He would...spread the light of Christian knowledge through the remotest corners of the earth;....and that he would establish these United States upon the basis of religion and virtue."-Governor Thomas Jefferson. He sure didn't sound afraid to talk about God.

George Washington said this about Thanksgiving. "Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor...Now, therefore, I do appoint Thursday, the 26th day of November 1789...that we may all unite to render unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection."

This Thanksgiving, don't forget to give Thanks to the True One who has provided us Americans with all of the blessings we have.

How well can you predict your death?

Death, it is something that all people know is coming someday, any day in the future. Most people are born, work 30 to 40 years, retire, and soon after that die. Some people die unexpectedly at an early age due to cancer or some other disease. Some people die at the hands of another who took their life. The question is, do you know when your time will be up? It would be strange if we knew the way we would die, or the place we would die, or who would kill us, if we were to be murdered. We do not have the benefit of knowing the future. There was a man who did know the future, and He predicted His death down to the smallest detail.

This Man predicted that He would be betrayed. He predicted who would betray Him. He predicted who would bring charges against Him. He predicted what the verdict would be. He predicted His friends would deny Him. He predicted He would be handed over to the gentiles. He predicted they would mock, spit, flog, and kill Him. He predicted He would rise in three days. His enemies knew these predictions so they placed guards around His tomb. This man who predicted these thing was Jesus Christ. As we know by being just humans, that we cannot predict our death. Jesus Christ was more the a person. He was God in human flesh. His predictions prove this. If you do not know Him yet, place your faith in Him today.

Something to get us thinking

On this posting I am going to post part of a letter written by Ben Stein. If you don't know who he is, he put together the movie Expelled which helped shine a light on the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design madness. It showed how Doctors, Scientist, and Teachers are losing their jobs because they are simply following the evidence to where it leads. We were all created by an Intelligent Designer, not an explosion! He made these comments on the CBS morning show.

Ben Stein: "I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her ' How could God let something like Hurricane Katrina happen?' She said, ' I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being a gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare ( who was murdered a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the bible in school. The Bible that says thou shalt not kill, steal, etc. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Ben Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out!

Pay as you go promises

As I look at the dropping dollar, and the growing deficit, and our nearly 13 trillion dollar debt; I look back to a time of wonderful promises. Our "Saviour" president told us that he would go line by line in our budget and cut the programs that don't work. He signed an executive order for "Pay as you go". He told us if he spent a dollar, that he would cut a dollar. Well, we can see that this is not happening. I guess that proves the strength of the "Executive Order" -hello Bart Stupack!

Obama signed an executive order that the new Health care legislation would not pay for abortion. Now it is funding abortion in Pennsylvania and soon to be every state. I guess we should have put that in plain language in the bill, "no funding for any type of murdering of babies in the womb from conception to their first breath"! Simple as that!

Promises, promises, promises! I don't know about you but I am tired of being lied to by politician after politician! When are the American People going to wake up?

Stand up!

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values....
We have exploited the poor and called it lottery...
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare...
We have killed our unborn and called it choice...
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable...
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.....
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition...
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression....
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment...
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!
Several members of the senate walked out during the prayer in protest. The church has received over 5,000 phone calls with only 47 responding negatively. The church is now getting requests for a copy of the prayer from India, Africa, and Korea. This one pastor took a stand. I think it is time for the rest of America to stand up too!

Detroit- An American Sob Story

The 1950's were a great time for the city of Detroit. Times were great. Things looked like they could only get better. People were moving into the city. The population grew to 1.8 Million people. Then something happened. Hmmmm. What was it? Now we have not one of America's top ten cities. We have America's worst city. The population now is under 900 thousand. People can't leave the city fast enough. The murder rate is 5.16 times the national average. The arson rate is 6.34 times the national average. Times are not good for the once great city of Detroit. I think its time for a change but the people of Detroit keep voting the exact same way. Its like they are slaves to their party. Why? It has only made things worse and worse.

The last great Republican mayor of Detroit was Albert Cobo from 1950 to 1957. I read in the Detroit Free press this Sunday, that Detroit's congressional seats will always go Democratic. Well, if thats the case then why even have elections anymore! Just keep on voting the big government, big entitlement, no moral, democrats into office and things will continue to get worse. Its time for Change, Detroit! Vote Republican!