Happy Thanksgiving.

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My wife was still in very bad shape this morning as I took her to see one of her many doctors in Kenosha, WI at 0900. Hard for her to just walk and breath with chest discomfort too. We all thought it best for her to stay there for a few days, 3-4, to try and get her back to "normal." Her kids and grand kids hope to be up here tomorrow to see/ visit her and also join me for Thanksgiving dinner. I discovered a half flat tire from a nail on my Ram truck while at the hospital and had it fixed shortly after, then went shopping for birds. I have a favorite, trusted tire dealer who aways takes care of me. Hey, when it rains -- it pours, but I am NOT crying in my beer. I am very thankful for everything I have. I also bought a Tom Turkey and a Duck that I will roast tomorrow morning, and then make another trip to see my wife and bring her some stuff she wanted.

Pray and gives thanks for everything you've got, dear friends! I remember spending a few holidays over seas in RVN and learned to deal with it. Remember that MANY people have already fell through the cracks, got laid off, lost their jobs and houses recently and still, by the world's standards, we are still a rich nation... yet. My grandfather who came over to America on a boat by himself at age 13, used to say, "If you have a roof and enough to eat--that's enough." He and his brothers became well to do from hard work and fragility, and I learned from their advice and wisdom. My grandma came from Europe too and was the finest cook I ever knew-- German- Hungarian. Both of my Mom's parents spoke more than one language but both spoke German, and they assimilated into American culture and learned English too, or course, and were happy and greatful to become Americans and contribute much to our society.

Your prayers for my wife are greatly appeciated. Thank you.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

Tom

“They Did Not Honor Him as God, or Give Thanks”

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST

By Albert MohlerThanksgiving is a deeply theological act, rightly understood. As a matter of fact, thankfulness is a theology in microcosm - a key to understanding what we really believe about God, ourselves, and the world we experience.A haunting question is this: How do atheists observe Thanksgiving? I can easily understand that an atheist or agnostic would think of fellow human beings and feel

Is the Bubble ready to Burst?

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The selfish, hoarding side of me didn't want to post this material/ info. And this is another time when I MIGHT feel smug about 'being right' about something again. Another reality is that MOST people won't believe this anyway and just dismiss it as a "Chicken Little" rant or a wild dream of Old Soldier Tom... LOL. I once took a 'preparation test' of what to have in a real natural disaster/ emergency. But at the end, if we were caught flat footed-- at least having a few important tools redeemed us, like a good flashlight with extra charged batteries. Now days with the majority of people spending and charging everything like there is no tomorrow will sink most of our population.... just as the ghetto people in New Orleans depended on the Gov't to bail them out during Katrina... HA! Let me give you all a tiny bit of advice: 'Don't bet the next months rent on the GOV'T to save your sorry behinds!' And, of course, if you don't have a real relationship with the God of the Bible-- all of the above is worthless, null and void.

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Jesus is my Lord and Savior.

Is the Bubble About to Burst?

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Yes, it's true! The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the organization that "insures" your bank deposits, is officially broke. It ran out of money in early October due to the large number of banks that are continuing to fail.¹ This news came in spite of the fact that the FDIC had raised its rates to member banks earlier in the year in an attempt to shore up its dwindling reserves.

When the financial crisis began in September of last year, the FDIC reported that 117 banks were in trouble. Since then approximately 80 percent of the banking companies on that list have gone under. To make matters worse, accordingto the FDIC the current number of troubled banks has risen to over 400. ² Let's think positive and say that only 50 percent of these institutions will fail during the next year; that could mean the closing of another 200 banks – twice as many as in the last 12 months. (Seven banks failed in just one day on October 23rd.)³

The FDIC has a special arrangement to borrow up to $20 billion of additional funds from the US Treasury in an emergency, but that will only get the agency through a few more months. What happens when that fund dries up?

At some point the American people will realize how dire the circumstances are and, having lost confidence in the system, will seek to withdraw their money before their banks go under as well. If you believe such a scenario is unlikely, consider the fact that the FDIC recently announced it expected to be "in the red" through 2012.⁴

This situation is compounded by the scores of jobless Americans who are depleting their bank accounts in order to survive. Although the government reports the unemployment rate to be at 9.8 percent, the real unemployment rate is closer to 17 percent. Millions of Americans have stopped looking for jobs or have taken on part-time positions and therefore no longer appear in the government's statistics. This drain on wealth is putting an increasing number of banks at risk.

