The 9/12 Project

Are you happy with our new President? I'm sure not! Amazing how his policies continue to NOT do anything except put us further and further in debt. I didn't like the man before he was elected and he is even less than the low expectation that I had for him. Sorry America, you voted for him.

Have you heard of the 9/12 project? I know our president hasn't - or if he has he doesn't abide by it. I can't take all the credit, I heard about it from Glenn Beck; if you're not listening to him on radio and TV - do it.

Quick post - I've taken this from the 9/12 project, which stands for 9 principles and 12 values.

First the 9 principles:

1.	America Is Good.
2.	I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
	God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
3.	I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
	Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington
4.	The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
	Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson
5.	If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
	Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson
6.	I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
	Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
7.	I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
	Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington
8.	It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
	On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington
9.	The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
	Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

Now the 12 values:

• Honesty
• Reverence
• Hope
• Thrift
• Humility
• Charity
• Sincerity
• Moderation
• Hard Work
• Courage
• Personal Responsibility
• Gratitude

If you agree and abide by these principles and values, then check out the site.

Oh, and pray, pray, pray

The Archangel

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

So things DO change. How much? Well, as of 1/9/09 I was placed in a 'laid-odd' status. This status was to stay until 2/9/09 when I was to call in and find out if work had picked up enough to bring me back on board.

We didn't wait, we've seen what is going on nationwide and we've seen what is going on here in Oregon; and none of what we've seen installs any type of confidence in us. So we got moving, we put the mobile home up for sale. On the one hand, I had been wary about buying the mobile home, it served a purpose but I was concerned that we would never see our money back out of it (for the record, my wife swore when we bought the home that we would get our money back). Throw in our national economic situation and I was very concerned that selling the home would be difficult (a cross between no one will want it because it's in a park - meaning that we don't own the land, on the other hand, the price is cheaper since we don't own the land). Bottom line, the home sold in about 3 weeks (big shout out to St. Joseph) for more money than we bought it for (we bought it for cash and we sold it for cash).

So now that the home is sold, now what? Well, we do have a place to live, temporarily, but what if my employer calls me back? So on 2/9/09, holding my breath, I called in - and was told the lay off was permanent. Since we've decided to get out of this state, it was a good thing.

Where to? Well, I have a nephew down in Texas and I've filled out more applications in the Dallas-Ft Worth area in the last 3 weeks than I've seen available in Oregon-Washington in the last year. So yeah, we are looking to move to Texas. We have a couple places to stop and hang out at while we are looking, but we are tired of getting screwed by Oregon.

Obama's stimulus plan is a disaster. The economy is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. And I'm out of this liberal hell-hole. Obama, the democrats and the state of Oregon are an abomination. It's going to be a nasty four years, hunker down, lock and load and hang on to your hat because this is going to get a whole lot uglier.

Pray like you've never prayed before.

Obama and the Dems - True to Form

So here we are a mere four days since Obama took the oath of office and he (and the Democrats) are falling right in step. In four days Obama has signed a bill to give more (tax) money to organizations that promote or provide abortions in foreign counties. So we not only will have more abortions here in the USA but we will help kill millions worldwide; I guess he is a citizen of the world. This in a point in time where the economy in the USA is failing badly, all government bodies are sucking wind when it comes to budgets - but we're going to give more money so we can kill infants world wide.

In addition, he has told republicans (and I guess anyone else who listens to Limbaugh) that they need to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh; my guess is that this is a precursor to signing the 'fairness act'. The message is clear, agree with me or I will do what I can to silence your voice (I told you the man was narcissistic).

