Hosanna to the King!

Matthew 21:9 (New International Version)
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,"Hosanna to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Hosanna in the highest!"

As the week unfolded, prophecy was again being fulfilled as Jesus, riding a colt, hearing the cheers of the crowd, walking along a road covered in palms, entered Jerusalem. You have to wonder what was on His mind as He saw those cheering people and looked them in the eye knowing that many of the very same ones who were cheering Him, at the end of the week, would be crying out for his crucifixion.

Yet, in He rode. Certain, horrible, painful death loomed in front of Him. However, He knew that death was necessary so that the sins of the very ones who would call for his death and those of all of us could be forgiven. It's the very reason He came down from heaven.

Romans 5:8 (New International Version) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Don't Be the Silent Majority: Don't Give Up the Fight!

"Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." (James 4:17)

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

Was there really any doubt that the "One" would get his vote? I mean the demweasels have their price, even if it is a political sleight of hand using an Executive Order that has less teeth than a newborn baby. Thank you Mr. Stupak. Although, Bart Stupak was never going to vote against the bill anyway. Why he pulled this charade this long is a mystery, but he's not really two-faced, he's just a liar. Once he caved, the rest of the so-called pro-life democrats followed along. And here we are! Europe!

But, those of us in the majority in this country who oppose the complete takeover of our health care (and then everything else, it seems) by the government cannot let up. We must keep up the pressure, not only on the current crew in Washington, but also on the new people we will vote in come Election Day 2010 and then again in 2012.

For me, I will work tirelessly for the opponents of Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Steve Israel. They are to blame, with the rest of the democrats, for undermining the foundation of this country. I say dump the lot of them! Dump the Dems!

The United States of America is about personal responsibility, not nanny state handouts. It was built on hard work, honesty, integrity. The grit of generations gone by has gotten us to the position of envy around the world. Sure the bad mouth us, but when there is trouble, either politically or naturally, who does the world look to? The United States of America. That's because we could be counted on to give money, resources and people to help in times of trouble.

This country was founded on great Judeo-Christian principles of doing good to others while living free. Having freedom WITH responsibility and not freedom from responsibility, which the current Democratic-controlled government is touting.

We need to keep fighting to get this country back and not lose heart. We endured Carter, we can fix this problem too.

Get involved. Get vocal. Let your representatives know they are out. Find out who is running against them and help those folks out! Run for office yourself! Do SOMETHING to change this.

Don't be like the people who don't vote and then complain about taxes.

OK, now, take the pledge. Pledge today to do something positive for this country. If we all band together, we can have America back and better for everyone!

God bless you.

And may God show mercy to America.

America R.I.P.

Not only is this so-called healthcare reform bill a disaster of epic proportion, but our country is dead. It's dead in terms of representative government. Fully 55% of Americans were AGAINST this bill, yet the Democrats and only the Democrats completely ignored the will of the MAJORITY to pass this bill. And, your liberties are now non-existent because "rights" that the government gives you, they can take away. Sad day America, but you voted for it. Enjoy!

Hat tip to Moonbattery for the pic.

Obama Shows Himself For Who He Is

Mr. Obama showed that he no longer considers himself the President of the United States, but now is the dictator of the US by announcing he was ready to ram through the healthcare bill even though the vast majority of Americans do not want it. So much for government "of the people, by the people and for the people".

Instead of this ill conceived, never able to pay for, bankrupt the country bill, Mr. Obama should have scrapped it and regrouped. Instead of forcing people into a Medicare-like plan, why not make it so the free market, (You remember the free market, right?) can work to make it more affordable so the people who aren't covered and want to be covered (there's always going to be people who do not want coverage) can get coverage.

That's not Mr. Obama's plan. His plan is to make the federal government take over your life. He wants the government in charge of you not you in charge of the government. I'm not Oliver Stone. I don't buy into conspiracy theories. This man, however, is doing everything he can to increase the size, scope and power of the federal government. He is not listening to the citizens of this country. Not at all.

We all need to speak to our representatives and let them know that in no uncertain terms do we want this country to go in the direction Mr.Obama is taking it. That is not the America we want.

It's time to organize.

It's time to act.

Don't let the country slip away.

New York State Has It Wrong

So, there I sat last night listening to our Elementary School Counselor/Health Teacher as he explained the fourth grade health curriculum. The big topic this year is AIDS/HIV. Why? Not sure why a nine or ten year old needs to know about this disease, but New York State has decided our children will start hearing about it at this age.

So, he showed a video. First of all the video has a copyright date of 1988. Has there been no update to an AIDS video since then? Anyway, they are doing a pretty good job explaining AIDS in the movie using different benign analogies and then it happens. The two children in the video ask the adult, "How do you get AIDS?" The adult, sort of matter of factly, looks them in the eye and says, "Well, there are two ways, sexual contact............."

I didn't hear anything after that. That's all I had to hear. The hair (what little there is at this age) on the back of my neck stood up, a buzzing started in my ears and all I heard in my head was the phrase "opt out".

Sexual contact? OK, so after the video the Health Educator mentions that particular spot in the video and says, yes, we mention sex, but we're not going to talk about it.

What?

You're not going to talk about it?

We're going to tell the kids that it's not a subject we will discuss and then we'll move on.

Wait a minute, sir. You're going to mention sex to a bunch of giggling 9 and 10 year olds and then tell them you're not going to talk about it? OK. So, I guess you've never heard of Google? Think a kid can't do a simple internet search? Think they won't?

So another dad pipes in, "We can opt out of this, right?"

Yes.

Then a bunch of other parents start peppering him with questions. Why is it necessary to talk about this at this age? Why do you have to mention sex? My child is not ready for this. I don't want my child hearing about this.

He retreated to the excuse that it was mandated by the state. Ahhhhh. That's it. I'm just following orders! This was approved at the district level by parents and teachers. Really? The state does not know better than me what my child should be taught. She's my responsibility, not Governor Patterson's.

My child will not be sexualized in any way shape or form, especially by New York State.

And why does AIDS have to be covered three years? They get it in 4th, 5th and 6th grades. Why? What other communicable diseases are covered over a series of years. The answer? Exactly, NONE. Why is that? Is AIDS still the epidemic is once was? No. We don't live in Africa or Haiti or some other third world country where AIDS is rampant. Why shove this down the throats of innocent children? Why do they have to know this at such a young age?

My child will be opting out of this lesson. She won't see the video. There will be other children that will not see the video either. Of the few parents that were there, I think many of them are opting out of that lesson. However, the vast majority of the parents were not there last night. I hope they go on Wednesday to see the second and last presentation of this material. I think reasonable parents will opt out of this video.

Our children are our responsibility. It doesn't take a village to raise them, just dedicated parents or caretakers that care about them and take that responsibility seriously. The village isn't going to raise my child. God allowed my wife and I the privilege of having her and we're going to do whatever we can to protect her from the world as long as we can.

I spoke to her about it. She's OK with my decision because she knows that I love her and only want to protect her.

It's time we change things in this state. We need to change this curriculum to be more age appropriate. New York is so broken, I wonder if that's possible.