The US Government is also being affected. As a result of the dramatic rise in unemployment, Uncle Sam is taking in less and less tax revenue. The government's tax base is faltering not only because of fewer jobs and a slumping GDP, but also dueto the colossal amount of this year's tax write-offs resulting from last year's business and investment losses. Economist John Williams, who publishes the website Shadow Government Statistics, recently reported that the federal budget deficit for 2008 was $5.1 trillion based on a GAAP accounting basis. And, calculationsfrom the 2008 Financial Report of the US Government showed that the negative net worth of the federal government had increased to $59.3 trillion, with total federal obligations now totaling $65.5 trillion (based on GAAP).⁵ This figure is expected to climb to more than $70 trillion by the end of this year.

Where is this Leading?

It's really quite simple: We are broke as a nation! Were it not for the escalating amount of money the US Treasury is printing and the funds that we are continuing to borrow from foreign sources, our economy would have already come to a grinding halt. Many people who can see the handwriting on the wall are wondering how much longer we have, what will happen next, and what they should do to prepare.

Although I have my opinions, I have been hesitant to share them – especially when it comes to a timetable for future events. This is because of my belief that nothing happens unless God allows it. Global planners may do everything possible to create financial chaos in order to move the US into a new world monetary system, but if God chooses to intervene, it will not happen. Having prefaced my opinions with this statement, I will share with you the following thoughts.

I believe there is a growing possibility that a more serious financial collapse could occur between now and the end of 2010. I also believe that Barack Obama is "the anointed one" of the international elite and has been designated to take the United States into the new world order. As long as he is making unhindered progress toward their goals, they probably will continue to pump a measure of money into the US economy to create a "softer landing." However, if resistance to Obama increases to the point where he is no longer able to effectively push forward their (and his) agenda for world government, they could pull the financial plug and throw America into a crisis that makes our current situation seem benign. Globalization efforts by the international elite could soon be accelerated through a designed crisis if they fear Obama might lose his majority in the House and Senate in next year's election.

Most of the pieces are in place and our economic sovereignty has, for all practical purposes, already been handed over to international interests. This took place, unbeknownstto the American public, through agreements made at the G-20 summit in London (last April) and was finalized at the summit in Pittsburgh (this September). As a result, a group known as the Financial Stability Board – composed of the top central bankers of the world – is now running the show.

From now on the FSB will be making the most important financial decisions impacting the United States and the rest of the world. Six of the twelve national members on this board are from European countries. The United States, with a GDP three times that of the next largest G-20 member (Japan), will have only one vote.⁶

Europe's top financiers are making a strong case against the US dollar. Joining them are the Arabs, Brazilians, Russians, Japanese, and Chinese. On September 6, Cheng Siwei, a top member of China's Communist hierarchy and the former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee stated,

If they [the US Treasury] keep printing money to buy bonds it will lead to inflation, and after a year or two the dollar will fall hard. Most of our foreignreserves are in US bonds and this is very difficult to change, so we will diversify incremental reserves into euros, yen, and other currencies.

Mr. Cheng went on to say,

"Gold is definitely an alternative, but when we buy, the price goes up. We have to do it carefully so as not to stimulate the markets."⁷

China bears close watching, as it is the world's largest holder of US and other foreign bond reserves – valued at more than $2 trillion.⁸ If it ceases to buy US bonds, or if it were to transfer a substantial amount of its reserves held in US bonds into gold and other more stable currencies, it would push the price of gold and these other currencies significantly higher while driving the dollar down.

On a related front, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to stop using the US dollar for oil trading. On October 6, The Independent reported that leaders of these countries are moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.

According to The Independent,

Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars. The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices…The transitional currency in the move away from dollars, according to Chinese banking sources, may well be gold. An indication of the huge amounts involved can be gainedfrom the wealth of Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar who together hold an estimated $2.1 trillion in dollar reserves.

The report continued:

The Chinese believe…that the Americans persuaded Britain to stay out of the euro in order to prevent an earlier move away from the dollar. But Chinese banking sources say their discussions have gone too far to be blocked now. "The Russians will eventually bring in the ruble to the basket of currencies," a prominent Hong Kong broker told The Independent. "The Brits are stuck in the middle and will come into the euro. They have no choice because they won't be able to use the US dollar."

"…These plans will change the face of international financial transactions," one Chinese banker said. "America and Britain must be very worried. You will know how worried by the thunder of denials this news will generate."⁹

Transition Underway

Even though the stated deadline for the completion of this currency transition isn't until 2018, the dominos have already begun to fall. Iran, for example, announced in late September that it would henceforth be selling its oil in euros rather than dollars.¹⁰ The nations of the world have begun moving away from the dollar, and the Obama administration is doing little, if anything, to stand in the way of these developments.

