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This Thanksgiving, my husband and I were deeply aware of the many things we have to be thankful for — chief among them being the fact that we are once again living in the United States. As most of you know, we spent 15 months in England, pursuing (but not precisely living) a lifelong dream. Those 15 months made us appreciate so many things that, as Americans, we take for granted. Freedom, for example. One thing I’ve always taken for granted is that if a civil authority (e.g., the police) wishes to enter my home, a warrant is required to...

Metroplex Hospital in Killeen has sent out the following statement on behalf of Kimberly Munley and her family. "Kimberly Munley and family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation for all of the thoughts and concerns surrounding Kim from around the nation. They are deeply touched by the outpouring of strength, thoughts and prayers that have been sent their way. At this time, the main concern for Kim's family is her safe and rapid recovery. The family would also like to extend their heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the tragedy on Fort Hood. Mrs. Munley is very...

Is the New IRS Wealth Squad Coming for You? Smart Money, Oct. 27, 2009 Being wealthy has its downsides, chief among them the higher risk of an IRS audit. Now, amid the continuing debate over whether the government is doing enough to combat financial fraud, comes news that gives the uber-wealthy – or maybe even the “merely” wealthy – yet another reason to fear Uncle Sam’s attention. In a speech before the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AICPA, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman announced the recent formation of a new unit, dubbed Global High Wealth Industry Group, which will focus on the...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Three teenagers who say they were tossed from a New Jersey ballpark for sitting through the song "God Bless America" are suing the minor league Newark Bears.

CLEARWATER — Stung by fierce criticism, the Clearwater City Council on Monday canceled a plan to remove about a dozen flagpoles and American flags from city property to save money. "We're going to leave all the flags as is," Mayor Frank Hibbard said after a lengthy and contentious discussion of the topic at a council meeting Monday morning. Council members criticized City Manager Bill Horne for not telling them about the flag removal plan that city staffers had come up with. Instead, the council first learned about it from the St. Petersburg Times. Council member George Cretekos said Horne had...

D-Day:Overlooking Normandy From the Air Today, June 6, D-Day, my thoughts, prayers are with those brave men who fought for us all, to all those who gavetheir lives on the beaches of Normandy. This is my heartfelt memorial, in eternal gratitude to all those who helped save the world from tyranny, evil. God Bless You All. God Bless America. Life Magazine has provided the public with a priceless treasure having opened up its complete image archives available via Google Images. Those of you unaware of the availability of Life Magazine's images are in for a rare treat. Life Magazine http://www.life.com/...

Obama Repeats '90 Percent' Stat for U.S. Guns Recovered in Mexico The White House stands by the president's use of the word "recovered" in describing the role firearms smuggled from the U.S. play in Mexico's drug war. By Major Garrett FOXNews.com Sunday, April 19, 2009 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- What's the difference between "recovered" and "traceable" when it comes to firearms seized in Mexico's bloody war against drug cartels? The White House says none. But that's a distinction with a difference, even if President Obama used the words interchangeably last week to talk about the role firearms smuggled from...

Friends, Americans, conservatives; lend me your ears. I come to praise George W. Bush, not to bury him; I'll leave that to our famously unbiased media. *snip* We can also be pretty certain that his departure will not feature the ransacking of the Oval Office and Air Force One, or the sophomoric removal of the "O's" from White House keyboards. If, as has been the case for his entire presidency, he is true to his word, he will be as magnanimous to his successor as he was to his predecessor; notwithstanding the disrespect he received at the hands of both.

I was just looking at my favorite videos on youtube and came across this one once again. It is a great video, aside from the screaming rock and the cursing (however, I do like the heavy metal screaming) It is a great video and I would encourage everyone to view that one and the ones related. all great videos!!

A historic Senate runoff in Georgia is shaping up as a political battle royal that could hand complete control of Congress to President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. The Dec. 2 special election comes on the heels of the Nov. 4 election in which incumbent Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss outpolled liberal Democratic challenger Jim Martin. But Chambliss fell just short of the 50-percent margin that Georgia law requires.

