Does President Obama have a mandate to take us to Greece?

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I am hoping that this last election fell short of giving a mandate to take us to Greece but I do wonder.

A Humorous Look at Obama’s Very Scary Mandate

November 23, 2012 by Dan Mitchell

As I explained in my election post-mortem, I don’t think Obama has a mandate.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a good cartoon about his interpretation of the results, and this Bob Gorrell cartoon definitely is amusing.

But it’s amusing – albeit in a disturbing way – because it hinges on something that is true.

America is heading into the fiscal toilet. Indeed, both the BIS and OECD predict that our long-run fiscal situation is more perilous than Europe’s welfare states.

To be fair, we were in a mess even before Obama took office. But Obama wants us to move in the wrong direction at an even faster pace. And he definitely opposes the types of entitlement reforms that could save the country.

That’s why the cartoon has some bite.

And speaking of cartoons about Obama and Greece, here’s another one with the same message. And the final cartoon in this post also has a Greek theme.

P.S. If you like Greek-related humor, I have two more posts that have been very popular. The first one features a video about…well, I’m not sure, but we’ll call it a European romantic comedy and the second one has some very un-PC maps of how various peoples – including the Greeks – view different European nations.

December 7, 2012 – 6:07 am Categories: Uncategorized | Post a comment

Open letter to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin concerning their choice to raise their kids in the Jewish Faith (part 11)

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I have posted before about the religious views of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Now it appears they have rejected their agnostic statements of the past and have decided to raise their children in the Jewish faith.

Here is a post from the Huffington Post:

After appearing on the television program, “Who Do You Think You Are,” Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to raise children Apple, 7, and Moses, 5, as Jewish.

According to The Daily Mail, the NBC ancestry show sparked the discovery that the actress descended from a notable line of Eastern European rabbis. Though she’s long practiced Kabbalah, Gwyneth had previously stayed neutral about a formal religion upbringing in her household, which includes crooner husband Chris Martin, who is of Christian background.

“I don’t believe in religion. I believe in spirituality. Religion is the cause of all the problems in the world,” the actress once told The Daily Mail.

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Below is a letter I mailed to Chris and Gwyneth recently:

To Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, c/o Go Go Pictures, 12 Cleveland Row, London, SW1A 1DH, United Kingdom, , From Everette Hatcher, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, USA:

I have been a huge fan of both of you and have posted many times on my blog about your religious views which have seemed to have changed over the years. I know that Chris was brought up as an evangelical Christian, but has long ago left the faith behind although he did revisit many biblical themes in his 2008 and 2011 cds.

In fact, on June 3, 2011 on my blog (www.thedailyhatch.org) I wrote:

I have shown what thought processes Solomon went through in Ecclesiastes and then compared them to the evident changes that are occurring with Coldplay. By the way, the final chapter of Ecclesiastes finishes with Solomon emphasizing that serving God is the only proper response of man. My prediction: I am hoping that Coldplay’s next album will also come to that same conclusion that Solomon came to in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14:
13 Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.

I have also written before about Gwyneth’s famous Jewish relatives which includes a famous Rabbi and I have wondered if she would decide to return to those roots. Actually that is what has happened. I salute you for rejecting your earlier statements against organized religion and for making the decision to teach your children the Bible and to have faith in God.

I know that you will spending lots of time in the scriptures and I wanted to share with you some key scriptures that talk about the Messiah. Greg Koukl wrote the article below:

When we come upon apparently disparate parts of a thing that clearly fit together in a precise and complicated way, we naturally conclude there is a designer behind it. And as the design and function become more complicated, it would be absurd to suggest otherwise.

Let me give you an example. I turned on my Macintosh this morning, inserted a disk, the Macintosh read the information on the disk, and I did my work. Would anyone be the least bit tempted to think that the disk I just inserted had been developed in a vacuum, so to speak, and coincidentally “just happened” to do meaningful work on my computer? Would anyone suppose that the disk was developed apart from the computer itself and they just work together? No one would ever say that.

The absurdity is obvious from two different angles. First, the fit, the hardware issue. The disk fits right in, a little mechanism sucks the disk down and engages it on a spinning affair that allows the computer to read the disk. There’s an amazing fit there. In fact, the fit has to be very precise.

Second, there is all of the highly sophisticated computer interactions that are associated with the fit, in other words, the software. The computer is able to “read” the information on the disk that allows the computer to do work. This is not the kind of thing you’d expect to happen outside of the general computer design itself. Things don’t just happen to fit like that accidentally, and things don’t work together like that accidentally.

Now think a moment with the previous illustration in mind about human sexuality (or any kind of bisexual reproduction). You’ve got a hardware problem and a software problem. Both are pretty complex because of the nature of sexual response. You’ve got to have parts that have to fit in a particular way. I’m trying to think of a way to say this delicately–the software problem, in this case, is very closely connected to the hardware problem. If the software isn’t right then there is no hardware (if you catch my drift). It’s a very delicate balance. Not only does the hardware have to fit, but it has to function. Sperm have to go into the woman’s body and connect with the egg that comes down at just the right time. Those things have to work together. They can’t just be swimming around in there like protozoa that don’t go together. The sperm and the egg have to go together, and that’s all part of the hardware problem.

Even if you get the hardware problem solved, you’ve got the software problem. You’ve got the problem with men being attracted to women and visa versa. You’ve got the problem of all the issues that relate to the intricacies of sexual response, the things that make people appealing, that turn people on, the things that cause people to even desire to put the hardware together to begin with. Do you see what I’m saying? A lot of times we don’t even think about this because it’s very natural, but the software has got to be there that would cause us to think that one thing goes into another in that fashion for a particular purpose. We don’t think about that. We just do it because it comes so naturally. Where did that come from?

My point is that this is very much like the computer and the disk issue on both levels. It’s a parallel with my Macintosh illustration because both the hardware of the computer and the hardware of the disk, and also the software of the computer and the software of the disk would have to coincidentally develop with no thought of design. Not only that, it would have to develop at the same time (it can’t develop sixty years apart from each other) and in the same general location on earth.

Do you see what I’m talking about here? The same thing applies to human bodies and any kind of bisexual reproduction because for evolution to be true all of the hardware has to happen by chance. All of the software has to happen by chance. The software and hardware have to be synchronized in a very delicate fashion. And it not only all has to happen by chance, it’s got to happen at the same time and in the same place.

Only someone who is intent on ignoring what is obvious will deny that there is design involved.

The simple point is, only someone who is intent on ignoring what is obvious will deny that there is design involved. There is no way that people can apply the rules of the natural development of living things, which are highly integrated machines with hardware and software, to any other area of life because you’d be considered a fool. But of course, many people do deny that there is design involved.

By the way, this same argument applies to the whole question of whether Jesus was Messiah or not. Some of you may have listened a while back when a caller was quoting Messianic prophecy and I cautioned him about using Messianic prophecy because there is a lot of prophecy that is identified as Messianic in the New Testament, but it’s clear in the Old Testament that those writing it didn’t think it was prophecy. So if you quote it, it won’t be compelling because it looks like the New Testament authors made it up. I believe it’s prophecy because we have a divinely inspired New Testament and the writers were given the testimony of the Holy Spirit to apply it. But it won’t be compelling to a non-Christian because it wasn’t clearly prophecy at the time it was given. When you read about Rachel weeping for her children you don’t get the sense that the slaughter of babies is being anticipated by the author who wrote it originally. I believe it is a prophecy because Matthew, moved by the Holy Spirit, identifies it as such. But I was reluctant to encourage people to use passages like that from the Old Testament to prove Jesus’ Messiahship. Even the prophecy of the virgin birth is like that.

