My Stress Test Tomorrow Morning.

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Dear Brother Roy,
Thank you for getting all of this important history straight for us, and of course,  obummer lies to the 10th power!  IMHO, obummer's head and heart is filled with the devil.   And we all know that the Dims have been infiltrated by ultra Lefty Losers many years ago -- all Socialists!  Besides being a serious Bible student, I am also a History buff.

We are getting plenty of rain in the U.P. of Michigan today but we are used to the inclement weather.  Our Autumn only lasted about 2 weeks...Ha!.. but it was great! 

As a side note, some folks have told me that I laugh too much when I write, and use too many "LOL's", and "Ha Ha's", plus emotions and smiley faces.   But I really doubt that ANYONE could top VP Biden @ the VP debate last Thursday, in KY !!!   Was he not a total ass, rude, and arrogant, to the letter ???  What a dirty piece of work!  He may have wanted to come out 'aggressive' -- but when the dust settled, he only appeared very MEAN SPIRITED and the 'bully on the block' type who cast a dark cloud and image on his political party.

Too many of my own close friends  U.P. here and all over are probably wishing they had taken my timely advice about 'investing in precious metals,' now, after most of those days are over, sorry...  In fact, I admit that it's becoming a battle for US too, as I have to dig in and prepare for the economic storm that obummer has created [AND NOT PREZ. BUSH!], please read the short article below. 

Tomorrow I must go to the nearby VAMC [Veteran's Administration Medical Center] for a chemical Stress Test, where they stop my heart and then start it back up again....  Wow!  My knees, legs and back are too sore and crippled to do the regular stress test on a rigged tread mill, like before, about 12  years ago.  And nuclear medicine.
Your prayers are requested, please.

Tom

PS:  I felt so sick and dizzy when Terri and I reached the VA Hosp. today that they nurses advised me to just go home and reschedule the 'Stress Test'  -- and so I did, went to bed trying to burn the sickness out, and this is a BIG sickness going around!!  Throat is so sore and dry-- body aches as if a dude beat me up with a crow bar, etc.... which might turn into an upper respiratory ailment, IMHO. 

Subj: 2006 good economy; 2007 Dems take over Congress; economy went sour & stays sour

Reference for this: Google US economy 2006, especially read NY Times & Washington Post entries.

Please forward & send a letter to local papers.

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DO YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 3, 2007?

Check this out, your history lesson for today. Some people have short memories….. I’ve been saying this for years, but this email probably explains it better and more clearly. This is NOT a political message, but rather a clarification to remind us all of the correct facts.

Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our “economic crisis” occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day level 2 days later. Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were already being put in place to create the havoc we’ve all been experiencing since then. And it all started, as this email explains, on January 3, 2007.

I'm sending this to each of you regardless of your party preferences because I believe it is something you may not have considered.

This tells the story, why Bush was so “bad” at the end of his term.

Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!

The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.

The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this: January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.

At the time:

· 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 SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH

Remember the day...January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!

Unemployment... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!

Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.

And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress.

So when someone tries to blame Bush. REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007....THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"

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 George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George 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 budgets.

And 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.

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 the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted

for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

Roy

Abortion -- the Most Important Issue this Election.

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I knew the answer to abortion and murder many years ago-- even before I knew God's Word and Will.  Murdering infants is just wrong in any civilized man's book!   Where is there any 'grey area ??'  Only about 2% of mankind is "a-moral" with no conscience, and the rest of us have normal intellect to figure out right from wrong.   The OLD Democratic party used to be  a  good organization, but have since then been hijacked by very immoral people who hate to be accountable to ANYONE, especially GOD! 

Hey, as I've said so many times in the past...  'even a rat knows enough to get off a sinking ship.'  The world is ending as we know it, and God will Judge those who refuse to b end knee to Jesus Christ!   You all have been warned, and me too.   Those who truly love Jesus enough to MAKE time to study His Word, daily, will win the prize of everlasting life in a wonderful place vs: a real live bad place...  forever.  And that is the sum total of it all...   nice and simple. 

Good Night  ---Guten Nacht, [German]  friends.  We don't have a lot of time before election day in Nov., so I advise you all to get a good night's sleep.

