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Main article: Gun laws in Michigan

Subject/Law	Long Guns	Handguns	Relevant Statutes	Notes
Permit to purchase required?	No	Yes	MCL 28.422	*Permit required for purchase from an individual if purchaser does not have a CPL or the transaction is not processed through an FFL dealer.
Firearm registration?	No	Yes	MCL 28.422]	Handguns must be registered with the city chief of police or county sheriff.
Owner license required?	No	No
Carry permits issued?	No	Yes	MCL 28.452b	Michigan is a "shall issue" state for concealed carry.
Open carry permitted?	Yes	Yes		Open carry is generally permitted.[27] Open carry in a vehicle is permitted only with a concealed carry license.
State preemption of local restrictions?	Yes	Yes	MCL 123.1102	City or Charter Township may restrict the discharge of firearms (See, MCL 123.1104).
Assault weapon law?	No	No
Magazine Capacity Restriction?	No	No
NFA weapons restricted? ____     _____

This fine post was sent to me by my buddy,  Greg, who lives in Chicago, IL.
Thanks, Greg !   Smile.

When I read some of this history of places that I was in RVN,  it certainly changes my mood to somber, and reflective.   Sometimes I feel myself grow depressed at seeing so much hurt and pain/ misery.   

I suppose I shouldn't even repeat this.....  BUT,  someone was over by my house the other day,  after church.... while I also  had a lady [close friend of the family]  --come over to get more dog food --- when my wife was far away, helping to remodel her son's first house in Timbuktu [Marshfield, WI ].   The 'gentleman' who never served in any Armed Forces started yelling at me,  '[that it's been 47 years since I came home from that war in Vietnam,  [30 March 70], and that I 'should just GET OVER IT, forget about it and move on !!'   I Tried  to educate him on the effects of Combat  PTSD, depression, VA, and Gov't Statistics, from many authoritative books and first hand information thru the past 40 some years....   etc., but he continued his red faced bombardment of all my 'personality flaws' and that my mentioning the fact that I was a "Disabled Vietnam Veteran,"  was alienating  and pushing away other folks in the 'group' I am with.'   I told him that he ought to share his 'wisdom'  and super understanding/ knowledge  of COMBAT PTSD, and make a fortune  $$$$$, and then buy his own island and retire rich !  !    I don't think he liked that advice, as he stuttered and stammered.... and then I kindly and politely asked him to leave the house.   I guess for some people,  I am just the lowest scum bucket on the planet and the sole reason of every woe and misery on Earth !  Hmmmmm...   I just can win for losing !   Not...  Most Combat Veterans I know would NEVER say those kind of words to a fellow Veteran, no matter what I did.  And I don't have any felonies or DUI's in my back ground, have a good work and Military record, now retired with a stable income, PTL.   Sorry,  I just don't have words to define such people who scream in my face, over some BS, baloney, silliness.   So I try to avoid them, and just try to stay out of their way.   Remember:  "Stupid is Forever  --- but Ignorance can be fixed."   And,  "Never argue with a fool;  People may not know the difference."   And the Proverbs are full of all kinds of Wisdom and cool sayings !   I just love the KJV Bible !   Smile.
