It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.


—Patrick Henry

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February 26, 2009

Did Congress Have Hemorrhoids Tuesday Night or What?

Posted by Judi Lynn Lake at 00:46 4 comments
Is it me or what… was not President Obama’s “sort-of-but-not-State-of-the-Union-Address” flooded with a million standing ovations?

Now I’m not an authority on political matters, but, with all due respect, I didn’t hear anything that constituted one single standing ovation… so my question then is this: could Congress have been infected with an epidemic of hemorrhoids? Up and down, down and up, blah, blah, blah….

Here’s the deal: while Madam Speaker (Pelosi) continually sucked her candy, or whatever it was that was in her mouth, here’s what we got:

President Obama pledged to expand the tentacles of government further into our lives than ever before especially when he said that government will watch over our children "from the day they are born"!

Amidst our President’s charm and charisma, it is vitally important to read between the lines and listen carefully: S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-M!

Here is a sampling of Obama's outrageous socialistic pledges:
350,000 new government jobs

A new government "lending fund that represents the largest effort ever" to make the government your banker!

A "housing plan" that further disrupts the market and puts government in the middle of the foreclosure and refinance process -- the government will decide your payment and maybe even the value of your home...

Trillions more in bailout funds for the banking industry that will further balloon the unprecedented deficit that could approach $2 trillion this year...

Onerous regulations that give government more and more control over the financial markets...

A new global warming bureaucracy and carbon tax that force us to adopt inefficient "green" energy...

"Comprehensive" health care that further burdens our broken system with more and more health care entitlements..

A massive expansion of government education that covers children "from the day they are born" and includes a guarantee that everyone can afford higher education...

Let’s be clear on this: President Barack Obama is using the current economic conditions to implement the most massive expansion of government in modern American history. He has called this a recession that "we may not be able to reverse" and, in his speech, he called it a "day of reckoning."

His Chief of Staff plainly stated "you never want a serious crisis to go to waste," and that is precisely what this administration is doing! In his first two years in office, federal spending as a percentage of the gross domestic product will double--from 20 percent to nearly 40 percent.

This, my friends, is socialism!

Flashback to a scene from the 1976 movie, “Network”:
[In the movie] Howard Beale is 'Mad as Hell.' Says Beale: “I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the street, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it….”






The above is only a movie; a brilliantly produced screenplay that, ironically, over thirty years later, is pertinent to our present day. For the sake of our children, when are we going to stop being a "sheeple" people? When are we going to stop entrusting our future into the hands of people who don't give a damn? As we openly witness further raping of our country, Obama is flooded with enormous cheers and standing ovations. Capital Hill has transformed itself into the theatre capital of the world - our leaders are simply amatuer thespians who have destroyed our freedom and everything our great nation stands for.

The greatest nation in the world [America] is being annihilated by players who suffer from severe
narcissism. Clearly, Congress has no true solutions and clearly they have an agenda to suit only themselves.

This is not what our forefathers fought so hard for and it is our children who will suffer. This is not a win-win situation. With this present administration we all loose.

Echoing the feelings of the fictitious character,
Howard Beale: I am mad as hell! How dare our leaders play with our America and our lives.

I openly risk my reputation for the sake of righteousness - with prayer must come action and submission to these agendas is against every principle our country was founded on.

In order to save America, we must wake up from our slumber.

God help us, our children and our USA!

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January 20, 2009

Reflective Thoughts From Fr. John Corapi

Posted by Judi Lynn Lake at 10:07 1 comments
Today, while preparing to post, I was touched by the words from Fr. John Corapi and decided to post his thoughts. For further information on Fr. Corapi, visit: http://www.fathercorapi.com/

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EQUALITY
By Fr. J
ohn Corapi

We have passed the threshold into one of the most important weeks in American history, and a convergence of three very important celebrations reminds us of it. Yesterday we celebrated the remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, who worked so heroically and tirelessly to insure that all men and women might share in the American dream equally. Today we celebrate the inauguration of the first African American president, Barack Obama. That an African American can be so elected is indeed a cause to celebrate. However, Thursday we pray and do penance on the anniversary of the most infamous court decision in United States history, Roe v. Wade. All three are related.

Dr. King fought long and hard and suffered many things that all men and women in the United States of America might enjoy those truths that we hold to be self evident: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He was an American hero for so doing. This week we should rightly celebrate the fact that an African American can be and has been elected President of the United States. This is surely progress, both political and moral.


This all being said, it has to plague the conscience of any thinking person that in this country there is yet the most immoral and deadly form of prejudice and persecution imaginable against the most innocent and vulnerable class of human beings—the unwanted unborn. No matter what advances this country makes, moral, economic, social, or technological, so long as that blight on our national identity remains, all else will ultimately pale into relative insignificance.


God is not a disinterested spectator in the affairs of man. He knows every child by name from all eternity. He loves each one with His infinite love. God’s holy Catholic Church teaches that abortion in a single case is homicide. I assert that if this is the case, and it is, then the 50,000,000 homicides through abortion that have taken place in the United States since Roe v. Wade constitute genocide. God will not favor such a country, regardless of any other progress. Unless this outrage against God and humanity is stopped very soon, the United States of America, and in turn all of the Western world, will realize the death wish that it has manifest for several decades.


Every Catholic, Christian, Jew, and all people of good will and right reason must pray and do penance rigorously and daily from now on for the defeat of this heinous evil we call abortion. If we fail, then Western society as we know it will soon collide with a disaster it will not survive.


May God have mercy on us
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©2008 Fr. John Corapi. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

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About Fr. John Corapi

Father is a perpetually professed priest member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.

The pillars of father's preaching are basically three:
Love for and a relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary which leads us into a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ.


Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist--from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.


An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church.


Father Corapi's audio and video series on the Catechism of the Catholic Church entitled The Teaching of Jesus Christ has been widely acclaimed and is used throughout the world as a course in religious education and catechesis.

The essence of Father's message is the essential message of Jesus Christ. It is Good News: a message of truth and goodness, love and mercy. It is above all else a message of hope. Father is available to preach retreats, missions, and conferences:
Rev. John Corapi, SOLT

P.O. Box 9440

Kalispell, MT 59901

Telephone: (406) 751-1900 

Fax: (406) 751-1912
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Publisher's Note: President-elect Barack Obama has promised Planned Parenthood that one of his top priorities as President will be to sign the “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA) into law.
FOCA would eliminate every restriction on abortion nationwide.

FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial-birth abortion, and on all other protections.

FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.

FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and health-care facilities to perform abortions.






Barack Obama believes this legislation will “end the culture wars.” To him, “ending the culture wars” means eradicating every state and federal law on abortion—laws the majority of Americans support.

Together, we can help stop FOCA. Visit www.FightFOCA.com and join the almost 400,000 people who have signed the online Fight FOCA petition so far. It’s up to us to save our babies!

 

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