Posted on 04/16/2004 6:37:21 PM PDT by Mo1
The Ten Commandments
???????????? "I am the Lord your God...." ?Ex 20:2-17
DID YOU KNOW?
As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view - it is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!
DID YOU KNOW?
As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.
DID YOU KNOW?
As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!
DID YOU KNOW?
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.
DID YOU KNOW?
James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
DID YOU KNOW?
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said, "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".
DID YOU KNOW?
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.
DID YOU KNOW?
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.
DID YOU KNOW?
Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law....an oligarchy....the rule of few over many.
DID YOU KNOW?
The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said, "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."
How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?
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"You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother...
"You shall not murder.
"You shall not commit adultery.
"You shall not steal.
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
"You shall not covet... anything that is your neighbor's
Spectacular fireworks along the beach last night. Not only do the little towns put on displays, individuals up and down the beach bring in loads of fireworks and keep the show going for hours. It was a beautiful sight.
We inland city types can only go to government sponsored events for our fireworks show.
Fireworks are banned completely in my county, except for, as you said, government sponsored displayed. Can't even buy sparklers. Gah.
There's another thread here about the ever increasing number of female shooters and how it's related to 9/11...I would submit that it could be related to the ever-increasing controls that governments are shackling us with.
Stay safe out there, Cheri.
Thanks, JL. I would think that an intelligent woman might be concerned about the safety of her family with terrorists running around loose. It can't hurt to be armed. Of course, not only does my county ban fireworks, it is also impossible to get a conceled carry permit in this county, unless you are a special friend of the sheriff, or a huge campaign donor. Isn't that special? An elected official has to give the serfs "permission" to exercise their God-given right to self-defense, and he routinely withholds his "permission". Wouldn't want to frighten the sheep.
Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whiskey, they talk about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her and says "Kin ya swallar?" The woman shakes her head no.
"Kin ya breathe?" The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up the back of her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue.
The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth.
As she begins to breathe again, the hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.
His partner says "Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver', but I ain't never seed nobody do it!"
We have fireworks stands on practically every corner, and every kid in the county (and a few surrounding ones) must have been saving all year to buy them. They've been going non-stop for about 2 weeks, day and night. By 3 in the morning, I am not amused and I'm about to start feeding them to the little b******s. 
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Heheh.
I'm sure it's already on its way there.
Heh heh. Great cartoon! We did have some scofflaw neighbors last night (good for them) that fired off some contraband. I could hear it, and this morning when I went for a walk, I could see the remains of the fireworks in the street. I guess nobody called the local cops, I didn't hear any sirens last night, unless they came gliding in without the sirens.
I wonder how many of the revelers even have a clue why we celebrate the 4th of July.
Few to none?
Will post a couple pics and bbs.
He didn't like swimming and had his bowl of water.. He's a funny dog..;)
They know what's best for you, Loddy. Now put out that cigarette, buckle up, recycle and get rid of that SUV.
LOL ... Funny!
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