Stocking up on our Vitamin D!

There's no better vaccination against the Swine Flu (and a host of other ailments) than God's gracious provision of vitamin D through His beautiful sunshine. We decided to take advantage of it by pulling out some science kits and heading OUTSIDE for lessons today. Seth and Bub enjoyed putting together this dinosaur gears kit that we've had for years. It's always a winner, at least after I assemble it. I never could get Caleb to care about putting it together, but it was right up Seth's alley! He had it figured out in no time, and was telling me where parts went! I love being a teacher!

A Chilling Article

Investors.com - Service.gov And Its Soviet Similarities

Please take time to read this article above. It was written by a woman who was born and raised in Soviet Russia, and immigrated to America in 1980. This is an editorial she wrote as a warning to all free citizens of the U.S.

I just finished reading "East Wind", the autobiography of Maria Zeitner Linke, about her life growing up under the heavy hand of Russian communism. In addition to having her parents snatched away periodically for state service (once taking her mother for 6 long months to dig ditches, leaving her as a 9-10 year old child to care for her 2 young sisters, one of whom was only 4 months old; the baby died before her mother returned), having her father's factory confiscated for the state, relocated so many times it was hard to keep count, having her beloved brother kidnapped for service in the Red Army (they never saw him again)....as if this wasn't bad enough, she also spent 9 years in Stalin's Gulags. I've studied a lot about Hitler and the Holocaust, but this book truly opened my eyes to the evils of Communism. I believe there are few people who realize how many millions of people have died at its cruel hand. Stalin, alone, is estimated to have murdered more than 20 million of his own people (this is the conservative number! no one truly knows but the Lord).

With this book so fresh in my mind, reading the article linked above just sends chills up my spine. How did America come to this on our watch? With a marvelous, ingenius Constitution that has a remarkable Bill of Rights attached to it....how? Who would want to trade the privileges and freedoms that we enjoy for the death and tears that ALWAYS accompany communism? IF YOU WANT SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE, MOVE TO CUBA! But don't come in and highjack our country!

Sleeping Princess

KK snapped this after church yesterday. Look at those sweet rosey cheeks and lips.

One Nation Under God painting

Click here to look at this amazing painting by James McNaughton. You can scroll over each person in the painting, and it reveals the artist's interpretation and why he chose to include that person in the painting. It's good to see patriotic artists at work!

Day Off

I love the fact that my children are each others best friends.

The Decline of the Presidents

I am so humbled and convicted just by reading this prayer of our first President, George Washington, a man whose character was said to be the "wonder of the world". He was "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen".

O eternal and everlasting God, I presume to present myself this morning before thy Divine majesty, beseeching thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past from all the dangers poor mortals are subject to, and has given me sweet and pleasant sleep, whereby I find my body refreshed and comforted for performing the duties of this day, in which I beseech thee to defend me from all perils of body and soul. Direct my thoughts, words and work, wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit, from the dross of my natural corruption, that I may with more freedom of mind and liberty of will serve thee, the ever lasting God, in righteousness and holiness this day, and all the days of my life. Increase my faith in the sweet promises of the gospel; give me repentance from dead works; pardon my wanderings, and direct my thoughts unto thyself, the God of my salvation; teach me how to live in thy fear, labor in thy service, and ever to run in the ways of thy commandments; make me always watchful over my heart, that neither the terrors of conscience, the loathing of holy duties, the love of sin, nor an unwillingness to depart this life, may cast me into a spiritual slumber, but daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy son Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time attain the resurrection of the just unto eternal life. Bless my family, friends and kindred unite us all in praising and glorifying thee in all our works begun, continued, and ended, when we shall come to make our last account before thee blessed Saviour…
(From William J. Johnson, George Washington, the Christian (New York: The Abingdon Press, New York & Cincinnati, 1919), pp. 24-35.)