Now is the time for all men and women of goodwill to commit to praying for the president elect. God is still in control. Maybe he has humbled us. Maybe he has decided that we are too proud, too selfish, too...whatever. Yes, it's going to be hard, but this is a good test of our character. Will we respond with hatred, bitterness, and despair, or with the eternal hope that our God is in control? We have a choice. If you don't think that God can use a man like Obama, then your God is much too small. Remember -...

Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale. Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on real estate Web site Loopnet recommends that the buildings be torn down and a high-rise take their place. Preservationists and tenants aren't happy... Tin Pan Alley housed a concentration of music publishers and songwriters from the 1890s to the 1950s.

Palin’s Radical Pastor Calls on God to ‘Bless’ USA by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 2 Comments (2008-09-06) — In the days following Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointment as John McCain’s running mate, Americans have grown increasingly concerned about her brand of radical Christianity. A new recording released to the media today by Barack Obama’s campaign, gives definitive proof that Gov. Palin’s pastor, in an emotional tirade, once called on God to “bless” America. The recording captured at Wasilla Bible Church, the Palin’s home congregation, will doubtless cause discomfort among educated Americans, and raises new questions about Gov. Palin’s worldview. “It’s...

Obviously over the last number of weeks we have on Sunday nights been addressing issues that are on our minds and hearts at this time in our nation when we had been subjected to terrorists' attacks. I'm trying to keep up with all of the nuances, all of the twists and turns in the road as we go and try to shed some biblical light on the issues at hand. One of the new features in our country in recent weeks is this obsession with "God Bless America." In itself certainly a nice tune and a well-crafted song that was...

One idea that I have tried to understand but cannot possibly fathom is the failed concept of American liberalism. While deceivingly free and independent, this traitorous definition of "equality" champions abolishment in place of opportunity, and resides on the sole principle that each should put in according to his ability, yet that each should receive according to his need. In an ideal, Utopian-like society without original sin, this idea could become reality. But in a world (like the one we live in) where this kind of society is blatantly unachievable, American liberalism shows its inability to keep in touch with...

America the beautiful, or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see. babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray We've kept God in our temples,how callous we have grown. When earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne. We've voted in a...

We have always been a moral and religious people — and evidently we are becoming more so, according to a January 2006 poll conducted by the Barna Research Group. The percentage of the United States that can be classified by their beliefs as “born again” (not self-identifying by that phrase) has risen in the last two decades from 31 percent to 45 percent. As one of the primary contributors to our founding documents and our second U.S. president, John Adams, cautioned, our government is wholly inadequate for a people who are not moral and religious. America was a new and...

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that...

What does it mean to be an American? What does our nation really stand for? Why, even though some people around the world claim to hate us, are we still the place where so many from so many other places dream of living? There’s no doubt that God has blessed the United States of America in an awesome way, and that he continues to do so. But with so much anti-Christian spin dominating our secular media and educational institutions, many Americans today might not realize that the U.S.A. was founded by men who unashamedly relied on God for his wisdom...

Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din: We Are Like a Bird Born in a Cage - America Broke the Cage Open, but the Bird Does Not Know How to Fly Following are excerpts from a TV debate with Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din, which aired on LBC TV on September 10, 2006. Iyad Jamal Al-Din: Blessed be America for giving Saddam a good kick, sending him straight into the abyss of jail. Blessed be America for giving Mula Omar a good slap, sending him straight into the garbage bin of history and into the dunghills of oblivion. These people were...

What do inmates at 166 federal prisons; an estimated 40,000 groups of various sizes meeting around the country in places like Mount Rushmore, churches and state capitols; and a gathering in the United States Congress have in common today? They are praying for our nation. And the God of the Universe will hear equally the prayers of every one of them as they seek his face with humble hearts. What an amazing, wonderful loving God. He is no respector pf persons and is not impressed by status. One only need bow their hearts and seek His face in order to...

