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Grave Influence

I love to read, and I read a lot about worldview and politics and how current events relate to the Scripture. There are a lot of great resources that help put issues into a Biblical perspective, but I recently read one book that just seemed to draw everything together into one resource. The book is called "Grave Influence: 21 Radicals and Their Worldviews that Rule America from the Grave" by Brannon Howse. It is not currently available at Amazon, and I believe can only be purchased through Brannon's website. The cost is $14.99, and the link is below. It is definitely worth the price! I highly recommend it to high school students who are seeking to study history and current events with a Biblical worldview. As a side note, I enjoy listening to Brannon's daily radio show via podcast. After following his research for a couple years now, I am amazed at just how "spot on" his predictions are. (Sometimes, I just wish he would be wrong! The truth about our nation and the condition of today's churches is really not pleasant right now, but we must face it head on!) I encourage you all to read this book.

Grave Influence available from Worldview Weekend

Hot Wing Pizza

This is absolutely one of my family's favorite meals! It's called Hot Wing Pizza and it is made with hot wing sauce, but it is not too spicy for the little ones to eat. (Even if the sauce is hot, when you mix it with the tomato sauce and the rest of the ingredients, the end result is not as spicy.)
Notes:
If you don't have a breadmaker, you can buy a pre-made crust.
I'm going to give the recipe for half whole wheat and half white flour, but if you prefer you can use all white bread flour. My family actually prefers the half wheat version because it gives the crust a great texture that doesn't fall apart when you're eating it.
This recipe is for an 18 inch pizza (12 slices); you can half the recipe exactly for a 12 inch pizza.
Weight Watchers Points for the 18 inch version (1/12 of the pizza): 6 points (3 for the crust, 3 for the toppings). Enjoy!

Pizza Dough (Bread Machine)
1 c. water
2 Tbsp. canola oil
1 1/2 c. white whole wheat flour (I always use King Arthur!)
1 1/2 c. bread flour
1 tsp. dried cilantro (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast

Use Dough Cycle. When finished, spread onto lightly sprayed 18-inch. pan (I use a rolling pin to do this). Add toppings.

While dough is rising in machine, bake 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breast in the oven on 350 degrees, uncovered, and sprinkled liberally with steak seasoning (I use Durkee's Kansas City Style) for about an hour.

Hot Wing Pizza Toppings:
1 1/2 pounds baked seasoned chicken breast, chopped
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1/2 c. Buffalo Hot Wing Sauce (I use Moore's Brand)
2 Tbsp. butter
2/3 c. Ranch Dressing
3 sliced green onions, optional
2 c. mozzarella cheese

Simmer tomato sauce and hot wing sauce and butter on stove for 5-10 minutes to thicken. Add chicken and heat through.
Spread Ranch dressing on pizza crust, add sauce mixture and top with cheese and green onions.

Bake at 450 degrees on BOTTOM RACK for about 10 minutes.

We The People

I know everyone is making patriotic videos now, but this one is really good and definitely worth your time to watch and share.

Also, just wanted to share this useful link to an open letter by the Liberty Counsel concerning the 2010 Census and our obligations as citizens under the Constitution:

Census Questionnaire: Am I Required to Answer? by Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel

Michelle Malkin: The Vampire Congress Strikes Again

Michelle Malkin gives a detailed explanation of what is going on in the wee hours of the night in the halls of Congress:

Vampire Congress Strikes Again

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235 Years Ago

It was bad enough that they had to take the Lord's Day and make such a mockery out of it with all the hoopla about "Health Care" and the vote. And I haven't forgotten that the Senate did this same thing on Christmas Eve. So now, how ironic that Obamanation chose today, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, to sign his act of treachery into "law". (Can a law that contradicts the law be rightly called "law"? I refuse to call it The Health Care Bill, but instead the government takeover of 1/6 of the U.S. economy, or socialized medicine.) Anyway....

It was on this day, 235 years ago, that Founding Father Patrick Henry gave his inspiring "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, convincing them to send troops from Virginia to fight in the cause of liberty.