No wonder America has been the wonder of the world for over 200 years, being founded by humble men like this who feared God. President Washington was a servant leader that was elected unaminously, having the hearts of the people...something which he didn't use for political aspirations; instead, something he humbly treasured.

How far we have regressed! Our modern tyrant in the White House, who has no time for even a formal National Day of Prayer (at least, if it's Christian...plenty of time for homos and Muslims), had to hire government funded thugs to dishonestly and illegally get him votes , spews blasphemy almost every time he opens his mouth, and has chosen to surround himself with czars who crank out volumous rules and regulations to force the people to bow to his agenda. (I might as well get it all off my chest while I still can.....)

I mourn for my nation, but I can still humbly beseech our Lord on my own behalf, that I might personally be found doing His will, and have my own heart and mind cleansed and focused heavenward. Thank God for this wonderful example set for us all by our first President.

How much does a life cost?

This sad, but all too true, story in the article below ought to be a shrill wake-up call for all Americans. Change is coming, and it's not going to be pretty. It's the story of a baby born prematurely in a hospital in Britain. The child, 21 weeks and 5 days along at birth, fell short of the window of care set by the socialized healthcare standards of the U.K., which state that "viability" begins at 22 weeks. Therefore, the child was denied care and just left to lie there and die while his parents watched in horror.

How Premature Is Too Early To Live For A Baby? - ABC News

Whether or not the child may or may not have survived if given treatment is not the issue. The point is that when a coldhearted, atheist beurocracry is in charge of healthcare, "personhood" means nothing. It's cost and effect. Plain and simple.

Dr. Leon Kass said, "We are already witnessing the erosion of our idea of man as something splendid or divine, as a creature with freedom and dignity. And clearly, if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become."

Should we expect anything else from the man described below????

Sweet Happy Girl

Rosebud finally got to sit at the table with everyone (instead of in her high chair), and she was just thrilled and so happy. She loves my rooster tablecloth (calls it "bach bach"). You can see a bruise on her head, where she just fell a few minutes before this; at which everyone in the house of course went running to pet her. She is spoiled rotten by her brothers and sister, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Never Let a Serious Crisis Go To Waste

Please take time to check out the website below for some TRUTH and REASON in this whole swine flu hoopla. Don't get all your information from the national media, which sadly has become the 4th branch of our government. Be informed!

Dr. Mercola's Swine Flu Website

I've long feared that this"emergency" would be the door for this oppressive adminsitration to declare a police state in our once free nation. Once that happens, there's no turning back. I feared it would either be this swine flu nonsense, or else a terrorist attack, which Obama has literally begged for by his shameful criticism of our nation abroad and by his feminization and cuts in the military. Whatever the crisis may be (swine flu, terror attack, or some other drama), rest assured that his hand will come down heavy in every area of our lives. And, like his freakish Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has said....

"NEVER LET A SERIOUS CRISIS GO TO WASTE"

Stand up for your right to refuse the toxic swine flu shot!

And don't forget to get your daily dose of Vitamin D, Vitamin C, and probiotics.

Ranch Chalupas

Thought I'd share one of my family's favorite new recipes. These chalupas are similar to a bread style taco, but with a Ranch twist. Obviously, you can adjust portions for your family's size; however, I will say that these are a little more filling than tacos. This makes 16, and easily feeds my family of 6 + 1 baby portion (yes, Rosebud loves them too!). I freeze any leftover meat mixture for a quick burrito lunch (just add sour cream and cheese). Enjoy!

RANCH CHALUPAS
1 8-oz. cup sour cream
4 tsp. ranch salad dressing mix
1 tsp. lime juice
Mix and refrigerate until ready to use

2 lbs. ground beef
1 15-oz. can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 10-oz. can Ro-Tel tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp. cilantro (optional, but I love cilantro!)
1/4 c. (or 1 envelope) taco seasoning
Brown meat; drain. Then add beans, tomatoes, and seasoning and heat through.