      Here's the thing, folks:  We can compare PTSD--- [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] to some female/ woman or girl  who got raped and beat up/ brutalized.   If she survived,  she still has to live with the fact that the crime happened to her, and might worry if it ever will happen again.   It is something that you ALWAYS carry with you, and live with, that very well might affect your future marriage and relationships.    Like cancer and diabetes,  you may not yet cure it, but you can learn to LIVE WITH IT, and treat it.   I guess people who are full blown alcoholics and drug abusers also live with that fear that they might be tempted to start sinning again, and some people wonder if it's smart to hire and trust someone like that.   I just happen to know of a special program that some Baptist churches have, that helps addicts in a big way, with a 97% success rate --- called RU.  Ask me about that:   tschuckman@aol.com       When I got back after two long years in Vietnam,  I had all the triggers, symptoms,  problems of combat PTSD,  but mostly just tried to 'tough it out, and suck it up' on my own power,  and so I stumbled and fell down many times in my life.   But right now,  I believe that I am in much better control of my actions, thoughts, control, dealing with PTSD, and I try to help others.   Please forward this post to ANY combat/ service people you know, and let me talk to them ! ! !   I love to help my "brothers and sisters" who still have the same battles that I had, and still sometimes have.   I found out that the Holy Spirit can help you with most anything, so that if you are not completely 'cured',  at least you can function and deal with the fact/ predicament.   Drawing close to our  Savior, Jesus Christ is KEY to getting better/ healthy and positive, dear fellow Veterans !   Knowing, learning and understanding the "Why's and reasons how PTSD works, plus what our Lord has in mind for us who strongly BELIEVE in Him, and His promises, and try to do  His Will.   Our Two main reasons for living on earth right now is:  To worship and praise God the Father [and learning the KJV Bible.   And 2:  Share some of that knowledge of true Salvation and the Gospel with others.....  before the Rapture comes !    PTL, means:  "Praise the Lord !"   There are still SOME good, Bible teaching churches out there, although it is my opinion that many  Governments in the world are persecuting  Bible loving Christians, including the U.S.A. !    Obama is a Muslim !   He is destroying our once great country in many ways, and the American dollar will soon collapse, IMHO, our Military has been cut to ribbons with many General officers being forced to resign, and too many illegal aliens are crossing our Southern border, carrying horrible contagious diseases into the  U.S.A., like antibiotic resistant TB, etc., 
     But in spite of all this bad news,  we can still be happy and joyful,  because Jesus promised that He will come back to earth to pick up and Save His true followers...  soon.   Many of us may never even taste DEATH !   But if we die, we know for sure where we are going...  to heaven !   That is God's promise to every Saved Believer in His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior !   And that is the REAL meaning of "Easter", on April 5th,  2015 !!  HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY!   --- is more accurate, IMHO.   If those who call themselves 'Christians' would only read the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST, and the book of Romans,  they would KNOW what the Gospel really is !  But even with THIS post, encouragement, few will actually do that deed.   It's their complete loss.   And the devil is so busy and brutal.  The jaws of Hell are gaping open with plenty of room for billions of humans, and the devil !   Those who will be Saved and Raptured might only be in the millions...  not billions.   Many who go to / attend some 'church' regularly might find themselves, "Left Behind," and facing the Great Tribulation !
        So, although we must take care of our property and dwelling to make it safe, clean and presentable...   I place more concern on the future home that we all long for... Heaven is my home.   Earth is but  a temporary 'crash pad' to pass out after getting tired all day long... lol.
   
