Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Stimulus Rebates to Go to Illegals!

It's too late.  We've lost our country.
 
 
From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance
1/30/2008

The just-passed House Stimulus package intended to
jump-start a sagging economy by giving citizens rebates,
also includes cash benefits for illegal aliens!

Yes, you read that right.

According to FOX News, the plan would benefit those illegal aliens
who qualify as "resident aliens" - meaning they have
spent a substantial amount of time in the U.S. and have not
yet been deported.

These so-called "resident aliens" also must have been assigned
an Individual Tax Identification Number.

What?

Assigning a tax number to an illegal alien in-effect legitimizes
their right to be in the U.S.!

As Rep. Tom Tancredo said to FOX News, the bill will certainly
stimulate "more illegal immigration."

Richard, once again this is a slap in the face to citizen taxpayers,
and I'm calling on you to take immediate action with me by calling
your Senators and demanding rebates to illegal aliens be dropped
from this bill.

Here's your contact information for:

Sen. Feinstein      202-224-3841
Sen. Boxer      202-224-3553

This bill easily passed through the House (385-35), and it is my hope
that our Grassfire team will be able to restore some sense and sensibility
as this bill progresses through the Senate.

But don't delay. Call and express your outrage today.

Thank you for taking immediate action with me.

Steve
P.S: After calling your Senators, please forward this message on to your
taxpaying friends and family members. Encourage them first to sign our
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Boarder Crossers

Minorities
We need to show more sympathy for these people.

* They travel miles in the heat.

* They risk their lives crossing a border.

* They don't get paid enough wages.

* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.

* They live in crowded conditions among a people
who speak a different language..

* They rarely see their families,
and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegal's, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Theodore Roosevelt on Immigration


"[W]e should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the American English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
  --  Theodore Roosevelt, 1907



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Monday, November 12, 2007

Segway Wheel Links

 
Segway Tire Repair -- David Sie ("cmonkey")
 
 
 



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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Segway Wheels Links

Safety Discussion
 
Segway Tire Dismount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segway Users Group to find all things Segway.
http://www.segwayusersgroup.com
 
 



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Sunday, October 21, 2007

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

I Am Oscar the Grouch

Grumpy and grouchy, you aren't just pessimistic. You revel in your pessimism.

You are usually feeling: Unhappy. Unless it's rainy outside, and even then you know the foul weather won't last.

You are famous for: Being mean yet loveable. And you hate the loveable part.

How you life your life: As a slob. But it's not repelling as many people as you'd like!
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For Your Favorites/Bookmarks: FCC Indecency Online Complaint Form

[Last night, I viewed a prime time show (Chuck) on NBC in which an actress used a four-letter vulgarity that I'd never before heard on prime time broadcast television.  The usage, to me, represented another domino in the eventual deterioration of America's moral standards.  Today, I submitted a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission.  I think the following information might be useful to a lot of people.  -- rw]
 
To submit a complaint about broadcast indecency and profanity, use the FCC's online complaint form,  Form 475B, at this URL:
    http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/Compl.html  (Bookmark it!)
In addition to information about you, the plaintiff, the form requires the information listed below.  Keep these items in mind if you think you should file a complaint:
 
(1) Date of Program
(2) Time of Program
(3) Network
(4) Call Sign, Channel OR Frequency of the station
(5) City and State Where Program Was Viewed/Heard
(6) Name of Program or DJ/Personality/Song/Film
(7) Description
 
Include as many RELEVANT details such as context and the specific words, language, or images, as possible.  You might also state why you think your complaint is significant.  For example, I stated that this was the first time I had heard the vulgar word used on broadcast television and it will therefore form a precedent if the FCC allows it to stand.
 
If you care about the way the walls are crumbling around us, I advise you to (A) click on the link above and bookmark it in your browser; and then, when the time comes, use it; and (B) share this e-mail with others whom you think would want the information.  (Don't just spam it to everybody in your address book!)
 



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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Great Acrostic -- Not Just for ORU




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Saturday, October 06, 2007

Strange Fire on Defiled Altars

 
[Moses' brother Aaron served as High Priest.  Part of Aaron's duties were delegated to his four sons.  God gave Moses specific recipes and procedures for incense and other offerings and forbade the use of any other.  Following the commanded recipes and procedures was vital because the ingredients and many of the steps symbolized heavenly truths.  Next thing you know, two of Aaron's sons offered "strange fire" and were immediately zapped by God. 
 
