Tuesday, September 20, 2011

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!


Congressional Reform Act


1. No Tenure / No Pension.
     A Congressman collects a salary while in office and
     receives no pay when they are out of office. 


  2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
      Security.

     All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to  
     the Social Security system immediately.  All  future
     funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress
     participates with the American people.  It may not be
     used for any other purpose.


3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as 
     all Americans do.


4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. 
    Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.


  
5. Congress loses their current health care system and
    participates in the same health care system as the  
    American people.


6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on
     the American people.


7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void
     effective 1/1/12.

    The American people did not make this contract with
    Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for 
    themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career..
    The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so
    ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back 
    to work.



THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

Want Coffee

Subject: Want Coffee
Indian Want Coffee:

An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun
 In one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other.
 He says to the waiter:  


 "Want coffee."

 The waiter says, "Sure, Chief. Coming right up."

 He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee.....
 The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp,
 Turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun,
 Causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out.

 The next morning the Indian returns.
 He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling
 Another male buffalo with the other.
 He walks up to the counter and says to
 The waiter:
 "Want coffee."

 The waiter says, "Whoa, Tonto!
We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday.
What was all that about, anyway?"

 The Indian smiles and proudly says,


  "Training for position in United States Congress:
 Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull,
 Leave mess for others to clean up,
 Disappear for rest of day."

Economic storm threatens the Netherlands




Economic storm threatens the Netherlands, says finance minister

Tuesday 20 September 2011
The Netherlands will have to dig its heels in to withstand the coming economic storm, finance minister Jan Kees de Jager told MPs on Tuesday, as he formally handed over the government's 2012 spending plans to parliament.
'We are being threatened by something, but we don't know what is heading for us, or when, the minister said.
'It is clear that 2012 is going to be a difficult year for a lot of people,' De Jager said. 'We have to make difficult choices and they will hurt.'

€70m too much

The Netherlands is a financially solid country, but still runs a deficit and the debt is increasing. This year alone the country will spend €70m too much every day.
The cabinet is trying to carve out a leading role in restoring financial stability to the EU, he said. This is why the government is keen to tighten up eurozone budget rules and prevent the spread of the Greek crisis. In the long term 'we have to ensure our weaker brother does not bring down other countries in its wake,' De Jager said.
MPs and ministers will hold two days of debate on the 2012 plans on Wednesday and Thursday. The actual documents were published last week but ministers have refrained from commenting on them since then.

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Thief-in-Chief

Written on by The Godfather

The Thief-in-Chief

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President Obama is calling for more tax hikes for the “rich.” This is the same president who took an oath to uphold the Constitution. While President Obama might be envious of the rich and despise the rich, he has no constitutional authority to rob the rich. If he wants to appeal to the rich to donate money to help the less “fortunate,” then he is free to do so. But to use the power of government to take money from one group of citizens so it can be given to other citizens is a violation of his constitutional oath as well as a violation of the Eighth Commandment: “Thou shalt not steal,” even if it means trying to shore up a faltering presidency. Here are some comments from our nation’s earliest founders who know something about the nature of the Constitution and the limitation of governmental powers:
  • “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816
  • “A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” — Thomas Jefferson, “First Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1801
  • “Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.” — Thomas Jefferson
  • “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free.” — John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787
  • “With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.” — James Madison in a letter to James Robertson
  • In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and Philadelphia, James Madison stood on the floor of the House to object saying: “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” — James Madison, Annals of Congress 4:179, 1794
  • “[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” — James Madison

Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate

Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate


In 2010, a federal law was passed making it illegal to use taxpayer monies to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any organization with ties to ACORN.  Yet this August, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA) a $300,000 grant.
AHCOA was previously named Acorn Housing Corporation and still occupies the same Chicago office and address.  They are also using the same Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number to apply for and receive taxpayer funded grants.  DUNS numbers are unique to specific organizations and location.  For AHCOA to be legally using the same DUNS code, it legally has to be the same organization.
However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that AHCOA separated itself from ACORN and that under the law is no longer considered to be an affiliate or allied with ACORN and therefore can legally apply for and receive taxpayer monies.
According to the executive director or the Freedom Through Justice Foundation, Dan Epstein, the GAO’s interpretation of the law is ‘twisted’, saying:“The recent grant of $300,000 of taxpayer dollars to the Affordable Housing Centers of America reflects the degree to which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ignored the will of the Congress and the people it represents to stop wasting federal funds on organizations which have a history of mismanagement and fraud, ACORN, its affiliates and subsidiaries, represent the kind of fraud that put all Americans in this economic recession in the first place.”
Realizing that AHCOA is a Chicago based organization and Chicago being the home of one Barrack H. Obama, it’s no surprise that the current administration would try to find a way to divert taxpayer money to AHCOA.  ACORN officials and their affiliates have not only been involved with fraud, but they have always been strong supporters of Obama and he still has ties with them.
Chicago politics has had a long history of corruption and graft.  It seems that history is repeating itself only this time the corruption and graft extends all the way to the White House.

Read more: Taxpayer Monies Illegally Funding ACORN Affiliate | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/1012/taxpayer-monies-illegally-funding-acorn-affiliate/#ixzz1YQYHBhqF

RUN, YOU OLD BUZZARD, RUN!!




BREAKING NEWS!!

To save the economy, in September, 2011,

the government will start deporting old people (instead of illegal's)

 in order to Lower Social Security and Medicare costs.

I started crying when I thought of you.
RUN, YOU OLD BUZZARD, RUN!!
 

A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!

From now thru November 2012 this should be required weekly or at least monthly, reading –    BY ALL WHO VOTE!!!


