Which is your vision for America?

The burgeoning national debt and continuous trillion dollar deficits continue to weaken the US dollar and stifle job growth which is driving gas prices higher and home values lower.

There are two financial visions for America:

· The Republican proposed budget will balance in 20 years and reduce the national debt to GDP ratio from 100% to 10% by 2050 (source CBO). OR

· President Obama’s budget which will never balance in the out years or reduce the national debt by one dime



In his first 3 years in office he added more debt than President Bush did in 8 years.

Just look what his policies have led to in 3 short years:

· Gas in 12/08 $1.69 per gallon source CPI, BLS today at Chevron $4.03

· National Debt 12/08 $10.7 trillion source US Treasury today $15.5 trillion

· Number of jobs 2011 134.4 million source BLS today 131.9 million

· Health insurance average family price $12,680 in 2008 in -2011 $15,073 and rising source Kaiser

· Medium home price 2008 $191,975 ---2011 $169,500 source national assoc. of realtors

Bottom line: Nobody can afford another four years of President Obama!

9 weeks to the May 30 WSRP State Convention

32 weeks to the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

My County Convention

Here is a media breakdown on how the Pierce County
Delegates came out at the Convention according to
the RED STATE website. My District is 29.
Ron Paul supporters vastly out numbered the other
candidates. I brought 3 delegates for Santorum from
precinct 521 to the convention. We must have voted
around a dozen times to select our delegates and
alternates to the State Convention. Slowly but surely
the Ron Paul supporters weeded out others vote by vote.
Out of the 3 delegates from precinct 521, one goes to
State as a delegate, one goes as an alternate and the
other lost to a Ron Paul slot.


UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
PIERCE COUNTY WA
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION DELEGATES

DISTRICT ROMNEY SANTORUM PAUL
26 17 2 0
25 0 17 18
2 2 14 15
27 10 10 0
28 18 8 0
29 2 2 11
31 11 7 1

TOTALS 60 60 45


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Now about Starbucks. I have always admired this company mainly for their support for the 2nd amendment of our constitution. So, it was discouraging to learn that they do not have the same respect for the 1st amendment. According to a news release, their lawyers are working to destroy Traditional Marriage and the company is promoting the idea of "same sex" unions as the same thing. How sad. We should contact the company and voice our disappointment in them.

"Attorneys for Starbucks have filed a brief in support of repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which protects traditional marriage. The coffee chain also endorsed and supported a bill legalizing homosexual 'marriage' in Washington state, which passed earlier this year."

Make sure you are registered to vote and sign the petitions to put R-74 and I-1192 on the November Ballot. R-74 Reject. I-1192 Yes.

Rally, Register and Repeal...

There was a great "Family Values" rally downtown on Friday at noon and a good number attended.

Good services yesterday in the Lord's House. The morning sermon was on how God's people can be more conformed to the image of Christ in a Biblical Marriage. You may listen to the audio by clicking HERE.

Please browse our church website HERE.

ALSO - Attended the Pierce County GOP Convention in Tacoma on Saturday. I was there from 8AM to 9PM. It was a very large turn out and encouraging to see all the enthusiasm for the removal of the present resident of the white house and his regime. We MUST return to a Constitutionally Limited Government with Fiscal Responsibility. We need to repeal much of the damage done by the usurper and his dirty backroom Chicago style political cronies. Pray for a real turn around in America so that we can get back on track with the original intent of our founders. Pray also for enough signatures on R-74 and I-1192 to keep the definition of marriage in Washington State in tune with what it has been since the sixth day of creation.

Mathmatically Challenged

According to a national TV business news program, President Obama is our most mathematically challenged president. Four examples:

He promised the deficit would be no more than $600 billion after 4 years in office.
In fact it will over $1,200 billion this year.

He said President Bush was unpatriotic for increasing the national debt $4 trillion in 8 years.
In fact he raised the national debt over $5 trillion in 4 years and is on track for $9.6 trillion in 8 years, an almost doubling of our national debt that was accrued in past 200 years.

He is claiming that he is drilling more and producing more oil than ever.
In fact he is responsible for drilling on federal land only. Only 4% of new oil production comes from federal lands, the other 96% comes from privately owned land.

He plans to tax the rich even more, the so called Buffet tax, in order to reduce our $1,200 billion annual deficit.
In fact it would bring in only $4 billion a year, enough to pay 4 days of interest on our national debt.