I did that for the best of reasons. I work very, very hard to be evenhanded and fair, and not to misrepresent a point or to play a point too strongly. If we overplay our hands and people see that our hand is weaker than we presented it, then it may destroy our entire argument.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I was wrong. I was mistaken. I’ll tell you why I was wrong and why you ought to use that as a powerful example for the design behind the Bible. And I’ll tell you how that all fits in just a moment.

I’m going to explain to you how I was mistaken because if we understand the design of prophecy in the Old Testament properly, this could not only be a great defense for Jesus’ Messiahship, but go far beyond that and refute all of the higher critics who criticize the Old Testament.

Let me go back to machines for a moment to bring you up to speed on how information and function work with prophecy.

What if you had a machine shop and you liked to make things. Sometimes you made things because they accomplished a certain function, and other times you made things just because you liked the way they looked. It had an aesthetic appeal. Sometimes you just whittled with wood and machinery just because it was fun to do but you had no particular goal in mind.

Then one day you got together with a bunch of other tinkerers and everybody brought their tinker toys, so to speak, the things that they had made. As you looked at each other’s inventions and parts, one person noticed that his part fit together with your part and when you put them together it was a perfect fit. You all were amazed at how well it went together and you were stunned by the coincidence. Then a third person noticed that his part went in a space your parts created and it fit together. Lo and behold, all of you had parts that fit together. When you got it all together it had a little knob that invited twisting. And when someone twisted it the little thing you just assembled began ticking.

What would you conclude? You would conclude that something was going on here. Someone behind the scenes was involved with all of your tinkering such that even though you may have had your own purposes for your tinker toy, someone else was guiding the whole process, even guided your meeting, and had a broader design and purpose in mind. That design was the watch. You could not conclude otherwise.

Who would deny that all of these efforts, whether purposeful or apparently accidental, were not part of a grand, intelligent design that far transcended all the individual efforts?

Now, what if the inventors were from different continents, came from different walks of life, and lived at different periods of history? Some made parts that had no current function but parts that they believed (and said so) would serve a future purpose, though they weren’t entirely clear on what that purpose would be. In other words, what if someone invented a carburetor 150 years before the internal combustion engine? He didn’t know what it was, but he had to put it together and he believed that someday in the future it would have a function. Still other of the inventors made parts for their own purposes with no anticipation that they would “accidentally” fit into a larger, more complex mechanism in the future.

Ladies and gentlemen, when that mechanism was assembled, who would deny that all of these efforts, whether purposeful or apparently accidental, were not part of a grand, intelligent design that far transcended all the individual efforts that contributed to the specific parts? Who would deny that? In spite of the fact that the individual workers did not intend the parts to fit.

Then you go to Psalm 22 and you realize that in the context this was probably David’s groaning because of the anguish he felt at being pursued by his enemies, even though he was a godly man. He was being hounded and he poured out his heart in this Psalm. Then someone 1000 years later, with the Psalm hidden in their heart, is standing at the foot of the cross. They are looking at Jesus and this Psalm comes to mind and they realize that something is going on here.

Or they think of Isaiah 53 and the details seem to fit perfectly. In fact, in the movie Jesus of Nazareth , Nicodemus is watching the crucifixion and the words of Isaiah 53 come to his lips. It fell into place. This is why the apostles said often that they realized afterwards that it was a fulfillment of prophecy because they saw time after time after time again, not just the times in the Old Testament that the writers said this is about Messiah, but the dozens and dozens of details in the Old Testament that they weren’t sure about and then it fit in the life of Christ. Who would deny that there was a grand design behind it all?

There was a grand design.

By the way, even if the higher critics are right, even if Moses never wrote the Pentateuch, even if Isaiah never wrote Isaiah, even if Daniel never wrote the book of Daniel, the fact is that according to the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Old Testament two centuries before Jesus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, which preceded Jesus by a century and a half, all of these writings predate the life of Christ. They all have these prophecies in them regardless of who wrote them. And they all show the grand design of God coming to its final culmination in the person of Jesus Christ.

Now that’s something to think about this Easter.

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December 7, 2012 – 6:00 am Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

“Friedman Friday,” EPISODE “The Failure of Socialism” of Free to Choose in 1990 by Milton Friedman (Part 1)

Milton Friedman: Free To Choose – The Failure Of Socialism With Ronald Reagan (Full)

Published on Mar 19, 2012 by NoNationalityNeeded

Milton Friedman’s writings affected me greatly when I first discovered them and I wanted to share with you. We must not head down the path of socialism like Greece has done.

Abstract:

Ronald Reagan introduces this program, and traces a line from Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” to Milton Friedman’s work, describing Free to Choose as “a survival kit for you, for our nation and for freedom.” Dr. Friedman travels to Hungary and Czechoslovakia to learn how Eastern Europeans are rebuilding their collapsed economies. His conclusion: they must accept the verdict of history that governments create no wealth. Economic freedom is the only source of prosperity. That means free, private markets. Attempts to find a “third way” between socialism and free markets are doomed from the start. If the people of Eastern Europe are given the chance to make their own choices they will achieve a high level of prosperity. Friedman tells us individual stories about how small businesses struggle to survive against the remains of extensive government control. Friedman says, “Everybody knows what needs to be done. The property that is now in the hands of the state, needs to be gotten into the hands of private people who can use it in accordance with their own interests and values.” Eastern Europe has observed the history of free markets in the United States and wants to copy our success. After the documentary, Dr. Friedman talks further about government and the economy with Gary Becker of the University of Chicago and Samuel Bowles of the University of Massachusetts. In a wide-ranging discussion, they disagree about the results of economic controls in countries around the world, with Friedman defending his thesis that the best government role is the smallest one.

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Below is a portion of the transcript of the program and above you will find the complete video of the program:

Transcript:

Ronald Reagan: In 1980, a friend of mine did something of rare importance that some historians might miss. Dr. Milton Friedman, a scientist, a careful thinker, and a great teacher first presented his TV series Free to Choose. His TV series was about choices, risks, freedom, equality, and making a better future for all of us.

In 1976, the 200th birth of our nation, Milton Friedman won the Nobel Peace Prize in economics. Two hundred years earlier, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, Adam Smith, the Scotsman, published a book entitled The Wealth Of Nations. The United States was the first country to apply the ideas in Adam Smith’s book. Those ideas have led to our prosperity and given us our freedom.

In Free to Choose, Milton Friedman shows us how those ideas can help us today. In this program, Milton and his wife Rose, take us on a brief tour of Eastern Europe. They wanted to see if the Czechs, Hungarians and Poles were taking the steps needed to achieve prosperity and a lasting freedom. In fact, a member of the Polish Parliament has said that Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose was a major influence on the Polish drive for freedom.

I find it exciting to watch the rebirth of freedom in Eastern Europe. Being free to choose should be every person’s birthright. Everywhere in the world, and especially here in the United States, we need to keep government on the sidelines. Let the people develop their own skills, solve their own problems, better their own lives. I don’t think it is an exaggeration to call Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose, a survival kit for you, for our nation and for freedom.

Friedman: Those are the parliament buildings. This is the river Danube and I am in Budapest, the capitol of Hungary. Over there somewhere is Czechoslovakia, over there Poland, and farther away yet, the Soviet Union. Socialist states that started out with the very best of intentions, intending only to improve the lots of their citizens, they all ended up making the people poor, miserable and into slaves. And every one of them has been learning that lesson that socialism is a failure. They are all trying to move in the direction of a free, private market.

What happened here in Eastern Europe was a major event. The first time in history that the totalitarian countries decided to move toward free markets. Will they succeed? That is a question that brought my wife Rose and me here. As economists, we wanted to witness the most exciting experiment in political and economic organization that is likely to occur in our lifetime.

