I'm a Criminal, I'm a Former Terrorist, I'm a Racist: I'm a Freind of Obama.

"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. "

-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The more we learn about the people Barack Obama calls friends, the more scrutiny he receives, however, justly so. It's true we cant pick what our friends do or say. Though, it is a fact that more often times then not our friends are an extension of ourselves. As Emerson said in the quote above, you have to be a friend to have one. There has to be means of common ground and common ideas....or perhaps in Obama's case common ideology's?

Barack's latest extreme and extremely out of touch with reality friend is the Catholic priest Michael Pfleger. About a week ago at none other then, Trinity United Church of Christ, (Obama's home church) the raving priest made some extremely controversial and racist statements and once again the congregation responded like he was a hero.

Pfleger's comments revolved around when the other Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton displayed some public emotion in the form of tears on national T.V. He argued that he personally believed that the tears where real, and that she was crying because a black man was beating her. Implying that Mrs. Clinton was perhaps both an elitist and racist.

He said, "She just always thought that, 'This is mine. I'm Bill's wife. I'm white.' ... And then, out of nowhere, came 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama." And she said, 'Oh damn, where did you come from? I'm white. I'm entitled. There's a black man stealing my show." He then proceeded to mock Mrs. Clinton pretending to wipe tears out of his eyes with a handkerchief. Then continued by saying, "She wasn't the only one crying, There was a whole lot of white people crying."

The comments are absurd, but let me remind you that Barack Obama has called Pfleger both a friend and a great spiritual leader. Sounds eerily similar to his pastor of 20 years who made a slew of racist and insane comments himself. Such as "God Damn America"...and many others. The list doesn't end there, however. What about the slime bag Rezko, who is being charged with wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion. Obama called him a friend too. Furthermore, you cant leave Ayers out of the controversial list of friends that Obama has under his belt. William Ayers is only a professed terrorist, who has admitted to bombings in the U.S.

I personally believe at this point it's more then bad judgment on Obama's part. He is just as radical and out of touch with reality as these cooks are. The only difference is he's running for president so he's trying to hide it the best he knows how. Need I remind you of his comments that many Americans are "bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Wow, were bitter and have antipathy to people who aren't like us and that's the source of our frustration. Any idiot could see the common logic in that statement and the one Pfleger made. These guys all think alike and share common ideals. Barack Obama is one of the most inept candidates to ever run for the office of presidency and its high time we see the radical for who he is.

McCain Splits With Hagee: Hagee Remarks

John Hagee, the Evangelical leader who endorsed Sen. McCain for the presidency came under fire this week for some remarks that he said 10 years ago in a sermon about the Holocaust and the call for the return of a Jewish State. The media immediately latched on looking for another Jermiah Wright incident and McCain was put under pressure to distance himself from Reverend Hagee.

The remarks that were under stipulation came in a 1990's sermon were Hagee made comments refereeing to Hitler as a tool that God used to bring about the prophesied modern State of Israel.

Through biblical verse, Hagee preached: "'And they the hunters should hunt them,' that will be the Jews. 'From every mountain and from every hill and from out of the holes of the rocks.' If that doesn't describe what Hitler did in the holocaust you can't see that."

He Continued, "Then god sent a hunter. A hunter is someone with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter. And the Bible says -- Jeremiah writing -- 'They shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the holes of the rocks,' meaning there's no place to hide. And that might be offensive to some people but don't let your heart be offended. I didn't write it, Jeremiah wrote it. It was the truth and it is the truth. How did it happen? Because God allowed it to happen. Why did it happen? Because God said my top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel."

Many cried antisemitism as a result of the remarks. Hagee in response wrote this:

"The past 24 hours have been extremely disappointing ones to me. My disappointment has nothing to do with the fact that I parted company with John McCain this was best for both of us and for the country. It is time the candidates and the media turn their attention back to the pressing issues of our day and stop focusing on what I did or did not say decades ago.

But what has been disappointing has been to see my life’s work the great passion of my life mischaracterized and attacked. I have dedicated my life to combating anti-Semitism and supporting the State of Israel. In taking a stand for Israel I have received death threats from anti-Semites and neo-Nazis, and I’ve had the windows of my car blown out beneath the windows of the rooms in which my children slept. To hear people who know nothing about me or my life’s work claim that I somehow excuse the Holocaust is simply heartbreaking.

Let me be clear -- to assert that I in any way condone the Holocaust or that monster Adolf Hitler is the worst of lies. I have always condemned the horrors of the Holocaust in the strongest of terms. But even more importantly, my abhorrence of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism has never stopped with mere words.

I have devoted most of my adult life to ensuring that there will never be a second Holocaust. I have worked tirelessly to eliminate the sin of anti-Semitism from the Christian world and to ensure the survival of the State of Israel.

I have traveled the country teaching Christians to love the Jewish people and stand with Israel. Our ministry has given over $30 million for humanitarian causes in Israel. I founded Christians United for Israel to bring together all pro-Israel Christians into a movement that can support Israel during these very challenging times.

The fact is that all people of faith have had to wrestle with the question of why a sovereign God would allow evil in the world. After Auschwitz, this question became more urgent than ever.
Many people simply could not explain how a loving God would permit such horrors. After the Holocaust, they abandoned their faith in a sovereign God who intervenes here on earth.

While I disagree with this conclusion, I would never denigrate those who arrived at such a conclusion. But I and many millions of Christians and Jews came to a different conclusion. We maintained our faith in a sovereign God who allows both the good and the evil that is in the world. We therefore search the scriptures for an explanation for that evil. We believe that the words of the Hebrew prophets such as Jeremiah may help us understand the mind of God. But our search for an explanation for evil must never be confused with an effort to excuse it.

What is more important than how we answer the question of where was God during the Holocaust is what we as men and women do here on earth to make sure that there will never be another Holocaust. We must give meaning to the words “Never Again” through our actions. It is to this effort this effort to fight anti-Semitism and to support Israel that I now return. Thank you."

McCain's First Term- According to Him

Recently, John McCain, has begun talking about what his presidency would look like in 2013 if elected in November. He states a somewhat lengthy list of the accomplishments he hopes to achieve while holding the nations most coveted office. Every political cycle politicians make many claims and few make good on them. What about John McCain? Is he capable of getting the country back in line? It's hard to say. What we know about McCain is that he's quite the fearless politician, honorable man, and a bit of a maverick. Whats that maverick want to achieve though is a worthy question. Here's what he says:

1. By January 2013, at the end of my first term as president, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won and Iraq is a functioning democracy. The threat from a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan has been greatly reduced but not eliminated and there has not been a major terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001.


2. The United States has experienced several years of robust economic growth and Americans again have confidence in their economic future. Congress has lowered taxes and passed fundamental tax reform offering a choice in how taxes are filed. Americans, who through no fault of their own, lost jobs in the global economy they once believed were theirs for life, are assisted by reformed unemployment insurance and worker retraining programs.


3. The United States is well on the way to independence from foreign sources of oil; progress that has not only begun to alleviate the environmental threat posed from climate change, but has greatly improved our security as well.


4. Scores of judges have been confirmed to the federal district and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, who understand that they were not sent there to write our laws but to enforce them.


5. Voluntary national service has grown in popularity in part because of the educational benefits used as incentives, as well as frequent appeals from the bully pulpit of the White House, but mostly because the young Americans understand that true happiness is much greater than the pursuit of pleasure, and can only be found by serving causes greater than self-interest.

Can he accomplish these things? I believe personally, he's able to make good headway on them. There is absolutely no doubt that he would be more a benefit to this country then Barack Obama ever could be.

While Barack yells for what he deems a "fair" economy he would cripple it. Marxism talks about "fair" economies. John McCain sees the strength in capitalism and the ambition of Industry. He sees the value in hard work and a good education in determining the prosperity we enjoy in our lives. Governments handing out prosperity to be equal has never worked. It's a flawed theory in an attempt to balance and distribute wealth. When this happens you deny ambition, and the quality of life in every aspect abruptly lowers.

My votes for John McCain.

Are Churches Under Attack?

On November 5, 2007, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to six prominent Pentecostal-Charismatic ministries requesting that they provide certain information to him as the Ranking Member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance on or before December 6, 2007. The six churches the Senator targeted were:

• Without Walls International Church (Revs. Paula and Randy White)
  
• World Healing Center Church (Pastor Benny Hinn)
  
• Joyce Meyer Ministry (Revs. Joyce and David Meyer)
  
• New Birth Missionary Baptist Church (Bishop Eddie Long)
  
• World Changers Church International (Dr. Creflo Dollar)
  
• Eagle Mountain International Church (Revs. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland)

The Letter from Sen. Grassley inquired about various aspects of church business, requesting specific information about each church's compensation, accounting, and financial practices. Furthermore, some of the letters went as far to ask for the identity of the various church's board members, amounts paid to visiting ministers, speakers, and musicians, and donations made from other churches and ministries.

For the most part, many of these requests from Sen. Grassley exceeded what churches are required to publicly disclose. Subsequently, much of the information is material that if obtained by the IRS would not be publicly disclosed and treated as confidential by the state.

According to the Churches website (BelieverStandUnited.com) the churches do not represent a broad spectrum of churches. In fact, they all are very similar in their ministries and beliefs. all six ministries under investigation preach the "Word of Faith" message, which is based on the religious belief that God wants His children to be spiritually, physically, and financially blessed, and that prosperity in all areas of one's life is an outward sign of the fulfillment of God's promises contained in the Bible.

In a press release Sen. Grassley conveyed that it was his "obligation" to review the manner in which these churches have spent the tithes of their members. Suggesting that the individuals that make up a church body are no different then the relationship of a donor to a charitable organization.

Some of the churches questioned denied answering some of the 42 questions asked by Sen. Grassley citing constitutional and/or statutorily based privacy and confidentiality concerns under the protections provided for Churches under the United States Constitution and the Internal Revenue Code. Furthermore, Kenneth Copeland Ministries, in its December 6, 2007, response stated that the most efficient manner for the Senator to obtain the information he desires would to simply request the information from the IRS. That would both supply the Senator with his desired info while still allowing the Church its rights under the Constitution and the IRS tax code.

The senators response, was that the churches with the exception of Without Walls International Church, "had not cooperated." KCM responded to Senators Grassley and Baucus in a March 31, 2008, letter in which it declined to provide additional information in response to Senator Grassley's request. KCM reiterated the Church's position that the most timely and efficient manner for the Senators to obtain the requested information - without compromising the Church's, its members', partners', and friends' constitutional and statutorily based rights - is to request the information from the IRS.

At the conclusion of a properly conducted IRS church tax inquiry, Senator Grassley could ask the IRS for the information obtained through that process. A request from Senator Grassley to the IRS would be covered by section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, which protects the privacy of information that the IRS obtains from all taxpayers. Senator Grassley would not be able to use information obtained by the IRS to subject the Church or its members to scrutiny by the public, but he would be able to fully use the information to accomplish his stated goal of determining whether the Church is complying with federal tax laws.

If KCM were to provide the requested information directly to Senator Grassley or the Committee, however, the protections from public disclosure afforded to the Church under section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code would not apply.

It's simply outrageous that a U.S. Senator seeks to ignore the religious rights and freedoms afforded to churches under the Constitution. Sen. Grassley is demanding to see private documents, and refusing to cooperate according to proper tax procedure under the IRS. What Church is next? The Senator has absolutely no right afforded to him under the guiding principles of legislature to make these kinds of demands. To stand up for religious liberty and rights please sign this petition.

"Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" Bill.

Tennessee Congressman John J. Duncan signed legislation about two weeks ago that would give the wealthiest tax payers the option of returning more of their incomes to the federal government. The Legislation, HR 5783, is literally named the "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" Act.

Essentially what this bill would do is reconstruct the current U.S. Tax Code allowing citizens to make voluntary donations, above their normal tax obligations to the government to help fund federal programs. Why would anyone wanna do that?

The Bill was introduced in response to the wails of many extremely wealthy liberals that taxes should be raised on everyone. However, tax increases especially in time of economic uncertainty would only hinder middle town Americans and further damage the economy. So what should we do? Lets give the ability to contribute more money to those people who whine and complain that taxes should be raised. Their bank accounts can most likely handle tax increases, but the average American isn't going to be able to adapt so easily.

What seems like a lot of money to most Americans does not even faze people that have enormous wealth,” said Duncan. “Many of these wealthy people wouldn’t even notice if they had to pay more in taxes. So, this bill would give them the opportunity to contribute more without increasing taxes and further burdening middle class families.”

I'm never for increased taxes, and am quite the Reaganomics fan. In no way do I think that the upper-middle class and upper class should be responsible for bearing the burden of the lower classes. I think that it's nothing less then thievery for the government to take so much from businesses and hardworking Americans to fund the poor. I don't mind, however, for people to contribute on their own and in fact commend it. I am just extremely against a federal power demanding my money to fund anyone else other then the essentials. Fiscal responsibility is key.

So kudos to Congressman Duncan for giving people the ability to contribute more of their funds to the federal government voluntarily. Now maybe liberal millionaires such as our two democratic presidential hopefuls, Holleywood -types, and any one else who may be fans of inefficient social programs can "put their money where their mouth is."