what next?

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a
shortage of fishing poles"
By Junius P. Long

Food For Thought
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not
for being in the country illegally ...you might live in a country founded
by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or take
an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is
evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to
keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check,
buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the
government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning
gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets
to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a country founded
by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a
24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman
in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you
might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of
dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his
teacher's "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in
grade school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with
spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested
homes... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government
intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks,
Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to
incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no
requirement to prove they applied but can't find work ... you might live
in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe"
according to the government ... you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.

Cuts that should be made

Here is the full list of cuts:
Additional Program Eliminations/Spending Reforms
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
Save America's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.
Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.
Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.
Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.
Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.

Romance in the wild west

Have you ever kissed a Mule?

SHE WALKED UP AND TIED HER OLD MULE TO THE HITCHING POST.

AS SHE STOOD THERE, BRUSHING SOME OF THE DUST FROM HER FACE AND CLOTHES,


A YOUNG GUNSLINGER STEPPED OUT OF THE SALOON WITH A GUN IN ONE HAND AND A
BOTTLE OF WHISKEY IN THE OTHER.
THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER LOOKED AT THE OLD WOMAN AND LAUGHED, "HEY OLD WOMAN,
HAVE YOU EVER DANCED?"

THE OLD WOMAN LOOKED UP AT THE GUNSLINGER AND SAID, "NO, I NEVER DID
DANCE... NEVER REALLY WANTED TO."

A CROWD HAD GATHERED AS THE GUNSLINGER GRINNED AND SAID, "WELL, YOU OLD BAG,
YOU'RE GONNA DANCE NOW," AND STARTED SHOOTING AT THE OLD WOMAN'S FEET.

THE OLD WOMAN PROSPECTOR -- NOT WANTING TO GET HER TOE BLOWN OFF -- STARTED
HOPPING AROUND. EVERYBODY WAS LAUGHING.

WHEN HIS LAST BULLET HAD BEEN FIRED, THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER, STILL LAUGHING,
HOLSTERED HIS GUN AND TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK INTO THE SALOON.

THE OLD WOMAN TURNED TO HER PACK MULE, PULLED OUT A DOUBLE-BARRELED SHOTGUN,
AND COCKED BOTH HAMMERS.

THE LOUD CLICKS CARRIED CLEARLY THROUGH THE DESERT AIR. THE CROWD STOPPED
LAUGHING IMMEDIATELY.

THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER HEARD THE SOUNDS, TOO, AND HE TURNED AROUND VERY
SLOWLY. THE SILENCE WAS ALMOST DEAFENING.

THE CROWD WATCHED AS THE YOUNG GUNMAN STARED AT THE OLD WOMAN AND THE
LARGE GAPING HOLES OF THOSE TWIN BARRELS.


THE BARRELS OF THE SHOTGUN NEVER WAVERED IN THE OLD WOMAN'S HANDS, AS SHE
QUIETLY SAID, and “SON, HAVE YOU EVER KISSED A MULE's ass?"

THE GUNSLINGER SWALLOWED HARD AND SAID, "NO M'AM... BUT... I'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO."

SOME CHRISTIAN ATTRIBUTES

Guilt – I am loved by Jesus and he has forgiven my sins. Today is a new day and the past is behind.

Fear – God is on my side. In him I am more than a conqueror. (see Romans 8)· The need to please everyone – I can’t please everyone anyways. There is only one I need to strive to please.

Envy – I am blessed. My value is not found in my possessions, but in my relationship with my Heavenly Father.

Impatience – God’s timing is the perfect timing

Sense of entitlement – The world does not owe me anything. God does not owe me anything. I live in humility and grace.

Bitterness and Resentment – The only person I am hurting by holding on to these is myself.

Blame – I am not going to pass the buck. I will take responsibility for my actions.

Gossip and Negativity – I will put the best construction on everything when it comes to other people. I will also minimize my contact with people who are negative and toxic bringing other people down.

Comparison – I have my own unique contribution to make and there is no one else like me.

Fear of failure – You don’t succeed without experiencing failure. Just make sure you fail forward.

A spirit of poverty – Believe with God that there is always more than enough and never a lack

Feelings of unworthiness – You are fearfully and wonderfully made by your creator. (see Psalm 139)

Doubt – Believe God has a plan for you that is beyond anything you could imagine. The future is brighter than you could ever realize.

Self-pity – God comforts us in our sorrow so that we can comfort others with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Retirement – As long as you are still breathing, you are here for a reason. You have a purpose to nfluence others for Christ. That does not come to an end until the day we die.

Excuses – A wise man once said, if you need an excuse, any excuse will do.

Lack of counsel – Wise decisions are rarely made in a vacuum.

Pride – Blessed are the humble.

Worry – God is in control and worrying will not help.

obama is not my president

Glenn Beck; Although you may never read this, I have to say it.
Our president, (ugh) it ties my stomach in knots to even say it, Barack Obama is not a Patriotic American, He is not a God fearing person, he is not even a concerned citizen. Furthermore he is a sworn enemy of the American way of life as we once knew it. To wit, his "transforming america agenda".
You on the other hand have proven to me to be patriotic, God fearing and a concerned citizen. So listen up !!!!!!!!!!  I want to see a Glen Beck show of blatant patriotic Americanism. Call Brakkkkkkkk what he is, a pusillanimous, clumsy liar and a vacuous occupant of his position, a disgrace to America and Americans. What do you think he hopes to prove using his position as a groveling, sniveling, perverse, willfully intractable, Ignominious, evil person.
We are not accustomed to having to follow cowards and fight for what they believe. I would not even consider this person to be worthy of my thoughts were it not for the fact that he is being used as an ignorant pawn of some power hungry regime. You have doped it out, you and your skilled team of investigators. We Americans would like to see some action. There must certainly be legal ways to thwart this imbecile and his crooked criminal cronies.
Perhaps I am being a bit too critical of him. But would you not have described Adolph Hitler in similar terms. I place him in no better light than Hitler, even less, because he is misusing his office and lying to the public. Speaking in circumlocutory terms never truly exposing his ultimate purpose.
Why can he not be challenged? someone should do it. You of course have challenged him, and I recognize that he is basically ignoring you. But he can be challenged lawfully, and someone should do it. Why can we not sue him? What for? Treason of course. It is my opinion that he is treasonous, And I think it can easily be proven.  

