Yesterday was the celebration of the most sacred event in the history of this world. It was the celebration of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I cannot think of a more selfless personage than Jesus Christ. He is the creator of this world. After having created it, He condescended to come to this world as a little baby to grow, and enjoy a physical existence. He taught the people; He organized His church; and then He suffered, bled and died for us. He suffered a complete withdrawal of the Spirit. By so doing He paid for every sin enacted by every man/woman/child from Adam & Eve to the last future person to be born on this world. He was the only man capable of so doing because of His divine heritage as Son of the Living God. He resurrected on day 3 post crucifixion, the first day of the Jewish week. By so doing He opened the way for all mankind to receive resurrection.
I love, honor, respect, and worship my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I invite each reader of this post to come to know Him and to listen to His current living prophet, who teaches us His will..
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The Ayatollah-in-Chief pretending to be an Osterich?
I just don't understand how a negative number added to a negative number somehow comes out as a positive number. I don't get it. I admit that I'm not a math whiz, but it doesn't take much to understand that if I can't pay my bills living the way I've BEEN living, I have to do one of two things. I must either spend LESS or generate more.
I have offered several ways to spend less.
1. Dismantle the following: Department of Education, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security and the EPA. Send them all out to look for private enterprise employment. After all, Mr. Obama says he has created all these new jobs. It is time to put up or shut up.
2. Limit the number of "advisors, czars and staff" currently under employ (I struggle to say "work") by the Administration and Congress.
3. Decrease the salary for elected representatives/senators to the median salary of their constituents. Staff members should get less. After all they are getting invaluable experience and education that will make them vast sums when they leave government service.
The federal government can generate more by:
1. Imposing a tariff on goods that exercise unfair advantage, i.e. Chinese and other goods that are made using unfair advantage.
2. Sell land currently under the control of the Bureau of Land Management. I can't find anything in the constitution that provides for the federal government to own such vast lands. Sell the National Parks to a park development group that can return them to the vibrant places they used to be.
3. Foster oil exploration and exploitation. The current tax structure on oil and gas can be reduced and still make a sufficient dent.. Why do we need to import oil when we have more oil in our own nation than all the Arab nations combined. No need to export to others and no need to import from others.
These suggestions will not only improve the debt of our nation, but will stimulate our economy. Just think of the development that will result in opening such vast lands for private enterprise. As a result of more development there is more employment and therefore more tax revenue.
Mr. Obama needs to get his head out of the sand. He needs to stop relying on dunces to put their ideas on his teleprompter and begin using his own deductive abilities, if he has any.
I have offered several ways to spend less.
1. Dismantle the following: Department of Education, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security and the EPA. Send them all out to look for private enterprise employment. After all, Mr. Obama says he has created all these new jobs. It is time to put up or shut up.
2. Limit the number of "advisors, czars and staff" currently under employ (I struggle to say "work") by the Administration and Congress.
3. Decrease the salary for elected representatives/senators to the median salary of their constituents. Staff members should get less. After all they are getting invaluable experience and education that will make them vast sums when they leave government service.
The federal government can generate more by:
1. Imposing a tariff on goods that exercise unfair advantage, i.e. Chinese and other goods that are made using unfair advantage.
2. Sell land currently under the control of the Bureau of Land Management. I can't find anything in the constitution that provides for the federal government to own such vast lands. Sell the National Parks to a park development group that can return them to the vibrant places they used to be.
3. Foster oil exploration and exploitation. The current tax structure on oil and gas can be reduced and still make a sufficient dent.. Why do we need to import oil when we have more oil in our own nation than all the Arab nations combined. No need to export to others and no need to import from others.
These suggestions will not only improve the debt of our nation, but will stimulate our economy. Just think of the development that will result in opening such vast lands for private enterprise. As a result of more development there is more employment and therefore more tax revenue.
Mr. Obama needs to get his head out of the sand. He needs to stop relying on dunces to put their ideas on his teleprompter and begin using his own deductive abilities, if he has any.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
It's been 38 years of bliss
I don't remember getting on the PanAm airplane in Montevideo on January 3rd, 1973, and I don't remember changing planes in Buenos Aires either. I do remember landing in several countries before we landed in Panama City. I remember that we stayed there for some time before the flight crew announced that we were having some trouble with an engine and would be about three hours in Panama City. We were told we could get off of the plane or we could stay on board where the air would continue to be cooled for us. I elected to stay. I was just behind the wing on the right side, so I saw them working on the engine. After the three hours the Captain got back on the intercom and told us that repairs would take longer than was thought and that PanAm was flying a replacement plane from San Francisco to rescue us. We were again told we could stay on the plan if we so desired, but they recommended that we disembark. I stayed on the plane for some time. I was a missionary returning home from two years in Uruguay, and I was pretty timid. I've been pretty timid my whole life, but most of my friends don't know that.