And, please let me say/ clarify,  that speaking the plain Truth might 'sound negative...', sometimes,   but it's still the truth.   Do you think that the TRUTH is always rosy and positive ?   I am very grateful for the Holy Spirit and Father God, allowing me to have a few gifts:  Understanding, knowledge that really STICKS in my brain after I read and study, and I just love to speak and talk about Salvation, the Gospel, the "DEFIINED KING JAMES BIBLE."   See:  biblefortoday.org    -- for a style of bible that helps you understand all the "OLD ENGLISH" terms that were written in 1610- 1611.    I may go on a 'road trip' soon and take a few of those bibles with me to give as presents.  PTL.  

And for the record,  WE Soldiers, Marines and Navy, etc., did NOT lose the Vietnam War !!  The liberal, Left wing, Socialists  back home pulled the carpet out from under us, when we were winning in the battle field !   The so-called 'News Media' especially hurt us, along with the Hippie movement...  like SDS, and the Weathermen, etc.  And now those kind of people are Obama's good buddies, and put in high ranking positions !   Seems like we are living in some kind of "Planet of the Apes !"  

OK,  enough of that...   and we don't need to spend too much time on war, but just to set the matter straight and lay down the truth of the matter, folks.
      The matter at hand right now is:  How we can use our 'Last Days' time, wisely and concentrate of  Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.   I don't like to start arguments [contrary to what my wife says...  lol ],  but I do ask 'thought provoking questions'  that really make people THINK.    When they say:  "Happy
Easter,"  I ask them if they truly celebrate EASTER, which is a different translation of "Ishtar", the Babylonian goddess  of fertility, Spring, etc., and only found in the KJV Bible once.  The RCC allowed the people to continue celebrating their old Pagan holidays that were set about the same time that Christ was murdered on the cross.   What do rabbits and eggs have to do with Christ being impaled on a cross ??   Just Goggle the term and find out how pagan the holiday has progressed.   And, yes, I know that in this case, the truth hurts !   
        I also suffered and felt bad after I learned about the RCC lying about a few things too, and also explored the JW-cult and found out their lies !   God hates the lies, and so do I.   Sometimes in the past I have posted what 'I thought' to be the TRUTH,  but had to eat crow after I found out the truth and had to print an apology / and retraction -- and clean up my act.   But I did not knowingly LIE !   
    Too many churches teach lies also, so it's up to all of us to study the Bible that CANNOT LIE, ever!  The Truth has a particular "RING" to it, as your ears are 'conditioned' to listen attentively so as to reject all lies when you hear them.     Not all preachers, and pastors have he same abilities, but if they speak the truth of the KJV Bibles,  they are safe and beneficial.   We just happen to have a great pastor/ teacher at Family Baptist church, in Kingsford, MI., in the U.P., named:  Kevin Sullivan, who has a knack for teaching the pure KJV Truth in a way that everyone can understand, use, and share with others.  God bless that hard working man, who also has a trade of brick laying in his spare time...  but he is always busy.   I consider him my good friend, and buddy.
     When I first studied, Print Reading for Welders, in college, 'it was all Greek to me', but I forced myself to learn and pass that class!   I hated Math too,  but I still passed that Federal Exam of Securities --  Stocks, Bonds and Investments, in order to give the clients full service and advice in solid investments of quality Mutual Funds.  Now, in April of 2015,  it's a whole new world, and my advice will be much different, as our American economy is going down the tube....  sorry to break the news, dear friends.  Seek out solid PM's now -- AND ASK ME WHICH COMPANY DOES THE BEST JOB ! 

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY !   I am so thankful that our Lord died to set us all free, and make Heaven a reality for all  Believers and Followers of Christ Jesus ! !

Warm Regards,
Tommy

My dear oldest daughter, Barbie, [on the Right] will have her birthday on April 8th, and I plan to take her out for a special lunch then --- South of Milwaukee !   Both of my daughters are very good looking, and I love them both very much !   Pray for their Salvation, please.  Barb is on the Right, above.  Sarah is on the Left.