Bottom line: any numbers suggested or bragged about by this administration should be severely questioned given their mathematically challenged track record.

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32 weeks until the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

The Senator

Good worship services yesterday at TLBC in Tacoma. CLICK HERE to see the latest news, and outlines of the sermons and audio links to listen...
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While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator (that may be redundant) was tragically hit by a car and died.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St.. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course.

In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where

St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven...


So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell...

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls to the ground.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says,

"Yesterday we were campaigning,Today, you voted.."

Vote wisely on

November 6, 2012

Guess Who?

The most anti-Bible elected official in American History.

Click Here

Be Wise

There have been 4 incumbent presidents that were defeated in the last 100 years.

What is the common denominator?

They did not keep their signature campaign promise.

Well , Obama’s signature promises were.

I will cut the deficit in half in four years.

I am a ‘uniter’ not a ‘divider’

Powerful reminders this election year. Be WISE.
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34 weeks until the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

12 weeks to State Convention—May 30, 2012

2 weeks to the Pierce County Convention - March 24, 2012
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Wisdom from Will Rogers:

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and
put it back in your pocket.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot
of that comes from bad judgment.

If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back
every now and then to make sure it's still there.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n
puttin' it back.

After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion
felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until
a hunter came along and shot him. The moral:
When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Vote twice for marriage

a CHALLENGE to Santorum suporters

Here is a response to a post on a forum where a strong Gingrich supporter issued a challenge saying he would support Santorum IF....

Hello Jefferson Paine, (an obvious pen name)

I'm not a Gingrich hater. He is my definite 2nd choice at this point in the race. He is smart and has often said in the debates, "I agree with Senator Santorum." My admiration for Rick has grown over the course of the campaign. I've watched him handle a hostile press very well. I attended a local rally where the "Occupy" and pro-sodomite crowd tried to shout him down and he handled the situation with grace and dignity. I appreciate the fact that he will not run away from the social issues. If Newt doesn't win in Georgia tomorrow, I hope he will drop out and endorse Rick. You are right in the fact that between the two of them there is enough support to win the nomination rather than going with Mitt. Ron Paul's supporters are very dedicated and many of them I suspect will not vote for anyone if Ron is not on the ballot (a vote for Obama). The old saying goes a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. I'll give you a few thoughts on your 10 point challenge but not for the purpose of debate.

1) Enumerate, specifically, Santorum's top five Conservative policy accomplishments. (note: votes, rhetoric, platitudes, and speeches are not policy accomplishments)
a. Rick exposed and corrected corruption in Congress when a part of the gang
of seven."
b. Rick was an author and Senate floor manager of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.
c. Rick authored important anti-terrorist legislation like the Syria
Accountability Act.
d. Rick authored the Iran Freedom and Support Act designed to fight Jihadist
States.
e. Rick served 8 years on the "Armed Services Committee" as a friend to Israel.

2) State Santorum's superior Conservative ratings - such as those published yearly by the ACU.

Rick Santorum has an A+ rating by the NRA. “He was the most effective advocate
of bringing legislation to protect gun companies from frivolous lawsuits to the
floor and getting a vote scheduled. – Wayne LaPierre, CEO – National Rifle
Association

According to the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), during his 12 years in the
Senate, only 6 of the 50 senators got A’s in more than half the years.
Santorum was one of them.

Family Research Council Action supporters and found a wide consensus for Sen.
Rick Santorum as the presidential nominee.

Sen. Santorum placed first with 22,409 votes (76%), followed by former
Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was a distant second with 2,779 votes (9%)[/b],
Rep. Ron Paul[/b] with 2,089 votes (7%),
Gov. Mitt Romney with 1,445 votes (5%), and
"Other" at 737 votes (2%).


3) Name Santorum's top five accomplishments in the private sector.
1. A faithful husband for 21 years and dedicated father of seven children.
2. Rick shoulders all the financial responsibility of a very medically
challenged child without aid from big government or health insurance.
3. Rick authored the 2005 New York Times Best Seller It Takes a Family.
4. Rick comes from a blue collar family back ground in the coal industry.
5. Rick stands firm for his religious convictions and has not changed his
faith.

4) Answer: Why did Santorum, when he ran for the U.S. House, distance himself from Reaganism and describe himself as a "Progressive Conservative"?
1. Probably for the same reason Newt sat on a couch with Pelosi and proclaimed
Al Sharpton a great American leader and FDR as the greatest 20th century
President.