Did you notice who Obama threatened when he wasn't getting
his way on raising the debt ceiling?

He threatened to not pay: Social Security Retirees, Military Retirees, Social
Security disability and Federal Retirees.

Now.. Let this sink in really good -

He did not threaten to stop payments to illegal aliens

He did not threaten to take frivolous benefits such as Internet
access away from violent inmates

He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary
federal employees that he hired

He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife's frivolous gallivanting around

He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or
any of their staff

He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients

He did not threaten the food stamp programs

He did not threaten to not pay foreign aid

He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters.

The list could go on and on. He is in full political re-election mode!

Why are we allowing this person to destroy this wonderful country
with his selfishness and his lies?

His type of change is killing our country.
He needs to be stopped and only our votes can stop him.

Do not forget about his tactics when it's election time.
Vote Obama out of the Presidency in 2012.

2012 - THE END OF AN ERROR!
Democracy... is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

Liberty ... is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- Benjamin Franklin


AMERICA.....
HOME OF THE FREE
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS
ELECTION 2012 IS COMING!!!


  
A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves! 
I'M 100% for PASSING THIS ON!!! 
Let's Take a Stand!!!

EVIDENCE OF TREASON COMMITTED

Orly Taitz: Update on Hawaii Cases and Her Upcoming Visit to Washington, DC

“WE HAVE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF TREASON COMMITTED”

by Sharon Rondeau
Orly Taitz speaking with Dr. Robert Newman of Christian Coalition at the California Republican Convention on September 17, 2011. Photo credit: George Miller, Ventura County Tea Party
(Sep. 18, 2011) — While en route to the California Republican Convention, Dr. Orly Taitz contacted The Post & Email to provide an update on her two lawsuits filed in Hawaii.  One is a state case with a hearing date scheduled for October 12, while the other is federal and has a hearing scheduled for November 21, 2011.
In the latter case, Hawaii Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy had been under subpoena from the U.S. District Court in Honolulu to make available for inspection the original birth record of Barack Hussein Obama by August 8, 2011.  Taitz has gathered evidence from several private investigators indicating that Obama is using a social security number issued in the state of Connecticut when he never worked nor lived there, resulting in her lawsuit, Taitz v. Astrue filed in February 2011.
Taitz and two document examiners flew to Honolulu in advance of the August 8 deadline to inspect the birth record.  However, Fuddy did not appear, and instead, a letter was presented to Taitz explaining that Obama’s original birth record could not be produced for inspection due to “privacy concerns.”  Taitz has stated that Fuddy “broke federal law” by refusing to produce the records under subpoena.
The image presented to the public on April 27, 2011 purported to be a certified copy of Obama’s original birth certificate has been called “a bad forgery.”
Last year, former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs failed to address a reporter’s question about Obama’s Connecticut social security number, but rather, laughed nervously, stuttered, and mocked “faithful readers” of WorldNetDaily who were still questioning “the president’s birth certificate.”  Gibbs also claimed that he “put it [the birth certificate] on the internet.”
It is unknown where Fuddy was on August 8, and the Hawaii Department of Health has refused to release her work schedule to The Post & Email after we filed a request for it under Hawaii’s UIPA, or open records, law.  After filing an appeal to the Office of Information Practices, Attorney Linden Joesting supported the DOH’s contention that Fuddy’s work schedule could be kept confidential because Fuddy “keeps her work and personal appointments in one place and shares it only as needed with her personal secretary.”  The Post & Email will be publishing a full report on this development in the near future.
Taitz has submitted a reply to the government’s opposition to the subpoena commanding her to produce the birth certificate and is represented by Hawaii Assistant Attorney General Jill T. Nagamine. “They’re claiming privacy, and I provided information questioning ‘what privacy,’ as Obama has posted this document on whitehouse.gov, but he also posted it on mugs and T-shirts that are being sold by the Democratic National Committee.  The man is a criminal.  He’s using a forged document, and he’s bragging with the forgery; he is flaunting this forgery in front of the whole nation.  It’s shocking that our federal judges, our congressmen and senators are allowing this to go on.  This is criminal.  There is no privacy; it was specifically made public.  The interest of the country not to have a criminal in the White House supersedes all notion of privacy which was waived a long time ago.”
Obama’s campaign website is also selling the merchandise.  In regard to the questions about Obama’s birthplace, Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Julianna Smoot, reportedly said that “There’s really no way to make this stuff completely go away. The only thing we can do is laugh at it — and make sure as many other people as possible are in on the joke.”
Obama’s birthplace may be irrelevant to his constitutional eligibility to serve as president, as his father was a foreigner and never a U.S. citizen.  Some researchers have contended that the citizenship of the father or both parents is a factor in whether or not a child is considered a “natural born Citizen” as required by Article II, Section 1, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.  Taitz is seeking the original birth record, if there is one, because of “information showing that Obama’s birth certificate was fraudulently obtained” and “We already have paperwork from SSA saying that this number was never assigned.”
After Judge Royce Lamberth granted the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement on August 30, Taitz filed a Motion for Reconsideration.  Taitz included as new evidence Obama’s 2009 tax returns which show the social security number that he is using begins with the digits “042.”  “They forgot to flatten the PDF files that they worked on in Adobe Illustrator, and Obama’s full social security number was right there.  I provided that to the judge.  They posted his whole social security number.  It starts with ’042,’ which is the state of Connecticut where Obama was never a resident.  That’s evidence of fraud right there,” Taitz said.
Lamberth had contended that Selective Service documents can be used to check only one’s own Selective Service registration.  To that, Taitz said, “That’s not the case.  I also showed that I used the same Social Security number in conjunction with Selective Service.  You can check anyone’s Selective Service registration as long as you provide his name, date of birth and his social.  I provided Obama’s name, date of birth and social that he himself signed for his tax return, and he showed that he’s been using this number on his Selective Service registration as well.  I provided E-Verify, showing that this number was never assigned to him.  This is a crime.  It is outrageous criminal behavior for which he should have been handcuffed and moved from the White House to the Big House, and only because we have corrupt judges and congressmen is this going on.”
Taitz stated that if the federal case is dismissed, the unrelated state case will continue.  The latter is based on the state UIPA statute, while the federal case is based on the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
When The Post & Email asked Taitz if the attorneys for the Department of Health have any other strategy other than claiming “privacy,” she answered, “Their strategy is that all of our judges are equally corrupt.  There is nothing else aside from utter corruption that is working in Obama’s favor.  The only reason he is being protected and is able to get away with the crime of the century for two and a half years is because of corrupt judges.”
Taitz also said that the United States’ economic climate is deteriorating and that “there is serious discontent with his policies on both sides of the aisle.”  Citing foreclosures and increasing numbers of people sinking into poverty, she stated she is hoping that one judge will say, “I’m not afraid of persecution; I’m not afraid that they’re going to go after me; I’m going to do the right thing; I will follow the law and the Constitution.”
Recently singer Pat Boone stated publicly that he believes that Obama was born in Kenya and that the image released on April 27 is “created.”  Boone stated that he has visited Kenya “about a year and a half ago” and that “everybody there says, ‘You know, your president was born here.’”  Boone described the birth certificate as “a photoshopped fraud.”
Taitz confirmed that she will be meeting with key people in Congress on Thursday, September 22, 2011, but was unable to give details at this time.
She is asking that people call their representatives in Congress to arrange meetings with them. “I’m trying to see as many congressmen and senators as possible.  I’m asking supporters to call; don’t write.  I’m looking for people to visit the Washington offices of their congressmen and senators if they happen to be in Washington, DC.  If they’re not in Washington, DC, call and be persistent.  Stay on the line and provide information that we have clear evidence of treason committed; we have a person with a stolen social security number sitting in the White House; we have his tax returns which he signed himself showing a Connecticut social security number even though he was never a resident of Connecticut.  E-Verify shows that this number was never assigned to him.  It is extremely important for people call and stay on the line until they can get me an appointment with their congressman or senator, and let those congressmen and senators know that if they refuse to cooperate and prosecute this crime of the century, this clear evidence of treason, social security fraud and election fraud, then sooner or later, they will be prosecuted together with Obama and others.”
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Opinion

