Monday, March 31, 2014

The Latest Leftist Mantra

Who could have guessed?  Today was the last day to sign up for the Obamacare debacle.  This program has been the biggest disaster in our nation's history, bar none!  The program, the outcome, the namesake, the acceptance; all one HUGE failure!  Today of course, we hear that the program signed up the projected 7 million members.  Really?  Does anybody really believe this?  Has Obama ever admitted any of his failures?  Of course not and this is no exception.

Even if 7 million Americans signed up, how many of them were among the 5 million people kicked off their plan?  How many people actually made their first premium payment?  Of those, how many will make their second?  I suspect we will never know, since the administration which promised to be the most transparent, is actually the least.  The only thing transparent about this group is their inability to fool anyone any longer.  The government will not tell us how many people actually paid and are sustaining members of the Obamacapades.

Today, I heard across the news stations, Democratic members of Congress and the administration, telling us that conservatives do not believe that every American deserves to be insured.  We heard the idiotic Vice President himself, tell young people, "do it for your parents, so they will not have to worry about you".  So as of today, the administration feels they have fooled enough people to allow them to again become the cock of the walk.  They are back to their nasty, evil selves, telling anyone who still listens, that conservatives are trying to kill people by not allowing them to get insurance.  It is this kind of inflammatory rhetoric which the left has done for the past several decades, to win office.  Of course, the plan is fixed, the website is fixed...wait, did I hear that tens of thousands rushed the website and crashed it?  Hmmm, you would think if millions can vote for American Idol, a government website should be able to handle "tens of thousands", but I am not a tech expert.  What do I know?

This program will fail, there is simply no way around it.  It will fail because it's success is dependent on young healthy people joining.  Of course, people can stay on their parents health insurance until the are 26, so what incentive exists for anyone under 26 to join?  If you are over 26 and generally healthy, why would you join?  The program, which allows people to join with pre-existing conditions, also allows the person who turned 28 and just learned that he has a serious illness, to obtain a government waiver and join up even though this 28 year old has not paid a dime before learning that he is sick.  So, we have established that young people, the life blood of the program, will not be joining.  With this in place, only the middle aged will be joining.  Of course, because they will now be the life blood, they will be paying incredible premiums.  But even with all of the middle aged people paying huge premiums, they will not be able to support the program, ultimately causing it to fail.  But not until the what's left of the economy, has been destroyed.

No my leftist idiots, conservatives are not against anyone receiving healthcare.  We are however, against having every poor and middle class American stripped of their hard earned dollars by an out of control government.


Saturday, March 29, 2014

MIracles Never Cease...

My last post was a call to arms.  A call to recognize the evil surrounding us and to fight against it.  We are all so busy trying to get through each day that we fail to absorb our surroundings.  We are totally tuned out.  It is because of our busy schedules that the powers of evil are able to move in and take over.  If everyone stopped to meditate for a few minutes each day, our world would begin to open up and our mind would see what it has been missing.

Understanding the power of evil lurking around us becomes less frightening in the big picture, when we also open our eyes to the miracles around us.  How many people can remember the last miracle that they themselves, witnessed?  I am not talking of something that was shown on the news, but a true miracle, right before your very eyes.

The first, and most obvious miracle I witnessed came in 1994, when my VP at the the time, and I were preparing to install a new location in Jacksonville, Florida.  Prior to our installation day, we looked through the building and decided to take measurements, just for the heck of it.  After taking the measurement and thinking for a moment, my VP turned flush.  He said he made a mistake when he took his original measurements.  Just to be sure, we took measurements one more time and they went to where we had our equipment being prepared for the install.  It was as clear as daylight, we were six inches short of space with only hours before the installation was scheduled to begin.

At dinner that night, we sweat over building floor plans to find alternative layouts for the equipment.  We came up with some ideas, but they were not very good alternatives and may not be enough to save my VP from embarrassment and possibly, the loss of his job. This was a very important account and failure was not an option.  Since Bill and I both were faithful Christians, we both prayed for guidance and help through this trial.  Separately, I prayed that Bill would be helped and spared the embarrassment and stress of a failed operation.

The next morning, we arrive at the account, with the equipment, the movers and some very uneasy alternative plans.  In the first area, we tried to place the machines using our alternate, but found it just would not work.  In a moment, I was moved to place the machines as originally planned, though I was certain, based on facts, that this would not work.

