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By Daniel Briggs
Stop the Insanity! Or P90X, or CrossFit, or whatever fitness program works for you. When it comes to spiritual fitness—and if you're in uniform—mum's the word. At least, that's what some argue should be the case. Not only is this argument wrong, it is dangerous.
Recently, COL Thomas Hundley wrote a blog post on Health.mil (Defense Health Agency) as part of a Motivational Monday series. Hundley is a fitness expert in his personal capacity. Apparently, some readers were offended by references to God and the power of prayer for spiritual health, one component of overall fitness that Hundley referenced in his post. And they're entitled to take offense. But offense does not a constitutional injury make. A simple blog post that includes one perspective on prayer among other means of maintaining spiritual fitness does not violate "separation of church and state," a concept found nowhere in the Constitution and recognized as "tiresome" by the courts.
The health of our service members is of utmost concern, now more than ever before. Years of protracted conflict overseas and severe force shaping (layoffs) have taken a toll. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes. 22 per day. This is a tragedy and a travesty, and we must provide them every bit of support for every challenge they face, from physical to mental to spiritual. The Department of Defense recognizes the crucial role of spiritual health. For its part, the Air Force demonstrates a commitment to "Comprehensive Airman Fitness." General Mark Welsh, Air Force Chief of Staff, stated, "Our focus is on the well-being and care for ourselves, each other, and our families so we can be more resilient to the many challenges military service brings." One of the pillars of this comprehensive fitness is spiritual health. And Marine Corps Sgt. Major Bryan Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stressed the importance of spiritual health in total fitness, saying, "We want to get [service members] whatever help they need to manage the injury or the illness, thereby returning the mind, body, and spirit to an optimal level of performance."
It seems like taking offense has become a hobby for some. Purported complaints by some readers are not grounds for censoring religious expression. We live in the marketplace of ideas. As in any marketplace, different things appeal to different people. Those who disagree with the speech in question are entitled to their opinion, but as the Supreme Court noted, "[A]n Establishment Clause violation is not made out any time a person experiences a sense of affront from the expression of contrary religious views . . ." Town of Greece v. Galloway, 134 S.Ct. 1811, 1826 (2014).
COL Hundley is well within his rights to share a faith-based perspective. If it could help one service member regain spiritual health, it would be worth it. Because those willing to give all deserve no less.
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I made this for a party, and it was a huge hit! It was absolutely delicious. My friends were delighted that two of their favorite flavors, cheesecake and cookie dough, were together in one dessert! I actually forgot to put the mini chocolate chips on top, but I don't think anyone minded. It disappeared quickly and I received many compliments and requests for the recipe. And I thought it was relatively easy to make, since it uses store-bought cookie dough. Thanks, Erin, for sharing this recipe. :-)
Everyone loved this cheesecake! I made it as directed without any changes (although I did put a pan of water in the oven below the cheesecake). I will make it again and it will probably be soon. I was thinking that the next time I make it, I'll pour some of the batter in, drop some cookie dough pieces and then repeat the process. I thought that this would make for a more even placement of the cookie dough if I could see where the pieces would be ending up. Thank you so much for posting this recipe!
this was very good...hit the sweet tooth just right :-) i think i still prefer my cheesecake without that sour cream aspect...but, it's all preference
Wow this was a great cake for a lover of chesecake & cookie dough. Thought there was too much dough so only used half but it all sank - should of used it all. I used AnnNH cookie dough. Will definitelly make again!
Excellent recipe! I made this for my sister's birthday as cheesecake is her favourite. Even the kids who don't like cheesecake loved it. I also substituted light cream cheese and sour cream for regular and it didn't seem to hurt the flavour so it was practically a diet dessert ...(just kidding on the diet part -- we're still in the land of mega calories but so worth it!)
Although it was tasty, it was cracked all over the top. I believe this was because the instructions didn't call for a water bath as is usual for cheesecakes. Next time I'll try it the usual way and see what happens.
A whole package of cookie dough seemed to be too much, but it wasn't once the cake was cooked... next time I won't hesitate!
My first cheescake! And it was great! It's really really rich though, so I'll have to eat small little pieces, but it turned out perfect. Cooked for 50 minutes; no cracking.
This was a hit!! I found that the cookie dough would crumble as I tried to chop it so I just rolled it a little with my fingers! It seems like a lot of cookie dough for one cake but it turns out perfect!
Very good and easy, I couldn't find "chocolate wafer cookie crumbs" so I used chocolate graham cracker crumbs, turned out okay crust. I would suggest though to freeze the cookie dough for a few minutes before adding so they keep chunky a little?

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In any year other than this one, that is almost certainly what he would have done. But in this pre-election year, even Mr Clarke, who has bravely stood up to almost everything the Right of his party has thrown at him over several years, decided that discretion was the better part of valour. The penny cut in the basic rate almost assumed the status of a "pre-Budget" measure, with everything else having to be built around that fixed point. Treasury officials would almost certainly have preferred a more contractionary Budget, but view the outcome as about the best that could have been obtained, given the political circumstances of the Government.
