tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119981812024-02-03T13:38:17.436-05:00Dane BramageThe way I look at it through my personal lens <br>
because everyone is entitled to my opinionDane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.comBlogger759125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-34496245075478713232013-02-04T14:28:00.001-05:002013-02-04T14:39:09.642-05:00Saudi Arabia: Islamic cleric rapes, tortures, kills daughter, pays fine - National Humanist | Examiner.comA man brutally molests and murders his 5 year-old daughter. The gets a fine. Why? Because he is a Muslim. In Islam men cannot be executed for murdering their wives or children.<br />
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Fayhan al-Ghamdi, the victims father and a popular Islamic preacher who has made numerous television appearances promoting <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/islam" style="color: #3e72a7;">Islam</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWYxPtXRyBxjuyYj859eXIG0B6GQ?docId=CNG.080187721352f1c2b6b1f4dbc6e0a3fe.7f1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3e72a7;">confessed</a> to the heinous crime. Ghamdi told Saudi officials he used <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.examiner.com/article/saudi-arabia-islamic-cleric-rapes-tortures-kills-daughter-pays-fine#" id="FALINK_2_0_1" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">cables</a></nobr>and a cane on his five-year-old daughter, leaving her with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm, extensive bruising and burns. In addition, one of Lama’s fingernails had been torn off. Hospital staff <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWYxPtXRyBxjuyYj859eXIG0B6GQ?docId=CNG.080187721352f1c2b6b1f4dbc6e0a3fe.7f1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3e72a7;">reports</a> the child’s rectum had been torn open and the abuser had attempted to burn it closed.</div>
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HE DOUBTED HE VIRGINITY AT 5 YEARS OLD?! What kind of whore mongering society defiles 5 year olds? Islam. And our President embraces Islam, more so than his professed Christianity. The media embraces and exalts Islam more than any other religion. How can anyone seriously claim that Islam is a "religion of peace"?<br />
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<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/saudi-arabia-islamic-cleric-rapes-tortures-kills-daughter-pays-fine">Saudi Arabia: Islamic cleric rapes, tortures, kills daughter, pays fine - National Humanist | Examiner.com</a>: <br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-64328577806030271772012-12-15T12:50:00.001-05:002012-12-15T12:50:08.010-05:00AlbertMohler.com – Rachel Weeping for Her Children — The Massacre in Connecticut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi4OSBX0Q0bWw90lTsEkYYwkk9uhnNWTQlzmTF1Mht7xda8pK3YaXcxUEusnhGBYHRA8Ezsaz8DPfbTcCEdt5liAYgLSIn6w-tgg0hweQiv_MB5xHAuXcu1vJbicgARmSFsCXxA/s1600/rachelweeps5-300x262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="262" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi4OSBX0Q0bWw90lTsEkYYwkk9uhnNWTQlzmTF1Mht7xda8pK3YaXcxUEusnhGBYHRA8Ezsaz8DPfbTcCEdt5liAYgLSIn6w-tgg0hweQiv_MB5xHAuXcu1vJbicgARmSFsCXxA/s400/rachelweeps5-300x262.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<blockquote>How should Christians think and pray in the aftermath of such a colossal crime? We Affirm the Sinfulness of Sin, and the Full Reality of Human Evil <br />
First, we must recognize that this tragedy is just as evil, horrible, and ugly as it appears. Christianity does not deny the reality and power of evil, but instead calls evil by its necessary names — murder, massacre, killing, homicide, slaughter. The closer we look at this tragedy, the more it will appear unfathomable and more grotesque than the human imagination can take in.</blockquote><br />
<a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2012/12/14/rachel-weeping-for-her-children-the-massacre-in-connecticut/">AlbertMohler.com – Rachel Weeping for Her Children — The Massacre in Connecticut</a>: <br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-6519475595990461192012-12-14T17:27:00.001-05:002012-12-14T17:27:19.739-05:00Pray for the Families of Sandy Hook ElementaryI don't have the words right now to say how I feel. I am saddened greatly by this atrocious act. I can only offer prayers for the families who have lost children in this tragedy. <br />
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I guess mostly I feel numb. There is so much to take in. I am also dismayed and annoyed at the speed in which the media and anti-second amendment supporters have turned this into another opportunity to attack gun ownership. <br />
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First the media is quick to point out that this is the second worst school shooting in history. I find that a bit dehumanizing because it means someone took the time to reduce the tragedy to body counts and ranked it with other killings. <br />
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Second people are screaming gun control very loudly. The President in his remarks also alluded to some form of action:<blockquote>“As a country we have been through this too many times,” Obama added. “We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.”</blockquote>I'm glad he had the time to get that little dig in between tears. This is not an issue of Politics. The Second Amendment is settled and not subject to "political" action. <br />
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The fallacy here is that somehow people believe that this tragedy could have been prevented by simply passing a law at some point in the past that would have made this all illegal. Armed with that notion the liberals plan to control our lives by legislating proper behavior into existence. Guns are bad. Ban them all and no one will ever shoot up a school or a mall ever again. Their ignorance and arrogance grates on my nerves especially in this case. They dishonor the fallen and their families by pushing their agenda. <br />
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<a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15909827-connecticut-school-shooting-is-second-worst-in-us-history">Connecticut school shooting is second worst in US history - U.S. News</a>: <br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-12746718655358466282012-12-03T13:46:00.000-05:002012-12-03T13:48:00.902-05:00Hail to the Narcissist-in-Chief.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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December 1, was the anniversary of Rosa Parks' famous bus ride in Montgomery Alabama. After being tired from a long day at work she refused to give up her seat to a white man. I will, for the sake of younger readers point out a fact you may find unbelievable in this day and age. In 1955 racial segregation was everywhere. The public bus Rosa Parks was riding had a "white" section and a "colored" section. When the white section was full it was fully expected that blacks give up their seats in the colored section to any white passenger that needed a seat. The bus driver <b>ordered</b> Rosa Parks to give up her seat to a white passenger. She did not give up her seat and was arrested for civil disobedience. That was only 57 years ago, well within the lifetimes of many people alive today. I mention that because many of my younger non-African American friends look at me strangely when I mention the racist attitudes of that time. They think it never happened.