No, seriously why won’t you listen to me? I’m not trying to change your mind. I’m just trying to understand where you’re coming from. Maybe I can get you to look at this from my point of view for once, minus all the hatred. Why won’t you listen to me? A bomb just exploded outside the gate and I can't sleep. I swear that’s true. I thought a mortar hit my room. (I found out later that it was a very large car bomb that killed four and wounded 40 Iraqi’s manning a local checkpoint – they are tired of...

The following photos may not necessarily be the best photos or the most important but they are chosen because they appeal to me and hopefully to you as well. It maybe because of the content, the expression on the face(s) or just an unusual photo. As there are so many photos I have split this thread into 2 the first one will be January - June and second one July - December 2007 As with the normal Day in the Life Thread I would request that photos are not posted until the all clear so that we have a chronology...

Post pics,news,speeches on the Fight for Victory Tour/Gathering of Eagles Pro Troop Rally

Every American needs to see "Rescue Dawn," in theaters nationwide today. If it's the only movie you see this year, you've done yourself a service at the box office. It is the best movie of the year. The silver screen story of Dieter Dengler--a Navy pilot shot down over Laos and imprisoned in a Vietcong POW camp--is not only a great movie. It is patriotic and uplifting. It is the story of survival against all odds, and the story of a man who refused to denounce his adopted country, the United States of America. And it is the story of...

Did you hear that high-pitched screeching noise Wednesday morning? That was the sound of thousands of liberal journalists shrieking in agony as Democrats on Capitol Hill failed to force surrender terms upon our troops serving in Iraq. The media were the biggest losers in Wednesday's vote on Iraq. The rest of the country was treated to their true feelings. You saw it on TV, read it in the newspapers, heard it on liberal radio. They were quite simply devastated that their allies in Congress couldn't make their call for "retreat" a reality. Things are about to get even worse for...

I LOVE AMERICA! (this will make you feel good) On this July 4, while we face enemies at home and abroad, and while it may be old-fashioned to feel patriotism, I hope you will enjoy this presentation. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

With Independence Day fast approaching, I was reflecting upon a Forbes magazine column, in which many of us celebrities and other notables were asked to answer the question, "What is the American Dream?" How would you answer the question? How some others answered Tom Brokaw replied, "To me, the American Dream is the freedom to choose to live how and where you want, to determine how you'll be governed and to provide your children with even more choices than you had." Kurt Russell believes, "…the American Dream has changed – now I believe it's a wish for freedom at no...

Dear American Soldier in Iraq: There are a few things you should know about how tens of millions of us back home feel about you and the fight you are waging. These things need to be said, especially now, given the fact that the head of one of America's two major political parties has announced that the war in Iraq is lost. This war has not been lost. What has happened is that many Americans, for all sorts of reasons -- some out of simple fatigue, some because they do not believe that war solves anything, some out of deep...

"You are privileged to be an American" I just heard these words from an unexpected source. I had called for technical support regarding my wireless router. I had to wait for a computer function to run, and while I waited the young man I was speaking with asked where I was from. From my "accent" he had guessed that I was an American, and I confirmed to him that I was. That is when I heard those words, and they are so true. He said that some people would be willing to kill to get here if necessary. He spoke...

Remote detection satellites are used by the intelligence branch of the military to conduct mind control exercises in the theater of war. All this technology is dependent upon the higher branches of particle physics and quantum mechanics. The array of satellites safe in deep space cover the entire earth making the mind control intelligence program widely successful. Be amazed as you view this military program break out of the box. Go to the following web site that shows a real-time mind control zombie being manipulated by satellite and the military. www.MindControlUSA.com

Starting October second, Alabama motorists will have a choice in the standard license plate: the"Stars Fell on Alabama" tag or the new "God Bless America" tag. Governor Riley used the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks to unveil the design of the "God Bless America"tag Monday. The ceremony was held at a Prattville fire station and was attended by more than 50 law enforcement officers and firefighters. The new tag features a waving American flag in the background and "God Bless America" across the bottom. Riley says it's a simple statement, but it has guided the country for...