Preferred toppings such as lettuce, shredded cheese, onions or green onions, sliced ripe olives

2 16.3-oz. large tubes of buttermilk refrigerated biscuits (8-count each)
After sour cream, meat, and toppings are prepared, heat skillet on medium to high heat. Roll out biscuits into 6-inch circles and cook over medium heat about 60 seconds on each side or until brown; keep warm. (dry skillet, no oil)

Spread each bread piece with 1 Tbsp. ranch sour cream, about 1/3 c. meat mixture, then sprinkle with desired toppings. Roll up taco style to eat.

I Was Glad

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord"

Psalm 122:1

I remember hearing Bro. Lawrence Garrett preach once when he said that there's no prettier picture that could ever be painted than that of a Mama and a Daddy walking hand in hand with their children into the church house. I love to take Sunday morning pictures of my crew all dressed up. These are precious days.

Liar Liar Pants on Fire?

There is so much to be afraid of with our new imposter of a president, but his shadow government of unconstitutional czars has to be at the top of the list.

For a man who campaigned on the promise of having a completely "transparent" administration, there's an awful lot of clandestine planning going on! And pretty soon, our elected Congress will be obselete. Even Nanna Pelosi and Papa Reid won't mean anything once Obama completes his handover of our national sovereignty to the U.N. We'll be at the mercy of whatever agreements he and his hand-picked thugs make with the global government.

So it should be no surprise to us that he now will protect his "czars" from testifying before Congress (read below):

CNSNews.com - White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress

What I want to know is, when is he going to appoint the "Liar Liar Pants on Fire" Czar? We might could actually use one of them!

For FBers Only

(If you don't Facebook, you won't get this, but for my Facebooking friends...poke, poke....this is so cute!) Oh, and this is for closet Facebookers too, like my husband!

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Blest be the tie that binds... Our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship of kindred minds... Is like to that above.
Before our Father’s throne ...We pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one ...Our comforts and our cares.
We share each other’s woes, Our mutual burdens bear;

And often for each other flows... The sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part,... It gives us inward pain;

But we shall still be joined in heart,... And hope to meet again.
This glorious hope revives... Our courage by the way;

While each in expectation lives, ...And longs to see the day.
From sorrow, toil and pain ,...And sin, we shall be free,

And perfect love and friendship reign ...Through all eternity.

I love my church. Being a pastor's wife can be an emotional roller coaster at times. It's hard sharing your husband with so many, having to watch him expose himself to ridicule and criticism while knowing the personal sacrifices he's making, living in a glass house, and not quite sure what you can say and when to say it. Not to mention the whole burden of living with a man of God. I dearly love him, but he's a man just like all other men; yet I have to live with the burden of knowing that my attitudes and criticism, my mistakes and my sins, directly affect his preaching and his ministry. (...hence, my gray hairs...)

But, did I mention that I love my church? Jason has been pastoring since 1996. It's been a wild ride for us. We have been loved. We have been hated. We have felt the sting of rejection, seen our children's tears, watched as our personal sacrifices of time and money were laughed at, and we have even come close to collapsing beneath the heavy load. But the Lord has been ever faithful to us.

And that's why I love my church. The Lord has now (since 2006) placed us in a place of rest. Don't get me wrong, Jason still carries a pastor's burden, but life is so different for us being in a church that loves us and loves Bible preaching. Not just one or two families, not just half the church, but the entire congregation is in one mind and one accord, and we genuinely love and lift up each other. The church believes and lives by what the preacher preaches, and they encourage him to keep preaching more! I am honored to be a part of this body of believers and to experience the true Christian fellowship that we have.

I do love my church. Yesterday, they gave Jason a surprise "Pastor Appreciation Day". There was dinner served, with the fellowship hall decorated, gifts, and even a new suit. I will forever treasure the surprised and humble look on Jason's face when he realized what the church had done for us. I'll never forget the countenances of my children, over whose tender hearts I have prayed as we've had to endure such bitterness through the years, as they listened to the people thank us for our service to the church and to the Lord.