Anyway I mention this because for the anniversary of that famous bus ride, President Obama remembered the occasion with a photograph...of himself...on that bus. Parks ride and subsequent lawsuits and the Montgomery Bus Boycott spurred the civil rights movement which ultimately led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which btw the democrats opposed) and subsequent pieces of legislation. So in a sense I can see where a picture of BHO might seem appropriate; over half a century of civil rights and when now have a black President. But in true narcissistic fashion, the POTUS' gesture was an after thought. The photo in question was taken months ago as part of his re-election campaign. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Personally I find it insulting. BHO has done nothing for race relations except set it back. There has not been a more race baiting, divisive black leader in this nation's history. He certainly hasn''t acted in the spirit of Rosa Parks.
Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-38651177789721619872012-11-07T13:09:00.000-05:002012-11-07T13:09:16.914-05:00My Heart Breaks for BhengazhiI feel that one of the consequences of a second Obama term is that we may never know the truth about how four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens were left to die during an eight hour attack in Benghazi, Libya. <br /><br />
President Obama deflected all questions about Bengazi during the campaign. Mitt Romney did not press the issue which analysts are saying may have contributed to his defeat. The Non-Fox media hasn’t touched the story, a story some say is bigger than Watergate. <br /><br />
If you depend on Non-Fox media for your news then you may not be aware so here us the timeline according to FactCheck.org<br />
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2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (8:30 p.m. Benghazi time): U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens steps outside the consulate to say goodbye to a Turkish diplomat. There are no protesters at this time. (“Everything is calm at 8:30,” a State Department official would later say at an Oct. 9 background briefing for reporters. “There’s nothing unusual. There has been nothing unusual during the day at all outside.”)<br /><br />
3 p.m.: Ambassador Stevens retires to his bedroom for the evening. (See Oct. 9 briefing.)<br /><br />
Approximately 3:40 p.m. A security agent at the Benghazi compound hears “loud noises” coming from the front gate and “gunfire and an explosion.” A senior State Department official at the Oct. 9 briefing says that “the camera on the main gate reveals a large number of people – a large number of men, armed men, flowing into the compound.”<br /><br />
About 4 p.m.: This is the approximate time of attack that was given to reporters at a Sept. 12 State Department background briefing. An administration official identified only as “senior administration official one” provides an official timeline of events at the consulate, but only from the time of the attack — not prior to the attack. The official says, “The compound where our office is in Benghazi began taking fire from unidentified Libyan extremists.” (Six of the next seven entries in this timeline — through 8:30 p.m. EDT — all come from the Sept. 12 briefing. The exception being the 6:07 p.m. entry, which comes from Reuters.)<br /><br />
About 4:15 p.m.: “The attackers gained access to the compound and began firing into the main building, setting it on fire. The Libyan guard force and our mission security personnel responded. At that time, there were three people inside the building: Ambassador Stevens, one of our regional security officers, and Information Management Officer Sean Smith.”<br /><br />
Between 4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Sean Smith is found dead.<br /><br />
About 4:45 p.m.: “U.S. security personnel assigned to the mission annex tried to regain the main building, but that group also took heavy fire and had to return to the mission annex.”<br /><br />
About 5:20 p.m.: “U.S. and Libyan security personnel … regain the main building and they were able to secure it.”<br /><br />
Around 6 p.m.: “The mission annex then came under fire itself at around 6 o’clock in the evening our time, and that continued for about two hours. It was during that time that two additional U.S. personnel were killed and two more were wounded during that ongoing attack.”<br /><br />
6:07 p.m.: The State Department’s Operations Center sends an email to the White House, Pentagon, FBI and other government agencies that said Ansar al-Sharia has claimed credit for the attack on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. (The existence of the email was not disclosed until Reuters reported it on Oct. 24.)<br /><br />
About 8:30 p.m.: “Libyan security forces were able to assist us in regaining control of the situation. At some point in all of this – and frankly, we do not know when – we believe that Ambassador Stevens got out of the building and was taken to a hospital in Benghazi. We do not have any information what his condition was at that time. His body was later returned to U.S. personnel at the Benghazi airport.”<br /><br />
About 10:00 p.m.: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issues a statement confirming that one State official was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Her statement, which MSNBC postedat 10:32 p.m., made reference to the anti-Muslim video.