The God Bless America poster that used to hang in the Lompoc post office lobby is now in the back room out of public view. That's the way Lompoc resident Matt Hughes likes it. Hughes, a vocal atheist and advocate for the separation of church and state, was offended by the sign and complained to the postmaster, who ordered it taken down last month. The red, white and blue poster has a large American flag above the words “God Bless America.” Post office employees were as offended as Hughes, not by the poster but by the postmaster's decision. “We're just...

Always: A singer’s journey through the life of Irving Berlinhttp://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1998/7/1998_7_74.shtml http://tinyurl.com/mnk6m American Heritage Magazine November 1998 Volume 49, Issue 7 BY SUSANNA McCORKLE Like most baby boomers, I grew up hearing his songs and taking them for granted. I never gave a thought to who Irving Berlin was or how he had come to write the music that flowed through our lives. In the 1970s I saw a newspaper photograph of him singing “God Bless America” in the Nixon White House during Watergate and immediately consigned both him and the song to the “wrong” side. When I became a singer...

The 2006 Freedom Concert is upon us! http://www.freedomalliance.org/2006_concert_page.html The NJ Freedom Concert is Friday, July 21. http://www.freedomalliance.org/06freedomconcert.html The CA Freedom Concert is Wednesday, August 2. http://www.freedomalliance.org/06freedomconcerCA.html Who is going?

Sherriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona is now playing National Anthem and God Bless America played for the entire jail facitily. The inmates are also wearing pink underwear to prevent theft, but eating high on the hog with a balogna brunh and hot meal in the evening. All meals cost the inmates 14 cents a piece.I wish he was running Harris County Texas.....

An unidentified intruder, right, shouts as he is approached by a member of the Secret Service Emergency Response Team on the North Lawn of the White House, Sunday, April 9, 2006 in Washington. The man was later taken into custody by the Secret Service. President Bush was in the White House at the time. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) The bearded man, wearing a ragged T-shirt that said "God Bless America," scaled the White House fence and ran onto the front lawn, waving his arms and screaming "I am a victim of terrorism," before Secret Service officers chased him down.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma: School officials remove "God Bless America" signs from schools in fear that someone might be offended. Channel 12 News in Long Island, New York, orders flags removed from the newsroom and red, white, and blue ribbons removed from the lapels of reporters. Why? Management did not want to appear biased and felt that our nations flag might give the appearance that "they lean one way or another." Berkeley, California bans U.S. Flags from being displayed on city fire trucks because they didn't want to offend anyone in the community. In an "act of tolerance" the head of...

I came across this and feel that we all need a little reminding once in a while...

Today, we will watch Mike Tice stalk the sideline in his customary black garb. Some of us will see a gridiron Johnny Cash dancing in a vocational ring of fire. Some of us will see a lame-duck coach slogging through his contractual duties. Somewhere in the Metrodome today, though, there will be four sets of eyes viewing Tice as a man with a heart as big as his Long Island accent. "It's a long story," said Riikka Jacobsen. She was happy to tell it. Jacobsen's husband, Captain Bill Jacobsen, was killed by an insurgent's bomb in Iraq a little more...

Serving the best troops in the world - welcome to the FR Canteen! The FR Canteen is dedicated to our heroes in our Armed Forces, wherever they may serve. But let’s take a moment to talk about our own role models! Because of the valor and heroism of our troops, we can have heroes who are outside our military. These heroes can come in many different shapes and sizes. And not surprisingly in my case, some of them are even sports figures. Who are your heroes? Here are a few of mine… Harmon Killebrew My boyhood idol was the...