Meanwhile, the 2009 Trade and Development Report issued by the UN Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, presents a blueprint for getting nations on a new SDR (Special Drawing Rights) world system in the near future.¹¹ If they succeed it would facilitate a rapid move away from the US dollar as the world's main reserve currency.

There are many complex developments and plans to sort out; the aforementioned represent just the tip of the iceberg, making it difficult to project exactly how events will unfold. But here is what we know for sure. The financial movers and shakers of the world want to replace the dollar with a new international currency. They will do whatever it takes to make this happen and are eager to do it sooner rather than later, while Barack Obama is at their beck and call.

What we do not know is exactly how long this transition will take, and whether the US will first be moved into a regional currency or if this step will be by-passed in favor of an immediate global currency. There are other questions, including: How much resistance will there be from the people of the United States and Britain, and their legislative bodies? Will there be a partial or complete collapse of our economy? Will other types of crises be precipitated (via terror, war, disease, etc.) to accommodate this change? And, will God in his mercy intervene to give us more time? These variables make it impossible to set dates with any degree of accuracy. However, it is important to get prepared now in case things fall into place quickly, which they could.

Every indication suggests that when the new currency is issued, it will involve a major revaluation. Rumor has it that if the new currency were to be released soon (within the next year or so) we could expect a 6:1 devaluation. In other words, if you have $6,000 in a bank account, you would have only 1,000 units of the new currency when your bank reopens. If such an event were to occur, banks would shut down for a period of time, meaning you would not have access to your accounts and probably not your safety deposit box for several days to several weeks. In some cases involving currency revaluations in other countries, bank authorities have seized the contents of citizens' deposit boxes. For this reason I would consider moving valuables out of my box to another location – possibly a fireproof safe in my home.

What to Do

Although my professional background is in economics and international business, I have been reluctant to tell people what to do with their personal finances, as everyone's circumstances are different. Furthermore, I am not a professional financial planner or advisor. However, because so many people continue to call or write us on this matter, I will give an example of what I personally would do if I had significant money to invest.

First of all, I would get out of debt, while giving generously to biblically solid ministries who are speaking the truth. But if I had cash left to invest after doing so, here is what I would do with it. I would keep up to 5% of my money on hand in the form of cash. This would be for short-term purchases of groceries, gas, and day-to-day items in case a banking holiday is declared where banks would shut down for a few days or weeks before introducing a new currency. Eventually all old currency will be worthless unless it is traded in for the new, so I would not hoard large amounts of cash – only enough to get through a brief period of time. All of my other investments would be geared toward off-setting the affects of a currency revaluation that would likely occur if the dollar is replaced with a new regional or global currency.

I would plan to remain in such investments until the new currency is introduced and any revaluation of the "old" US dollar has taken place. After this transition has occurred, some or all of these investments could be traded back in for the new currency. By temporarily putting my dollars into items more likely to hold their value it would help off-set any losses that might occur with a revaluation. For example, if I would eventually be given only one new currency unit for every six dollars, then it would have been better if I had put my dollars into gold or other stable currencies and then sell them off in exchange for the new currency once it comes out.

This is how I would invest my remaining 95 percent. I would put 10% of my money into silver coins that could be used to barter for goods and services. Silver is perhaps the most practical of the precious metals because of its affordability and potential use as a bartering item. Historically, it has at times been valued at 10% of the price of gold. It is currently trading at less than $20 an ounce (2% the price of gold). I consider this to be a good price.

Another 25% of my portfolio would be put into a combination of gold and platinum, which should continue to trade in the $1,000 range for the near future – possibly going significantly higher if China and other countries continue to buy gold or if the crisis intensifies. I would also consider putting 25% into Swiss francs or a combination of other stable foreign currencies. All such purchases would depend to some degree on whether prices are favorable at the time I consider the purchase. Also, the percentages of what I invest in would be conditional on the amount of wealth I have. Someone with a million dollars, for example, would invest differently than someone with $10,000. I am basing my scenario on what I would do with $100,000.

I would invest the remaining 35% in survival related items. I would purchase a few acres of land with available firewood and a fresh spring that could also be used for growing food. The fact is people can't eat silver and gold. Food and water are necessary for survival. In planning ahead it would be a good idea to keep some extra food and basics on hand for difficult times.

As Christians, anything we do to prepare should be done unselfishly, keeping others in mind. If we are in a position to help others when things come crashing down, it will be a strong testimony to those who are unprepared. Difficult times could present unique opportunities to share the gospel of Christ with those who've been unwilling to listen before.