In the center of Prague, there is a famous cafe, a relic from the days when Czechoslovakia was one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Today, we find only faded elegance, a pale echo of a productive past that was created by market incentives. What happened? Communist central control __ that is what happened. The same culture, the same people, the same resources who wanted different outcomes of vastly lower standard of living, the result of substituting orders from the top for incentives from below. Who says economic institutions don’t matter?

A year ago, right outside that cafe, hundreds of thousands of Czechs massed in Wensisloss Square to demand their freedom. This is where it all happened. In three days they got political freedom. The hopes were high. They thought economic miracles would follow quickly. Yet now it is a year later and almost nothing has happened. Political freedom can be achieved rapidly; economic freedom and prosperity is a very different thing. That’s what is beginning to dawn on these people. In reality they are not yet free. They are still the victims of thousands of controls the communists put in place.

If the newly elected governments are going to keep the support of the people, they must give them real freedom and they’ve got to do it fast. That was the secret of Margaret Thatcher’s success in England. She had a well worked out program and she put it into effect right after coming into office. It was the secret of Ronald Reagan’s program. On the other hand, Manahem Began in Israel came in without any plans whatsoever, and he ended up a failure. If Czechoslovakia is going to achieve the objectives of its revolution, it must move rapidly to put into effect the economic institutions which alone can convert political freedom into economic and human freedom. Those institutions are the institutions of free, private markets.

There are examples all over the place of both the opportunities and the problems. Yuri Malick wants to publish a magazine for people who are trying to set up their own private businesses in Czechoslovakia. He runs it from his living room. It’s a small family enterprise. The magazine is packed with information for would-be businessmen on how to thread their way through the jungle of bureaucratic regulations that still exist. The irony is that some of those very regulations are preventing him from getting his business off the ground. For a start, he needs to obtain 15 separate government licenses before he can distribute the magazine. After nearly a year, he still hasn’t got them. He has had to come here again and again to this government licensing bureau to try to persuade a bureaucrat to allow him to do business.

Yet again, it’s not his lucky day. Yuri Malick doesn’t give in easily, but things are not looking too hopeful. The man he has got to see is not available and no one else is interested in his problem. The Cheque government owns all the newsstands, the book shops, the nationwide distribution system which is controlled from here. There is one way, and only one way, to put an end to all this nonsense, the government must get out of business and stay out. It must transfer these assets into private hands.

These are the kinds of forms you have to fill out in this country in a place like that if you want to start a business or get anything done. But if you think that only happens here, tell me when was the last time you stood in line to get a driver’s license or a registration plate, or do you know anybody in Britain, France, Germany or the United States who has built a house sometime in the last 10 years. Ask him what he went through.

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Remembering Francis Schaeffer at 100 (Part 9)

THE FRANCIS SCHAEFFER CENTENNIAL – SCHAEFFER’S CULTURAL APOLOGETIC PT 1 – DONALD WILLAIMS

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This year Francis Schaeffer would have turned 100 on Jan 30, 2012. I remember like yesterday when I first was introduced to his books. I was even more amazed when I first saw his films. I was so influenced by them that I bought every one of his 30 something books and his two film series. Chuck Colson’s website www.breakpoint.org and I was directed from there to Probe’s website where I found this great article below. I will share it in 4 parts. Todd Kappelman is the author and here is some info on him and Probe.

Todd A. Kappelman is a field associate with Probe Ministries. He is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University (B.A. and M.A.B.S., religion and Greek), and the University of Dallas (M.A., philosophy/humanities). Currently he is pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Dallas. He has served as assistant director of the Trinity Institute, a study center devoted to Christian thought and inquiry. He has been the managing editor of The Antithesis, a bi-monthly publication devoted to the critique of foreign and independent film. His central area of expertise is Continental philosophy (especially nineteenth and twentieth century) and postmodern thought.

What is Probe?

Probe Ministries is a non-profit ministry whose mission is to assist the church in renewing the minds of believers with a Christian worldview and to equip the church to engage the world for Christ. Probe fulfills this mission through our Mind Games conferences for youth and adults, our 3-minute daily radio program, and our extensive Web site at www.probe.org.

Further information about Probe’s materials and ministry may be obtained by contacting us at:

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This is the third part:

The Need to Read: Francis Schaeffer

Written by Todd Kappelman

The Need to Read series began several months ago with a program on C.S. Lewis . The rationale for this series is that many of the great writers who have helped many Christians mature are now either unknown or neglected by many who could use these authors insights into the faith.

This installment focuses on Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984), one of the most recognized and respected Christian authors of the twentieth century.

Escape from Reason

In The God Who Is There, Schaeffers main thesis is that modern man is characterized by his willingness to live a life of contradictions. In the book Escape from Reason, he shows how we arrived at this position, and what can be done about it.

Francis Schaeffer believed that one of the great watershed periods of human history occurred in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The Reformation was a fifteenth and sixteenth century movement, but it was religious in nature and ultimately resulted in the formation of the Protestant churches. The Renaissance, argues Schaeffer, largely emphasized human reason and the achievements of man. In sharp contrast, the Reformation emphasized the will of God and the authority of the Holy Scriptures. It must be remembered that Schaeffer is generalizing in much of what is said here and that both movements had good and bad aspects.

Schaeffer maintains that men in the Renaissance believed they were great because of the wonderful art, literature, and architecture they produced. The Reformation man believed he was great because of the God who had made him. Man was made to have a relationship with his creator, but the Renaissance man found himself more and more concerned with the things of this world.{5}

As the emphasis on man increased, the importance of God decreased. This movement was further facilitated by discoveries in the sciences which allowed man to understand the universe on purely naturalistic principles. The result of mans success in explaining some aspects of the universe through reason alone was that he began to try to explain every aspect of the universe through reason alone.

Men found that they were able to explain much through reason, but the larger philosophical questions proved to be too great. In addition, they discovered that there were many questions that could not be answered by reason alone. Some of these questions were: How did everything begin? Why is there something rather than nothing? What happens to us after we die? These questions are traditionally answered by theology, and the answers usually included an appeal to a divine being called God.

Modern man, thus, was faced with two possibilities. Either he could return to the answers found in the Scriptures, or he could live as though life had meaning even though he did not believe that it really did.{6} Schaeffer argued that men in the Western philosophical tradition largely opted for irrational existence, escaping the requirements of reason, hence the title Escape from Reason. Schaeffers conclusion to this problem is that Christians must return to a serious belief in the Scriptures and their ability to answer the big philosophical problems, and that we must live our faith consistently in front of the world.{7} In addition, Schaeffer believed that the days are gone when the average man on the street would respond to the Gospel. The language has changed, and we must learn to speak in this new language.{8} We must educate ourselves and be ready to give an account of how modern man got into his present state of affairs.

