Did You Know...(Sodom & Gomorrah)

In 1924, Dr Albright of Johns Hopkins University discovered a "city on the plain" near the Dead Sea. Carbon dating indicates the city was populated from about 3300 BC to 2200 BC. 

This is interesting because the sister cities of Sodom and Gomorrah supposedly existed as "cities on the plain" near the Dead sea at that same time period. 

Scholars tell us that if the story of Sodom and Gomorrah are true, the cities would have been destroyed at about 2200 BC. In 1973, further archeological expeditions resulted in locating a sister city just 8 miles from the first, which was also inhabited until approximately 2200 BC. Most intriguing was evidence that suggested both cities met a sudden and violent end, simultaneously, around 2200 BC. From one end to another at both sites, destruction was seen everywhere. In one instance, remnants of a tower that had fallen covered numerous skeletons. 

 In 1991, archeologists found a cave nearby, which could have been the cave where Lot and his children took refuge from the destruction of the cities. This part is mere speculation. However, it is worth noting that the cave was found where it was expected to be, based on Biblical accounts. 

 Are these the cities of Genesis, destroyed by an angry God because the inhabitants had forsaken Him, and were absorbed in sin? The evidence clearly suggests it is probable. But frankly, we cannot be 100% certain. 

This is certainly not the first instance where archeology has lent credence to the history as written in the Holy Bible. With each passing decade, more evidence seems to come to light, proving the accuracy of the Bible. We do not know how the cities were destroyed, or by whom. We only know that they met their end together, and quite suddenly, taking the inhabitants by surprise. 

As I have often said, "To those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is possible." 

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The Circus Is In Town

The fiasco coming from Washington these last two months has been nothing short of a sick kind of circus.

Our Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner is a tax cheat, and was the architect of the first, failed bailout - over 700 billion dollars gone. He knew there were bonuses coming to AIG officers, and made sure those bonuses were protected.

Now we discover that Chris Dodd (D-CT) who received over $200,000 in contributions from AIG attached an amendment to the stimulus bill, behind closed doors, that further protected the bonuses for AIG bigwigs - using taxpayer money. At first Dodd said he had nothing to do with it, but 24 hours later he was found out and forced to admit his part in it.

But then he accuses the Treasury Secretary and the Obama Administration for "forcing" him to include that amendment. And the plot thickens!

And today we have learned that several banks that received taxpayer bailout funds have cheated on their own taxes. That's right - they owe over $200 million in taxes, but still got money from taxpayers. And then, to top it off, they tightened credit for those taxpayers and raised interest rates on us, the folks who bailed them out. Correct me if I am wrong, but when You or I apply for a loan, we have to show 2-3 years of tax records if we are a business. So, why did Geithner NOT ask bailout recipients to provide tax records before giving them our money?

Meanwhile, the administration passes an $800 billion stimulus, followed by a $400 billion Omnibus bill, both filled with pork, in spite of Obama's promise to remove all pork. Altogether, the pork came to over $300 billion.

And all that stimulus money - come to find out, the administration slipped in a little amendment that REQUIRES any stimulus money be spent on UNION SCALE. In other words, he is repaying the Unions for their support, and in so doing, reduces the effectiveness of the stimulus by roughly 35-50%. It seems the Democrats are again buying votes for the next election. After all, that is the singular purpose of pork.

And now Obama is pushing a 3.3 TRILLION dollar budget - in addition to the $2 Trillion already spent this year. And this does not include interest. When you add the interest, it comes closer to $8 Trillion. Just think - it took this nation 225 years to achieve an $11 trillion debt, and Obama, Pelosi and Reid have almost single-handedly doubled that in less than 60 days. Truly amazing!

But that is only the beginning. Although nearly 70% of Americans believe our immigration laws must be upheld, the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has decided to virtually strip ICE of the power to do their jobs and enforce current laws. It would seem there is a correlation between her decision and Speaker Pelosi's speech last week to illegal immigrants telling them they were "patriotic", and any Americans who want our laws enforced are "un-American". She then went on to tell them they were "heroes" for breaking immigration law.

It appears Speaker Pelosi has forgotten her oath of office to UPHOLD the Constitution and the laws of this land. And apparently she has forgotten that the laws she is advocating illegals to ignore are the laws that Congress passed - and she is the Leader of the House of Representatives.

And now it comes out that the Obama administration may be tied to a far left organization that has publicly stated that it's objective is to smear any and all Republicans and their families. This, on the heels of Obama attacking people personally, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Since when does the President of the United States lower himself to attacking individual citizens?

Now we have Attorney General Holder stating on the record that some of the Gitmo detainees - already known to be the worst of the worst - could end up walking the streets of America as free men!

