tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140302172012-02-16T09:10:15.029-08:00Faith, family, cats, politics, food and everything else for which I have a passion.Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-33460597000413468502012-01-30T13:00:00.000-08:002012-01-30T14:29:48.595-08:00

A couple years ago I got a bee in my bonnet that I needed to have food and water and other emergency preparations in place for the end of July 2009. The compelling thoughts were with me every time I shopped for groceries, so I bought extra and put it aside.   I am sure you're all thinking, "No disaster hit in 2009; what a maroon!" You would be wrong. I got mono, in my 40's. I had a hard

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You've read it before- the left will always tell you what they fear or what they plan to do by accusing the right of doing, or planning to do, it first. So, when they called the Tea Party 'terrorists', you knew to expect violence from OWS when they showed up.  Sheila Jackson Lee and her fellow left-wing radicals are airing a conspiracy theory that the right will seek to carry out a campaign of

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I had a dream early this morning, that old friends from whom I've been estranged invited me into their home and introduced me to their children. In turn I introduced them to my husband and when we left, the joy of reconcilliation was so great, I 've wished ever since that it was real. Sometimes a dream is just a dream, but maybe we could make it into reality someday? "...Si Dieu nous a fait des

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When Herman Cain was "done to death by slanderous tongue...." I said that I thought the best thing Ron Paul could do for this country is take center stage, drawing the media's fire from those candidates who could really win. I doubt that's what he and his supporters believed would happen if they bloated his appearance of support in Iowa, but that is what is happening. Now he's got the

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We ignored the news, aside from the weather, to enjoy the Christmas holiday.  When I finally looked into the headlines I saw the horrific news that Muslims had bombed a Catholic church while they were celebrating Christmas, in Nigeria. There were other sad stories: a family lost to fire in Conneticut; multiple acts of violence over the new Air Jordans; a man killed in Britain during

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When the Tea Party first started out, before the coalescing of an agreed upon calumny that we're all a bunch of "racists" (because the left can't argue the real issues), one short-lived chestnut was that Tea Partiers probably wouldn't know the first thing about good tea. At one of my part-time jobs I work mostly amidst liberals. There are some moderates, but they would never identify

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I've been talking about readiness for a few months, but given the headlines of last week, I want to urge you to do what you can and do it now, even if what you can do now is only a little bit. If nothing else, inflation and economic hard times are just around the corner and preparing now could save you a little money. More on that later on. What are the headlines which have lit a fire under me?

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I started a post earlier about the coming chaos and why I believe it is going to happen soon despite having been born in a tumultuous year and having heard doomsday scenarios all my life. The bottom line is that I always felt slightly skeptical before (the second coming in 1982, the "certainty" of nuclear war following Regan's reelection, Y2K, etc.) and now I don't. That said, the scope of the

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"Historians will look back and say, 'How could they not see it coming?'" -Glenn Beck (spoken just as I was creating the title above). If you doubt that chaos is around the corner, you haven't read this morning's headlines. I know, I know, chaos has been around the corner my entire life. The year of my birth, 1968, was notoriously chaotic. The month of my birth alone saw the begining of the 

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-74341340605774176962011-11-01T10:26:00.000-07:002011-11-01T12:26:37.466-07:00

More trouble in dystopia as sexual assaults of occupiers by occupiers become more frequently reported. Then there is the nearly mind-bending list of those behind the occupation and those who support it. How is it that they are supported by both the Black Panthers (Old) AND the American Nazi Party? Either one is damaging enough, but in addition there are the Communist Party USA, ACORN (in

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With the discussion of Halloween and whether or not Christians should participate, the topic of Christmas always comes up (and sometimes Easter as well). Pagan holidays in each season pre-dated those on the Christian calendar and as pagans were won to Christ, some wanted to use their traditions in a new way which reflected the new meaning of every part of life for them. Others saw the need to

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Not me, but the far-left. Here's more proof And, anecdotaly, this conversation on TownHall.com between a regular leftist poster (allisonlives) and a regular conservative posters (george washington):  allisonlives Wrote: The OWS movement is a canary in the coal mine........there is a VAST tsunami of anger rising along behind it and headed to the serene beach-house shores of the arrogant

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I'd like to share the list Glenn Beck posted (my edit with clarifications in italics based on what he said on the radio) "What Can You Do to Prepare?" as well as a list one of his commentors posted that might be helpful. What can you do to prepare? Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:43 PM EDT Glenn explained on GBTV what you can do to prepare for what he believes will be difficult times approaching.

