Hey, whats going on?
This week has been flying by so so fast. First off, amazing news. So President Dickerson, my Branch President, this last friday was at work and always eats lunch at 1130. But for some reason it completely blew his mind and so he ran across the street from his work to get something to eat. It was this little Mexican restaurant. SO he got his food and went and sat in the corner and was eating facing the wall, well this guy who came over an was talking to him, this guy was the owner of the restaurant. So he asked if he could sit by President Dickerson and he of course let him. They started to talk and the owner was saying how he joined the church about 10 years ago and taht he feeds the missionaries for free because they brought him the truth. So President Dickerson asked of there was anything he could do to help pay for the expenses that the missionaries have racked up. And the owner said no that it was his pleasure, and then asked if there was anything that he could do for President Dickerson. Jokingly President Dickerson said you could get me some visas for my missionaries. The owner said whats wrong with them. President Dickerson siad the Consilate was dragging his feet for whatever reason and was only allowing 10 to get theirs a week. The owner then looked around real quick and then leaned in real close and said that his uncle was the President of Mexico. ANd that he would call him and have him call the Consilate and get things moving. Crazy huh???
Well its almost been a week since that happened. Word is that 60 missionaries are recieving their visas and leaving by Saturday or Monday. This is such an amazing story. There are no such things as coincidences, there is only Divine Guidance. There was a reason that President Dickerson forgot about lunch that one day.
But everything is going so awesome here. I got to go to a temple session finally. For the first time since i got here. Cuz its been closed for 3 weeks and the other week I was with Elder Woodland at a Doctors Appointment. But it was so freakin amazing.
My new companions are really cool, Elder Miller and Elder Christansean, there are amazing Elders and we are getting along great. We taught the first lesson for the first time in Spanish and I love it. Spanish is so so amazing and I'm loving the challenge of learning the language. I've truly been blessed with the gift of tongues and I know it and I thank the Lord everyday for it.
We had Bishop Edgley come and speak to us this last Sunday from the Presiding Bishopric. It was such a good talk. The talks are so amazing here, alot of them are from emeritus quorum of the seventy but they are still amazing.
Our teacher Hermano Allen took a job with the Spain Consilate so we got a new teacher. It this little short Guatamalean woman. She so lil and cute I could just fold her up and put here in my bag and take her with me.hahaha, jk, but she is an awesome teacher. Well I'm attempting starting tomorrow to do a whole week only in Spanish, I'm so excited, no English.
Everyone is in great health here and I'm loving it, the food is great and so are all the arrangments dad. And i dont have another email for that person, lo siento. And mom yes some of the Elders have started from scratch, but after 5 weeks it amazing what you can learn and know. The Elders here are so awesome. I've been playing basketball with theis Elder who is like 6'5'', and played at Dixie. He really good and dunks it all the time, its so sweet. Him and everyone else here are trying to convince me to move to Utah and go to BYU after the mission. hahaha, we'll see.
But everything is going great, the Elder that was sick is all better, exactly a week after he started to be sick, he was up playin basketball. All is well.
I love you all and hope that all is well.
Love
Elder Howard
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Coming Islamic Tidalwave
This was created by some film makers in the Netherlands. This video has already been pulled by many sites, so I thought that I might post here because I found it chilling about what is going on around the world in the name of Islam.
There are some graphic images in this, so be warned. This is a view of what is coming our way if we are not careful!
Terry Anderson on Barak Obama -- Must Read!
TERRY ANDERSON, A BLACK LOS ANGELES TALK RADIO HOST, WENT DOWN A LIST OF THINGS SENATOR OBAMA HAS SAID THAT ARN'T EXACTLY CORRECT.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Obama's Not Exactlys
Obama's Not Exactlys:
1.) Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google'Obama Selma ' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and for more.
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language.. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya , his father's family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more.....go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African
7.) I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article 'Obama was 'quite religious in islam' http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.' This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says 'Obama's narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.'
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first..
16.) Voting 'Present' is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel .
30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.
31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.
33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
34.) I Don't Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
35.) I don't Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
36.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.
39.) My uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp - NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russan army did the liberating.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Obama's Not Exactlys
Obama's Not Exactlys:
1.) Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google'Obama Selma ' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and for more.
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language.. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya , his father's family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more.....go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African
7.) I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article 'Obama was 'quite religious in islam' http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.' This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says 'Obama's narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.'
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first..
16.) Voting 'Present' is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel .
30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.
31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.
33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
34.) I Don't Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
35.) I don't Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
36.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.
39.) My uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp - NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russan army did the liberating.
Ken Blackwell on Barak Obama
The article is authentic and was written by Ken Blackwell, an African American conservative columnist. This column appeared on Townhall.com on March 14, 2008.
Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment for the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. He is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for Townhall.com
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Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.
We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender.
Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.
The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.
Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.
Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial 'beauty.'
Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.
Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on 'the rich.' How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.
Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, 'All praise and glory to God!' but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have 'hijacked' - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and pr omises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and Sa n Francisco values, not Middle America values.
The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of 'bringing America together' means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandon ing any conflicting beliefs.
But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.
Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment for the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. He is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for Townhall.com
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Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.
We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender.
Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.
The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.
Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.
Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial 'beauty.'
Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.
Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on 'the rich.' How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.
Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, 'All praise and glory to God!' but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have 'hijacked' - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and pr omises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and Sa n Francisco values, not Middle America values.
The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of 'bringing America together' means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandon ing any conflicting beliefs.
But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Dusty's Email -- 7/24/2008
So i just had this huge letter typed up and then the computer restarted and i only got 8 minutes.
So everything is going great and the Lord is blessing me with the language and learning the Gospel. My whole district has only been speaking Spanish and we still got 5 weeks left. Its already been a month, crazy huh? Well all is well, the Elder who got really sick is still really sick but it seems like he's getting better. The last week has been really stressful, but we've pushed through it together and the Lord has blessed us so much. We know that, and recognize it.
How's Lynette and Ryan, i havent heard from them in a while. I'm glad to hear you guys texted Mike, I hope he's doing well. And I've been writing with Kevin and I'll get his emial address to you later.
Thanks for all your support and prayers. I truly appreciate it. I've been called as the music person for our zone and I love it. The Gospel is true and I wish that I could write a longer update but i gotta go.
So everything is going great and the Lord is blessing me with the language and learning the Gospel. My whole district has only been speaking Spanish and we still got 5 weeks left. Its already been a month, crazy huh? Well all is well, the Elder who got really sick is still really sick but it seems like he's getting better. The last week has been really stressful, but we've pushed through it together and the Lord has blessed us so much. We know that, and recognize it.
How's Lynette and Ryan, i havent heard from them in a while. I'm glad to hear you guys texted Mike, I hope he's doing well. And I've been writing with Kevin and I'll get his emial address to you later.
Thanks for all your support and prayers. I truly appreciate it. I've been called as the music person for our zone and I love it. The Gospel is true and I wish that I could write a longer update but i gotta go.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Dusty's Email -- 7/17/2008
“Hey
Well this week has been great and the package that i received was awesome mom and dad thank you so much. But today is a sad day because my companion left to go home. About two days ago he asked me a couple of real serious questions which I answered for him, and he then began to go into all these interviews with the Branch President and the District Presidency. The last two days I've spent more time studying in a waiting room than ever before. But I had my thoughts about what the meetings were about, and yesterday in the last meeting he was told that he was going home the next day.
He was telling everyone that it was his body that needed more time to heal. But my suspicions turned into actual truth when I was told last night by the Branch President that he was going home for other reasons. It was real sad and hard. I loved that Elder and served him and tried my best to make sure that he was comfortable, and that he caught up to where everyone was. It was just kinda disappointing. This morning I told him that I knew and I told him basically what the Branch President told me he needed to do, that he needed to humble himself and get rid of the pride that held him back from clearing stuff up. It’s just kinda a downer.
But on a happier note, on Sunday I heard a story in Priesthood meeting about the Mission President in Scotland a little while ago, The President asked what there number of baptisms were the year before, and he was told 9. So the President called everyone in the entire mission together and told them to send either their Bible home or themselves, so everyone sent their Bibles home and the baptisms the next year went to 125. So here we get to teach the lessons, and I've put my Bible away for this week and only taught the lessons from the Book of Mormon, and relied on the Lord to guide which way the discussion goes. And it’s the most amazing thing!!! I love it!!! The Book of Mormon is so amazing. Every lesson I've taught from it and just knew the things that I needed to hit, but told the Lord that I was gonna rely on Him to lead the discussion, and He did it. The Book of Mormon is amazing!!! It the most correct of all the books on this here planet. I love it so much and am continuing to gain a deeper testimony of its power. It will stand on its own, despite what others say. We don’t need proof from the Bible, the Book of Mormon is all thae we need. So read it daily.
