Bi-Monthly News Digest I 4/09

March 31, 2009.
Black Leader Speaks Against the Radical Underpinnings of Obama’s Bailout Agenda.

Washington, DC – President Barack Obama has now laid the groundwork for sweeping government intervention in the free market with his announcement of new government requirements for its continued support for struggling American automakers…The National Center For Public Policy Research.

April 2, 2009.
Videos from Blackfive, IDFnadesk, and MachoSauceProductions:

Brothers at War: Interview with Jake Rademacher, Part Two.
Brothers at War: Interview with Jake Rademacher, Part One.

Hamas Gunmen Attempt to Plant Explosives Along Security Fence in Gaza.

Card Checkin’.

April 3, 2009.
Two Young Iranian Christian Women in Notorious Evin Prison.

On March 5th 2009, two Iranian Christian women, Miss Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad (30), and Miss Maryam Rustampoor (27), were arrested by the Iranian security forces. Their only crime is that they are committed Christians who follow the teachings of Jesus. They are being unfairly labeled as ‘anti-government activists’, because of the hostility of the government towards practising Christians…40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for Iran. [To be included in praying for the Christians in Iran, e-mail PrayForIran here.

April 5, 2009.
Taliban Beating Girl.
Luang Prabang, Laos.

A concerned reader passed this along. Gateway Pundit posted commentary and a video link of Taliban savages flogging a girl in public. I recommend viewing this disturbing video. While watching, one can only dream of a bunch of U.S. Marines bursting in to confront these savages man to man. Please watch the video on Gateway Pundit — Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback — and spread the link far and wide. Michael Yon.

April 6, 2009.
American Guns and Mexicans.

It would appear that the Mexico situation carries enough emotional potential – in North America – to dwarf anything we saw on Iraq. Afghanistan is more like a martial metronome, or a software program that’s running in the background; we only notice when it crashes. Mexico, however…Michael Yon online.

April 7, 2009.
A Picture for You.
Luang Prabang, Laos

The sun had already set when I settled the bill at l’Elephant and walked up the darkening street away from the Mekong. This small town with French ambiance and Asian culture is calming, very calming compared to the wars…Michael Yon online.

April 9, 2009.
More Pictures for You.
Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

This morning some monks performed a ritual under a tree near my door. I did not want to intrude upon their tranquility with a camera, so I modestly enjoyed the moment, knowing that in just a few days I would walk into another, very different land…Michael Yon online.

April 10, 2009.
More videos from MachoSauceProductions and other videos of interest:
Ol’ skool Battlestar Galactica fan.

Al-Qassam Brigades.
Al Qaeda Orientation Video.
Quick Update.
1980 Republican National Convention.
Hamas ya noor il ayn (Best Nasheed ever).

Trace Adkins at the CMAs – Til the Last Shots Fired.

The Wounded Warrior Project will receive a portion of the proceeds when you buy the “Live” version of “Til the Last Shot’s Fired” to your iPod. Keep the tissues nearby for the video: Til the Last Shot’s Fired. It’s all about the Warriors…

Elyse – President, Board Member – Eagles UP!
www.eaglesup.us.

April 11, 2009.
American soldiers who vanished without a trace are found. Finally they come home. Joe Galloway tells the story. Hat tip: Michael Yon.

April 12, 2009.
Obama Youth Brigade: Church Attendance Forbidden.
By Jonas Clark

…The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.” That means no church attendance or witnessing…Again, is this what America voted for? Here is part of the HR1388 Bill’s wording:…SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS…Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575)…The Voice Magazine. Hat tip: Patty @ Smart Girl Politics.

April 13, 2009.
Thailand Cracking?
Posted from Malaysia.

[This dispatch is in the “RUBS” format. (Rough, Unedited and Barely Spell checked.) I can convey much more information and more timely by occasionally bursting out via stream of consciousness.]…Back in October 2008, I emailed Dana Lewis, an interesting journalist who was traveling between Afghanistan, Dubai and Moscow:…Michael Yon online.

May you walk with the LORD always, and when you cannot take another step, may He carry you the rest of the way until you can walk along side Him again.

Cross-posted @ , Rosemary’s Thoughts. Digg!

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Dearest Readers

Hello. How are you doing today? I am feeling very well, but I also am aware that I’ve been neglecting you. For this, I apologize. I have been so busy trying to catch up with all of my e-mail, the news, my research, my Tea Party (May 16th and July 4th), taxes, personal crises (is that how you spell the plural?), death of a personal friend (a while back), and a few more things. I’ve just been overwhelmed. I should not, however, have left you out of the loop. For that, I’m sorry.

I would like to keep informed of the news I’ve been reading and would like to comment on but cannot because I am so busy. Would you mind terribly if I just gave you the titles of my interersts? I may comment on them in this fashion. For a little while, though, it’s the best I think I can do.

Knowing myself, something will happen and I’ll just have to write about it, now that I’ve said this. You’ve heard of Murphy’s Law? lol.

Well, just wanted to stay in touch. I really enjoy your comments and input. I must go now. If there is something you would really like my input about or just my comment, just leave it in the comment section. I answer most of them as quickly as I can. Thank you, and God bless you all.

May you walk with the LORD always, and when you cannot take another step, may He carry you the rest of the way until you can walk along side Him again.

Cross-posted @ Rosemary’s Thoughts.

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Founders’ Daily Quote(s): 4/20-4/24/09

Monday, April 20, 2009.
“[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty – that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.”

–George Washington, General Orders, 23 August 1776

As is the same situation we face in these days of a government hostile to half of its citizens. They all have forgotten from whence comes their authority, and I assure you it is not from an unknown source. Let they wake up their dead bones and be alive once more, before the mighty fall as does with every arrogant tyrannical form of government, be it from within or without.

Tue. 4/21/09.
“But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations… This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.”

–John Adams, letter to H. Niles, 13 February 1818

Amen! And may it flow through every red-blooded American forevermore.

Wed. 4/22/09.
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”

–Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, 6 April 1816

Thu. 4/23/09.
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.”

–James Madison, Federalist No. 45

We are guarantteed a republican form of government. Without this form of government, there can be no liberty. My dear friends, we have lost our republican form of government through the decades of misuse and abuse of the Constitution. Whenever we challenge this fact, we are told to shut up, go away, we don’t what we’re talking about. I beg to differ. It is our government and an uneducated graduates who are wrong and who have stolen our Liberty, and it is we who have allowed this perversion to occur. What say you now?

Fri. 4/24/09.
“Besides, to lay and collect internal taxes in this extensive country must require a great number of congressional ordinances, immediately operation upon the body of the people; these must continually interfere with the state laws and thereby produce disorder and general dissatisfaction till the one system of laws or the other, operating upon the same subjects, shall be abolished.”

–Federal Farmer, Antifederalist Letter, 10 October 1787

See? I’m not the only one that can see this. It was foreseen and foretold! Let’s abolish the IRS now! 😉

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