5) Answer: Why did Santorum adamantly support R scumbag Arlen Specter for re-election?

Rick supported Arlen Specter’s Senate reelection bid to ensure that judges who
respect the right to life would not be impeded in their confirmation hearings.
Rick got a commitment from Arlen that no matter who George W. Bush would
nominate, he would support that nominee. This commitment ensured that
conservative pro-life judges John Roberts and Samuel Alito were
confirmed as Supreme Court Justices.

6) Answer: If Santorum is such a staunch conservative, why was he one of Bush's chief lieutentants for advancing "compassionate conservatism"? (i.e. right-wing progressivism)
Rick does not believe it is wrong for conservatives to be compassionate. Do
you? To call this "Progressivism" is to use leftist "straw-man" tactics. They
distort the truth by saying we don't care about the poor, we don't care about
education, we don't care about healthcare, we don't care about racism, etc. etc.

7) Answer: How are Santorum's campaign promises of very tepid tax reform, and crony-capitalist protectionism for "manufacturing" deemed Conservative?
1. Personally, I prefer abolishing the 16th Amendment and replacing the IRS
with the Fair Tax System but... As a Senator, Santorum fought to maintain
fiscal sanity in Washington before it was in fashion, fighting for a balanced
budget and a line item veto. He bravely proposed reforming entitlements,
cutting spending and even developed a "spendometer" that added up the cost
of Democrat amendments to spending bills. This record made him one of the
most conservative senators in Pennsylvania's history.

8) Why does Santorum address Gingrich publicly as "congressman", when he damn well knows the honorary title is "Speaker", while Gingrich addresses father Rick as "Senator"?

Phooie. I believe Rick has called Newt "Mr. Speaker" but even if not, Newt WAS
a congressman. So what? What is with the "father Rick"? Is THAT respectful?
No, it is an attempt to make a red herring out of a man and his faith. Your
choice of language casts doubt about initial statement of "good faith." You
say, " I will support ... if..." Really?

9) Name all of Santorum's prominent Conservative endorsers.
Well for one thing, Rick has very strong grass roots support. His list of
endorsements will continue to grow, especially when Newt drops out.

10) What is Santorum's great Conservative vision for restoring our constitutional republic - along with his track record which makes his rhetoric credible??

Rick has a First 100 days Economic Freedom Agenda referenced on this
website: http://www.ricksantorum.com/truth

Rick became one of the most successful government reformers in our history,
taking on Washington's powerful special interests from the moment he arrived in
our nation's Capitol. It was his record of reform that prompted a Washington
Post reporter to write in a recent article that "Santorum was a tea party kind
of guy before there was a tea party."

Pray for a Preacher in Iran

Dear Christian friends,


We have been asked to forward this email and pray for Pastor Youcef Nadharkani. Please forward using the bcc box so that a list of e-mail addresses is not circulated.

This prayer chain is calling ALL Christians into action NOW on behalf of this Iranian pastor, who faces execution!

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani never practiced the Muslim faith and converted to Christianity at age 19, becoming a pastor later. But the courts say that since his mother and father were practicing Muslims, he must recant his Christian faith or die. So far, in three court appearances, he has refused to do so - RISKING EXECUTION AT ANY MOMENT. The Iranian Supreme Court often acts quickly in administering the death penalty.

According to a report, when asked by judges to "repent," Youcef replied: "Repent, What should I return to? To the blasphemy that I had before my faith in Christ?"

The judges replied: "To the religion of your ancestors - Islam." To which Yousef replied: "I cannot."

http://www.persecution.org/2012/03/02/congress-condemns-iran-for-sentencing-christian-pastor-to-death/
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The WA GOP Caucuses last Saturday are done.

All presidential candidates visited our state prior to the caucus. In fact Rep. Ron Paul attended the 25th legislative district caucus in Puyallup. Remember our County Convention March 24, 2012.
It is just 20 short days away.

Our Caucuses made national news and all positive. CNN provided live real time TV coverage at the Lakes High School caucus. In Pierce County including high school students observing, guests and signed in voters we had over 6000 attendees in 10 separate locations.