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Violent revolution is confirmed as the desire of those behind OWS and this link can take you to video evidence.  The left bloggosphere is trying to spin this guy's statements and claim that they were taken out of context. No doubt they wanted to keep this under wraps a bit longer. However, Malcolm Harris, the speaker himself, has come forth to say that he has not been misunderstood. A violent

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The Occupy Movement is driven by utopians who think they've figured out how to make life 'perfect' for everyone whether we want to abide by their vision or not. There are plans afoot to use this movement to destabilize the nation. While I urge you to seriously consider how to prepare for the worst (because there are larger and more powerful groups who want that same thing and are better prepared

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Look for Update below. The Left will always tell you what they are going to do by accusing the Right of it first. They claimed that the Tea Party was astroturf. I explained in a prior post how this was untrue for the TP, but very true of the OWS. Want more proof? Some protesters are being hired and paid by ACORN's new manifestation The Working Families Party . Where did ACORN get their funding?

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To those who are calling for a 'new American revolution', particularly to those who want to end up with a socialist state, I have a few words of caution.   Never forget that those who killed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ended up living under Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. The Trotskyites who backed the Bolsheviks found themselves enemies of the state. Those who fought for the

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"Occupy Wall Street" is not an organic response to anything; it was designed this summer by keen manipulators and political radicals. Its timing is exploitative and all those drawn to participate in it are unwitting pawns. The messages are mixed because every group that adds their membership adds their particular issues as well. When you call for for free solar panels and someone to install them

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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing you've always done while expecting different results.Van Jones and other like-minded Marxists are behind the astroturfed "Occupy..." movement and they are hoping to bring about another October Revolution. Remember how well the last one turned out? Millions killed and millions more imprisoned. Nations ruined through 70+ years of planned

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"Nye Boltai" is the title of the Soviet Poster I'm using as a profile image for the moment. It's an admonition against careless speech. It seemed fitting what with the launch of Attack Watch, Obama's put-disputed-claims-in get-propaganda-out website asking, yet again, for citizens to report on each other. The color scheme and graphics of the pro-Obama site harken to the militaristic styles of

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Written in 2008, edited and posted today. ______________________________________________ I posted this on another site in response to a young woman resisting her hubby's interest in going to church. They were both raised Roman Catholic and she's not interested in Christianity. She tried to call Jesus "a good person" but not God nor His Son (thus my reference to C.S. Lewis' statement) but raised

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This was originally written in the lead-up to the 2008 elections. Edited and posted today. There's a group out there, "Matthew 25 Network" who think the way to be the sheep of Christ is to tax and spend, to redistribute other people's wealth to those they deem more worthy. At heart they advocate socialism in the name of Christ. Naturally they are backing Obama. Yes, this is the same group which

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The religious left likes to chide in sing-song tones "What would Jesus Cut?" as if the federal handout programs were literally sacrosanct. I fully believe He would cut programs which, in the name of helping the poor, actually create in them a dependance on big government, undermine their families, steal meaning from their lives and give a secular blessing to coveting their neighbor's wealth.

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As I read the headlines this morning that foretell a likely downgrade of America's credit rating, I could see that image of the cartoon people from airline instruction cards, bracing themselves for impact. We all need to prepare for a bumpy, economic, emergency landing. So, what do we do? I've lived through more than one economic downturn in my life, the most extreme of which were overseas. I

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The talking point being spread throughout the mainstream news media and the leftward bastions of government is that the compromise bill which passed in the house yesterday was a win for the Tea Party. It is no such thing. In fact, Earl Blumenauer (who calls Tea Partiers "weasels") and Senators Wyden and Merkley represented me and my fellow patriots better by voting against this legislation than

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Are you and your family prepared for a natural disaster? How about social unrest and riots? Given the uncertainty of living in a fallen world and the certainty of death at the end of every lifetime, are you ready to meet your maker? To get ready for natural disaster you can visit ready.gov or The American Red Cross To get ready for social unrest and riots you can visit http://www.wikihow.com/