Francis Schaeffer would be 100 years old this year (Schaeffer Sunday)

January 15, 2012 – 12:32 am

Dr. Francis Schaeffer – Extra – Interview – Part 2 Francis Schaeffer had a big impact on me in the late 1970′s and I have been enjoying his books and films ever since. Here is great video clip of an interview and below is a fine article about him. Francis Schaeffer 1912-1984 Christian Theologian, Philosopher, […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 10 “Final Choices” (Schaeffer Sundays)

January 8, 2012 – 12:54 am

E P I S O D E 1 0 How Should We Then Live 10#1 FINAL CHOICES I. Authoritarianism the Only Humanistic Social Option One man or an elite giving authoritative arbitrary absolutes. A. Society is sole absolute in absence of other absolutes. B. But society has to be led by an elite: John Kenneth […]

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Fellow admirer of Francis Schaeffer, Michele Bachmann quits presidential race

January 4, 2012 – 2:55 pm

What Ever Happened to the Human Race? Bachmann was a student of the works of Francis Schaeffer like I am and I know she was pro-life because of it. (Observe video clip above and picture of Schaeffer.) I hated to see her go. DES MOINES, Iowa — Last night, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann vowed to […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 9 “The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence” (Schaeffer Sundays)

January 1, 2012 – 12:51 am

E P I S O D E 9 How Should We Then Live 9#1 T h e Age of Personal Peace and Afflunce I. By the Early 1960s People Were Bombarded From Every Side by Modern Man’s Humanistic Thought II. Modern Form of Humanistic Thought Leads to Pessimism Regarding a Meaning for Life and for Fixed […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 8 “The Age of Fragmentation” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 25, 2011 – 12:45 am

E P I S O D E 8 How Should We Then Live 8#1 I saw this film series in 1979 and it had a major impact on me. T h e Age of FRAGMENTATION I. Art As a Vehicle Of Modern Thought A. Impressionism (Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas) and Post-Impressionism (Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 7 “The Age of Non-Reason” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 18, 2011 – 12:41 am

E P I S O D E 7 How Should We Then Live 7#1 I am thrilled to get this film series with you. I saw it first in 1979 and it had such a big impact on me. Today’s episode is where we see modern humanist man act on his belief that we live […]

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Francis Schaeffer would be 100 years old this year (Schaeffer Sunday)

January 15, 2012 – 12:32 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 6 “The Scientific Age” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 11, 2011 – 12:37 am

E P I S O D E 6 How Should We Then Live 6#1 I am sharing with you a film series that I saw in 1979. In this film Francis Schaeffer asserted that was a shift in Modern Science. A. Change in conviction from earlier modern scientists.B. From an open to a closed natural system: […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 5 “The Revolutionary Age” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 4, 2011 – 12:33 am

E P I S O D E 5 How Should We Then Live 5-1 I was impacted by this film series by Francis Schaeffer back in the 1970′s and I wanted to share it with you. Francis Schaeffer noted, “Reformation Did Not Bring Perfection. But gradually on basis of biblical teaching there was a unique improvement. A. […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 4 “The Reformation” (Schaeffer Sundays)

November 27, 2011 – 12:26 am

How Should We Then Live 4-1 I was impacted by this film series by Francis Schaeffer back in the 1970′s and I wanted to share it with you. Schaeffer makes three key points concerning the Reformation: “1. Erasmian Christian humanism rejected by Farel. 2. Bible gives needed answers not only as to how to be right with […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 3 “The Renaissance”

November 20, 2011 – 12:22 am

How Should We Then Live 3-1 I was impacted by this film series by Francis Schaeffer back in the 1970′s and I wanted to share it with you. Schaeffer really shows why we have so many problems today with this excellent episode. He noted, “Could have gone either way—with emphasis on real people living in […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 2 “The Middle Ages” (Schaeffer Sundays)

November 13, 2011 – 12:13 am

How Should We Then Live 2-1 I was impacted by this film series by Francis Schaeffer back in the 1970′s and I wanted to share it with you. Schaeffer points out that during this time period unfortunately we have the “Church’s deviation from early church’s teaching in regard to authority and the approach to God.” […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 1 “The Roman Age” (Schaeffer Sundays)

November 6, 2011 – 12:01 am

How Should We Then Live 1-1 Today I am starting a series that really had a big impact on my life back in the 1970′s when I first saw it. There are ten parts and today is the first. Francis Schaeffer takes a look at Rome and why it fell. It fell because of inward […]

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Abraham Lincoln quotes Part 2

Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis)

Spielberg’s film follows 56-year-old Abraham Lincoln, the 16^th president of the United States, from January of 1865 until his death in April. The portrait on the left was taken in 1864.

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Lincoln quotes:

“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House by Francis B. Carpenter (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1995), pp. 258-259.

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume III, “Letter To Henry L. Pierce and Others” (April 6, 1859), p. 376.

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume II, (August 1, 1858?), p. 532.

“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” Lincoln’s Cooper Institute Address, February 27, 1860.

“I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume II, “Speech at Chicago, Illinois” (July 10, 1858), p. 502.

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume V, “Letter to Horace Greeley” (August 22, 1862), p. 388.

“Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.” Lincoln and the Civil War In the Diaries and Letters of John Hay selected by Tyler Dennett (New York, Da Capo Press, 1988), p. 143.

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” Lincoln Observed: The Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks edited by Michael Burlingame (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998), p. 210.

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Lincoln’s First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861.

“Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume II, “First Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions” (April 6, 1858), p. 437.

“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume V, “Letter to Quintin Campbell” (June 28, 1862), p. 288.

“I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.” Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862.

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, “Letter to Albert G. Hodges” (April 4, 1864), p. 281.

“…I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.” The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House by Francis B. Carpenter (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. 282. Also, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by Ward Hill Lamon (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1994), p. 91.

“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just – a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.” Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.” Lincoln’s ‘House-Divided’ Speech in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858.

“I would rather be defeated with this expression (‘house divided against itself cannot stand’) in the speech, and uphold and discuss it before the people, than be victorious without it.” The Lincoln Reader edited by Paul M. Angle (New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1947), p. 228. For more details on Lincoln’s comment see pp. 324-325 of Herndon’s Life of Lincoln by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik (Da Capo reprint of original 1942 edition published in Cleveland by World Publishing Company).

“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.” Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume IV, “Remarks at the Monogahela House” (February 14, 1861), p. 209.

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.

“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume III, “Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Ottawa” (August 21, 1858), p. 27.

“…that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.

“I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war. I will close by saying, God bless the women of America!” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, “Remarks at Closing of Sanitary Fair, Washington D.C.” (March 18, 1864), p. 254.

“I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that ‘it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams’.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, “Reply to Delegation from the National Union League” (June 9, 1864), p. 384.

“Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VIII, “Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment” (March 17, 1865), p. 361.

New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 6)

November 20, 2012 – 7:31 am

13 September 2012 Photo by Film Frame – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Tommy Lee Jones I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my posts were concerning the movie “The […]

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Christian Review of new movie about Abraham Lincoln

November 19, 2012 – 7:00 am

8 October 2012 Photo by Larry Busacca – © 2012 Getty Images – Image courtesy gettyimages.com Titles: Lincoln Names: Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tony Kushner Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, S. Epatha Merkerson and Tony Kushner at event of Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in […]

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New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 5)

November 19, 2012 – 6:52 am

13 September 2012 Photo by David James, SMPSP – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Daniel Day-Lewis Characters: Abraham Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my posts were concerning […]

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New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 4)

November 13, 2012 – 7:24 am

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New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 3)

November 7, 2012 – 6:23 am

8 August 2012 Photo by David James – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Daniel Day-Lewis Characters: Abraham Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my posts were concerning the […]

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New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 2)

November 6, 2012 – 7:58 am

13 September 2012 Photo by Film Frame – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Daniel Day-Lewis Characters: Abraham Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my posts were concerning the […]

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New movie about Abraham Lincoln (Part 1)

November 5, 2012 – 3:57 pm

13 September 2012 Photo by David James, SMPSP – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Daniel Day-Lewis Characters: Abraham Lincoln Still of Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. […]

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More about the historical characters mentioned in the movie “Lincoln” by Steven Spielberg (Part 3) “Robert Todd Lincoln”

November 20, 2012 – 6:17 am

I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my posts were concerning the movie “The Conspirator” which is one of my favorite movies. I enjoyed reading about all the historical people involved with Lincoln. Boston Corbett is the man who shot […]

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More about the historical characters mentioned in the movie “Lincoln” by Steven Spielberg (Part 2) (Pictures of historical figures)

November 19, 2012 – 6:55 am

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More about the historical characters mentioned in the movie “Lincoln” by Steven Spielberg (Part 1)

November 18, 2012 – 11:52 am

13 September 2012 Photo by David James, SMPSP – © 2012 – DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved. Titles: Lincoln Names: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robert Lincoln Characters: Robert Todd Lincoln I have written a lot about Abraham Lincoln in the past as you can tell from the “related posts” noted below. Most of my […]

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December 7, 2012 – 5:26 am Categories: Founding Fathers | Post a comment

Tea Party Heroes Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ),Justin Amash (R-MI), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) have been punished by Boehner

I was sad to read that the Speaker John Boehner has been involved in punishing tea party republicans. Actually I have written letters to several of these same tea party heroes telling them that I have emailed Boehner encouraging him to listen to them. Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ),Justin Amash (R-MI), and Tim Huelskamp (R-KS). have been contacted by me before and I have posted things about them too.

