“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s about learning how to dance in the rain”
Quotes to live by:
The democracy will cease to exist
when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
I Believe…
That we don’t have to change friends if
We understand that friends change.
A Prayer for America and her people:
God our Father, walk through our nation, take away our idolatries, and restore Your presence to our society. Please watch over, strengthen, and heal our families. We beg You to draw us to You, forgive us our great national sin of apathy (i.e. using Your name in vain, accepting abortion, denying public prayer and public worship, placing the god of materialism before You, questioning your authority in marriage, etc) and forgive us our individual trespasses’, as well as empowering us to forgive those who trespass against us… Lord please show us mercy and grace.
We ask this in the name of Jesus our Savior and Messiah
Amen.
WDB
from Our St. Augustine:
“Praying for Bodily Health”
“Undoubtedly, it is good that you request bodily health from God. If He knows it is for your greater good, He will give it to you. If He does not give it, then it was not for your advantage. God knows, therefore, what is better for us. Let us seek only that our heart be free from sin.”
And that leads to this prayer update:
Prayer Requests:
Praise: Ava has been miraculously healed, thanks to your prayers and those of others, as well as parents who put their utmost trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, the Creator of the World, the Lord God Incarnate, THE ONE TRUE GOD.
From ‘my Jarett’…:
“I lost my grandfather today”… please pray for the Chizick family (Joyce’s dad)
Others in need of prayer: J. Oconner’s mother passed
Brother Les is failing, please keep him and Valarie in prayer
Jamestown Patti sends us this request:
Please pray for a neighbor of mine here where I live–she’s had what they
think is a mini-stroke and they’re taking her by ambulance to Buffalo Millard
Fillmore Stroke Center.
Why Does God Answer Only Some Prayers?
Well, to be honest… He doesn’t. God answers all prayers, but He is all powerful and all knowing. But sometimes we do not understand how it could be right or just that He take home a loved one, when we so want them with us. He does this because their time on earth is finished, their ministry is complete and it is best for that soul to be home with the Lord.
We humans, especially in our society, forget that we are all appointed unto death. None will escape death… and only He knows the perfect timing.
Amen
See: “Rebirth Pains” WD Bellavia p. 216;
“Roman Baptist” WD Bellavia pp. 22, 55, 68-69; 104-114
Rural Dentist available through Amazon.com…
If you desire a signed copy please send $20 to the following address… the book sells for $16.99 on Amazon, the $3.01 hopefully will cover shipping and handling…
WD Bellavia, DDS
2289 Oak Orchard River Road
Waterport, New York
14571
Michael Ware Documentary featuring David… Ware was the correspondent responsible for chronically David in Time Magazine which resulted in a Silver Star… as well as a nomination for the Medal of Honor.
http://www.mickware.info/Video2010/AusStoryPt2M4V.html
Michael Ware… the Voice of Modern Combat
All cartoons from Fredonia Patti… this is the person who has taken the place of “far Side”… good stuff and Lord knows we need to laugh!
Blogger’s Corner
Okay not this one… but I just hadta!
Fredonia Patti sends this about the man most of America despised merely two years ago… remember there is no substitute for integrity…
A doctor had his TV on in his office when the news of the military base shootings at Ft. Hood , TX came on.
The husband of one of his employees was stationed there.
He called her into his office and as he told her what had happened, she got a text message from her husband saying, “I am okay.” Her cell phone rang right after she read the message. It was an ER nurse,” I’m the one who just sent you a text, not your husband. I thought it would be comforting but I was mistaken in doing so.
I am sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery.”
The soldier’s wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan , AL and drove all night to Ft. Hood .
When she arrived, she found out her husband was out of surgery and would be OK.
She rushed to his room and found that he already had visitors there to comfort him.
He was just waking up and found his wife and the visitors by his side.
The nurse took this picture:
What? No news crews and cameras?
This is how people with class respond and pay respect to those in uniform.
I sent my cousin in Fayetteville , N.C. (Retired from Special Forces) that picture of Geo. W. visiting the wounded at Ft. Hood . I got this reply:
What is even better is the fact George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood.
He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped.
Bush only asks for directions to the hospital then drove on.
The gate guard called that “The President is on Fort Hood and driving to the hospital.”
The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush, they immediately offered escort.
Bush simply asked them to shut up and let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead.
He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours, and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House.
Obama flew in days later and held a “photo” session in a gym, and did not even go to the hospital.
All this I picked up from two soldiers here who happened to be at Fort Hood when it happened.
This Bush/Obama/Ft. Hood story is something that should be sent to every voter in the US .
Those who wanted “change” certainly got it.
Fredonia Patti sends us this sad tale:
She said she checked this out on Truth or Fiction, and it has been confirmed as the truth. This is the flag that my father and uncles risked their lives for, and the flag that I have saluted and honored all of my life. I taught my son to honor it, treat it with the respect it deserves. Every American should be angry about this. Our men and women soldiers are standing on the front line risking their lives today for this flag, millions have given their lives for this flag. What is wrong with our government?
| This is way beyond out of hand!
This photo was taken at a rally at the state capitol yesterday. The news will not show it and the Capitol Police and Homeland Security would not let Americans or any of the Veterans that were there do anything about it.
My husband and his friends were threatened to be arrested and were told they would be booked under federal charges if they did anything. I am sending this to you so that you in turn can start emailing it to every one on your list. It is totally uncalled for and people need to see it.
This is not about politics and rhetoric; it is about a direct threat to our country. Those of you that don’t live in Arizona will maybe get a chance to see the other side of what the news is telling you. If this offends you great, than I have truly accomplished what I set out to do.