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I see a strong parallel between the Palestinians with regard to peace treaties offered by Israel and Mr. Obama with regard to offers to end the standoff over the debt ceiling put forth by the Republicans. Both the Hamas-led government and the Democrat president refuse to acknowledge and treat as serious any offers which do not constitute a full surrender to their demands. Nothing short of

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I heard an ad on the radio encouraging people to give to the Oregon Food Bank. I am a recipient and participant in a gleaning ministry; they get end-lots and left overs from grocers, restaurants and other places and distribute it to people who qualify as "working poor". One day we got bags of oatmeal tagged to show that it was from the OFB. Am I really one of "the needy?" It felt like it that

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Jeremiah 6:16(NASB) 16 Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'” 'Missional' and 'relevant' are popular terms in many branches of Christianity. Some use these words to great good; removing the old, worn out and meaningless cultural wrappings

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-62297072484240767002011-04-05T11:25:00.000-07:002011-10-03T11:53:13.211-07:00

Much of this post is from a comment I left on the First Things Journal. The article was "Render Unto Caesar ."  It was written with the assumption that our representatives are the authority of our government, an assumption which runs counter to the heart and soul of a representative republic. Ours is meant to be a government of the people, for the people and by the people. We are all the ruling

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We truly live in interesting times! There is a lot going on and the changes we see could turn out very badly or for great good. I anticipate a mix of blessing and challenge, and in light of that wanted to share some encouragement from the Bible with you: How to Overcome: John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take

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Isaiah 58 has been an inspiring and challenging passage for me since my youth. Today at work I was asked to prepare a copy of it from Eugene Peterson's paraphrase, The Message. While I usually appreciate his paraphrase, in this passage there were interpretations which seemed off to me. Possibly these arose as easy-answers to the question of "what fits here today?" Possibly they rose from an

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Is it like 1968 all over again?  Or more like 1989? The world is thrashing about, trying to change, but having to wrest any hope of transformation from those who love their power too much to allow it to happen with ease, without bloodshed. Yet there is a Jasmine revolution, and the potential for Sudan to peaceably split into two nations rather than continue in civil war. Lives don't have to be

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“Unfair," “unjust," “inaccurate," “baseless,” and “without merit”. These descriptions befit the claims that the shooting in Arizona last weekend was due to the political speech of conservatives. The facts that have come in so far stand in stark contrast to these egregious claims. Jared Lee Loughner had become a loner since high school. Politically, he was a registered Independent who didn’t

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Harvesting Grapes, November 1991, Kharkiv Ukraine USSR  This month memories of my time in Soviet Ukraine, the autumn of 1991, keep coming back to me in waves. It began in the earliest days of October, when my eyes were caught by the chestnut trees in my new neighborhood. They were still rich green, but soon they will be gold. Memories of the market near Kiev State Pedagogical Institute of

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I don't see conservative Christians worshiping America, and suspect that those who ask such questions do so only with the desire to distort and condemn rather than to understand or express genuine concern. "By their fruits you shall know them", and all I have seen thus far from such questioners are platforms built for the pillory of the faithful. The renewed fervor in political issues among

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"Where were you?" A lot of people are asking each other this question today. I was in bed, having been there for 2 or 3 hours after sittting up with my dad until 5 a.m. He was dying of cancer and knowing that liver failure would begin to cloud his perception of reality, we'd told him all of our emotional "goodbyes" the night before. So when Cathy came running in I thought she was going to tell me

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I hate this time of year. From August 20th to September 17th I am thrown back to 2001, to the days when my dad was first diagnosed with cancer to the day he died. The bittersweet days when hope was still alive, when he was at the hospital in Seattle, happened about now and I miss those fleeting days when I believed a miracle was possible. The weather was too gorgeous for a tragedy to be in the

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Too much politics? Or the combination of crab udon with cherry cheesecake ice cream in my tummy? What else could explain the weird dream I had this morning? Barack Obama had done my laundry and was hanging things all over the house all the while wittering on about having to clean up my mess for me. Never mind that he was creating an even bigger mess- he wanted me to step aside and "not do a lot