Tom

>>>  Working the Triceps >>>  at the Gym.

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Why Abortion Is the Most Important Issue This Election Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:54 AM PDT By Denny Burk DennyBurk.com On Nov. 6, America will go to the polls and elect the next president as well as members of the House and Senate. In advance of this vote, most Americans believe that the chief issue facing the country is the ailing economy. I want to make the case that this thinking is wrong-headed and that the transcendent issue of this election is abortion.Overturning Roe v.

You are definately NOT alone.

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Well Folks,
I can only say that I wish I could have made it to this assembly, but intend to get the DVD's ASAP, and enjoy at that time.  I bought some more arrows for my new past time -- Archery!  "TOM, the ARCHER !  ... but also very good with the tomahawk and knife throwing,  although I am a peace loving, well studied Bible man who loves the Lord, more than anything in this world.  That's what we [my camp] calls a "Given"  -- taken for granted mentality....  please.  Just like in college Welding Print Reading...  'this symbol shall always represent [what ever]... LOL.  I had some great instructors who loved and understood me -- and my 'back ground.'  PTL.

So... the time frame is definitely winding down before Jan. 1st, when things could realistically CHANGE for better or worse.  Please, friends,  WHAT EVER comes down the pike,  good or bad, our great Lord and Father in Heaven has completely in His control and "ALLOWS" things to come about --- using and directing circumstances to suit HIS Prophetic purposes and design!  He ALLOWS things to happen for a REASON!  Consider:  Things may be so close to the hour of time that Jehovah God, the Father, wants to unleash His holy angels to wake up the entire earth now!  We should/ ought to know by now that the RAPTURE could happen at ANY TIME!  Or there just might be a few thousand more people that He wants to get Saved/ Understand the Gospel, and be with Him forever in Heaven.  

 Since WE don't know exactly when things will explode, we need above all:  TRUST, LOVE, PATIENCE.  For those of us who worked hard all our lives, saved and invested SOME money, etc.,  we can wait.   But what about those poor Christian rotting in some filthy prison cell, with rats and vermin to entertain them instead of good books and TV --- they are more than ready to meet their MAKER!!    Perhaps the young and fit people who just got married and have what they want...  God could wait for a while, but only HE will come for US when he is ready, and in a "twinkling of an eye !"

Many thanks to the faithful men and ladies who continue to email and call me on the phone...  for I know that you are all super BUSY, doing the Lord's work, with your families and making a living-- even in this poor economy that humans are messing up on purpose, I believe, so that so that they can assume power, a "New World Order," with just the rich, and the poor....  NO Middle Class.  How evil and sinister!  I already voted for the lesser of two evils ---the natural born AMERICAN who has a pretty blond wife -- like mine  --- but even if one candidate was true and good, how in the world could he turn things around right now.  There will be pain either way, and I honestly don't see any real Christians in the crowd....  sorry.   

So, again I will say and encourage:  "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART;  AND LEAN N OT UNTO THIN E OWN UNDERSTANDING.    IN ALL THY WAYS ACKN -OWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.  7. BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES:  FEAR THE Lord, and depart from evil."  ~Proverbs 3: 5-7   KJV, of course...

YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT ALONE !!!

Even I have to get back on track one in a while, and the Brotherhood of bible loving Christians all over the world is there to reach out and touch someone, who NEEDS a hand up, help, encouragement and Love.

Warm Regards,
Tommy Schuckman

tschuckman@aol.com

Here is a picture of my two lovely daughters [Sarah and Barbara]  who attended my 50th Birthday party...   a milestone for a Vietnam combat Veteran :  68-70... lol.  Sorry to say, that I have seen too many of my buddies die BEFORE THE AGE OF 50... from Agent  Orange, broken hearts, PTSD, etc., while the Gov't and American people just stood by,  refusing to lift a finger.   
There are still way too many combat Veterans living in a cardboard box/  Homeless!!  That is another one of my "causes" that It's so fine to hold my wife, Terri's hand, when we do sit down to rest and  'shut down the machine'-- the work day, or study God's Word together.. and that makes me very happy!!   Hey!  Don't go to Heaven alone ---  take someone with you !      PTL.