The results for Pierce County are:

Mitt Romney 38.2%

Rick Santorum 25.9%

Ron Paul 22.8%

Newt Gingrich 10.0%

Undecided 2.9%

Other 0.2%
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Services at TLBC yesterday went well and you may see the prayer updates, sermon outlines and listen to audio clips on the front page of our church website: www.thelordsbaptistchurch.com

Why you exist...

The rhetoric from the Obama administration has one overriding message

You exist for the sake of the State:

The state will decide how much of your social security retirement account to use for other spending (net effect of reducing your payroll contribution to your SS account)

The state will decide how much of your income you will keep (proposed tax increases)

The state will decide if you make too much so they will take more of your income (proposed surtax on income)

The state will decide how much of your retirement nest egg is theirs (increase in capital gain tax)

The state will decide which business to tax more than others (picking winners & losers)

The state will decide who can get waivers on their new plans (over 200 waivers to Obama Care)

The state will decide how much debt they can pile on your children/grandchildren (Debt over $15 trillion today going to $20 trillion in the next 5 years)

Whatever happened to “Consent of the Governed?”
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35 weeks until the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

13 weeks to State Convention—May 30, 2012

3 weeks to County Convention—Mar 24, 2012

THIS Saturday - Caucuses - March 3, 2012
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Here is a copy of a letter I sent my State Senator. You may want to send somethign to your Senator too on this item if you are a responible owner of a firearm.
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Dear Senator Conway,

SB 6628 would single out firearms in the Washington statutes and make it a crime if a child obtains access to a loaded firearm that was stored in a location where the person reasonably knows that a child is likely to gain access.

This is already covered in Washington’s Reckless Endangerment statute!

The only reason to push this duplicative law is to demonize firearms in Washington law. Fatal firearm accidents are at an all-time low. If Senator Kline really cared about saving children, rather than trying to exploit a tragedy to attack firearms, he would be targeting poisons, items that suffocate children and objects on which kids choke because all three cause more accidental deaths to children than firearms. But we know that Senator Kline, who sponsored the semi-auto ban two years ago, is only interested in banning firearms and making life miserable for law-abiding gun owners.

This legislation is a knee-jerk response to the tragic shooting of an 8-year old girl by a 9-year old boy at a Bremerton school last week. Rather than go after firearms, Senator Kline might better spend his time going after people like the boy’s mother, whose lengthy criminal record included possession of meth, marijuana delivery and forgery. The boy found the gun, which allegedly belongs to the mother’s criminal boyfriend, during an unsupervised visit to her house.

Senator Kline conveniently ignores the fact that the firearm in question was already illegally possessed by a prohibited person. We're supposed to believe that individuals who knowingly and intentionally committed previous felonies, and whose very possession of a firearm appears to be another felony itself, would obey a safe storage statute?

Senator Kline added a SECOND SECTION to SB 6628, amending the concealed pistol license statute (RCW 9.41.070) to add a $2.00 fee INCREASE to the cost of a CPL. What does reckless endangerment or requirements for firearm storage have to do with CPLs? Absolutely nothing! It is merely an underhanded trick to give life to a bill that had no business being filed in the first place.

Senator Kline allowed HB 1508, the range protection bill, to die in his committee. If Senator Kline is interested in FIREARM SAFETY, how better to do that than correct and pass a bill that ensures firing ranges are available for safe shooting -- and more importantly, where FIREARM SAFETY CLASSES are regularly conducted.

Senator Kline talks about being reasonable but this is an incredibly cynical and brazen attempt to "dance in the blood" of a poor victim to promote Senator Kline's extremist anti-gun agenda.

Please DO NOT SUPPORT SB6628.
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what really happened...

The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, when Obama became President. It was actually January 3rd, 2007, two years earlier, when the Democrats took control with large majorities over both the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress. At that point the Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. Obama was now part of that Democrat Senate.

For those who are listening to Democrats saying that everything is "Bush's Fault," think about this:

January 3rd, 2007, the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush's Economic policies were the foundation for A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION.

Remember that day...
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank(D) took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd(D) took over the Senate Banking Committee. They became the Chairmen.

The economic meltdown that happened later was in BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.

Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid are largely responsible for taking us from nearly 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP growth, and 4.6% Unemployment...into this CRISIS. Among MANY other things, they ordered 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans be forced into the economy. They became virtually worthless after their ultra-liberal and fiscally irresponsible Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mandates and policies blew up. The ones that ordered that everyone is entitled to a house...no credit checks...no money down....that’s the “fair” way to run the U.S. housing and banking system. Oh yeah, and be sure to bundle up all those trillions of dollars of risky loans and sell them as investment securities to pension funds, retirees, whoever they could unload them on. Those were the toxic loans that wiped out investors and sank the banks.

President Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie because it was financially risky for the US economy to operate housing financing that way. Barney Frank(D) blocked it and called it Bush’s objections "Chicken Little Philosophy". He said the sky would not fall.

And guess who took the THIRD highest pay-off, campaign contributions, from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA.

And who fought against attempts to reform Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA, and the Democrat Congress. And three former heads of Freddie and Fannie, all disgraced and forced to resign, are Obama’s chief economic advisors at this moment.

So when someone tries to blame Bush...
REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007....
THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER CONTROL OF CONGRESS.

Bush may have been in the car but, the Democrats were in charge of the economic gas pedal and the banking steering wheel as the economy was driven into the ditch.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.

Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with President Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush got tough on their spending increases.

For 2009, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed President Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budget, and which they have done repeatededly since, passing not one budget, as required by law in all that time. Where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.

Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the LOWEST in five years, and the FOURTH STRAIGHT DECLINE in deficit spending! After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for every budget.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama has done is inherited a deficit that he voted for, and then insisted on increasing that deficit four-fold since January 20th, 2009 as President.

"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."

our national anthem

We had a call from the nurses station at St. Joseph Hospital this morning as we were getting ready to start Sunday School They were taking brother Skip into surgery due to a cardiac event. We stopped everything and had a season of prayer. Rick went on to bring a good study in SS on "The Shepherd's Trilogy" and "Matthew Falls Sick." Pastor preached on "The Christian and Politics" audio in the AM worship service and on Acts 17, "Going To Greece" in the afternoon service. audio

When Pastor got home after the services today he called the nurses station to check on Skip. The nurse said he was doing very well and was on dialysis at the moment and that it would be just fine for Pastor to come for a visit. AMEN! Thanks the Lord for another AP (answered prayer)

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"So, with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten - straight up, no styling. Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don't make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love - not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from the costumes, the makeup and the entourages. Sing "The Star Spangled Banner" with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America , not you."

StarSpangledBanner...asyouveneverheardit

the numbers

The numbers for the Obama administration budget are sickening.

With the Obama budget, in ten years INTEREST DUE will triple.
(THE OBAMA ASSUMPTION INCOME WILL DOUBLE IN 10 YEARS)
–CAN YOU SPELL INFLATION???

Bottom Line: How does debt affect you?

Your dollars are worth less today than 4 years ago.
They will be worth much less in ten years.
Gasoline has nearly doubled in four years.
Our exchange rate with other countries has fallen more than 30% in four years.
Food prices are up 5 to 20% in four years.
The Federal Reserve continues to print money just to pay our debt INTEREST DUE.
Think about how this is eroding your cash flow more and more each day.

37 weeks until the Nov 6, 2012 General Election.
14 weeks to State Convention - May 30, 2012.
4 weeks to County Convention - Mar 24, 2012.
2 weeks to the local GOP Caucus - Mar 3, 2012.

Failure in prayer

Several were out sick today in our services. Praying for their soon return. Sunday School finished a study of Psalm 23. We are also reading Pilgrims Progress Part Two. Audio of todays lesson is on our website. Pastor finished a series of sermons today on Prayer. In the afternoon service we studied Acts 16 "To the Regions Beyond".
Listen here

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THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SANTELLI'S RANT

Three years ago today in an ordinary report from the Chicago Mercantile Report, CNBC's Rick Santelli began sounding off about our government's actions and and their real effects. Santelli's remarks sparked what is known today as the Tea Party Movement. "Santellii's RANT" began with these words, "The government is promoting bad behavior." Here are some more excerpts.

"You know the new administration is big on computers and technology...why don't you put up a website to have people vote on the internet as a referendum to see if we really want to subsidize the loser's mortgages... This is America! How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage... (booing)... Obama, are you listening? ... You know, Cuba used to have mansions and a relatively decent economy. They moved from the individual to the collective. Now they are driving '54 Chevys... We are thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party in July. All you capitalists show up to Lake Michigan, I'm going to start organizing. (Whistling and Cheering) We're going to be dumping in some derivative securities. What do you think about that? ...I'll tell yo what, if you read our founding fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson... What we are doing in this country now is making them roll over in their graves.