too many pigs  (maybe we could apply this to our problem with Government)

Friday 19 August 2011
Dutch agro-industrialists are building ever bigger pig stables with ever growing numbers of pigs eating ever cheaper feed. In Trouw, director of environmental organisation Milieudefensie Hans Berkhuizen warns we are heading for a major pork pile up.
There are simply too many pigs and there is a limit to export possibilities.
Eighty percent of Dutch pork is exported abroad. Production costs are scaled down to a bare minimum causing farmers to cut corners. They are using cheap feed from South America and are concentrating enormous numbers of pigs in huge mega stables. The animals are given antibiotic feed additives to keep disease at bay thereby creating antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a serious threat to human health.
Predictably, the answer of the Dutch pig farmers union NVV to dwindling sales is another scale-up. But that is exactly what got the sector into trouble in the first place and what will bring it to its knees.
Ever decreasing production costs are not a solution. In the cheap stakes, emerging meat exporters like Brazil will finally win. And then what are we going to do with all those pigs in all those mega stables?
Fortunately there are ways of tackling the problem. Smaller stables would enable farmers to produce meat in a more sustainable manner, with more regard for animal welfare. Animals that are allowed to behave naturally will need less medication.
There is another important advantage. Producing less pork would allow us to close the nutrient circle.
At the moment, scarce arable land in South America is used to produce cheap soy for animal feed. We are now in a situation where South American food production is endangered for a food stuff used to produce meat on such a scale that it has to be thrown away.
In the Netherlands itself the pig population is creating problems for the soil. It is struggling to cope with the amount of manure that is being produced. If the number of pigs were to be brought down, our own farmland could be used to produce feed.
It will mean less export abroad. But that is happening already. The question for the pig farmers and their unions is: do you want a reduced export or no export at all?

Scripture Warns Us About Obama

Scripture Warns Us About Obama

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Matthew 7:15-20 states:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.”
There is no doubt that Obama campaigned wearing sheep’s clothing, but once he got into the White House, he shed them to reveal his true self, a ravenous wolf. And how do we know? Scripture says by his fruit. Obama’s actions will reveal all.
Since becoming President, Obama forced healthcare on us with the promise that it will make heath insurance more affordable to everyone. Yet, since its passage, the cost of health insurance has risen quite sharply and the coverage for what you pay for has equally decreased.
Also contained in the healthcare are provisions that are in direct violation of the US Constitution, including the mandate that every person purchase health insurance.Hidden within the healthcare bill are a number of taxes that will only hurt middle and lower income families. Most experts are predicting that these taxes are going to hurt the housing market, manufacturing of medical supplies among others and will ultimately result in the loss of thousands of jobs.
Obama has given orders to no longer enforce a number of federal laws including the Marriage Protection Act and immigration laws. And as we have seen of recent, he has extended legal protection to millions of people who broke federal laws by entering the country illegally. He has taken more legal action to protect these federal criminals than he has to protect the US citizenry.
He has also been involved with questionable Department of Justice practices of releasing known terrorists and refusal to prosecute others guilty of hate crime and violating election laws.
These are only a few of the bad fruit this false prophet of change has born upon the American people. And according to Scripture, this wicked and vile tree needs to be cut down at the polls this next election and thrown into the fires of the US prison system for all of his crimes against the American people.