Undoubtedly, they feel that the net tax cut would have been far larger under almost any Tory Chancellor other than Ken Clarke. Clearly so, but it is hard from the outside to avoid the suspicion that a large number of corners were cut in the preparation of the Red Book figures, all in the aid of presenting a tenable path for the PSBR while also "affording" that penny tax cut.
The baseline for public spending failed to decline conveniently this year because of a favourable surprise on inflation, as it had in the previous two years, and spending departments resolutely refused to give ground to the Treasury in the autumn spending round. So, instead of relying on genuine savings, this year's "cuts" in public spending have required a series of subterfuges of varying validity. Luckily, all of these have been spotted by the financial markets.
So why is the Budget less tough on domestic demand than it looks? The simplest reason is that the lion's share of the cut in the PSBR next year (pounds 6bn out of the pounds 7bn drop) is not caused by policy measures at all, but by the automatic effects of faster GDP growth on the budget deficit. This should not really count as a policy tightening.
Then there are more detailed matters. First, while the Red Book claims that privatisation receipts will fall from pounds 4.5bn this year to pounds 1.5bn in 1998/99, the truth is that other forms of additional asset sales are hidden away in the figures, of which the most important are the sale of defence married quarters, and the student loan book. For reasons that have never been clear to me, these are scored as negative public spending within the control total, an accounting device which flatters the overall figure by around pounds 2bn.
Second, the Treasury has for the first time ever this year decided to base its forecast for social security payments on a forecast of declining unemployment, instead of simply assuming an unchanged jobless total. Literally hundreds of times in recent years, ministers have piously stated that it has never been the practice of governments to forecast the level of unemployment. All of a sudden, it is - and what a happy coincidence that this change has been made in a year when it is possible to forecast a fall of 400,000 in the jobless total, thus lopping another pounds 2bn off the spending total.
Third, there is the closing of tax and spending loopholes, which is supposed to reduce the annual budget deficit by pounds 3bn in three years time. The Treasury is bound to come under a great deal of pressure to justify this figure at the Commons select committee this week, since there must be a suspicion that this programme was plucked out of the air to make the Budget add up.
Treasury officials are apt to get quite indignant about this suggestion, arguing that the "spend-to-save" estimates are as soundly based as any others in the Red Book. There are, apparently, local pilot studies which "prove" that for every pounds 1 spent on extra checking, the Government saves pounds 8 in reduced fraud. But why has this only become apparent this year, following several years in which the government was abusive towards Gordon Brown whenever he suggested that money could be saved by closing loopholes? And why stop at saving pounds 3bn, if this procedure has suddenly become so straightforward? The answer is presumably that there are diminishing returns to this type of effort, but then how can we possibly know where they will set in? All in all, it seems awfully convenient that these savings have popped up just before an election.
Probably this is all a mite too cynical. This Budget could have been a whole lot worse, since it is certainly true that around two-thirds of this year's income tax cut has been offset by genuine tax increases elsewhere.
Furthermore, in one important aspect of preparing a Budget, the Treasury has been much more forthcoming than ever before. This concerns the crucial matter of how far below capacity the economy is now working (answer: the Treasury reckons there is an output gap of 0-3 per cent, with the Budget based on a central estimate of 1.5 per cent), and how fast the economy can grow on trend (answer: 2.5 per cent per annum). Combining these two figures with the rest of the Treasury's forecast, we can deduce that it expects output to return to trend at the end of 1998/99, at which point the PSBR should be dropping below 1 per cent of GDP.
If this calculation proves to be wrong, it is much more likely to be because the estimate of the output gap is wrong, rather than because any of the details of the tax and spending programmes proves misleading.
The real nightmare for the next Chancellor is not that the spending numbers have been artificially massaged down by an outgoing Mr Clarke, but that there is no spare capacity left in the economy. If that turns out to be true, then everything is about to go wrong, not just the PSBR.
That is now a matter to be addressed by monetary policy. The Bank of England will certainly have spotted the Treasury dodges, which means that the Governor is unlikely to share the Chancellor's view that the Budget has substantially reduced the need for further base rate rises.
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Spend 15 minutes decluttering health and beauty aids! This means
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in the past year!
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because you "might" use it, or because you might need it, this is
how clutter breeds! Be brutal and toss, toss, toss.
Most Pharmacy's have medication disposal available please check with
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Jess- buckeyes and chocolate covered oreos. And I ate too many.
Sorry LZA. Its a hard time of year for cookies. I think I ate the equalivalant of all my weeklies in cookies last week. Track it, forgive yourself and move on!
working in 15 min sessions all day, trying to keep control of this house!
To Do Tuesday
morning routine done
15 minutes on living room floor done
15 minutes in kitchen done
put away yesterdays lanudry
change my sheets
dental cleaning 10:30 done
WFD: beef and barley soup from skinnytast, toasted english muffins with cheese
Don't beat yourself up in December for having treats. It's once a year. I will start our Christmas baking this weekend so Im preparing now to eat too much. =)
Tonight will be our first actual physical therapy session for Devin. I have to bring Aden with us because DH works late. I hope what I have keeps Aden busy and he stays out of trouble and I can focus on Devin. Crossing my fingers.