I finally arrived in Los Angeles on January 4th, having spent more than 24 hours in transit from Montevideo to Los Angeles. It seemed to me that we stopped everywhere there was an airport enroute. I halfway expected to see people getting on with their chicken and goats. They didn't, but still with all the landings and take-offs I was unable to sleep much enroute. When I got off of the airplane there were two gentlemen there waiting to speak to me. They were from the US Government and wanted to know if I was interested in entering into foreign service. I was taken by surprise. I still had not reported my mission to my local church leaders and was unprepared for anything other than going home.
That next Sunday, January 7, 1973 there was a youth fireside at a friend's home, and I attended. I saw there a most beautiful young lady whom I had met several years before, but who then hadn't piqued my interest as she did now. She took my eye. She was there with her brother, whom I didn't know, but I wanted desperately to know her better. Soon I asked her out and in mid February I told her I wanted her to be my bride.
We were married in the Los Angeles LDS Temple on April 17, 1973. It has been a wonderful 38 years. I've never regretted a moment of my life with my princess bride.
I believe I love her more now than I did then. She has supported me in all the adventures I've undertaken, and has given me 7 children. In my eyes she is still the most beautiful woman in the world.
This is very much not enough said, but enough for now. These paragraphs will be included in my life story whenever I manage to write it.
I finally arrived in Los Angeles on January 4th, having spent more than 24 hours in transit from Montevideo to Los Angeles. It seemed to me that we stopped everywhere there was an airport enroute. I halfway expected to see people getting on with their chicken and goats. They didn't, but still with all the landings and take-offs I was unable to sleep much enroute. When I got off of the airplane there were two gentlemen there waiting to speak to me. They were from the US Government and wanted to know if I was interested in entering into foreign service. I was taken by surprise. I still had not reported my mission to my local church leaders and was unprepared for anything other than going home.
That next Sunday, January 7, 1973 there was a youth fireside at a friend's home, and I attended. I saw there a most beautiful young lady whom I had met several years before, but who then hadn't piqued my interest as she did now. She took my eye. She was there with her brother, whom I didn't know, but I wanted desperately to know her better. Soon I asked her out and in mid February I told her I wanted her to be my bride.
We were married in the Los Angeles LDS Temple on April 17, 1973. It has been a wonderful 38 years. I've never regretted a moment of my life with my princess bride.
I believe I love her more now than I did then. She has supported me in all the adventures I've undertaken, and has given me 7 children. In my eyes she is still the most beautiful woman in the world.
This is very much not enough said, but enough for now. These paragraphs will be included in my life story whenever I manage to write it.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
It's all smoke and mirrors
Remember the magician I talked about in my previous post? I'm sorry to say that I've been proven right. Mr. Boehner has proven to be a counterfeit conservative. I repeat my admonition of several days ago. SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT! Pay only Law Enforcement, Military, and Elderly/disabled, and furlough everyone else including politicians and their staffs. Evidently they are incapable of doing what we hired them to do, so we furlough them until they CAN do what we have asked them to do. That is what we do in private enterprise when we have insufficient money to meet payroll. We CUT SPENDING! Instead, our political representatives tried to present us with smoke and mirrors and tell us they are cutting spending. I wonder just how insane they think we are. We are too well informed for this to pass muster. It is time for the grass roots to get busy and find someone with a back-bone who will take control and return this country to the constitution that created it.
Mr Boehner proved to us that he is undeserving of conservative leadership. We, who advocate the precepts of the tea-party movement, demand the government to reduce. Live within our income without increasing taxes. Increasing taxes only prevents investment. Calling new taxes "investment" is simply lying. I say now, without shame, our political leaders are lying to themselves, each other, and the public, and I say it must stop. The Grand Ayatollah Barak Insane Obama is the granddaddy of all liars and must never be trusted and must not be re-elected.
We must impress upon both the republicrats and the demicans that we will not put up with this and their unemployment looms. I dislike liars.
Obviously not enough said, but enough for today.
Mr Boehner proved to us that he is undeserving of conservative leadership. We, who advocate the precepts of the tea-party movement, demand the government to reduce. Live within our income without increasing taxes. Increasing taxes only prevents investment. Calling new taxes "investment" is simply lying. I say now, without shame, our political leaders are lying to themselves, each other, and the public, and I say it must stop. The Grand Ayatollah Barak Insane Obama is the granddaddy of all liars and must never be trusted and must not be re-elected.