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---Greg  

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Note from the Editor With this March issue of Dispatches we have added more articles and two book reviews to accommodate the many member-written books we have been sent. One article details the Battle of Iwo Jima and the iconic flag raising; three more on Vietnam including a veteran's trip back; a poignant poem about Navy Corpsmen; and the history of the iconic SR-71 "Blackbird". Please send any comments, bulletin board postings or member-written articles to my attention at mike.christy@togetherweserved.com or admin@togetherweserved.com. LtCol Mike Christy, US Army (Ret) The Heroic Battle of Iwo Jima Japan's ambition as a world power began in the late 1800s but lacking in raw materials (oil, iron and rubber) necessary to make it a reality, it seized material-rich colonies and islands. Insuring they kept what they seized, Japan established naval and army bases throughout the Pacific. Following long-standing complaints from the United States about their laying claims on territories that did not belong to them, Japan's military leaders unwisely decided to attack America, beginning with the infamous surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval officer tasked with planning and carrying out the attack, said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." His insightful prophecy became a horrible reality for Japan. As the Americans prepared to take the offensive in 1942, military planners realized it would be impossible to recapture every Japanese-held island in the Pacific so a strategy of "island hopping" was created. This allowed Allied forces to bypass heavily fortified, sizable Japanese garrisons and instead concentrate its limited resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main island of Japan. By early 1945, American forces had re-taken a sweeping number of islands held by the Japanese. For all its gains, however, two small Japanese homeland islands - Iwo Jima and Okinawa - remained critical to a successful invasion of Japan. Capturing these two heavily defended islands would give American forces vital staging areas and airfields within bombing range of Japan. Iwo Jima was attacked first. After 10 weeks of relentless bombing from carrier-based planes and medium bombers - the heaviest up to that point in the war - it was thought the island defenses would be in ruins. That was not to be. The island commander, Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, prepared his defenses it depth, having constructed a vast array of interlocking fortified positions connected by a large network of underground tunnel and caves providing cover from naval fire and aerial bombs. ... Turning Point in Vietnam War Most military historians and analysts agree the 1968 Tet Offensive was the turning point in the war in Vietnam. They reason that many American, seeing the bitter fighting raging up and down South Vietnam on the evening news, fostered a psychological impact that further generated an increased anti-war sentiment. Although the Tet Offensive began on Jan. 31, 1968 when the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces launched massive, well-coordinate surprise attacks on major cities, towns and military bases throughout South Vietnam, it's planning began in early 1967. The plan's architect was General Vo Nguyen Giap, North Vietnam's most brilliant military mind. He also engineered the Viet Minh's decisive victory over French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. His overall plan for the Tet Offensive was somewhat similar: to ignite a general uprising among the South Vietnamese people; shatter the South Vietnamese military forces; and topple the Saigon regime. At the same time he wanted to increase the level of pain for the Americans by inflicting more casualties on U.S. Forces. At the very least, he and the decision-makers in Hanoi hoped to position themselves more favorably in any peace negotiations they hoped would take place in the wake of the offensive. Much in the same way the April 1954 Geneva Agreements forced France to abandon its colonies on the Indochinese peninsula. The first step in Giap's plan was to draw U.S. and Allied attention away from the population centers, which would be their ultimate objectives for the 1968 Tet Offensive. This phase began in the summer months of 1967when NVA forces engaged the Marines in a series of sharp battles in the hills surrounding Khe Sanh, a base in western Thua Thien Province, south of the DMZ near the Laotian border. Further to the east, additional NVA forces besieged the Marine base at Con Thien just south of the Demilitarized Zone. Further south, Communist forces attacked Loc Ninh and Song Be, both in III Corps Tactical Zone, and in November they struck U.S. forces at Dak To in the Central Highlands. ... Did the United States win or lose the Vietnam War? By Bruce Herschensohn, Prager University We are taught that it was a resounding loss for America, one that proves that intervening in the affairs of other nations is usually misguided. The truth is that our military won the war, but our politicians lost it. The Communists in North Vietnam actually signed a peace treaty, effectively surrendering. But the U.S. Congress didn't hold up its end of the bargain. Decades back, in late 1972, South Vietnam and the United States were winning the Vietnam War decisively by every conceivable measure. That's not just my view. That was the view of our enemy, the North Vietnamese government officials. Victory was apparent when President Nixon ordered the U.S. Air Force to bomb industrial and military targets in Hanoi, North Viet Nam's capital city, and in Haiphong, its major port city, and we would stop the bombing if the North Vietnamese would attend the Paris Peace Talks that they had left earlier. The North Vietnamese did go back to the Paris Peace talks, and we did stop the bombing as promised. On January the 23rd, 1973, President Nixon gave a speech to the nation on primetime television announcing that the Paris Peace Accords had been initialed by the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and the Accords would be signed