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Aden 11/11/08 and Devin 3/7/11
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I found out why I've been so lazy...a cold was coming on. I've been doing a pretty good job of battling it so far. Hopefully it passes quickly. I also got all my Christmas cards done and mailed yesterday. Last night I had extra energy, so I did a quick pick up, and then washed the dishes and wiped down counters. So much better to wake to a clean kitchen.
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- vacuum (DONE)
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I just finished updating my 2013 calendar...Thomas OT called, and I didn't have my new calendar out yet, so I copied all my appts from my Blackberry to the paper copy. I get the "Mom's Ultimate Family Fridge Calendar." This is my 3rd year getting it...this year the stickers have been re-designed, and there was a chore chart! I am such a dork, I get excited over stuff like that.
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So jealous of all of you who've finished Chrsitmas cards! We're having our pictures done on Saturday. I'll be lucky if I get them our before Christmas :(
We put the lights on the tree yesterday. Yay!
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Do Mortgage Points Signal Mobility of Transaction Costs? Evidence from Securitization
Brent W. Ambrose
Pennsylvania State University
Xun Bian
Longwood University
Michael LaCour-Little
California State University at Fullerton
46th Annual AREUEA Conference Paper
To realize the benefit of the prepayment option embedded in a fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) contract, a borrower would have to make correct refinancing decisions. Hence, a FRM is never "maintenance-free", such maintenance usually cost a substantial amount of time and effort. This paper asks the question: How do such costs influence borrower's choice on mortgage points? We show that there exists a separating equilibrium such that borrowers with high costs pay more points to obtain a lower interest rate, and borrowers with low costs pay fewer points and receive a higher interest rate. In contrast, conventional mobility-based theory suggests that borrowers use discount points to signal mobility. It is unclear how lenders interpret the potential mixed screening role discount points. To separate the effect of transaction costs from that of mobility, we construct a transaction costs measure based on the "overvaluedness" of a loan. We find that overvalued loans and the ones with greater discount points are both more likely to be retained in the originator's portfolio. This result suggests that securitization decisions are more likely made based on transaction costs rather than the expectations of mobility.
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Hip hop trio Electroboyz tweeted their support for fellow member Chakun and K.Will's recent collaborative track, "Even If You Play".
Electroboyz recently shared on their official Twitter, "I hope everyone spends a wonderful week while listening to K.Will & Chakun's 'Even If You Play'! We, Electroboyz, will work hard on our new album and return, so please wait for us while listening to #EvenIfYouPlay^^."
Attached to the post was a photo of the trio showing their support by each holding a signed copy of K.Will and Chakun's single album.
Fans tweeted back, "I'll be waiting for [Electroboyz's] next album while listening to 'Even If You Play!", "I really look forward to Electroboyz's new album", "I hope it'll be another song like 'Ma Boy 2! ^^", "I enjoyed Chakun's rap and his acting in the MV", and more.
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$1 Million Marijuana Bust in El Monte
Los Angeles police accidentally uncovered a warehouse full of marijuana plants after responding to an attempted burglary call. Four men and a teenager were attempting to break into a warehouse, with a U-haul as the get away vehicle.
During questioning, one of the suspects admitted to what they were after; over 3,000 marijuana plants only 3 weeks from harvest. Growers had been hiding the massive operation by sourcing their electricity directly from the underground wires. One of the suspects claims the grow operation belonged to his family, who was trying to cut him out of the profits, so he came to get his share.
Montana Man Arrested for Medical Marijuana Burglary
Early Wednesday morning the Belgrade, Montana Police Department responded to a medical marijuana dispensary where an alarm had been triggered. When they arrived, they found the front window of the shop broken and over $1,500 dollars worth of plants missing.
Surveillance video from the scene showed a man in a tan colored station wagon breaking into the business and removing the plants. Police identified the suspect as Erik Baldwin. Baldwin admitted to the crime when police found him at his residence. He is awaiting trial and sentencing.
Arizona Man Killed After Attempted Pot Theft
A Phoenix man who was recently authorized to grow marijuana has shot and killed a man who tried to steal his crop at gun point.
The 30-year-old grower had been licensed since May 25, and had started advertising the sale of the medicine to other patients with ID cards. He was contacted by two men claiming to have cards. When the group met up, the two men pulled a gun on the grower and demanded the marijuana. The grower pulled his own weapon and shot one of the aggressors, Larry Miller. The other man fled with the herb while the grower called 911 and performed CPR on Miller. Miller later died on the way to the hospital.
The grower was not arrested, but the attorneys office will look further into the situation.
Cities Take Control of California Medical Marijuana
A bill passed on Friday that put cities in charge of important decisions regarding medical marijuana. In a landslide vote of 53-1, Bill AB1300 was approved and pushed on to the Senate for review. AB1300 allows local city governments to make decisions regarding licensing, taxation, and a multitude of other factors. Included in this, decisions about locations and zoning, along with crime prevention.
California Judge Returns Marijuana Seized in Raids
A 29-year old California man left the Sonoma County courthouse with a smile on his face, and a big bundle of medical marijuana. English was arrested after a police raid on his home more than a year ago where over 80 plants and 2 pounds of marijuana were found. English had been charged with 3 felonies, including possession with the intent to distribute.