Get "The 2012 Tea Party Survival Guide" at www.grassfire.com

well, it WAS true after all...

BARNEY FRANK ADMITS:
OBAMACARE DEATH PANELS WILL
CUT OFF MEDICAL CARE FOR SENIORS

ObamaCare's IPAB, or Independent Payment Authorization Board, will cap the total amount of money Medicare recipients will receive for care. Reach that cap and medical services will stop. THIS is the true ObamaCare death panel.

SIGN THE PETITION – TELL THE SENATE: NO OBAMA-CARE – REPEAL IT NOW! – SELECT HERE

While everyone was talking about Obama-Care's end of life counseling, the "old people cost too much" faction of the Obama administration slipped into their Orwellian legislation a benign sounding board with life and death power of Medicare treatment decisions.

This 15 member decision making body, appointed by the president and answerable only to him, will have total control over how much care senior citizens will be allowed to receive. Payment caps will be determined on cost-benefit criteria set for society, not on need of the individual patient. Old patients with few years ahead and "less cost-benefit outlook" are not going get payment authorization for life-saving care.

The stated purpose of the IPAB is so horrifying and so clearly a discriminatory attack on our seniors, that even onetime Obama-Care champion Barney Frank has come out in strong opposition – desperately trying to stop the pending death panels before even one senior is lost to a bureaucratic machine designed to lower medical bills by denying medical care to the people who need it the most.

SIGN THE PETITION – TELL THE SENATE: NO OBAMA-CARE – REPEAL IT NOW! – SELECT HERE

kick the can

President Obama wins the Punter In Chief Award, as he kicks the can down the road …AGAIN.

Once again he submits a budget that spends too much and ignores our impending financial crisis.

Facts

The Obama Administration Budget Proposal:

· Increase current fiscal year budget deficit by $200 billion

· Spend $45 trillion in the next ten years

· Add $13 trillion to our $15 trillion current debt

· Claim a $4 trillion 10 year reduction by projecting a spending amount of $45 trillion vs $49 trillion

· The so called $4 trillion reduction comes from

o Claiming 1 trillion saving from last year’s debt deal

o Claiming 1 trillion saving by not fighting a war that the Dept of Defense never requested

o Claiming 1.5 trillion income from new taxes

o Which leaves an average of so called spending cut of $50 billion a year from $4,000 billion a year annual budget

· To add insult to injury no mention or plan to ensure Social Security and Medicare solvency

Bottom line each newborn’s tax burden will be an additional $80,000 a year

38 weeks until the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

15 weeks to State Convention—May 30, 2012

5 weeks to County Convention—Mar 24, 2012

3 weeks to County Caucus —Mar 3, 2012

BO DOJ Bullying again

Larry,


We just heard from Sheriff Joe, who told us he received a call from his "friends" at the Department of Justice and they weren't happy.

They told Joe that they were not pleased that he posted an update and photos from our petition delivery to his office demonstrating widespread grassroots support for the Sheriff's lawful actions to uphold the law.

The DOJ basically tried to bully Sheriff Joe into taking down any mention of the petition delivery!

So Obama's Justice Department is now bullying Sheriff Joe because of a citizen petition that condems DOJ's bullying attacks against the Sheriff!

Only in Obama's world!

Well, Sheriff Joe told us he's not backing down. And neither are we. Later this week, we will deliver these same petitions directly to the DOJ and key leaders in Congress. But we need your help.

+ + Let's Tell DOJ To Stop It's Bullying Attacks!

Larry, it is outrageous that the Department of Justice would stoop so low as to bully a county Sheriff because of a citizen petition. But this is just like the Obama administration. It's classic "Chicago politics." Right and wrong do not matter with these people -- just the raw exercise of power and threats against citizens.

Grassfire Nation will be delivering these petitions again THIS FRIDAY -- this time directly to DOJ and key members of Congress.

My staff has informed me that you have not yet signed this CITIZEN PETITION OF SUPPORT for Sheriff Joe. Please go here now to sign the petition and be included in the delivery to DOJ this Friday:

http://www.grassfire.com/196/petition.asp

I must hear from you by NOON THURSDAY to include you in this important delivery.

Thanks for taking action!

Steve Elliott
Grassfire Nation

the numbers

President Obama wins the The Sleight of Hand Award, AGAIN!