With Purge, House GOP Leadership Reaches New Low

Posted by Tad DeHaven

In December 2010, I wrote that “An indicator of the incoming House Republican majority’s seriousness about cutting spending will be which members the party selects to head the various committees.” The final roster ended up leaving a lot to be desired from a limited government perspective. For example, the House Republican leadership and its allies went with Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), aka “The Prince of Pork,” to head up the Appropriations Committee.

Two years later, the committee situation is about to get even worse now that the House Republican leadership has decided to send a message that casting a vote according to one’s beliefs instead of one’s instructions is a punishable offense. On Monday, four congressmen were booted from “plum” committee assignments for failing to sufficiently toe the leadership line. I suspect that the purge was motivated, at least in part, by Team Boehner’s desire to have the rest of the rank and file think twice before casting a “no” vote on whatever lousy deal is struck with the White House to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”

Three of the purged Republicans are returning members of the 2010 freshmen “Tea Party Class”: Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Justin Amash (R-MI), and Tim Huelskamp (R-KS). Over the past year, I have been keeping a loose record of how the freshmen voted on opportunities to eliminate programs and prevent spending increases. On seven particularly telling votes*, Schweikert and Amash voted in favor of limited government every time. Out of 87 freshmen, only Schweikert, Amash, and five others had a perfect record. Huelskamp was six for seven. He also was one of only four Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee to vote against the bloated farm bill that passed out of the committee in July. The fourth outcast, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), had become an irritant to the Republican establishment after turning against the Iraq War and associating himself with more libertarian Republicans like Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).

The best that can be said for Team Boehner thus far is that it isn’t Team Pelosi. A common excuse is that House Republicans have been constrained by Democratic control of the Senate and White House. While there is an element of truth to that claim, we’re talking about a House Republican majority that wouldn’t even vote to get rid of the loan guarantee program that led to the Solyndra debacle. The reality is that most Republicans were only ever interested in using Solyndra to score political points against the White House. Ditto pretty much every other White House spending endeavor that House Republicans claim to oppose.

*Votes were to terminate the Economic Development Administration, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia, Essential Air Service program, Title 17 Energy Loan Guarantees, Community Block Development Grant program, against reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, and against the Continuing Appropriations Act in September.

Tad DeHaven • December 4, 2012 @ 4:45 pm

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 53)

December 6, 2012 – 6:48 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 53) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 52)

December 6, 2012 – 1:47 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 52) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 51)

December 6, 2012 – 12:46 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 51) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 50)

December 6, 2012 – 12:00 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 50) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 49)

November 30, 2012 – 6:36 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 49) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 48)

November 30, 2012 – 5:38 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 48) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 47)

November 30, 2012 – 5:14 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 47) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 46)

November 30, 2012 – 1:33 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 46) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 45)

November 30, 2012 – 12:03 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 45) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 44)

November 30, 2012 – 12:01 am

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 44) John Boehner, Speaker of the House H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker, I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but […]

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More info on new Hog coach Brett Bielema is impressive

The more I find out about the new Hog coach the more I like him. Here is an article from last year about him.

Updated: 29 September 2011 | 2:47 am in Doc’s Office by Scott Dochterman

Perception — not facts — keeps Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema from earning respect

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CHICAGO — Bret Bielema’s intensity — and a desire to succeed — has elevated the Wisconsin football program to sizzling heights in his five-plus seasons.

In 2006, the 41-year-old Bielema took over Wisconsin as one of the nation’s youngest coaches at age 36. He maintained the program’s excellence under Hall of Famer Barry Alvarez and lifted it to elite levels.

Consider that Bielema sports a 53-16 record and has the fourth-best winning percentage among active Division I football coaches. Bielema ranks third in all-time victories at Wisconsin and led the Badgers to five straight bowl games, the Big Ten’s second-longest streak. Only once have the Badgers won fewer than nine games under Bielema.

Yet, for all of his success, the genius label evades Bielema. He’s not mentioned among the Big Ten’s great coaches. His peers are impressed by his statistics, but rarely pass along the compliments.

“I have a saying that perception is more important than fact,” said BTN analyst Glen Mason, a former head coach at Kansas and Minnesota. “It shouldn’t be. But most people deal in perception than facts. The perception isn’t that he’s in that elite group, but when you look at the facts, it’s pretty impressive.”

Bielema’s players, however, don’t care about his perception. It’s about his relationship with them, and they defend him.

“I don’t think he gets the respect he deserves,” Wisconsin senior safety Aaron Henry said. “But I don’t think he really cares about that. If he continues to win, people are going to take notice. That’s a great thing about Coach B. He doesn’t care what other people think, he doesn’t care about other people’s agenda. What his sole focus is, I kid you not, is Wisconsin football.”

IOWA ROOTS

To understand Bielema, you have to look at his roots. His first encounter with Hayden Fry provides an open window into the Bielema’s soul.

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Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz (left) and assistant Bret Bielema bark instructions during Iowa’s game at Nebraska in 2000.

In 1988, Bielema left his family farm near Prophetstown, Ill., with hopes of walking on to the Iowa football team. He introduced himself to Fry, and instantly made an impression with the legendary Iowa coach.

“I looked at him and said, ‘What position do you play?’ And he said, ‘Defensive line,’” Fry recalled. “I said, ‘How much do you weigh?’ I think he said 186, something like that. I said, ‘Son, you’re too small to play Big Ten football.’ He said and gritted his teeth, ‘Just give me a chance.’ When he said that, that inspired me.”

Bielema, 41, persevered, gained weight and earned a scholarship in his second year. By the time he graduated in 1992, he became a 265-pound nose guard and the players’ choice as the defensive captain. He finished his Iowa career with 83 tackles, including 12 for loss.

He also had to endure through personal tragedy. His sister, Betsy, fell off a horse and hit her head on a rock and died on Oct. 20, 1990 — the same day Bielema and the Hawkeyes upset Michigan 24-23 on their Rose Bowl season. In 1992 he had his knee surgery and 13 days later — with blood spewing from his left knee — he played against Illinois.

“He’s tough. He’s a hard worker. He had all the intangibles, and he was a really good football player,” said Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini, an Iowa graduate assistant in 1992. “He was an important cog on the football team and program at that time.”

But Bielema was also known for rubbing people the wrong way. As a senior, Bielema met former Iowa State Coach Jim Walden after an Iowa win and called Walden a “prick” and said, “I’ve enjoyed kicking your ass the past five years.” Two days later Bielema was forced to apologize and was reprimanded by Iowa’s Board of Control.

Last year against Minnesota, Wisconsin scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to lead 41-16. Bielema chose to attempt a 2-point conversion because “that’s what the card says.” Former Minnesota Coach Tim Brewster took exception to the move and spouted off against Bielema in a postgame handshake.

“I thought it was a very poor decision by a head football coach, and he’ll have to live with that,” Brewster said afterward. “It was wrong. Everybody in here knows it, and everybody in college football knows it.”

PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS

But there’s no denying Bielema’s success as a coach or recruiter. After a short stint in professional football, Bielema became a graduate assistant for two years under Fry and moved into a full-time role in 1996. Bielema brought waves of talent to Iowa City and was praised by all for his ability to build relationships and grind through the recruiting details. He did it at Iowa until leaving in 2002. He did it at Kansas State for two years, and he’s doing it at Wisconsin today.