English had previously suffered from a brain tumor and used the herb to counteract frequent headaches. He was also growing plants for a few other patients on his property. All of this is legal under California's Prop. 215, voted in in 1996.
English used a dolly to wheel 5 boxes stuffed to the brim with marijuana through the courtroom and out to his car. "Finally, 15 months later. I'm surprised it took as long as it did," said English.
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Fact or Fiction? The Hauser Monkey Diet is a higher carb, lower fat and protein diet…fact. This means you need to purchase all foods that say low-fat or fat-free…fiction! Although the Monkey Diet stresses complex carbs and limiting fat intake, we do not want patients to get stuck in a fat free craze. We want you to purchase and eat foods that are naturally low in fat, not items that are processed to end up fat free. Remember, this is a diet that is low in fat…not fat free! Here are some foods that people may tend to purchase low fat or fat free versions of. Find out if you really need to go that route or if buying the standard will leave you better off.
This is one of the few foods where buying fat free would be a good option for Monkey's. Fat free/skim milk is more or less still natural and minimally processed, but organic is best. However, there are other options if you want to stay away from dairy. Almond milk, rice milk, and oat milk are all naturally low in fat. Just watch for sugars and purchase the original flavors instead of vanilla or chocolate!
Have you ever seen fat free or reduced fat bagels? I remember laughing the first time I saw them. Things like bagels, whole grain bread, or whole grain English muffins tend to have an extremely low fat content naturally, there is no reason to purchase one of these foods in their fat free versions. A regular plain bagel has 2 grams of fat in it. Eliminating those 18 calories and taking on the additives that are then used as a replacement is really not worth it. Stick to the old fashioned versions for better health!
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This beautifully designed Bible contains practical application drawn from Max Lucado's entire career—from his first book to his latest release, Outlive Your Life. For the first time, all the devotional material in this fully-revised edition of The Inspirational Study Bible is from Max Lucado and uses the popular and reliable New King James Version translation!
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TACLOBAN, Philippines – Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings – some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.
As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides. Looters raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water as the government began relief efforts and international aid operations got underway.
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The 10 miles weren't fun, but the fuel was tasty!
I let myself have a leisurely morning before heading out for my run. I did this because I am trusting. I trust weatherman. When they claim the high will be 74, then I blindly believe them. Curses. Does this look like 74?
Ok - well in the sun it felt hotter. Way hotter.
Before my run I had a Acai Berry pre-workout energizer. I mixed it with water and drank it 20 minutes before I ran. I have been experimenting with different pre-run fuels. Vega Sports' has sprouted brown rice syrup for instant energy and organic palm nectar for slow, steady energy.
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Enter the run. Enter the sun.
I started out with my run-walk-run strategy immediately.
I run 4 minutes and walk one from the beginning. This keeps me from hitting the "wall", allows my legs to stretch, and helps me focus.
My typical route isn't too shady, but when temperatures are low that's okay. It's February...I thought I was okay. Today...what do you think? Hot, hot, hot!
There is about a 1.5 mile stretch of shade, so I utilized it. I typically run out and back routes. I like these, because once I'm halfway done and turned around I feel energized and confident. Today's shade finding dance was mentally tough.
Jeff Galloway recommends slowing your pace by one minute for every 5 degrees over 65. I made a mental note to slow my pace, find my shade, and carry on.
55-60 degrees - 1% - 8:05
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70-75 degrees - 7% - 8:35
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Wow! I was surprised. I had the orange zest gel and it was great! It tasted like a sweet date and the consistency was just right. What I liked about this gel was this is does not contain high fructose corn syrup. It also has coconut oil, which gives your body instant, non-carbohydrate energy. I am already a coconut oil fan so this was a plus!
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Skip to comments.Aaron Zelman's (JPFO) open letter to Ted Nugent about the NRA
Posted on 10/07/2010 9:00:29 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Dear Ted:
First, I personally thank you for the valuable work you have done, and are doing, for the Second Amendment. You have used your talent, success, wit, and celebrity to fight for our freedoms.
Additionally, you are a member of the Board of Directors of the NRA. So this letter is directed to you in strictly that capacity. Why? Because I believe that you will listen. And you have the standing and respect within the NRA to actually do something regarding the issues I'd like to bring to your attention.
We at JPFO recently received a letter from an angry and very articulate fellow who took the vast majority of gun owners to task for not being NRA members. He rightly points out that there are more than eighty million gun owners and only five million members of any pro-gun organization, the NRA obviously being the largest.
I read this fellow's letter a couple of times, and could not fault him on his spirit or personal philosophy. What bothered me was that he was asking me to join the NRA.
Ted, the day I'll join the NRA is…
1. When the NRA announces, from the rooftops, that the police have NO LEGAL DUTY to protect the average American citizen. Time after time, our courts have upheld this. If every American understood this, we would see gun ownership, and Second Amendment awareness, burgeon across our nation. The tide would resolutely turn in our favor.
One of JPFO's finest projects was the book "Dial 911 and Die". It is meticulously documented with actual court cites. Why didn't the NRA, years ago, publish this material in a reader friendly format for nationwide distribution?