The phrase "God Bless America" would be added to Alabama's already crowded license plates if a bill proposed by a state legislator becomes law. State Rep. Steve Hurst, D-Munford, has prefiled a bill in the Alabama House that would require most Alabama car tags to include the phrase "God Bless America." Some specialty license plates and motorcycle tags would be exempt. Hurst said he got the idea when the saw the words "God Bless America" on a specialty prisoner of war car tag. "I thought why don't we do the same thing for all the tags in the state of...

    Office of the Pentagon Chaplain Support The Office of the Pentagon Chaplain supports the spiritual well-being of Pentagon Military and civilian personnel through worship services, religious education opportunities, and pastoral care programs and activities including:    Programs for the spiritual, moral, and ethical needs of the Pentagon  personnel   Pastoral Care during times of crisis, grief, stress, or anxiety   Spiritual relationships to all personnel of the Pentagon for worship, religious   education, and pastoral care support sustaining spiritual well-being   Providing invocations, benedictions, blessings, and prayers at military ceremonies, social events, and other activities related to the...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! HOW MANY VETERANS ARE THERE??? LOOK HERE TO FIND OUT Load these tunes up to listen to while you prepare and send an e-card to a Veteran from*THIS SITE **AND here to send a message to a hospitalized veteran. We hope you enjoy our tribute for Veterans day. * Listen to United States Army Cadences * Listen to Navy Seals Running Cadence * Air Force- Off We Go Into The...

An atheist group is complaining about two signs posted outside a city hall in New York state that declare "God Bless America." But the signs hung by a Long Island official outside the town hall of Babylon, N.Y., are perfectly legal, according to a group specializing in constitutional law that has volunteered to defend them. "The phrase 'God bless America' does not violate the Constitution," said Gary McCaleb, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. "If it did," he added, "then all the Democrat and Republican members of Congress standing on the steps of the Capitol singing 'God Bless America'...

The alt.truth crowd takes its message to the memorial service, ‘The New York Times’, and a great big punk concert The anguish was palpable at Ground Zero yesterday, as family members made their way down a long ramp into the vast emptiness of the World Trade Center site, then took turns reading out the names of their lost loved ones. "We love you, Georgie. We'll see you soon," pledged the parents of a fallen firefighter, their sad voices broadcast to the crowds of grieving onlookers milling quietly around the perimeter. Into this somber setting marched about a dozen 9-11 conspiracists,...

FREED Australian hostage Douglas Wood flew to a secret Middle East location last night as his relieved family prepared to make a $100,000-plus donation to Iraqi charities. The 63-year-old engineer was recovering in hospital, but doctors said he was in surprisingly good shape after his 47-day ordeal. As his family celebrated his release, details emerged of the physical and mental degradation he suffered while held in various Baghdad locations. Mr Wood, who was kidnapped on the way to work on April 30, was handcuffed and bound for much of the time he spent in captivity. His captors also "badly corrupted"...

(Stopping illegals) ... & replicating success Wednesday, May 4, 2005 The lack of a shot heard 'round the world helped make the Minuteman Project successful in Arizona and inviting to California. The Minuteman Project is a citizens' neighborhood watch spotlighting illegal immigration. It describes itself as "Americans doing the jobs our government won't do. Operating within the law to support enforcement of the law." In April, roughly 1,000 volunteers kept a lookout for suspicious activity along a 23-mile sliver of sovereign soil bordering Mexico. It had been used by untold numbers of illegal aliens to sneak into America. The citizen-patriots...

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER EVENTS FOR VIRGINIA May 5, 2005 1st Thursday in May The following is a list of prayer events for Virginia, all taking place on May 5, 2005. These community National Day of Prayer Observances are sorted alphabetically by city. If an event in your community is not listed but should be, please email Nancy Sharman with the details. Virginia State Capitol Observance May 5, 2005, 12 noon to 1 pm Capitol Square, Bell Tower Richmond, Va Contact: Nancy Sharman, 540-727-1007 Abingdon Main Street Park across from the Post Office in Abingdon. The rain location will be...