I love my church, and blest be the Tie that binds our hearts in Christian love.

Takes One to Love One

If you are under any hopeful delusion that things aren't quite as bad in our nation as people like me are bemoaning, ...then now's the time to grab your barf bag and suffer through this 25+ minute clip of our shameful leader bowing down to the sodomite looneys of the world (a.k.a. "LGBT community"). If you can stomach it to the end, you'll notice that after the President promises to continue to "change the minds" of "people with outworn ideas" like ME (yet, another lie from Obama....I'll NEVER sympathize with those unnatural perverts), you'll be shocked to see that he has the audactity to end his speech with "God bless you, and God bless America"!

Attack is the Best Form of Defense

ROTFL!

I believe in the Biblical rod, and only the rod, for direct rebellion when it comes to childrearing. But in matters of training, I have been known to be a little unconventional. My kids live in fear of what I'm going to dream up next to curb their childish, annoying habits. They'll be terrified that I've seen this commercial.....he he he!

Pre-Pre-K

Haven't had much time for blogging since our school year kicked off full swing. We've added Bubbie into our schedule this year (MY idea, NOT his!), and that means I'm pretty much needed every hour of the day. For our curriculum this year, we are studying:

Teaching Textbooks for Math (Caleb and Madelyn)

Singapore Math (Seth and Jared)

Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading (Seth)

Apologia Young Explorers Series: Exploring Creation with Zoology 2

The Mystery of History

U.S. Presidents and States

Christian Liberty Press Spelling and Phonics

First Language Lessons

Story Starters

Bible Story Guide for All Ages

21 Rules of Our House (the boys)

(whew! I'm pooped just typing all that!)

On average around here, we get a new P.E. curriculum about every 2-3 years. It isn't your average regimen, I'm sure, but please believe me when I say it keeps you hopping! This year, for our phys ed, we are studying:

"Rosebud"

Trust me, you do the equivalent of 100 toe touches per day, lots of jumping and lifting, a little touch football, and you could certainly never become a couch potato with a little sprite like this flittering around stirring mischief all day long! LOL

Seriously, everyone always asks me what I do with the baby when we school. The answer is, nothing. She just joins in (more like "crashes" in), but she's gradually learning to respect their books and supplies, and respect our time. The house is quiet and without distractions during school, and she can tell that everyone else is calm. It can certainly be tough some days, but she's beginning to get her books or toys and sit quietly playing while we work. Regular routine is a valuable training tool for children!

And, as you can see from this picture, I seriously doubt if she'll ever lack for help with HER lessons. (and I have no idea whose foot that is...or why Seth is holding it)

Homeschooling is not for the fainthearted. It's hard work! But I wouldn't trade the fellowship and relationships I've been privileged to establish with my children for anything!

Independence

I always tell the children to try and try again before asking for help with their daily responsibilities. Seth certainly found a way to reach those clothes in the bottom of the washer, didn't he?

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CHILL OUT!

Chill out! That's the message to all my fellow homeschool moms. In the article below, you'll see that you're kids really aren't missing that much from a public education. I know we often worry about measuring up, or missing something vitally important, and stressing about whether or not our children will be prepared for life....but, um, my 4-year old is already ahead of these high school students in history.


75 Percent of Oklahoma Students Can't Name the First President - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports

And whenever I get nervous about measuring up (which, honestly, is not often...I have total peace about homeschooling), I just think of what all my children are NOT learning:
they don't know curse words

they don't know perverted jokes

they are so innocent that it's almost funny in this twisted world in which we live

they don't sympathize with sodomites

they don't know evolution (actually they do, but I had to teach them, and I took advantage of my God-ordained privilege and responsibility to teach them that it was a lie out of hell)

they don't know that their brothers and sisters are not cool

they don't know that they're supposed to disrespect and sneak around their elders

they don't know worldly music and they don't know that they're supposed to idolize "cute" boys and girls from movies and TV shows

they don't know how to chant praises to Obama

the list could go on and on.......