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Request for help from those under fire were denied three times. All sorts of excuses came from the White House. They said they didn’t have enough information even though they were watching the attack in real time. They maintained for two weeks that it wasn’t a terrorist attack, a claim they had to retract and Obama changed his story to say he called it a terror attack as early as Sept.12th However, At no time did Obama convene the Counterterrorism Security Group, (CSG) whose sole purpose is to muster anti-terrorist assets during a terror attack. <br /><br />
In an interview Obama said that he gave an order that night to use whatever resources were available to secure the consulate and the America lives there. That order was not followed. No help was sent. Niether has the White House produced evidence of that order. <br /><br />
So here we are after the election. There are no new developments in the story. I believe Obama will do whatever it takes to bury the truth. This has all the markings of an Epic Fail in the Oval Office and Barak is not going to let that mar his legacy building term. He’ll pick a fall guy and dump the blame on him, business as usual for Barak H. Obama.
Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-25962866474340696882012-11-07T11:25:00.000-05:002012-11-07T11:26:15.576-05:00What Does the Future HoldObama was gracious during his victory speech. He spoke to a bright future and fixing America’s problems. But will he keep his promise to reach across the aisle and heal the nation? In a word; No. <br /><br />
People are already harkening Obama’s second term to that of Bill Clinton where he made his famous move towards the center. Clinton was able to compromise with the Republicans to get things done. It is wishful thinking to believe Obama will do the same. After all why should he move? Why should he do anything any differently than he already has? Why should he start keeping promises now?<br /><br />
He won’t and here’s why; Today is November 7th. Politically we are in the exact same place we were on November 5th. Obama is President, the Dems have the Senate and the Republicans have the House. We have no budget and unemployment is still high. This is Obama’s America. We are where we are because of his policies and he did nothing to keep us from getting here. In fact he drove us here. He has no incentive to change his approach to governing this nation and his approach is “Tax and Spend”. I see Obama taking this, the last opportunity he will ever have, to ram his reckless socialist agenda down this nation’s throat.<br /><br />
So what does the future hold? More lies, more cover-ups, more executive orders, more attacks on the Constitution, more attacks on individual liberties, more fiscal irresponsibility, in short more of the same. Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-21652526264965038942012-11-07T10:55:00.000-05:002012-11-07T10:59:22.567-05:00Another Four YearsDisappointment doesn’t even begin to adequately my feelings about yesterday’s election results. I would say I am disappointed in my fellow Americans but truthfully those who voted to retain Obama were low in my sight to begin with. I just didn’t realize there were so many of them.<br /><br />
Already the 20/20 hindsight is kicking in and everybody is pointing fingers here and there at this failed approach and that unsound tactic. You can look anywhere in conservative cyberspace and find ample commentary so I won’t dwell on it. Although I do want to focus on one point: polls.<br /><br />
Throughout the campaign we were told that according to the polls Obama was in deep trouble and Romney was either going to win by a narrow margin or by the same margin that Obama actually had. Why? They said that the polls could not play out the same way they did in 2008 and that in light of their more informed interpretation of poll data, Romney had it in the bag. Election night proved them wrong and lo and behold it played out exactly as the polls predicted. The response on Fox news? “Oh the polls were right??!!” Shock and awe. So essentially they had this data and they said “Look if we look at this differently our chances are much better. Let’s ignore the predicted outcome in favor of this better result and plan accordingly”. .Didn’t anybody bother to think that maybe they should have a contingency plan since this approach was similar to putting on rose colored glasses? The election played out almost exactly as it did in 2008 which turned out to be a big surprise to the Republicans. Even big thinkers like Karl Rove was way off in his predictions. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. The answer was there all the time.
Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-38040500245530518502011-03-09T07:29:00.001-05:002011-03-09T10:53:35.629-05:00YouTube - Jesse Jackson Jr. Fix Unemployment by Changing Constitution So Every Kid Gets an iPod and a LaptopCan you believe this? It would be hysterical if he weren't so serious! The nut truly does not fall far from the tree.<br />
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Let's see he wants it to be a constitutional right for everyone to have a good home. this will "create" construction jobs. Everyone one should have a constitutional right to Healthcare. This will "create" more doctors. And of course changing the constitution to give everyone the right to education giving every ghetto and barrio child an iPod and laptop will "create" teachers! <br />
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What he didn't say but should have was that we should change the constitution to guarantee everyone the right to vast wealth. Then magically we "create" money to pay for it all! <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdPrA0b1UM">YouTube - Jesse Jackson Jr. Fix Unemployment by Changing Constitution So Every Kid Gets an iPod and a Laptop</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-40335995457584904662011-02-28T11:27:00.001-05:002011-02-28T11:31:22.371-05:00Chester Street: Once Saved, always savedI've have been very lax of late with regards to blogging. For that I apologize. Thank God that others have not stopped. I was cruising the Blog Roll and saw that good ole Mark at <a href="http://chesterstreet.blogspot.com/">Chester Street</a> is still spreading the Truth and This particular Truth bears repeating.<br />
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<a href="http://chesterstreet.blogspot.com/2011/01/once-saved-always-saved.html">Chester Street: Once Saved, always saved</a><br />
<blockquote>After a very long and tiered conversation with someone who thinks they can lose their salvation, I will post this list [shamelessly stolen from Melvin's Essays] Link is Here.<br />
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Here is what must happen every time you sin and LOSE your salvation.<br />
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1. I have to lose my eternal life – which, or course, isn’t eternal if I can lose it.<br />
2. I have to cease to be the new creation and become an old creation again.<br />
3. I have to cease to be a child of God – He has to disown me. <br />
4. I have to again become a child of wrath.<br />
5. I have to cease to be a child of Light and become a child of darkness again.<br />
6. I have to be removed from the body of Christ – un-baptized as it were.<br />
7. I have to come alive again, outside of Christ.<br />
8. I have to get unburied and un-united in my burial with Christ.<br />
9. I have to take myself out of Jesus’ hand.<br />
10. I have to take myself out of the Father’s hand.<br />
11. I have to be transferred back to the kingdom of darkness.<br />
12. I have to be unsealed for the day of redemption.<br />
13. I have to some how come alive again to the power of sin.<br />
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...and of course, after I have repented, God does it all over again! Yeh, ok...</blockquote>Thanks Mark! Strange though, I run into people who swear they can lose their salvation when they sin but they haven't lost theirs yet. Hmmm. You gotta love those perfect human beings.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-20285050516742658592011-02-17T10:56:00.003-05:002011-02-17T11:04:13.954-05:00Monday is NOT Presidents Day!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am really sick and tired of the alleged PC crowd referring to the upcoming holiday as “President’s Day”. It is NOT President’s Day, there is no such holiday. Monday we will be celebrating Washington’s Birthday. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“But Dane, my calendar says President’s Day. Surely calendar makers know what day it is!” You’ll reply.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apparently they don’t Many calendars list it as President’s Day. Now for some background: Richard Nixon’s executive order declared <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00006103----000-.html">some holidays to be celebrated on Mondays regardless of when they fell</a>. This was done in ‘68. Washington’s Birthday was one of them. It is still called Washington’s Birthday according to the law books and was first celebrated in ‘71. The confusion arose when people stopped celebrating Lincoln’s birthday which was never an actual Federal holiday. Many states recognized and celebrated Lincoln’s birthday but stopped after 1969. I suppose some genius declared “Hey why not celebrate both birthdays on that Monday”. And thus we get President’s Day. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a stickler for detail and the truth I still call it Washington’s Birthday. <o:p></o:p></p></div>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-8929326990302143502011-02-04T17:26:00.000-05:002011-02-04T17:26:17.389-05:00Interesting QuoteI fouond this in my inbox this week. It has been one of those things flying round the net so I present it to you.<br />
<blockquote>"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."</blockquote>There was some question as to whether the alleged source, a Czech statesman spoke these words. Did someone really say this? Well according to <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_said_The_danger_to_America_is_not_Barack_Obama_but_a_citizenry_capable_of_entrusting_a_man_like_him_with_the_Presidency">Answers.com:</a><br />
<blockquote>This quote was translated into English from an article appearing in the Czech Republic as published in the Prager Zeitung of 28 April 2010.</blockquote>So what do you think?Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-35802347207337430772010-09-29T15:03:00.000-05:002010-09-29T15:03:48.167-05:00What's Wrong With MeEver since May I have been unable to bring myself to post anything. Oh it is not that liberals in general and the Democrats specifically haven't done anything blogworthy, they have and there are tons of steaming piles of examples to list and poke fun of. But something has sapped my will to blog. Could it be that deep down I know that even if I shine the light of truth and logic on the deeds of Obama, Pelosi and their ilk it doesn't change the fact that they are still in control and still dragging this country straight to Hell? Certainly something to ponder, or tell a shrink.<br />
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I am not without hope however. Midterm elections loom before us and maybe Americans will come to their senses and vote the rascals out. I see a lot of support for peole who want to undo Obamacare, and step back from the brink of socialism. Let's hope they have enough support to win in November.<br />
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Meanwhile I will have to deal with my POSD or "Post Obama Stress Disorder". He's in charge so it's all his fault right?Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-30767133739127238932010-04-06T16:48:00.000-05:002010-04-06T16:48:13.323-05:00Five Years Ago Today..I started this blog. Yea me! Well I don't keep it updated as much as I would like and I am at a complete loss as to why. I WANT to blog but I don't seem to have the same zeal I did when I started 5 years ago. Could it be that the state of politics in the world and specifically in the U.S. has drained my will to not only post but to live as well? I think that's a big part of it. All I can do about it is to press on.<br />
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I plan to stick around for awhile and I promise to post more.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-77487904234241466632010-03-03T13:15:00.000-05:002010-03-03T13:15:15.177-05:00He's Not Afraid of All Those Swiss Army Knives<h2>Qaddafi Calls for Jihad on Swiss for Minaret Ban</h2><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4403727047/" title="1_62_b320"> <img alt="1_62_b320" src="http://static.flickr.com/4002/4403727047_f495a64350_m.jpg" /> </a><br />
The Libyan Loon has decided that Switzerland is an enemy to the Islamic people and is calling for Jihad(holy war) against the little European nation. <br />
<blockquote>Muammar Qaddafi also urged Muslims everywhere to boycott Swiss products and to bar Swiss planes and ships from the airports or seaports of Muslim nations.<br />
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"Those who destroy God's mosques deserve to be attacked through jihad, and if Switzerland was on our borders, we would fight it," Qaddafi was quoted by Libya's official news agency JANA as saying. He spoke before a gathering marking the birthday of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in the Libyan city of Benghazi.<br />
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Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Lars Knuchel declined to comment on Qaddafi's call for a holy war against the neutral Alpine republic.<br />
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In November, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets, in a controversial decision that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.</blockquote><br />
In case you didn't know, minarets are towers usually with balconies from which the call to prayer is made.<span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4404531920/" title="5_61_113009_minaret"> <img alt="5_61_113009_minaret" src="http://static.flickr.com/4029/4404531920_fb66c7b710_m.jpg" /> </a></span><blockquote>The minaret has been used for centuries by muezzins (Arabic mu'adhdhinun, Muslim criers) for the call to daily prayers, but its original use is unclear. The earliest mosques in Arabia had no minaret, and the first towers in seventh-century Cairo (Egypt) and Damascus (Syria) may not have been built expressly for the call.<br />
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Minarets have been designed in many styles over time and space. Early ones were often square or octagonal, some with winding exterior staircases, while the sixteenth-century Ottomans built needle-thin, cylindrical minarets with conical peaks. Today, the muezzin does not always climb the minaret to call for prayers; minarets are often outfitted with loudspeakers.<br />
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/minaret">— Elizabeth Thompson at Answers.com</a></blockquote>Swiss officials declare that the ban in no way inhibits muslims from practicing their religion. But the ban on minarets is viewed by many as the most extreme reaction to European concerns about growing muslim populations.<br />
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(Hat Tip:<a href="http://www.barking-moonbat.com/">Barking Moonbat Early Warning System</a>)Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-41081384623695823362010-02-09T16:23:00.000-05:002010-02-09T16:23:40.721-05:00Great Superbowl AdWell this ad had an impact that's for sure. Even the pro-abortion crowd hailed it as <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/nat5979.html">"brilliant"</a>. <br />
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<blockquote>David Gibson of Politics daily agrees with Emanuel's analysis<br />
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He says the pro-life message "won big" because Focus on the Family "realized that having everyone talk about you is every bit as important as actually doing or saying something controversial."<br />
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"For weeks before the big game, the controversy over CBS' decision to reverse its previous policy barring advocacy ads to air the ad against abortion had sent Pam Tebow's story ricocheting around the Internet," he noticed.<br />
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"The pushback only generated more support for Tebow and Focus and their message, and had anti-abortion types crowing about how Pam Tebow would be discussing her difficult choice for life and urging Americans to fight abortion," he said of the reaction to pro-abortion groups attacking the ad.<br />
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Even though the ad never mentioned abortion, "everyone knew what the ad was about and the ad didn't have to say anything directly -- which is the definition of the perfect advocacy ad."</blockquote><br />
I thought the ads was very sweet. Tim and his mom were very likable and I think most people watching were glad Pam Tebow did not abort her miracle baby.<br />
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But the the pro-abortion crowd was not done. After the ad aired on Sunday, NOW president Terry O'Neil denounced it as promoting violence against women because the football player, tackled his mom.<blockquote>That was too much for NOW president Terry O'Neill, who told the Los Angeles Times the ad glorified violence against women: "I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it. That's what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don't find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself." (snip)<br> Several newspaper columnists are taking issue with her response and Joe Henderson of the Tampa Tribune said it "trivializes real problems" women face with authentic domestic violence. (snip)<br> George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel also took issue with NOW's president.<br />
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"Crazy me, I thought we could agree that the Tim Tebow pro-life ad was a nice, family-friendly commercial that in no way could be deemed offensive. I was wrong," he writes. "There’s always a lunatic fringe, ready to scream and yell. Say hello to NOW president Terry O’Neill."<br />
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"No, you should be ashamed of yourself for not having a clue. This is why our country is so polarized -- because nitwits like you are so obsessed with your point of view that you have no tolerance for anyone who may disagree with you," Diaz continues.</blockquote><a href="http://www.lifenews.com/nat5983.html">You can see the whole article here.</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-27792055636399091972010-02-05T18:19:00.000-05:002010-02-05T18:19:37.716-05:00I Can't Wait For The Superbowl!I can't wait for the Superbowl this Sunday. Honestly I couldn't tell you who was playing or what kind of seasons each team had. My interest in pro football is usually confined to whether the Browns beat Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Beyond that it trails off significantly.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.flickr.com/2789/4333584328_47b3705f6d_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="tim-tebow-in-the-phil1" border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/2789/4333584328_47b3705f6d_m.jpg" /></a></div>No my interest in the the Superbowl, keen enough for me to TiVo it, concerns the Superbowl Ads. Every year, I go online after the game and view the ads and many of them are quite clever. But this year I will record them just to catch a single ad. And ad that has stirred up much controversy and is causing liberal women's groups' collective heads to explode. I am talking about Focus on the Family's ad featuring Tim Tebow and his courageous mom who will tell how she, despite recommendations from her doctor to abort Tim for her own health's sake, decided to carry her now famous son to term. This act of pro choice (she chose life) has got NOW in a lather. They have denounced the ad, without even seeing it, as devisive and hurtful to women. The fact that this ad has all these whiny liberal pro-abortion types crying foul only makes me want to see it that much more. The reaction only shows the hypocrisy of "pro-choice". Mrs. Tebow chose life and apparantly she is NOT allowed to speak of her choice because according to the National Organization of Women she didn't choose correctly. And her wrong choice will divde American women who watch it during the Superbowl.<br />
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The only way that makes sense is that NOW and PP are afraid that women moved by Mrs. Tebow's testimony may choose life. And while rational thinking human beings still regard this as a choice, NOW doesn't. To them the only choice is murder. And they are so determined that no other point of view be heard that they have petitioned and threatened CBS about airing the ad.<br />
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Did I mention that Mrs. Tebow and her son are both Christians? And that Tim has a testimony of being celebate and is waiting until he gets married before having sex? He also puts Bible verses in his eye black during football games? To me that explains the intensity of the hatred and venom of those opposing him and the ad that will air this Sunday. I can't wait.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-48913607938231350032010-02-02T16:45:00.000-05:002010-02-02T16:45:41.645-05:00Milestone and ApologyOkay according to sitemeter, Some time yesterday I had my 50,000th visitor. Yeah me! I find that amazing but also humbling given that last year I only posted 21 items. Now I am sure that my return visitors are probably next to non-existent. And for some reason DOZENS of people show up to see my friend Scott's zipper!<br />
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<img alt="Scotts Zipper" src="http://static.flickr.com/2787/4325586313_bd960d16f4_m.jpg" /></a>But the numbers are not why I decided to blog in the first place. I think I have something to say and by golly you had better listen!(or don't! It is a free country after all) <br />
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I think that with 2010 and the start of a new decade I will renew my pledge to no one in particular, to point out liberal lunacy, hypocrisy and general moonbattery. At the same time exalting Christ and Christian moral values. I have already made some template changes and promise to devote more time and energy to this and <a href="http://iblogthebodyelectric.blogspot.com/">and my other blog.</a><br />
