To Everything There is a Season

The Internet has a graveyard littered with discarded and abandoned blogs.

People lose interest or other interests intervene. Life throws you a huge curve ball, death, divorce, job loss and your priories change. Some how giving your two cents just isn't as important any more in the larger scheme of things.

Been pretty quiet here as it has been awhile since I been here, seems funny in an away, like visiting your old neighborhood and ruminating over your life and who you were back then

I became a tea party organizer Feb. 27th 2009 and I still posted here but the demands of posting here and two others sites, necessitated making a choice

So nowadays I exclusively post on my "tea party" site Grassroots in Michigan and send out a Newsletter to several thousand across the state. Busy, busyness

However, the Bible said in; To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:..." (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

And so there is.

So I'll return here exclusively, but it won't be the same "The World According to Me" because I am not the same. The years since 2009 have been filled with immeasurable personal highs and lows, stress, lose, triumphs, and tragedies. I am tested and tired

The realization that nothing really does stay the same and whenever corruptible men are involved (as such IS the nature of man) most often times, "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof..." (Ecclesiastes 7: 8)

Nevertheless, the most valuable "purpose under heaven" is really simple, Love God and Love you fellow man. Live your life as unfettered by other's expectations as any of your own that are apart from the will of God.

But what is God' will for my life and yours? "He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)

JUST IN! HB 6075: A necessary step to regulate abortion coverage under national healthcare if the Cox lawsuit is not successful

State Representative Paul Opsommer announced today the introduction of HB 6075, which he said was a necessary step to regulate abortion coverage under national healthcare if the Cox lawsuit is not successful.

"I do not trust a temporary executive order to make sure we're not using taxpayer money to perform abortions", said Opsommer.

Either do we!

Posting from a remote location deep in the Hiawatha National Forest in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan (on vacation at last :)

HB 6075

STRIKE DAY! Taking It Up a Notch ( A Poll)

STRIKE DAY! Taking It Up a Notch

Robert of San Jose, CA, a feisty Constitution lover started the ball-rolling on this idea and I’m so glad to have the privilege of working with him.

STRIKE DAY
The Federal Government has gone over the edge.
While we have a deficit of $65 trillion+, the 111th Congress and our President just keep spending, spending, spending. Our elected representatives are ramming pieces of legislation into law faster than a speeding bullet and they don’t even know what’s in them.

Our money supply is controlled by a shady, extra-constitutional entity that has no oversight and carte blanche to print monopoly money at will, devaluing our currency and implementing a stealth tax by way of inflation.

Money is just a uniform way of valuing a product, good, service, or time. When you work, you are being compensated for your time. When government taxes you, they are taking some of your time, taking some of your life away.

Since government spending has reached levels so far beyond what can possibly be repayed without levels of taxation well into the future that are astronomical, government will be taking more and more of our time, more of our lives away. Based upon what has already been spent, government will be taking a lot of our childrens’ and grandchildrens’ time, and lives too.
Many of us know – THIS MUST STOP!

We make phone calls, we send faxes, and emails to the point of locking up websites and switchboards, where staffers shut off fax machines, but they’re still not getting the message.
We’ve taken to the streets in the millions at Tea Parties and they still do not get the message.

Since our previous efforts to get through to government don’t seem adequate by themselves to get the point across, and we cannot wait until 2010 to vote people out of Congress, we need to take further action:

It’s time to crank it up a notch!

We need to hit government right where it currently lives; in it's pocketbook. Government’s pocketbook is tax dollars.

Government entities tax every aspect of our daily lives from the income earned through our jobs, homes we live in, phones, we communication services we use such as, our phones and Internet, gas we put in our cars, our leisure activities from the adult beverages we may drink to the hotels we stay in on vacation. Even in death, the government wants a cut through estate / inheritance taxes. All of these activities are some form of commerce from which layers of government benefit.