Read more: Scripture Warns Us About Obama | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/874/scripture-warns-us-about-obama/#ixzz1XlENRJra

Friday, September 09, 2011

Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca

Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca

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Since Obama lied his way into the White House, the US has increased its acceptance and favoritism to the Islam religion by at least a thousand fold over previous administrations.
Among the evidences for this statement are the actions of the Department of Justice and its people.
Pam Geller was conducting research for her new book, Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance, and filed a request with the DOJ for documents via the Freedom of Information Act. She narrowed her request parameters to a 5 year period of DOJ related activities to Muslim organizations, especially ones involved with terrorist activities.
After submitting her request, Geller was shocked to hear that there were 14,100 documents that fit her parameters and the DOJ wanted over $1400 to cover the cost of printing them all.
Among the things Geller has learned is that one DOJ employee, Lema Bashir, who happens to be Muslim was responsible for the delay in mailing ballots to servicemen and women from Virginia in the 2008 elections. It also appears that Bashir made the same ‘mistakes’ in 2010 and again the mailing of military ballots were delayed. Being a devout Muslim, Bashir regularly refers to Israel as northern Palestine.
Geller also discovered evidence that Bashir was involved in the DOJ’s effort to convert a religious class into a racial one which would have to create majority Muslim legislative districts.
What really struck Geller was her discovery of just how involved the DOJ has become with Islamic supremacist groups in the US. She said it was far more extensive than anyone had realized.
But should we be surprised by the extent of the US Department of Justice’s involvement with Muslim extremists when we have one occupying the Oval Office?
I hope and pray that someone else can take over the White House next year and that one of the first things he or she does is to clean out all of the radical Muslims from the government, starting with the DOJ.

Read more: Department of Justice Bowing to Mecca | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/872/department-of-justice-bowing-to-mecca/#ixzz1XU6WaVTQ

Friday, September 02, 2011

Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government

Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government by Emergency


How could this administration be so lame on what it takes to create jobs? Maybe it’s because they want another crisis. Maybe this is a planned crisis. The latest economic news is bad. The stock market is down two percent. No jobs were created in August, the first time since 1945 that the economy added exactly zero net jobs! Zero . . . Zip . . . Nada . . . None.

Rahm Emanuel, Obama operative and now mayor of Chicago, let the cat out of bag when he said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Sure enough, a “crisis” was averted when nearly a trillion dollars was selectively pumped into the economy to ensure political support from Wall Street and the unions. Everything is a crisis. A mild earthquake rocks DC, and liberals call for more spending. The same is true for Hurricane Irene. Even a mini crisis will lead to the claim that more taxes and more spending are the solution, and only the president can make the crisis go away, even if he has to do it without the consent of Congress

Obama’s address to Congress is going to include the word “crisis” or enough synonyms to put America into fear mode so they will concede that something extraordinary needs to be done. Maybe the president should exercise independent powers like he did with Egypt and Libya. Of course, he’s not the first president to uses a crisis to expand the reach of government, but he seems to be the first president to do it with the encouragement of the press. Here’s what Bruce Ackerman, a professor of law and political science at Yale, wrote:

In taking the country into a war with Libya, Barack Obama’s administration is breaking new ground in its construction of an imperial presidency — an executive who increasingly acts independently of Congress at home and abroad. Obtaining a U.N. Security Council resolution has legitimated U.S. bombing raids under international law. But the U.N. Charter is not a substitute for the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress, not the president, the power ‘to declare war.

He and his fellow liberals might claim that the failing economy is like fighting a war, it may be time to implement the War Powers Act to “fight” this invisible but real enemy.

People do desperate things in desperate times. Who would have thought that Germany would embrace a Hitler? “It can’t happen here” is an often-heard refrain. It is happening here. We elected a socialist president who is wrecking the greatest economy in the world. To rub salt in our wounds, he is about to destroy the greatest military power on the world. Homosexuals will be permitted to serve opening in the military. OutServe Magazine, a homosexual oriented military publication will appear on shelves at Army and Air Force bases on September 20, the day the Pentagon will end enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell.”


Read more: Beware of Obama’s ‘Crisis’ Government by Emergency | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/801/beware-of-obamas-government-by-emergency/#ixzz1WpEtEjCE

Thursday, September 01, 2011

President is Out of Touch

President is Out of Touch with Reality


In the past few weeks, President Obama has repeatedly told the press and the public that the American economy is still strong and that there is no reason for concern or danger of another recession.

Yet, that is not the perception of the general public. The Conference Board Consumer Research Center’s recent report said that the Consumer Confidence Index fell from 59.2 to 44.5 in the month of August. This is the lowest consumer confidence level since April 2009.

Americans are growing more and more pessimistic about the over all economy. With the weak job market, stock market bouncing all over the place, the continued record number of home foreclosures, rising prices on food and clothing and the congressional fiasco that took place on the debt ceiling and budget, people are afraid to spend what little money they have. Nearly 70% of the US economy is dependent on consumer spending, so when people are afraid to spend, it affects everything else.

Even though there are official qualifications to declare a recession and those qualifications have not been reached at this time, the overall view of the general public is that we are in one regardless. A number of people I know do not feel secure in their jobs and are trying to not only survive but save as much as they can in case they find themselves looking for employment.