As the movers began rearranging the machines, it was as if the walls moved as the machines eased cleanly into the space, without a hair to spare.  There was no doubt in either of our minds that we were witnessing a miracle.  We gave thanks on the spot.  I remember it to this day because, while I had always been faithful, I had never seen a miracle occur before my eyes.

A couple years ago, as a red light turned green, I started into the intersection.  It was truly a miracle that I slammed on my brakes in a moment.  As I wondered to myself why I stopped, despite the green light, a car came racing at full throttle, through the intersection.  This was the same care that would have broad sided me had I not stopped when I did.  I knew again, that I had witnessed a miracle.

Three weeks ago, during the transition of business between my employer and the company we were purchasing, the deal had essentially stopped dead.  I was given word by my Regional Vice President to stop all plans to move, to stop all orders which had been directed to our new location and to return to business as usual.  Similar to my earlier example, my RVP was concerned about the failure of this deal as a lot of money had changed hands to this point, in preparation for the acquisition.  Also, as in the past, I turned to prayer.  I asked for God to help clear up any differences as this transaction would help both teams by providing greater support and increased opportunities.  The deal closed less than 24 hours later.  At the time, I was not aware of any possible promotion or pay increase. Since I am not motivated by money, it was not even a thought nor a goal. 

These three examples are true miracles; gifts from God.  The reason they stand out is because of the enormity of the reward.  But these three examples are not the only miracles I have witnessed.  When I keep my eyes and my mind open, I see many examples of God's work, not only in my life but in the lives of those around me.  My challenge to everyone is to open your eyes and see the miracles in your life.  Do this any you will see that miracles truly never cease!

What's Your Price?

We are living in evil times.  Each day the sun rises, it seems more than ever before, we are faced with evil all around us.  There have been times when I wonder if I may be in the after-life, living in hell for misdeeds I committed when I was alive.  I am sure many who read this have wondered the same thing in recent times.

The evil and power of Satan has become ubiquitous in every facet of our lives.  There is evil on virtually every television channel and every radio station as the entertainment industry, led by evil, has pulled people in like fish on a hook. People today are trained to believe that evil is cool.  In song, artists glamorize evil and deviate behavior.  In other media, evil has convinced far too many that taking illegal drugs is cool, to the level of making it legal in a growing number of places.

The media and government tells us that laziness is more an objective than a sin. In fact, our government encourages citizens to apply for assistance, telling us that it is okay to take government aid, that it is our right.  It was either the Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius or Nancy Pelosi who told us, now that we have Obamacare, we can quit the job we do not like and take a cooking class.

It is by this attitude that we see evil in the greed people exhibit when they expect, or demand that government (you and I) provide them with free anything.  Nancy Pelosi told us about two weeks ago that free healthcare is a Constitutional right. Now, I am not a Constitutional scholar, but I did ace the US Constitution test three times - once in grade school, once in high school and once in college.  Through it all, I do not remember once, reading about "the right to keep and hold taxpayer funded healthcare for all Amercan citizens and visitors to our nation, shall not be infringed."  The Preamble tells us that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  It does not say a healthy life, a cavity free liberty and the pursuit of medically induced happiness from the free prescription plan.

The point is, we are surrounded by evil.  We drink it, we eat it, we breathe it and for too long, we tolerate it.  The greatest example of this evil surrounding us is illustrated by the fact that we cannot even question evil acts without being challenged.  If we say a murderer deserves to die, we are heartless or cruel; yet these same people feel they should have the right to murder their defenseless, unborn, child. If we want to protect ourselves with a gun, we are guilty of killing children.  If we convict a person for using a handgun in a crime, we are discriminating.  If we question the behavior of a person who happens to be black, we are racist.  If we believe a physically able person should work for their keep, we are unfeeling.  We are told that Hobby Lobby is made up of bad, bad people, yet Las Vegas is a place to bring your children.  If we believe in one God Almighty, we are insensitive.  If we believe Jesus is our savior and he died for our sins, we are superstitious. 

If this is not evil, how else can you justify a group of people, using the Supreme Court to force Christian business owners to pay for their contraceptive devices.  These evil people may not be Christian, but they must be able to understand at some level, how much they are demanding from Christian business owners.  It may be however, that they do not understand true faith, uncompromising passion and unconditional love.  A true Christian knows all of this.  The evil one's believe that if the government makes it tough enough or charges enough money in fines or in some other way, twists their arms, the Christians will give in.  After all, the evil one's are all about money and greed.  They believe that morality is measured in dollars and cents.  They believe that even Christians have a price and they will either find the price or use the courts to force it.

