Along with the most liberal spending in U.S. government history, the nominations of unethical people and talks of downgrading our defenses, the Obama administration appears to be on track to do all it can to tear down long-standing Christian values. He calls himself a Christian. I judge he is not...because the Bible makes it clear true believers will be known by their actions and his stance on abortion and the note below makes it obvious we do not share in reading the same Bible. See below an email Ireceived the other day from www.wallbuilders.com
A Presidential Nominee
President Obama has begun making nominations to the U. S. Courts of Appeals. His first nomination – a very troubling one – is of Federal District Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which oversees Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.When Hamilton was made a federal district judge by President Clinton in 1994, the American Bar Association rated him as "not qualified." After all, prior to his appointment as a judge, Hamilton had been a fundraiser for the widely-discredited group ACORN and was also a board member of the Indiana ACLU, serving as its litigation director.Consider some of the notable decisions he has rendered as a federal district judge.
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS
Three years ago in 2006, Judge Hamilton delivered an unprecedented ruling, ordering the Indiana Legislature to discontinue its 188-year-old tradition of opening legislative sessions with prayer. Strikingly, the case had been brought before him by the Indiana ACLU – the very group that he had helped direct.
Even though the legislature had prayers from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim clerics, Judge Hamilton complained that some of the ministers had used the wrong words in their prayers. He then proceeded to list permissible words and phrases to be used in public prayers and pointed out that any prayers "offered in the name of Jesus, Jesus Christ, the Savior, and/or the Son" were unconstitutional; he would allow no public prayer unless it "refrain[ed] from using Christ's name or title." Strikingly, however, Judge Hamilton held that prayers offered in the name "Allah" were constitutional.Even though the U. S. Supreme Court had already said in clear terms that judges were not to parse the wording of prayers, Judge Hamilton had no difficulty in disregarding that by not only telling individuals whether they could pray but also what words to use in their personally-composed public prayers.The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (to which he has now been nominated) overturned Judge Hamilton's egregious ruling.
ABORTION ISSUES
The Indiana Legislature passed a law requiring abortion clinics to provide women with information about alternatives to abortion, but for seven years, Judge Hamilton kept that law tied up in his court before finally striking it down.The 7th Circuit Court (1) reversed Hamilton's radical pro-abortion decision in that case, (2) pointed out that his ruling was unprecedented by any other court in the country, and (3) chided him for his abusive handling of that case, noting:
For seven years, Indiana has been prevented from enforcing a statute materially identical to a law held valid by the Supreme Court in Casey [in 1992], by this court in Karlin [in 1998], and by the fifth circuit in Barnes [in 1992]. No court anywhere in the country (other than one district judge in Indiana [i.e., Hamilton]) has held any similar law invalid in the years since Casey. Although Salerno [in 1987] does not foreclose all pre-enforcement challenges to abortion laws, it is an abuse of discretion for a district judge to issue a pre-enforcement injunction while the effects of the law (and reasons for those effects) are open to debate. (emphasis added)
OTHER ISSUES
There are many other troubling decisions by Judge Hamilton, including issues related to illegal drug possession, and the ability of child sex offenders to move freely within a state.
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Judge David Hamilton has proven himself to be an extreme pro-abortion activist and a religious bigot, specifically singling out Christianity for hostile treatment. Now, President Obama wants to reward him by elevating him to the very court that overruled his radical decisions. Please call your two U. S. Senators and ask them to vote against Judge Hamilton for the 7th Circuit. Americans do not need judicial activists on federal courts who deliberately undermine the constitutional protection of life and religious liberty. (To find the phone numbers and email addresses of your Senators, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and select your state from the top right corner.)
God bless!
David Barton
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Will It Ever End!?!
Add another to the long list of frauds Obama is lining up for important positions within his administration. Amateur hour continues....
1. Healthcare Nominee, Tom Daschle, pulls name from hat because of discovered tax issues
2. Secretary of Commerce Nominee, Bill Richardson, pulls name from hat after fraud investigation revealed
3. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Fails to Pay Taxes but still gets voted in to lead our economy
4. Performance Czar Nominee, Killefer, pulls name from hat because of tax issues
5. Trade Nominee DFW democrat, Ron Kirk, owed $10,000 in Taxes
6. 2nd Healthcare Nominee, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, owes $7,000 in back taxes and admits "errors"
WHATEVER PEOPLE!!!
1. Healthcare Nominee, Tom Daschle, pulls name from hat because of discovered tax issues
2. Secretary of Commerce Nominee, Bill Richardson, pulls name from hat after fraud investigation revealed
3. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Fails to Pay Taxes but still gets voted in to lead our economy
4. Performance Czar Nominee, Killefer, pulls name from hat because of tax issues
5. Trade Nominee DFW democrat, Ron Kirk, owed $10,000 in Taxes
6. 2nd Healthcare Nominee, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, owes $7,000 in back taxes and admits "errors"
WHATEVER PEOPLE!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
A Letter to President Obama
President Obama,
I am writing you this letter because you are the leader of our great nation - a nation that provides each of us freedom, liberty, justice, and equality. For centuries now we have been free people whom have been blessed by our Maker to live in such a land that affords each individual the opportunities only America can give. Each person, regardless of background, genetics, race, or privilege, who lives in America, can rise above circumstance and accomplish anything their determination, ability, work ethic, and effort is put towards.
America allows you to earn as much as you can make. America allows you to forget the past and move towards a new future. America lets you dream as big as your mind will allow, and only America allows each of us to determine just what kind of life we want to live during our short time on this planet.
But our nation is changing and you are the main catalyst for that change. As you promised, so you are doing.
I own a small business called Equal Health (www.equalhealth.com). For nearly 10 years we have helped provide affordable healthcare options for people who are self-employed, who cannot afford or qualify for traditional insurance, or small businesses looking for benefits to offer their employees. We also market mortgage and life insurance protection for families and workers. We have about 50 employees, most of whom proudly voted for you, and many of whom are African-American such as yourself. What they don’t understand is that their jobs are likely to soon be eliminated.
Our company did about $4,000,000 last year in gross revenue. The ownership is the bank behind our growth. We have no loans, we have no capital, and we certainly haven't received a bailout from the government or anyone else. Everything we have done to grow our company has been done with the limited credit and bank accounts of me and my business partner. We started with $10,000 in hand and have been through numerous times in which we wondered if we would survive. Each time, we made it through and pressed on. Both my business partner and I have made major sacrifices to keep the company alive. We have taken huge pay cuts, run up personal credit cards, delayed personal investing, and we have lived a life that has more stress at times than one could imagine. And the entire time we have never asked our government for anything.
It makes no sense what you and the leaders of our nation are doing to us right now.
This letter is not about a request for funds, but merely to make a point. Companies that do not deserve to be bailed out are being handed billions. Companies with no real plans, terrible leadership, poor judgment, bad products and incompetent CEOs are being supported by taxpayers dollars such as my own and it infuriates me.
Unlike those that have received millions in bailout funds, my company, Equal Health, actually has a future and a plan to take advantage of that future. AIG, GM, Citigroup, and the others have no future, yet they continue to get funds that prop them up and allow them to face their own corporate realities. Meanwhile, my company could double in size and hire 50 more employees if we were given even an amount as low as $100,000!
Sadly, the recent stimulus bill passed by your Democratic-controlled Congress, not a bi-partisan one, was just the beginning of the items your administration is forcing upon us.
Now I am hearing rumbles of nationalized healthcare, reductions in charitable contributions being allowed, reductions in mortgage interest deductions, increased corporate taxes on small companies like Equal Health, increased taxes on business owners like me, increased payroll taxes and much, much more. Most would think nationalized healthcare would be my biggest concern, as your plan would destroy the lives of millions of insurance agents and agencies and would certainly threaten the jobs of the 50 people in my office who voted for you. And, yes, it is a concern, but our business model allows for product change if you decided to ruin our nation through nationalizing healthcare. What concerns me more are the other changes you’re proposing and seemingly rushing through Congress.
Charities will suffer because it is people like me who are fortunate enough to give more dollars to them than others are able. Not only do my wife and I give a large portion of my personal income to many ministries and charities, but Equal Health also gives thousands of dollars a year to more than seven different organizations. Your thoughts seem to be that most charitable people will still give, even if they cannot deduct those funds from their tax returns and in the case of me and my company, you are correct; we certainly will continue to do so. But you are very wrong to think most will. Charitable deductions have been a part of the economic fabric of America since our nation was founded. Your plan is going to set us back centuries, not decades.
I did not go into business to make $50,000 a year. I went into business to live my own version of the American dream. I want to be financially free, like you are President Obama. You have no financial worries. I want to be debt free. I want to earn as much as I can so that my children can have the best education possible. I want my wife to enjoy her days as a mother without the frets of financial worries. I work hard each and every week, dealing with the stresses of cash flow and human resource drama, week in and week out, in order for my family to do and have the things that are reasonably desired. We are not elitist billionaires eating off gold-plated utensils. We are regular people that live in a nice home, drive normal cars, have three kids and two dogs, attend church with everyone else, do our own laundry, shop at the local discount stores, and give as much as we can.
Yet your plan is not only demanding that I give 40 cents of every dollar back to you, it is now telling me I must reduce what I can deduct for my giving and my mortgage, and pay more in both corporate and payroll taxes. And somehow, you call this "fair"? The very people that voted for you are the ones that will feel the heat of your demands. I have taken all of the pay cuts I am going to take and I am certainly not going to layoff myself. I am not working for free and I refuse to put myself through all of the pressures of being a small business owner for a salary that is not comparable to the one you make.
Change is coming to America- that is certainly clear. But your change is neither "bi-partisan" as you promised, nor is it an agent of hope for anyone other than those that are looking for handouts.
My hand is not out and I do not want your money- but please, keep your hands out of mine.
Brady Speers, Co-Founder & CEO
Equal Health & Life, Inc.
www.equalhealth.com
817-635-5000 ext 6303
I am writing you this letter because you are the leader of our great nation - a nation that provides each of us freedom, liberty, justice, and equality. For centuries now we have been free people whom have been blessed by our Maker to live in such a land that affords each individual the opportunities only America can give. Each person, regardless of background, genetics, race, or privilege, who lives in America, can rise above circumstance and accomplish anything their determination, ability, work ethic, and effort is put towards.
America allows you to earn as much as you can make. America allows you to forget the past and move towards a new future. America lets you dream as big as your mind will allow, and only America allows each of us to determine just what kind of life we want to live during our short time on this planet.
But our nation is changing and you are the main catalyst for that change. As you promised, so you are doing.
I own a small business called Equal Health (www.equalhealth.com). For nearly 10 years we have helped provide affordable healthcare options for people who are self-employed, who cannot afford or qualify for traditional insurance, or small businesses looking for benefits to offer their employees. We also market mortgage and life insurance protection for families and workers. We have about 50 employees, most of whom proudly voted for you, and many of whom are African-American such as yourself. What they don’t understand is that their jobs are likely to soon be eliminated.
Our company did about $4,000,000 last year in gross revenue. The ownership is the bank behind our growth. We have no loans, we have no capital, and we certainly haven't received a bailout from the government or anyone else. Everything we have done to grow our company has been done with the limited credit and bank accounts of me and my business partner. We started with $10,000 in hand and have been through numerous times in which we wondered if we would survive. Each time, we made it through and pressed on. Both my business partner and I have made major sacrifices to keep the company alive. We have taken huge pay cuts, run up personal credit cards, delayed personal investing, and we have lived a life that has more stress at times than one could imagine. And the entire time we have never asked our government for anything.
It makes no sense what you and the leaders of our nation are doing to us right now.
This letter is not about a request for funds, but merely to make a point. Companies that do not deserve to be bailed out are being handed billions. Companies with no real plans, terrible leadership, poor judgment, bad products and incompetent CEOs are being supported by taxpayers dollars such as my own and it infuriates me.
Unlike those that have received millions in bailout funds, my company, Equal Health, actually has a future and a plan to take advantage of that future. AIG, GM, Citigroup, and the others have no future, yet they continue to get funds that prop them up and allow them to face their own corporate realities. Meanwhile, my company could double in size and hire 50 more employees if we were given even an amount as low as $100,000!
Sadly, the recent stimulus bill passed by your Democratic-controlled Congress, not a bi-partisan one, was just the beginning of the items your administration is forcing upon us.
Now I am hearing rumbles of nationalized healthcare, reductions in charitable contributions being allowed, reductions in mortgage interest deductions, increased corporate taxes on small companies like Equal Health, increased taxes on business owners like me, increased payroll taxes and much, much more. Most would think nationalized healthcare would be my biggest concern, as your plan would destroy the lives of millions of insurance agents and agencies and would certainly threaten the jobs of the 50 people in my office who voted for you. And, yes, it is a concern, but our business model allows for product change if you decided to ruin our nation through nationalizing healthcare. What concerns me more are the other changes you’re proposing and seemingly rushing through Congress.
Charities will suffer because it is people like me who are fortunate enough to give more dollars to them than others are able. Not only do my wife and I give a large portion of my personal income to many ministries and charities, but Equal Health also gives thousands of dollars a year to more than seven different organizations. Your thoughts seem to be that most charitable people will still give, even if they cannot deduct those funds from their tax returns and in the case of me and my company, you are correct; we certainly will continue to do so. But you are very wrong to think most will. Charitable deductions have been a part of the economic fabric of America since our nation was founded. Your plan is going to set us back centuries, not decades.
I did not go into business to make $50,000 a year. I went into business to live my own version of the American dream. I want to be financially free, like you are President Obama. You have no financial worries. I want to be debt free. I want to earn as much as I can so that my children can have the best education possible. I want my wife to enjoy her days as a mother without the frets of financial worries. I work hard each and every week, dealing with the stresses of cash flow and human resource drama, week in and week out, in order for my family to do and have the things that are reasonably desired. We are not elitist billionaires eating off gold-plated utensils. We are regular people that live in a nice home, drive normal cars, have three kids and two dogs, attend church with everyone else, do our own laundry, shop at the local discount stores, and give as much as we can.
Yet your plan is not only demanding that I give 40 cents of every dollar back to you, it is now telling me I must reduce what I can deduct for my giving and my mortgage, and pay more in both corporate and payroll taxes. And somehow, you call this "fair"? The very people that voted for you are the ones that will feel the heat of your demands. I have taken all of the pay cuts I am going to take and I am certainly not going to layoff myself. I am not working for free and I refuse to put myself through all of the pressures of being a small business owner for a salary that is not comparable to the one you make.
Change is coming to America- that is certainly clear. But your change is neither "bi-partisan" as you promised, nor is it an agent of hope for anyone other than those that are looking for handouts.
My hand is not out and I do not want your money- but please, keep your hands out of mine.
Brady Speers, Co-Founder & CEO
Equal Health & Life, Inc.
www.equalhealth.com
817-635-5000 ext 6303
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Add Yet Another Tax Evader....
Adding to the incredibly long list of Obama connections - his 4th cabinet nominee with a tax issue was discovered yesterday - our very own DFW democrat, Ron Kirk, owes $10,000 in Taxes.
It's apparent that Obama simply does not know people of moral character and certainly has his share of friends that are law breakers.
You are who you hang around....
It's apparent that Obama simply does not know people of moral character and certainly has his share of friends that are law breakers.
You are who you hang around....
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Amateur Hour For Sure
Obama's Administration is already laughable and he has barely been in office 30 days. Just look at the things that Obama has done, the events that have occured, and the list of candidates for his administration and the issues associated with them.
You are who you know...
Obama's Half-Brother Arrested on Drug Charges in Kenya
Obama Healthcare Nominee, Tom Daschle, pulls name from hat because of discovered tax issues
Obama Secretary of Commerce Nominee, Bill Richardson, pulls name from hat after fraud investigation revealed.
Obama Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Fails to Pay Taxes but still gets voted in to lead our economy
Obama Set to Close Gitmo, Putting Terrorists on American Soil with Full Rights
Obama's First TV Interview with NBC, ABC, CBS or FOX? No, try Al-Arabiya TV!
Obama Re-Enacts Law That Will Fund More Abortions
Obama Senate Passes Largest Spending Bill Ever ($1,000,000,000,000) Full of Fluff!
Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, Connected to Ousted Illinoi Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich
Obama Gives ABC's George Stephanopoulos Unfair Journalistic Access to Promote Agenda
Obama 2nd Secretary of Commerce, Judd Gregg, pulls name from hat after reviewing "$800b Stimulus" bill
Obama Performance Czar Nominee, Killefer, pulls name from hat after because of tax issues
Obama's Congress passes law that says House and Senate must allow 48 hours before passing a new bill....3 days later they pass record spending bill allowing less than 24 hours for Congress/Public to review it.
This is going to be a long for years. But, thankfully he is setting the stage for an easy GOP win in less than 4 years.
You are who you know...
Obama's Half-Brother Arrested on Drug Charges in Kenya
Obama Healthcare Nominee, Tom Daschle, pulls name from hat because of discovered tax issues
Obama Secretary of Commerce Nominee, Bill Richardson, pulls name from hat after fraud investigation revealed.
Obama Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Fails to Pay Taxes but still gets voted in to lead our economy
Obama Set to Close Gitmo, Putting Terrorists on American Soil with Full Rights
Obama's First TV Interview with NBC, ABC, CBS or FOX? No, try Al-Arabiya TV!
Obama Re-Enacts Law That Will Fund More Abortions
Obama Senate Passes Largest Spending Bill Ever ($1,000,000,000,000) Full of Fluff!
Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, Connected to Ousted Illinoi Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich
Obama Gives ABC's George Stephanopoulos Unfair Journalistic Access to Promote Agenda
Obama 2nd Secretary of Commerce, Judd Gregg, pulls name from hat after reviewing "$800b Stimulus" bill
Obama Performance Czar Nominee, Killefer, pulls name from hat after because of tax issues
Obama's Congress passes law that says House and Senate must allow 48 hours before passing a new bill....3 days later they pass record spending bill allowing less than 24 hours for Congress/Public to review it.
This is going to be a long for years. But, thankfully he is setting the stage for an easy GOP win in less than 4 years.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Give W Some Props
Now you can share your thanks with our former President in a personal note that will be printed in a book and handed to him...
I simply cannot understand how America has forgotten so quickly all of the great things President Bush did for our nation. For some reason, he has become hated and I do mean hated. He was even booed at Obama's inauguration which was just despicable. I never liked Bill Clinton nor do I like Obama, yet both deserve the respect the position of President demands from all Americans.
The main stream media hated Bush as did Hollywood and all Democratic party leaders. They spew hate like I had never seen hurling insult after insult intertwined with name calling gallore. Yet, President Bush never retaliated and he stayed the course of where his beliefs were leading him.
History will prove President Bush was a good President and a great man. Yes he had his share of mistakes as all leaders do but this man has ensured our safety here in America for nearly 8 years. He kept America strong, he freed people in bondage, he stood for morals and Godly values, and much more.
President Bush, thank you, for all you did and welcome back to Texas where TRUE American's reside...
I know one day we will wish you were back in office...
Go now and give your thanks -
http://www.ithankw.com/index.html
I simply cannot understand how America has forgotten so quickly all of the great things President Bush did for our nation. For some reason, he has become hated and I do mean hated. He was even booed at Obama's inauguration which was just despicable. I never liked Bill Clinton nor do I like Obama, yet both deserve the respect the position of President demands from all Americans.
The main stream media hated Bush as did Hollywood and all Democratic party leaders. They spew hate like I had never seen hurling insult after insult intertwined with name calling gallore. Yet, President Bush never retaliated and he stayed the course of where his beliefs were leading him.
History will prove President Bush was a good President and a great man. Yes he had his share of mistakes as all leaders do but this man has ensured our safety here in America for nearly 8 years. He kept America strong, he freed people in bondage, he stood for morals and Godly values, and much more.
President Bush, thank you, for all you did and welcome back to Texas where TRUE American's reside...
I know one day we will wish you were back in office...
Go now and give your thanks -
http://www.ithankw.com/index.html
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