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Life experiences form your tastes. You listen and understand better the more trouble you experience. Sometimes you can defend, defend, defend, defend yourself. But the person you are talking to just wants you to defend, defend, defend. So by defending yourself, you are falling in their trap. I cut the grass yesterday and thought of the way it used to be so appalling. Now I get to see the effect of my labor. I cut this side of my neighbor’s yard because he cut my side last time. It shouldn't have to be a one hand washes the other thing. I should've been the first to do the favor. Always be polite. Even if somebody is harassing you in a most proud and arrogant way. You have to show self restraint just like Jesus did. I was up way past midnight, reading. And had been writing all day. This time in 93, I had been in a coma 5 mons yesterday. myspace.com/michaeldeehouse has some pictures of it. do not be led astray. If your preacher leaves the Bible, leave the church. Go to another church. Feed your Spirit. Keep Jesus in the picture. Add to your talents. You are very, very often the 1 holding you down. What is monarchy? Every kid wants a horse. When I got one as a kid and found the upkeep they require, I  no longer wanted a horse. A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual, who is the head of state, often for life or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state."[1] The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch. It was a common form of government in the world during the ancient and medieval times. the voting rights litigation brought, or participated in, by the Voting Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union after the amendment and extension of the Voting Rights Act on June 29, 1982. It documents continuing purposeful discrimination in voting against racial minorities in the South and against American Indians in the West. It also demonstrates the urgent need for extension of the special provisions of the Act scheduled to expire in 2007: (1) Section 5 preclearance; (2) the minority language assistance provisions of Section 203; and (3) the federal examiner and election observer provisions. After vertigo hit me like it did as I thought about this this morning, I decided to include it. the voting rights litigation brought, or participated in, by the Voting Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union after the amendment and extension of the Voting Rights Act on June 29, 1982. It documents continuing purposeful discrimination in voting against racial minorities in the South and against American Indians in the West. It also demonstrates the urgent need for extension of the special provisions of the Act scheduled to expire in 2007: (1) Section 5 preclearance; (2) the minority language assistance provisions of Section 203; and (3) the federal examiner and election observer provisions. If you were the Confederates and the union was voting for you, would you go to war? I bring to church a picture of Abraham Lincoln. I learned how he saw a slave auction as a kid  saw a slave, determining to be President and do something about it. BUT I also learned CIVIL War was about voting rights. So I painted a picture of Abraham and brought it to church. Painted with an artist who saw my artistry in my mere vernacular! Then invited me over…. I need to shave. Musicians are getting ready to pray. Anne is seated and ready. Prayer room just opened and the people come out, visibly prayed up. Mike has a mike check. Karen and Marlo are read y. I loved Abraham since he saw something different in black the people. Kindergarten through 3rd grade n a Private/Christian school I never met a black person. teacher slapped my face. I started a public school and saw how wonderful black people are. They saw how reliable, dependable, consistent, steadfast, unswerving, unfailing, and how trustworthy I am and started protecting me like a mother hen does her pullets. Cathy drinking water. Ladonna and Rebecca talking. Instructions on stage heard. I cut the grass today. I see a visitor. 1st cord 19:04. It’s in the house of the Lord. That's how I roll. Please pray for Abundant Life ministries! The music is uplifting. God Almighty’s love is lifting me up again. There's no higher love you could find. Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever. The people dancing on the screen. Celebratory mode. God Almighty is good all the time! all the time! all the time! all the time! all the time! all the time! God Almighty’s mercy will not wear out. Jackson got addicted to the drug he was given when his hair caught on fire. In rehab, I learned in a lesson the Jackson 5 were the dad’s way of paying bills. In a park they started. Are you hungry and thirsty for the Lord? Lord Jesus, I want more of you. (Gas is down some.) Lord God, Holy Spirit, rain down on me. Nothing is like this. The world thinks the Spirit is crazy. When I helped my neighbor paint, I told their son, a friend, to tell his gf about me. He said, OK, before we come over, she can spend extra time in the mirror. Does either of those make any sense to you? Of course not, but I was free, very, very hard working help. The people dancing on the screen. Celebratory mode. We lift our holy hands up. What can I bring to Jesus Almighty that He doesn’t  already have? I give God Almighty my offering of praise.  today is July 15. 15 in the Bible represents 15 ~ Rest (1 + 5 = 6), peace . I’ll make my life an offering. I want to please God Almighty. This is the cry of my heart. Cindy 19:27 on the mike. Prayer. Pastor Anthony on vacation. We pray for him and the church. Bill Mays’ brother  died. Al Susa in the hospital. Kathleen has brain surgery. I pray for her maybe a little harder because I also had brain surgery. Is that right? And many more prayers I do not get. Not enough time to record. Please pray for them all. Please pray for Abundant Life ministries! Rebecca Townsend. Freedom Is Not For The Timid. Why Socialism is Immoral. Cool, that's what I been thinking! Helping poor by force. Immoral. Not charitable. Immoral. It creates victims instead of helps therm. Immoral. If a widow cannot pay mortgage, they take her house. Immoral. Enslaves the forced and proposes help. Immoral. It makes you subservient to control you. Immoral. Quote: compassion which you strive to take is counterproductive. Misuse of government is philanthropy. America is the richest, most generous nation on Earth. In no other country do individuals, communities, foundations, corporations, and other private philanthropies give so many billions of dollars to such a wide variety of worthy causes and organizations. Yet among all these commendable activities and missions, helping people in need has always played a special role. For many Americans, it defines the essence of charity. Today, however, far too much of the private largesse intended by its donors to improve the condition of the poor is misspent or misdirected. This gap between the generosity and good intentions of Americans and the actual impact of their giving on those in need is the central concern of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. When government stands for young and old, charity is represented. Socialism tramples God given inalienable rights. Immoral. Inalienable rights are not inalienable rights if they're not given by God Almighty. The school is teaching Darwinism. But look at this.  