He consistently touts the administration’s falling unemployment numbers.

REGARDLESS OF THE FACTS -

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm employment

· In 2009 133.5 million Americans were working

· Today in 2012, 132.4 million Americans working

· 1.1 million fewer workers since his inauguration, which does not account for population growth

· Even more troubling is the percentage of Americans working

o In 2000 67.3% of adults worked

o Today 63.7 %

o And over half of all Americans are receiving some form of government payment


39 weeks to the Nov 6, 2012 General Election

16 weeks to State Convention—May 30, 2012

6 weeks to County Convention—Mar 24, 2012

4 weeks to County Caucus —Mar 3, 2012

OLD PEOPLE

It's time to quit coddling the old folks in this country. That is the attitude of the modern day progressive political mind-set. Listen people, We owe our parents and grandparents a lot more than you think. Think about this - one of these days YOU just may be elderly too....

It is now clear that the BIGGEST LOSERS in the ObamaCare statist healthcare overhaul ARE AMERICA’S SENIORS and those approaching retirement age. Consider these shocking facts:

According to Obama’s own chief actuary in the Department of Health and Human Services, ObamaCare will savage Medicare by cutting $575.1 billion in this decade alone.

One website says that ObamaCare “will affect all aspects of health care for seniors -- coverage, prices, and access.”

“Medicare Advantage” -- the popular program which gives seniors more choices in healthcare -- is already being decimated by ObamaCare with major insurers dropping the plan altogether and Obama’s actuary projecting a 50% reduction in the program by 2017.

And then there’s the reality of HEALTHCARE RATIONING that will be implemented by ObamaCare’s “Independent Payment Advisory Board” -- appointed by Obama with the power to make Medicare rationing decisions without Congressional oversight!

Of course, many seniors have been kept in the dark -- even deceived about ObamaCare by the nation’s largest membership association of seniors, AARP. From the onset, the AARP aggressively lobbied for passage of ObamaCare. Even as these troubling details emerged, AARP continued its staunch support of Obama’s plan...

The reason?

AARP stands to reap billions in profits by offering gap coverage as a direct result of deep cuts in Medicare!

This “Grand Deception” created by Obama and aggressively promoted by the AARP that seniors support ObamaCare is a lie now threatening the health care of every senior and the solvency of our nation.

With American seniors now at serious risk due to ObamaCare, and AARP essentially turning their backs on the concerns of seniors, Grassfire Nation is partnering with Conservative 50 Plus to unite conservative citizens in opposition to ObamaCare.

It is vitally important that seniors and those approaching retirement age stand together with one voice against ObamaCare and the AARP’s Grand Deception!

To accomplish this goal, Conservative 50 Plus has just launched a National Petition exclusively for seniors who oppose ObamaCare.

Click here for more and to sign:

http://www.grassrootsaction.com/901/petition.asp

+ + Supreme Court Showdown over ObamaCare

With Supreme Court oral arguments just weeks away, Conservative 50 Plus wants to deliver at least 100,000 petitions to the Supreme Court and key leaders in Congress before the hearings begin from seniors who oppose ObamaCare

If you are a senior or are approaching retirement age, Conservative 50 Plus needs your help right now.

Click here to sign this important petition and have it hand delivered by Conservative 50 Plus to the Supreme Court and key members of Congress prior to the scheduled March hearings:

http://www.grassrootsaction.com/901/petition.asp

+ + Don’t allow your voice to be co-opted

The left-leaning and self-serving motives of the AARP do not represent conservative seniors.

In fact, while seniors face drastically reduced healthcare choices, higher taxes and the prospects of reduced care, AARP will be taking in BILLIONS!

That’s why it is imperative for seniors to take a strong, principled stand -- striking a blow for freedom by purging ObamaCare from the American landscape.

Join with other conservative-minded seniors who are speaking up and adding their names to Conservative 50 Plus’s National petition Opposing ObamaCare by clicking here:

http://www.grassrootsaction.com/901/petition.asp

Once you’ve signed, Grassfire Nation is urging you to forward this message to 25-30 of your friends and family members, encouraging them to join with you by signing this important petition opposing ObamaCare.

Have them click here to sign the petition:

http://www.grassrootsaction.com/901/petition.asp

The time to follow has past. Americans must rise up and lead the charge to restore our nation.