on the 27th. What the United States and South Vietnam received in those accords was victory. At the White House, it was called "VV Day," "Victory in Vietnam Day." The U.S. backed up that victory with a simple pledge within the Paris Peace Accords saying: should the South require any military hardware to defend itself against any North Vietnam aggression we would provide replacement aid to the South on a piece-by-piece, one-to-one replacement, meaning a bullet for a bullet; a helicopter for a helicopter, for all things lost -- replacement. The advance of communist tyranny had been halted by those accords. Then it all came apart. ... Vietnam Story: A Journey Back By Steve Leighton Background: I thought about going back to Vietnam but it wasn't until August 2007 when I determined to make it a reality. A friend of ours, Tami (her husband Jay is a Vietnam veteran) encouraged me to visit some websites dealing with veterans returning to Vietnam. On one site, I found a story on Don of Chicago, a former Advisor in the Mekong Delta who had gone back to Vietnam on his 40th anniversary. He listed his email address on the story, so I decided to email him with a few questions. Within minutes of sending the email, my phone rang and it was Don. It was his encouragement and contact information that convinced me it was time to return to Vietnam. I was so touched by Don's story and my need to do return to Vietnam, I decided to send the idea to WCCO TV (local CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, MN). I felt this story would be of particular interest to other Vietnam Vets and perhaps encourage them to get some closure on that part of our lives. Within days, I received a call from Bill Hudson, a news Anchor for WCCO. He agreed this was a story he wanted to tell. (http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2007/11/22/after-4-decades-a-veteran-returns-to-vietnam/) Setting up the Trip I set up our flights and then contacted a local vet to set up an itinerary for our in-country travel to Bac Lieu, deep in the Mekong Delta and to arrange for a car, driver and interpreter for me and my wife Donna. Bac Lieu, where I spent my combat tour, was the headquarters of the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) 21st Infantry Division and the US Army five-man Advisory Team 51 of which I was the Radio Telephone Operator (RTO). We worked with the 42nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion, which was part of the 21st Infantry Division. The battalion of approximately 400 men was the smallest group that was authorized a five-man American Advisory Team. Ho Chi Minh City We arrived in HCMC late at night on October 18, 2007. While I had spent several days in Saigon 40 years earlier, not much looked the same. We were now staying in a five-star hotel and eating in fine restaurants. One of our first stops was the War Museum. It had several US planes and tanks on display and many pictures of the war. Needless to say, it was from their point of view and highlighted what they considered to be American war atrocities. Not surprisingly, Senator Kerry was pictured with some of his comments about the war. Enough said! ... The Navy Corpsman By Robert Cowan What is a Navy Corpsman, many people ask? Well, I've decided to enlighten you; I've taken on the task A Corpsman is a strange fellow; I'll tell you what I mean He joined the U.S. Navy but he's more like a Marine When Marines are asked to go to war to fight and maybe die They have their "Doctor" with them; he's their "go to" guy A special breed of sailors that Marines do call their own His job is taking care of them so they can go back home When the shooting starts and bullets fly and men all hit the dirt The corpsman looks around to see if anyone's been hurt He hears a feeble voice cry. "Doc, I'm over here". The corpsman rushes forward, his mission crystal clear He finds a wounded comrade, a Marine that has been shot The corpsman working swiftly, giving all he's got The young Marine whispers weakly, "Doc, will I die today?" "Not a chance", the corpsman replies, "if I have my way". The young Marine did survive to fight another day On a miserable far off battlefield, a sailor saved his life He'd soon be going home again to his children and his wife So, if you ever meet a Corpsman say a silent prayer For there are many Marines alive today who are glad that he was there There's no way of telling just how much he's done and seen As I said, he's in the Navy but he's more like a Marine. Military Fact and Legends: Rise and Fall of the SR-71 Blackbird During the last few years of World War II, the United States and Soviet Union - both long weary of the other - became unlikely allies against Adolf Hitler's takeover of Eastern Europe. Following the defeat of German in 1945, however, the wartime allies became mortal enemies, locked in a global struggle to prevail militarily, ideologically and politically in a new "Cold War." To learn of the other side's military and technical capabilities, their actions and intentions, both sides used spies to gather information and intelligence about their enemy. Alarmed over rapid developments in military technology by his Communist rivals, President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a plan to gather information about Soviet capabilities and intentions using reconnaissance aircraft. Thus became the birth of the U-2 spy planes.Beginning in 1956, U-2 spy planes were making reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union giving the U.S. its first detailed look at Soviet military facilities. Managed first by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and later the U.S. Air Force, the U-2 provided day and night, very high-altitude (70,000), all-weather intelligence gathering. It was relatively slow, however. The aircrafts vulnerability and the need for a faster reconnaissance aircraft was underscored following the downing of two U-2s. 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This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report' Each year during Holy Week, I present a program called, "The Week That Changed the World." The timing of the events of that week is critical. Jesus Himself set the timetable.