Then when you hear Obama say that we are not in a recession and that there is no danger of entering another, you can’t help but wonder in what world of reality is he living in? Maybe he has it made financially, but most of the rest of us don’t.

I wonder what would happen if Presidents and other politicians didn’t get their government retirement packages once they are voted out of office and have to work for a living in the real world like the rest of us?


Read more: President is Out of Touch with Reality | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/760/president-is-out-of-touch-with-reality/#ixzz1WizjXUGU

Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients


I’ve long been an advocate for mandatory drug testing for anyone getting government aide. And yes all of the liberal civil rights people claim it’s an invasion of privacy and all that other garbage. But where are these same civil rights activists when millions of Americans are required by their employers to have drug tests done first to qualify for a job and then to keep it?

If honest hard working Americans are required to take drug tests in order to earn their wages and pay their taxes, then shouldn’t those trying to live off of those taxes also have to take drug screening tests?

One Alabama state congressman feels the same way. Kerry Rich, newly elected to the Alabama State House of Representatives, is planning on introducing a bill that would require drug testing for all Alabama welfare recipients. Rich was part of a group of Republicans that took control of the Alabama legislature for the first time in 136 years, indicating a growing trend among voter dissatisfaction with Democratic performances.

In a statement made by Rich, he said, “I’m fed up with being politically correct. We’re at a point in this country where we need to start telling it like it is and not worry if it hurts somebody’s feelings…I know it’ll be controversial, and I’ll be called every name in the book. They’ll say I’m mean and I don’t like poor people. But I promise you this: We’re trying to help these people so much that we’re actually hurting them. And that is completely upside down.”

According to Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard: “We wanted the people of Alabama to know that there were new sheriffs in town, and things were different…Why should the taxpayer be required to give money to somebody to go out and buy drugs with? “I’m sorry, I’ve just got a problem with that.”

And to no surprise, one of the local liberal Democrats, Rep. Napoleon Brady said: “We’re singling out certain groups of people, particularly the poor and powerless, and punishing them. Sadly, not much has changed since the civil rights days.”

Yes they’re singling out a specific group of people – drug users. What has trying to stop illegal drug users from using taxpayer dollars to buy their drugs, to do with the civil rights days or how is it punishing poor people? With this type of logic, no wonder the Dems lost control of the Alabama legislature.

This author applauds Rep. Rich and his fellow GOP House members and prays that they prove successful in this long overdue piece of legislation. I also hope and pray that GOP politicians in every state follows suit and helps to clean up part of the abused welfare system.


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Friday, February 11, 2011

Just very interesting.