I love you all. Things are going great and the language is going amazing, and so learning the Gospel. And I love waking up every day and getting ready for a packed day of missionary work.
Continue to pray for the visas, yeah the missionaries that have been called to Russia the last like 3 or 4 months are getting their calls changed to like Cali or somewhere local. My friend Jeremy, Jason’s cousin, I think is the last ones allowed to go. So he barely made it. But the word is that visas may start going through beginning of August. So keep praying for it. The church is true and I love to hear from everyone about how things are going. If you write me i will write back. Promise.
Love Dusty
P.S. How's CJ? Haven’t heard from him in awhile
Well this week has been great and the package that i received was awesome mom and dad thank you so much. But today is a sad day because my companion left to go home. About two days ago he asked me a couple of real serious questions which I answered for him, and he then began to go into all these interviews with the Branch President and the District Presidency. The last two days I've spent more time studying in a waiting room than ever before. But I had my thoughts about what the meetings were about, and yesterday in the last meeting he was told that he was going home the next day.
He was telling everyone that it was his body that needed more time to heal. But my suspicions turned into actual truth when I was told last night by the Branch President that he was going home for other reasons. It was real sad and hard. I loved that Elder and served him and tried my best to make sure that he was comfortable, and that he caught up to where everyone was. It was just kinda disappointing. This morning I told him that I knew and I told him basically what the Branch President told me he needed to do, that he needed to humble himself and get rid of the pride that held him back from clearing stuff up. It’s just kinda a downer.
But on a happier note, on Sunday I heard a story in Priesthood meeting about the Mission President in Scotland a little while ago, The President asked what there number of baptisms were the year before, and he was told 9. So the President called everyone in the entire mission together and told them to send either their Bible home or themselves, so everyone sent their Bibles home and the baptisms the next year went to 125. So here we get to teach the lessons, and I've put my Bible away for this week and only taught the lessons from the Book of Mormon, and relied on the Lord to guide which way the discussion goes. And it’s the most amazing thing!!! I love it!!! The Book of Mormon is so amazing. Every lesson I've taught from it and just knew the things that I needed to hit, but told the Lord that I was gonna rely on Him to lead the discussion, and He did it. The Book of Mormon is amazing!!! It the most correct of all the books on this here planet. I love it so much and am continuing to gain a deeper testimony of its power. It will stand on its own, despite what others say. We don’t need proof from the Bible, the Book of Mormon is all thae we need. So read it daily.
I love you all. Things are going great and the language is going amazing, and so learning the Gospel. And I love waking up every day and getting ready for a packed day of missionary work.
Continue to pray for the visas, yeah the missionaries that have been called to Russia the last like 3 or 4 months are getting their calls changed to like Cali or somewhere local. My friend Jeremy, Jason’s cousin, I think is the last ones allowed to go. So he barely made it. But the word is that visas may start going through beginning of August. So keep praying for it. The church is true and I love to hear from everyone about how things are going. If you write me i will write back. Promise.
Love Dusty
P.S. How's CJ? Haven’t heard from him in awhile
Friday, July 11, 2008
Dusty's Email -- 7/10/2008
hey
Happy Birthday Dad!!! Hope your birthday went great.
Hey everything is going great here, I'm loving it. We taught a family yesterday and it went so well and the Spirit was so strong and my companion and me both said things that I dont think that we prepared to say. It was so awesome, and before that, we had to speak Spanish and ge tto know someone and everything about them, like famly and hobbies and stuff like that, and I spoke great and so did my companion.
Thank you for your prayers, please pray that visas will go through, its getting pretty bad, please pray that the consolate of Mexico will soften his heart. Oh and mom thank you for the letters ... Anyway its almost laundry time and I gotta write a few more letters by hand, but the church is true and there is no way it cant be, despite obstacles, its true.
Love
Elder Howard
Happy Birthday Dad!!! Hope your birthday went great.
Hey everything is going great here, I'm loving it. We taught a family yesterday and it went so well and the Spirit was so strong and my companion and me both said things that I dont think that we prepared to say. It was so awesome, and before that, we had to speak Spanish and ge tto know someone and everything about them, like famly and hobbies and stuff like that, and I spoke great and so did my companion.
You guys had some questions for me:
- The food is gerat and I'm loving every meal, its true that it does give everyone gas, but hey, its food, and buffet style.
- I dont need anymore hangers I'm good there but thanks.
- A present we got on the 4th of July was to stay up past curfew and see the show that BYU put on, and it was amazing.
- I'm not really lacking anything, except pictures, i would love to get some pictures of family, friends whoever. I really want that one by the computer in the dining room of todd kelsey and me.
- We've had geat devotionals and we've had to members of the Emeritus Quorum of the Seventy come and speak and they were awesome. Elder Morrison was my favorite and he spoke on opposition, and how nothing great comes without great opposition and that the Lord will not show you the great thing until after you've been tested and tried. It was a great talk. It was said in our little meeting after the devotional with the Elders in my district, that as we endure through our trials faithfully, we begin to take steps towards Gethsemane. We begin, though we wont ever fully comprehend, to take steps towards the Savior and his Atonement for us. It was extremly powerful, thats not exactly what was said, but the jist of it.
- The language is coming great, and I'm excelling ahead of my class a little bit and setting goals that seem really hard, but I'm reaching them everyweek, and opening up my vocab.
- Stamps just send me a single book, and then I'll let you know if i need more.
- We dont excercise on pday or sunday, but the other 5 days we get almost an hour of gym.
Thank you for your prayers, please pray that visas will go through, its getting pretty bad, please pray that the consolate of Mexico will soften his heart. Oh and mom thank you for the letters ... Anyway its almost laundry time and I gotta write a few more letters by hand, but the church is true and there is no way it cant be, despite obstacles, its true.
Love
Elder Howard
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Dusty's Email -- 7/3/2008
Here is the email that we got from Dusty after his first week in the MTC:
"Hey Family,
Hey thank you so much for the package mom. I had to buy stamps this last Monday to be able to get out a few letters and I was gonna ask you guys to send me some. But then I got your package. The MTC is so amazing. The Spirit here is insane. I love it so so much. And I'm so glad that I chose to serve a mission and I'm not ever in the field yet.
My district has about 12 other elders in it. Most of them are going to my mission. My companion showed up Monday. He had a minor surgery and is now here. His name is Elder Woodland. He's from Sacramento and is going to my same mission. He's such a nice guy and me and him are tearing up teaching and learning the language. We taught a 101 year old man the other day and we were trying to teach him the first lesson but he kept asking all these questions about different things in the church, and so we kept trying to move the conversation back to the topic but it was a true testimony about teaching by the Spirit. We answered every question he had. It was so awesome. We went to the temple today and did some initatories. It was so cool.
I got all my laundry done and am getting ready for class tonight. So my p-day is Thursday, so those are the days that I can email you guys. But I can get emails from anyone but right now I can only respond to family through email, and everyone else I can see emails but i have to respond through mail.
But my email is elderdustyhoward@myldsmail.net.
Again thanks for everything, but what is going on with the babies? Lynette hinted at something in a letter, but i have no idea what she meant. Thank you for your support and prayers, I truly appreciate them and I hope that you all have a great week and remember that the church is true, no matter what.
Love you all
Elder Howard"
"Hey Family,
Hey thank you so much for the package mom. I had to buy stamps this last Monday to be able to get out a few letters and I was gonna ask you guys to send me some. But then I got your package. The MTC is so amazing. The Spirit here is insane. I love it so so much. And I'm so glad that I chose to serve a mission and I'm not ever in the field yet.
My district has about 12 other elders in it. Most of them are going to my mission. My companion showed up Monday. He had a minor surgery and is now here. His name is Elder Woodland. He's from Sacramento and is going to my same mission. He's such a nice guy and me and him are tearing up teaching and learning the language. We taught a 101 year old man the other day and we were trying to teach him the first lesson but he kept asking all these questions about different things in the church, and so we kept trying to move the conversation back to the topic but it was a true testimony about teaching by the Spirit. We answered every question he had. It was so awesome. We went to the temple today and did some initatories. It was so cool.
I got all my laundry done and am getting ready for class tonight. So my p-day is Thursday, so those are the days that I can email you guys. But I can get emails from anyone but right now I can only respond to family through email, and everyone else I can see emails but i have to respond through mail.
But my email is elderdustyhoward@myldsmail.net.
Again thanks for everything, but what is going on with the babies? Lynette hinted at something in a letter, but i have no idea what she meant. Thank you for your support and prayers, I truly appreciate them and I hope that you all have a great week and remember that the church is true, no matter what.
Love you all
Elder Howard"
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