Then, Obama proposes a bill that would force military personnel to pay for service-related injuries through their owm, private insurance. He dropped that idea after the HUGE uproar from service organizations and vocal disapproval of Congress - including those in his own party. But it still goes to show his complete lack of respect and support for our troops. And notice he does not even salute them, as required by military protocol?

And if that is not enough, the Obama administration has contracted with ACORN to help conduct the census. That's right - a far-left organization under investigation in 26 states for voter fraud is going to help conduct the 2010 census, which, coincidentally, helps determine political districts, and can effectively corrupt the seats of power.

It seems that every day the Obama administration is looking more and more like the corrupt Chicago Political Machine that those on the right have been contending that it was all along.

We, the People, have but one, slim chance to save our nation from the far-left agenda of socialism. And that, my friend, is the election of 2010.

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Come Again?

Last fall, Senator John McCain made the statement that he thought "the fundamentals of the economy are strong."

The Obama folks and everyone on the left tore McCain apart for that statement, even though he said he was referring to the American worker as being the "fundamentals" of the economy.

Two days ago, Barak Obama stated "The fundamentals of the economy are sound". The left did not make a peep about that. But the right, naturally, asked "What gives? Why the double standard?"

To which Obama's economic advisor, Romer, merely stated. "The president was referring to the American worker."

DUH!

It appears, once more, that when Republicans say something it is bad and foolish, but when Democrats say EXACTLY the same thing it is suddenly good, and profound.

Yeah, I know - to all you Democrats reading this, there was some sort of "difference". And the republicans know EXACTLY what the difference is, so please hold the BS.

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Where Have They Gone

A few months ago, the OBAMA bumper stickers were literally EVERYWHERE. Today, there are not nearly as many - it appears many are being scraped off.

Could it be that some folks, once swayed by the biased media into thinking Mr Obama was THE ONE, and a centrist may now believe they were snookered into voting for a far-left loon?

I know it has only been 50 days, but the man has done a lot of things in that 50 days for which only he and his Congress can be held accountable.

Just an observation about bumper stickers...

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Primaried

It appears that the new RNC chair, Michael Steele, has announced the RNC plans to run other Republicans against Snowe, Collins and Specter for their decision to be the only Republicans to vote for the porky Stimulus Bill, which ran contrary to Republican beliefs and mores.

Snowe complained to Steele, so he is willing to talk with all three.

But the point is clear - if a Republican is not going to ACT like a Republican, they cannot expect support of the RNC. Unlike individual senators or representatives, the RNC must concern itself with the goals of the party, rather than the goals of the individual politician.

Democrats also have their own rogues, like Bayh and Feingold. However, in their cases, they are not diametrically opposing their core party principles, as the three Republicans did. So it is unlikely they will be ostracized by the DNC.

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Screwed Again

The residents of Maine are, once again, getting screwed by their two Senators.

Both Senator Snowe and Collins are voting FOR the pork laden Omnibus bill BECAUSE it includes $380,000 that will come to Maine for "lighthouse maintenance." All well and good, EXCEPT...

The pork in that bill comes to 7.7 billion dollars. If divided amongst every resident of America, every man woman and child will each pay $25.16, not counting interest. So, every Maine resident is going to pay $25.16 to get that $380,000. BUT...

If each Maine resident were to pay 19 cents instead of $25.16, we could provide that same $380,000 for lighthouse maintenance all by ourselves.

In other words, if we do it ourselves, we pay 19 cents each. But thanks to the superior negotiation skills of our erstwhile senators, each of us will pay almost 140 times that much.

As I said, our incompetent Senators are screwing us yet again, just like they did when they approved the pork-filled Stimulus Bill that puts every family into debt by an additional $12,500. Another "bargain", courtesy of our senators.

Now I realize that some folks will not be phased by the numbers that show how badly our senators are screwing us. They think PORK is the way to get "free money", and do not see the cost. Fine. For those I would point out that Maine and Wyoming get the least amount of pork per person than ANY other states. We are at the bottom of the "pork barrel". So, even if you like pork, your senators STILL are not doing a good job - for every dollar a Washington DC resident rakes in, Maine residents only get about 3 cents.

No matter how you look at it, Maine residents are not being well served by their senators.

I certainly hope we remember this stupidity come election day.

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The New American Tea Party

There's a storm abrewin'. And it's all about Washington wasting trillions of dollars of our children's and granchildren's future.

It appears Washington has forgotten they work for us. We don't work for them. Throwing good money after bad is NOT the answer.

Many of us are sick of the midnight, closed door sessions to come up with a plan. We are sick of Congress raking CEO's over the coals while they, themselves, have defaulted on their taxes and spend vast amounts on their own parties and trips to Rome.

We are sick of the bailed out companies having lavish vacations and retreats on our money. Sick of being told it is OUR responsibility to rescue people that, knowingly, bought more house than they could afford.

