FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt - 19 Jan 2012

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[The Mayor]

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Magic Eye
January 19, 2012

One of my nephews brought a book of Magic Eye images to a family gathering. Magic Eye images look like ordinary two-dimensional patterns, but when viewed in a certain way, the flat surface appears three-dimensional.

We took turns trying to train our eyes to make the three-dimensional image pop out. One family member had trouble seeing the extra dimension. Several times I noticed he had the book open, looking at it from all different distances and directions. But even though he couldn’t see the hidden image, he believed it was there because others had seen it.

His persistence made me think about the importance of having the same tenacity in matters of faith. The danger for those who doubt is that they stop looking for God because they believe He can’t be found. Moses warned the Israelites that future generations would wander from God. He promised, however, that those who seek God with all their heart and soul will find Him (Deut. 4:29). The book of Hebrews confirms that God rewards those who diligently seek Him (11:6).

If you struggle to believe, remember: Just because you don’t see God doesn’t mean He doesn’t exist. He promises to be found by those who seek Him.

I searched with all my heart to know
If God was really there;
He graciously revealed Himself,
His mercy, love, and care. —Cetas

Because God is great, He will be sought;
because God is good, He will be found.

Read: Hebrews 11:1-10

[God] is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. —Hebrews 11:6

Bible in a year:
Exodus 11-13

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Connie!

[AZamericonnie]

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[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Mayor & my goodness you were fast!:)

Did you make the presentation for the Mini yet? *Hugs*

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[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Hope & thank you for our daily pledge! *Hugs*

Hand over heart & prayers up!

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[AZamericonnie]

Bigs! Did you figure out "mittens"? :) *Hugs*

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Connie...what a day!! We did get the checks printed, but it has been a high speed zoo day. I couldn’t even get off the phone to post til just now. I am going to head home early even if I have to suffer some traffic.

Hope your day went better/easier than mine.

An easy commute? No critters messing up traffic?

*HUGS*

[writer33]

For the troops supporting Santorum, he has a new ad out on Romney. It's clean and focuses on the record. It doesn't get personal like Romney's ads. The ad is called: "Easy Answer." There is other video as well, but the ad is at the top. Feel free to snoop around and listen to candidate's views from his own mouth throughout the campaign:

"Easy Answer" by Rick Santorum

And when you get bored, here's a piece on Santorum and why he endorsed Senator Specter:

Rick Santorum: The Right Man At The Right Time

[writer33]

For the troops supporting Santorum, he has a new ad out on Romney. It's clean and focuses on the record. It doesn't get personal like Romney's ads. The ad is called: "Easy Answer." There is other video as well, but the ad is at the top. Feel free to snoop around and listen to candidate's views from his own mouth throughout the campaign:

"Easy Answer" by Rick Santorum

And when you get bored, here's a piece on Santorum and why he endorsed Senator Specter:

Rick Santorum: The Right Man At The Right Time

[Oiao]

2nd Amendment Rights -

If passed, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011 would be a huge win for Second Amendment advocates, giving a gut punch to many state and municipal gun control efforts.

Originally introduced this past February by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R- FL) and Heath Shuler (D-NC), The Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act now has 241 co-sponsors in the House, making its passage there likely.

A companion bill is soon to be launched in the Senate, and if it gets enough Democrat support to avoid a filibuster, it would probably pass there too.

The bill, H.R. 822, essentially says: If Florida awards you a concealed carry permit, every other state has to honor it, with narrow exceptions. This will greatly lessen “may issue” politics and bureaucratic obstructionism across the country when it comes to gun rights.

Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/concealed-carry-reciprocity-advocates-could-get-major-win-with-new-house-bill/

Saw this on another site about CA voter effort for November to make CA a Shall Issue state.

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Ballot Initiative in CA to force a November Vote on ‘Shall Issue’ for CCW.

If you live in CA, chip in and get 10 legit signatures of registered voters. Even in CA, liberals are buying guns like crazy, so get them to sign this also.