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‎"This generation of believers - you and me - are responsible for this generation of souls!" -Keith Green Ah, no brother Keith, but we are responsible to take the gospel to them. Hopefully that's what he meant. However, there is a great deal of church-blame going on for the dwindling numbers of faithful believers and the rising tide of apostasy these days. And yet, aren't we told in scripture

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The NAACP has, incredibly, decided to attack the Tea Party (as if it were one entity) and accuse this decentralized coalition of hundreds of organizations and unaffiliated individuals of 'tolerating racism', while saying nothing against the rampant racism within their own circles. Calls for proof of racism go unanswered. People point to the unsubstantiated claims of name-calling from the

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My name is Mandy and I am a blocked creative.Blocked creatives tend to diminish their own creative drive and even forget that it is there. They also may be drawn to and even marry successful creatives. While they support the creative work of their loved ones, they don't see the value in their own creative expressions.I've known this for years now and even chuckled at the stream of musicians I

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The decade past defies easy characterizations. Even now those rushing to sum it up seek only to bash the previous administration and prop up the Obama White House and the most unpopular US Congress in history. They cannot come up with a credible summation of it all. Perhaps I should say that the news and entertainment media in particular are hampered in summing up the past decade because they

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This is the big thing I did yesterday; a batch of Pumpkin Challah for the Craft and Bake Sale which was held at my church earlier today. I thought maybe we could get by with $5 a loaf. The lady doing the pricing thought $7. Amazingly, she was right!Kevin also contributed a series of small paintings he had done last year and they sold before we left. Hopefully there will be no cookies or

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I occasionally read and make comments on articles and blog entries on a political site. Since Maine voted down same-sex marriage yesterday, it was a hot topic this morning.On of the regular pro-gay "concern trolls" (not there to discuss but promote an agenda), a guy called Jeffery, keeps using the same straw-man in every single post that deals with homosexuals. I felt he needed to be soundly

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-61226632027468293262009-10-09T08:14:00.000-07:002009-10-14T15:31:48.817-07:00

I think the Nobel committee may have topped itself this time. Obama was in the White House less than 2 weeks before he was nominated for their so-called peace prize (they once gave it to a terrorist). There was nothing at all that Obama had done at that point, or even now, to deserve this award. He has no achievements, only intentions they deem 'good' and nice-sounding teleprompter speeches. This

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I've been wanting to divest myself of some clutter, but have been at a loss of where to start. Recently some celebrities and has-beens have stepped forward to help me out. So, this weekend my "clear out" will feature among others:The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the Twentieth Century by Zbigniew Brzezinski My copy was a reject from the library and I grabbed it before it was

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After completing the post "To Him Who Over Comes", two stories broke in which people have engaged in Obama worship. In one situation, a public school teacher had taken the tune of "Jesus Loves the Little Children" for her students to learn and sing. The other was a group of community organizers who had modified a liturgical prayer form and replaced "Hear our cry O Lord," with " Hear our cry,

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1 John 5:5 (NASB)Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?I am working on a series of posts on "the Antichrist", a.k.a. "the Man of Lawlessness." More striking to me than the characteristics of "the Antichrist" himself are the times in which he is revealed and they are times very much like our own; so much so that I feel an urgency to explore this

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About a month ago I got sick. Turned out to be mononucleosis. To say it's unusual to get it after age 40 would be an understatement, given that 90% of people over 35 are believed to be immune. More rare is to have it twice in a lifetime; my first bout was over 30 years ago. Yet, here I am, having had it and thankful to be recovering from itSince it went to my liver and caused a lot of swelling, I

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This is a better video of the aftermath of SEIU's thuggery against Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis and live footage of a female SEIU brutess attacking the woman holding the camera. Kathleen Sebalius should be ashamed of what she is encouraging.