What they do not know is that a true Christian cannot be bought.  A true Christian will fight for their savior. A true Christian will die for their savior.  A true Christian will not be ruled by the dollar nor by government, nor by Satan.  A true Christian is ruled by our Savior, our Lord Jesus.

We are living is an evil time, with evil surrounding us.  As Christians, we must stand up for our Lord and Savior.  We must no longer allow Satan to force his evil on us and we must reject his every attempt.  It is often difficult to detect the ever encroaching evil,  as so much of what is considered acceptable today, is truly evil.  For example, we are told that a woman has a right to make choices for her body as it relates to reproduction.  Most women believe this to be true.  In fact, our bodies are not our bodies.  Our bodies are the property of God and are on loan to us as we fulfill the assignments we have been given.  I feel guilty when I abuse my body with food, alcohol or cigarette smoke because I know it is not mine to destroy. While I feel as I do, I also believe it is not my right under God, to judge any person for the way they treat the body God has lent them. 

We are living in an evil time, with evil surrounding us.  I believe today is a dangerous time.  Despite the evil however, I know that as long as the sun rises and the birds sing; as long as songs of praise are sung and flowers bloom.  I know as long as we have all of this, God is still in control.  I know we are at war against Satan today, but I know that God will prevail because where evil is the commodity, I cannot be bought.  If you are a Christian as I am, you will feel the same.  To be sure, answer this question, "What's your price?"

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Beware the Ides of March!

I am not talking about the pop group from the 70's but the full moon occurring in mid March.  Through history, many very bad things occurred on or around March 15, from the assassination of Caesar to the start of the war in Iraq.

My last post warned of very bad things to come.  You can read my last post on your own so I will not repeat everything I said, except to say we are living in a very pivotal time with very poor and arguably, evil leadership.  On our side, we are telling the Soviet leader and by proxy, the Chinese leadership, that we do not like where they are going in Ukraine.  We are showing muscle which we do not have and everyone knows it.  We are threatening some powerful people with some aggressive actions, which they know, we cannot enforce.  We are doing this with a very weak leader and everyone knows this.  We are doing this for a country for which we have no vested interest and we are doing it to protect a people who are not so innocent themselves.

While we have been known to side with our enemies in the past, we clearly should not have a horse in this race as the price is high and the rewards are small and fleeting.  Among the costs, the Soviets have warned that they break away from the U.S. Dollar; a move which could begin the spiral, ending the reign of the dollar as the worlds reserve currency.  If this happens, our economy will crash in an instant.  This would bring our nation to it's knees. 

This threat from Putin was brushed aside by our media.  No big deal.  Like every other threat from Russia and China to our weak leaders.  The news overseas is likely much more telling and much more ominous, or so I've heard.  You may say however, it is just an idle threat.  Perhaps.  For better or worse, we will know very soon whether it was a threat at all, or a fair warning.

Then there was a passenger airliner which dissappeared from the skies over the Indian Ocean, China Sea or Lake Michigan.  The story seemed to change by the minute, but really, does anyone believe this Airbus just vanished into thin air? Let's face it, the government knows what happened to this airliner.  By government, I mean every government, including our own, otherwise why would the defense department be investigating?  Why would anyone from the U.S. be investigating a Malaysian airliner event unless it occurred on our soil?

There are many people guessing and there is a bunch of speculation, but we know the engines, made by Rolls Royce, have a tracking device similar to the black box.  This device is what we are hearing, was tracked for an additional 4 hours after the airline transponder was turned off.  It has been speculated by some, that the plane was brought down in an unfriendly area, where it will be outfitted with a nuke or an EMP device and sent to do harm over Israel or the U.S. 

Think about this possibility!  If the speculators are right, well, let's hope they are dead wrong!  Once such a weapon is in the air, there is not much we could do to stop it.  Shooting such a weapon down would result it detonation somewhere.  If either, a nuclear or EMP device were detonated over our country, we would be blown into the 19th century.  At least for those who survive such a blast.

Over the past several months, I have been fighting stress and anxiety.  I have been weighed down by incredible feelings of something bad is about to happen.  I thought perhaps too much coffee or not enough alcohol.  Maybe dust mites?  Who knows.  When I talk to other people however, I find them telling me they have the same feelings.  It appears to be a feeling which is running rampant.

Of course, all of this may be nothing more than a plot to a bad movie.  It could all be a conspiracy theory by people in tinfoil hats.  It could be nothing at all.

Before discounting the entire premise, look at the facts.