Now it's being reported that Obama and democrats are going to pass the 'children's health care bill' - sounds good on it's face, doesn't it? I mean who doesn't want to help the children (except those that you kill in the womb)? Well, the devil is in the details, or maybe we should say it's with the democrats. You see, not only will the bill increase the funding by an additional $31.5 Billion over the next 4 1/2 years; but it will cover children of legal immigrants immediately (the law now requires the legal immigrants to be in the country for five years before they get the government coverage). It has (virtually) no income cap, meaning it makes no difference how much your family earns or how large or small your family is, if you have a child, you will be able to get them in the program. Oh, by the way, they plan on 'funding' this program with a 61 cent a pack increase on the tax on cigarettes - you know, that 'sin' habit that the various governments are trying to stamp out with ordinances that make smoking more and more difficult with fewer and fewer places that you are allowed smoke. That habit that is harmful to your health so fewer and fewer people do it. That habit that they keep raising the taxes on which encourages people to not smoke - yeah, that one, that's the one that will 'raise' enough money to pay for the increase in this program ... NOT!!!

He has signed documents to close Gitmo - maybe he can house those prisoners somewhere in the White House. How's that working for you Obama. He has signed a document allowing 'only' interrogation per the Army field manual. Which is NOT a manual for interrogation, it is a manual for handling uniformed enemy combatants when captured on the battlefield (Obama is an idiot).

And, of course, he keeps talking about pumping more and more money into the economy. Including a proposal to increase benefits (tax credits and refunds) to low income workers who don't pay any federal income taxes.

America, you voted for this man. How's it working for ya?

Pray for America, the country needs your prayers in light of the pinhead we voted in as President.

Can't make stuff like this up

Sometimes life is too funny -
Here we are on the 9th day of a new year and the following has happened and is true.

The country of Mexico is telling citizens to swallow your gum when you are done chewing it. Turns out that Mexico introduced chewing gum to the world (I didn't know that, did you?). Someone also thinks that, Mexico City in particular, has a problem with used/discarded chewing gum. I can't comment, I've never been there (although I do know that sometimes these things are exaggerated). It also seems that some companies have invented machines to try to remove used gum from sidewalks (go figure). Anyway, here is a link to the story.

This is also a time for US government bailouts, one of the worst ideas to come down the pike. Yes, without them the economy would be in the dumper, but with them we are merely increasing our national debt and watching the economy slowly go down the dumper. Would you rather pull the band aid off fast or pull it off slowly? We are pulling it off slowly. First we bailed out 'financial' institutions. Then auto manufacturers lined up to ask for money. Then cities and states have gone begging. The latest?? The porn industry, gotta link to this story. It's probably as much a publicity stunt as it is anything else but it does point out (to me) the abject stupidity of this 'bail out' process that the government is putting us through.

And finally, as though porn didn't already grab some headlines, there is this. Seems that the publisher of Hustler magazine is suing his nephews because they started some porn companies using the Flynt name (which is their last name) and Larry (Hustler's publisher) feels the 'products' are inferior and doesn't live up to the 'standard' that Flynt is known for. Standard? Inferior? Okay, some folks have lot track of reality ... again, I recognize it as more of a publicity stunt as anything else.

However, considering the fact that Obama has just come out with a terrible pick for head of the CIA (Leon Panetta), another terrible pick for Attorney General (Eric Holder) and just made a new office of Chief Performance (Nancy Killefer); maybe we need (or want) these kinds of distractions. So as we watch our country fade into the night, just remember all the moonbats who voted for this President-Wanna-Be.

Your opinion is welcome.

God Bless

Merry Christmas

And Happy Birthday to the True Messiah.

According to Him, I am suppose to have love in my heart and soul for everyone including the fake messiah who will soon ruin my country - as you can see, I'm having trouble with that one.

All it show is that I'm still a sinner, so I'm extra glad that the one, the only, the True Messiah did come down long ago to save me from my sins (which are numerous).

Merry Christmas to all, even our incoming phony leader.

May the Lord's Blessing be on each of you.

Obama - King of the World

Reminds you of the scene from the Titanic, at least that one memorable line. However it also summarizes Obama's view of himself, of this country and of the world.

Let's go over some of what Obama has promised and in many cases is moving towards making come to fruition.