In order to get the message across that it is time for government to be reduced in size and power to its proper role, we must choke off access to our money by shutting down as many avenues of tax collection as possible.

We propose a STRIKE, meaning that anyone who agrees that government is over the edge, pledges to refrain from all exchange of commerce.

What would a strike entail?

Do not go to work.
Shut down your business.
Do not shop for goods or services such as gas, groceries, movie rentals, clothing, fast food, pizza delivery, car maintenance, hair cuts, etc., etc.
Do engage in any banking transactions of any kind such as ATMs, drive thru, loan closings, etc.
Do not make major purchases such as a car, appliances, property, or a TV.
Do not engage in financial markets such as stock transactions, 401k account changes, etc.
There is NO question that this requires sacrifice from everyone who participates.
We do not suggest that if you are in an employment situation that is tenuous due to a downturn in your industry, that you risk the loss of your job. Go to work if that’s the case. You can do your part by otherwise not engaging in any commerce whatsoever.

A strike could be effective if it were one time thing BEFORE Congress leaves for the August break. We propose Friday, July 31.

A strike could be even more effective if we do it once a month (the last Friday) thereafter UNTIL WE GET THE DESIRED RESULTS.


What say you?

This is what comes from NOT thinking…and lack of leadership

This is what comes from NOT thinking…and lack of leadership

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This particular instance of Rep. Barrett just reveals some of the many symptoms of the cancers that are eating away at this country. Neither the organizers, nor for sure, could the “Honorable” Barrett possibly “get it”.

Let’s leave the Tea Party organizers out of it, though.

Just how completely out of touch with reality must a U.S. Congressman be to show up to speak at an event, the very purpose of which is to protest, among other things, the thing he himself had done?

He deserved every bit of scorn he received that day. The only thing that requires more utter ignorance than showing up to speak at a Tea Party is that he stayed on the stage so long.

Join Us for a Taxpayers "Nationwide Chicago Tea Party" in Michigan!

CNBC’s Rick Santelli called earlier this week, backed by mortgage traders, for a “Nationwide Chicago Tea Party” to protest the ObamaAdministration’s Pork Laden Stimulus plan.

The Boston Tea Party was an act of direct protest by American Colonists demanding representation in the British Government.They became known as the original patriots.

As the bailouts spiral out of control, we are forced to fund failed banks. With foreclosures on the rise, we are made the collateral of out-of-control spending . And, when the bills come due, the IRS knocks on the door of self-responsibility.

ENOUGH!

Join With Thousands of Patriots Across the Country!
As We Declare Our Independence from Big Government Bailouts!

Friday, February 27th
High Noon
Michigan State Capitol
100 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI

Enough with the Pork!
We bring home the bacon and we want to keep it!

Bring Your Tea Bags, Protest Signs and American Flags!
Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism. - Thomas Paine

Questions or to Confirm Attendance: apackof2@gmail.com

Join an Anti-Stimulus Protest "Tea Party" in a City Near You!

Michelle Malkin

We got the anti-stimulus, anti-entitlement protest ball rolling — and now the movement, spurred further by CNBC host Rick Santelli’s call for a “Chicago Tea Party,” is really taking off.

Michael Patrick Leahy of Top Conservatives on Twitter and his crew (including me,@apackof2 on Twitter) are spearheading “simultaneous local tea parties around the country, beginning in Chicago, and including Washington DC, Fayetteville NC, San Diego CA, Omaha Nebraska, and dozens of other locations” for next Friday.

Time: February 27, 2009 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: Chicago, Washington DC, other cities, Twitter
Go to OfficialChicagoTeaParty.com for all the info.
CHECK BACK FOR VENUE LOCATIONS IN ALL CITIES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE!

Co-sponsors of the events with #TCOT include #DONTGO, Smart Girl Politics, Americans for Tax Reform, Heartland Institute, and American Spectator Magazine.

For Twitters: The tea parties will be “simultweeted” with the hashtag #teaparty.