Barack Obama didn't grow up in America, and obviously feels no allegiance to our history or our laws. (And WHO KNOWS WHERE he was born?!) However, most of the 219 Congressman who voted for this legislation, as well as the 60 Senators, have grown up enjoying the very liberties that they now seek to snatch from us. Shame on them for trampling over the blood that was spilled by our forefathers. They leave guilty and bloody tracks as they so pridefully march toward this brave new world. Not to mention the blood of unborn babies that is dripping from their hands as they try to force God-fearing Americans to pay for murder (as if we didn't already pay for Planned Parenthood's mischief...anyway....).

Our Founding Fathers were patriots who lived by ideals and placed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honors on the line for principle. What we have today is a Congress full of empty-headed and empty-hearted, self-serving politicians. Having said that, I must thankfully acknowledge that there are a few conservative, Constitutionalists in the halls of Congress, but they are very lonely up there in Washington. Come November, we don't need to elect Republicans. We need to elect Constitutionalists!

I found this inspiring recitation of Patrick Henry's speech at a Tea Party event on You Tube. In light of all that I've had to absorb through the weekend, it made me feel better to hear this. Maybe you'll enjoy it too.

Intolerable

Extra! Extra!

BREAKING NEWS! Obama's Birth Certificate has finally been found!

I'm so relieved. Now I don't feel quite so bad about him killing my country.

A Real Man

My boys have been so sad since learning of the death of Fess Parker. My children don't watch a lot of television, and Fess Parker, the Lone Ranger, the Rifleman, and Andy Griffith have been the bulk of their childhood viewing. It's sad to see this generation passing on, to be replaced by......whom? Certainly not the tatooed, swearing, effiminate, morally deprived, wimps that make up Hollywood today.

We will miss you, Fess!

Here's Bubbie's action figure (I dare you to call it a "doll" to his face LOL) that is modeled after Mr. Parker.






Naturally, everyone in my house has been singing "Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man! With an eye like an eagle and tall as a mountain was he!"

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This post is dedicated to Nancy Pelosi....

One Program at a Time

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened."
– Norman Thomas, American socialist


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Hypocrisy

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As a general rule, I do not defend Republicans, at least not RINOs (Republican In Name Only), because there are very few Conservative Constitutionalists in the Republican Party. They are part of the destructive forces in our country. However, in light of the current partisan line in the sand that has been drawn, it is pretty (sickeningly) funny to watch this video made of clips during 2005, when the Democrats were OUTRAGED at the suggestion that President Bush might even consider using the so-called "nuclear option". Just listen at these hypocrites as they suddenly found such great respect for our Constitution and the Original Intent of the Founding Fathers. How soon they forgot! I think what we have here is a case of the pot calling the TEA kettle black!

Touche`

Me: "Bubbie, until you can grow up and start taking care of your toys, you are restricted from playing with them."

Bub: "But, Mama, grown-ups don't play with toys."

The Tidy Little Tot

After service on Wednesday nights, we always pitch in and clean the church. As you can see, Summer loves to sweep.

Unfortunately, just after I shot this video, Summer went to watch her Gran clean the front door glass. I was talking with some of the ladies, and suddenly I hear everyone shouting my name. To my horror, Summer was streaking across the church with a sopping wet blob of tissue paper in her hand, making a mad dash for the front door. She beat me to it and slopped that dripping mess onto the front door. I wish I could tell you that she got that water from the faucet or the water fountain, but that's just not her style. When Summer Rose needs water, she goes to the toilet.

Luckily, everyone at my church loves that mean little girl, and they were pretty good sports about having toilet water dripped all the way across the church from back to front. After all, we had just cleaned the toilet, right??

Relaxing with Friends

Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Homeschoolers Be Aware!

Please take time to read this very disturbing article that's been circulating the news circuit:

Top Homeschool Texts Dismiss Darwin

This article specifically attacks Apologia and Bob Jones science texts, and quotes "experts" who accuse homeschooling parents of "promulgating lies to kids". It also says that our kids are being "shortchanged". This kind of talk sends chills down my spine as I think of the possible consequences. My friend Melanie pointed out a poll that follows the article on the MSNBC site. The poll is equally disturbing, showing the hatred and jealousy that the world has for Christian homeschoolers.