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Do you have a Gun in your House?

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Very Important to/ for ALL COMBAT VETERANS, PATRIOTS, CONSERVATIVES,  CHRISTIANS and Legal Citizens in the good old USA!!  Please share this article if you think it has merit, as I am doing right now.   
Thank you, very much, dear Readers and Friend!

Tom

>>>  I am proud to have served my country in battle, combat in Vietnam, as a lowly helicopter 'door gunner', and also flew as Crew Chief a few times:  1968-70, 2 tours of duty, and Germany before that.  I loved the German beer and pretty Frauleins in the Fatherland... lol., and where else is German better taught then right there ?!?  I was so blessed to travel to Europe and Asia.. FOR FREE !!  Well, I rarely drink anymore -- and I never drink hard booze anymore -- but my mind always remembers all the fun times I had in Germany, Vietnam, [Thailand and Japan-- R and R's].  Seems like I can pick up other languages fairly easy-- but I am sure that the Holy Spirit helps me learn so many good things.  I love to share all these things to help my friends and readers.  >>>

AS for a 'gun in your house'  -- please BEWARE what you tell others!  Big Brother is watching and listening!   BEWARE!  Please share.

Have a great day!

Tommy Schuckman

Do you have a gun in your House?

When I had my gangrene gallbladder taken out and spent 10 days in the hospital for what should have been an overnight stay the insurance company kicked me out. I had home nurse visits for two weeks and was asked if I had guns in the house. I respond that if I did I would not tell them. So the below has some merit.

FYI, I am passing this along...there are comments from two other people that have also been asked if they keep guns in the house.

The nurse just kinda slipped it in along with all the other regular questions. I told her I refused to answer because it was against the law to ask.

Everyone, whether you have guns or not, should give a neutral answer so they have no idea who does and who doesn't. My doctor asked me if I had guns in my house and also if any were loaded. I, of course, answered yes to both questions. Then he asked why I kept a loaded gun close to my bed. I answered that my son, who is a certified gun instructor and also works for Homeland Security, advised me that an unloaded, locked up gun is no protection against criminal attack.

The Government now requires these questions be asked of people on Medicare, and probably everyone else.

Just passing this along for your information:

I had to visit a doctor other than my regular doctor when my doctor was on vacation. One of the questions on the form I had to fill out was: Do you have any guns in your house?

My answer was None of your business!!

So it is out there! It is either an insurance issue or government intervention. Either way, it is out there and the second the government gets into your medical records (as they want to under Obamacare) it will become a major issue and will ultimately result in lock and load!!

Please pass this on to all the other retired guys and gun owners...

Thanks, from a Vietnam Vet and retired Police Officer: I had a doctors appointment at the local VA clinic yesterday and found out something very interesting that I would like to pass along. While going through triage before seeing the doctor, I was asked at the end of the exam, three questions:

1. Did I feel stressed?

2. Did I feel threatened?

3. Did I feel like doing harm to someone?

The nurse then informed me, that if I had answered yes to any of the questions, I would have lost my concealed carry permit as it would have gone into my medical records and the VA would have reported it to Homeland Security.

Looks like they are going after the vets first. Other gun people like retired law enforcement will probably be next. Then when they go after the civilians, what argument will they have?

Be forewarned and be aware. The Obama administration has gone on record as considering veterans and gun owners potential terrorists.

Whether you are a gun owner, veteran or not, YOU"VE BEEN WARNED !

If you know veterans and gun owners, please pass this on to them. Be very cautious about what you say and to whom.

Dr. Forrest E. Watson

fwatson35b@hotmail.com

Phone:512-801-0342

FAX:512-551-9103

You may succeed when others do not believe in you. You will never succeed if you do not believe in yourself. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. One of my favorite quotes, by Pericles, is:
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

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Constitution Reader Online.

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A good Army friend who served in the same fine, well known, respected combat Aviation [Helicopter Company], the 240th AHC @ BearCat, RVN, sent me this wonderful educational, Constitutional Reader.  THANK YOU, Jim !!  I love to get cool, interesting, email like this that I can use and share!  I believe that Bro. Jim is also a Bible scholar with plenty of wisdom to share, and correct me with, in a kind, respectful way, of course.  Thank you, again.