In this edition, I'll tell you why I think we're mistaken in commemorating "Good Friday." It should be "Good Thursday!"

And you probably know that the Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits dramatically and poignantly foreshadow the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. But there may be some aspects of the preparation for those feasts that surprise and move you.

Finally, I'll discuss the overwhelming evidence for Christ's resurrection presented by "The Undisturbed Grave Cloths."

Please tune in and tell someone else about the show. Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, The Word Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Please check your local listings.

Rejoice! Jesus Christ lives! Happy Resurrection Day!


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There is a scripture that goes like this:   'Let God be found true though all men be liars.'   One of the big reasons that I got sucked into the JW-cult after I got home from RVN - Vietnam, in March 30, 1970,  was because "I thought that they had the TRUTH !"  It took many years,  but I learned that they were lying to me too, and I exited that 'church of the poisoned mind'  -- and then found the real Truth of the KJV Bible, pure and usually simple enough for most children to understand, and written on a 5th grade reading skills level.  PTL.   Please see:   biblefortoday.org     ---  The DEFINED KJV Bible is not so expensive and is a fine study Bible, IMHO, that helps the reader to quickly understand most of the archaic, "OLD ENGLISH" terms of that era, Shakespeare's Day,  1610--1611 A.D.   But,  if it took learning Hebrew, Greek, German, or any other language to gain heaven,  would we not just do it, to escape the torments of hell ? ? ?   Go figure.

Anyway,  We bible loving Christians want and need the truth.  Let's go for it !!

Interesting Facts About Easter

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

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Q.   I read that Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.  Is this correct?

A. The person who wrote this is wrong about the dating of Easter in the western church. It is connected to the Spring Equinox but is not related to Passover. (Many Eastern Orthodox churches still connect the dating of Easter to Passover.)
For the west, Easter replaced the pagan Feast of Ishtar, a fertility goddess, which occurred at the time of the Spring Equinox. That’s how Easter got its name and why colored eggs and rabbits, symbols of fertility, came to be part of it. Some of the pagan rituals most abhorrent to God were part of the Feast of Ishtar.
When Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire they simply replaced the pagan festival with a Christian one, keeping many of the pagan rituals. (The Romans did the same thing with Christmas which had been the Feast of Saturnalia.)
Passover occurs 14 days after the first day of Nisan, the first month on the Jewish calendar (Lev. 23:5). Months are based on phases of the moon, each month beginning with the so called crescent moon.
The Feast of First Fruits comes on the day after the Sabbath after Passover (Lev. 23:11) which means it’s always a Sunday since their sabbath is Saturday. In the year Jesus was crucified the Feast of First Fruits was three days after Passover and became known as Resurrection Morning in the early church.

Related posts:

1. Celebrating Resurrection Morning
2. Easter Or Ishtar?
3. Ishtar And Yule
4. Dating First Fruits And Pentecost

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Just like the Vietnam War, and the Gov't lying about Agent Orange,  we had to fight tooth and nail, and moved mountains to get what was rightfully ours, setting various presidents and ground breaking redress/ movements !!!     Unfortunately,  later generations just don't learn from reading the history books, or listening to their elders --- as we could have saved them so much pain and misery.    Just give me one small reason to ever trust the Gov't and the VA system, please !  

Only  God can and will clean up this unholy mess ! 

And I am betting the whole farm that our day of reckoning is soon at hand. 

Tom Schuckman

Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq According to a March 27 Newsweek article by Barbara Koeppel, during and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today. Read complete article here

As Reported by The Nation of Change

Army Apologizes to Troops Exposed to US-Designed Chemical Weapons in Iraq According to a March 27 article on The Nation of Change website by Andrew Emmett,  after it was reported that U.S. service members suffered from chemical exposure in Iraq, the undersecretary of the Army issued an apology this week. The scandal goes deeper with its lack of proper medical treatment for these service members.   Read the full story

As Reported by the VA's VAntage Point Blog

 

The Dollar Will Fail.