While Christians should be prudent and plan wisely as the Lord directs, our number one focus must be on our relationship with Him. We should use this time to grow in our walk, learning to depend on His direction in every facet of our lives. Just getting our houses in financial order won't be enough in the days ahead. We will need supernatural discernment and perseverance that only the Holy Spirit can bring. Draw close to Jesus and He will provide the strength you need to stand firm while facing the challenges ahead!

For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7

Endnotes

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1. CNN Headline News, October 15, 2009.
2. MarketWatch, "FDIC: Number of troubled banks rises to 416," Boston, August 27, 2009, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid=637EA711-9253-43CA-89E8-22193EF436A5
3. Fox News, October 23, 2009.
4. CNN Headline News, October 15, 2009.
5. WorldNetDaily, From Jerome Corsi's Red Alert, "It's Official! U.S. government is bankrupt," October 18, 2009, http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE,printable&pageId=113366.
6. Dick Morris, "The Declaration of Independence has been Repealed," April 6, 2009, http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/04/06/the-declaration-of-independence-has-been-repealed-#more-568.
7. The Telegraph (U.K.), "China Alarmed by US Printing Money," September 6, 2009.
8. Ibid.
9. Robert Fisk, The Independent, "The demise of the dollar," October 6, 2009, http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=NTIyMDAyNg%3D%3D.
10. Ibid.
11. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - Geneva, "Trade and Development Report, 2009," Overview, pp. 10-13.

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Trouble Now-- Godly Peace in the Future.

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Tom on the Left with buddies at the BearCat, RVN EM Club--1970. 240th AHC Helicopters.

What really warms my heart is the pure fact that NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS down the pike, real, biblical Christians can be happy and confident that their future is in God's hands and they will land on their feet-- and not their heads. But not without some pain and worry in 2010 and onward...as the article points out.
So even though we have Grace and Freedom to do what we want [to a certain degree], won't we want to do what is right, what is commanded? Try to spend/ charge less and live with in our means and hide the 'plastic' in the drawer. I am talking about things that I need to work on....LOL. If I post something that I need to improve on, it pricks my own conscience too so that I take positive action to 'walk the walk' too!

On the other hand, it doesn't take a military genius to figure out how Israel feels about it's own safety,and what history has proved. No one tried to stop the Holocaust in WW-2 when even America KNEW what was happening to the Jews in Germany ! The Jews will never forget that, so that they know they can only trust in their own might for survival as Iran gets nuclear. Obama and his Dims clearly are indecisively ignorant when it comes to military common sense-- and will probably sell Israel out for selfish interests, or fear. Most of the time you just can't use 'diplomacy' with the Big Bully on the block. The only thing that worked for me as I was a young kid in Milwaukee was to punch that bully in the nose really hard to get him off my back as I walked home from school every day! Just like the words to the song, 'Coward of the County' ... "sometimes you've got to fight to be a man..." Link:

Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers

Soldiers train hard hoping that they will never have to use their skills in battle/ war -- but in the back of their minds they know some day the battle will come, and they will be ready to fight. In ancient Israel, obama and the Dims would have been hiding under a rock, cowards that they are, IMHO. Or they would be selling out their own nation and fraternizing with the enemy. That is my personal opinion from observation, just like all the other stupid Bills rushed through Congress and silly Socialistic ideas. 'There is nothing new under the sun.'

I never claimed to be some hero, but I did serve with distinction for 2 years in Vietnam and have friends who were there with me to vouch for me and orders to prove what I say. And through the years I have studied and read many intellectual books to further my knowledge and at least have SOMETHING to show for my 60 years on planet earth. But to tie it all together in the final analysis: 'The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.' --1 Cor. 3:19. And when we look back a few hundred or thousand years from now, we will understand better that the only thing that truly mattered was our service in God's Army-- putting His kingdom first. "Let YOUR Will be done." We certainly don't see that now, do we? Yet, America, collectively with majority voted for a man who did honestly lay out his objectives, including ABORTION, the Gay Agenda, 'sharing the so-called wealth' and other perversions/ illegalities, for the American public-- as Glenn Beck graphically reminds us on TV and Radio. See him daily on Fox News TV, 5 PM.

I must take Sharon to the doctor tomorrow-- her feet, ankles and lower legs are swelled up. Please pray for my wife, as she is in constant pain and poor health.