So here is what to do to help in Front Sight’s historic campaign to secure Shall Issue Concealed Carry for California.

To see the actual language of the Shall Issue Concealed Carry Proposition and print the signature gathering forms with specific instructions to properly gather VALID signatures go to this web page:
http://www.frontsight.com/CACCW

Simply follow the instructions on http://www.frontsight.com/CACCW and start gathering valid signatures.

Please forward this e-mail as well to all of your fellow California gun owners, take it into your local California gun shops, drop it off at all the booths at your favorite gun shows and lets QUICKLY get all of the required, valid signatures to place the California Shall Issue Concealed Carry Proposition on the November 2012 General Election Ballot!

I told you that Front Sight had some amazing announcements, projects, and opportunities for 2012. This is just one of them!

Follow our lead and help us bring Shall Issue Concealed Carry to Californians in 2012.
We will do it!

Link to Front Sight: http://www.frontsight.com/

[writer33]

Sorry about the double post.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[AZamericonnie]

I just KNEW you must have had a “zoo” day!:)

Glad the checks were printed on time as always...thanks to your homework I’m sure.

Hope your commute isn’t bad & get comfy & settle in! *Hugs*

My day was prolly much easier than yours...the natives behaved & nary a critter in sight!LOL

[Oiao]

American WWII Veteran to speak - SF Bay area - Menlo Park, CA on 21st and 22nd.

This weekend, Louis will be guest speaking at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church on 1/21 and 1/22. If you’re interested, more info here: http://mppc.org/unbroken

Subject: Louis Zamperini is coming to San Francisco this weekend!

Who is Louis Zamperini?

He is the former Olympian and WW2 veteran featured in Laura Hillebrand’s (if that name sounds familiar, she also authored Seabiscuit) #1 NYT Best Seller “Unbroken.”

Louis grew up in California in the 1920s, and emerged as one of the greatest runners America had ever seen, competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (where he met Adolf Hitler, broke a world record, and roomed with Jesse Owens). On a May afternoon in 1943, Louis joined the Army Air Corps as a bombardier on a B-24 flying out of Hawaii, and was 1 of only 3 members of an 11-man crew to survive a crash in the Pacific. After drifting for 47 days and 2,000 miles—enduring starvation and desperate thirst, sharks that leapt aboard the raft trying to drag them off, a machine-gun attack from a Japanese bomber, and a typhoon with waves some forty feet high—they were captured by the Japanese and spent 25 months in POW camps Ofuna, Omori, and Naoetsu. While only 1 in 100 American captured in Europe died, nearly 1 in 3 perished in Japanese captivity. Louis survives this brutal experience, returns home in October 1945, and is awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, and Philippine Liberation Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal, and the American Campaign Medal with battle stars.

Like most returning soldiers, Zamperini had a difficult re-entry, and struggled with PTSD, alcoholism, flashbacks, and nightmares. In the fall of 1949 at a Billy Graham crusade, Louis becomes a Christian and turns his life around, even returning in 1950 to Japan as a missionary. He meets several of his former prison guards, embracing many of them and even pleaded for clemency on their behalf. In 1998, on his 81st birthday, Zamperini ran a 1-kilometer leg of the Olympic torch run in Japan for the Nagano Winter Olympics.

This weekend, Louis will be guest speaking at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church on 1/21 and 1/22. If you’re interested, more info here: http://mppc.org/unbroken

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BOSTON, (Oct. 21, 2009) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



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[AZamericonnie]

Double Post!!!! Did you actually Double Post! Oh heaven forbid....you know we waterboard in the canteen for that these days but we use tequilla & that's whe we all do it so often. ;-}

[AZamericonnie]

Permission granted & presence requested dear Conor! *Hugs*

Your father could have a movie star with those looks...just saying...:)

[2111USMC]

This year, 2012, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day.

This is an ironic juxtaposition of events.

One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication.

The other involves a groundhog.