Intelligent design is the assertion that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."[1][2] It is a modern form of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, but one which avoids specifying the nature or identity of the designer.[3] The idea was developed by a group of American creationists who reformulated their argument in the creation-evolution controversy to circumvent court rulings that prohibit the teaching of creationism as science.[4][5][6] Intelligent design's leading proponents, all of whom are associated with the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank,[7][8] believe the designer to be the God of Christianity. Intelligent design. Christianity cannot be taught in school, but Darwinism can. Barack needs to know. If there's no Creator, where do our rights come from? If government takes your property by force—part of you—they're violating your inalienable rights. Immoral. Freedom of speech freedom of religion. Downhill slide. Immoral. A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. John Adams  A government of laws, and not of men. John Adams Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. John Adams Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. John Adams As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can. Samuel Adams He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. Samuel Adams How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! Samuel Adams It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. Samuel Adams It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. Samuel Adams Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. Samuel Adams Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. Samuel Adams a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide. For more than 90 years, Planned Parenthood has promoted a commonsense approach to women’s health and well-being, based on respect for each individual’s right to make informed, independent decisions about health, sex, and family planning. Government gives your property to somebody else. Immoral. Advertisement Windows Live® communism (from Latin: communis = "common") is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society ... Communism Communism - Marx, Engels and The Communist Manifesto. The economic and political philosophy. The atheistic and amoral reality. A costly experiment for society. Communism - MSN Encarta Communism, a theory and system of social and political organization that was a major force in world politics for much of the 20th century. As a...Introduction; Early Forms of Communism; The Ideas of Marx and Engels; Communism in the Soviet Union; Communism in China; Communism in Eastern Europe; Communist Governments in Other Regions; Communist Influence in Noncommunist Countries; Features of Communist States; The Future of Communism I  Introduction Print this section Communism, a theory and system of social and political organization that was a major force in world politics for much of the 20th century. As a political movement, communism sought to overthrow capitalism through a workers’ revolution and establish a system in which property is owned by the community as a whole rather than by individuals. In theory, communism would create a classless society of abundance and freedom, in which all people enjoy equal social and economic status. In practice, communist regimes have taken the form of coercive, authoritarian governments that cared little for the plight of the working class and sought above all else to preserve their own hold on power. The idea of a society based on common ownership of property and wealth stretches far back in Western thought. In its modern form, communism grew out of the socialist movement of 19th-century Europe (see Socialism). At that time, Europe was undergoing rapid industrialization and social change. As the Industrial Revolution advanced, socialist critics blamed capitalism for creating a new class of poor, urban factory workers who labored under harsh conditions, and for widening the gulf between rich and poor. Foremost among these critics were the German philosopher Karl Marx and his associate Friedrich Engels. Like other socialists, they sought an end to capitalism and the exploitation of workers. But whereas some reformers favored peaceful, longer-term social transformation, Marx and Engels believed that violent revolution was all but inevitable; in fact, they thought it was predicted by the scientific laws of history. They called their theory “scientific socialism,” or communism. In the last half of the 19th century the terms socialism and communism were often used interchangeably. However, Marx and Engels came to see socialism as merely an intermediate stage of society in which most industry and property were owned in common but some class differences remained. They reserved the term communism for a final stage of society in which class differences had disappeared, people lived in harmony, and government was no longer needed. The meaning of the word communism shifted after 1917, when Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia. The Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party and installed a repressive, single-party regime devoted to the implementation of socialist policies. The Communists formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, or Soviet Union) from the former Russian Empire and tried to spark a worldwide revolution to overthrow capitalism. Lenin’s successor, Joseph Stalin, turned the Soviet Union into a dictatorship based on total state control of the economy and the suppression of any form of opposition. As a result of Lenin’s and Stalin’s policies, many people came to associate the term communism with undemocratic or totalitarian governments that claimed allegiance to Marxist-Leninist ideals. The term Marxism-Leninism refers to Marx’s theories as amended and put into practice by Lenin. After World War II (1939-1945), regimes calling themselves communist took power in China, Eastern Europe, and other regions. The spread of communism marked the beginning of the Cold War, in which the Soviet Union and the United States, and their respective allies, competed for political and military supremacy. By the early 1980s, almost one-third of the world’s population lived under communist regimes. These regimes shared certain basic features: an embrace of Marxism-Leninism, a rejection of private property and capitalism, state domination of economic activity, and absolute control of the government by one party, the communist party. The party’s influence in society was pervasive and often repressive. It controlled and censored the mass media, restricted religious worship, and silenced political dissent.  