THE PRESIDENTIAL IMPOSER-----a must readAugust 23, 2010 Just who exactly is this man posing as President of the United States? That’s a question being asked by a growing number of Americans.In fact, a recent poll by CNN — a news organization that has been downright gushing in its praise of Barack Obama — showed that six out of 10 people are uncertain the President was even born in the U.S. And that includes about one-third of all Democrats.It’s troubling that so many question Obama’s eligibility to hold the office of President but that so few of the elected class and those of national prominence will even broach the issue. It demonstrates what a superb job Obama’s team and the Democrat party have done in casting those who question his status as a natural born citizen as the lunatic fringe.In fact, if you are a “birther” — a term coined by the mainstream press to disparage those who doubt Obama’s eligibility to hold office based on his citizenship — even so-called conservative icons like Ann Coulter and Glenn Beck consider you a nut.All this proves is that the elitists who shape messages are a clique interested not in seeing that the U.S. Constitution is upheld, but in maintaining their power and protecting their own. This was demonstrated once before, when the House of Representatives voted to impeach Bill Clinton for lying to a grand jury, but the Senate voted 100-0 not to remove him.When was the last time the Senate was unanimous on anything? Democrats and Republicans never agree unanimously. The fix was in from the beginning.So, too, is the issue of Obama’s citizenship and eligibility. The fix is in, even though the evidence that he is not a natural-born citizen, and therefore ineligible to hold the office, far exceeds evidence that he is.The Republican governor in Hawaii says a birth certificate exists but she has sealed access to it, thereby eliminating one avenue of determining whether he was born in Hawaii, as he says, or in Kenya, as Michelle Obama, several of Obama’s Kenyan relatives (his paternal grandmother, half sister and half brother) and a couple of Kenyan officials have said. And for you Obama sycophants, don’t even bring up the certificate of live birth (COLB) posted online as proof. The COLB was available to anyone. It is not a legal document, does not list the attending physician, does not include his fingerprints or footprints, could not have been used to obtain his passport and is only a diversion to a weak-minded press and public.Earlier this year a senior Honolulu elections clerk went on local television and said that it was common knowledge among election officials that no official birth certificate — he called it the long-form birth record — exits in Hawaii, despite what Governor Linda Lingle has said.The whole situation remains a muddle, just as Obama and his handlers want it. Documents disappear. Other documents crop up — some that cast more doubt on his story and some that seem at first glance to support his claims but simply serve to send the discussion on a tangent. And Obama fights disclosure at every turn, sending agents from the U.S. Justice Department out to block all efforts at obtaining his records.Thankfully, one news organization is doggedly pursuing the story. Joseph Farah and his reporters at WorldNetDaily (WND) hammer on the Obama eligibility story relentlessly, slowly chipping away at the facade. Some other conservative, fearless publications and websites are also digging for the truth and opining on the eligibility question.Yet despite a total blackout from the main stream media on the subject of Obama’s citizenship, 60 percent of the American public still doubt Obama’s story that he was born in Hawaii. As Farah says, that means the birthers are winning.There are some things we do know — or can surmise — about Obama, thanks to WND, some other publications and Obama’s own book, Dreams From My Father.The man who would ascend to the Presidency in 2009 was born to Ann Dunham on Aug. 4, 1961. The father is purported to be Barack Hussein Obama, a Kenyan student in Hawaii who married Dunham on Feb. 2, 1961.Some have speculated that Barack Obama II’s (this is how Obama’s name is listed on the COLB) biological father was actually Frank Marshall Davis, a black friend of Ann Dunham’s parents and the man the young Obama would later claim in his autobiography was his mentor. The speculation about Davis — a radical communist — as possibly Obama’s biological father stems from a book Davis wrote under a pseudonym in which he describes having sex with an under aged white girl. The idea is plausible, as Davis was a good friend of Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, Ann Dunham’s parents.The irony is that this is one nativity story that would cement Obama’s claim to be a natural-born citizen. If Obama Sr., a Kenyan citizen, is Obama’s father, Obama is not a Constitutionally described natural-born citizen because one parent is a non-citizen and the other was a minor and therefore unable to bestow citizenship on the child — if Obama was born in Kenya, as many believe.As lawsuits have claimed, there is no evidence — beyond the afore-mentioned COLB — that Obama was born in Hawaii. Both Obama and a half sister have named two different Hawaii hospitals as his birth place, no records exist that Dunham was hospitalized in Hawaii and no physician or nurse has stepped forward to claim they assisted with the birth.Obama’s supporters have pointed out that newspaper articles published in August 1961 in the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin prove Obama was born in Hawaii. The address listed was the address of Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, Ann Dunham’s parents. WND has reported that official documents show Obama Sr., had a residence at another address at the same time. And neighbors of the Dunhams told WND they don’t recall a white woman with a black baby ever living next door. College transcripts indicate Dunham moved with her new baby to Seattle within days of Obama’s birth and enrolled in the University of Washington for classes that began on Aug. 19, 1961.These birth announcements prove only that someone submitted information to two newspapers to herald the birth of a baby. They document the timeframe of the birth, not the location. The baby could have been born on Mars and these announcements could have still run in the newspapers.Another problem Obama faces is found in his mother’s trip to Indonesia with her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, in the late 1960s. WND has reported that several lawsuits challenging Obama’s eligibility hinge on this time in Indonesia, which does not allow dual citizenship. Documents released by the U.S. State Department under two Freedom of Information Act requests indicate he may have given up his citizenship when he moved there.Those documents show that Obama’s mother sought to have “Barack Obama II (Seobarkah)” removed from her passport, possibly as a prelude to obtaining Indonesian citizenship for him. If she did this it was more than likely for the child’s safety, as it was a turbulent time in Indonesia and there was a strong anti-American sentiment there.While in Indonesia Obama was enrolled in school under the name of Barry Soetoro, as proven by school records photographed by an Associated Press photographer in 2007. Those school records list Soetoro as an Indonesian citizen, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 4, 1961, and records his religion as Muslim.According to WND, Obama was either 5 or 6 years old when he traveled to Indonesia. This is important because if Lolo Soetoro adopted him at age 5 then he would have automatically become an Indonesian citizen. The law differed for children aged 6 and up and an adoption for a 6-year-old would have had to take place through legal channels.Another puzzle uncovered by WND revolves around a photograph of Obama — or Soetoro, whoever he is — with another child at a school in Hawaii at the same time he was enrolled in school in Indonesia. The photo is marked has having been taken in 1969, and there is no good explanation as to how he was attending school in two different places at the same time.The Obama camp has also refused to explain why Obama/Soetoro is using a Social Security number issued in Connecticut. WND has reported that two private investigators discovered the Social Security number anomaly and filed documents in an eligibility lawsuit showing the number was issued in Connecticut between 1977 and 1979, yet Obama’s/Soetoro’s earliest reported employment was at a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop in Hawaii in 1975.The Social Security website confirms that the first three numbers of Obama’s/Soetoro’s Social Security number are reserved for applicants with Connecticut addresses. That Social Security number corresponds with Obama’s/Soetoro’s Selective Service registration, according to WND.Finally, questions surround a trip Obama/Soetoro has admitted he took to Pakistan in 1981, WND reports.“I traveled to Pakistan when I was in college — I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” Obama/Soetoro reportedly stated at a fundraising event.Pakistan in 1981 was under military rule. It was difficult for U.S. citizens to travel to the country without assistance. It would have been easier for someone to enter Pakistan on an Indonesian passport, WND reports.Obama/Soetoro could easily clear up the confusion by releasing his birth records, his school records, college records and other official documents. Instead, he is spending millions of dollars to fight all attempts to obtain documents that most public officials release by habit. That begs the question: What is he hiding?Some brave souls are fighting the good fight in trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious background of the 44th President. Some military people are putting their careers on the line in an attempt to get proof that any orders Obama/Soetoro issues are legitimate.However, the court system seems hell-bent on covering up any efforts at discovery. It consistently throws out lawsuits on standing and is frequently hostile to plaintiffs. Several judges have threatened lawyers and plaintiffs with stiff fines if they continue to pursue the matter.Meanwhile, the only logical conclusion is that Obama/Soetoro is not Constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President. Any other view is only based on hope — Obama’s/Soetoro’s favorite theme.A Constitutional crisis is in the offing and when the truth finally gets out about Obama’s/Soetoro’s citizenship, the legitimacy of orders signed by an illegitimate President will be called into question. Expect mass chaos to ensue.That very well could be the culmination of the whole plan by Obama/Soetoro and those pulling his strings

Friday, August 21, 2009

Obama a man without a country.