♦ Why didn't the NRA, years ago, publish this material in a reader friendly format for nationwide distribution?
NEXT: I'll join the NRA…
2. When the NRA aggressively presses to abolish all concealed carry permit laws. How has an unalienable right to self defense been demoted to a revocable government granted privilege? Unregistered concealed carry has been no big issue in both Alaska and Vermont for decades. Arizona just passed unregistered concealed legislation. It's time for the NRA to start swimming strongly with this tide. Yes, it's a victory for gun owners when a State like Minnesota finally allows registered carry, but we must see it for what it still is: an un-Constitutional infringement on our G-d* given right to self defense, see: "The Ten Commandments of Self Defense". It is also an obvious way to add more gun owner names to a list and database. (*Out of respect, observant Jews do not write out the name of the Almighty in secular texts.)
♦ How has an unalienable right to self defense been demoted to a revocable government granted privilege?
NEXT: I'll join the NRA…
3. When the NRA calls for the complete and unconditional disbanding of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). Gun owners should be appalled at the NRA leadership's incestuous "good cop/bad cop" dance with the BATFE. For decades there has been a symbiotic, and liberty threatening, "good ole' boy" relationship between NRA and BATFE. They should instead be mortal enemies.
♦ They should instead be mortal enemies.
The BATFE's abuses are legion and despicable. These criminal acts crested like a bloody wave with the horrific deceit and treachery the agency displayed at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and then at Waco, Texas.
JPFO has produced a documentary about the BATFE called "The Gang" for which you kindly donated footage, showing you teaching teenagers how to use firearms safely. As you know, "The Gang" is not specifically about Ruby Ridge or Waco, it's about how, with deliberate regularity, the BATFE criminally harasses honest gun owners.
Did you know that, back during the Administration of Ronald Reagan, President Reagan actually wanted to dismantle the then "BATF"? Who stopped him? The NRA! See this Time Magazine article that reports this hypocrisy.
The NRA has publicly stated that it wants to "work with" BATFE to punish the criminal use of guns, see: copy of NRA response letter. We don't need these bucket headed, jack booted paramilitary goons playing cops in our lives. Let the local police, county sheriff, State police, or the FBI, do what they were assigned and sworn to do in the first place.
♦ We don't need these bucket headed, jack booted paramilitary goons playing cops in our lives.
On top of that, tobacco is a drug. Alcohol is a drug. Give that authority to the FDA. Explosives? Wasn't that an FBI specialty already?
And then there's the firearms. This means "gun control", and every single threat to our freedom that comes along with it.
NEXT: I'll join the NRA…
4. When the NRA soundly condemns, and works tirelessly to abolish, the "Gun Control Act of 1968". NRA lawyers actually helped to write this piece of totalitarian legislation. JPFO was the first to expose "GCA '68" for what it was: a near carbon copy of the Nazi German gun laws of the 1930s. See: "Gun Control" Gateway to Tyranny.
The NRA needs to "man up" and confess that it made a terrible mistake here. It needs to go on an Obama style apology tour of every State, and personally confess this sin to American gun owners. And then repent.
Gun registration (brought to you by GCA '68) is intolerable in a free society. In Nazi Germany, Jews were forced to identify themselves with a yellow star. In America, our citizens are forced to identify their ownership of firearms with a form called a "4473" and concealed weapon permits.
♦ In Nazi Germany, Jews were forced to identify themselves with a yellow star.
Now, with the computer age fully entrenched in our society, a centralized database of all gun owners and their firearms' serial numbers is just a mouse click away. The BATFE claims it would never do this. But they are already doing it with their phony 'eTrace' program. They actually share information about American gun owners with foreign governments! This could have ominous repercussions.
Let's analyze why "GCA '68" even passed. It was because of the political assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. Without those three murders, the American people would have scoffed at the idea of national "gun control". The highly emotionalized loss of the lives of three public figures, tragic though it was, created enough manipulated hysteria in this nation to essentially throw the Second Amendment out the window.
But what about the hundreds of thousands of brave Americans who have died fighting, generation after generation, to protect our Bill of Rights? Instead of standing firm in the face of this 1968 "gun control" travesty, when a far more conservative America could have been effectively rallied, the NRA got in bed with the gun prohibitionists and actually helped pen the legislation. See: "NRA Supported the National Firearms Act of 1934"and GCA68.
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5. When the NRA quits kowtowing to authoritarian police bureaucrats and takes a no compromise stand against the increasing paramilitarization of our local and State law enforcement agencies.
It's time to quit building a standing army in America, masquerading as local SWAT teams and hooded "tactical units". Federal money is lavishly splashed at these local law enforcement agencies. And, as we all know, payback day cannot be far away.
When push comes to shove, can we depend on local cops who have been suckling at the Federal teat, and attending Federal brainwashing seminars?
The NRA has to get in the face of all local police and ask them, point blank: "Will you ever assist in the disarming of the American citizenry?" Any cop who answers in the affirmative must be drummed out of the ranks.
♦ Any cop who answers in the affirmative must be drummed out of the ranks.
"To Protect and Serve" does not mean "To Disarm and Enslave".