We must impress upon both the republicrats and the demicans that we will not put up with this and their unemployment looms. I dislike liars.
Obviously not enough said, but enough for today.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Politics at it's worst.
Here is the gospel according to Saint Jumbo Jim.
The taxpayers lost when this "budget deal" was struck. Our duly elected representatives have spent our nation into the poor house and then when their constituents complain and expect them to "fix" it, they just agree to spend more money. Here is what they haven't bothered to explain.
Our national budget is increased by a certain percentage each year, and they all it "status quo". When they increase spending it is above and beyond the "set increase" each year. So when they say they are going to "cut" spending by $38.5B, they really mean they are going to decrease the increase. The set increase is reportedly 6%, or for fiscal year 2011 it is about $78B. Even with the $38.5B "cut" in spending (meaning 2.9%) the net increase is nearly $40B.
So, where is the cut?
It kind of reminds me of a magician. If they can distract us long enough, we won't notice that they have successfully bamboozled the public.
I say throw the whole bunch of them out. We need someone in office that understands what we mean when we say....REDUCE. We need people who will actually READ the legislation they vote upon, and figure out how to understand the gobbledegook they write. They expect the little people to just sit back and take it. I say....we need lay legislators who take the job seriously and who take the constituents seriously.
Don't think enough has been said, but it is enough for this post.
The taxpayers lost when this "budget deal" was struck. Our duly elected representatives have spent our nation into the poor house and then when their constituents complain and expect them to "fix" it, they just agree to spend more money. Here is what they haven't bothered to explain.
Our national budget is increased by a certain percentage each year, and they all it "status quo". When they increase spending it is above and beyond the "set increase" each year. So when they say they are going to "cut" spending by $38.5B, they really mean they are going to decrease the increase. The set increase is reportedly 6%, or for fiscal year 2011 it is about $78B. Even with the $38.5B "cut" in spending (meaning 2.9%) the net increase is nearly $40B.
So, where is the cut?
It kind of reminds me of a magician. If they can distract us long enough, we won't notice that they have successfully bamboozled the public.
I say throw the whole bunch of them out. We need someone in office that understands what we mean when we say....REDUCE. We need people who will actually READ the legislation they vote upon, and figure out how to understand the gobbledegook they write. They expect the little people to just sit back and take it. I say....we need lay legislators who take the job seriously and who take the constituents seriously.
Don't think enough has been said, but it is enough for this post.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Ayatollah Obama and the mess he's made
So here we are...embroiled in a fight we should not be in. I suspect it is to prove to the world that Mr. Obama is capable of causing huge destruction in someone else's back yard. There is no reason for us to be in Libya. We have no national interests there. I learned, over the last week, that the Democratic People's Republic of Amerika is considering arming the "rebels". We've been fighting the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al Queda for that past 10 years. Why in the world do we want to give/sell them arms so they can use them against US? I believe this administration has completely lost their collective minds. Am I the only person that can see this is disaster?
On the domestic scene Mr. Obama wants to cause enough discontent in our own nation that the political affairs in Washington will bleed over into the populace's daily lives. His administration is spending money like we have a bottomless treasury, and any brakes to that spending is "un-amerikan". I believe the government SHOULD shut down. Payroll for the elected and appointed bureaucrats should be stopped. Payroll should only be continued for Law Enforcement, Military, and Elderly/disabled support. Inclusive is the money spent at the UN, monies spent in foreign aid and monies spent in furthering the global warming lunacy. Look at the money that would be saved. If that money was stopped for just 30 days, we'd save the billions of dollars that the Republicrats want to save. Maybe we should make congress take a 60 day hiatus along with all the hangers-on. Perhaps then our representatives would spend some time being citizens instead of being elitists.
I say Let it close down and prove we can get along without government intervention in our lives.
Enough said.
On the domestic scene Mr. Obama wants to cause enough discontent in our own nation that the political affairs in Washington will bleed over into the populace's daily lives. His administration is spending money like we have a bottomless treasury, and any brakes to that spending is "un-amerikan". I believe the government SHOULD shut down. Payroll for the elected and appointed bureaucrats should be stopped. Payroll should only be continued for Law Enforcement, Military, and Elderly/disabled support. Inclusive is the money spent at the UN, monies spent in foreign aid and monies spent in furthering the global warming lunacy. Look at the money that would be saved. If that money was stopped for just 30 days, we'd save the billions of dollars that the Republicrats want to save. Maybe we should make congress take a 60 day hiatus along with all the hangers-on. Perhaps then our representatives would spend some time being citizens instead of being elitists.
I say Let it close down and prove we can get along without government intervention in our lives.
Enough said.
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