Tom

Iran to Hold Drill to Protect Nuke Sites

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:19 AM PST

By Chris Schang. Iran has made several interesting and disturbing announcements. One of the first announcements is that they will be carrying out a drill to protect their nuclear sites. The drills will focus solely on protecting the Iranian nuclear facilities from attack. The other announcement was that if Israel did indeed strike Iran that they were prepared to strike the heart of Tel Aviv. This
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Is the Bubble About to Burst?

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 02:31 PM PST

By Gary KahYes, it's true! The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the organization that "insures" your bank deposits, is officially broke. It ran out of money in early October due to the large number of banks that are continuing to fail.1 This news came in spite of the fact that the FDIC had raised its rates to member banks earlier in the year in an attempt to shore up its dwindling

WOW!!

The Republicans DO have better ideas to help the Economy!

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Fact: The Republicans DO have some brilliant, better ideas to help get more jobs in the short and long term! But the Dimwitted, bought out, lame stream "media" and Dims- controlled Congress won't give them a chance! I believe that if another super stupid Bill is passed before the public and "Congress" have a chance to READ AND DISCUS/ DEBATE IT-- the world will consider us the most stupid Nation in the world... and they'd be right.

When I worked in Finance [taking a sabbatical from my main welding bread and butter- skill/ occupation] I learned that, 'You should NEVER sign something before you read it!!' But like other scams, most Life Insurance contracts are intentionally written to baffle the prospective client. I KNOW the Life Insurance Industry! But anyone can go to the local library and learn these things too-- if they beat themselves enough to wade through the dry reading and history of that industry. IMHO, the Conservative Patriots and the 'Founding Fathers that sleep' must be beating their heads against a wall trying to figure out how the entire American people have been rail road- ed/ duped into accepting all the stupid, worst Bills that are getting signed into Law! Shame! I bet our old History books will soon be burned so that the coming generations will never know what real Freedom is --- except that I believe the Lord will come back sooner than that.

I also blame the Republicans for being so 'loose' and immoral as to be caught doing immoral things and cheating, thereby getting ousted from Congress-- so that the Dims [Democats] now control both the Senate and the House! Big Shame!