1) The UN Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). This takes away our country's sovereignty and gives control of the ocean floors and riches to the UN. The 'committee' which controls LOST is dominated by corrupt dictators (think Castro) and socialist countries. Despite our size, our vote would be equal to that of Cuba. In addition the LOST policy allows the UN to tax the USA and spread those taxes to countries that find us an abomination.

2) Obama has agreed to sign the 'Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty' which will effectively stop the development of nuclear weapons in this country while Iran and North Korea continue to move full speed ahead with their weapons programs.

3) Obama is eager to sign the new 'Global Warming Treaty' which is being written at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poland in order to replace the Kyoto Agreement. This treaty will establish "strong international norms" that Obama seeks.

4) Obama wants to radify the 'U.N. Treaty on Women', known as CEDAW. This treaty would require us "to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women," to follow U.N. dictates about "family education," to revise our textbooks to conform to feminist ideology in order to ensure "the elimination of any stereotyped concept of the roles of men and women" and to set up a federal "network of child-care facilities." Like all U.N. treaties, the U.N. Treaty on Women creates a monitoring commission of so-called "experts" to ensure compliance. The monitors of the Treaty on Women have already singled out Mother's Day as a stereotype that must be eliminated.

5) Another U.N. Treaty on the list is the U.N. Treaty on the Rights of the Child, which was signed in 1995 by Bill Clinton but wisely never ratified by our Senate. This is a pet project of the people who believe that the "village" (i.e., the government or U.N. "experts") should raise children rather than their parents.

This treaty would give children rights against their parents and society to express their own views "freely in all matters," to receive information of all kinds through "media of the child's choice," to use their "own language," and to have the right to "rest and leisure." This treaty even orders our schools to teach respect for "the Charter of the United Nations."

6) The signing and radification of these treaties would be supplimented supplemented by trade agreements negotiated by Obama's trade representative, Ron Kirk. He is an enthusiastic supporter of the "global economic community" (which means open borders for "free" trade), of NAFTA and even of the NAFTA Super Highway, which he calls the "true river of trade between our communities."

All of the above has been thwarted in the past by the Senate. However, with our Senate being almost split the ability to stop Obama is slim, at best. His policies, the things he believes in will push us towards a one world currency, a one world government. About the only thing I can say is that he told us that he leaned that way before he was elected; I just hope his supporters enjoy what they have put in office.

May God Bless you and yours - when Obama comes into office you will need all the blessings that you can possibly get. Go to church and pray, pray like you never have before.

Gas Prices

When I last left you, I was singing the praises in my life. And I meant them. However, I'm not a Pollyanna, so the fact that we have a figure head who is as narcissistic as they come as our new president hasn't escaped me. The more I see and hear the man, the less I like him. I've come to a point to where I can't stand to hear him, if he comes on the TV or radio I change the station or turn him off. Whatever he thinks is so important I'll read about it later - THAT is how much I dislike this man. Yes, I readily admit a bad case of Obama derangement syndrome.

However, this post was just to slam Obama, it was to talk about something that I find amazing; gas prices. Yes, we all know how the prices have declined; and we are all very happy about it. But did you notice that prior to the run up in prices and all during the run up in prices the difference in gas prices from station to station were very small? Typically the stations in my area were within 2 to 3 cents of each other; that was until now.

We typically buy our gas at Cosco where we have a membership. Cosco is typically 2 to 5 cents lower than the neighborhood gas station. But with this price drop one station will be selling for $1.98 a gallon, the station down the block has it for $1.93 a gallon, the ARCO station will be selling it for $1.86 a gallon and Cosco came in at $1.71 a gallon. What is going on? A difference of 27 cents between Cosco and the highest price neighborhood station? Unheard of - in the past if the difference was 5 to 7 cents difference it was considered good.

I don't expect gas prices to remain low, I'm a realist, I just don't expect it. If it does I'll keep the price as one of the many things to thank God about. I'm just wondering, does anyone out there know why there is SUCH a difference in prices now?

God Bless you all.