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Wisconsin Coach Brett Bielema leads the team onto the field to face UNLV in the season opener at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., Thursday September 1, 2011. (Tom Lynn/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MCT)

Henry was an interesting pickup for Bielema in early 2007. Henry hails from Immokalee, Fla., and both Iowa and Wisconsin approached him in high school. Henry first visited Wisconsin, then went to Iowa City. Bielema admits to texting Henry — when the NCAA allowed it — on his trip to Iowa City, typing, ‘Hey, you don’t look too good down there in that black and gold.’ Henry texted Bielema back, writing that he was wearing a red shirt underneath the Hawkeye gear.

Henry came from a religious background and his family kicked out Bielema and former Wisconsin assistant Dave Doreen one night on a visit, only to welcome them back when Henry committed to Wisconsin.

Bielema then helped Henry play in a prominent high school all-star game, which caused the coach more recruiting grief. Among the people to watch Henry was then-Florida Coach Urban Meyer, who had led the Gators to the 2006 national title. Weeks before national signing day, Meyer visited Henry at his high school, which worried Bielema.

As Henry relayed the details, Bielema started talking.

“I was like, ‘Whoa,’” Bielema said. “My heart was racing, I’m like here, ‘I’m the guy who got him in this game …’

“Right now I’m grabbing straws. ‘He should have been in there two months ago. He should have offered you when we did. You’re going to help us win championships.’ I’m going a mile a minute. He’s like, ‘Coach, you know what I told him? I told him I already saw the stadium I want to play in. I want to be a Badger.’”

Henry has had differences with Bielema. Henry argued with Bielema about the extent of a 2008 knee injury, which nearly led him to transfer. Henry vehemently fought against moving from cornerback to safety, but stuck with Wisconsin because of his relationship with Bielema.

“He’s good at relating to a lot of the players,” Henry said. “A lot of these guys sell you on things they’ve never been through themselves. I think Coach B is good at keeping it real and … he just does what he does. There’s no flash to what he does, no gimmicks to what he does, just genuine, true and sincere about it. I think when guys truly understand him, they get a sense of that and that’s why he brings in the top guys.”

TOP PEDIGREE

Bielema’s coaching pedigree is top-notch. He played or coached under two Hall of Famers in Fry and Alvarez, and coached under two other likely Hall of Famers in Bill Snyder and Kirk Ferentz. Bielema left an impression with each one, and they did with him.

While Fry was a master psychologist, Bielema said, Ferentz helped rein him in at Iowa. Bielema spent five years under Fry and three with Ferentz.

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“I don’t know to this day if I ever talked X’s and O’s with Coach Fry,” Bielema said. “He didn’t like the defensive side of it — just get it done. Kirk is probably, the No. 1 thing I’ve ever learned from him is he’s a great, great listener. He really taught me how to slow down and listen to people.

“When I was a young coach, especially working for Hayden, you were kind of allowed to do your own thing. Kirk sent to me a guy by the name of Dan Radakovich, Bad Rad, the first linebacker coach with Penn State and then with the Steelers for a long time. I spent three days with him and I didn’t know why going in, and then I figured it out that he wanted me to learn how to listen.”

Bielema then joined Snyder at Kansas State for two years as a co-defensive coordinator. Snyder’s legendary work ethic and attention to detail impressed Bielema, as did Snyder’s offensive game planning. They also had it out about 10:30 p.m. every Wednesday night over Bielema’s punt-return plans.

“Whatever I had, he’d disagree with 100 percent,” Bielema said. “We’d argue about it for about a half-hour and eventually he’d come back and we’d go halfway in between. I just love him because that’s one of the most enjoyable times, because it was just he and I one-on-one. To this day, of all the head coaches I’ve worked for — Coach Alvarez obviously is different — (Snyder) and talked as much as anybody.”

Bielema’s success impresses Fry, Snyder and Ferentz.

“He’s got a good command of the game, he’s a good individual with players,” Snyder said. “They have a great deal of respect for him, they respond to him extremely well. He’s got a good knowledge of the game. Having played the game was, I think, significant. He’s been every bit as successful as we could anticipate and certainly felt that he would be.”

Iowa defensive coordinator Norm Parker described Bielema as “very energetic, very smart.”

“To be a head coach you’ve got to be good,” Parker said. “You’ve got to be in the right place at the right time, have the right people backing you at the right time. Those things have worked out for Bret.”

After the Wildcats won the 2003 Big 12 title, Bielema left Kansas State to become Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator. Before Bielema’s second year, Alvarez told him he was stepping down and asked Bielema to replace him. It was a move that raised eyebrows because of Bielema’s youth.

“You have to give Barry a lot of credit because it was a surprise when he hired Bret to be the coordinator when he did, and then I think a lot of people were very, very surprised when he named Bret (as head coach),” Ferentz said. “Clearly he knew what he was doing.”

BEING BIELEMA

Bielema said he doesn’t seek interviews but repeatedly finds his way on to television shows. He spent three hours on the NFL Network’s set during the 2011 NFL draft in April and took a ribbing from TV host Paul Burmeister, a former Iowa teammate, who showed off a few unflattering college pictures.

Bielema, a life-long bachelor, is also settling down in his personal life. He announced his engagment in April, but few details afterward.

“Bret is very engaging, a lot of fun to be around,” Mason said. “During a game on the sideline he’s very stoic, you hardly ever see him smile because he’s at work. But if you’ve ever been around him, as long as I’ve known him, I think my time with Bret Bielema it’s laughing and joking around and having a good time.”

Bielema still boasts a two-inch Tiger-Hawk tattoo with the words “Achieve, Believe” atop on ‘I’ on his calf. Bielema doesn’t shy from talking about it with his recruits, which earns their respect.

“It was something that he did and it was something that he’ll be forever a part of,” Henry said. “You really can’t knock him for being that you’re at the University of Wisconsin, he’s the head coach there. In those days, times were a little different. He graduated from the university, it’s his alma mater so you’ve got to respect it. But soon enough I expect to see a Wisconsin motion ‘W’ somewhere around there.”

PAST, FUTURE SUCCESS

Wisconsin has won 11 or more games just twice in its history, and Bielema has coached both squads. The Badgers finished 12-1 in his rookie campaign and captured the Capital One Bowl. Last year, the Badgers steamrolled the Big Ten in shocking fashion. Wisconsin averaged 45.2 points in its eight Big Ten games — second-best in conference history — and were 4 yards from having three running backs gain 1,000 in a season. Wisconsin tied for the Big Ten title and played in its first Rose Bowl since 2000.

The Badgers also led the nation in fewest turnovers (nine) and penalties per game (3.15). The last two seasons Wisconsin has had 22 Academic All-Big Ten performers.

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Bielema also is known for aggressive play-calling, and none was bigger than last year against Iowa. Facing fourth-and-4 from Wisconsin’s 26-yard line and trailing by six points, Bielema allowed a fake punt midway through the fourth quarter. The gamble worked, and the Badgers scored a touchdown late to win 31-30.

“It was gutsy, it was a great call,” former Wisconsin safety Jay Valai said after the game. “That’s why they pay him the big bucks.”

To find an edge and keep his team motivated, Bielema read Jim Collins’ business bible “Good to Great.” It helped provide him a blueprint for the upcoming season.

“There are a lot of good organizations, a lot of good businesses, that settle for being good,” Bielema said. “They could be great if they went just a little bit further. That’s been a message to my team that we can be satisfied with where we’re at and where we’ve been but how do you get to that level? Ohio State has won six Big Ten championships; it shows you can do it. That’s the natural enemy that a lot of people get satisfied with.”