Communist societies encountered dramatic change in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as political and economic upheavals in the USSR, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere led to the disintegration of numerous communist regimes and severely weakened the power and influence of communist parties throughout the world. The collapse of the USSR effectively ended the Cold War. Today, single-party communist states are rare, existing only in China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. Elsewhere, communist parties accept the principles of democracy and operate as part of multiparty systems. This article provides a broad survey of communism. It explores the philosophical roots of communism and explains how communism was practiced in the Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, and other regions. It also examines the influence of nonruling communist parties. Finally, the article describes the common features of communist states and assesses the future of communism. II  Early Forms of Communism Communist ideas can be traced back to ancient times. In his 4th-century bc work The Republic, Greek philosopher Plato maintained that minimizing social inequality would promote civil peace and good government. In Plato’s ideal republic, an elite class of intellectuals, known as guardians or philosopher-kings, would govern the state and moderate the greed of the producing classes, such as craftsmen and farmers. To cement their allegiance to the state instead of their own desires, the guardians would own no private property and would live communally, residing in barracks together and raising their children as a group instead of in small families. Defined narrowly, a visionary is one who purportedly experiences a vision or apparition connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. The visionary state is achieved via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, day dreams, or art. One example is Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century artist/visionary and Catholic saint.[1] Other visionaries in religion are Mohammed (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Gabriel), St. Bernadette (who had a vision of and communed with the Blessed Virgin), and Joseph Smith (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Moroni). Constitutionality is the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution[1]; the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable constitution. When one of these (laws, procedures, or acts) directly violates the constitution it is unconstitutional[2]. All the rest are considered constitutional until challenged and declared otherwise. An act (or statute) enacted as law either by a national legislature or by the legislature of a subordinate level of government (such as a state or province) may be declared unconstitutional. In hopes of bridging partisan politics during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln ran his second term as a National Union government with Democrat Andrew Johnson as his vice-president. The new National Union Party allowed members to retain affiliations with other political parties. Since the Civil War, there has never been a "national unity" government in the United States in the traditional sense. There have been several instances, however, during national disasters or wars, that the two parties have briefly "rallied around the President." Such instances include the attack on Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the September 11th terrorist attacks, all of which preceded a massive spike in the approval rating of the sitting President. U.S. Federal Government At Bank of America, our federal government specialists understand the complex requirements of federal agencies, and we offer insightful ideas and an array of resources to help you succeed.  How has a large federal agency increased the speed of its collection process?  Why has another agency streamlined its collections processing system?  What does a manager use to track and control her agency’s official travel expenses? Bank of America offers an array of solutions for collections and purchasing to address these questions and more. As a Designated Financial Agent (DFA) for many U.S. Treasury Financial Management Service programs, we have a strong track record of providing highly secure technology, and providing efficient and private collection solutions.  One of several books Guyot wrote attacking socialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this volume, in the tradition of Bastiat, he criticises what he calls “socialistic sophisms,” socialistic legislation, strikes, subsidies to business, and the connection between militarism, protectionism, and socialism. About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it. William Penn  A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. William Penn Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. William Penn Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness. William Penn For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. William Penn Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts. William Penn Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. William Penn “Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants (i.e. bullies?) are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress”.  The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[1] began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies on the North American continent, and ended in a global war between several European great powers. The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists rejected the right of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them without representation. In 1775, revolutionaries gained control of each of the thirteen colonial governments, set up the Second Continental Congress, and formed a Continental Army. Petitions to the king to intervene with the parliament on their behalf resulted in Congress being declared traitors and the states in rebellion the following year. The Americans responded by formally declaring their independence as a new nation, the United States of America, claiming sovereignty and rejecting any allegiance to the British monarchy. In 1777 the Continentals captured a British army, leading to France entering the war on the side of the Americans in early 1778, and evening the military strength with Britain. Spain and the Dutch Republic – French allies – also went to war with Britain over the next two years. Frances Wright (September 6, 1795 – December 131852) also widely known as Fanny Wright, was  a Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer, who became a U. S. citizen in 1825. She lived with her uncle, a wealthy merchant in Dundee, Scotland. Her father was the designer of Dundee trade tokens. When James Wright and his wife died, they left three children. Fanny was orphaned at the age of three, but was left with a substantial inheritance. Fanny was taken to England and raised in the guardianship of her maternal aunt. Upon her coming of age, she returned to Scotland and spent her winters in study and writing, and her summers visiting the Scottish Highlands. By the age of 18, she had written her first book. She immigrated to the United States in 1818, and with her sister toured from 1818 to 1820. She believed in universal equality in education, and feminism. She also attacked