The account illustrates the necessity of doing things God's way.  Americans accept a lot of strange fire such as musicians offering seductive performances or visceral music in the name of worship.  When J. Lee Grady worries about charismatic charlatans, it's a bit ironic because the extreme illustrates the moderate.  Nevertheless, what Grady has to say below is very interesting.  --  rw]
 
 
Strange Fire on Defiled Altars
J. Lee Grady
Charisma +online (e-mail newsletter)
5 October 2007
 
Many who claim to be voices for God today are on dangerous ground.

We don't talk much today about Nadab and Abihu. They were obscure Bible characters who failed miserably. Certainly their tragic story doesn't work well as an illustration in the typical seeker-friendly sermon about wealth or success. So we tend to ignore these guys, even though they are mentioned in the Old Testament nine times.

Both sons of Aaron the priest, Nadab and Abihu were suddenly struck dead in the tabernacle because they offered "strange fire" (Lev. 10:1 NASB). We aren't told exactly what they did wrong—that is left to our imagination. All we know is that they did not follow God's specific instructions when offering incense. They were careless with His glory. Their mistake proved to be fatal.

What I deduce from their story is that God's altar is a holy place. When God struck them, He told their father: "'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honored'" (v. 3). God made it clear that He isn't playing games. He sent fire from His presence to slay Nadab and Abihu so we would understand that we can't mess around with His laws, His name or His presence. We can't rewrite His instructions or be slipshod or slapdash about worship.

That's why I fear for many of the men and women who claim to be God's mouthpieces today, particularly in the charismatic/Pentecostal movement that I serve. When I read Leviticus 10, I wonder why the ground has not opened up and swallowed some of the careless spiritual clowns who are masquerading as bishops, apostles and prophets.

A case in point: Bishop Thomas Wesley Weeks III, who is now facing charges of assaulting his wife, recently stood in his pulpit in Atlanta during a marriage conference and proceeded to teach married couples how to use profanity during sex.

Yes, the man who allegedly kicked and punched Juanita Bynum in a hotel parking lot last month told attendees at a "Teach Me How to Love You" event that they should get over their hang-ups about cussing. The bedroom, he said, is the place to get down and dirty.

"Don't bring your salvation into the bedroom," he said in a sermon segment that has been posted on YouTube. "All those special words that you can't say no more because you're saved … save that for the bedroom!"

It is bad enough that Weeks told his followers that it's OK to use filthy language with your wife during lovemaking. It's worse that he said these things as a minister speaking from a pulpit during a church service. Thankfully he didn't bring a bed on stage and give a demonstration—but now that he has taken pulpit crudity to a new level, someone else is sure to introduce Pentecostal porn to an audience somewhere.

Weeks' comments didn't surprise me. There are so many crazy things happening in pulpits in this country that I've become numb to their impact. It seems that in many segments of the church today, false prophets and backslidden preachers can introduce the most bizarre doctrines imaginable and still get shouts from the crowd and plenty of donations in the offering plate.

Meanwhile, a growing number of television preachers are resorting to the most inane tactics to raise money. A popular trend this year is the "Day of Atonement Offering"—in which Old Testament scriptures are strained to the breaking point to make a case for buying special blessings from God. Thanks to this "revelation," you can click on a Web site icon and give your Day of Atonement Offering to win divine favor. (And of course every dime of that money goes to an evangelist who uses it to purchase houses, cars, plastic surgeries and more airtime so they can spread this nonsense to more naïve people.)

I have no personal vendetta against these spiritual hoodlums, but lately I find myself praying: "Lord, when will You clean up Your church? When will you send Your holy fire into the sanctuary? When will You turn over the tables of the moneychangers and drive the charlatans out of Your house?"

I have a sense that the answer is coming soon enough. The question is: How close to the modern Nadabs and Abihus will you be when the fire of heaven comes to purge them from the sanctuary? If you are anywhere near a defiled altar, my advice is simple: Run for the nearest exit.


J. Lee Grady is editor of Charisma.
 



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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Charismatics aren't so great at Bible interpretation, either; but at least their errors don't come from an assumption that the Bible is unreliable, like a lot of Anglicans do.
 
There Is Weeping in the Cathedral
J. Lee Grady
Charisma +online (e-mail newsletter)
Strang Communications, 600 Rinehart Rd., Lake Mary, FL 32746
Friday, September 28, 2007

It is a sad day for the Episcopal Church, which has officially traded the truth for a lie.
 
I don't particularly enjoy writing obituaries. But today I hear the solemn sound of a tolling bell—deep, somber and depressing. For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for a denomination that has died.
 