So there may be a few important things that we actually do miss in education, but it's an okay trade for all the sinful things they're missing that could turn their tender hearts away from God.

Thank the Lord for the privilege to homeschool!

Poor thing!

Seth has not put this frog down for 2 days, except to go to bed (and he tried to pull one over on me there!)

And just for the record, he does have better pants to wear. He had a bike wreck and tore those he has on in the pic.

Shoot the buck deer!

I can't remember which of our children started calling deer "buck deer", but that's what they are around here. I give up with the girls not hunting thing. I guess there are worse things than girls loving their daddy and brothers so much that they want to go everywhere with them!

Know, No, Go

It's true that I hear good preaching every Sunday, but I do love to listen to the old preachers from days gone by. One way that God has truly blessed us through technology, is through the ability to go back to the start of this past century and find recordings of men of God. I seriously doubt that Bro. Lester Roloff or Bro. Maze Jackson or Bro. Harold Sightler ever imagined their sermons being downloaded for iPods, but I'm thankful for that privilege. I like to read scripture aloud and try to imagine how John the Baptist and Paul might have sounded as they delivered their messages. I've read messages from Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, but that isn't the same as hearing something preached with anointing. I can personally testify that there have been certain times in my life where I had sin and weights that I needed to lay down. I read about these issues, but was able to reason through the arguments laid out in print. Then, I heard them preached on with anointing, and the Holy Spirit bare witness on my soul that in order to continue forward in my Christian walk, I must lay these things down. That's why church and preaching are so neccessary to the Christian walk. Pray for your preacher!

I hope you enjoy this message by Bro. Roloff. It's called "Know, No, Go", and it was a great encouragement to me. The one thing that always draws me back to Bro. Roloff's messages, is the love for sinners that you can so strongly hear and feel in his voice. How I need that kind of compassion! Our hope is not in America, and certainly not in Obama (though many actually pray to him, believe it or not!) , our only hope is in Christ Jesus, Who is soon returning. Preachers, preach while there's still time!

Enjoy:
"Know, No, Go" by Bro. Lester Roloff (you can download it or stream it live)

Brunswick Stew

Every year when fall begins to come on, I like to make a good, warm, filling pot of stew. I'd like to share my recipe for Brunswick Stew. It's a combination of many recipes I've tried over the years, and it's turned out to be a delicious combo if I do say so myself! This recipe fills a 6 qt crockpot. I always like to make a large portion, because leftovers can be frozen, or you can always share with someone! I'm going to list the "can" version, which is delicious, but when I make it, I like to substitute as much as possible with leftovers for the chicken, ham, and pork. I deliberately plan my menu in the weeks ahead, and freeze leftover meat to use in the stew. Obviously, it's healthier this way, but I can't say the taste is much different. This is a great Sunday dinner recipe because all you have to cook is the ground beef, which obviously can be done ahead. (I usually use taco leftovers for this.) Enjoy!

Brunswick Stew

1 14.5 oz. diced new potatoes, drained

1 14.5 oz. whole corn, drained

2 14.5 oz. cans cream corn

1 10 oz. Ro-Tel tomatoes

1 29 oz. diced tomatoes

2 5 oz. flat cans chunky ham

2 10 oz. cans chicken breast

1 18 oz. prepared shredded pork barbecue

(I buy Lloyd's brand, in the meat section sold in a plastic container)

1 lb. ground beef or chuck, browned and drained

2 envelopes onion soup mix

1 c. ketchup

1 c. Cattleman's smoked barbecue sauce

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

4 Tbsp. liquid smoke

Cook in crockpot on low for 4-6 hours.

Oh me!