organized religion, greed, and capitalism. Along with Robert Owen, Wright demanded that the government offer free boarding schools. In the American vocabulary, "welfare" has often had a limited meaning, most commonly associated in public discourse with public assistance to mothers with dependent children. Yet government welfare can also be given a broader definition, as a general social safety net designed to support citizens in need. Under this definition, "welfare" refers to government protections for workers' incomes, which are often threatened by structural economic change under the free market system. In an economy in which workers rely on wages to support themselves, threats to income arise due to unemployment, sickness, old age, and loss of the family breadwinner. In the United States, then, government welfare has been a collection of different programs that includes unemployment insurance, health insurance, old age pensions, accident insurance, and support for families with dependent children. They control you. False philanthropy. What is Ethics? Ethics may be defined as the set of moral principles that distinguish what is right from what is wrong. Ethics has a twofold objective: it evaluates human practices by calling upon moral standards; also it may give prescriptive advice on how to act morally in a given situation. Ethics, therefore, aims to study both moral and immoral behaviour in order to make well-founded judgments and to arrive at adequate recommendations. Sometimes ethics is used synonymously with morality. An action, which is morally right, is also called an ethical one. Codes of morality are called ethical codes. Business ethics can also be defined as business morality. William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 (although at this period the term of "Prime Minister" was not used). He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer throughout his premiership. He is known as "William Pitt the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who previously served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was officially The Hon. William Pitt because his father was an Earl. He became The Rt Hon. William Pitt when he was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1782 when he joined the government of Lord Shelbourne as Chancellor of the Exchequer. That reminds me of how Pam wanted her cake and eat it too. I ran like a scalded dog. I didn't want to. But it was in the rules. Forefathers sacrificed everything, everything, everything for the States. Including reputation. I just worked out and am experiencing intense, enjoyment, strong, powerful, happiness, delight, joy, forceful, bliss, concentrated, contentment, deep, satisfaction, passionate, gratification, extreme, amusement, severe, recreation. Declaration of Independence. The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America—Independence Day—is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress. The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific. George Washington "Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle" "The government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian Religion." Thomas Jefferson  "I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature." "Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law." James Madison "During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." John F. Kennedy "I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice." George Bush Snr "I don’t know that atheists should be considered patriots, nor should they be considered citizens". George W. Bush jnr TThe United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs." No forefather recanted. Lost their reputation. Lost their standing. It reminds me of how Christopher Columbus died without knowing he found America. Human nature is the concept that there are a set of characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that all 'normal' human beings have in common.[1] The branches of science associated with the study of human nature include sociology, sociobiology and psychology, particularly evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology. Philosophers and theologians have also carried out research on human nature. If men were angels, we wouldn't need government. We delegate to our government. Developing the theme further, governments by their very nature, will always abuse the power with which they are entrusted. That is an inalienable fact of life. To that extent, governments are not our friends. They are our enemies, more so our own, which has the capability to do infinite damage. If we could do without governments, the world would be a better place. Since we cannot, we tolerate them, simply because the alternative – of not having a government - is worse. But we the people must recognize that governments are not our friends. We must constrain them, control them, limit their ability to act and ensure that the power they hold is exercised for us, on our terms, not theirs. The government should fear the people, not the other way around. In an effective system, we delegate the powers of supervision and constraint to specialists – just as we delegate growing our food to specialists. The latter are called farmers, the former politicians or, more specifically, parliamentarians. They, the parliamentarians are not – or should not be - the "government". Actually, the better word is "executive", a word not used often enough in this country. The problem we have at the moment – one of many, although this one is important – is that the executive and the parliament are too close. The one draws its members from the other, to the extent that the role of the one is submerged by the other. The roles must be separated, if parliament - our parliament is properly to do its job. This is for us to demand – we are the people and the power is us. When we hear politicians offer their ideas for "reform”, by all means we can and should listen politely. But no politician should be awarded approval uncritically, unthinkingly. It is for us to decide, not them, where the constraints lie. Thus, with "reform" suddenly on the agenda, we cannot and should not allow the politicians to make the running. Inescapably, because their world view is different from ours, they will fashion the constraints and the controls in a way that suits them, not us. If, on the other hand, we choose to lie back and allow them to dictate the agenda, we will not get what we and the generations that follow us deserve. But we will deserve what we get.  Give me liberty or give me death. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Government is doing what It’s supposed to do. We didn't get here overnight.  A republic is a form of government in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch[1] and the people (or at least a part of its people)[2] have an impact on its government.[3][4] The word 'republic' is derived from the Latin phrase res publica which can be translated as "public affairs". Both modern and ancient republics vary widely in their ideology and composition. The most common definition of a republic is a state without a monarch,[5] In republics such as the US and France the executive is legitimated both by a constitution and by popular suffrage. In the United States Founding Fathers like James Madison defined republic in terms of representative democracy as opposed to only having direct democracy[6], and this usage is still employed by many viewing themselves as "republicans".