And this morning, my dear, pretty wife, Terri surprised me with a gift....  a stainless, silver colored Cross with some Gold pounded into part or it, to hang around my size large, power lifter's neck.  Thank YOU, Honey!!  How sweet and tender you are to me, even when I act the jerk...  
     I promised to carve her fav. Scripture into wood today:  '--- let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...'  ~James 1:19.  And the next verse, 20, says, "For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."  That's cool, and meaningful.   Hoo -Rah! 

Well, my back is shot and my Left wrist is sprained, but I will manage, because today/ this evening is a special time at church, with a great speaker/ Evangelist, Brother Coffee, and his wife, visiting our small country church with big time encouragement!  I promised that I would be there on his last day of visiting us for a week.  He is a nice, pleasant, no non-sense guy, who has many experiences to share with all of us.  He had some wild, woolly times in his younger days -- but finally woke up to be Saved and Serve the Lord, and his fellow man.  Big blessings to them both in their future!! 

Not too far North of us--Marquette, MI got some snow the other day, so we know we are already in that season when we start using the furnace to keep warm -- when needed, and wear heavier clothes U.P. here.   We were happy to shop down near Milwaukee, WI., to get Terri some nice clothes to wear up here, and I bought a bow and arrow!  The deer U.P. here are eating Terri's hard work of planted trees, bushes and flowers all Summer long!  I just happen to be a butcher, trained on the farm by my Dad, when I was a teen ager, and the immersed myself in books to learn more.   I DID NOT want to be a 'Jack of all Trades'  -- but wanted to be a "MASTER OF ONE TRADE'  -- and so I went to college twice to become a professional welder.   But now I find out that the cheap companies WANT a man who is multi- skilled to do 3 or more professions all rolled into one!!!   So they can save money without hiring the proper, correct workers and pay the money and health care insurances.  What cheap, selfish people!  So, instead of hiring ONE welder who reads blue prints, etc....   they want a welder, mill wright, pipe fitter, and electrician, all rolled into ONE!   Well... heck, do I have to clean the toilets and wash dishes too...LOL ?  I am a good, trained, experienced welder, light carpenter, wood carver, etc... and sorry I am NOT a plumber, electrician, mechanic and every thing else some women WANT me to be...Ha!   Actually, I freely admit that my WIFE is more skilled and talented than I will EVER be!!  She is so savvy and knowledgeable from working hard at Home Depot, and also has a degree in Accounting, and is ten times the carpenter I will ever be, no matter what.  She is a great boon and prize to me, and I love her to pieces.   PTL!

Sorry, folks,  I have the bad habit of 'wandering' and getting lost when I write my Blog, on a different subject.  I love to write and have been published in various news papers in the past. I love to witness and share the Bible, and Tracts with people I meet almost every day, albeit, my mind wanders sometimes and drifts to other topics of interest.  I vividly remember my welding and blue prints instructors in college wandering off too -- but teaching us valuable lessons in life that will always stick in our brains... at least the older Veterans in school, who DID NOT fall asleep in class all the time, because they were too hung over from parties last night, or what ever.   Older, mature students are notorious for being good, serious students who WANT and NEED to learn trades, etc., to better themselves [kind of like Republicans and Conservatives]... [smile].  