My First PB & J Sandwich

September

Around here, September means birthdays. Not only do Caleb and Seth both have birthdays (Caleb turned 12 and Seth turned 6), but also 4 of our closest friends and also Poppie all have September birthdays. Needless to say, we've done a lot of celebrating this month.
When we discovered that the Gatlinburg Aquarium gives free tickets during the month of your birthday, we jumped on that. The boys decided that instead of a party, they'd rather the whole family take a little trip, and we had so much fun.
Here are a few pictures from this month:

Do you think Seth is excited? This bike was from Gran and Poppie

Audrey's dilema....

The Men (my daddy with Jason and my brothers-in-law)

Maggie is always happy

My sisters and Nana surprised the boys with birthday cakes during our monthly family fellowship (my sister Keri made that cool edible gun)

...and this cool edible frog

It's been a busy month, but a fun one. I'm so thankful to the Lord for my boys, and it's such a joy to watch them grow into little men.

The Suitable Helper

I enjoyed an article by Ruth Hunt called "The Suitable Helper" . She is the wife of Dave Hunt of The Berean Call. The article lists 10 ways that a wife can be a suitable helper to her husband. When you have time, the whole article is full of nuggets of wisdom, but I especially wanted to share parts 9 and 10:

Nine: A gracious wife accepts his love, however offered. Husbands are not all poets and romantics. They may work hard, be loyal, faithful, helpful, but have a problem saying the words she longs to hear. Love can be unspoken and just as real. Accept it.

Ten: Most important of all, the wise woman attends to her inner beauty because "Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who feareth the Lord will be praised," Proverbs 31:30 tells us. Those many virtues listed throughout chapter 31 add up to a zero if her relationship with the Lord is not the priority. So--number ten is really number one.

Pro-Choice

What a great bumper sticker!

It's not even 9:00!

It starts early.....

Oh well, so much for the big kids' science experiments.

"WHERE'S THE BABY?!"

That seems to be the question most asked around here! She could be....

playing piano

or taking inventory in the pantry

(obviously she's been here...)

or trying on Daddy's work boots

or checking out Mommy's billfold

or sitting on KK's bunkbed

or trying on KK's hats

The truth is, if you blink, there's no telling where that girl might be!

The Real Trouble

The article below, written by genius Tom DeWeese and published by Campaign for Liberty, is a very important article. I know a lot of people who "don't like" Barack Hussein Obama; I don't either. But not liking somebody is a personal issue and says as much about the person who "doesn't like" as it does about the person who receives the dislike. This issue runs much deeper than simply disliking someone because he is foreign and different, or because he's on the other side of the aisle on ALL moral issues. It is much more serious than most people have ever dared to imagine. Obama is part of a long-planned evolving revolution to change the United States from a capitalist nation to a communist nation. You should be very afraid, and you should be outraged. This article is a great way to begin educating yourself on just what is happening to America; not just nationally but locally as well!

The Trouble With "Sustainable Development"

Brannon Howse and Glenn Beck have been bringing these issues into the light for several months now (I listen to Brannon's broadcast daily free on iTunes.), and of course Ron Paul has been warning Americans for years on these issues.

We can't defeat our enemy is we don't even recognize him!

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Lest we forget...

Muslims did this.

It Ain't No Mo'!

Well, we're here. The inmates are running the asylum. Not only are they in charge, but they have badges to prove it! Welcome to the U.S.S.A.

While I do totally believe that Officer Cheeks is a complete disgrace to his badge and oath of office, um...he may have a point. In the old U.S.A., it was considered free speech to boo a sitting President:

Now, in the new Amerika, when a so-called "heckler" calls out the Commandant in public, it draws cries of censure!

I keep hearing all these remarks like, "Well, that wasn't the time or the place..." Two things need to be pointed out: First of all, President Bush was booed only for having a disagreeable position , and it was DURING HIS CONSTITUTIONALLY APPROPRIATED annual State of the Union Address; whereas, Congressman Wilson was setting the record straight for Americans (since this would be their only chance to hear it on ABC, NBC, or CBS, MSNBC, or CNN) during what could easily be considered an abuse of power by the President in calling an emergency joint session of Congress for no other reason than to promote his own personal politics. I'm sure all the democrats were glad to get back to Congress and away from the town hall meetings, but no doubt Congressman Wilson had other things he'd rather be doing. I applaud his courage!