[7] In modern political science, republicanism refers to a specific ideology that is based on civic virtue and is considered distinct from ideologies such as liberalism.[8]Democracy is a form of government in which the right to govern is vested in the citizens of a country or a state and exercised through a majority rule. It is derived from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía (info)), "popular government",[1] which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos), "people" and κράτος (krátos), "rule, strength" in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.[2] A democracy can denote either direct or indirect rule by the people.[3] In political theory, democracy describes a small number of related forms of government and also a political philosophy. Even though there is no specific, universally accepted definition of 'democracy',[4] there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes. The first principle is that all citizens, not invested with the power to govern, have equal access to power and the second that all citizens enjoy legitimized freedoms and liberties. Stand up against the federal government.  The Constitution The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Because the delegations from only two states were at first present, the members adjourned from day to day until a quorum of seven states was obtained on May 25. Through discussion and debate it became clear by mid-June that, rather than amend the existing Articles, the Convention would draft an entirely new frame of government. All through the summer, in closed sessions, the delegates debated, and redrafted the articles of the new Constitution. Among the chief points at issue were how much power to allow the central government, how many representatives in Congress to allow each state, and how these representatives should be elected--directly by the people or by the state legislators. The work of many minds, the Constitution stands as a model of cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise. Becoming Men: Feats of our Forefathers  by Alex and Brett Harris We're all familiar with names like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams and John Hancock. These men, along with others, were our forefathers and the founders of our nation. They signed the Declaration of Independence and wrote the Constitution. They won the Revolutionary War. Not only that, but their incredible accomplishments weren't limited to their adult lives. John Hancock entered Harvard University when he was 13 years old. Samuel Adams completed his master's degree before he turned 21. Thomas Jefferson frequently studied 15 hours a day during his time at the College of William and Mary. Of course, at this point it's easy for all of us normal people to place these guys in the "superhuman" or "so-smart-it's-disgusting" category and move on. However, there's a danger in thinking that God simply blessed America with a generation chock-full of patriotic super-nerds just in time to write the Constitution. You see, once we label people as a "geniuses" we usually cease to feel the need to learn from them or to be challenged by their example. The truth is that our forefathers weren't nerds and their early college entrances were not unusual for their time. Rather, what stood these young men apart from their peers was (1) a seemingly corporate sense that age could not keep them from accomplishing great things, and (2) an extraordinary drive that we like to call the "do hard things" mentality. As we explore the different ways these traits played out in the early years of some of our most famous forefathers, our hope is that we will all gain a greater vision of our own God-given potential and calling. George Washington: "He Didn't Mark Time" We all know George Washington as the first President of the United States, the Commander of the Revolutionary Army and the Father of our Country. These are impressive titles and the jobs that went with them couldn't be more difficult. But a quick glance at Washington's teenage and young adult years indicates that these weren't his first big titles or even his first weighty responsibilities. Rather, what comes through is a man who, from his childhood, chose to do hard things, and then did those things to the best of his ability. According to the George Washington Bicentennial Committee (WBC), Washington was born into a "middling rank" family, lost his father when he was 11, and was never considered particularly bright or educated by his peers. Nevertheless, he developed a "passion for education [that] caused him to concentrate on hard study" and he mastered geometry, trigonometry, and surveying by the time he was 16 years old. At the age of 17, Washington received his first big job when Lord Thomas Fairfax, one of the largest landowners in Virginia (we're talking 5.3 million acres here), named him official surveyor for Culpepper County, Virginia. At the time surveyors were some of the highest paid workers in the country, second only to trial lawyers. This means that Washington, at age 17, was earning today's equivalent of over $100,000 a year. Don't get this wrong. Washington wasn't an ornament who sat in an office while adult men did the real work. His journals reflect the rigor of frontier life and the WBC describes the appointment as "the fitting of a man's tasks to the square young shoulder of a boy without cutting those tasks to a boy's measure." One of Franklin's famous characteristics was his respect, tolerance and promotion of all churches. Referring to his experience in Philadelphia, he wrote in his autobiography, "new Places of worship were continually wanted, and generally erected by voluntary Contribution, my Mite for such purpose,  find your purpose. God is God Almighty the Sovereign God. highest, best, ultimate, superlative, utmost, absolute, extreme, top.  Microspace’s VELOCITY service is an economical and reliable way of delivering video, data or audio content to many locations at a low, fixed monthly cost. VELOCITY utilizes small inexpensive satellite receiving antennas and digital receivers to collect the content at each remote location. The service is fully addressable and has a high level of security. Authority is often rejected. There is seemingly no area of living that is safe from attack against the traditional authorities of the family, church, and government. By some it is viewed a virtue to question authority, and, if not a vice, then a character weakness to submit to authority. This attitude is not only displayed in the society, but is evident of many Christians as well. Please pray for Abundant Life ministries! The new cool in many congregations, and a driving force in many Christian fads is to appear irreverent and borderline defiant. Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue. The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private). A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, or employment. A bureaucrat is a member of the bureaucracy. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited. The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming.  The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science.  The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming "incontrovertible." In a posting to the APS forum, editor Jeffrey Marque explains, “There is a considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do not agree with the IPCC conclusion that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are very probably likely to be primarily responsible for global warming that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution." onckton, who was the science advisor to Britain's Thatcher administration, says natural variability is the cause of most of the Earth's recent warming.   "In the past 70 years the Sun was more active than at almost any other time in the past 11,400 years ... Mars, Jupiter, Neptune’s largest moon, and Pluto warmed at the same time as Earth." The Federal Reserve System (also the Federal Reserve; informally The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. Created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act (signed by Woodrow Wilson), it is a quasi-public and quasi-private (government entity with private components) banking system[1] that comprises (1) the presidentially appointed Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.; (2) the Federal Open Market Committee; (3) twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks located in major cities throughout the nation acting as fiscal agents for the United States Department of the Treasury, each with its own nine-member board of directors; (4) numerous other private U.S. member banks, which subscribe to required amounts of non-transferable stock in their regional Federal Reserve Banks; and (5) various advisory councils. Since February 2006, Ben Bernanke has served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Donald Kohn is the current Vice Chairman (Term: June 2006–June 2010). In addition, you may verify an organization's tax-exempt status and eligibility to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions by asking to see an organization's IRS letter recognizing it as tax-exempt. You may also confirm an organization's status by calling the IRS (toll-free) at 1-877-829-5500. You may download the electronic version of Publication 78. The download file is a large (12.6 MB) compressed file, from which you may extract a very large delimited text file. Some computers may have difficulty downloading and extracting a file of this size.  In addition, opening the file using word processing software may prevent formatting/appearance issues that may be present if the file is viewed with a text editing program. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum on June 23 that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A scheme by securocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a "subordinate unified command" under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). According to the memorandum, CYBERCOM "will reach initial operating capability (IOC) not later than October 2009 and full operating capability (FOC) not later than October 2010." We are financing tyranny. UN Declaration of Human Rights       On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following this historic act, the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories." Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people. Evil the people always conspire. Resist tyranny. In the United States of America, a state legislature is a generic term referring to the legislative body of any of the country's 50 states. The formal name varies from state to state. In 24 states, the legislature is simply called the "Legislature," or the "State Legislature", while in 19 states, the legislature is called the "General Assembly." In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the legislature is called the "General Court," while North Dakota and Oregon designate the legislature as the "Legislative Assembly." The governmental powers not listed in the Constitution for the national government are powers that the states, or the people of those states, can have. Examples: The states determine the rules for marriages, divorces, driving licenses, voting, state taxes, job and school requirements, rules for police and fire departments, and many more.  The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. Thank you for visiting, you are here most likely because someone you know has urged you to join the growing alliance against the wasteful and irresponsible spending of our government. So please listen to the 15 minute video and sign up today. Together, we won't have to choose "the lesser of two evils". Together we won't be throwing away our votes; in fact, in this election, voting for the major parties that don't offer any solutions will be throwing away your vote.  This video is designed to give you the broad picture and get people motivated for the cause. After you sign up and get two more people, please continue to educate yourselves. Return here and click on the Materials button above for transcripts of the video, Ron Paul's suggested readings, more powerful videos, a power point presentation, and a free MP3 recording and PDF version of the book "The Law" by Frederick Bastiat.  Visit the Stats & Candidates page to see how many people are signed up in your area and around the nation. Check back frequently to watch our alliance grow. Get names of support staff in your area. 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The Center shares knowledge widely, with nonprofit professionals around the world and with the general public, through a variety of means, including: training, academic and practitioner publications, electronic communications, and the mainstream news media.  he Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution was passed by the Senate on June 12, 1911, the House of Representatives on May 13, 1912, and ratified by the states on April 8, 1913. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, transferring Senator selection from each state's legislature to popular election by the people of each state. It also provides a contingency provision enabling a state's governor, if so authorized by his state's legislature, to appoint a Senator in the event of a Senate vacancy until either a special or regular election to elect a new Senator is held. Nearly 140 years earlier, the painting lost the competition for which it was created. In 1865 as the Civil War drew to a close, the Kentucky state legislature launched a competition for a life-size portrait of Henry Clay for its state capitol. New York artist Phineas Staunton unsuccessfully entered the competition. The painting returned to the artist's hometown of Le Roy, New York and, over time, fell into obscurity.  In 1901 the painting was sold for just $60 to the Le Roy Union Free School where schoolboys tossed balls at it during study hall, as evidenced by the many concentric rings of damage etched onto the painting's surface. 