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And I hope that the number of returning readers increase. Not that there is anything wrong with people coming to see Scott's <strike>stupid zipper tat</strike> tastefully thought out and beautifully drawn tattoo. And thank you Scott for being a faithful returning reader.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-50286322576532082382010-02-02T15:52:00.000-05:002010-02-02T15:52:16.375-05:00Backdoor Taxes to Hit Middle ClassI was cruising my blogroll, When I came across a piece by Ace over at <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/">Ace of Spades HQ</a>. While President Obama promises to only tax "the wealthy", by letting Bush era tax cuts expire without renewing them he will create a "Stealth Tax Hike" on the middle class. Ace points out the story was on Reuters but is now gone. <br />
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Fortunately for now the story can be seen at <a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100201/us/usreport_us_budget_backdoortaxes">Yahoo Canada</a>. <br>Highlights:<br />
<blockquote>In the 2010 budget tabled by President Barack Obama on Monday, the White House wants to let billions of dollars in tax breaks expire by the end of the year -- effectively a tax hike by stealth.</blockquote><br>So without technically raising taxes, the Obama administration plans to increase tax revenue by allowing your tax rate to go up on its own. He can of course then claim he kept at least one promise. <br />
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So what does this mean to me and you at the end of 2010?<br />
<blockquote>If the provisions are allowed to expire on December 31, the top-tier personal income tax rate will rise to 39.6 percent from 35 percent. But lower-income families will pay more as well: the 25 percent tax bracket will revert back to 28 percent; the 28 percent bracket will increase to 31 percent; and the 33 percent bracket will increase to 36 percent. The special 10 percent bracket is eliminated.</blockquote><br> So there you have it. Obama is so good he can raise taxes without doing a thing. That must make him some sort of god in liberal tax and spend circles.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-41894942922084060832010-02-02T11:57:00.001-05:002010-02-02T16:11:51.249-05:00Where Are We Going And Why Are We In This Handbasket?Well it is time for the first installment of 2010 of WAWGAWAWITH. Todays post is cutesy of Right Wing News Columnist Dr. Melissa Clouthier. In her post <a href="http://rightwingnews.com/2010/02/abnormal-psychology-exists-you-are-a-woman-if-you-give-birth-period/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rightwingnews%2FhGmL+(Right+Wing+News)">Abnormal Psychology Exists: You Are A Woman If You Give Birth. Period.</a> she brings to light the situation of a legally married gay couple. Both born women and Thomas is transgendered while Scott, after having her 36DDD breasts removed, could not afford the gender reassignment surgery and thus has lived as a man in appearance only. They are legally married because some loophole where Scott, born Jessica, retained female status by virtue of her birth certificate. <br />
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Well the happy couple have decided to have a child. Scott is pregnant via sperm donation and is due to deliver next month in England. The California couple already has two sons from husband Thomas' previous relationship with a woman who has since died. Got it? <br />
Clouthier says:<blockquote>You know, there is such thing as abnormal psychology. This is NOT NORMAL. It is one thing to move to Funky Town. It's another thing to start a family there and bring children into this disordered environment.<br />
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Pretending that this is not so is akin to the government pretending that a dude with the name Mohammed who acts weird, says he wants to blow things up and then does it, isn't a terrorist.<br />
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Society cannot function if we don't have some agreement on what is acceptable social norms. Freaks do not tend to build society, they tend to be around the edges eating away at its success.</blockquote>Amen Dr. Clouthier, Amen.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-63688595661207246392010-01-29T12:22:00.004-05:002010-01-29T12:47:02.409-05:00Headlines For Friday 1-29-2010<a href="http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db02headlinesdh2.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3940/db02headlinesdh2.jpg" /></a><br />
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Obama's efforts failed as McCain-Feingold is overturned, Scott Brown is elected, and Health reform is killed.
<li><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/odd/6730004/german-pensioner-torches-car-battling-frost/" target="_blank">German pensioner torches car battling frost</a></li>
Insert your own joke about a Hot Rod here...
<li><a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/01/26/Prisoners-dance-for-Jackson-DVD/UPI-26461264532944/" target="_blank">Prisoners dance for Jackson DVD</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584044,00.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Flatest+%28Text+-+Latest+Headlines%29" target="_blank">Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself as Act of Penance, Book Claims</a></li>
Book also says pontiff handcuffed himself and was fond of latex clothing.
<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-life-earth-say-scientists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Flatest+%2528Text+-+Latest+Headlines%2529" target="_blank">Alien Life Could Already Be on Earth, Say Scientists</a></li>
Obama reassures world that Pelosi was born here.<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4309322765/" title="nancy-pelosi-facelift"> <img alt="nancy-pelosi-facelift" src="http://static.flickr.com/4022/4309322765_d1f354087a_m.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4309322765/" title="nancy-pelosi-facelift"> </a>
<li><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/26/3812845-cops-stop-cyclist-with-butcher-knife-pool-cue-axe" target="_blank">Cops stop cyclist with butcher knife-pool cue axe</a></li>
Police come under fire for using non-standard law enforcement weapons.
<li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_shooting_trial">Jury considers if Kansas abortion slaying was murder</a></li>
Why does no one consider if Abortion is murder?