Now at 4-0 and ranked No. 7 nationally, Wisconsin has a chance for excellence. Bielema has a chance to boost his coaching profile among the game’s elite. He bought into Snyder’s advice that he coach his way and avoid comparisons with his coaching mentors.

Bielema aggressively sought Russell Wilson to replace Scott Tolzien at quarterback. Wilson, who graduated this spring from North Carolina State, had one year of eligibility remaining and could transfer to a school with a graduate program not offered by N.C. State and play right away. Wilson earned the starting nod and many consider him a Heisman Trophy contender.

“It’s been a learning process for Bret,” Mason said. “It wasn’t too long ago that the people in Madison weren’t sure had they had the right guy for that job, and now I think he’s won everybody over.”

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Is it time for Tennessee to look to Bobby Petrino?

I have posted before about the possibility that Petrino would go to Tennessee. Off the website of the Knoxville newspaper they have pictures of 10 possible replacements for Derek Dooley and here is the best choice my view:

Former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino. Despite his disgraceful exit from Arkansas, Petrino is going to land somewhere this offseason -- and whoever hires him will be getting one of the top coaches in the country.

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Former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino. Despite his disgraceful exit from Arkansas, Petrino is going to land somewhere this offseason — and whoever hires him will be getting one of the top coaches in the country.

Tennessee Athletic Director Dave Hart won’t be taking any public input on his search for Tennessee’s next head football coach, but that won’t stop the speculation. Here are a handful of candidates who are sure to be mentioned in the coming days and weeks

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Here is another report from 4 days ago from Bleacher Report. (Auburn has since hired Gus Malzahn.)

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Auburn and Tennessee finished the year at the bottom of the Southeastern Conference standings. Tennessee finished the year with one conference win, while Auburn went winless inside the SEC.

Shortly after the season concluded, the Tigers and Volunteers fired their head coaches and began the search for a new leader. With a major spark needed to recharge these football teams, Bobby Petrino is a great fit for both programs.

Petrino would bring a new life to either program and could restore these teams to the top of their divisions. The record speaks for itself, and Petrino has won everywhere he has been. If given the resources of these top programs, he would excel.

As these teams continue the search for a head coach, here are the five reasons that the Tigers and Volunteers should be battling to sign Bobby Petrino.

Is it time for Tennessee to look to Bobby Petrino?

December 6, 2012 – 7:02 am

Off the website of the Knoxville newspaper they have pictures of 10 possible replacements for Derek Dooley and here is the best choice my view: AP2011 Former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino. Despite his disgraceful exit from Arkansas, Petrino is going to land somewhere this offseason — and whoever hires him will be […]

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Tennessee going after Petrino?

November 12, 2012 – 7:33 am

I heard a rumor on Friday that Kentucky was going after Bobby Petrino and today I read in the Knoxville Paper that Petrino would be a good fit for Tennessee. Where will Bobby land? John Adams: If not Jon Gruden, how about Bobby Petrino or Tommy Tuberville? By John Adams govolsxtra.com Posted November 11, 2012 […]

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Bobby Petrino’s first interview since affair and his effort to put his marriage together

August 9, 2012 – 3:52 pm

Some people have praised the way the University of Arkansas handled the firing of Bobby Petrino, and I am part of that group. However, if he puts his marriage back together I think it would be great if he returned as our head football coach at Arkansas. He has fallen from the top. He had […]

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Bobby Petrino to Texas in 2013?

July 19, 2012 – 8:41 am

When I started thinking about which school would have the best chance to get Bobby Petrino in 2013, I immediately thought of Tennessee because they are in the SEC. However, there is a downside to being in the SEC. The pressure to win the conference is about the same to win the national championship. Actually […]

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Bobby Petrino was a great coach and babysitter

July 18, 2012 – 9:32 am

Everybody admits that Bobby Petrino was a great coach. Take a look at this comment from Chris Smith of Forbes: Petrino has plenty of time to find a new job, and he is likely to receive several offers. Morally repugnant as he might be, Petrino’s on-field performance has been stellar. Through eight seasons as head […]

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Bobby Petrino unloads one of his two Fayetteville homes

May 18, 2012 – 6:50 am

Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell Bobby Petrino always had plans to live in Fayetteville the rest of his life. Why else would he have committed to the 18 million dollar buyout in his contract. He also showed that he had longterm plans to stay in Arkansas because he invested 2.5 million in a home here. […]

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Is Bobby Petrino through or will he return as a top coach in the future?

May 15, 2012 – 7:19 am

Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell I was so happy a few months ago with the Razorbacks’ football future firmly in Bobby Petrino’s hands. Things were going so well. I mentioned to a friend that I was 16 back in 1977 when Lou Holtz led the Razorbacks that season to a 11-1 record and a third […]

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You can buy Bobby Petrino’s motorcyle!!!

May 9, 2012 – 3:31 pm

I wish the Bobby Petrino series of mistakes never started last fall. It all started with eating lunch with a young lady that was not his wife and she said, “When are you going to get around to kissing me?” The Arkansas Times blog reported today: A Twitter from Mallory Hardin at Channel 4 […]

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John L. Smith is 63 yrs old, maybe Paul Petrino will eventually be hogs coach

April 23, 2012 – 2:47 pm

Image by University of Arkansas I am not too excited about John L. Smith, but things may work out fine eventually. We have a great team and staff going into this fall. Just look at the facts. Arkansas Sports 360 reported on the great performance Tyler Wilson gave in the spring game. Having John L. […]

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Steve Barnes’ article on Petrino

April 20, 2012 – 12:51 pm

Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell Here is a fine article by Steve Barnes on the Petrino mess: Steve Barnes: University, ASP respond admirably to Petrino mess 8:48 PM, Apr. 19, 2012 Although finding a new head coach, especially during spring training, is an ordeal sufficient for any university, and while the search leaves players and […]

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December 6, 2012 – 7:02 am Categories: Current Events, Uncategorized | Post a comment

Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 53)

John Boehner, Speaker of the House

H-232, The Capital, Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Speaker,

I know that you will have to meet with newly re-elected President Obama soon and he will probably be anxious for you to raise taxes and federal spending, but he will want you to leave runaway entitlement programs alone. When that happens then you have one thing you can hold over his head and that is the debt ceiling.

You must stand up to him and tell him that you can not raise it. In December of 2012 or January of 2013 at the latest we will be shutting down the government if we don’t increase the debt limit according to the LA Times. You got to listen to the Tea Party heroes like Rep. Todd Rokita, Ben Quayle (R-AZ), Jeff Landry (R, LA-03), Raúl R. Labrador , Tim Huelskamp, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), , Brooks, Mo (AL – 5), Buerkle, Ann Marie (NY – 25),Chabot, Steven (OH – 1),Duncan, Jeff (SC – 3), Fleischmann, Chuck (TN – 3) ,Gowdy, Trey (SC – 4) ,Griffith, H. Morgan (VA – 9) , Harris, Andy (MD – 1) ,Huizenga, Bill (MI – 2) , Mulvaney, Mick (SC – 5) , Pompeo, Mike (KS – 4) , Ribble, Reid (WI – 8), Rigell, E. Scott (VA – 2) , Ross, Dennis (FL – 12) ,Schweikert, David (AZ – 5), Scott, Austin (GA – 8) , Scott, Tim (SC – 1) , Southerland, Steve (FL – 2) , Stutzman, Marlin (IN – 3) , Walberg, Timothy (MI – 7) , Walsh, Joe (IL – 8),and Woodall, Rob (GA – 7) .