About Hillary

Dick Morris, former political advisor to President Bill Clinton has this to say regarding Hillary Clinton

If you happen to see the Bill Clinton five minute TV ad for Hillary in which he introduces the commercial
by saying that he wants to share some things we may not know about Hillary's background . .
Beware
As I was there for most of their presidency and know them better than just about anyone, I offer a few corrections;
Bill says: "In law school Hillary worked on legal services for the poor."
The facts are:
Hillary's main extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent. She went to court every day as part of a law student monitoring committee trying to spot civil rights violations and develop grounds for appeal.
Bill says: "Hillary spent a year after graduation working on a children's rights project for poor kids."The facts are:
Hillary interned with Bob Truehaft, the head of the California Communist Party. She met Bob when he represented the Panthers and traveled all the way to San Francisco to take an internship with him.
Bill says: "Hillary could have written her own job ticket, but she turned down all the lucrative job offers."The facts are:
She flunked the DC bar exam, yes, flunked, it is a matter of record, and only passed the Arkansas bar. She had no job offers in Arkansas, none, and only got hired by the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill was already teaching there. She did not join the prestigious Rose Law Firm until Bill became Arkansas Attorney General and was made a partner only after he was elected Arkansas Governor.
Bill says: "President Carter appointed Hillary to the Legal Services Board of Directors and she became its chairman."
The facts are:
The appointment was in exchange for Bill's support for Carter in his 1980 primary against Ted Kennedy.
Hillary then became chairman in a coup in which she won a majority away from Carter's choice to be chairman.
Bill says: "She served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital."
The facts are:
Yes she did. But her main board activity, not mentioned by Bill, was to sit on the Wal-mart board of directors, for a substantial fee. She was silent about their labor and health care practices.
Bill says: "Hillary didn't succeed at getting heal th care for all Americans in 1994 but she kept working at it and helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance."
The facts are:
Hillary had nothing to do with creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal between Clinton and Republican Majority Leader Senator Trent Lott. I know; I helped to negotiate the deal. The money came half from the budget deal and half from the Attorney Generals' tobacco settlement. Hillary had nothing to do with either source of funds.
Bill says: "Hillary was the face of America all over the world."
The facts are:
Her visits were part of a program to get her out of town so that Bill would not appear weak by feeding stories that Hillary was running the White House. Her visits abroad were entirely touristic and symbolic and there was no substantive diplomacy on any of them.
Bill says: "Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children's and women's issues."
The facts are:
Other than totally meaningless legislation like changing the names on courthouses and post offices, She has passed only four substantive pieces of legislation. One set up a national park in Puerto Rico. A second provided respite care for family members helping their relatives through Alzheimer's or other conditions. And two were routine bills to aid 911 victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation. Presently she is trying to have the US memorialize the Woodstock fiasco of 40 years ago.She has done everything possible to weaken the President and our country (that's you and me!) when it comes to the war on terror.
1. She wants to close GITMO and move the combatants to the USA where they would have access to our legal system.
2. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of suspected Al Qaeda phone calls to/from the USA.
3. She wants to grant constitutional rights to enemy combatants captured on the battlefield.
4. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of money transfers between Al Qaeda cells and supporters in the USA.
5. She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion might be usedwhen questioning known Terrorists even though such tactics might save American lives.
One cannot think of a single bill Hillary has introduced or a single comment she has made that would tend to strengthen our country in the War on Terror. But, one can think of a lot of comments she has made that weaken our country and makes it a more dangerous situation for all of us.
Bottom line:
She goes hand in hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where common sense is abando

A list of failures "perfect"

·                           Barack Hussain Obama list of failures

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·                           First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

·                           First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

·                           First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.

·                           First President to violate the War Powers Act.

·                           First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

·                           First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.

·                           First President to spend a trillion dollars on “shovel-ready” jobs when there was no such thing as “shovel-ready” jobs.

·                           First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.

·                           First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

·                           First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.

·                           First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

·                           First President to tell a CEO of a major corporation (Chrysler) to resign.

·                           First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space.

·                           First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian nation.

·                           First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.

·                           First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

·                           First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke out on the reasons for their rate increases.

·                           First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.

·                           First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).

·                           First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.

·                           First President to actively try to bankrupt an American industry (coal).

·                           First President to fire an inspector general of AmeriCorps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.

·                           First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.

·                           First President to surround himself with radical left wing anarchists.

·                           First President to golf more than 150 separate times in his five years in office.

·                           First President to hide his birth, medical, educational and travel records.

·                           First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

·                           First President to go on multiple “global apology tours” and concurrent “insult our friends” tours.

·                           First President to go on over 17 lavish vacations, in addition to date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayers.

·                           First President to have personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.

·                           First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.

·                           First President to fly in a personal trainer from Chicago at least once a week at taxpayer expense.

·                           First President to repeat the Holy Quran and tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth