Here's Your Change...

The Electoral College has spoken!

McCain didn't even get half as many electoral votes as Obama by the count at 1:12am on 11/5/08 according to the Yahoo "Political Dashboard" that I was viewing on election night and McCain called Obama and conceded defeat. By the way, didn't someone that bears a striking resemblance to myself say that McCain would not win?

In "Like 'Father', Like Son?", I gave about 12 reasons why we as Christians should not vote for Obama. I didn't even mention the controversy about what country he was born in, his affiliations with Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, ACORN, the PLO, or his Robin Hood Socialist scheme. Perhaps I should have...

I am truly dumbfounded that a majority of the people in this country would vote for a man who is associated with terrorists (the PLO no less) while we are supposed to be fighting terrorists. How ridiculous is that??

Well, I guess at this point we must chalk it up to a bad decision. And you know the only thing you can do with a bad decision is to try to make the best of it and resolve to never EVER do it again. That is assuming that we survive it.

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Don't I Get Some Change With That?

I overheard a conversation that a friend of mine was having with someone right after the election results came in.

"Well, I guess they'll get the 'change' that they voted for," he said.

He was half-right: They will get the change and so will we...whether we like it or not. I have a feeling that some of the people who voted for him will be shocked to find out exactly what that “change” is. However, they really shouldn't be surprised. The information was there for them to make an informed decision, but some people were totally uninterested in educating themselves about the candidates.

You had some people who saw Barack Obama for their first time and immediately decided that he was their man—without any other thoughts of critiquing him passing through their mind. Some people made this decision because he was black (Gasp! Did I really say the "B" word???). Yes, that's right. Some people saw this as being "a long time coming" (just as Barack himself said in his victory speech) and decided that a black president was long overdue for America.

At this point, I would like to clear up any misconceptions you may have assumed about me and my opinions up to this portion of this article. Obama was elected overwhelmingly by the black (or African-American, for those of you who need political correctness in your lives. I am just an American, by the way…) vote and by a great deal of Americans of all other races. I am overjoyed that we live in a country where can look past race and elect a person regardless of their skin color to our highest office. I saw Obama too you know, and I truly wanted to be able to say that I would vote for him, but I looked at his political background, voting history, and his political/personal associations and simply could not vote for him in good conscience. One thing that Obama supports is abortion (child sacrifice). Ok, so Obama says that he is not pro-abortion, he is pro-choice—what’s the difference? You are still saying it is ok to sacrifice a child aren’t you? God is against abortion (Read Jeremiah 7:30-34; Ezekiel 16:20-21, 36-38; 20:31)!

Some (mostly African-Americans) saw this as a prime opportunity to vote a black man into the presidency—I did too! Let me just get right down to it: Obama is suave. The man is sophisticated, and an eloquent speaker. No doubt about it. He is charming and personable. Before I researched him I thought, “this might be an ok guy—somebody I can really get behind.” After my research, I was forced to conclude, “not this one.”

I personally have no problem with the USA having a black president. As a matter of fact, I used to think that Colin Powell would make a good president (until he endorsed Obama). I also think that Michael Steele (former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland) would make a good president. And why? BECAUSE I EDUCATED MYSELF ABOUT THEM!!!!!

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Perspective

I was greatly dismayed by the outcome of the election. When I saw the end result I questioned myself, "what have we done?" Never (and I do mean NEVER) have we done something so irresponsible. Do you realize that we just took an legislator who is terribly short on experience and made him the "leader of the free world"? And that's not the worst of it; we took a terrorist-admiring, communist-economy driven man and placed him into the highest office in the land? We have never done something so absent-minded in our entire history as a nation! There has never been a President of the United States whose own values contrast so much with those of our founding fathers.

You: You're a racist.

Me: Get your hand out of the race card deck, chief.

I'm not even in it about the race. I don't care that Obama is black. Let me say that again...

I DON'T CARE THAT OBAMA IS BLACK!

Did you read what I just wrote? Do you understand that? Let me ask that another way...

ARE YOU CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT A PERSON CAN LOOK BEYOND RACE???

If you don't understand that, then obviously you are not capable.

Bottom line: I don't care if Barack is the one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater. Do you realize that his relationships with terrorists would disqualify him from being a member of his own Secret Service protection team? Yet, he is our president? Anyone else see a problem here???

Then I questioned God, "what do we do now, Lord?"

Another part of me kinda figured that this is the way it would turn out. In the back of my mind, I ponder whether or not McCain was actually running interference for this guy (Obama). It didn't seem like McCain was doing all that he could do to win this election to me. Of course, I have no real solid evidence to support this, but the way his campaign was sorta laxed does raise questions with me. Whether McCain did this or not is immaterial at this point I guess.

What is important is what we as Christians do now.

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Support Your President!

Yes, that’s right. I said, “support your President!” Daniel 4:25 says:

“…the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”

God had always known that Obama would be elected as our president. God sets our rulers over us. He may not agree with everything Obama has done, but God saw it fit to establish him as our leader.

Do we have to support abortion? No.

Do we have to support same-sex marriage? No.

Do we have to support the dividing and sell-off of Israel? No.

In short, we as Christians are to oppose any sinful act committed by our leadership. Whether it be the president, our governor, our mayor, or our supervisor at work—it doesn’t matter.

From the day that we asked Jesus to save us and believed in Him, we became new creatures. We are no longer of this world. We are citizens of Heaven and we are here in the world as ambassadors of the Almighty God.

We are here to spread the good news of the grace of God through His son Jesus. More to the point, we are to tell others how to be saved and invite them to become saved also.

It is also our job to call out our leaders for their sins and to fast and pray to God to speak to their hearts and convict them of their sins. Daniel did it to King Nebuchadnezzar. John the Baptist did it to King Herod. If these two great men of God had to do it, then who are we to think that we don’t?

When you call them out for their sins, quote the proper scripture to them so they know that they are in opposition to God on a particular matter.

When you fast and pray, declare to God the things that you think are wrong according to His Word.

And if you don’t know what to do, then pray and fast to God for His guidance. He will tell you!

Also, always remember that while your leadership will not always do the right thing in accordance to the Word of God, the end result will not change. We will still be raptured. Jesus will still return to set up his 1,000 year kingdom on earth, and we are still going to Heaven.

Gotta run!

Rayburn

It's NOT the economy, stupid!

It's NOT the economy...

Finger-pointing--it's a sport in D.C. Especially when it comes to placing blame for America's troubles. Republicans blame Democrats, Democrats blame Republicans, and sooner or later everybody points their finger at "the economy". Why not? It's easy to blame all of our troubles on "the economy"--it has no finger to point.

In case you haven't noticed, the grand ole' US is not in very good shape right now. Check this out:

1) The World Trade Center was destroyed, and the Pentagon suffered severe damage along with countless American lives lost on that deadly attack of 9/11/2001.

2) Katrina destroyed New Orleans.

3) California was set on fire by "an estimated 8,000 dry lightning strikes..." all in the course of one night.

4) Oil prices sky-rocket--there are places in the US where you cannot get gasoline.

5) More recently, Ike wiped-out Galveston.

6) The housing market got its bubble busted causing havoc in the US economy and spreading rapidly throughout the world economy.

7) World leaders are blaming America for their economic troubles.
a. and they're calling for a "global economic world order"
b. because the basing of the world economy on the US dollar has become to risky of a gamble.

This is in no way a complete list of the calamities that have befallen such a great nation. There are all sorts of other troubles on the horizon for anyone that has even a small amount of foresight to see. The above is just the proverbial "tip of the iceberg" and from the looks of it, we're not having a good time, 'tater.

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Why are these things happening to us??

Please...don't pretend that we're not deserving of far worse a punishment than what we've received. In case you haven't noticed, the USA is not exactly a "Christian nation" any more. Let's just go over a few items, shall we?

1) Sacrificing babies (abortion) is legal in this country.

2) The Ten Commandments are not allowed to be displayed in public domain (courts, public schools, etc.).

3) Evolution is tax-payer funded to be taught in our schools while Creationism has to fight tooth and nail to even get a mention.

4) Pornography is EVERYWHERE.

5) Mass public prayer in public domain settings is forbidden.

6) Homosexuality is presented as an "alternative lifestyle" and promoted as acceptable behavior.

7) Drug abuse (witchcraft) is rampant.

8) Occultists/mediums/spiritists seem to ooze from every crack and crevice of this country.

9) Sex, violence, and alcohol-abuse in the media ("The Sopranos", "SAW", & etc.) is revered, glorified, and re-enacted in reality.

Do I need to keep going...?

Please read the following excerpt from Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas of Elijah Ministries:

"For the last twenty years, courageous men of God have warned our nation of these days. Our nation has sowed to the wind and we are reaping the whirlwind. America stands on the verge of possible economic collapse, where the bail out cure may be worse than the financial disease. Meanwhile Russia, China, and the Islamic nations smell our vulnerabilities. Added to these dangers is the increase of natural disasters. What can our beleaguered country do in such a time as this? Repent and bring forth fruit meat for repentance.

Legalized evil has flourished under our watch and stands as God's indictment against America. We can run, but not hide. America will never escape God's accountability for shedding innocent blood through the crime of abortion and parading our sin like Sodom through the godless, homosexual agenda.

The message and mandate are clear, either abortion and the homosexual agenda ends or America as we know it will end. Until now, America has refused to connect the dots between our spiritual and moral condition and the litany of woe challenging our nation. We pretend this party with death and perversion will continue with our homes, churches, institutions, and economic security remaining intact. Thomas Jefferson stated, 'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.'"

Of course, people will say, "Well, yes, the bible says that all of those things are wrong, but people have been doing those things for years. Why all of the sudden are we having so much trouble now?"


Well, I have a few theories:

1) God is patient and wants to give us ample time to repent. Perhaps God's patience with us has run its course...

2) Messing with God's land was the last straw.

3) All of the above.


This is what the bible says concerning Israel:

"The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me." (Leviticus 25:23)

God said, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Genesis 12:3)

America has been strong-arming Israel into giving up their God-given land. This so-called "Roadmap for Peace" is a Roadmap for Destruction. This "two-state solution" is in direct defiance of God's command.

What will God do?

Look at what the bible says:

"I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land." (Joel 3:2)

"For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion." (Isaiah 34:8)

"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance [is] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come." (Isaiah 63:3-4)

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You don't REALLY believe that...do you?

Yep, I REALLY do. Just look at a few of the facts:

Thursday, October 11, 2001: At a news conference, President George W. Bush proposed that "there ought to be a Palestinian state, the boundaries of which would be negotiated by the parties". Exactly one month later, America was severely shaken by a devastating kamikaze-style attack using a passenger jet-liner on the World Trade Center, a second jet-liner on the Pentagon, and a third plane which was presumed intended for the White House or the Capitol Building on September 11, 2001.

Sunday, March 27, 2005: The American government pushed Ariel Sharon to force Israelis out of Gaza. We got Hurricanes' Katrina (estimated $81.2 billion in damages) on August 29, 2005 and Rita (estimated $11.3 billion in damage) on September 24, 2005.

Saturday, June 21, 2008: Palm Springs conducted a "same-sex" marriage festival for homosexuals, with the city's gay mayor officiating. An estimated 8,000 dry lightning strikes started most of the state's wildfires, which totaled 2,096 at the peak. These fires alone burned more than 1 million acres, scorching an area larger than Delaware. Quickly outstripping California's firefighting abilities and draining federal firefighting coffers. The U.S. Forest Service depleted its $1.2 billion firefighting budget in August, and had to withdraw $400 million from other programs - including construction, fuels reduction, and land-acquisition projects -- to pay for firefighting through the end of the fiscal year. Prior to that on May 15, 2008, the Supreme Court of California overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage in "In re Marriage Cases". The four-to-three decision took effect on June 16, 2008.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at the U.S. State Department to "revive" peace talks. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also announced his plans to "step-down" as Prime Minister of Israel. This very same day Southern California experienced its largest earthquake in 14 years.

Monday, August 4, 2008: Israeli-Palestinian negotiations began in Israel as a follow-up to the Washington discussions. Israel agreed to aggressively negotiate the release of Palestinians prisoners due to U.S. pressure to help strengthen Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. On August 15th, Tropical Storm Fay formed at 5 p.m. ET U.S.—the sixth Atlantic storm of the season. On August 24th, President Bush declared a "major" disaster exists in the state of Florida by Tropical Storm Fay beginning on Aug. 18, 2008, and continuing to the present. Fay hit Florida four different times and produced enormous flooding.

Monday, August 25, 2008: Secretary Rice forces Israel to speed up the process of forcing the Israelis off the mountains of Israel; Judea/Samara (aka West Bank) and divide Jerusalem. We got Hurricanes' Gustav, Hannah, and Ike. Gustav formed on August 25th (the very day Rice forced Israel!!!) and resulted in 138 deaths in the U.S. and damage in the US totaled to $15 billion. Hannah formed on August 28th resulting in at least 536 deaths being reported, mostly due to flooding in the northern part of Haiti, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Stan in 2005. Ike formed on September 1st which destroyed Galveston, TX with 68 people dead, 365 still missing and damages in US coastal areas are estimated at $27 billion.

Coincidence?

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Who is to blame?

The president? Yep.

The senate? Yep.

Republicans? Yep.

Democrats? Yep.

Muslims? Yep.

Hindus? Yep.

Christians? Yep. (Gasp!)


In short, every American is to blame.

You: Huh?? I didn't go to Israel and force Israel to do anything! In case you haven't noticed, I am not Bush, Rice, Olmert, or Abbas!

Me: You're right.

You: So, how am I to blame? I didn't do anything!

Me: Exactly my point. You didn't do anything.

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What can we do???

Please read the rest of the article from Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas of Elijah Ministries:

"Due to the seriousness of the hour, the call is twofold. First, every Church needs to immediately form a pro- life and pro-family missions program to address and defeat the abortion industry and the homosexual agenda, while at the same time opening our hearts to those enslaved by Satan's lies to see them liberated by the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If, however, the Church continues to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to these sins that have reached heaven, our survival as a nation will continue down the primrose path to destruction. The Church's silence and inaction is partially responsible for the corruption of our nation to continue unabated.

Secondly, we call upon all branches of government to recant of calling good, evil and evil, good by codifying the abominable practices of abortion and homosexuality into law. For far too long, they have defended the indefensible. They cannot make straight what Almighty God has called crooked and expect America to thrive as a nation.

If we summon the moral will to do these necessary changes, we may avert going the way of every other nation that shook its puny fist in the face of a Holy God. Otherwise, America prepare to reap what you have sown!"

In addition, we need to send a strong, clear, and focused message to our leadership that they need to STOP MESSING WITH ISRAEL! We have no business telling Israel what to do with what God has unquestionably given to them. If anything, we need to tell Israel to do as they will with the situation, and if they want our help then we are here and ready to help. Just lead the way, Israel!

I fear, to the inner-most part of my being, what God will do to America if we continue to try to divide His land and endanger His people.

Send an email to your representatives in Congress--mail them a letter or call them! Do the same for the President! Urge them not to subject us to God's punishment by harming Israel.

Go here or here or here (bottom of the webpage) to find out how to contact your Congressman/Congresswoman.

Email the President at president@whitehouse.gov

Don't wait! For the love God and your country, do it now!

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I hope to update this particular article in my blog with more examples as I find them.


Stay tuned...

Rayburn

Blah, blah, blazzy-blah...

What do you say when you have nothing to say?

I'm here, folks--just haven't thought of anything to post lately. Well, actually, I have been working on a project to post here, but it's taking me a while to put it together. But what do I post in the meantime???

As the days went by since my last posting (April 1st...ACK!), I kept coming back to the page. Why? I dunno. Maybe I thought motivation would hit me when I looked and saw nothing new had been added. I kept thinking I could try to force creativity out of my fingers, into the keyboard, and onto the blog, but it just wasn't happening.

I even started to post the project that I mentioned above (even if it was incomplete), but that's just not me. I like my stuff to be organized and all-together. I knew that if I posted something that wasn't done right, then it would be a reminder to me that I had failed, in some way, every time I looked at it. Not gonna happen!

So, if I can't force some other interesting/eye-popping idea or tidbit from my mind and into the electronic media, and I don't want to place my incomplete project out there, then what do I do?

Well, I guess I do what I am doing now. Putting lots of blah-blah-blah on your screen just to let you know that I am still alive and haven't forgotten about you (all 3 of you!).

Another reason I am posting this is so that no one gets the idea that some 'radical' muslim has taken me out after seeing my last post on this blog. By the way, just what is the difference between a 'radical' and 'moderate' muslim? Don't they all read from the same worthless book?

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Anyway, what have I been up to besides my project? Surviving. Earning a living, praying, some fasting when I feel compelled, looking for evidence of prophecy being fulfilled, and waiting for Jesus' return. By the way, I don't feel it will be much longer. At the rate the world is going, this planet can't last much longer. Iran is on the brink of having their own nuclear weapons and threaten to "wipe Israel off of the map" which is something that God won't allow.

That brings up an interesting question: Is the world trying to force God's hand? It seems that just about everybody is against Israel these days--many threaten to destroy Israel. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, is the world leaving God no option but to act? If unintentionally, then the world is just foolish. If intentionally, then the world is foolish and stupid. I mean, who in their right mind thinks that they can push God into a corner? He has seen the entire spectrum of history! There is NOTHING that God does not know. If God is in a corner, then that is EXACTLY where He wants to be.

I guess people will play their little games and convince themselves that they can somehow put the Creator into their pocket if they want to. Unfortunately (fortunately?), they reveal their own idiocy by thinking so.


Gotta go!


Rayburn

Islam: Our Enemy

As promised, here is "what's more" about the fake religion of Islam.

If you remember from one of my previous posts (see: Like 'Father', Like Son?), I said that Mohammed was a fake and that Islam was the gutter religion...I wasn't joking.

The above video details pretty much what I believe about this pagan religion. There are some parts in there about different nations representing the 12 tribes of Israel that may not be so comfy, but the rest of the video is dead-on concerning the creation and motives behind Islam.

Anyway, enjoy the show and tell me what you think.

Ta-ta for now...

Rayburn

Is That Your Final Answer?

No more evading the question...

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The pessimist says that the glass is half-empty.

The optimist says that the glass is half-full.

Are those our only options? We're either an optimist or a pessimist??? I think not.

Personally, I am a self-proclaimed "realist." Realists see no value in pessimism or optimism. One is just as futile as the other and neither have any logical purpose. What is important is truth...anything more or less than truth distorts the decision-making process.

Ok, so the pessimist says it's half-empty, and the optimist says it's half-full. What does the realist say?

The realist says that there is water in the glass.

Forget the empty/full debate and use the water as you see fit. If you have to be positive about something, then just be happy that someone left you some water...ok?

I think that is really all that there is to say about this subject, but feel free to debate this whole thing amongst yourselves should you "feel" the need.

I'm out...


Rayburn

Like 'Father', Like Son?

Like 'Father', like son?

What am I supposed to think about this Barack Hussein Obama character who wants to be my president?

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Let's look at the facts:

1. Barack's biological father was a Muslim.

2. Barack's step-father was a Muslim.

3. Barack was educated for 4 years in predominantly Muslim Indonesia.

4. Barack attends Trinity United Church of Christ which feels free to spout anti-semitism and racism which Barack maintained that he knew nothing about. (See also #10)

5. Barack's longtime pastor and spiritual adviser, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, is a racist and hates America.

6. Barack's pastor, Rev. Wright, states that Louis Farrakhan's (Muslim leader in America) "depth on analysis [sic] when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding and eye-opening. He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest."

7. Barack's pastor, Rev. Wright, stated, "When [Obama’s] enemies find out that in 1984 I went to Tripoli" to visit Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, "a lot of his Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in hell."

8. Barack's pastor, Rev. Wright’s, relationship with Louis Farrakhan, once described by Obama as a "close" relationship.

9. Like Wright, Farrakhan has repeatedly made hate-filled statements targeting Jews (calling Judaism a "gutter religion"), whites, America, and homosexuals. He has called whites "blue-eyed devils" and the "anti-Christ." He has described Jews as "bloodsuckers" who control the government, the media, and some black organizations.

10. Barack lied about "not hearing" Reverend Wright's hate-filled and racist sermons.

11. Barack's church defends their racism and hatred.

12. Barack says, "with Wright retiring from the pulpit, [I don't] see an issue with [my] family remaining in the congregation."

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Ok, so tell me, please, why I should vote for this guy?

Even if I didn't know his record on abortion, gun rights, or homosexuality, why would I vote for a guy who's had these types of influences in his life? Who in their right mind would remain a member of a church that promotes racism and speaks highly of Muslim leaders (see point #6 above)? More to the point, why would I want a person who remains a member of a church like this knowing full well that their church honors these types of practices (see points #11 and #12 above)???

My critics might say, "but Obama said, 'with Wright retiring from the pulpit, [I don't] see an issue with [my] family remaining in the congregation.'"

Big woopty-doo! As you can see in point #11 above, Obama's church sees nothing wrong with their racism and hatred. The shepherd may have retired, but the flock is still repeating after him!

Let's not forget that these folks associate themselves with a Muslim leader (Louis Farrakhan). The Koran demands the destruction of all infidels (anyone that is not a Muslim--including Christians). Farrakhan calls Judaism a "gutter religion" (see point #9 above). He calls Jews "bloodsuckers" and whites as being the anti-Christ. Obama even admits that Wright and Farrakhan have a "close" relationship (see point #8 above)!

FARRAKHAN--If you're reading, ISLAM IS THE GUTTER RELIGION! Mohammed hijacked another pagan religion to make Islam because the Jews and Christians wouldn't let him teach in their churches and synagogues! Mohammed is a FAKE! More to come on this subject in another post.

WRIGHT--If you're reading this, THE JEWS ARE GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE! Read Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 7:6, Acts 3:13-15, Genesis 17:19, and Genesis 26:2-5 in that bible that you claim to represent! Not only that, but JESUS WAS A JEW (Matthew 1:1-16)!

Obama's spiritual advisor, Rev. Wright, traveled with Farrakhan to Tripoli to meet with QADDAFI (see point #7 above)! Remember him? Didn't we bomb his country in the '80s???

Besides that, Obama LIED about not hearing some of the hateful and racist sermons according to Newsmax in point #10 above! At least Bill Clinton waited until he had been in office for a while before he lied to the nation.

Again, my critics might say, "But aren't you being a little drastic? Aren't you unfairly judging Barack by all these other people that he knows?"

No...I really don't think I am being drastic. I think you can make very accurate judgements about someone's character by observing the people that they choose to associate with. And everyone knows that if you lie with the dogs, then you're gonna get fleas.

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So who should we vote for?

Well, I would like to say that we should vote for Mike Huckabee--he's the real deal. Unfortunately, we don't have that option any more. I guess we could try to pencil him in on our ballots. Something tells me that isn't gonna work...

Vote for Hillary? In your dreams...have you all forgotten about what happened to Vince Foster? I bet she still has some of his blood under her fingernails. Check out point #83 in the article at freerepublic.com. And China had her and her husband (who forgot that he was married. "...that depends on what 'is' is..." blech!) in their back pockets among many other things during Billy's 8 year masquerade.

Ron Paul or Ralph Nader? Ummm, how can I say this without sounding condescending? Ok, here it goes. Ha-ha-haaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

John McCain? His records not perfect. I mean, his support for stem cell research gives me problems, but we have to choose between the "lesser of two evils" or the lesser of four evils in this case. McCain is a supporter of the nation of Israel. He believes in finishing what we started in Iraq. His faith in Jesus is not questioned. And he didn't kill anybody (that didn't deserve it) that I know of. John's ok for me...especially in a line-up with the remaining would-be presidents.

But I digress...let me make my point as clear as possible...

I WON'T BE VOTING FOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!



Later tater,


Rayburn

Nazi-Islam--Who Do You Think You Are Fooling??

Who Do You Think You Are Fooling??

It seems so innocent...hidden under the cloak of religion, Muslims claim to be a "peace-loving" people, but even their Koran calls for the death of all "infidels" (non-muslims).

Hitler found it necessary to annihilate all of the Jews. The PLO's founding document calls for the extermination of all Jews. The Palestinians are hell-bent to acquire more of Israel's God-given land. Why? The below article (found at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/816232/posts) by Tom Knowlton should clear some of this up for you. This is just the tip of the iceberg, folks. More to come, unless these radicals find a way to silence me too.

Any of you planning to silence me had better come prepared because I, unlike you, am prepared.

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The Nazi Roots of Modern Radical Islam
By Tom Knowlton

The recent "Letter to the American People" allegedly authored by Osama bin Laden is a virtual ideological manifesto for Islamic extremists. It serves to outline the perceived grievances of radical Muslims against Israel and the West.

The letter claims, "It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses," dating the conflict between Jews and Arabs back to the Biblical conflict between Abraham's two children: his eldest son, Ishmael (from who Arabs are believed descended), and his younger son, Isaac (from who Jews are believed descended). Some Muslims believe that Isaac usurped Ishmael's birthright.

Likewise, prominent imams such as Abu Qatada, Omar Muhammad Bakri, and Abu Hamza regularly echo this claim that Arabs and Jews have been bitter enemies from the dawn of time. However, if one examines the history of the Middle East, there is very little evidence of constant warring and animosity between Jews and Arabs.

In fact, when the city of Jerusalem fell to Christian Crusaders in 1099, the defenders of the holy city had been a combined force of Jews and Muslims. After the Crusaders captured the city, they massacred Muslim and Jewish citizens alike and left the survivors to flee Jerusalem. Not until the Muslim hero Saladin defeated the Crusaders in 1187, did the Jewish population even begin to return to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem's Jewish community continued to prosper under the Muslim Nahmanides in 1267. But the community's true renaissance occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries, when a large influx of Jews were welcomed into Jerusalem by the Ottoman Empire after being expelled from Spain.

For four centuries under Ottoman rule, Arab and Jewish neighborhoods peacefully coexisted. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the region came under British mandate. The early days under the British also saw relatively peaceful coexistence continuing and manifesting itself in the form of Arab and Jewish neighborhoods springing up in the "garden neighborhoods" of Talpiot, Rehavia and Beit Hakerem.

However, after over 700 years of peaceful coexistence, the true start of the Arab-Israeli conflict can be dated to 1920 and the rise of one man, Haj Amin Muhammad Al Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem. As grand mufti, al Husseini presided as the Imam of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the highest Muslim authority in the British mandate.

History shows Al Husseini to be a brutal man with aspirations to rule a pan-Arabic empire in the Middle East. He rose to prominence by actively eliminating those Jews and Arabs he considered a threat to his control of Jerusalem's Arab population, and he heavily utilized anti-Jewish propaganda to polarize the two communities.

In 1920 and again in 1929, Al Husseini incited anti-Jewish riots by claiming the Jews were plotting to destroy the Al Asqa mosque. The riots resulted in the massacre of hundreds of Jewish civilians and a virtual end to the Jewish presence in Hebron.

The 1936 Arab revolt against the British is believed to have been at least partially funded by Nazi Adolf Eichmann, and Al Husseini again ordered armed Arab militias to massacre Jewish citizens.

When British authorities finally quelled the rebellion in 1939, Al Husseini fled to neighboring Iraq and helped to orchestrate a 1941 anti-British jihad. As in Jerusalem, the British successfully put down the rebellion and Al Husseini fled to Nazi Germany.

Al Husseini found the Nazis to be a strong ideological match with his anti-Jewish brand of Islam, and schemed with Hitler and the Nazi hierarchy to create a pro-Nazi pan-Arabic form of government in the Middle East.

Dr. Serge Trifkovic documents the similarities between Al Husseini's brand of radical Islam and Nazism in his book The Sword of the Prophet. He noted parallels in both ideologies: anti-Semitism, quest for world dominance, demand for the total subordination of the free will of the individual, belief in the abolishment of the nation-state in favor of a "higher" community (in Islam the umma or community of all believers; in Nazism, the herrenvolk or master race), and belief in undemocratic governance by a "divine" leader (an Islamic caliph, or Nazi führer).

The Nazis provided Al Husseini with luxurious accommodations in Berlin and a monthly stipend in excess of $10,000. In return, he regularly appeared on German radio touting the Jews as the "most fierce enemies of Muslims," and implored an adoption of the Nazi "final solution" by Arabs. After the Nazi defeat at El Alamein in 1942, Al Husseini broadcast radio messages on Radio Berlin calling for continued Arabic resistance to Allied forces. In time, he came to be known as the "Fuhrer's Mufti" and the "Arab Fuhrer."

In March 1944, Al Husseini broadcast a call for a jihad to "kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history, and religion."

On numerous occasions, Al Husseini intervened in the fate of European Jews, most notably blocking Adolph Eichmann's deal with the Red Cross to exchange Jewish children for German POWs.

Moreover, Al Husseini personally recruited Bosnia Muslims for the German Waffen SS, including the Skanderberg Division from Albania and Hanjer Division from Bosnia. The Hanjer (Saber) Division of the Waffen SS was responsible for the murder of over 90 percent of the Yugoslavian Jewish population.

SS leader Heinrich Himmler was so pleased with Al Husseini's Muslim Nazis that he established the Dresden-based Mullah Military School for their continued recruitment and training. In 1944, Hanjer commandos parachuted into Tel Aviv and poisoned drinking wells in Jewish communities in an effort to stir up ethnic tensions.

After the fall of Nazi Germany, Al Husseini fled to Cairo, Egypt in 1946 rather than face war crime charges for his actions in Yugoslavia. But he continued his operations.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Al Husseini worked closely with a pro-fascist group in Egypt called Young Egypt. In 1952 Gamal Abdul Nasser, a prominent member of Young Egypt, was among military officers who seized control of the Egyptian government from King Fu'ad. Al Husseini is reported to have been responsible for bringing Otto Skorzeny, the Nazi commando once labeled by the OSS as "the most dangerous man in Europe," into the employ of the Nasser government.

Similarly, Al Husseini had a strong influence over the founding members of both the Iraqi and Syrian Ba'ath party. Strong evidence exists that al Husseini was instrumental in the arranging of Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner's employment as an advisor to the Syrian general staff. However, al Husseini's central role in the creation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964 is perhaps his most indelible mark on the Middle East today.

The radical Imam was the spiritual mentor of the first chairman of the PLO, Ahmed Shukairi, and saw that much of his ideology was instilled in the organization. More importantly, Al Husseini used his extensive connections to recruit financial supporters for the PLO throughout the Arab world.

Almost 30 years after al Husseini's death in 1974, the Palestinian people still revere him as a hero and embrace his radical theology. The "Arab Fuhrer's" close Nazi association and virulent anti-Semitism is perhaps the reason that Hitler's Meinf Kampf is ranked as the sixth all-time bestseller among Palestinian Arabs.

Several of his descendants remain active in Palestinian affairs today.

Al Husseini's grandson, Faisal Husseini, was part of the PLO since 1964 and served as minister without portfolio in the Palestinian National Authority, with responsibility for Jerusalem until his death in May 2001.

The radical imam's nephew, Rahman Abdul Rauf el-Qudwa el Husseini, has been a major player in Palestinian terrorism for almost 40 years. He was the guiding force behind the merging of the Fatah faction into the PLO. In 1990, Rahman Abdul Rauf el-Qudwa el Husseini was responsible for the Palestinian community's support of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

Most Mideast observers today recognize the younger Al Husseini by the secular name he adopted as his own in 1952, Yasser Arafat.

By the late 1980's many of the PLO's radical Muslim financiers had become disillusioned with the increasingly secular nature of the Palestinian movement. Yasser Arafat's support of Saddam Hussein in the early 1990s strongly angered and prompted many of these extremists in the Persian Gulf states to reduce or all together withdraw their financial backing of the PLO.

An astute emerging Sunni terrorist, Osama bin Laden, capitalized upon Arafat's political misstep and transformed his al Qaeda organization into the prime recipient of financial support from Sunni Muslim radicals. That funding has enabled bin Laden to wage terrorist attacks on western and Israeli interests for over a decade. His most recent "Letter to the American People" echoed al Husseini's propaganda claim that "the Israelis are planning to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque."

There is little doubt that throughout history the Arabs and Jews have encountered the kind of friction that comes from any two distinct religious or ethnic groups sharing the same geography. However, that history has largely been one of relatively peaceful coexistence. The divergence from that pattern occurs in 1920 with the rise of a virulent anti-Semitic mufti of Jerusalem whose ideology embodied more similarities to that of Nazi Germany than to the historical Islam of Saladin or the Ottoman Turks.

The wave of extremist Islam that has plagued the world in the latter days of the 20th century and into the opening days of the 21st, has little to do with ancient history or Islam. The cause lays largely at the feet of Haj Amin Muhammad Al Husseini, who utilized murder and anti-Semitism to consolidate his power over his fellow Arabs and further his personal quest to be caliph of the pan-Arab world.

Hagee...what were you thinkin', brother???

Hagee...what were you thinkin', brother???


Huckabee and McCain both campaigned in Texas to be the Republican nominee for the 2008 General Election for President of the United States of America.

Let's look at the facts:

1. The Presidential position is an executive position.
2. McCain is known widely as a liberal Republican with very little executive experience.
3. Huckabee is known widely as a conservative Republican with much executive experience.


Who did Hagee support? McCain.
Why did Hagee support him? Because he assumed that McCain was going to win the nomination.

(Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/28/714684.aspx)

I looked at those words and could not believe what I was reading.

Here is John Hagee, a person esteemed as a evangelical leader. He has a 19,000 +/- following in San Antonio, TX. I've listened to the man preach, and while I don't agree with everything he believes, I generally agree with his theology...but not with his politics.

John, you are supposed to be a man of faith. Where was your faith? Who is more like Christ? Huckabee or McCain? Granted, no one is perfect as the Messiah is, but I ask you to honestly tell me: Is Huckabee or McCain more like Christ?


When David went to face Goliath, he was met with opposition. His own brothers tried to send him away. They basically asked David, who was still young, "What do you think you are doing here?" David responded, "Is there not a cause?" Outstanding response!

They didn't think David could defeat Goliath. Granted, Goliath was a battle-hardened giant, and David was a small shepherd boy. Physically, the odds stacked against David...but spiritually and in measure of faith, David greatly overpowered Goliath and defeated him. He cut off Goliath's head with Goliath's own sword for crying out loud!!!

Is that not what we are seeing today? Huckabee as David, and the Democrats as the Goliaths?

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Who will defeat the Democrats?

The liberal-minded McCain? I don't think so. The Democratic voters will view him as Democrat wannabe, and the Republican voters will see him as a sell-out. McCain in the White House? I don't think so.

I can almost see John Hagee looking at David as he approached the battlefield with a smirk on his face. I can almost hear Hagee ridiculing David for even showing up. "Who do you think you are? Forget how small you are compared to a Philistine giant. Have you considered how small you are compared to the average full-grown man? Go home, boy..."

King Saul tried to outfit David in his own armor, but David refused it. He wasn't used to those things. David was more accustomed to facing the enemy as he had faced the enemies of his flock of sheep. Wearing shepherds clothing and armed with a sling and a few rocks.

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Hagee, you made the wrong choice, bubba.

David won the fight.

Ask yourself: Would Jesus have chosen McCain or Huckabee? Would Goliath have been defeated if David had gone home?

"Victory is within our grasp because John McCain knows it's never wrong to do the right thing," Hagee said.
(Read: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/proisrael.evangelical.leader.hagee.endorses.mccain/17105.htm)

Ok nevermind that Hagee's statement is only stating the obvious ("it's never wrong to do the right thing"?? ok, I will put that in the "no duh" category).

The right thing for Christians, according to our Christian theology, is to place our support behind leaders who most resemble and imitate Christ and stand behind them.

You should always, always, always stand for what is right. Even if you think you might lose...even if you think you might die for it. That's what David did. That's what Mike did.

Hagee, what did you do?

Think about it...seriously.



Sincerely,


Rayburn

Little Bobby Throws A Fit

A very complicated way to let the world know that you are a sore loser...



Every once in a while, someone comes along and doesn't like the game that is being played and throws a wall-eyed temper tantrum...

...and then you've got guys like the 'Pastafarians' who take it to the next level of stupidity...

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Who are the Pastafarians?


According to Wikipedia (if you can believe an encyclopedia that ANYONE can change):

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The Flying Spaghetti Monster (also known as the Spaghedeity) is the deity of a parody religion called The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and its system of beliefs, "Pastafarianism". The religion was founded in 2005 by Oregon State University physics graduate Bobby...to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution.

In an open letter sent to the education board, [Bobby] professes belief in a supernatural creator called the Flying Spaghetti Monster which resembles spaghetti and meatballs. He furthermore calls for the "Pastafarian" theory of creation to be taught in science classrooms.

Due to its recent popularity and media exposure, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used by atheists, agnostics (known by Pastafarians as "spagnostics"), and others as a modern version of Russell's teapot.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)

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Ok, so little Bobby doesn't like the creation story. Guess what, Bobby, a lot of people don't like the creation story. A lot of people don't like the evolution fable either.

Ahem! Let me calm down and take the middle ground here before I launch into Bobby...

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Neither evolution or creation are provable; therefore both require that you 'believe' in them. Now, people can 'believe' whatever they want. I have looked at both theories...have listened to debates on this subject until my ears bled...and I have read more crap on these two theories until I had to get laser surgery on my cornea.

Which one is true? Neither can be proven. So which one should get tax-funded? To be fair: both or neither.


FUND BOTH OF THEM! Let the student decide which one to take, and let both sets of courses (1 set for evolution and 1 set for creation) lead towards a degree with equal credit rating.

Which one do I believe? I believe creationism to be correct. Why? Because it makes more sense to me. God spoke and it happened which makes a whole lot more sense than to say that everything came from nothing. What? Yes, the evolutionist believes that everything came from nothing. They call it the "Big Bang".

Now, the next thing that will happen is that some knucklehead will say, "Rayburn believes in creation? Look at the stuff he writes. They're all about blah, blah, blazzy-blah. Har-har-har!" as they wipe the slobber from their shirt.

I have been in debates on this subject for many years, and do you know how many peoples minds that I have changed? Zero.

Debates are for those who want to argue. No one wins unless you have irrefutable proof that your argument is correct.

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Back to the subject

So little Bobby didn't get his way. So what does he do? Made himself look like a brat is what he did. Although I can't give Bob all the credit. He just made up an idea and the rest of the atheists followed suit and are completing the fable of their zesty Italian-flavored icon. I don't really think little Bobby could have come up with this all by himself. Besides, misery loves company.

Here's what I figure happened. When little Bobby saw that they were actually going to teach creationism in his school, he FREAKED OUT. "What? You mean there are people who believe there is a God? What if it's true? I might be held accountable for what I do! AUGH!!!! SPAGHETTI MONSTER, PLEASE SAVE ME!!!!"

And then his brain got stuck on stupid as the rest of the atheists completed the idea of the spaghetti theory.

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Little Bobby, I am sorry that the only course of action that you knew to take concerning creationism was to dive head first into doofyism. You could have handled this much more "intelligently".

Oh, and by the way, I do have another theory: Perhaps only the atheist came from monkeys? ...now that's a subject that is debatable.


I'm out,


Rayburn