1. Threats to destroy the dollar.
2. U.S. sides with Nazi party in Ukraine
2. Jet airliner disappears, yet flies undetected for several hours after it disappeared on radar.
4. Unsettled feeling overwhelming the nation.
5. Government orders millions of MRE's shipped to undisclosed location in U.S.
6. Government constructing "Internment Camps" in U.S. for no known reason.

We have a weak leader and weak leadership.  We have a President who sides with our enemy and turns his back on our friends.  We have a President whose arrogance is a clear indicator of his disdain for his nation and the people he is sworn to serve.

There are bad things to come for sure.  Beware the Ides of March as we may be entering a period which will change our world and our lives and it will happen very soon.


Friday, March 7, 2014

Back To The USSR

When Ronald Reagan served as our President, he led our nation out of a long period of malaise and escorted us into a longer period of economic growth.  He did this by giving us a sense of pride and by showing each of us, how lucky we are to be living in this greatest of all nations.

During his leadership, our nation was respected around the world. For those who did not like us, and there were few, they did not say so because they were certainly the minority.  Even those who did not like us however, still respected us.  Ronald Reagan was able to bring us to this point through a policy of "trust. but verify".  He believed it was important to keep your friends close and your enemies, closer.

There were few who dared to tangle with the U.S. during the days of Ronald Reagan because our leader was a man of few words.  He said what he meant, he did what he said he would do and he did not apologize for what he believed.  This leader built a strong national defense and let everyone know that the military "had his back".  He called this "peace through strength". 

In everything he did, Ronald Reagan was a leader.  He was the powerful uncle who we all remember in our lives, who was fun and carrying when he wanted to be, but a strong protector when he needed to be.

Contrast this to today when we have a President who is the anti-Reagan.  Our president is a weak man, a liar, a thug and a man who does not love his country.  Our president is not a leader and is not respected.  Barack Obama is not respected by the leader of any nation, friend or foe.  Barack Obama is not respected by the people of this nation; at least not those who pay his salary.  Barack Obama will go down as the nations worst and most destructive president in our 238 years.

Unfortunately, earning the title of the worst American president is not the most damaging part of this man's legacy.  In the wake of typhoon Obama, will be the path of destruction.  This will include more people out of work and no longer looking for work (participation rate) than at any time in our history.  We hear about the 7% unemployment rate but when you count newly unemployed, long term unemployed, unemployed military (Clinton stopped counting these hero's), no longer looking for work and seriously under-employed; our unemployment rate is closer to 25%, some say even closer to 30%. 

Further down the path of destruction, you will see enemy nations being coddled and friendly nations being bullied to the point where they will need to take drastic measures to secure their existence into the future.

Even with this and many other examples of the president's destructive force, the worst is only now unfolding in eastern Europe.  With what started as a benign political issue in the Ukraine only a few weeks ago, appears to be developing into the rebirth of the Soviet Union.  I have always believed the USSR was only sleeping as long as we retained our strength,  I have also believed that if the USSR would every have the perfect environment for it's rebirth, it would be under this President.  My earlier posts predicted just this.

In his early days, when bad people did bad things, Obama would speak about his determination to bring the bad guys to justice.  Back then, some of us laughed, knowing he was a coward; and cringed, knowing he was a terrorist sympathizer.  Sadly, today the whole world is laughing and our entire nation is cringing.  We know the extreme danger in which this president is placing our nation.  With a defense department (Chuck Hagel) announcing the evisceration of our military, at the same time the Soviet Union, yep I said it; China, North Korea and Iran, all calibrating their weapons of mass destruction. 

When the shoe drops, some will say Obama was dumb, or a poor judge of character or some other stupid excuse.  However, for those of us surviving when the shoe drops, many will know that this was the plan.  This president was put in this place to destroy the U.S.  This president is not an American and does not love his nation.  This president will make Adolph Hitler look like a Boy Scout, when his reign of  terror ends.  Many more people will die and the U.S. will cease to exist. 

Many have warned about this impending doom, but with only my freedom to lose in this deal, I can honestly say that through my posts, most of what is happening today has been predicted.  The most frightening thing?  I expect to reach the peak - either nuclear, EMP, chemical or a combination of attacks to take place over the next year.  I believe we are very close to seeing our worst nightmare come true and I belive it will happen soon, anytime and without warning. 

Just remember, you heard it hear first.  And when the dust settles, if I have not been called home to a life eternal in my father's house, I hope everyone will join me in taking this country back and starting the long walk back to peace...through strength.