<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/29/health-care-life-support-obama-appeal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Flatest+%28Text+-+Latest+Headlines%29">Health Bill 'On Life Support' After Obama Appeal</a></li>
Republicans ask that the bill be given the same treatment the average American would receive under the bill and pull the plug! <br><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4314235886/" title="012810_latourettehealth_doomsday_604x341"> <img alt="012810_latourettehealth_doomsday_604x341" src="http://static.flickr.com/2728/4314235886_7f4b852614_m.jpg" /> </a></span>
<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584249,00.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Flatest+(Text+-+Latest+Headlines)">Bin Laden Blames U.S. for Global Warming in New Tape</a></li>
Claims he wants to destroy America to save the polar bears
<li><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/27/3817565-pa-woman-manages-to-crash-car-into-her-own-home">Pa. woman manages to crash car into her own home</a></li>
A remarkable accomplishment since she was aiming for the neighbors house</ol><br />
That's all for now. Check back again for more headliney goodness.<br />
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Technorati tag: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Humor" rel="tag">Humor </a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Headlines" rel="tag">Headlines </a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-33704165869641364272010-01-29T12:10:00.001-05:002010-02-04T10:55:18.553-05:00Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac Slam Chris Matthews<iframe src="http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?content=MGXSYL2YW6T1973F&widget_type_cid=svp" width="420" height="451" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe><br />
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Hat Tip:<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/29/video-stewart-rips-matthews-on-forgot-obama-was-black-moment/"> Hot Air</a>Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-34383355471122973492010-01-27T12:00:00.002-05:002010-01-27T12:02:22.901-05:0015 Year-Old Girl To Be Executed For Converting To Christianity; Asks Obama For HelpI found this at <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/01/teenage-christian-apostate-begs-obama-to-save-her-life-and-her-family-media-breaks-silence.html">Atlas Shrugs</a> via <a href="http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/">The Jawa Report</a>. <br />
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Not surprising that it was Fox News that carried the story. No other media outlet dared mention it. Americans are blissfully ignorant of the plight of Christians in Muslim nations and China. Converts to Christianity are being murdered and most people in this country haven't a clue.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-83185364968532478622010-01-20T18:22:00.001-05:002010-01-22T13:40:59.920-05:00A Quick Word about CommentsI think word verification and IDs hinder the free flow of ideas between intelligent people. Unfortunately it is morons who spam comments that make such steps necessary. Shame too, since I am about 75 days away from my SIXTH blogaversary and hadn't until now needed to take such measures. I apologize for the extra step.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-13292758096942158552010-01-20T12:50:00.002-05:002010-01-20T12:57:54.270-05:00I Feel Much Better About Tomorrow<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4290221681/" title="192xX"><img alt="192xX" src="http://static.flickr.com/4052/4290221681_25c2e4130d_m.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4290221681/" title="192xX"> </a><br /><br /><br />Why? Because at least now the Republicans can prevent Obamacare from being forced down our throats. The Democrats have to honestly work a deal palatable to Republicans. The runaway train to socialism has slowed a bit.<br /><br />Congratulations to newly elected Senator Scott Brown; Republican.Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11998181.post-45613136545752765802010-01-19T14:40:00.004-05:002010-01-20T18:14:18.103-05:00WWMLKD<span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4288284995/" title="mlk_lincolnmemorial"> <img alt="mlk_lincolnmemorial" src="http://static.flickr.com/4054/4288284995_5749a85847_m.jpg" /> </a></span><span id="flock-breadcrumb"><br />
</span><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10220063@N08/4288284719/" title="obamaEmancipationProc"> </a></span>Yesterday was the federal holiday known as Martin Luther King’s Birthday, a day set aside to honor the birth of a man who did much for the people of this nation; all people not just black people. I have posted about Dr. King before and have said before that many of the opportunities that I have had which led me to where I am today are due in part to the work of Dr. King. <br />
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So I was enjoying my day off from work and thinking about Dr. King and our first Black President (if you don’t count Bill Clinton who claimed the title for himself). President Obama would not be President now if it weren’t for the struggles of Dr. King. The President made speeches and served food in a homeless shelter and dedicated a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation to the memory of Dr. King. <br />
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I found the President’s activities curious. You see I think if Dr. Martin Luther King were alive today, he would have little to do with and little good to say about Barack Hussein Obama. Dr. King’s approach to social change was to make America actually live up to the beliefs it professed. A copy of the Constitution would have been more appropriately displayed in the White House since it gave and guarantees freedom for all men born in this country, not the Emancipation Proclamation. President Obama wants to force change down the throats of Americans. And he is not above back room deal making to forward his socialist agenda. He has little respect for the Constitution. <br />
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And that point would be the biggest split between Dr. King and President Obama. I believe Dr. King would insist that Barack Obama prove beyond all doubt that he IS an American Citizen and therefore qualifies to be President. I think he would call on the President to cease the closed door sessions of congress on Obamacare and live up to his promise of transparency in government.<br />
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Of course I can’t prove any of this. Dr. King was human and had his failings. Had he lived until today would he be as respected as he was in the late sixties or would he be a politically impotent has-been like Jesse Jackson and other survivors of that time?Dane Bramagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368506914343732128noreply@blogger.com0