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6. When the NRA assertively speaks to our active duty military personnel and respectfully (but emphatically) reminds them that any disarming of innocent Americans is a blatant and evil breach of their oath to uphold and protect our Constitution. The NRA needs to follow the lead of Oath Keepers in reaching out to both soldiers and cops.
That disgusting "czarette" Janet Napolitano, of Homeland Security, actually had the gall to imply that homecoming soldiers posed a threat because they could be "recruited" by "extremist" groups. The NRA should be at the top of that list of so-called "extremist" groups!
These hard line Leftists have to understand one thing: If forced to, we are unwilling to give them any quarter to protect our freedom. And every freedom loving American should expect that active duty soldiers, who have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic, will stand, gun in hand, by the side of The People if push ever comes to shove.
♦ These hard line Leftists have to understand one thing: If forced to, we are unwilling to give them any quarter to protect our freedom.
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7. When the NRA forcefully and persistently brings up the uncontestable fact that every major genocide of the 20th Century was preceded by "gun control" policies. Disarmed millions became the victims of government sponsored or condoned mass murder.
What far too many American gun owners are so hesitant to face is that the greatest criminals in history have not been common street thugs. By a huge, huge factor, the greatest criminal element in modern history has been government-gone-bad.
The Founders didn't pen the Second Amendment to protect us from muggers and rapists or burglars. That's actually a secondary benefit. They penned the Second Amendment to protect us from our own government! See: "2A Today for The USA".
At one time in America, this somber ideal was actually taught in public schools. Now a kid can't even draw a picture of a gun or take a "Goody Gun" cookie to school for lunch. The insane poison of political correctness runs amok in our nation today. Ted, you don't put up with the p.c. garbage, why does the NRA?
♦ The Founders didn't pen the Second Amendment to protect us from muggers and rapists or burglars.
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8. When the NRA honestly and accurately "grades" politicians for their real position on the Second Amendment. Hillary Clinton's and Charlie Schumer's pet protégé Kirsten Gillibrand got an "A" rating from the NRA. This is insane.
Gillibrand is now on the band wagon for a reinstated "assault weapons" ban. The NRA: Suckered and betrayed once again.
Ted Nugent running for office gets an "A+" grade from the NRA. That's the standard they must start with. We cannot grade on a bell curve when it comes to our freedom.
Our politicians must not simply be "pro gun", they must be fervently pro Second Amendment. It is now time for zero tolerance for any form of "gun control". Far too often, American gun owners have seen "A" graded politicians waffle and cave on gun law after gun law. If the NRA has to step away from any candidate to uphold our rights, so be it.
♦ Ted Nugent running for office gets an "A+" grade from the NRA. That's the standard they must start with.
Millions of American gun owners will reject any candidate who betrays our G-d given right to defend our lives.
The time for any sort of compromise is over. We must now retrieve ground that has been lost to past retreats. It is time for the NRA to really start "walking the walk". Radically downgrade every single politician who has betrayed us in any way in the past.
Ted, you have the clout and celebrity status to bring any or all of these issues directly to the NRA's Board of Directors. You can also, through your website and fan base, expose countless younger Americans to these critical matters.
♦ You can also, through your website and fan base, expose countless younger Americans to these critical matters.
It's time to give the American people a very loud wake up call regarding their freedom. No one can say you are shy, Ted. Please, make some of that trademarked Nugent Noise over these crucial issues.
Sincerely, and Yours in Freedom,
Aaron Zelman, Founder and Director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.
Aaron nails it on the head...the NRA needs a serious course correction. Ted could help provide it.
NRAINO. I agree with all points made. NRA too liberal. Ted Nugent for NRA director / president
Amen to that...Ted could (and would) turn it around. Until then...my money and support now goes to the GOA and JPFO.
However, I intend to remain an NRA member because in my opinon they are currently the "1,000 pound gorilla" of the 2nd Amendment fight (that is, they are the most effective voice we have at this time at the national level).
Of course, I'm also a proud member of the VCDL which, in my opinion, does a better job in Virginia than the NRA. But that's as it should be, isn't it?
Glad you posted this as a separate thread. Thanks and hope you are doing well.
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8. When the NRA honestly and accurately grades politicians for their real position on the Second Amendment. Hillary Clintons and Charlie Schumers pet protégé Kirsten Gillibrand got an A rating from the NRA. This is insane.
Gillibrand is now on the band wagon for a reinstated assault weapons ban. The NRA: Suckered and betrayed once again.
Ted Nugent running for office gets an A+ grade from the NRA. Thats the standard they must start with. We cannot grade on a bell curve when it comes to our freedom.
Awesome post!
Until the NRA changes course, I will throw my money and support behind both GOA and JPFO.
That would be true, if it were not for # 8 on Aaron's list. If the NRA endorses democrat candidates, then they are part of the reason the 2nd Amendment is in trouble. The NRA is actually part of the problem rather than the solution when they support 'rat candidates. There are no pro-gun rats anymore than there are pro-life rats.
As to the NRA, Aaron Zelman hits the nail on the head.
The old "never let a crisis go to waste" theory at work, as it still is today.
I have been a member of the NRA for many years but I am concerned about the support of a few Democrats running this November. Here is a choice, you make the decision.