Our beloved country might be changing, but there are enough red, white, and blue Americans who will not "go gently into that good night".

(this one is so great!)

LMO Newsletter

Click on the link and you can view or download the latest newsletter from Life Matters Outreach, the crisis pregnancy center that I direct.

3rdQtr09NewsletterPDF.pdf

I pledge.......

..to boycott Hollywood. To never buy another movie theater ticket again, and to have my cable disconnected. (Oh yeah, I've already done all that!)

So, I pledge to never take advice from a celebrity whose only qualification is that he/she happened to be in the right place at the right time, is possibly attractive by the world's lust-filled standards, and is willing to disrobe and use profanity in front of an audience.



And might I just make a teensie, weensie little minor point? If they'd quit showing videos and start reading history in public school, perhaps that cute little Ashton fellow would have learned that the people don't serve the government (that's called serfdom)...the GOVERNMENT SERVES THE PEOPLE! (that's called a Constitutional Republic, dude!)

The First Papa

Today, millions of well-meaning but misguided Christians will dress their little children up for school and send them off to get all starry-eyed by their great Commander in Chief. (Now, just for the record, OBAMA AIN'T COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CHILDREN, OR FOR THAT MATTER THE CITIZENS! I'm so sick of hearing ignorant people spew out that excuse for allowing him to indoctrinate our school children! Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of that old-timey paper we used to live by states that our elected President is Commander in Chief of the armed forces! Duh!).

Now, it's no secret that I don't like Obama. But let's just get this straight. I would be outraged if this were Ronald Reagan or even George Washington himself! (Of course that would NEVER happen, as our first president had a much narrower and humbler view of the president's role.) Children are sacred ground when it comes to politics. Leave them out of it. And EVEN THOUGH Obama's speech will not be about political issues (at least NOW it won't, after all the controversy), the point is that he wants their hearts. HE MUST HAVE THEIR HEARTS. He doesn't love them; he needs them.

By allowing him access to our kids, there will be much more said and taught to them other than the content of his speech. (Please read "My Little Comrades" at the American Thinker website!) They will inadvertantly be taught to pledge allegiance, not to our flag and country, but to a man. To his worldview. To his ideals. To his agenda.

PEOPLE, WAKE UP! And don't give me that poppycock about "respecting the office" and that the Bible says to pray for our leaders. Yep. That means that I'm not going to take a gun and shoot him. And believe me when I say I HAVE prayed for him...that the Lord would have mercy on our country and let him fail in his radical agenda. Said and done. But the Bible also says that we ought to obey God rather than man, and to imply that Christians should submit their children to the direct influence of a baby-killing, sodomite-loving, Bible-mocking, truth-despising usurper just shows the desperate dumbing down of today's impotent church.

The sad truth is, that it is kind of hypocritical for parents to get all huffy and puffy about this particular day and Obama's speech, when the truth is that they allow their children to be re-educated with Marxist propaganda every day that they load them up on that big yellow bus.

Read "Great Leader Obama Coming to a School Near You".

I do quite realize that there are hard-working school teachers that will be greatly offended by what I just said, but I stand by my words 100%. It doesn't matter how sweet one teacher is, the whole system is corrupt. The textbooks are corrupt. Phonics has been replaced by post-modernistic "whole language". Economics is shallow and misleading. History is revised and re-written and selectively presented. Science is full of lies and heresy. Math and Language are overshadowed by ridiculous subjects being taught in high school now like "Psychology" and "Sociology". The goal of well-rounded learning has been replaced by nationalized test-taking and aptitude tests, both to rake in federal money and to raise good little proletarian robots for the service of the state. Teachers, themselves, have their hands tied by that great, corrupt, political machine called the N.E.A.