I can't believe that it's 1PM already, and MY WIFE IS NOT HOME YET, from her 'chores!'  We don't have to dress up too much for the Wednesday night prayer meeting. but it's good to get into a right frame of mind and not over load ourselves today with too much other stuff.  We also need to both go to the Iron Mountain VAMC today to register our POA [Power of Attorney] in case something happens to me, Terri will have full control of everything, so she can continue and survive.  God wants us to live at least a semi-normal, good, healthy, and ORDERLY life style.  But let me please say that:  'Winners Win  -- and Losers Lose!"  And... according to the Psalms, God will never allow his true servants to 'beg for bread' or starve to death.  But, in America, at least, most of us are over weight anyway and could stand to skip a few meals  ... LOL, especially ME.  Hey, it's good to laugh at yourself sometimes.  I love to laugh and have a good time with my friends that I am constantly making U .P. here in the frozen tundra.  For the most part, these are humble, down to earth folks/ people with a high, rate of combat Veteran population, and that only gives me a hand up in having something special in common...  PTL.   Also, many I meet are un-ashammed, Bible loving Christians U .P. here!   The only problem/ challenge I see is scheduling... as many of them still work  -- but I am blessed enough to be totally retired [also unfortunately being DISABLED....grrrr]...  thanks to the Milwaukee VA hosp, staff and 'doctors' for messing up the surgery-- Right knee replacement, a year and a half ago...   so now I have one leg shorter than the other!!!!  which translates to also giving me twisted back and additional pain!!  ... And please know that I will NEVER, EVER let those butchers cut me again!!!  Their knife work is terrible, IMHO!   The 3rd shift VA nurses just happened to be 99% Black/ African-America and big time prejudice against white folks, and they abused me and let me lay in my on dirt for FIVE DAYS without once cleaning me or helping me relieve myself in the 3rd shift darkness--- but lied and fabricated false charges against me instead.... and please know that they did the same to other decorated Combat Warriors!  But I know that many other Vets were afraid to complain or lodge charges against the Black Nurses there for fear of reprisals, etc., and I can't blame them too much.
        They [the Milwaukee VAMC] GAVE ME BIG TIME NIGHTMARES, and got my combat PTSD re-called and working well, thank you very much, and sure spoiled the rest of my retirement, and freedom of mobility.  I just don't think that I have enough time to sue them before the Rapture comes-- first.   But nothing can suppress my power and ability of posting the absolute TRUTH of what happened of that terrible experience of that painful surgery two Summers ago, and my poor, loving wife, Sharon, was in the nursing and rehab place @ Kenosha, WI., at the time, fighting her own battles of a slow burn dying heart, etc... that she lost that battle and passed away months latter and left a big hole in my heart on April 9th.  My dear, only son, Andy [Andrew Thomas Schuckman] was killed on ONE month later, May 10th, 2011, to rip and rend more flesh in my heart-- a double whammy!    The hurt was so bad that I wanted to die too.
      The finest, kind, warmest lady, and good looking came along months later to love, honor, obey, and bring me back to the land of the living, Terri M. [Fox] Schuckman, my pretty, beloved wife, is something very special -- something I don't think I deserve-- but a present from the Lord.  Thank you, Lord!  I will do my best to keep her happy, respected, loved, and comfortable.    It's a wonderful thing to sleep with a warm human being, also Christian, instead of just an Army blanket to keep  you warm on a cold night...  and she loves to be held and told that someone LOVES her for whom and what she is, no matter what comes rolling down the mountain, 'till death do we part.'   It makes one feel good to face the future partnered up with another strong human being, well studied in the Bible, the Word of God.  And now I also have a trusty bow and arrow to defend hearth and castle, in case the enemy [ Big Brother-- Obummer, and the Dims] demand my shotgun or my soul...].  But whom ever God allows to take office in January, we know that the 'End has got to be near'  albeit we are not fair weather warriors -- but shall continue to stand and fight for our Rights and Beliefs.  Amen.

Terri will be in good hands, and in good shape, no matter what comes down the pike, and I just have that feeling, without posting more sensitive, personal information about our finances and investments.  Thank You, Lord, for giving me [us] the smarts and education to take care of ourselves -- but mostly the knowledge that 'being good stewards of our money and resources' is only part of the program.  Obeying YOU, Lord, is what really gives us a true sense of Security and Trust!

I am so happy that my wife mailed in person, down by the Post Office [the first time I ever did things like this...] MY absentee vote for President, early!!  Wow, this kind of voting was new to me, and I had to fill out more paper work, but I feel so good now!  Yes!  I voted for the gentleman who was legally BORN IN THE USA, for sure, who is a Conservative, who loves the U.S.Constitution and laws within it, who has the experience and education of running REAL companies and corporations...  Gov.  Mitt Romney!   So, just maybe, I won't need my bow and arrow... Ha!   PTL.

Time to go  --Terri just walked in the door.

Tom

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