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Oh, Man,  there are so many interesting things to talk about today, in my personal 'trick bag !'   And when you all wonder how to keep up or what to do.... smart men have told me that the "Cream always comes to the top."   Again [and again], it's ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES, folks !  And ain't it the truth ? ! ? 

As I have repeated on this humble blog so many times, 'There will be very few who will come out of this next disaster unscathed, unharmed, dear friends, and I see myself as one of the many wounded, economically.  I should not be mentioning this,  but I just got some very bad news today from our 'Tax Preparers', that the old house in WI., that I got rid off last year is coming back home to BITE ME, according to the IRS, and it all sounds so very stupid, crooked, totally ILLEGAL, and defies all conventional wisdom ! !  Long story, but the IRS says that the house that I let go back to the Mortgage company left me with [supposedly] more money that "I could have spent" minus the usual house payments, and so they say I owe them about $7K  !!!   So my goose is cooked, and the wolves already ate it.    Well,  I always believed that the IRS was shamefully crooked and illegal,  but now I have first hand proof !   Now I wish more than ever that the RAPTURE would come sooner rather than latter.  Our Father in heaven also knows that we, or most of us are suffering, being raped by our own Gov't, unless  you are on Welfare, on the take....   but that 'dream' will fail too, some day soon.   Because after the American Dollar fails,  those so-called, "Welfare folks" won't get their 'benefits' either, and will riot in the streets, and will then get shipped to the various FEMA camps that are already set up and staffed all over the USA,  while Obama flies off to some island or Socialist, or Islamic country, where his wife will have to ware those fancy black garments from head to foot...  and that will be pure justice, IMHO.   HA!   And then, there is PLENTY of room in Hell.  So, universally,  'What goes around --- comes around.'   The KJV Bible says, that we 'reap what we sow.' 

The article below is really only 'half the answer'  good people.  I believe that it's only a short,  "stop gap" between right now:  April 2nd, 2015  ---- and the Rapture.   After that things will again only get worse with the Great Tribulation.   So, go pick your worst nightmare and try to work out some kind of human resolution, and see how far you get.   When ever you put any of YOUR faith and trust in the efforts of human hands --- it's only a temporary fix, at best,  just a band aid.    And yet, the majority of human kind will do anything to exclude God out of the picture.   Why?  Because they are:  1.  Too prideful.   2.  They don't want to be accountable to anyone in the universe.  3.  We  are so chocked full of inherent  Sin nature that we literally stink to high heaven.   Our very best before God almighty is but like filthy rags to Him, yet we are all, mostly, so vain glorious and prideful.  
      When I close friends hear me 'brag', they all know it is just B.S. [Berry Sap]... lol.   Hey,  I know exactly whom and what I am, a big, old sinner man.   And I know that I have to account for every mistake and sin I do, before my Judge....  and  you have all heard me say this before, perhaps too many times.

Well,  I guess, if all I say is true, many people will have to take one of several tacks, as a ship plows thru the sea.   People will say, in a 'defeatist sort of way,'  I am going to suffer, be poor, and die, anyway, so why not 'Party Hearty today', for tomorrow we shall die.'  Ha!  The Bible even talks about that failed philosophy, going way back to the ancient Greeks.  They were supposed to be the 'GREAT Philosophers' of that day and age.   And today we have the same kind of people who say, "eat, drink and be merry !"   Others believe in storing up lots of cash, silver, gold, and real estate property,  but everyone dies, and in THIS day and age, we are surely living in the 'Last Days' when Jesus will b e coming back to take/ collect His Saints to a 'Safe Place' called heaven, while His fury changed the face of the Earth in ways that are sure to make most men 'water their knees' and produce heart attacks !    
       I can no longer rely on my own strength because I am too disabled, and surely not rich.   And even if I could,  'no man is an island'--- and we need to trust in The Great God of the KJV Bible,  His Holy Spirit, and the Son, Jesus, for salvation.   But, you've all heard this before, right ?   Then why are not YOU fine people writing a blog like this?

I do not celebrate "Easter."   But I do celebrate the Resurrection of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, am very joyful, and wish the best to all my great readers, and fellow Christians !!

Best Regards,
Tom

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