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The Democrats in the government don't like being opposed strongly and powerfully from the grassroots. When opposition to the Pork-barrel "stimulus" bill took the form of Tea Parties, the Democrats and their shills* in Hollywood dismissed it as "astroturfing" or the actions of "racists".When opposition resurfaced in townhall meetings as resistance to Democrat attempts at so-called "health care

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This shouldn't surprise anyone. Even as the first of the post-election protestors goes before the court in Iran, the White House spokesman for Barack Obama, Gibbs, says that Ahmadinejad is "the elected leader." On the tape you can hear a White House Press Corps member suggesting that they will "recognize Ahmadinejad as the legitimate leader" followed by Gibbs' interjection "He is the elected

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There is a letter going out to a congregation in Portland today in which their pastor is urging them to back the Democrats' "public option"/ government take-over of health care. She states, that Jesus would call the current system "evil" because there are uninsured people on one hand and people turning a profit elsewhere. Aside from the grave distortion of the case politically* her use of Jesus

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Jesus told a parable that I think escapes a lot of attention, but which may be the best guide both for the bewildered Christians and bewildered non-believers who observe the church and conclude, "if what Christians believe is true, the church shouldn't look like this." Jesus' parable, in contrast, tells His followers before the church gets started what it will be like, and that it will be this

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-46824412553769528352009-07-02T11:21:00.000-07:002009-07-02T11:34:46.934-07:00

This blog has lain fallow for months, hopefully it won't be too much longer before I post something new. I've been thinking about several themes, but I have little time and our computer crashed three weeks ago. It's now up and running, but there is no word processing program until we install new software. All of my draft-form essays I had yet to develop and post were lost in the crash.There

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Our Tea Party had over 4000 people, yet only one local news station covered it (thanks KATU) at 11:00. KPTV didn't show local coverage- only a few shots of the tea parties in Sacramento, Houston and showed a single sign from Boston. KATU also has links to coverage of the Oregon City Tea Party. The Salem Tea party had at least 2000 attendees, yet an AP story posted at katu.com said, "Hundreds" (a

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It was on the Internet that I first heard about the tea parties. The original ones were held in February, on a weekday, during working hours, but were meant to speak out against the stimulus bill and the leviathan Obama budget before they had been passed. They wanted to change policy, but were ignored by the politicians and the media alike.People like me missed our opportunity to participate in

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-30289838949546363012009-04-15T10:42:00.000-07:002009-04-16T09:26:53.157-07:00

The Tax-Day Tea Parties matter because they show everyone that we aren’t dead yet.“You will be soon, so shut up!"No! We WON’T shut up and we won’t lay down and die because it’s convenient for MSNBC, CNN, Newsweek, Huff Po and their ilk (all have been throwing spitwads at us, but are, essentially, powerless to stop the movement). We need to show the kids of today that there are other voices, that

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I just transcribed this from Hugh Hewitt's show which aired in his first hour yesterday. When I heard this I was so struck by what profound danger this nation is in, I had to get it in writting to share with you, with Facebook, with any reasonable human being in my sphere of influence. This is Senator Judd Gregg, the ranking Republican in the Senate Budget Comittee, talking about the budget Obama

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The first Tea Parties were pretty impromptu and not so well attended that the television news media bothered to cover any of them. I think they will have a hard time ignoring the nationwide plans for April 15th. If you would like to participate, to speak up and say "Enough!" to the tax-and-spend-beyond-reality policies of the Obama Administration and their cohorts in congress, take a look at this

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-42987214519288948582009-03-10T09:45:00.000-07:002009-03-16T09:57:27.983-07:00

Obama claims that he has 'elevated' science over ideology in lifting the Bush-authorized ban on taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. Nothing could be further from the truth.In fact, science has shown that embryonic stem cell research is a waste of time, effort, and money (not to mention a waste of human lives)! There have even been cases where they have done damage to the patients

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-23669015847324521082009-02-27T12:34:00.000-08:002009-02-27T13:00:28.284-08:00

I just found out that I missed the Portland Tea Party! I didn't even know it was happening, but had I known I would have been there.Knowing our local news outlets it won't be covered. 7000 people showed up for a Roe vs. Wade Memorial Rally in the Pioneer Courthouse Square in January and it wasn't even mentioned on television (two measly photos, one taken toward the edge of the crowd to hide the

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-34081554279970234912009-02-27T10:08:00.000-08:002009-02-27T10:26:54.114-08:00