I understand that sometimes we don’t see eye to eye on certain things, but that is the right our forefathers fought for. I am an American before I am anything else. For those of you who choose to dismiss this. If you believe that this is okay I believe you are a traitor to this country and everything it stands for.
I am not a racist and I am not a Nazi this has nothing to do with race, it has to do with respect to the country that is continually taking you in and turning a blind eye to your agenda.
Homeland Security was designed to identify and defend America from Terrorist acts yet yesterday it let illegal and legal citizens of this country desecrate the Flag. People were spitting on it, stomping on it and burning it with cigarettes. One soldier who had just returned from Iraq tried to grab the flag and was thrown to the ground by the Capitol Police and Homeland Security.
It amazes me how many people will stand against the American People while all the while prospering from our system and our government. |
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I mean, come on, we needed some humor after that!
Buddy Bud
| Especially read the last quote from 1802.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every
generation to pay its own debts as it goes.
A principle which if acted on would save
one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for
Americans if they can prevent the government
from wasting the labors of the people under the
pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me
that most bad government results from too much
government.
Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred
the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the
people to retain the right to keep and bear arms
is, as a last resort, to protect themselves
against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with
his taxes the propagation of ideas which he
disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
‘I believe that
banking institutions are more dangerous to
our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow
private banks to control the issue of their
currency, first by inflation, then by
deflation, the banks and corporations that will
grow up around the banks will deprive the people
of all property - until their children
wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered. |
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That’s Why I call it the Lighter Side… lighten up!
Here’s another from Bud my Buddy
| HERE ARE ALL THE DEVELOPED NATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT OFFER BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO THE BABIES OF TOURISTS AND ILLEGAL ALIENS:
1. United States
That’s right, every other modern developed nation in the world has gotten rid of birthright citizenship policies. Yet, most of U.S. news media and politicians the last two weeks have ridiculed the comments by some other politicians that it is time for the U.S. to put an end to birthright citizenship for tourists and illegal aliens.
Folks, the U.S. stands alone.
There used to be all kinds of Developed countries that gave away their citizenship as freely as we do in the U.S. But one by one they all have recognized the folly of that policy.
SOME MODERN COUNTRIES THAT RECENTLY ENDED
THEIR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP POLICY:
- · Canada was the last non-U.S. holdout. Illegal aliens stopped getting citizenship
- for their babies in 2009.
- · Australia’s birthright citizenship requirements are much more stringent than
- · those of H.R. 1868 and took effect in 2007.
- · New Zealand repealed in 2006
- · Ireland repealed in 2005
- · France repealed in 1993
- · India repealed in 1987
- · United Kingdom repealed in 1983
- · Portugal repealed in 1981
The United States is the laughing stock of the modern world.
Only the U.S. values its citizenship so lowly as to distribute it promiscuously to the off-spring of foreign citizens visiting Disney World on tourist visas and to foreign citizens who have violated their promises on their visitor, work and student visas to stay illegally in the country, as well as to those who sneak across our borders.
It’s not just Mexico and South America who are sending illegals across our borders. Currently, the CBP reports that of those apprehended illegally crossing the border, China is number one.
Wake up America.
Illegal aliens from China, India, Russia, the Middle East and a host of other nations are flooding the country. Ironically, most often these illegals and/or their offspring are given positions at the front of the line for Government jobs, contracts and assistance.
Look around you! We are giving away our culture, and economic and fiscal strength because our borders are not secure and we bestow citizenship irresponsibly. |
Here are some little known facts on the Human Body… or are they?
The Human Body!
It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3kg (6.6 lb).
The average man’s private area is three times the length of his thumb.
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s…
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women blink twice as often as men.
The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as the brain.
Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Women reading this will be finished now.
Men are still busy checking their thumbs.
| This is an old blog, but appropriate since we are still remembering the 9th anniversary of 911… and besides it was written by a Dentist!
To Kill an American
You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
‘An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho,
Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian , or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan . The only difference is
that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion.. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed
thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous.. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan ..
The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America
Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11 , 2001 earning a better life for their families.
It’s been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must.. Hitler did. So did General Tojo , and Stalin , and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.. But, in
doing so you would just be killing yourself . Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American. |
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Isn’t this so SAD!
Jamestown Pattie sends an old one, but since it was from a dentist, well, it bears repeating:
| Written by an Australian Dentist
To Kill an American
You probably missed this in the rush of
news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone
who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial
the following day to let everyone know what
an American is . So they would know when
they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
‘An American is English, or French, or
Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish,
Russian or Greek. An American may also
be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian,
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian,
Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or
Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho,
Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian , or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact,
there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan . The only difference is
that in America they are free to worship as
each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no
religion.. For that he will answer only to
God, not to the government, or to armed
thugs claiming to speak for the government
and for God.
An American lives in the most prosperous
land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in
the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each
person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous.. Americans have
helped out just about every other nation in
the world in their time of need, never asking
a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the
Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came
with arms and supplies to enable the people
to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11,
Americans had given more than any other
nation to the poor in Afghanistan ..
The national symbol of America , The
Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and
your poor, the wretched refuse of your
teeming shores, the homeless, tempest
tossed. These in fact are the people who
built America
Some of them were working in the Twin
Towers the morning of September 11 ,
2001 earning a better life for their families.
It’s been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different
countries, cultures, and first languages,
including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you
must.. Hitler did. So did General Tojo , and Stalin , and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself . Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American. |
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Okay not this one… but I just hadta!
I mean, come on, we needed some humor after that!
That’s Why I call it the Lighter Side… lighten up!
Isn’t this so SAD!