As I typed this, homeschoolers were losing the poll 38% to 61%, which doesn't surpise me since most free-thinking homeschoolers don't pay attention to MSNBC propoganda.

Poll: Is it okay for homeschool textbooks to dismiss the theory of evolution?

Of course, I couldn't resist weighing in on the discussion. After casting my vote, I registered and left the following comment:

1. Our Homeschool science texts do not "dismiss" evolution, but instead expose it for the faulty theory that it truly is. I dare say my children know more about the theory of evolution and Darwin's racist eugenics than any public school children. They just see it for the lie that it is. Please check out the movie Maafa 21 as a good starting place to study out the ugly truth behind Charles Darwin and his hatred of certain so-called "races" (a term which I have taught my children is not mentioned in the Bible and was invented by men such as Darwin to speak in a negative way of certain groups of people). Let's not forget the full title of his original publication (left off in most public school texts): The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Who gave Charles Darwin the right to decide which race was "favoured"?
2. To all the public educators who are so offended at homeschooling....um, your record speaks for itself. Most kids graduating today (if they make it that far) can't even read, much less critically analyze a text such as Darwin's. At least my children are learning to think for themselves.
3. I DON'T CARE WHOM YOU SIDE WITH ON THIS ISSUE, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT AND HAVE ANY INTEREST IN YOUR OWN CHILD'S UPBRINGING AND WELLBEING, YOU SHOULD OPPOSE ANY REGULATIONS THAT MANDATE WHAT A PARENT MUST DO FOR HIS/HER OWN CHILD. GOVERNMENT MAKES PATHETIC PARENTS!! (JUST LOOK AT THE WORTHLESS DFACS SYSTEMS ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.) It's a textbook issue today, but tomorrow it WILL BE something that affects YOU, and you will wish a thousand times that you had stood up for PARENTS' RIGHTS TO RAISE THEIR OWN CHILDREN!

Some smarty-pants left the following response:
From your post, you clearly do not understand evolution. You should leave science teaching to professionals - for your kid's sake...

To which I replied:
I've never known a child who failed in life because he/she did not understand Darwin's theory of evolution. I have witnessed many, however, who lost their way and failed because their parents turned them over to a "professional".

(Just for the record, my comments and all the colorful replies can be found on page 20 when you "jump to the discussion" from the poll page. I'm registered as TeacherMom.)

Moms and Dads, we had better resist ALL FORMS OF REGULATION, including accreditation, or our GOD-GIVEN rights and mandates as parents may be snatched from us surely and swiftly!

Legalize the Constitution!

Anyone who's ever read the U.S. Constitution knows that any version of the proposed Health Care Legislation is absolutely out of bounds of the powers granted to the federal government by the states. (We seem to have forgotten that the states created the federal government; not the federal government the states!) However, Wallbuilders has provided a link to a letter written by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to the state's senators that specifically breaks down the Constitutionality issues. Here's the link:

Potential Constitutional Problems with Health Care Bill by Texas State Attorney General Greg Abbott

I have the greatest kids!

This past week has been a little too adventurous for me, and I haven't had any time or even the heart for blogging! One of the "setbacks" we've had is that our washer suddenly quit. And I mean suddenly....just after I had filled it with 7 people's worth of dirty socks and underwear and filled it with soap and water. Then...nothing! I'll spare you all the details, but it fell on me last night to empty the washer completely so Jason could move it out today.

We came home from church and I tucked everyone in soundly, so dreading sticking my hands in that cold, stinky water and wringing out all those clothes and emptying that extra-large capacity tub by hand. Then KK came sneaking down the hall and whispered, "Mama, you shouldn't have to do that by yourself. I'm going to stay up and help you." Then I go to cover the baby up and Sis stops me, "Mama, please let me help you! We can get done quicker if we work together!"

I was so thankful for the help! We're not talking about staying up and helping Mama bake cookies or something fun like that. We're talking nasty work. It took us until nearly midnight to finish, but I can't imagine how long it would have taken me alone. Sis scooped, I wrung out clothes, and KK dumped water outside. What a team!