I saw this out and about on the web today. How purr-fect that this should coincide with my day off. When I am home the shades are up, the blinds are open and when it gets warm enough I open a window or two; the cats love it! And I love a quiet day at home with my pets.The two weeks since my last post have been difficult to say the least. I've had the flu and it's taking a while to get over it. I

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12 ...even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:12On Sunday the sermon was about our "between times". It seemed custom made for where I was that morning; depressed, another month over with no hope of a child in sight. I woke up with babies on my mind and a sick stomach. Everything made me cry and then the power-point

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Dear Senator (Wyden/Merkley),Our nation is in a financial crisis made worse by panic and poor choices in response to it. The stimulus bill before you, as written, is just one of those poor choices.As written, even the Congressional Budget Office says it is a recipe for disaster which will haunt us for years to come. It really needs to be trimmed down with non-stimulus pork, earmarks, pet projects

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There's a recipe making a big impact on the web called The Bacon Explosion. It's pork wrapped in pork and filled with pork. I don't know why they don't go with the obvious and rename it "The 2009 Stimulus Package".I can't believe there are people arguing that the Republicans are against the proposed "stimulus" legislation "because it would help real people instead of banks." As written, this bill

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-34179411264289878342009-01-19T12:48:00.000-08:002009-01-19T12:56:16.405-08:00

In the fever-pitch of election season, McDonald's surrendered to the AFA boycott and I missed it!Here I've been boycotting them and encouraging others to do so when they have done what we asked and pledged neutrality in the "culture wars"! My apologies and I shall set about making it right as soon as possible! My dear readers, forgive me in being lax in reporting this. If you want me to make it

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OK, Obama is starting slowly in appointing ridiculous radicals to places of power, but he is doing it. Consider this excerpt from an article from The Center for Consumer Freedom: Barack Obama’s pick for “regulatory czar,” Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein, may be the incoming president’s most popular appointment so far. Judging from his resume -- best-selling author, “pre-eminent legal

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2 Timothy 3:1-5,12-14 NIVGodlessness in the Last Days But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than

Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296837285973511765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14030217.post-6150524304772139752008-12-31T12:13:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:39:59.722-08:00

The title of this post is Happy New Year in Japanese.Tomorrow we will be going to my sister-in-law's house for a special Japanese New Year's Day meal called "osechi ryori" (New Year's Dishes).This is an edited version of the explaination I got from Wikipedia:The dishes that make up osechi each have a special meaning celebrating the New Year. Some examples are:Daidai- Japanese bitter orange.

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Merry Christmas one and all! I was going to share a cute video I made of our Snow Days, but I have a bad cold and the idea of reading through all the legalese of the Video Upload Agreement is too daunting. Perhaps later, but I put a soundtrack on it and copyright laws may mean I have to post it mute, which means re-editing, etc.It's been very quiet here, and in a way it is another snowed-in

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Just wanted to catch up with you a little bit this year. We’re still in the apartment, still working at the same jobs; we even still have our lovely kitties Jenny, Mikey and Poe.That said, there are some new things in our lives. Mandy is now working with a team of doulas in a hospital-based program. They serve mamas of various back-grounds, but largely Spanish speaking. In only a few weeks she

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November was a crazy month and December is shaping up to be the same. So I am taking a little time off from blogging. I have ideas to blog about, but by the time I actually get here I am no longer inspired by them. If you would be so kind as to vote on the future of this blog I would appreciate it. Hopefully I am not voted off the island of blogspot and will return from this hiatus refreshed and

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This morning Dennis Prager was speaking with Sasha Issenberg, the author of The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy.Like many Americans, Mr. Prager equates sushi with raw fish even after years of eating it himself. Since this book traces the global fish market it is easy to get focused on that aspect of sushi. It was the challenge of eating raw fish in our culture

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Now that Rosie's job is in the can she is a loose cannon, saying whatever pops into her head. What is sad is that there are people who believe this woman and the political pap she puts out everyday on The View. For example, this exchange from March 29th: HASSELBECK: Do you believe that the government had anything to do with the attack of 9/11? Do you believe in a conspiracy in terms of the

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I just read the book of Jude and wow! Is that ever a message for today. In fact, it spoke to me so deeply that I started crying. God had brought me to it because I needed to read it and I needed to read the part that addresses the reader personally, as "beloved".17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were

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