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An exclusive to Washington's Elusive Quest for Jobs By Paul Ryan Representing Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District November 18, 2009 With unemployment at 10.2%, it is imperative that we focus on job creation. In the halls of Congress, there are reports of yet another "stimulus" spending bill. It is great that jobs are again on the agenda, but to continue to do the same thing (simply spend more money) and expect different results is the definition of insanity. As the private sector continues to shed jobs, the size and scope of the federal government is expanding at breakneck speed: trillions in new taxes, spending, and debt; the creation of new government entitlement programs; unprecedented power grabs over our financial, health care, and energy sectors. Washington needs to drop its adherence to the notion that spending your money and printing new money are the only answers to promoting jobs here at home. Impact of Stimulus: Obama Administration Projections vs. Actual Results As we open another stimulus debate, it is instructive to revisit the passionate and vocal case made earlier this year for the trillion dollar spending package (H.R. 1). In January of 2009, President-elect Obama’s economic team released a detailed report that made clear the need for their spending bill and the consequences if we didn’t rush one-trillion dollars out the door ("The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act", 1/10/09). The following chart, along with updates that mark the actual unemployment data, makes clear the disparity between Washington’s promises and the dismal results. In his first Weekly Radio Address since taking office, President Obama urged swift passage of his American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which he argued would "immediately jumpstart job creation" (White House, 1/23/09). He added, "If nothing is done, the unemployment rate could reach double digits." Shortly after the massive spending bill became law, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to assure the skeptical public by stating, "We must make sure the public understands this is a very fiscally sound package. The choices that were made in it were to create jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs and jobs as soon as possible" (Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, 3/10/09). In June, when pressed to explain why jobs, jobs, jobs were not materializing, Vice President Joe Biden noted, "The speed of job growth will really pick up in the next few months" (Time Magazine, 6/2/09). Since that time, the economy lost 1.33 million jobs. By any objective standard, the so-called stimulus has been a failure. Since the stimulus was enacted, the private sector has lost over 3 million more jobs and the unemployment rate has reached double digits. In addition to dismal jobs numbers, the record new spending has contributed to a $1.4 trillion federal budget deficit this year. In the face of these irrefutable facts, the Obama Administration and leaders in Congress continue claim that they’ve "created or saved" millions of jobs. They argue that things would have been worse had Congress failed to shovel trillions of dollars out the door. Yet again, facts continue to tell a different story. The data used to back up these claims has come under widespread scrutiny. According to an independent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analysis, a White House report citing that "640,000 jobs were created or saved by the stimulus package" was "rife with errors, double counting and inflated numbers based more on satisfying federal formulas than creating real jobs" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/5/09). “Track the Money” – Recovery.gov – Accessed: 11/18/09 Recovery.gov has been rightly criticized for crediting jobs that don’t exist, jobs at companies that don’t exist, and jobs in Congressional districts that don’t exist. Earlier today, I visited the Obama Administration’s Recovery.gov myself to check out its impact on Wisconsin: http://www.house.gov/ryan/recovery1.htm. The Administration claims to have spent $2.4 billion in the state of Wisconsin, resulting in 10,073 jobs "created or saved." In the Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District, taxpayers spent roughly $1.5 million per job. More troubling, millions more of your money has apparently been spent in six congressional districts that don’t exist. Despite promises of unprecedented accountability, it is unclear what has happened to the $1.2 million earmarked for the non-existent 55th Congressional District of Wisconsin, as the Badger State only has eight congressional districts. These false jobs claims are not only embarrassing, but further erode the trust between Wisconsinites and their federal government. This exercise illuminates Washington’s fundamental error in its elusive quest for job creation: the belief that only greater government spending can generate jobs. Because every dollar Congress spends must first be taken from the economy, Congressional spending can’t grow the economic pie - it just redistributes the slices. Congress must recognize that real, sustained growth and job creation comes from the work, savings and investment of American families and businesses - not from the federal government. Should this message get through to the White House and leaders in Congress, what can Congress do to encourage small businesses and entrepreneurs to take risks, expand their operations and create jobs? As argued during the previous stimulus debates, there are legitimate steps Congress can take to help the American economy in both the near and long term, including the following: Support Real Policies for Growth. Fast-acting tax policy - such as allowing expensing on all new investments - would boost incentives to expand business operations and create jobs. In addition, lowering the corporate income tax rate - currently the second highest in the industrialized world - would help attract investment in the U.S., and reduce the incentives to shift business operations and jobs overseas. Provide Tax Certainty. Due to next year’s expiration of past tax laws, the Majority is set to hit Americans with new tax increases on investment, savings, businesses, families and workers. This threat is stifling business investment and job creation today because of the uncertainty in tax laws. Congress should permanently extend the current tax laws and drop its insistence tax increases. This would serve as a de facto tax cut, increasing the after-tax rate of return on investment and unlocking billions in private, idle capital. Get Spending Under Control. Congress threatens to erase any potential economic gains if we fail to get a grip on our fiscal crisis. We are set to double our national debt in five years, triple it in ten - and then the spending really explodes as the baby boomers retire. Absent serious reform, our entitlement programs will not only grow themselves right into extinction, but they will impose a crushing blow to our budget, our currency, and our economy in the process. We should stop the creation of a new health care entitlement and make sustainable existing programs that strengthen our health and retirement security. I will continue to promote my efforts to tackle this challenge head on (www.americanroadmap.org; www.house.gov/ryan/budgetreform/). If the Majority puts aside its ideological commitment to growing government, these ideas could be included in bipartisan solutions to bring jobs back into our economy. 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Tragedy at Fort Hood.

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I agree with this true statement 100% !

Tom S

This retired Colonel is so right!

Tragedy at Ft Hood

by Allen West

11/09/2009

Last Thursday, 13 American Soldiers were killed and another 30 wounded at a horrific mass shooting at US Army installation, Ft Hood Texas . As I watched in horror and then anger I recalled my two years of final service in the Army as a Battalion Commander at Ft Hood.

My wife and two daughters were stunned at the incident having lived on the post in family housing.

A military installation, whether it is Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or Coast Guard, is supposed to be a safe sanctuary for our warriors and their families. It is intended to provide a home whereby our “Band of Brothers and Sisters” can find solace and bond beyond just the foxhole but as family units.

A military installation is supposed to be a place where our warriors train for war, to serve and protect our nation.

On Thursday, 5 November 2009 Ft Hood became a part of the battlefield in the war against Islamic totalitarianism and state sponsored terrorism.

There may be those who feel threatened by my words and would even recommend they not be uttered. To those individuals I say step aside because now is not the time for cowardice. Our country has become so paralyzed by political correctness that we have allowed a vile and determined enemy to breach what should be the safest place in America , an Army post.

We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the pre-shooting stress on the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable. The fact that there are some who have now created an entire new classification called, “pre-virtual vicarious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” is unconscionable.

This is not a “man caused disaster”. It is what it is: an Islamic jihadist attack.