1. Save your guns
2. Lose your Country
I would rather save the Country first and then kick the ass out of the entire government. And I would caution government to be careful about trying to take my guns.
As far as I am concerned, NRA membership is equivalent to being a registered gun owner. I fully expect them to turn over their lists when the time comes. It is a trap.
Excellent threat.
Excellent threat.
Firearms prohibition is a contemperory pre-condition for genocide.
I've been reading your posts and following you on Facebook. I'm glad that you're doing so well. It's great to see the photos of you with your Grandkids.
Only God knows how many days he has blessed us with. There is no guarantee of our days. You, and your family, are doing a mighty job of displaying God's Grace by living each day to the fullest.
You are in His service.
Thank you.
Those are not the choices. As a matter of fact, to lose your guns is to lose your country. Note the correlation between China, Cuba, and Germany, among others.
Why do you think liberals wish to deny use our 2nd Amendment rights under the guise of "safety"? Because an unarmed society is easy to control.
Good letter!
In essence, your money is being used to support liberal candidates. Do you support this use of your contribution?
Damn... that's one of the best written things I've ever seen regarding the NRA! I like it.
NRA support of anything democrat was my line in the sand. Democrats are NOT the same old blue dogs that loved their country, yet just wanted to run it different. This new and improved Socialist Democrat is no less an enemy to America than the Taliban etc ...They hate this nation and it's heritage . They strive every day to take away or undercut liberty our parents fought to preserve.
I vote with my dollars between elections and make every attempt to understand who stands to gain most every time I purchase anything or donate to a cause. NRA has made it easy for me to spend dollars somewhere other than their organization due their support the current crop of Democrats.
My donations to polidiots or charity are as well thought out as I can before any of my cash is spent on such . My membership of the NRA has lapsed and I told them why. My lifetime memberships to other shooting organizations and groups stands but if they support the NRA's current mindset then they get no more from me.
For a pro firearms organization, any of em, not just the NRA, to support a member of the Democrat Party is just insanity. Even IF one or two members of that party are pro gun to the nth degree, they keep the majority of socialists in power to take away what the NRA states they fight for.
Like feeding a young tiger over time hoping it wont bite ya when it gets bigger....
Blind trust is gone. Monitor your polidiots and their backers.
My opinion ......Hope yer well Jeff, Stay safe !
More to the point, it's because criminals (especially criminals who hold public office) prefer unarmed victims.
A description of the American liberal in a nutshell:
Communist Goals (1963)
Documention below
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
VERY well said Squantos! post of the month so far imho.
Wow, my FRiend, that is an outstanding statement.
What a bumper sticker that would make!
Alas, I don't know if folks can read words with more than 2 syllables anymore...
Amen my friend. Well said and spot on target! Unless someone like Nugent becomes the President and turns the NRA around, they have lost my support. GOA and JPFO and KeepandBearArms will get it instead.
big bump
Thanks for posting this Jeff - my sentiments exactly!
...I don't OWN any guns. I sold them ALL as soon as Mr. Obama was elected because I KNEW that he had been sent to protect us from all harm...
Thanks Jeff for an excellent and timely thread, and thanks Squantos for your incisive and penetrating exposition of why current the NRA endorsement policy is wrong.
For far too long the NRA has been hiding behind the sophistry that "we're a non-partisan single issue advocate". It's a dishonest argument because it deliberately ignores the fact that Democrat members of Congress in conservative districts are routinely allowed by the party leadership to cast deceptive pro-gun votes on individual bills as political cover while knowing full-well that they'll fall dutifully in line on the larger, national policy-setting issues such as judicial confirmations, deciding who's going to be House Speaker, etc.
That misguided policy is Chris Cox's baby and he needs to go, now.
Every buy a hunting or firearm related item with a credit card? If so, they already have your name.
I share your interest in Ted's reply; I'm even more interested in how the NRA Board will view it collectively. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.
aaaaand if you haven't yet, get a copy of "HOPE" by Aaron Zelman and L Neil Smith.
Thanks for the ping to this very worthy piece Jeff. BTTT
JPFO is NOT, I repeat, NOT a lobbying group. They have absolutely NO voice in Washington D.C..
The goa has done nothing in their entire existence on their own except complain about the NRA. I defy anyone to tell anyone any different. The goa was also the only gun group to ask for the narrow view on Heller and yet has done nothing to support those consequences.
The NRA and the SAF are the only gun groups with any track record.
I noticed the only complainers on FR are the goa members except for a single poster who mentioned the SAF.
If you have a problem with the NRA, then get off your lazy do-nothing crybaby asses and REPLACE the NRA with something better.
As it has always been when the truly difficult issues faced this nation, it is the people who must "lobby" government and that by voting the lazy, socialistic, power hungry, self interested ones out of office.
That is what many of us are about...so please, spare me your own form of whining and name calling.
What Zelman has said is true. He's trying to work with someone inside the NRA to change things. I applaud him and my own letters to the NRA encourage the same. But their support of dems in this election has pushed me, a long time member, over the edge. That simple.