"We're no longer a Christian nation." - President Barack Obama, June 2007 "America has been arrogant." - President Barack Obama "After 9/11, America didn't always live up to her ideals."- President Barack Obama "You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President Barack Obama, Egypt 2009 Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who wears the title ofpresident, I keep wondering what country he believes he's president of. In one of my very favorite stories, Edward Everett Hale's "The Man without a Country," a young Army lieutenant named Philip Nolan stands condemned for treason during the Revolutionary War, having come under the influence of Aaron Burr. When the judge asks him if he wishes to say anything before sentence is passed, young Nolan defiantly exclaims, "Damn the United States ! I wish I might never hear of the United States again!" The stunned silence in the courtroom is palpable, pulsing. After a long pause, the judge soberly says to the angry lieutenant: "You have just pronounced your own sentence. You will never hear of the United States again.. I sentence you to spend the rest of your life at sea, on one or another of this country's naval vessels - under strict orders that no one will ever speak to you again about the country you have just cursed." And so it was. Philip Nolan was taken away and spent the next 40years at sea, never hearing anything but an occasional slip of the tongue about America. The last few pages of the story, recounting Nolan's dying hours in his small stateroom - now turned into a shrine to the country he fore swore - never fail to bring me to tears. And I find my own love for this dream, this miracle called America , refreshed and renewed. I know how blessed and unique we are. But reading and hearing the audacious, shocking statements of the man who was recently elected our president - a young black man living the impossible dream of millions of young Americans, past and present, black and white - I want to ask him, "Just whatcountry do you think you're president of?" You surely can't be referring to the United States of America , can you? America is emphatically a Christian nation, and has been from its inception! Seventy percent of her citizens identify themselves as Christian. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were framed, written and ratified by Christians. It's because this was, and is, a nation built on and guided by Judeo-Christian biblical principles that you, sir, have had the inestimable privilege of being elected her president. You studied law at Harvard, didn't you, sir? You taught constitutional law in Chicago ? Did you not ever read the statement of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and an author of the landmark "Federalist Papers": "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers - and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation - to select and prefer Christians for their rulers"? In your studies, you surely must have read thedecision of the Supreme Court in 1892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian." Did your professors have you skip over all the high-court decisions right up till the mid 1900's that echoed and reinforced these views and intentions? Did you pick up the history of American jurisprudence only in 1947, when for the first time a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson about a "wall of separation between church and state" was used to deny somespecific religious expression - contrary to Jefferson' s intent with that statement? Or, wait a minute . were your ideas about America 's Christianity formed during the 20 years you were a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ under your pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Is that where you got the idea that " America is no longer a Christian nation"? Is this where you, even as you came to call yourself a Christian, formed the belief that " America has been arrogant"? Even if that's the understandable explanation of your damning of your country and accusing the whole nation (not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists) of "not always living up to her ideals," how did you come up with the ridiculous, alarming notion that we might be "considered a Muslim nation"? Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians? Does thatmake us, by any rational definition, a "Muslim nation"? Why are we not, then, a "Chinese nation"? A "Korean nation"? Even a "Vietnamese nation"? There are even more of these distinct groups in America than Muslims. And if the distinction you're trying to make is a religious one, why is America not "a Jewish nation"? There's actually a case to be made for the latter, because our Constitution - and the success of our Revolution and founding - owe a deep debt to our Jewish brothers. Have you stopped to think what an actual Muslim America would be like? Have you ever really spent much time in Iran? Even in Egypt? You, having been instructed in Islam as a kid at a Muslim school in Indonesia and saying you still love the call to evening prayers, can surely picture our nation founded on the Quran, not the Judeo-Christian Bible, and living under Shariah law. Can't you? You do recall Muhammad's directives [Surah 9:5,73] to "break the cross" and "kill the infidel"? It seems increasingly and painfully obvious that youare more influenced by your upbringing and questionable education than most suspected. If you consider yourself the president of a people who are "no longer Christian," who have "failed to live up to our ideals," who "have been arrogant," and might even be "considered Muslim" - you are president of a country most Americans don't recognize. Could it be you are a president without a country?
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Friday, August 07, 2009

Obama has lost it

Since when have those of us with a different approach or opinion become enemies of the state? In this case enemies of Obama! Mr. Obama, you are an enemy to the people of the United States. You are not our king nor do we even think you are close to beign a friend of God. You are trying to destroy the Constitution of this great land. This one document has made more people free, and created more happyness and prosperity than any other in the history of the world. Now you are trying to tell me, a loyal patriotic citizen of the this country that I am the enemy because I disagree with you. Who do you think you are anyway. You are nothing but a piss-ant in my book.
I have disagreed with many presidents in the past and have not been told that I am an enemy of the state. Never were Union Goons sent after me the push back double to shut me up. You are out of your mind mr. president. (lower case intentional). What are you afraid off sir. Maybe you are not afraid at all, maybe it has been your intention to destroy this great land of freedom. You have never held a job in all your life. I have busted my but since I was 13 years old and always paid my own way. I love this country with all of its flaws. But you are the greatest mistake we as a nation have ever allowed to come upon us. We will continue to protest all the policies and programs that take away our freedoms. Go ahead and throw me and the majority in jail. We will gladly go, because we know that God is on our side. We do not want Cap and Trade, We do not believe that we caused global warming, we like our healthcare system, we like the pledge of allegiance, and we love the Constitution and The Bill of Rights.
I hope you listen to the people. No more beer summits, You are the one who should have apologized to the Cops. You blew it sir.
I hope you will listen to the people. We have read the documents and we know what you are up to. Clean up your act.