We have seen this before in March 2003 when a SGT Hasan of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) threw hand grenades and opened fire into his Commanding Officer’s tent in Kuwait . We have seen the foiled attempt of Albanian Muslims who sought to attack Ft Dix, NJ. Recently we saw a young convert to Islam named Carlos Bledsoe travel to Yemen, receive terrorist training, and return to gun down two US soldiers at a Little Rock, Arkansas Army recruiting station.

We thwarted another Islamic terrorist plot in North Carolina which had US Marine Corps Base, Quantico as a target.

What have we seen done with all these prevalent trends? Nothing.

What we see are leaders paralyzed and refusing to confront the issue, Islamic terrorist infiltration into America , and possibly further into our Armed Services. Instead we have a multiculturalism and diversity syndrome on steroids.

Major Hasan should have never been transferred to Ft Hood. Moreover, he should have been administratively discharged from the Army. His previous statements, poor evaluation reports, and the fact that the FBI had him under investigation for jihadist website posting should have been sufficient proof.

However, what we have is a typical liberal approach to find a victim, not the 13 and 30 but rather the poor shooter. A shooter who we hear was a great American, who loved the Army and serving his nation, and CAIR stating that his actions had nothing to do with religious belief.

We know that Major Hasan deliberately planned this episode; he did give away his possessions. He stood atop a table in the confined space of the Soldier Readiness Center shouting “Allahu Akhbar,” the same chant as the 9-11 terrorists and those we fight against overseas in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operation.

No one in leadership seems willing to sound the alarm for the American people. Our Congress should suspend further action on the preposterous and unconstitutional healthcare bill and resolve the issue of “protecting the American people”.

The recent incidents in Dearborn Michigan , Boston Massachusetts , Dallas Texas , and Chicago Illinois should bear witness to the fact that we have an Islamic terrorism issue in America . And don’t have CAIR call me and try to issue a vanilla press statement: they are terrorist apologists, not a civil rights organization.

We have Saudi Arabia funding close to 80% of the mosques in the United States , one right here in South Florida, Pompano Beach . Are we building churches and synagogues in Saudi Arabia ? Of course not. Because they aren’t allowed by the Saudi government.

So much for peaceful coexistence.

Saudi Arabia is sponsoring radical Imams who enter into our prisons and convert young men into a virulent ideology….one resulting in four individuals wanting to destroy synagogues in New York with plastic explosives. Thank God the explosives were dummy. They are sponsoring textbooks which present Islamic centric revisionist history in our schools.

We must recognize that there is an urgent need to separate the theo-political radical Islamic ideology out of our American society. We must begin to demand surveillance of suspected Imams and mosques that are spreading hate and preaching the overthrow of our Constitutional Republic……that speech is not protected under First Amendment, it is sedition and if done by an American treason.

I make no apologies for these words, and anyone angered by them, please, go to Ft Hood and look into the eyes of the real victims. The tragedy at Ft Hood Texas did not have to happen. Consider now the feelings of those there and on every military installation in the world. Consider the feelings of the Warriors deployed into combat zones who now are concerned that their loved ones at home are in a combat zone.

Ft Hood suffered an Islamic jihadist attack, stop the denial and realize a simple point.

The reality of your enemy must become your own.

Steadfast and Loyal,
Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Ret)

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IS OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?

By Rev. Ted Pike
19 Nov 09

The Bible prophesies that a Jewish world government--presided over by Israel's false messiah, Antichrist--will be established in the last days. Next to the first and second comings of Christ, eventual antichrist world government and God's judgment on it, is probably the Bible's most frequent prophetic theme.

I'm increasingly asked if I think Barak Obama could be the Antichrist. In my new lecture/discussion series, Biblical Answers: Reviving True Christianity, at www.truthtellers.org, I consider at length why I do not believe he could.

Scripture makes it clear that the Antichrist is Jewish, the "wicked, profane prince of Israel." (Ezekiel 21:25) Also called Gog, the chief prince of Mesech and Tubal, he is a Russian. Second, Scripture is emphatic that the Antichrist will seize control only after a period of global peace and "tranquility" has been enforced upon the world (Dan. 11:21). The world today is wracked with terrorism and conflict.

How could such global tranquility become reality? It's possible through the eventual establishment of Jewish supremacy's political, economic, financial, media, and military power over the nations - enforcing Jewish anti-hate laws. These laws, ostensibly designed to end the hate that creates war, are now being set up worldwide by the Anti-Defamation League and its parent Jewish supremacist group, B'nai B'rith International.