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  Those who expect to reap the benefits of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Selfless people are the happiest because the Lord is closest to them. Mom, the meme, forgot to change my 2m nephew’s diaper. Give her down the road? Well, if I do that, the blame wheel has more likely of a chance of turning my way. The house has been full of kid cries all week. It hasn't felt this much life ever. All I do is read and write. I've lived 3 places since I moved to Florida and that’s all I've done in all of them. Government at its best is a necessary evil, and at its worst, an intolerant one. Yesterday on the way to Busch Gardens, 2m and 7m nephews were lovingly hugging. I thought of the Sovereign God’s love. It’s pure and innocent like that. It takes time to get everything right. After I left the crowd and turned college into everything, they lied about not being able to get permission for me to change classes, I turned reading and writing into everything. John Grisham wrote books he never had published yrs. Then started getting them published and turned it into his sole career. The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. My 2 nephews’ parents are taking them to their dad’s parents then back home. I was thrilled to see John Cena is 7m Jacob’s favorite wrestler just like he is mine. All of the fun I've had with my nephews made weight lifting impossible Wednesday, but I think I’ll find time and energy today. 7m nephew is going through TV withdrawal right now. I'm watching the Jeffersons. I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours.  Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. – Thomas Jefferson (1823) Jacob saw his dad was on the other TV and didn’t start fussing till he saw no TV was available. If there were, he wouldn't want to watch TV. They're used to that character especially because they're used to Jacob. You can get used to more not all the way the flesh and its ways especially by looking at children. Civilized means Cultured, Educated, Refined, Enlightened, Polite, Elegant, Sophisticated, and, or Urbane. That means you've learned the loss at sin and selfishness. And that's why selflessness makes you so happy. America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. Please pray for Abundant Life ministries! She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom. The more you love Jesus, the more you restrain yourself. The more cultured you are. The more precautions you take. George Jefferson hired a convict that later ripped him off. That's a show with morals. Do not trust a snake not to bite you. Even if It’s freezing cold and s/he wants warmth in your pocket. On the way to Busch Gardens with the 7m and 2m’s parents, 7m took 2m’s nose. Pretend. 2m started Crying. Mama Sara said, “Give Chanse his nose back.” He did and Chanse stopped crying. On the way home 7m Jacob took my nose. I couldn't help it. I had to tell on him. Sara said, Give Michael his nose back, Jacob.” Children’s innocence has been on my mind a lot. An Avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. If we with want our children to do right, we have to do right ourselves. If neither side tells the whole truth, that's how you get your case dismissed. Maybe the judge knows you are right, but why should s/he reward you if you are lying? Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them. Do not be jealous if others have moved on. Be selfless. Make sacrifices. Move on yourself. Justin wouldn't turn himself in. He very, very clearly said he’d die before he went back to jail. I told him that was the only, the best way to be redeemed. – Turning himself in.—If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government that is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Do not rush the Way Maker. The Sovereign God is the Path Clearer. Trail Tidier. Pathway Clear outer. Lane Emptier. Alleyway Straightener You cannot make Jesus do that quicker than He needs to.  Christ will not do you wrongly. He will not do what is worse for you. If you listen to the devil, s/he will convince you Jesus is making the wrong decision.  Do not believe that. Never believe that. Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? – Thomas Jefferson (1801) One time, I was referring to wonderful former church members as brother and sister. The man I was talking to had Bible knowledge, but every time I said brother or sister, he cautiously looked at me with great dead. While Jesus talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, t