We are sick of being made to feel it is our patriotic duty to pay MORE taxes when Washington wastes so much of the taxes they already get.

I, like all of you, am a responsible citizen. I pay my taxes. I live on a budget and I don't ask someone else to carry the burden for poor decisions I may make. I understand that life does not come with any guarantees, and that sometimes I am going to lose. And I accept that. But too many freeloaders today expect others to carry them when they screw up.

I have emailed my congressmen and senators asking them to NOT vote for the stimulus package without at least reading it first. No one listened. They voted for it, pork and all.

OK folks, here it is. You may think we cannot make a difference. Well, YES, WE CAN!! If you are disgusted and angry with the way Washington is handling our taxes; if you are fearful of the fallout from the reckless spending of BILLIONS to bailout and "stimulate" without accountability and responsibility, then we need to become ONE, LOUD VOICE THAT CAN BE HEARD FROM EVERY CITY, TOWN, SUBURB AND HOME IN AMERICA.

There is a growing protest to demand that Congress, the President and his cabinet LISTEN to us, the American Citizens. What is being done in Washington is NOT the way to handle the economic free fall.

So, here's the plan. On April 1, 2009, all Americans are asked to send a TEABAG to Washington , D.C. You do not have to enclose a note or any other information unless you so desire. Just a TEABAG.

Many cities are organizing protests. If you simply search, "New American Tea Party", several sites will come up. If you aren't the 'protester' type, simply make your one voice heard with a TEABAG. Your one voice will become a roar when joined with millions of others that feel the same way.

Yes, something needs to be done but the lack of confidence as shown by the steady decline in the stock market speaks volumes. Will you join us?

This was not my idea. I visited the sites of the New American Tea Party and an online survey showed over 90% of the thousands of respondents said they would send the teabag on April 1. Why April 1?? We want them to reach Washington by April 15. do it? I will. Send it to:

President Barak Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington , D.C. 20500

For added impact on the actual culprits that answer to you, please consider sending one teabag to each of your two Senators. The mailing address of every U.S. Senator can be found at:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Copy and forward this to everyone in your address book, or point them to this BLOG page. I would encourage everyone to go ahead and get the envelope ready to mail, then just drop it in the mail April 1. Can't guarantee what the postage will be by then, it is going up as we speak, but have your envelope ready.

What will this cost you? Think about this - by NOT acting before this, the "stimulus" bill and the proposed budgets is costing every man, woman and child in America over $12,000 so far. So, the cost of a couple of teabags and a couple of stamps is quite a bargain.

What could you receive in benefits? Maybe, just maybe, our elected officials will start to listen to the people. Take out the Pork. Tell us how the money is being spent. We want TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. Remember, the money will be spent over the next 4-5 years. It is not too late.

But it certainly will be too late if we, the People, do not act together, in unison.

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Attack On Religion?

This year, for the first time in the history of American taxation, charitable contributions to your church will not be deductible unless you get a receipt for each donation.

Think about that for a moment. Try to imagine the deacon passing the plate down the pews, then having to determine who gave what, and write out receipts. Frankly, that is impossible.

This will result in much less in donations during church services, since a lot of folks depend upon being able to deduct their weekly contribution. In many religions, the folks are expected to tithe 10%, and quite a few do just that. But no more. And churches will suffer, and slowly die.

And now Congress, under Reid, Pelosi and the president, Obama, are working on a bill to reduce the amount of deduction that can be taken on ANY charitable contribution. This will deal a death blow to many fine charities. The stimulus bill has provisions to funnel some money to certain charities, and the Democrats say that is good enough. They are socializing charity.

So, what is going on? It would appear that government, under Democrat rule, wants to determine which charities are worthy of being funded through taxes. This is another very important area that the liberals feel they must control if they are to succeed in pushing America into a more socialist society.

Don't forget - because of the so-called "separation of church and state", the tax money that will be the primary source of funds for charities in the future will not be able to go to religious organizations or churches.

And that will be the final death blow to organized religion.

Why would liberals want to destroy religion? I have written about this before, and warned this would happen, last year. Liberals on the far left want a society in which anything goes - true liberalism. If it feels good, do it. Right now, there is only ONE THING that stands in the way of such a society - moral ethics. And all morality comes from religion.

It is religion that puts a damper on their "fun". Religious mores make it wrong to do drugs, molest children, and perform euthanasia, as it once stood in the way of abortion-on-demand. In order for liberalism to proceed, religion must die.

And if you have not yet noticed, the liberals managed to con their way into power. Yes, conned their way in, with promises they have no intention of keeping, handouts and entitlements that are sure to buy loyalty, and rewriting history in such a way as to promote legitimacy of their cause.

The nuts are running the nuthouse. And unless we, the People, act in 2010 to change the direction of Congress, the future will not be pretty. Because when morality dies in a society, the worst of human nature is set free.

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