I am just an average, hard working proud American, trying to take care of his family. Stop trying to destroy everything you jerk.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Mr. President

Your desire has poisoned you mind,
You have mistakenly thought you were saving your people,
Your discontent is enslaving a generation of Americans,
Your pride has fouled your bed,
You have begun to believe your own lies,
You will never be satisfied, you will be filled with sorrow and discontent.

FOR THE LEADER WHO WOULD BE GOD

When the Tao is present in the universe,
The horses haul manure.
When the Tao is absent from the universe,
War horses are bred outside the city.

There is no greater sin than desire,
No greater curse than discontent,
No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself.
Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Tao Te Ching 46

THE BUDDA'S REMEMBERING

'In recollection all former births passed before His eyes. Born in such a place, of such a name, and downwards to His present birth, so through hundreds, thousands, myriads, all His births and deaths He knew.'
Ashvaghosha's Life of the Budda

Thanatology

"Strive after the Good before thou art in danger,
before pain masters thee
and thy mind loses its keenness"
Kularnava Tantra, I.27

Monday, December 31, 2007

Losing Your Way

It is a rare being who can cross the ocean of existence without a boat. Few of us are ready to see through ego's illusions and thereby achieve instant liberation. So we use methods, we use a boat, with the understanding that when we get to the other shore, we'll leave the boat. We're not going to portage; we needn't carry the boat on our heads. We'll be finished with boats. But the boat can entrap or liberate. Whether you end up as a boatman or as one liberated depends on your original motive for spiritual work. You can become a connoisseur of boats, collecting the very best. Or you can go to the far shore, beyond beyond: "Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha," beyond even the concept of beyond.Ram Das,,,Journey of Awakening

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

God

I don't know what sort of God we have been talking about.

The caller calls in a loud voice to the Holy One at dusk.
Why? Surely the Holy One is not deaf.
He hears the delicate anklets that ring on the feet of an insect as it walks.

Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead,
wear your hair matted, long, and ostentatious,
but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun,
How can you have God?

Kabir

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

President Spencer W. Kimball

"Warlike peoples pervert patriotism. We are a warlike people, easily distracted from our assignment of preparing for the coming of the Lord. When enemies rise up, we commit vast resources to the fabrication of gods of stone and steel--ships, planes, missiles, fortifications--and depend on them for protection and deliverance. When threatened, we become anti-enemy instead of pro-kingdom of God; we train a man in the art of war and call him a patriot, thus, in the manner of Satan's counterfeit of true patriotism, perverting the savior's teaching: 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you;' we forget that if we are righteous the Lord will either not suffer our enemies to come upon us--and this the special promise to the inhabitants of the land of the Americas--or he will fight our battles for us."

J. Reuben Clark

LDS Church News of February 20, 1952

Every engagement with a foreign nation which, if met, deprives us of the power to determine our own course at the moment of implementation, impairs our sovereignty.
Every treaty of alliance, bipartite or multi-partite (the United Nations Charter is of the latter class,) impairs our sovereignty, because every alliance requires a surrender of rights,...

Thursday, July 05, 2007

World Government...NO THANKS!!!!

"Today, America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told that there were an ouside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-beign granted to them by the World Government."

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (a true american) Ha Ha.

This was part of his speech to the Bilderberger Conference held in Evians France, in 1991.
There is a plan to take away our God given rights. We must be alert.

Do we want a World Government?

"In the next century, nations as we know them will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a good idea after all..."

Time magazine July 20, 1992 Strobe Talbott, former deputy secretary of state.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Black Elk

Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

The Sacred Pipe

Within You

All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman; in Buddhism, the pure Buddha-mind. Christ said, "The kingdom of heaven is within you." Quakers call it the "still, small voice within." This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with all the universe, and thus is wisdom itself...Time and time again your attachments may veil this truth from you. Your attachments lead you to seek outside of yourself for answers that can only come from the heart. Each time you lose contact with that inner awareness, you need only meditate...Listen to your heart.

Ram Das---Journey of Awakening

Friday, June 29, 2007

Ram Dass

Quotes: "If you think you're free, there's no escape possible."

"When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there."

"The most exquisite paradox as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible."

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Facing Weaknesses

We have all been enchanted with getting high, having a free awareness, and so we have tried to repress or deny lows when our awareness once again gets caught in this or that. We love the illusion of being high but are afraid of coming down. As your journey proceeds, you realize that you can't hold on to your highs and deny your lows. Your lows are created by the remaining attachments that blind your awareness. Facing your lows--your anger, loneliness, greed, fears, depressions, and conflicts--is the most productive fire of purification you can find.

Ram Das---Journey of Awakening

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The Practice of the Presence of God

The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.

---Brother Lawrence

Mount Analogue

I had heard about a superior type of man, possessing the keys to everything which is a mystery to us. This idea of a higher and unknown strain within the human race was not something I could take simply as an allegory. Experience has proved, I told myself, that a man cannot reach truth directly, nor all by himself. An intermediary has to be present, a force still human in certain respects, yet transcending humanity in others. Somewhere on our Earth this superior form of humanity must exist, and not utterly out of our reach. In that case shouldn't all my efforts be directed toward discovering it? Even if, in spite of my certainty, I were the victim of a monstrous illusion, I should lose nothing in the attempt. For, apart from this hope, all life lacked meaning for me.

---Rene Daumal