Yeah, I'm mad. And I know a lot of other people are too, but not enough people! It's one thing to live under tyranny. But to despise the miracle of freedom that God granted the United States of America, and to carelessly toss it aside....it's just INEXCUSABLE! It reminds me of I Samuel, when the people demanded a king for Israel. Even though God had warned them that a king would demand their sons and their daughters and their fields and their possessions (I Samuel 8:11-18), they ignorantly said, "...Nay; but we will have a king over us; That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles" (I Sam. 8:19, 20) The Lord told a broken-hearted Samuel to give them what they asked for because "they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me" (I Sam. 8:7)

And so it is with America. The light will go out. All the nations that have admired us and dreamed of coming to our nation for so long....will now have nothing to look forward to. We will be like them.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!

:-)

The Fellas

The York Boys and the Stringer Boys on the Dove Field

all tuckered out!

Reason No. 6,738 to Homeschool

This article thoroughly explains the revolution that is taking place in America right now. IF I had a child in government school, I'd try not to yank his arm off as I jerked him out of that atheist re-education camp so fast it would make his head spin!

Obama's Worldview Propaganda Machine by Brannon Howse

Indulge me....

I know this is a picture of the back of my baby's head...but indulge me just a moment. I've never had a curly headed little one! It's just so precious I had to share it!

Swine Flu

We are fast becoming a police state, and this swine flu vaccine hype is just one example of it. This is really scary. Take a moment to read this article from World Net Daily, and watch the short clip embedded in the article. The article exposes all the military style provisions being put into place to force vaccinations and quarantines, and the video tells how the medical elite will not even be partaking of the vaccine they will force on others, because they know it isn't safe.

Cops jump on swine-flu power: Shots heard 'round the world'

Remember, tyrants love a crisis; in fact, they must have crises so they can come in and save the day and restore order......at the expense of YOUR FREEDOM! They invent crises just for this purpose.

Do you think I'm taking a souped-up concoction that hasn't been thoroughly tested, that's been hastily ordered up by environmental wacko czars who believe in population control and forced sterilization, and a "president" who believes the best way to cut health care costs is to eliminate the patients? COUNT ME OUT!

If you really want to educate yourself and filter through all the hype, this video below provides a wonderfully balanced view from medical professionals. It's worth your time!


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And don't forget that God gave YOU sense enough to take your own precautions and draw your own conclusions based on your own research and study. As for me and my family, we try to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet that would prepare our bodies to endure the flu and other communicable diseases. Here are some of my best suggestions: (I'm not going to list all the WHYs, just do your own research if you're not sure! Your brain is the same size as your doctor's!)

1. We all take probiotics and vitamin c daily.
2. We never walk in the door from any trip that we don't all immediately go and wash our hands with soap (NOT antibacterial!)
3. No soft drinks, or high fructose corn syrup as much as we can avoid it.
4. Sunshine! Not only does it kill germs, it is the best source of immune-boosting vitamin D.
5. Avoid doctor's offices and hospitals as much as possible. There's no better place to catch swine flu.

And I've just stocked up my winter medicine cabinet with the following: grapefruit seed extract (pills and liquid concentrate), zinc, extra vitamin c including emergen-c packets, garlic capsules and fresh cloves, colloidal silver, and eucalyptus oil.

I'm so thankful for doctors. Truly, I am. But clearly, thanks to government intervention (medicaid, medicare, peachcare, etc., etc.) and insurance corruption, it is easy to get lost in the beaurocracy of unnecessary tests and procedures and prescriptions...and end up worse off than when you arrived! Taking charge of your own health is the smart, and healthy, and fiscally responsible thing to do in these troubled times.

Mama's Little Helper??

Omazing Grace

If I were a betting woman, I'd bet this brother voted for Obama. Just saying.




Moral of the Story: Never let a crackhead sing at your funeral.