Establishment of a globalist hate crimes gestapo is moving forward rapidly in Europe. About five years ago, ADL/B'nai B'rith persuaded 56 European nations to join in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, dedicated to fight all forms of bias, hate crimes, discrimination and anti-Semitism. Last month in Warsaw, ADL issued a stern directive to OSCE states to hasten total domination of hate laws over Europe - in government, media, education and society ("ADL Calls on OSCE States to Respond to Anti-Semitism and Hate," Oct. 5, 2009, www.adl.org). Every aspect of ADL's twisted hate crimes ideology and rhetoric is being taught to these 56 member states (explained in detail in OSCE's 77-page, 2008 report, Preventing and Responding to Hate Crimes: A Resource Guide for NGOs in the OSCE Region).

OSCE's report aims to facilitate ADL's dream of worldwide enforced "peace." ADL and OSCE vow to outlaw a major root cause of strife--bias--and thus prevent international armed conflict from ever erupting again.

Ezekiel Foresaw Coming Peace

In Ezekiel 38-9, the prophet sees Israel in the last days as a nation of Jews regathered from the nations and living so securely no one can oppose them. Yet this is not due to God's blessing; Israel is treacherous, unclean, and so wicked He hides His face from her! (Ezekiel 39:23) Israel lives "without bars or gates," without needing conventional national defenses. Her complete safety can't possibly be maintained by idealism or force of arms alone. Instead, mankind has been subdued by overwhelming Jewish power, undoubtedly united with harshly punitive international hate crimes laws, administered from Jerusalem. Such statutes could make it a capital offense (as it was in Jewish Bolshevik Russia) to criticize Jews - including the Jewish claim of six million Holocaust dead.

The Talmud and Zohar, modern Judaism's highest religious authorities, make it clear that when their Messiah (Antichrist) comes, all "idolaters" will be destroyed--especially those who worship "the false prophet," Jesus.

This is the direction we are taken by OSCE and Obama's recently passed hate law. The coming "son of perdition," because of his charisma, power, and Jewish identity, will be accepted by Israel as her new spiritual husband - in place of the true One she crucified more than 2,000 years earlier.

Thirty-five hundred years ago God (Jesus) chose Israel as His spiritual bride among the nations. First to have spiritual relations with Him through faith, she was first to prostitute that relationship. Many religious systems have become spiritual harlots, but Israel is the "mother "of that scarlet sorority. Especially after her crucifixion of Jesus, only she is qualified to have her forehead branded "Mother of harlots and abominations of the earth." (Rev. 17:5) Someday, having at last found her long-sought Messiah, the Great Harlot makes a covenant with the Antichrist and rules the world with him for three and a half years from Jerusalem.

Antichrist Turns upon the Jews

The Antichrist, however, is assassinated, probably by jealous Jewish leaders. He then rises from the dead in imitation of Jesus and turns with terrible fury upon the Jews. Gathering his confederate nations, the Antichrist, who is called "Gog," comes against Israel and his armies cover the land (Ezekiel 38, 39). Fulfilling Daniel's prophecy, "he will destroy many while they are at ease" (Daniel 8:25), he encircles and ravages Jerusalem, killing two-thirds of Jews within the city. He then desecrates the Jewish temple (the Abomination of Desolation) and sits in the temple declaring himself to be God.

Surviving Jews are once again exiled to the nations (Ezekiel 39:23, 28). This fulfills God's timeless, oft-repeated law that a nation of rebellious, Christ-rejecting Jews cannot long endure in a land dedicated to holiness. The entire world, insane with fury at what Israel did to enslave mankind, attempts to destroy every last Jew from planet Earth. For most of three and a half years, a Jewish remnant, pursued to every corner of the earth, will face imminent extinction. Finally, at a moment known only to God, Jesus Christ returns, like lightning shining from one end of the heavens to the other. The remnant at last believes upon Him whom their fathers crucified. Christ leads them back to Palestine to occupy His holy land with Him for a thousand years -- the only divinely approved national occupation of Palestine for at least two millennia.

Obama does share a number of antichrist characteristics. Yet, Antichrist, when he comes, will be like a great mountain filling the earth, crushing all resistance and eliciting the worship of all mankind. The world is not yet degenerate enough to worship Satan incarnate who will sit in a rebuilt Jewish temple in Jerusalem, proclaiming himself God.

Where are we in this prophetic timeline?

We are in the foothills of Antichrist, while Obama, his prophet, prepares the way before him.

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Let the Anti-Defamation League teach you how they have saddled 45 states with hate laws capable of persecuting Christians, and spearhead attempts to pass the federal hate crimes bill: http://www.adl.org/99hatecrime/intro.asp.

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