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Here is another Tea Party hero you need to listen to:

Congressman Flake Votes Against Debt Deal
Greater Congressional Spending Restraints Needed
Washington, D.C. , Aug 1 –

Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today voted against the revised version of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

“I don’t think that this deal takes into account the severity of the budget crisis we face. The age-old trick in Washington is to produce a ten-year budget with serious cuts only taking effect in later years. This deal continues that practice. Additionally, the requirement for a balanced budget amendment, which was included in the Boehner bill, was excluded from the final legislation.”

Congressman Flake: So Just How Broke Are We?

Mesa, Arizona, Aug 2 – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today illustrated the size and scope of the growing national debt.          The Washington Times reports that Vice President Joe Biden collects rent from the Secret Service for use of a cottage on a property he owns in a Wilmington, Delaware suburb. The Secret Service pays the vice president $2,200 each month in rent.

          The U.S. is so broke that Vice President Biden would have to rent his cottage to the Secret Service for 545.8 million years – long after he’s left office – to have the money to pay down our debt of more than $14.4 trillion.

          “Biden’ our time clearly isn’t solving the debt problem,” said Flake.          Along with Senators McCain and Rubio, Congressman Flake introduced in the 112th Congress the Debt Buy-Down Act, which allows taxpayers to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax liability to reduce the national debt. The bill then requires Congress to reduce federal spending by that amount. More information on the Debt Buy-Down Act can be found here.

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Everette Hatcher, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com, www.thedailyhatch.org, ph 501-920-5733

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Government shutdown coming, will there be any tea party heroes available to stand up to Obama?

May 21, 2012 – 1:33 pm

DEBT LIMIT – A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FEDERAL DEBT MADE EASY. Uploaded by debtlimitusa on Nov 4, 2011 A satirical short film taking a look at the national debt and how it applies to just one family. Watch the guy from the Ferris Bueller Superbowl Spot! Produced by Seth William Meier, DP/Edited by Craig Evans, […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 1)

May 18, 2012 – 10:08 am

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 8)

November 6, 2012 – 7:59 am

Rep Himes and Rep Schweikert Discuss the Debt and Budget Deal Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute in his article, “Hitting the Ceiling,” National Review Online, March 7, 2012 noted: After all, despite all the sturm und drang about spending cuts as part of last year’s debt-ceiling deal, federal spending not only increased from 2011 […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 7)

November 5, 2012 – 6:48 am

Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute in his article, “Hitting the Ceiling,” National Review Online, March 7, 2012 noted: After all, despite all the sturm und drang about spending cuts as part of last year’s debt-ceiling deal, federal spending not only increased from 2011 to 2012, it rose faster than inflation and population growth combined. […]

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Who are the Tea Party Heroes from the 87 Freshmen Republicans?

November 3, 2012 – 1:31 pm

Here is a study done on the votes of the 87 incoming freshman republicans frm the Club for Growth. Freshman Vote Study In the 2010 election, 87 freshmen House Republicans came to Washington pledging fealty to the Tea Party movement and the ideals of limited government and economic freedom. The mainstream media likes to say […]

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Tea Party Conservative Senator Mike Lee interview

July 16, 2012 – 6:42 am

Tea Party Conservative Senator Mike Lee interview Here is an excellent interview above with Senator Lee with a fine article below from the Heritage Foundation. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) came to Washington as the a tea-party conservative with the goal of fixing the economy, addressing the debt crisis and curbing the growth of the federal […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 6)

June 12, 2012 – 6:23 am

I feel so strongly about the evil practice of running up our national debt. I was so proud of Rep. Todd Rokita who voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 11, 2011. He made this comment: For decades now, we have spent too much money on ourselves and have intentionally allowed our […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 5)

June 8, 2012 – 6:28 am

Rep. Quayle on Fox News with Neil Cavuto __________________ We have to get people realize that the most important issue is the debt!!! Recently I read a comment by Congressman Ben Quayle (R-AZ) made after voting against the amended Budget Control Act on August 1, 2011. He said it was important to compel “Congressional Democrats and […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 4)

June 4, 2012 – 7:19 am

What future does our country have if we never even attempt to balance our budget. I read some wise words by Congressman Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) regarding the debt ceiling deal that was passed on August 1, 2011:”Throughout this debate, the American people have demanded a real cure to America’s spending addiction – a Balanced Budget […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 3)

May 25, 2012 – 11:46 am

I read some wise comments by Idaho First District Congressman Raúl R. Labrador concerning the passage of the Budget Control Act on August 1, 2011 and I wanted to point them out: “The legislation lacks a rock solid commitment to passage of a balanced budget amendment, which I believe is necessary to saving our nation.” I just […]

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Some Tea Party heroes (Part 2)

May 25, 2012 – 7:00 am

Congressmen Tim Huelskamp on the debt ceiling I just don’t understand why people think we can go on and act like everything is okay when we have a trillion dollar deficit. Sometimes you run across some very wise words like I did the other day. Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp made the following comment on the […]

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Remembering Francis Schaeffer at 100 (Part 8)

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The Need to Read: Francis Schaeffer

Written by Todd Kappelman

This installment focuses on Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984), one of the most recognized and respected Christian authors of the twentieth century.

Schaeffer and The God Who Is There

Francis Schaeffer developed some important themes in three of his books: The God Who Is There, Escape from Reason, and He Is There and He Is Not Silent.

Lets consider The God Who Is There first. The major thesis in this book is that modern man has abandoned the idea of truth, and that has had widespread consequences in every area of life.

In his argumentation, Schaeffer summarizes the last half of the twentieth century, tracing the development of the intellectual climate in Western society. Previous generations had grown up with a basic operational belief that the law of non-contradiction was true. What Schaeffer would have us understand about the law of non- contradiction is this: a statement cannot be both true and false in the same way at the same time. For example, you are either reading this essay or you are not. You cannot be both reading this and not reading it at the same time. Either you are or you are not–choose one.

When we hear something like this, our first reaction is of course we believe in this law of non-contradiction. We believe in it and live by it, even if we did not know what it was called until just a few moments ago. But Schaeffer points out that there has been a gradual decline of belief in this basic principle beginning with philosophy in the late eighteenth century. This first step in the movement away from reason is followed by second and third steps in the areas of art and music. These are, in turn, followed by the fourth steps of general culture and theology. There is much debate about which step came first and who followed whom. The important thing to realize is that after the seventeenth and eighteenth century Enlightenment in Europe, and certainly before the height of the Industrial age, men in the highest positions of academic and artistic life began to think very differently.

In the first half of this century, Western man began to think in terms of mutually exclusive truths. In other words, we began to believe that two people could believe mutually exclusive truths simultaneously and both of them could be correct. This would be like two people seeing an object and one claiming that it existed and the other claiming that it did not exist. The two men shake hands and say that they are both right in their conclusions. Objective reality is completely undermined and nothing is true. The result of this thinking is that man begins to despair of his condition.{3} He doesnt know what is ultimately true.

Schaeffers ambition was to help Christians be salt and light in our world. And to do that, we have to understand how people think. Schaeffer also cautions Christians against capitulation to irrationality themselves.{4} In the spirit of cooperation, many Christians are choosing to remain silent when they hear people say that all religions are the same, or that Christianity may be true for one person, but not true for another. Christians cannot afford to remain silent in a world that is embracing irrationality. The unity of orthodox Christianity should be centered and grounded on truth. This is not always easy, but it is absolutely necessary.

Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 9 “The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence” (Schaeffer Sundays)

January 1, 2012 – 12:51 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 8 “The Age of Fragmentation” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 25, 2011 – 12:45 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 7 “The Age of Non-Reason” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 18, 2011 – 12:41 am

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Francis Schaeffer would be 100 years old this year (Schaeffer Sunday)

January 15, 2012 – 12:32 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 6 “The Scientific Age” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 11, 2011 – 12:37 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 5 “The Revolutionary Age” (Schaeffer Sundays)

December 4, 2011 – 12:33 am

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