>>2. When the NRA aggressively presses to abolish all concealed carry permit laws. How has an unalienable right to self defense been demoted to a revocable government granted privilege? Unregistered concealed carry has been no big issue in both Alaska and Vermont for decades. Arizona just passed unregistered concealed legislation.<<
We were talking about this yesterday.
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Skip to comments.Mexican family finds work, then loss, in US
Posted on 10/19/2009 2:10:49 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) - Esteban Contreras had a bad feeling when his daughter and her husband said they were going to sneak across the border with their children.
He remembers telling his son-in-law: "You're going to put your children's lives in danger. You're going to put your wife's life in danger, your own life."
"He replied that he found a good smuggler, that everything would be all right, nothing would happen," Contreras said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
....a sad story indeed....I'm weary from reading these things....time to get that wall built along the entire border.
This story would never have happened if he had been shot on sight.
It's time to toughen up the border and send a hardline message to the Mexican government. Those fools down there have got to stop being so cavalier with their own lives. Think of the stupidity of the driver of the SUV! If he's caught, he can try again next week. Now people are dead and he's in real trouble.
Which reminds me. Just how bad is it in Mexico that healthy people who are loyal to their own kind and their own kind only are willing to risk their lives to get to America? Mexico must really suck!
It has always amazed me that a country with all the natural resources could have it's citizens so poor. Our Founding Fathers put much in place that would empower the individual. Not just a few ruling families.
Yes, but opposition to it is fierce because opponents know (and fear) it will work.
Now where is that violin, I seemed to have misplaced it.
Sooo.. he crashed 10 minutes AFTER the chase ended? With 20 people in the SUV, I'm sure there are a few that can testify who was actually driving.
"Yes, but opposition to it is fierce because opponents know (and fear) it will work."
Damn straight!
They're racking up quite a body count with their intentionally lax immigration policy. They will answer for their selfishness one day.
Illegals will soon be strolling across the border in pure daylight, stopping only to pick up their Amnesty card and Social Security card, sign up for unemployment, welfare, food stamps, free medical, free schools and colleges, and get the paperwork started on their government assisted home mortgages.
It is called Socialism. A few very very wealthy who are in bed with a corrupt government and many many poor with nothing.
Coming soon to a country near you.
500,000 illegals march on Dallas Texas in 2006 making demands and threats while shoving foreign flags into the Texans faces.
500,000 illegals march on Dallas Texas in 2006 making demands and threats while shoving foreign flags into the Texans faces.
And the rest of his family is over here working, when legal citizens are going bankrupt, getting foreclosed on, and we have double digit unemployment for actual citizens. In this economy, we need to demand that the federal government make the employer verification system for social security numbers mandatory. Right now, it's voluntary.
It's nice to know that I'm laid off, drawing less than $4 an hour unemployment, paying $163 a month for Cobra, even with the federal 9 month subsidy, and his whole family of illegals is over here, and they're gainfully employed.
I think it's pretty bad. I know one lady that works in a hotel in Ft. Stockton, TX that says she goes across the border 1x per month to take gifts to portions of her family left in Mexico.
She is here legally, but they've never tried. I asked how far it was and she said about 2 hours. She said you'd never find it without a hand drawn map as their "homes" are down dirt roads and they have no running water or electricity.
She said she takes clothes, shoes and food that they cannot afford to buy. She works a 2nd job so she can do this w/o depriving her own family....
Sounds bad to me.
Westmoreland is a ways from the border.
He is still in Mexico.
Typical sob story. The Mexicans are the biggest whiners that ever lived, bleeding the gringo and the gringa all the while, wiring billions of US dollars back to the villages every year. Yeah, it's bad .... for America.
Was it a Ford Explorer; cause, I'm seeing Dollar Signs here.
That's not a protest march...it's a target rich environment.
Then again, maybe not.
It does indeed. Their economy is in shambles, war in the streets, utter chaos.
Enforce the laws and this would not happen.
You're darn right. With oil, gold, lots of precious minerals, verdant land for growing crops of all kinds AND pre captia more billionaires than any oher Western nation in the Western Hemisphere, Mexico is the richest country in Latin America. Its also THE most coruppt country in the world. It is in the condition its in because of the Mexicans themselves. Rather than do something about and fix their country, their elites tell them to go ''El Norte''' and let the gringos take care of you. They ''owe to Mexicans'' is the prevailing sentiment. I'm sick of this arrogant attitude on their part The Loerd helps those that help themselves'' High time the Mexicans understood this. Its not the responsibility of the US taxpayer to make up for Mexicos short comings.
It's truly terrible. Mexico quite possibly has the most corrupt government on the planet. Every aspect of live there is steeped in corruption, bribes, favoritism, crime, cheating, and graft.
But: until the people of Mexico decide that it is worth risking everything to make it better, it will never be better.
Freedom, as they say, is never free. There are no shortcuts. Coming here and sending money home doesn't fix anything. It just dumps more money into propping up a rotten system.
Its up to Mexicans to fix Mexico. Not us, not anyone else. They need to decide whether freedom is worth fighting for.
"More suffering to be laid at the feet of gutless & opportunistic politicians, unscrupulous employers and greedy race hustlers.
They're racking up quite a body count with their intentionally lax immigration policy. They will answer for their selfishness one day. "
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