I am speaking of the Episcopal Church, the American branch of the worldwide Anglican communion. Its grand cathedrals still stand in many of our major cities, even though membership is plummeting as its graying congregants pass away and its Bible-honoring members jump ship as fast as they can. Our own National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is a part of the Episcopal Church USA. But it, like most other Episcopal churches, is just an ornate, hollow shell of what it once was.
 
There was a time when the Episcopal Church thrived. Decades ago it carried the good news of Christ throughout the world. In the 1960s and 1970s it experienced a miraculous charismatic renewal that was accompanied by conversions and healings. But today it preaches another gospel and its leaders have embraced a blasphemous delusion.  [Actually, most Episcopalian ministers preach the same liberal, works-based gospel that many of them have preached for a century.  Were the charismatic "revival" just a generation ago not a counterfeit, this wouldn't be happening.  Charismatics who infiltrate churches do not preach a renewed gospel; they merely preach a new experience that increases devotion to whatever gospel one already follows. -- rw]   No one really knows when the church actually breathed its last. Some say it was on a dark day in November 2003, when the denomination consecrated a practicing homosexual, Gene Robinson, as the bishop of New Hampshire. Others suggest that the church might still have a faint pulse—but they compare it to the vital signs of a terminally-ill patient on life-support.
 
When Episcopal bishops convened this past week in New Orleans for yet another anguished round of discussions about how to keep their church from splintering, they tiptoed around the issues as usual. They seem to love to talk an issue to death without taking decisive action. Any moral backbone in the denomination apparently turned to jelly a long time ago.
 
These people have deliberated, negotiated, compromised, debated and backpedaled for four years about whether homosexual practice is compatible with Scripture. They claimed to be "studying" whether it's acceptable to perform gay marriages in front of God's holy altar. Yet in all their talking and studying they never arrived at the truth. They exchanged it for a lie. They chose perversion rather than purity. They rejected the true God and fashioned idols that are politically correct and culturally relevant.
 
As predicted, the Episcopal House of Bishops chose to be cowards when they met in New Orleans. They did not reconsider the mistake of ordaining Robinson. They didn't repent of their rebellion toward Scripture. They didn't renounce their apostasy.
 
Yes, I said apostasy. That's an old-fashioned word that should be reintroduced into our American vocabulary. Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines it as "an abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion."
 
It's clear that the Episcopal Church achieved total desertion from biblical faith in 2003 when they voted to thumb their nose at God. After the church affirmed Robinson, a divorced father of two who left his wife for a gay lover, he told reporters that he was part of a sweeping movement that would one day introduce acceptance of homosexuality into America's churches. And when describing his unorthodox views, he dared to suggest that gay Christianity is the "new thing" that was prophesied by Isaiah centuries ago.
 
Robinson's arrogant words should have triggered an outcry. That any leader in the Episcopal Church would listen to such insidious sacrilege and not demand instant retraction—and Robinson's dismissal—is proof that these people have gone completely off the deep end.
 
Thankfully there is a ray of hope on this sad day. Amid this chaos, God has raised up some brave leaders who not only have challenged the Episcopal Church's heresy but who have set up alternative churches for those in their flocks who still honor Scripture. Three of these leaders, Chuck Murphy, Martyn Minns and John Guernsey, were featured last week in a front-page report in The Wall Street Journal.
 
What caught the attention of the mainstream media is that these men left the Episcopal Church and have been ordained as missionary bishops to the United States by Anglican leaders in Africa—where spiritual zeal is still hot, prayer meetings are well-attended and Anglican bishops still honor the authority of the Bible.
 
Murphy, based in South Carolina, is the leader of the Anglican Mission in America, a newly formed group of former Episcopal churches that adheres to solid biblical faith and plans to establish new churches here and abroad. Murphy answers to the Anglican bishop of Rwanda. The bishop of Nigeria ordained Minns when he bolted from the Episcopal Church. And the bishop of Uganda ordained Guernsey.
 
"There's a big realignment happening," Murphy told the newspaper. "We sent missionaries to Africa 150 years ago, and now Africa is returning the favor."
 
The Nigerians, Ugandans and Rwandans cannot fathom the idea of betraying Jesus Christ. The tragic demise of the Episcopal Church USA certainly has challenged them—and hopefully all of us—to be trustworthy stewards of the gospel at a time when many are falling away from the faith.

J. Lee Grady is editor of Charisma. He encourages you to pray for the Muslim world during the Islamic season of Ramadan. You can access a prayer guide here.
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