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 
 BPMASS 17
THEME. Epaphras, who laboured in the Word in the assembly at Colosse, was Paul's fellow-prisoner at ....Rome..... Doubtless from him Paul learned the state of that church. As to fundamentals that state was excellent (1.3-8), but in a subtle way two forms of error were at work: The first was legality in its Alexandrian form of asceticism, "touch not, taste not," with a trace of the Judaic observance of "days"; the object of which was the mortification of the body (cf Rom 8.13). The second form of error was false mysticism, "intruding into those things which he hath not seen"--the result of philosophic speculation. Because these are ever present perils, Colossians was written, not for that day only, but for the warning of the church in all days.

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The Epistle is in seven divisions:

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I. Introduction 1.1-8

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II. The apostolic prayer 1.9-14

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III. The exaltation of Christ, Creator, Redeemer, Indweller 1.15-29

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IV. The Godhead incarnate in Christ, in whom the believer is complete. 2.1-23.

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V. The believer's union with Christ in resurrection life and glory 3.1-4

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VI. Christian living, the fruit of union with Christ, 3.5-4.6

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VII. Christian fellowship, 4.7-18

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS Commentary by A. R. Faussett

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INTRODUCTION

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The GENUINENESS of this Epistle is attested by Justin Martyr [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 311, B.], who quotes "the first-born of every creature," in reference to Christ, from ....Col.... 1:15. Theophilus of ....Antioch.... [To Autolychus, 2, p. 100]. Irenæus [Against Heresies, 3.14.1], quotes expressly from this "Epistle to the Colossians" (....Col.... 4:14). Clement of ....Alexandria.... [Miscellanies, 1. P. 325], quotes Col 1:28; also elsewhere he quotes Col 1:9-11, 28; 2:2, &c.; Col 2:8; 3:12, 14; 4:2, 3, &c. Tertullian [The Prescription against Heretics, 7], quotes Col 2:8; [On the Resurrection of the Flesh, 23], and quotes Col 2:12, 20; 3:1, 2. Origen [Against Celsus, 5.8], quotes ....Col.... 2:18, 19.

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Colosse (or, as it is spelt in the best manuscripts, "Colassæ") was a city of ....Phrygia...., on the river Lycus, a branch of the Meander. The Church there was mainly composed of Gentiles (compare ....Col.... 2:13). Alford infers from ..Col.. 2:1 (see on [2392]....Col.... 2:1), that Paul had not seen its members, and therefore could not have been its founder, as Theodoret thought. ....Col.... 1:7, 8 suggests the probability that Epaphras was the first founder of the Church there. The date of its foundation must have been subsequent to Paul's visitation, "strengthening in order" all the churches of ..Galatia.. and Phrygia (Ac 18:24); for otherwise we must have visited the Colossians, which ....Col.... 2:1 implies he had not. Had Paul been their father in the faith, he would doubtless have alluded to the fact, as in 1Co 3:6, 10; 4:15; 1Th 1:5; 2:1. It is only in the Epistles, Romans and Ephesians, and this Epistle, such allusions are wanting; in that to the Romans, because, as in this ....Church.. of ..Colosse...., he had not been the instrument of their conversion; in that to the Ephesians, owing to the general nature of the Epistle. Probably during the "two years" of Paul's stay at Ephesus, when "all which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus" (Ac 19:10, 26), Epaphras, Philemon, Archippus, Apphia and the other natives of Colosse, becoming converted at Ephesus, were subsequently the first sowers of the Gospel seed in their own city. This will account for their personal acquaintance with, and attachment to, Paul and his fellow ministers, and for his loving language as to them, and their counter salutations to him. So also with respect to "them at ..Laodicea..," (....Col.... 2:1).

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The OBJECT of the Epistle is to counteract Jewish false teaching, by setting before the Colossians their true standing in Christ alone (exclusive of all other heavenly beings), the majesty of His person, and the completeness of the redemption wrought by Him; hence they ought to be conformed to their risen Lord, and to exhibit that conformity in all the relations of ordinary life Col 2:16, "new moon, sabbath days," shows that the false teaching opposed in this Epistle is that of Judaizing Christians. These mixed up with pure Christianity Oriental theosophy and angel-worship, and the asce